JMS on CompuServe (Oct 26, 1997) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*

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 [ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
    Sb: #3335-#Green Mars? <<Endgame>>
    Sb: #3344-ATTN: JMS Taken in Vain
    Sb: #3453-<501: Or is it 422?>


 [ Summary: (See below.  Note: This poster used this example to show how
   impractical it would be to do this.  He suggests that what was shown
   was the best that could and should be done.) ]

 #: 3520 S4/Bab 5: **SPOILERS**
    25-Oct-97  22:57:05
Sb: #3335-#Green Mars? <<Endgame>>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

"If you had time to spare in the episode (ho ho), you might have suggested the 
different ratio of inertial mass to weight by having character's feet skid out 
from under them when stopping, bouncing off walls while turning corners, 
overbalancing on turns, or catching things they had dropped two seconds after 
dropping them.  Maybe tossing a CGI grenade."

      Except, of course, this would've looked awfully silly on camera.

      BTW, remember that Number One and Garibaldi, as well as Lyta, have 
experience with living on Mars, so they would automatically compensate.

                                                                    jms

 [ Summary: Suggests that any fan complaining over the death of major 
   characters in the show is a sign that JMS has done a good job.  Also,
   suggests that the Net efficiently enhances both intelligence and 
   stupidity among people, so that may explain why so many morons tend
   to run off at the mouth on the Net.  It's a fact of life.  This poster
   suggests screening tools for Net access. ]

 #: 3521 S4/Bab 5: **SPOILERS**
    25-Oct-97  22:57:05
Sb: #3344-ATTN: JMS Taken in Vain
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

      All good points...you may be right (on most of them).

                                                                    jms


 #: 3453 S4/Bab 5: **SPOILERS**
    25-Oct-97  11:13:04
Sb: #3452-<501: Or is it 422?>
Fm: DAVID DERUBEIS

>>How do you explain such a quantum leap in evolution in just a million years?  
Nothing that extreme tends to happen in just a million years, if my 
anthropology courses did me any good.<<

If you let evolution run it's course, this is true.  But with advances in 
genetics, nanotechnology, and (in the B5 universe) psionics, among other 
things, I'd say it's more or less inevitable.

My personal nit is that JMS has the sun going nova in only a million years.  
This seems several orders of magnitude too soon for me.

Otherwise, I enjoyed this one.  A nice change of pace from the big plot 
advancing show of late, and certainly something very different from what I 
expect in series television.

Did you catch the dedication at the end?  Also, did notice that the episode 
was described as "Sleeping in Light" when the satellite feed first came on, 
before changing at the last second to the correct title?  We where scrambling 
a bit there.  Fess up, Joe, where you having a bit of fun with us?  

>> And I note with great amusement that they're sleeping in a FLAT bed this 
time... :-)<<

I didn't notice any evidence of sleeping.

David


 #: 3550 S4/Bab 5: **SPOILERS**
    26-Oct-97  01:16:11
Sb: #3453-<501: Or is it 422?>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI

"My personal nit is that JMS has the sun going nova in only a million years. 
This seems several orders of magnitude too soon for me."

      Actually, the computer voice specifies that it is continuing to note 
atypical solar emissions...atypical meaning something unusual is going on.

                                                                    jms


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