JMS on CompuServe (Oct 13, 1997) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
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Mon Oct 13 15:13:23 EDT 1997
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #1047-#B5 Sierra software?
Sb: #1090-Petition for Ivonava
Sb: #1101-B5 Sierra software?
Sb: #1100-#Petition for Ivonava
Sb: #1105-<Darkness>
Sb: #1109-<<420: Victory!>>
Sb: #708873-Shadow Tech
[ Summary: "Any info on the other game? What do you mean by three
different guides?" ]
#: 1097 S2/Bab 5: General
12-Oct-97 15:10:00
Sb: #1047-#B5 Sierra software?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The other game is still being developed, and it's too early to get into
the details yet. Christy Marx is involved, though.
RE: the guides...in the informational CD rom, you arrive by shuttle at
the station, and at customs you can choose from three different guides: the
official station tour guide (rather stuffy, formal, only encourages you to go
to the nice places), a rather shady character who knows all the best (worst)
places, and a Gaim. The commentaries on the places you go vary from guide to
guide.
jms
[ Summary: States that he believes Claudia more than "the network." Also
asks everyone to start a petition to get her back. ]
#: 1098 S2/Bab 5: General
12-Oct-97 15:19:08
Sb: #1090-Petition for Ivonava
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
And to whom would you send the petition? And when? It wasn't WB's
decision that she leave, it was hers. She was offered the same deal as the
rest of the cast, at the same salary bumps as everyone else...she wanted more
than could be given without a renegoatiation that would violate our favored
nations contracts with everyone else...so here are your choices, there are no
others:
1) You give her the increase (18 episodes for 22 eps pay, in the contract),
and violate the contracts of all your other actors, and anger them and destroy
the sense of fairness you've worked hard to create over 5 years.
2) You choose to be fair and renegotiate *everyone's* contracts, and end up
without enough money to make the show anymore.
3) You offer the same deal as all the other cast members have, with the same
salary increases guaranteed in their contracts for each season, and leave it
to her to decide whether or not to come back.
We did #3. She chose to walk away. So if you're going to send a petition,
you may as well send it to her because it was *her* decision, not WB, not
TNT's, and not mine.
Finally, I'm finishing script #12 right now, we're more than halfway through
the writing season. Frankly, it's too late for petitions, and they wouldn't
have any effect in any event, because it was never our choice. It was hers.
jms
[ Summary: Can the new CD-ROM be ordered from the fan club? ]
#: 1149 S2/Bab 5: General
13-Oct-97 01:26:08
Sb: #1101-B5 Sierra software?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yes, the fan club will also carry a limited number of the CDroms.
jms
[ Summary: Someone who was at Wolf confirms what JMS has been saying, as
she spoke to a few cast members and they all told the story just as
JMS has been telling it. ]
#: 1154 S2/Bab 5: General
13-Oct-97 01:37:03
Sb: #1100-#Petition for Ivonava
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Oh, please, send this to (Hero Games) Sue...at last, a witness that can
verify what I've been saying from day one...thank you, thank you, thankyew...
I owe you my firstborn child....
Can I repost this? Finally, I have someone, SOMEone, outside the
company who can confirm what I've been saying, someone who doesn't have a
vested interest in the situation....
Thank you....
jms
#: 1105 S4/Bab 5: **SPOILERS**
12-Oct-97 16:45:03
Sb: <Darkness>
Fm: RAE AUGENSTEIN
I finally got to see "Darkness" last night at 2 a.m. :-p Thank God this is
only going on for three more weeks!
This was a superb episode, and it really brought B5 back with a vengeance for
me. I watched it with three other B5 fans and we were all screaming and
hollering at the TV the whole time. We especially appreciated Lyta and Susan
in this episode. I can't *wait* to get Ivanova's little speech in my computer.
:-)
I was personally in tears a couple times. I don't see how anyone couldn't have
been at least a little weepy when Susan and John were talking.
Rae ^^^^
#: 1150 S4/Bab 5: **SPOILERS**
13-Oct-97 01:26:08
Sb: #1105-<Darkness>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks...yeah, it's a nice, quiet little episode.
Well, at least, in comparison to what's coming....
jms
#: 1109 S4/Bab 5: **SPOILERS**
12-Oct-97 17:39:10
Sb: #<<420: Victory!>>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Joe,
With all the new forum hassle, I haven't had a lot of time to spend on
this episode, but I did watch it twice and wanted to let you know that it was
superb. The tension and pain in that final battle, especially when Sheridan
decides to ram the platform was just wonderfully overpowering.
But one thing that I really did want to congratulate you on was the
symmetry and symbolism in how you structured that final battle. The story of
Babylon 5 basically started with the Minbari fleet coming to Earth to destroy
it at the Battle of the Line. To have the Minbari fleet return to Earth, not
to destroy humanity, but to save it, especially along side Earth fighters and
capital ships was stunning. It sure made my heart feel good.
Thanks,
-- Brent
P.S. Oh, yeah, and "Mooooo!" ;-)
#: 1151 S4/Bab 5: **SPOILERS**
13-Oct-97 01:26:08
Sb: #1109-<<420: Victory!>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"...the symmetry and symbolism in how you structured that final battle. The
story of Babylon 5 basically started with the Minbari fleet coming to Earth to
destroy it at the Battle of the Line. To have the Minbari fleet return to
Earth, not to destroy humanity, but to save it, especially along side Earth
fighters and capital ships was stunning."
Noticed that little touch, did you....?
What goes around, comes around.
jms
#: 708873 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
12-Oct-97 19:14:13
Sb: #Shadow Tech
Fm: MICHAEL ZITAGLIO
Joe,
Well, you've done it again. These new EA ships with Shadow tech...
Are they susceptible to telepaths like the shadow vessels were?
By the way, the EA adaptation to the shadow tech is accurately done. Keep the
basic Omega design and modify where needed. Its what the navy is doing with
the F-18 E/F. A modification of the current F-18 C/D. The E/F has greater
range and more payload capacity to compensate for the retiring of the A-6
Intruder. They basically look the same, yet different, just like those
modified EA ships. Well Done.
I forget, will there be a Aggy model?
Do John Copeland and Bruce B have an interest in airship history?
Thanks again.
Mike
#: 708918 S6/Babylon 5: Spoilers
13-Oct-97 01:26:02
Sb: #708873-Shadow Tech
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"These new EA ships with Shadow tech...Are they susceptible to telepaths like
the shadow vessels were?"
Negative...they don't have living beings as CPUs, they're still working
at adapting the basic tech, the other stuff is still a bit advanced.
"By the way, the EA adaptation to the shadow tech is accurately done. Keep the
basic Omega design and modify where needed."
Got it in one.
"Do John Copeland and Bruce B have an interest in airship history?"
Please...these guys are the biggest airplane buffs I've ever met.
jms
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