JMS on Genie: June Messages
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Wed Sep 25 22:40:13 EDT 1996
Forwarded message to B5JMS list.
Originally From: dstrauss at aiscom.com (David Strauss)
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Again, apologies for the load of back messages. It's all the Shadow's
fault...yeah, that's the ticket.
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Message 374 Sun Jun 02, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:30 EDT
Yes, B5 is filmed widescreen, the full horizontal range restored
by going
back to the original negs. (After coming back from Wolf 359 I'll
actually get
to see a full-widescreen version at WB.)
You can get screwed in widescreen sometimes; I had the regular
aspect
ratio of Cabaret, searched for the wide, found it...and discovered
that when
they ran it in theaters, they just masked off the top and bottom of
the frame
for the widescreen effect, and the regular aspect ratio was the one
where you
could see all of it, not the wide.
One reason there's no diffusion in space is that there's no
atmosphere in
space to PROVIDE the diffusion; haze and the like is a atmosphere
effect.
jms
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Message 386 Mon Jun 03, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:49 EDT
Though lately, from what I've been hearing from ST-oriented cons,
the
toys aren't selling as well from ST anymore. At the big blow-out ST
convention in Pasadena a few weeks ago, the 30th anniversary one, some
DS9
stuff sold, less Voyager stuff sold...and they had to send back to the
warehouse twice for B5 stuff.
Now, as an aside....
Warners has been running the numbers on renewal, and we've been
told that
the numbers look right, and will be recommended for renewal. Now
that's not
the same *as* renewal, there are still some execs who need to stamp
the thing
and say domini domini over it (as John Copeland says), (in nomine
patre, et
fili, et spiritus sanctus, ACTION!")...it would take a huge and
unexpected
event to stop it now, and that doesn't seem likely at all. So while I
wouldn't say this is an eep, that formally hasn't happened yet, and
it's WB's
perogative to actually make that announcement, I'd certainly consider
this at
least an e.
I make a point of saying this only because I'm going to be in the
UK this
coming week, and thus offline, and won't be able to post any eeps that
might
be forthcoming.
jms
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Message 624 Wed Jun 12, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 18:30 EDT
Just got in late last night, still catching up...yes, we've been
renewed.
I dearly wanted to announce it here before I left, as has been
traditional,
but it couldn't be done until we had the formal, final pickup
notification
from WB, until which time it ain't real, and a) things can still go
wrong, and
b) the last time I said something too early WB rapped my knuckles. It
wasn't
truly official until late Friday.
We begin shooting again August 26th.
jms
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Message 413 Thu Jun 13, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:49 EDT
Araratus: most messages pass in front of me, but given that I see
about
500 or so per day, sometimes individual questions slip past me.
Kwicker: a certain poet once wrote, "Truth is beauty, and beauty
truth;
this is all you know and all you need to know." If there is any
beauty to the
work, then it contains truth, and thus cannot be a lie. A story only
has
value wherein it touches an even greater Truth, perhaps even a
universal
truth.
Fiction, at its best, is truth...it's the real world that's a
lie.
Sleep tight.
jms
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Message 656 Fri Jun 14, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:59 EDT
But y'see, the Eep is only used when I know for sure it's renewed
and
can't say so. Now it's renewed and I can say so, and I was away for
the very
brief in-between...to misuse the power of the Eep is a serious
infraction.
jms
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Message 705 Sun Jun 16, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 14:17 EDT
"Ratings for all syndicated dramas have dropped."
Incorrect, in at least one case. B5's ratings this quarter have
been our
highest in some time, so we're definitely on an upswing.
jms
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Message 391 Wed Jun 19, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 14:58 EDT
WB is coming down hard on all its shows (or so I'm told), on the
theory
that a con showing = a theatrical exhibition, and they can be fined
hundreds
of bucks by the showbiz guilds. Now, in the history of hollywood,
this has
never, ever happened...but the lawyers got their noses into it...and
at that
point, you're doomed.
jms
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Message 395 Thu Jun 20, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:48 EDT
Nope, they won't allow that. It ain't the slate, it's the
guilds. And
we can't show scenes with guest stars, either. And we can't take more
than 4
minutes out of any given episode.
jms
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Message 544 Thu Jun 27, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:53 EDT
Well, just finished the first (writer's) draft of "The Hour of
the Wolf,"
the first episode of year 4, to be directed by David Eagle. It was a
tough
one, like all first-episode scripts...but quite interesting, in its
way. Once
again the show takes a somewhat different tone, I'm using some tools I
somewhat developed in the background in year 3 and am now trying in
foreground, very interesting mood change...a good start.
jms
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Message 258 Fri Jun 28, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:49 EDT
Here's what the talk shows tell us: "Sorry, but you're a
syndicated show,
and nobody knows from syndication, so our viewers wouldn't be
interested."
jms
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Message 261 Sat Jun 29, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:49 EDT
At some point along the way, somebody decided to mail out the B5
newsletters bulk mail. This is problematic at best. So we're going
to start
switching over to 1st or 2nd class to ensure delivery. They're going
out in
batches.
jms
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Message 270 Sat Jun 29, 1996
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 18:30 EDT
New episodes (the last of season 3) start in October.
So the good part, such as it is, is that we'll play 5 in October,
then 4
or 5 in November, so you're looking at 9-10 in a row, almost half a
season in
one go.
jms
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