If you had one question to ask JMS, what would it be?

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Subject: If you had one question to ask JMS, what would it be?
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+  1: Jun 26, 1996: pfingsea at ucunix.san.uc.edu (Erik A Pfingsten )
+  5: Jun 28, 1996: swd2 at po.CWRU.Edu (Steven W. Difranco)
*  6: Jun 28, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
*  7: Jun 28, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: pfingsea at ucunix.san.uc.edu (Erik A Pfingsten )
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I was looking at all the ATTN JMS posts and started wondering.  If you
could ask JMS any ONE question about B5 that he would give a complete,
open, and honest answer about, what would it be?  Would it be a really
broad general question (ie. Where is the series going?) or would it be
something really specific (ie. What exactly is the third age of mankind?)?




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From: swd2 at po.CWRU.Edu (Steven W. Difranco)
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In a previous article, pfingsea at ucunix.san.uc.edu (Erik A Pfingsten) says:

>I was looking at all the ATTN JMS posts and started wondering.  If you
>could ask JMS any ONE question about B5 that he would give a complete,
>open, and honest answer about, what would it be?  Would it be a really
>broad general question (ie. Where is the series going?) or would it be
>something really specific (ie. What exactly is the third age of mankind?)?
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	My question would be:

		"Exactly what is the relation between the Shadows and the
	Vorlons, and how does this impact the Earthers and the other
	sentient races of the galaxy?"

		But I guess that would be telling.....
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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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"If I could ask JMS one question and get a complete and truthful answer, I
think it
would be: "What would it take to convince you *not* to retire from
television after
B5?"

1) An anthology show.

2) A B5 spinoff that would be a complement to, not a capitalization upon,
the primary B5 series.

3) Something that would be as revolutionary for TV as the 5-year arc
structure, a project which could change the way TV is done, technically
and story-wise.  If you can't top the last thing you did...don't do it.


 jms




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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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"How would the story have differed if it were a written novel rather than
a novel for television."

More descriptions, more internal monologue.  More locations off-station. 
Larger cast of characters.  Shorter arc (5 years at 22 episodes per and 45
pages per script is a hell of a lot more than you can get into any novel
or series of novels.)





 jms



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