JMS on CompuServe (Jun 17, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
bbarrett at speedlink.com
Mon Jun 17 12:14:19 EDT 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #524811-Other races' ships
Sb: #524950-#Series Renewal
Sb: #525019-#<More of Zathras?>
Sb: #525203-<Severed Dreams>
Sb: #525107-<severed dreams in UK>
Sb: #525135-B5 at an end in NY?
Sb: #525236-Lift question
Sb: #525210-Staff of Aesculapius
Sb: #525341-<<Interludes>>
Sb: #525328-#Hour 25/B5 Music
[ Summary: Asks if any of the Marcab ships might still be manned with
living Marcab. ]
#: 525094 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Jun-96 11:08:27
Sb: #524811-Other races' ships
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
There would've been a very few on deep space patrols, or on isolated
worlds that would've survived, yes, as was indicated in the narration at the
close of the episode, but you're talking about very, very small numbers. The
race is still effectively dead.
jms
#: 524950 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Jun-96 01:56:18
Sb: #524789-#Series Renewal
Fm: DIMITRI M LABARGE
Congrats on getting started on Season 4! Have you a title for this season's
episodes yet? (And can you refresh us on what the previous 3 were named?)
Dimitri
#: 525095 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Jun-96 11:08:28
Sb: #524950-#Series Renewal
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, I have titles for this season's shows, mostly, and the overall
title.
You'll get them in the fullness of time.
jms
#: 525019 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Jun-96 08:58:08
Sb: #<More of Zathras?>
Fm: BERNARD F. DOWDY, J
Will we see Zathras again in a future episode or was his trip 1000 years into
the past his exit from the series?
Bernie
P.S. Your "scares the hell out of me" joystick plugs into the keyboard to
enable you to assign joystick buttons to emulate keystrokes. This could come
in very handy with certain games. Also, an optical joystick plugs into a
standard game port--it doesn't require a special connection.
#: 525096 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Jun-96 11:08:28
Sb: #525019-#<More of Zathras?>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I'd love to see Zathras again somehow....
jms
[ Summary: A U.K. viewer congratulates JMS on "Severed Dreams" and asks
why Clark's (JMS spelled it wrong! :-) forces moved on ISN *before*
they started their illegal broadcast. ]
#: 525213 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Jun-96 16:26:41
Sb: #525203-<Severed Dreams>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Clarke has inside info that ISN would be going public soon with info on
what was *really* going on on Mars, his planned attack on B5, and other stuff
he wanted quiet.
jms
[ Summary: Another U.K. viewer pipes in about how excellent "Severed
Dreams" was and adds that he likes how it "not only doesn't
glorify the whole business [of war], but conveys the tragedy and
horror of it." ]
#: 525214 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Jun-96 16:26:42
Sb: #525107-<severed dreams in UK>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks. The Television Thing to do would've been to have that moment of
victory, Sheridan saying the crisis is over, then fade to black...but it was
absolutely *vital* to go to the lower sections and see the human cost of that
victory. War is never a bloodless game.
jms
[ Summary: A "friend" told this poster that even though Warner Bros.
has renewed Babylon 5, WOR in New York is cancelling it. ]
#: 525215 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Jun-96 16:29:34
Sb: #525135-B5 at an end in NY?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, NY will continue to air the show next fall. There's always somebody
saying they've got a "source" at WB saying one apocalyptic thing or
another...and they're always full of it.
jms
#: 525236 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Jun-96 17:34:31
Sb: #Lift question
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Hello, Joe.
I was re-watching PtG when something dawned on me. When Brother Edward gets
into the lift after speaking with Delenn & Lennier (I assume it was in Delenn's
quarters, which is in Green sector, right?), he tells the lift to take him to a
Brown sector level. Can the lift take someone horizontally from sector to
sector? I was under the impression that the lifts only worked vertically from
level to level within the same sector and that the core shuttle was used to go
from sector to sector.
Thanks for taking the time to answer such a trivial question.
-- Brent
P.S. After re-watching it for about the third time, I have to admit that PtG is
quite touching in several places. Good work.
#: 525311 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Jun-96 20:57:00
Sb: #525236-Lift question
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, the tubes can move at both angles.
jms
[ Summary: Wants to thank JMS for using the correct symbol for medicine
in his show. Apparently, quite a number of fictional and non-fictional
groups have incorrectly used the "winged staff of Mercury" in place of
the correct "Staff of Aesculapius." ]
#: 525312 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Jun-96 20:57:01
Sb: #525210-Staff of Aesculapius
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks, we try to get the details right. As someone once said, god is in
the details.
jms
#: 525341 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Jun-96 21:43:24
Sb: #<<Interludes>>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Hello, Joe.
I was re-watching "Interludes & Examinations" and was struck with some
thoughts about the similarities between Sheridan in "In the Shadow of Z'Ha'Dum"
and Londo in I&E. And since it seemed to me (at least) to be so striking, I
thought I'd drop you a note and ask about it.
In "Z'Ha'Dum," we have John coming to the realization that the Shadows have
probably killed his wife. He's angry. When he's told who really (probably)
killed his wife, he tells Kosh that he now wants to be taught to fight them, to
defeat them. Because sooner or later, he's going to Z'Ha'Dum and he's going to
stop them.
Then we have Londo, who loses his one, true love. He thinks he knows who
killed her and asks Morden to help him get revenge on her killer(s).
Both of them are inspired to greater roles by the death of someone they love,
yet they still seem world's apart. Hmm . . .
Anyway, I just had to mention something and ask you if it was, indeed,
intentional on your part to have them almost mirror each other's path. Was it?
Thanks,
-- Brent
#: 525343 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
16-Jun-96 21:59:10
Sb: #525341-<<Interludes>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Certainly, one theme of the show is how we each deal with the traumas
that beset us, and the choices we make. The difference is in how we handle
them. In "Shadow" and "Interludes" both Londo and Sheridan have to confront
somewhat similar losses: the death of a loved one. But Sheridan, at the last,
was willing to suck in the pain and do what was right, however much it grieved
him, and forego revenge...Londo, on the other hand, has embraced revenge.
jms
[ Summary: Hopes that the complete "Severed Dreams" battle score will be
on the new Franke CD, because it "is a great piece of music." Also hopes
that JMS can go back and re-edit, re-mix and re-CGI the pilot eventually,
as it "would go a ways to improving the overall saga." ]
#: 525344 S5/Babylon 5: General
16-Jun-96 21:59:11
Sb: #525328-#Hour 25/B5 Music
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Agreement on both counts.
jms
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