ATTN JMS: Are *you* happy with S4 perceived "rush"?

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Subject: ATTN JMS: Are *you* happy with S4 perceived "rush"?
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s  1: Mar  1, 1997: Colm Buckley <colm at lspace.org>
+  3: Mar  1, 1997: Colm Buckley <colm at lspace.org>
*  4: Mar  1, 1997: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: Colm Buckley <colm at lspace.org>
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Hi -

>From what I've been hearing (I've only seen up to 404 myself, but the
occasional spoiler slips through), the perception to date of Season 4 is
that the plot elements are being wrapped up at an extraordinarily rapid
rate, adding credence to the speculation that you're trying to wrap up
the arc at 422, and that there will be no Season 5.

What I'm wondering is, are you happy with this situation?  If the Season
5 issue had been decided *before* you got to write and shoot Season 4,
would you have done things differently?

Or is the current perceived haste merely a wrap-up of a small story
component, with another big section of the arc still to be revealed?

           Colm

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From: Colm Buckley <colm at lspace.org>
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Hi -

>From what I've been hearing (I've only seen up to 404 myself, but the
occasional spoiler slips through), the perception to date of Season 4 is
that the plot elements are being wrapped up at an extraordinarily rapid
rate, adding credence to the speculation that you're trying to wrap up
the arc at 422, and that there will be no Season 5.

What I'm wondering is, are you happy with this situation?  If the Season
5 issue had been decided *before* you got to write and shoot Season 4,
would you have done things differently?

Or is the current perceived haste merely a wrap-up of a small story
component, with another big section of the arc still to be revealed?

           Colm

-- 
Colm Buckley B.F. | EMail : Colm.Buckley at tcd.ie or colm at lspace.org
Computer Science  | WWW   : http://isg.cs.tcd.ie/cbuckley/
Trinity College   | Phone : +353 87 469146 (087-469146 within Ireland)
Dublin 2, Ireland | "Microsoft : Where do you want to crash today?"




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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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Truth: I go back and forth.  The "Into the Fire" thing, for instance...it
would've likely been a two-part episode, but it still would've ended up
exactly where it ended up.  A few more big explosions, but I wonder also
if that really adds anything past a certain point.

>From a production standpoing, since "Fire" darn near killed us in the CGI
department, it's probably a darned good thing it DIDN'T go for 2 eps. 
That puppy had something around 120 or 140 EFX shots.

Overall, I'm actually quite happy with how this season is going, in terms
of the intensity of the arc and the emotions and incidents.  Parts
would've been a bit more laid-back if I had decided not to cover my bets
on renewal, and maybe the situation has worked out to the best (again the
ABA principle, Art By Accident).

So I dunno...all I know is what's in the episodes this season, and it's
pretty cool overall....


 jms




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