JMS on CompuServe (Sep 30, 1996) * FINAL FIVE SPOILERS *
Brent Barrett
bbarrett at speedlink.com
Mon Sep 30 14:46:12 EDT 1996
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #584622-#<Sheridans survival>
Sb: #584462-<<Z'Ha'Dum questions>>
Sb: #584425-#<Delenn and Sheridan>
Sb: #584572-#<ep22 question>
Sb: #584465-Those final words .....
Sb: #584609-#<<Z'ha'dum - sneaky!!>>
Sb: #584508-#Double Bluff <<Z'hadum>>
Sb: #584838-<Sheridans survival>
Sb: #584732-<ep22 question>
Sb: #584733-Double Bluff <<Z'hadum>>
Sb: #584743-Double Bluff <<Z'hadum>>
#: 584622 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
29-Sep-96 14:34:02
Sb: #584240-#<Sheridans survival>
Fm: DAVID KUHN
""
Sheridan definitely cannot fly.
""
Joe, I just saw "Z'Ha'Dum" friday night. WOW! I couldn't sleep that night at
all. Anyway. How could Sheridan pick up enough terminal velosity to reach
that hole before the White Star blew and released 1 - 1.2 gigatons of nuclear
devistation? It didn't look as if he had enough time to fall before the big
<Boom>.
Loved the episode, wow, did I love it. Now I have to wait till the October
28th Satelite feed for a new epsiode??!!
Dave
#: 584689 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
29-Sep-96 15:45:02
Sb: #584622-#<Sheridans survival>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Well, if you hadn't spoiled yourself, you could enjoy new episodes NOW
with the rest of the country, starting this week, but noooooo, you had to go
and jump the gun, well you've made your bed, young man, now you have to sleep
in it.
And there are shadows underneath it.
Sleep tight.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if the cult members in "Grey 17 is Missing" were prisoners
or there by choice. ]
#: 584690 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
29-Sep-96 15:45:04
Sb: #584462-<<Z'Ha'Dum questions>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Depends on your definition, but basically, they were there as part of
this cult...but any good cult leader knows you should make it just a *bit* hard
for them to get out.
jms
#: 584425 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
29-Sep-96 06:46:26
Sb: #<Delenn and Sheridan>
Fm: MICHAEL ZITAGLIO
Hi,
I think that the idea of watching your potential partner sleep is just
wounderful. The true face appearing really reached inside of me. Did you
create that idea or was it taken from some other religion or philosophy? I
also liked that minister giving he sermon. His homily was very inspirational.
Too many of us get too caught up in things. Man, for someone who is an
atheist, you sure got a pretty good grasp on those kind of things.
MIke
#: 584691 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
29-Sep-96 15:45:07
Sb: #584425-#<Delenn and Sheridan>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
As far as I *know*, at least, that bit about seeing your true face
revealed as you sleep is something I came up with on my own. There's just
something I like about it, and if you've ever watched someone's face while
they're sleeping, you understand.
Though one person did comment, "So a man's true face is all mushed up
against the pillow and drooling?"
We don't talk anymore.
jms
[ Summary: Asks if the creatures we saw behind Sheridan and behind Anna
were real Shadows or just servants. ]
#: 584693 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
29-Sep-96 15:45:11
Sb: #584572-#<ep22 question>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, those were definitely shadows.
jms
[ Summary: Comments that it was wonderful to have heard a preview of the
final voice-over by G'Kar at Wolf 359. The poster goes on to say that
he and a friend turned to the balcony where JMS stood and did a "we're
not worthy" salute to him. Wonders if the reaction at Wolf made him
feel better about how the final version would be accepted. ]
#: 584694 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
29-Sep-96 15:45:13
Sb: #584465-Those final words .....
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
It left me rather optimistic, yes...and generally quite pleased. I
wanted to sneak a peek at the reaction without being seen...until somebody put
the camera on me. Suddenly I felt like Mussolini standing in the balcony about
to address a crowd, and moved away as soon as I could.
jms
#: 584609 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
29-Sep-96 13:30:28
Sb: #<<Z'ha'dum - sneaky!!>>
Fm: ARWEL PARRY
Joe,
It was only on my 6th viewing of "Z'ha'dum" today (the S4C transmission) that I
noticed that when Kosh appears in the mirror behind Sheridan, he says "If you
go to Z'ha'dum, will you die?" rather than "... you will die". Were you telling
us that even the Vorlons don't know everything, or setting us up for eight
months of uncertainty and doubt? <g> ...or were you just seeing how many of us
would hear what was actually said rather than what we _expected_ to hear?
Arwel
#: 584695 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
29-Sep-96 15:45:15
Sb: #584609-#<<Z'ha'dum - sneaky!!>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, he says "you will die." Very odd...check it again. We used the same
audio track from before.
jms
[ Summary: Thinks Garibaldi was just picked up by chance, because he was
where the Shadows vessel happened to be. ]
#: 584702 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
29-Sep-96 16:00:56
Sb: #584508-#Double Bluff <<Z'hadum>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Nope, there was a very specific reason why Garibaldi was picked up, and
there's a suggestion of it in what Justin says at one point to Sheridan.
jms
#: 584838 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
29-Sep-96 19:29:38
Sb: #584689-#<Sheridans survival>
Fm: SYSOP DUPA T PARROT
>> well you've made your bed, young man, now you have to sleep in it.
And there are shadows underneath it. Sleep tight. <<
Now the next question is...
Do Shadows go "bump" in the night?
Or are they more of a "ping"? <g>
#: 584875 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
29-Sep-96 21:40:34
Sb: #584838-<Sheridans survival>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
They're silent.
That's what makes them so scary.
If you hear them, you're fine, but if you hear *nothing*....
jms
[ Summary: Says he was beginning to wonder if he'd ever see "real"
Shadows. ]
#: 584876 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
29-Sep-96 21:40:36
Sb: #584732-<ep22 question>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
They're also in the main title, and we've seen them before elsewhere
several times.
jms
[ Summary: This poster thought that Justin's comment about removing
Sheridan's "support mechanism" meant destroying Babylon 5 and not taking
Mr. Garibaldi. ]
[ NOTE: The question was worded in such a way that JMS' answer is typically
Vorlonesque and says absolutely nothing definitively. -- BB ]
#: 584877 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
29-Sep-96 21:40:39
Sb: #584733-Double Bluff <<Z'hadum>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
That's correct.
jms
#: 584743 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
29-Sep-96 16:51:37
Sb: #584702-#Double Bluff <<Z'hadum>>
Fm: DARRAN WILLIAMS
>> Nope, there was a very specific reason why Garibaldi was picked up,
and there's a suggestion of it in what Justin says at one point to Sheridan. <<
Time to drag out the video again.
Question: I don't know whether anyone has already asked this but was Justin a
crew member of the Icarus ? If it was mentioned in Z'Ha'Dum I apologise but
I've not had time to rewatch the episode yet.
Darran...
#: 584878 S7/Babylon 5 in the UK
29-Sep-96 21:40:41
Sb: #584743-Double Bluff <<Z'hadum>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, he was assigned there later.
jms
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