JMS on CompuServe (Sep 26, 1996) * FINAL FIVE SPOILERS *
Brent Barrett
bbarrett at speedlink.com
Thu Sep 26 16:15:06 EDT 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #582623-White Star (K'Z'D)
Sb: #582741-<Z'Ha'Dum>
Sb: #582686-Those final words .....
Sb: #582889-<Those Darned Spheres>
Sb: #582977-<<Surely Serling?>>
Sb: #582979-Those final words .....
Sb: #582984-G'Kar as Shadow ally?
#: 582623 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
25-Sep-96 09:06:44
Sb: #582457-#White Star (K'Z'D)
Fm: ALAN MULVIE
" Who said they were speaking English? In a WW II movie, when you go to the
Germans, you can understand what they're saying on the premise that yes, it's
German, but we're hearing it as English. On the other hand, if Garibaldi
programmed them, then they may have been in English...there's no way to tell
exactly."
The Best way I've seen to counter this problem was a WW2 film about war Crimes.
(I think it starred Richard Burton.) It started by Having the german speak
german and then the translator translate into english. Then visa versa. In
the middle of the discussion (just as it was getting gripping) the German
started speaking English, and the translators stopped talking.
The upshot of this was that the viewer (me) felt the german was still speaking
german, and the englishman was still speaking german, although both were really
speaking german.
Nowt to do with babylon 5 but a really good way of getting past the languauge
problem.
mlv
#: 582715 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
25-Sep-96 16:29:29
Sb: #582623-White Star (K'Z'D)
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, if you have a translater in the room...but if you have two Narns
speaking in a room, they're not going to need a translator in there with them.
jms
[ Summary: A long-time viewer and poster finally remembers to get on-line
and thank JMS for making Babylon 5. Jokes about the way JMS is "willing
to take all our harsh compliments on the chin." ]
#: 582870 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
25-Sep-96 22:04:59
Sb: #582741-<Z'Ha'Dum>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks. Generally, I'm here for both kinds of comments...there are
brickbats, and occasional roses, and you have to learn to take them both with a
fair amount of equanimity. Unless they're just simply being unfair and
malicious, at which point you simply take their heads off and move on.
But in general, I've found the criticisms here to be even-handed, fair
and often I agree with them. The roses sustain one between brickbat festivals.
jms
[ Summary: Thought the final words spoken by G'Kar in "Z'Ha'Dum" were
"excellent and very thought-provoking" as well as "*beautifully* and
movingly delivered by Andreas." ]
#: 582871 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
25-Sep-96 22:05:02
Sb: #582686-Those final words .....
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks, Andreas did a terrific job on the end monologue. Very moving.
jms
#: 582889 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
25-Sep-96 20:47:59
Sb: #<Those Darned Spheres>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Howdy, Joe;
After having watched "Shadow Dancing" and "Z'Ha'Dum," I have a question.
It's not a terribly important question, but, damnit, it's eating at me for some
reason.
The scene in which Delenn drops the snowglobe seems to be a different scene
each of the three times we've seen it. Is it? And, if it is, why is it? Was
it shot for each episode? I'd think that such a shot, with no actors in it at
all, could simply be reused. Since each was supposed to be of the exact same
event, why risk getting them different each time?
Thanks,
-- Brent
#: 582967 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
26-Sep-96 00:12:16
Sb: #582889-<Those Darned Spheres>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Sometimes there are practical considerations in the overall staging; when
we shot the flash-forward, Melissa wasn't there, so when she was, there was
some interest in restaging things.
jms
#: 582977 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
26-Sep-96 00:50:23
Sb: #<<Surely Serling?>>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Ok, Joe, I'm going nuts here.
I've rewatched "Z'Ha'Dum" again and some lines are just so familiar: When
Justin starts explaining about the people who make the decisions and that he's
with them, same group, different department.
I *think* I recall something very similar to that in an episode of Twilight
Zone. Am I correct? Is that a Serling line you've honored us with?
If it's yours alone, then I apologize, but I'd *swear* I've heard it, or
something like it, elsewhere. Am I just nuts? (Don't answer that!)
Curiously yours,
-- Brent
#: 583141 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
26-Sep-96 11:34:39
Sb: #582977-<<Surely Serling?>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, it's not from anything I'm aware of, though it's a concept that
seems very natural.
jms
[ Summary: Noticed a difference in G'Kar's makeup in "Z'Ha'Dum." Wonders
if it was a change or just the lighting. ]
#: 583142 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
26-Sep-96 11:34:40
Sb: #582979-Those final words .....
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Probably the lighting.
jms
[ Summary: Wonders if G'Kar's belief that "Some must be sacrificed, if
*all* are to be saved" makes him more likely to agree with the Shadows'
motives than the Vorlons. ]
#: 583143 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
26-Sep-96 11:34:41
Sb: #582984-G'Kar as Shadow ally?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I think that reasoning can be applied to any side.
jms
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