JMS on CompuServe (Sep 19, 1996) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
Brent Barrett
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Thu Sep 19 16:34:51 EDT 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #579196-I Finally got it! <G>
Sb: #579265-#Late "Avalon" question
Sb: #579272-I Finally got it! <G>
Sb: #579372-Late "Avalon" question
Sb: #579408-Early Word on Year 5?
Sb: #579424-#Necronomicon
Sb: #579436-B5 in Philadelphia
#: 579196 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 04:22:33
Sb: #579145-#I Finally got it! <G>
Fm: ANNE L. WARNER
Joe,
At a guess, those of us who got membership kits without posters will have to
wait some more, yes?
Is the poster shipped rolled or flat? It sounds like it will be framed beside
our dragons and maps...
Anne
#: 579350 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 12:27:28
Sb: #579196-I Finally got it! <G>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Alas, they're shipped flat.
jms
#: 579265 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 08:08:01
Sb: #578889-#Late "Avalon" question
Fm: MARLYN BUMPUS
>> It went back to our prop department....
No -- I meant what did *Delenn* (the character in the story) do with the sword?
Sorry,
I should have made that a little clearer. Mea culpa.
Marlyn
#: 579352 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 12:27:31
Sb: #579265-#Late "Avalon" question
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, you were being clear, I was just being puckish.
Well, in theory.
I actually haven't worked out what she did with the sword, or who has it
now. I have several options on this, all of them interesting, and never made
the final decision. Maybe they used it to make the new emblem. Lemme dwell on
this.
jms
#: 579272 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 08:37:57
Sb: #578948-#I Finally got it! <G>
Fm: HELENE NORTHWAY
<<The feeling I wanted was of these old scrolls, found long, long after the
fact, and when you unroll them, looking up at the stars, there are the faces of
our characters, and the scroll tells their stories....>>
It does seems to have that "Letter in a bottle" feel.....I'm just wondering who
will still be around to find the bottle!
--Helen
#: 579353 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 12:27:33
Sb: #579272-I Finally got it! <G>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"Who will still be around to find the bottle?"
Dick Clark.
jms
#: 579372 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 13:18:36
Sb: #579352-#Late "Avalon" question
Fm: SUSAN PEAK
so does this mean that there are really no loose ends on B5? only things that
you are still thinking about??
I must say, one I thing I notice, having worked my way recently through series
1 and most of series 2, is that there are an awful lot of significant bits. Eg,
in I forget the title but it's where the telepath underground is found by
Bester and protected by Talia, one of the tps tells Talis 'there is more in you
than you know'. Wasn't there just!! Do you know how this kind of thing pans out
when you write it, or is it simply fortuitous /serendipitous? Or is there more
in *you* than you know?!! (I suspect this may be true - it often is of both
creativity and myth.)
susan.
#: 579428 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 16:09:21
Sb: #579372-Late "Avalon" question
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I try not to randomly drop in significant lines without knowing ahead of
time where it's going to go, or where it has the capacity to go. You can't
just mess with the audience that way; that was where Twin Peaks went afoul.
You just have to vary them; some things are obviously significant, some things
only become significant in hindsight (or rerun). It's a hard dance to dance.
jms
#: 579408 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 15:03:54
Sb: #Early Word on Year 5?
Fm: KEVIN P. KENNEY
Assuming the ratings only go up in November, and considering WB's apparant
pride in the Hugo, do you think there's any chance about getting the nod for
year 5 any earlier than the last minute this year? Say, after the
Broadcasters' next shindig in Vegas (early '97)?
I assume any chance of them saying year 4 is the end will dissipate with the
November numbers, if it hasn't already.
And have you handed out any scripting chores yet, or it this also waiting on
Nov.? Which episode number, if so?
Happy hunting,
KpK
#: 579430 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 16:09:23
Sb: #579408-Early Word on Year 5?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
It's way too early to judge the impact of any of that stuff.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if JMS is still planning to attend the Necronomicon this
October in Tampa. ]
#: 579432 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 16:09:26
Sb: #579424-#Necronomicon
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, I'll be there (and that was noted also in the latest Zocalo, I
checked). Should be fun.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if there's been any news about finding a station to air
the show in Philadelphia. ]
#: 579476 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Sep-96 17:24:13
Sb: #579436-B5 in Philadelphia
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I haven't heard anything definitive yet, but I know they're working on
it.
jms
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