JMS CIS Digest: 17-Mar-96 19:07:10 through 18-Mar-96 03:00:28 (26 msgs)
John Hardin
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J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
17-Mar-96 19:07:10 through 18-Mar-96 03:00:28 (26 messages)
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Subjects in digest:
Kosh's warning
Numan Tapes
B5 Reruns
Contacting Vorlons
Mr. Morden
Fan Club
The Ensemble Look
<Tallman Episodes>
Minbari Stealth
Triluminary device
Marcon/Columbus Dispatch
Thought from jms
YEAR (sing) of shd war..
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Date: 17-Mar-96 02:04:13
From: James R. Kapesis <104154.27 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Kosh's warning
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471409 at compuserve.com>
When Kosh told Sheridan, "If you go to Z'Ha'Dum, you will die"
was that meant as a warning or a threat?
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Date: 17-Mar-96 19:07:10
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: James R. Kapesis <104154.27 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Kosh's warning
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471859 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471409 at compuserve.com>
Yes.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 10:11:58
From: (blocked)
To: J. Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Numan Tapes
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471523 at compuserve.com>
Hi ,
Have you received the Gary Numan tapes I sent?
Mike
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Date: 17-Mar-96 19:07:11
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Numan Tapes
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471860 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471523 at compuserve.com>
Yes, sorry, it's been busy, so I've only gotten a chance to
listen to one tape so far. I'll be honest and say that while I think
it's good, it's not generally the kind of thing I tend to listen to for
very long, in that what I've heard so far doesn't seem to have a lot of
variation to it, it's very electronic, and after a while, for me, that
becomes white noise. It's the kind of music you tend not to notice
after a while, and I like to notice my music.
Nonetheless, you went through a great deal of effort to send it
along, and that is most definitely appreciated. Musical tastes, like
anything else, vary widely. I can see why many folks would like Mr.
Numan's work, and his background (in the clippings, for which I thank
you again) is most interesting. It's just not the kind of thing that
winds my watch.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 10:54:00
From: David Nedrow <70004.1273 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 Reruns
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471546 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471428 at compuserve.com>
> I should mention that TNT is *very* excited about the show
Does this give you any leverage with PTEN on renewals for
season's four and five?
-David
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Date: 17-Mar-96 19:07:14
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: David Nedrow <70004.1273 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 Reruns
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471861 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471546 at compuserve.com>
No, the TNT situation doesn't really impact the PTEN decision
overall, though certainly I expect they'd like to get at least 88
episodes out of it.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 12:01:23
From: James R. Kapesis <104154.27 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Contacting Vorlons
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471598 at compuserve.com>
Since Lyta had so much trouble contacting the Vorlon homeworld,
how was G'Kar able to do it in "The Gathering"?
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Date: 17-Mar-96 19:07:16
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: James R. Kapesis <104154.27 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Contacting Vorlons
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471862 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471598 at compuserve.com>
Contacting the Vorlon government isn't the hard part; getting
into and out of their space is what's hard. We showed in the pilot
that B5 and Earth were in *contact* with the Vorlons; Lyta was trying
to get inside their turf, and they aren't exactly neighborly in that
respect.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 12:03:15
From: James R. Kapesis <104154.27 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Mr. Morden
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471599 at compuserve.com>
In "Dust to Dust" when G'Kar read Londo's mind, did he recognize
Mr. Morden as the same person who asked him "What do you want?" in
"Signs and Portents"?
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Date: 17-Mar-96 19:07:19
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: James R. Kapesis <104154.27 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Mr. Morden
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471863 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471599 at compuserve.com>
G'Kar probably has not yet put that together; remember, he only
met Morden once, for about 4 minutes, a couple of years previous to
this.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 19:07:23
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Fan Club
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471865 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471687 at compuserve.com>
The fan club was authorized a few weeks back, and we're in the
process now of finalizing all pertinent (and impertinent) elements;
price (we're trying to keep it under $15 to allow maximum
accessibility), what's going into the first membership kit, setting up
an account, that sort of thing.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 17:02:03
From: John M. Kahane <102664.773 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: The Ensemble Look
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471728 at compuserve.com>
Hullo, Joe,
> We care what happens to these people and aliens.
> Which is essential, whatever happens. If something happens to
> someone, and you don't care for the character, it's meaningless.
Pretty much. That's the problem, I find, with a lot of the
sf and f on tv that's out there (and in a lot of the series that
air as a general rule). You've done wonders with B5, especially
with the races that we've seen come and go (especially the Markab,
who I think will be one of the memorable species for some years to
come), and the Centauri and the Narn are a good example of races
that we've seen *culture* emerge as the series has gone on. I find
the Minbari to be somewhat more lightly developed to this point,
but that's because of the mystery involving them and all. I
suspect we'll see a lot more of them in the future. :)
jmk
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Date: 17-Mar-96 19:07:25
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: John M. Kahane <102664.773 at compuserve.com>
Subject: The Ensemble Look
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471866 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471728 at compuserve.com>
Yes, I tend to agree. Lately we've spent a lot of time on the
Narns and the Centauri from a cultural point of view, so the latter
part of this season swings a bit back in the direction of the Minbari,
allowing us to learn a little more about them, their approach to war,
relationships, their political structure and so on.
