JMS on CompuServe (Mar 06, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
brent.barrett at 24stex.com
Wed Mar 6 14:11:36 EST 1996
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[ Note from Brent: Before you ask, no I cannot forward
your questions to JMS. He has asked that questions
not originating from CIS accounts not be posted to
CIS. He encourages all of us to wait for the
moderated USENET group, to which he plans to
subscribe. ]
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Wants to know if any posters are planned. ]
#: 465287 S5/Babylon 5: General
05-Mar-96 22:56:13
Sb: #464780-I want a poster
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
We may do some limited posters for the fan club, yes; that's all that's
on the boards just now.
jms
#: 464867 S5/Babylon 5: General
05-Mar-96 09:45:20
Sb: #464664-#Comic books in U.S.?
Fm: JOHN HARDIN
To: J. Michael Straczynski 71016,1644 (X)
Okay. No problem.
However, given this policy, how do you respond to questions emailed to your CIS
address?
- John
#: 465288 S5/Babylon 5: General
05-Mar-96 22:56:14
Sb: #464867-Comic books in U.S.?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
It's an awful bind there as well. Up until now, I've been responding to
most of my email. I guess I consider email different than a public posting,
because anyone can direct email anyone without having to use an intermediary to
post in a forum. And it's a private communication.
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Loves PoNR and appreciates JMS' effort.
Asks: "I don't know where you get your drive from." ]
#: 465289 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
05-Mar-96 22:56:17
Sb: #464976-<<<Point of No Return>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
I get my drive from Dell Computers. The software comes from the
improper allignment of my grey cells.
And thanks.
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Thinks JMS' efforts with B5 will not go unnoticed eventually.
Believes that it has already bested "Herbert's Dune and Farmer's
Riverworld" who were not able to reach the same heights after the first
novel or two. Believes it is approaching "Mcaffrey's Pern and maybe
Asimov's Robots" and only time will tell if it can compete with
"Foundation and the Ring Trilogy." ]
#: 465290 S5/Babylon 5: General
05-Mar-96 22:56:20
Sb: #464977-Finished Writing!
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
From your lips to Hugo's ears....
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Comments on an article in the paper today about SF and how,
while it's better than most, still missed a few key points. Wonders
if he (the poster) is just getting "old and cranky." ]
#: 465291 S5/Babylon 5: General
05-Mar-96 22:56:21
Sb: #465028-JMS Interview
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
I think we're all getting old and cranky.
Goodness knows I am....
Unfortunately, I was also young and cranky.
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Appreciates JMS' new policy of denying forwarded public
questions on CIS, but then wonders if she's arguing against herself when
she states that he doesn't believe his CIS account "buys [JMS']
exclusive presence." Comments that she loves MfE. ]
#: 465292 S5/Babylon 5: General
05-Mar-96 22:56:24
Sb: #465077-Comic books in U.S.?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
I absolutely agree on just about every count.
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Wonders exactly how doors work on B5 -- how do they know when
to open? ]
#: 465293 S5/Babylon 5: General
05-Mar-96 22:56:26
Sb: #465103-B5 Doors / AI
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
They will usually open automaticaly (from the inside); from the outside,
you need to use an identicard. If you ask to enter, the person inside has to
give the verbal cue.
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Worries about the new "no forwarded questions" policy forcing
Internet users to send JMS private e-mail, thus removing a possibly
valuable question/answer from public view. ]
#: 465294 S5/Babylon 5: General
05-Mar-96 22:56:27
Sb: #465117-Comic books in U.S.?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
Yeah...it's a very difficult issue, and one I'm still working through to
find The Right Thing To Do.
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Wants to be sure the new fan club will work for the non-netted
(who are they? :-) folks out there. ]
#: 465295 S5/Babylon 5: General
05-Mar-96 22:56:30
Sb: #465175-Fan Club
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
Yes, the club has to serve netters and non-netters just as well, or it's
organizationally deficient.
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Asks for clarification on some of the arc points JMS wrote about
in 1993. Specifically, asks if more of Garibaldi's past will be catching
up to him and if Lyta was always destined to "enter Vorlon space and
come out as an assistant to Kosh?" ]
#: 465296 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
05-Mar-96 22:56:33
Sb: #465228-<Arc answers&questions>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
Yes, Lyta was to develop a relationship with the Vorlons from the start.
Some of Garibaldi's past has caught up with him; there is more to come.
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Tries to correct another poster who has the reasoning behind
Sinclair's departure wrong but gets it wrong himself. Also, passes
along another quote of Andrea Thompson's from the interview in Starlog:
"Joe Straczynski originally had wanted - as was done in the pilot -
Pat Tallman for the role of the telepath, and Warner Brothers didn't, so
they replaced her with me." ]
#: 465313 S5/Babylon 5: General
06-Mar-96 00:07:42
Sb: #465281-#Evidence of an arc <g>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
Let me straighten out two issues.
On the Sinclair issue, I have never, at any time, said that the change
was for ratings. When we decided to make that change, WB indicated that they'd
like the next person in that chair to be more well-known. We had no problem
with that, since we were considering Bruce at that time, as he was someone with
whom both Doug Netter and John Copeland had worked before, and were nuts about.
Re: Pat Tallman and Lyta...after the pilot, we made an offer to Pat for
the series. This is a matter of public record. Pat can verify this. (Which
right there puts the lie to the statement that WB didn't want her in the
series; we *offered* her the series. We couldn't have made that offer if WB
didn't want her there. Pure and simple.) What happened thereafter was a
comedy of errors, with WB playing tough-guy with *all* the actors agents, and
on the other side Pat getting some bad advice from a manager just brought on
(and subsequently let go)...so that the deadline passed for an acceptance, and
we had to move on. Pat has said this at cons and online many times over the
last several years, long before we ever contacted her again about doing the
show, so there's no need to take my word for this.
jms
[ Original message removed due to lack of permission to reproduce. -- BB ]
[ Summary: Wonders if a story his friend told him about Kosh and his two
brothers, Osh and B'Gosh, playing a part in "clothing fashions in rural
areas." ]
#: 465348 S5/Babylon 5: General
06-Mar-96 01:44:02
Sb: #465310-Kosh in US History
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI 71016,1644
I think your friend needs two weeks off in the Martian Pleasure Dome.
jms
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