JMS on CompuServe (May 15, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* 1/2
Brent Barrett
bbarrett at speedlink.com
Wed May 15 15:27:26 EDT 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #505414-<I&E Opinion>
Sb: #505418-<Ship of Tears>
Sb: #505534-#WwE1 & Zathras
Sb: #505540-<IaE Thought>
Sb: #505558-Your impression
Sb: #505603-<<I&E Sublime>>
Sb: #505614-<MFE Question>
Sb: #505355-<Minbari souls?>
Sb: #505765-Prophetic dream
Sb: #505817-<Thoughts from Germany>
[ Summary: Asks if "Ardwright" will be doing to voice of the new Vorlon on
B5. ]
#: 505701 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
14-May-96 13:39:21
Sb: #505414-<I&E Opinion>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
At this point, yes, since Ardwight tends to understand Vorlon.
jms
[ Summary: The poster suggests that maybe JMS "set the stage" for people
comparing B5 to other works with the nods and references he included
in the earlier episodes. ]
#: 505702 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
14-May-96 13:39:22
Sb: #505418-<Ship of Tears>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yeah, and after a while I stopped doing that, because a number of folks
couldn't distinguish between nodding to something that went before as an act of
tribute or respect, and *doing* that story. So I pointedly don't do that
anymore.
jms
#: 505534 S5/Babylon 5: General
14-May-96 08:17:10
Sb: #WwE1 & Zathras
Fm: AUTOMEDIA, INC.
Hello.
After just watching WwE1, I have to ask: Will we ever learn exactly
who/what/when Zathras' people are?
Thanks.
-- Brent Barrett
#: 505703 S5/Babylon 5: General
14-May-96 13:39:24
Sb: #505534-#WwE1 & Zathras
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Eventually, though that answer isn't terribly important.
jms
#: 505540 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
14-May-96 08:44:20
Sb: #<IaE Thought>
Fm: JOHN M. KAHANE
Hullo, Joe,
< Thanks. Yes, Delenn mentions in the tag that the Vorlons will be sending
someone to quietly replace Kosh. It's a bit darker character. >
Interesting, considering that Kosh wasn't all that light a character in
some respects. The only question I have about this is will we, the audience,
be able to tell that there is a different Vorlon on the station, other than
through the personality of said character? After all, anyone could be in the
encounter suit and calling himself or herself Kosh. Unless the encounter suit
will be different as well.
jmk
#: 505704 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
14-May-96 13:39:27
Sb: #505540-<IaE Thought>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
You'll know the difference. Believe me.
jms
[ Summary: Asks how JMS enjoyed Marcon. ]
#: 505705 S5/Babylon 5: General
14-May-96 13:39:29
Sb: #505558-Your impression
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I thought Marcon was quite enjoyable. The organizers were quite
pleasant, and the folks who showed up were nothing short of terrific. I think
I can speak for Richard and Pat as well, and say that we all had a great time.
jms
#: 505603 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
14-May-96 10:58:12
Sb: #505321-#<<I&E Sublime>>
Fm: SCOTT MILLER
>>They were not initially prepared to kill him [Kosh]. That was a territorial
or jurisdictional squabble. This was retribution.<<
When I read this something just hit me. This 'territorial squabble' brings to
mind the conversations Londo's had with Morden about the partitioning of the
galaxy. It also makes me think of the scene where Sheridan-- in Kosh's
quarters--angrily asks, "What do you want?", and Kosh responded angrily, "Don't
ever ask that question."
I may be way off base here, but it looks just possible to me that the Vorlon's
once were in a very similar position to the Centauri today. Kosh may even have
been the one the Shadows' asked, "What do you want?" This would also explain
why the aliens at Sigma-957 weren't pleased to hear the Vorlons mentioned.
Care to comment?
Scott
#: 505706 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
14-May-96 13:39:31
Sb: #505603-<<I&E Sublime>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, not really, but you're in intertesting territory.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if former President Santiago was connected to the Shadows
since the whole Mars/IE thing happened while he was in power. ]
#: 505707 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
14-May-96 13:39:33
Sb: #505614-<MFE Question>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, Santiago wasn't involved with the shadows; certain elements within
his government, however, *were*. Which was one reason why they needed to get
him out of the way.
jms
#: 505355 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
13-May-96 21:54:56
Sb: #<Minbari souls?>
Fm: SCOTT MILLER
JMS,
This message is about the nature of Minbari/Human souls and may contain
spoilers from 'War Without End'.
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V
I don't know if anyone else has asked this before or not, but I just thought of
something this evening.
I've been reading things here and there that cause me to wonder if Humans have
indeed really been acquiring Minbari souls. When the Minbari examined Sinclair
13(?) years ago, they saw something in his soul they recognized, probably as
that of one of their great (greatest?) leaders. I also understand that in 'War
Without End' Sinclair will take B4 back 1000 years into the past to act as a
Minbari base of operations against the Shadows. A third bit of information is
that the great Minbari leader Valen was a "Minbari not born of Minbari".
I take all this to mean this: Sinclair is Valen, the legendary Minbari leader
who lead them in their defeat of the Shadows. When the Minbari examined
Sinclair they recoginzed his soul as having once belonged to Valen, and
concluded that Minbari souls were (at least in this case) ending up in humans.
In fact, if I'm right, Sinclair doesn't have a Minbari soul at all, and neither
did Valen. Am I in the ballpark?
Scott
#: 506113 S6/Babylon 5: Upcoming
14-May-96 22:32:39
Sb: #505355-<Minbari souls?>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
You could be in the ballpark...question is, which ballpark? Anything
clearer than that will have to wait another week.
jms
#: 505765 S5/Babylon 5: General
14-May-96 15:04:42
Sb: #Prophetic dream
Fm: BOB ALBERTI
Joe,
During Sheridan's I&E dream, did he come up with the final image himself (as
the result of his training), or was that something communicated to him by Kosh?
With the usual exuberant appreciation of your work...
Bob
P.S. Permission is hereby granted to Brent Barrett and any other person to
propagate or copy this message wherever they deem fit.
#: 506121 S5/Babylon 5: General
14-May-96 23:13:15
Sb: #505765-Prophetic dream
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The origin of that image will be discussed later this season.
jms
[ Summary: A German viewer thanks JMS for signing a copy of the CD-ROM
that was mailed to the viewer. In addition, he asks: Did the Shadow
ship in "Messages from Earth" *really* miss because they had a
telepath on board, Ivanova? ]
#: 506122 S5/Babylon 5: General
14-May-96 23:13:17
Sb: #505817-<Thoughts from Germany>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Great that the CD got there...and no, Ivanova isn't a strong enough teep
for the incoming shadow vessel to really even notice.
jms
[ Continued in next section -- BB ]
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