JMS on CompuServe (Mar 25, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
brent.barrett at 24stex.com
Mon Mar 25 15:37:00 EST 1996
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upcoming Babylon 5 episodes.
Continue at your own risk.
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REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED
PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
Note that JMS has expressed his public permission
that all of his messages may be reproduced freely.
[ 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. ]
#: 475420 S5/Babylon 5: General
24-Mar-96 17:37:02
Sb: #Vorlon legends
Fm: JAMES R. KAPESIS
Now that people have seen a Vorlon, Kosh, the legend that people turning to
stone when they see a Vorlon is wrong right?
#: 475611 S5/Babylon 5: General
24-Mar-96 22:44:22
Sb: #475420-Vorlon legends
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes. Not every legend is true.
jms
[ Summary: Wants to know what will happen if B5 "gets the axe." Also, how
should the poster address JMS in messages? ]
#: 475612 S5/Babylon 5: General
24-Mar-96 22:44:23
Sb: #475566-What happens if...
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Joe is fine, and at this juncture, I can't even contemplate the question
of not being able to finish the story, one way or another.
jms
[ Summary: Thinks his copy of the B5 CD-ROM is "messed-up." ]
#: 475615 S5/Babylon 5: General
24-Mar-96 22:52:48
Sb: #475541-B5 CD-ROM
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
If by "personnel avi's seem messed up," you mean the sound that comes
with it, that chirrruping, that's the sound of the identicard scanner in the
original pilot, which the rom folks used here.
jms
[ Summary: Asks what happened to seven things, all of which JMS addresses
in his response. ]
#: 475616 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
24-Mar-96 22:52:49
Sb: #475585-#Unresolved plot lines
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
We'll hear more on Na'Toth this season.
Laurel was, as stated in the series, transferred to the Rim.
Dr. Kyle, as stated in the series, was transferred back to Earth.
Talia was sent back to the Psi Corps as stated in the series.
Bureau 13 changed it's name and was absorbed into the whole Psi Corps
covert operation. Secret organizations are constantly changing their names.
Homeguard has been absorbed into Nightwatch.
The fate of B4 will be shown this season.
jms
[ Summary: Is confused by the message from JMS stating that "All messages
entered into the Compuserve system are copyrighted by CIS . . ." States
that he never read or signed anything which gave co-ownership of his
messages to CIS and if he reposts his own messages elsewhere, "CIS can
just try to stop [him]!" ]
#: 475668 S5/Babylon 5: General
25-Mar-96 01:36:15
Sb: #475638-Violating Your Privacy
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
As I understand it, CIS claims compilation copyright to all messages as
a whole, but you retain the rights to your own specific messages, so you can
repost your own stuff anywhere you like, and if someone wants to repost yours,
all they have to do is get your permission, as folks here are now doing, and
it's all kosher.
jms
[ Summary: States that the news of Homeguard's absorbtion into Nightwatch
is "food for thought." ]
#: 475670 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
25-Mar-96 01:36:17
Sb: #475652-#Unresolved plot lines
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Homeguard isn't the totality of Nightwatch, but NW has absorbed it into
its overall structure, for the most part.
jms
#: 475636 S5/Babylon 5: General
24-Mar-96 23:37:04
Sb: #Popularity & Msg Traffic
Fm: WILLIAM H. DIPAOLA
I love it, I drop in here and see some people place so much emphasis on
ratings, yet I see people within this Forum showing a more passionate caring
about their show, than the sort of traffic that is seen in the Voyager section.
Let's see, here are the numbers as of this Day and Time, in the Year of Our
Lord, 1996:
Topics Msgs.
Babylon 5: General: 112 451
Voyager: 20 65
DS9: 15 45
Star Trek\General: 36 83
Now, people can drone on about Ratings all they Care too, but
clearly there is more of a passion, more of a Fire burning in the Hearts and
Minds of we B5ers. <g> Also, if Anyone cares to talk about Ratings, I'd
suggest they look at Message # 475630. Enough said. <bg>
#: 475678 S5/Babylon 5: General
25-Mar-96 01:48:23
Sb: #475636-#Popularity & Msg Traffic
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, as your stats noted, it's been pointed out to me that in general,
B5 messages outnumber the ST messages here on CIS by a factor of 5-to-1 on most
days, and in some cases, as you noted, almost 10-to-1 (the 45 for DS9 and the
451 for B5 in the same period).
I think it's in part because, once the episode is over, that's when the
fun *really* starts as folks get into the debates and discussions of what the
episode dealt with, the quesions -- plot, moral and ethical -- raised in the
episode, the thematic and historical elements, and so on. The show doesn't
operate in a vacuum (though the B5 station obviously does), and it's the
threads that reach into other areas that provoke discussion.
Which is a Very Good Thing from where I sit.
jms
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#: 475679 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
25-Mar-96 01:48:24
Sb: #475667-Tribute
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Send that one to Peter David. I dare you. I double dare you.
jms
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