And of course, the middle batch we've been in lately has
focused a lot on Earth, so we can deal with the whole Nightwatch/Clark
scenario before moving back into broader questions.
I tend to write toward (for lack of a better term) musical
structure; one theme in the piece rises for a while, dominates, then
slowly diminishes for a bit while another theme comes forward...then
you have several rising all at once...interludes and
crescendos...broken here and there by the single clear note, the
non-arc story, which sustains us between the major pieces and greater
musical themes.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 17:02:09
From: John M. Kahane <102664.773 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Tallman Episodes>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471732 at compuserve.com>
Hullo, Joe,
> She's also in "Walkabout" this season.
Ah, that's the other episode that I seem to recall seeing
you mention something about Lyta being in as well. Oh well. two
more episodes this year isn't *too* bad, right? :)
jmk
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Date: 17-Mar-96 19:07:28
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: John M. Kahane <102664.773 at compuserve.com>
Subject: <Tallman Episodes>
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471867 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471732 at compuserve.com>
Two more Lyta episodes is...a good start. We'll see if we can
boost that a bit as we go.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 18:11:37
From: Tom Knudsen <72347.1626 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Minbari Stealth
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471793 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471412 at compuserve.com>
Joe,
<If I answer that question, the Minbari warrior caste
would have my head for revealing advanced alien tech....>
Slippery 'lil devil, ain't ya?<G>
Tom^^^^
"The avalanche has started, it is too late
for the pebbles to vote." - Kosh Naranek
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Date: 17-Mar-96 19:07:31
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Tom Knudsen <72347.1626 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Minbari Stealth
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471868 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471793 at compuserve.com>
I studied with Vorlons....
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 20:22:37
From: James R. Kapesis <104154.27 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Triluminary device
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471939 at compuserve.com>
If a Minbari can use the triluminary device to change as Delen
did, can a human do the same?
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Date: 17-Mar-96 22:52:06
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: James R. Kapesis <104154.27 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Triluminary device
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.472025 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471939 at compuserve.com>
I suppose it's possible to use the triluminary and chrysalis
device that way.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 21:06:33
From: Brian A. Thomas <75231.1122 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Marcon/Columbus Dispatch
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.471969 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471411 at compuserve.com>
> Still working out my Marcon plans.
Have you heard if any B5 people will be there? Since I am only
a couple hours away I would love to go on the days B5 people will
be there.
BTW, just saw a B5 shirt at a local hobby shop, what name should
be on the lable to see that it was an authorised printing?
See ya,
-Brian A. Thomas ^^^^ Who has just vastly improved his web page
(though it has one big honking bug for which a solution would be
most loved) at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/Brian_A_Thomas
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Date: 17-Mar-96 22:52:07
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Brian A. Thomas <75231.1122 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Marcon/Columbus Dispatch
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.472026 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471969 at compuserve.com>
Yeah, in addition to me, Richard Biggs will be there, and one
other; unfortunately I've just forgotten who....
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 22:52:08
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Thought from jms
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.472027 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471972 at compuserve.com>
Especially since the script as it's going to be published in
the book has a lot of material omitted from the episode for time.
jms
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Date: 17-Mar-96 23:00:50
From: SysOp Lee Whiteside <76711.2660 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 Reruns
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.472029 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.471428 at compuserve.com>
ANy chance TNT might move up the start of their airings? It
seems that Highlander's syndicated ratings have improved this
year, which might have gotten a boost from the repeats on USA
Network. I'd think that if TNT started running even weekly B5 to
start with, they could give the show a boost while it is still in
first run.
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Date: 18-Mar-96 03:00:25
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: SysOp Lee Whiteside <76711.2660 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 Reruns
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.472079 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.472029 at compuserve.com>
The broadcast stations which are a part of PTEN feel that if it
aired now on TNT as well it'd be competition that would dilute their
ratings.
jms
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Date: 18-Mar-96 00:54:33
From: Laurence Moroney <100546.50 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: YEAR (sing) of shd war..
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.472066 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.469908 at compuserve.com>
> Bear in mind that in the first season, we didn't even know the
> shadows *existed* until it was almost over. This is more than
> just the story of this particular war.
*We* didn't know - but the Vorlon did, and the Icarus awoke the
shadows not long before the time of the pilot. And then Kosh
turned up in the words of Mollari "at the beginning of the third
age of mankind...".
To cut a long story short, I reckon B5 is the story of the third
age, and that the Shadow war is the catalyst of the third age.....
Near the mark?
Cheers, Laurence P.S. love the 'V' script in the library, will we
be seeing any more?
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Date: 18-Mar-96 03:00:28
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Laurence Moroney <100546.50 at compuserve.com>
Subject: YEAR (sing) of shd war..
Message-ID: <forum.sfmediaone.472081 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.sfmediaone.472066 at compuserve.com>
Close, but there's a lot more involved in the third age than B5
or the shadows per se.
Yes, there's a full V script -- 4 hours worth -- that I wrote
for WB, but it'll never get made; too expensive for syndication.
(Heck, it was also too expensive for *network*...which is one reason
why we had to fight so hard to get B5 on the air. V the series nearly
torpedoed WB television all by itself due to bugetary over-runs.)
jms
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