JMS on CompuServe (Jan 19, 1997) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
bbarrett at speedlink.com
bbarrett at speedlink.com
Sun Jan 19 21:52:26 EST 1997
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WARNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The following posts may contain SPOILERS for
upcoming Babylon 5 episodes.
Continue at your own risk.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
S
P
O
I
L
E
R
P
R
O
T
E
C
T
I
O
N
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL IS THE COPYRIGHT OF THE
RESPECTIVE MESSAGE AUTHORS AND CANNOT BE
REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED
PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
Note that JMS has expressed his public permission
that all of his messages may be reproduced freely.
I give permission for my summaries to be reposted in
any form, however I reserve all rights to them and
the right to revoke this permission at any time.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Archives of this material may be found at:
ftp://ftp.speedlink.com/pub/bbarrett/cis/
- or -
http://www.speedlink.com/bbarrett/b5/
**********************************************
###### Support Babylon 5! ######
## To get a fifth season of this ##
# ### wonderful epic, we need to # ###
. ## let local stations and Warner . ##
## ## Brothers know we want it! ## ##
##### www.babylon5.com/cmp/support #####
**********************************************
[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #639145-From jms re: yr 4/5
Sb: #639235-#From jms re: yr 4/5
Sb: #639149-The Earth-Minbari War
Sb: #639242-#B5 TV ratings?
Sb: #639558-From jms re: yr 4/5
[ Summary: Relates a story of his attempts to obtain funding for a research
project in much the same way as JMS attempted to fund Babylon 5. He went
from sponsor to sponsor, but all they wanted to do was change the intent
of the project to suit them, which destroyed the project's scientific
value. He gave up, and, one day, he saw that another scientist planned
to do the exact same project. ]
#: 639327 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Jan-97 20:27:45
Sb: #639145-From jms re: yr 4/5
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Typical...and saddst of all to know that your story is not at all
uncommon.
jms
#: 639235 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Jan-97 15:01:25
Sb: #639091-#From jms re: yr 4/5
Fm: THE JAWA / JAWA #2
These three guys...were they wearing pink, blue, green, red, or white
<G>?
Maybe the purpose of these groups is a little lost on me.
Why did WB let that guy into the discussion, if he hates B5?
He's certainly not the type who's going to *improve* it, and chances
are he won't be happy unless you dress everyone in head-to-toe footy pajamas.
The Jawa/KP
RMES Dominator
Massive Technical Difficulties
#: 639328 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Jan-97 20:27:47
Sb: #639235-#From jms re: yr 4/5
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
You don't skew the group ahead of time; you get a random sample, some who
like it, are neutral, or don't like it. That's the public opinion measurement
biz.
jms
#: 639149 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Jan-97 09:06:33
Sb: #The Earth-Minbari War
Fm: RICHARD WAKEFIELD
Jms,
The E-M war lasted five years (2242-2247 I believe), if the Minbari were so
superior technologically why did it take them years to beat us back to Earth ?
Will we ever see more info about the war ?
Richard
#: 639329 S5/Babylon 5: General
18-Jan-97 20:27:50
Sb: #639149-The Earth-Minbari War
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The 2-hour prequel will get into the question of the war in far more
detail.
jms
#: 639242 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
18-Jan-97 15:18:44
Sb: #639094-#B5 TV ratings?
Fm: THE JAWA / JAWA #2
We'll see new episodes from January 27 till...when?
The Jawa/KP
RMES Dominator
Massive Technical Difficulties
#: 639330 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
18-Jan-97 20:27:52
Sb: #639242-#B5 TV ratings?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
For five weeks.
jms
#: 639558 S5/Babylon 5: General
19-Jan-97 13:48:38
Sb: #639328-#From jms re: yr 4/5
Fm: THE JAWA / JAWA #2
Next question:
(Before I go on, away with your weapons, I mean no comparisons.)
Often I'll read somewhere that DS9 is "more popular" than B5.
Now, here's my question: I have never ever seen DS9's ratings, although
I know some about B5's.
Is this an invention by the press, or is the public really that stu--
I mean, or are people still watching more Trek?
I've just never seen ANY facts to back that up.
The Jawa/KP
RMES Dominator
Massive Technical Difficulties
#: 639640 S5/Babylon 5: General
19-Jan-97 16:05:57
Sb: #639558-From jms re: yr 4/5
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, the figures are correct. DS9 does rate higher than B5, though it's
lost about 18% of its ratings over the last year, according to the trades,
while B5 has been gaining over the same period of time. Interestingly, on a
head-to-head basis with new episodes, we're generally only about half a point
behind Voyager. DS9 averages a couple of points ahead of us.
BTW, I found out the other day that apparently when Scott Adams had done
the Dilbert cover story, he'd intended for B5 to get the cover, but the folks
at TV Guide put Star Trek on at the last minute because they felt it would sell
more copies.
jms
[END]
-***
-*** B5JMS SUBSCRIBERS: Replies to messages in this list go to the list
-*** maintainer, <b5jms-owner at cs.columbia.edu>. If you want to reply
-*** elsewhere, adjust the "To" field. The best way to reach JMS is to post
-*** to rastb5m, which can be done by sending email to <rastb5 at solon.com>.
More information about the B5JMS
mailing list