JMS on CompuServe (Mar 19, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
brent.barrett at 24stex.com
Tue Mar 19 13:16:56 EST 1996
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[ Summary: Wonders why the Rangers, an underground group, would even have
uniforms. ]
#: 472325 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 14:02:20
Sb: #472114-#_WHAT_ uniforms?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Not so much a uniform as a look, really....
jms
#: 472139 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 08:02:52
Sb: #472027-#Thought from jms
Fm: PHILIP HORNSEY
>> 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.
Gee, there was stuff omitted? I just never would have guessed...
Have you ever considered asking Warner to let you do a 2 hour syndicated
series?
I think you need the time.
Phil^^^^
FREE MARS!
#: 472326 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 14:02:22
Sb: #472139-#Thought from jms
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
We end up cutting stuff out of every episode to some extent. I believe
in writing long so you can take out any bits that don't work as well, so only
the strong stuff remains, and keep the pacing fast. Usually it's just line
cutting within a scene, but on a few occasions we've snipped out an entire
short scene when necessary.
jms
#: 472140 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 08:02:56
Sb: #471868-#Minbari Stealth
Fm: PHILIP HORNSEY
>> I studied with Vorlons....
And what did you teach them?
Phil^^^^
FREE MARS!
#: 472327 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 14:02:23
Sb: #472140-Minbari Stealth
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Never ask that question.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if JMS could handle a situation where WB/PTEN only wanted
88 episodes (4 seasons, ala Kung-Fu). ]
#: 472328 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 14:02:25
Sb: #472141-Other Arc Series
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, if WB said there's no 5th season, period, end of discussion, the
market has gotten too glutted, it won't sustain it...yes, the story could be
collapsed into year four. It would just mean omitting some of the personal
non-arc episodes, and some segues. There are basically three major movements
or themes that occupy the last two years; best is to let them play out at a
reasonable pace over two years, but it could be collapsed into one, if that
were to ever become necessary.
But obviously that would not be my first choice.
jms
[ Summary: Notes an article published in his loca paper that detailed a
group of Benedictine monks that now design custom-made Web pages for
the Internet. The article goes on to state that the monks' tradition
includes the collection and preservation of information, and an
electronic medium such as the Web seemed a natural progression. ]
#: 472329 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 14:02:26
Sb: #472206-Techno-monks
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I've heard this on and off since doing the episode...once again, the
line between fact and fiction blurs.
jms
#: 472222 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 10:39:28
Sb: #Kosh's name
Fm: JAMES R. KAPESIS
Kosh Naranek, is this Kosh's real name or does he just use it to be identified
by the people on Babylon 5?
#: 472331 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 14:02:31
Sb: #472222-#Kosh's name
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
His name is less a *name* and more of a description.
jms
#: 472268 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 12:25:00
Sb: #472081-#YEAR (sing) of shd war..
Fm: LAURENCE MORONEY
Strangely enough V:The Series didn't *look* all that expensive.
Still, I would love to see more of your script, and if you are looking for a
cheap ghostwriter.... <G>
Laurence
#: 472332 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 14:02:33
Sb: #472268-#YEAR (sing) of shd war..
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
V had a big cast, and a lot of location shooting, outdoor EFX, lots of
stunts...it adds up fast.
jms
#: 472369 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 18:09:03
Sb: #472331-#Kosh's name
Fm: NEIL BLEVINS
RE: Kosh
> His name is less a *name* and more of a description.<
Might I enquire as to what language this description is in?
- Neil
#: 472716 S5/Babylon 5: General
19-Mar-96 03:17:19
Sb: #472369-#Kosh's name
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
My guess would be that the language in which Kosh's description is made
would be Vorlon....
jms
#: 472395 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 19:04:48
Sb: #Homeworlds
Fm: JAMES R. KAPESIS
Why doesn't the Narn homeworld and Vorlon homeworld have names?
#: 472719 S5/Babylon 5: General
19-Mar-96 03:17:24
Sb: #472395-Homeworlds
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The Narn homeworld is called Narn, the Vorlon homeworld's nearest
English equivilent is Vorlon. The Earther homeworld is Earth.
jms
#: 472396 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Mar-96 19:06:21
Sb: #Great Space Sweepstakes
Fm: JAMES R. KAPESIS
Does the fact that WB is giving away a chance to be an extra on B5 which would
presumable have to happen in season 4, bode well for renewal?
#: 472720 S5/Babylon 5: General
19-Mar-96 03:17:26
Sb: #472396-Great Space Sweepstakes
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
One would think the contest would bode well...but there are always ways
out and consolation prizes. It guarantees nothing but we take some small
reassurance in it.
jms
[ Summary: Wants to know who let the Feeders out in "Grail." ]
#: 472721 S5/Babylon 5: General
19-Mar-96 03:17:27
Sb: #472529-Who let the Feeders out?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Stupid bureaucrats who couldn't afford to maintain a quarantine
enforcement team in the sector.
jms
[ Summary: Wants to know the name of the first season episode in which
G'Kar is marked for assassination. ]
#: 472722 S5/Babylon 5: General
19-Mar-96 03:17:29
Sb: #472546-B5 Reruns
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
That one was The Parliament of Dreams.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if WB is going to move B5 to the WB network. ]
#: 472723 S5/Babylon 5: General
19-Mar-96 03:17:32
Sb: #472604-#JMS:B5 on WB Network?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, the WB network is definitely *not* taking B5; the divisions at WB
are very separate from one another, and very competitive. The WB network
wouldn't take a PTEN show.
jms
[ Summary: Reponds to JMS' message in which JMS says he and Richard Biggs
will be at Marcon but can't recall who else is going. The poster just
indicates that he will be going. ]
#: 472724 S5/Babylon 5: General
19-Mar-96 03:17:33
Sb: #472665-Marcon/Columbus Dispatch
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I believe Pat Tallman will also be at Marcon.
jms
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