JMS on CompuServe (Sep 28, 1997) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #704246-#CC Situation
Sb: #704182-#From Babylon 5 Magazine
Sb: #jms absent a bit
Sb: #704478-CC Situation
Sb: #704839-#Whatever Happened to B5?
Sb: #705139-#Whatever Happened to B5?
[ Summary: "Maybe its my disappointment that makes me tend to believe
that [Claudia's] leaving was more a case of being booted than it more
or less having been her choice." ]
#: 705031 S5/Babylon 5: General
27-Sep-97 02:24:55
Sb: #704246-#CC Situation
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
She was definitely not booted.
There was absolutely no reason for ANYone to boot her. No one has yet
provided one plausible reason why anyone at this side would want her gone. I
certainly didn't want the character to go away, WB didn't want the character to
go away...she left when we couldn't give her what she wanted.
jms
[ Summary: "Is it true that the serialized comics in the back will
soon feature new stories? If so, I wonder if they will be published
in the US?" ]
#: 705032 S7/Babylon 5: UK/World
27-Sep-97 02:24:57
Sb: #704182-#From Babylon 5 Magazine
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The new B5 comic to be serialized in the B5 UK magazine will be gathered
in a graphic novel and published in the US by DC in January.
jms
#: 705033 S5/Babylon 5: General
27-Sep-97 02:24:58
Sb: #jms absent a bit
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Just to let you know...I haven't been online at all in the last 2 days,
and may not be on for a bit over the next day or so, or at most sporadically.
I threw my back out badly last Sunday, and didn't know how much damage I'd done
until it reached the point of nearly incapacitating me by Wednesday. So what
little time I can put in behind the keyboard over the next few days, until the
medication can do its job, will mainly be spent on writing episodes. It's just
a muscle thing (fortunately) and I have all the right drugs I need, so it's
simply a matter of time and healing.
What apparently complicated matters was that it happened about 90 minutes
before I was scheduled to do my second presentation at a convention in Tulsa (I
slipped in the shower) and refused to cancel the presentation or the 90 minute
autograph session following, knowing that some folks had come as far as 5 hours
drive-time to be there. Ah, well...live and learn.
jms
#: 704478 S5/Babylon 5: General
25-Sep-97 10:36:09
Sb: #704146-#CC Situation
Fm: JEFF FRANK
>> That's correct, and not correct. What was relayed to her was that if she
wanted to be in just 18, and wanted to be paid for just those 18, then that
was fine...her people insisted that she be paid for the rest of the episodes
<<
Sounds just like I figured it was.... her agent(s) screwed her by not passing
the offer along to Claudia. <sigh>
Jeff
Sigh Corps - Pat Tallman Division
Great Maker huh?
#: 705035 S5/Babylon 5: General
27-Sep-97 02:50:44
Sb: #704478-CC Situation
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"Sounds just like I figured it was.... her agent(s) screwed her by not passing
the offer along to Claudia. <sigh>"
Nope again. I was there, in Blackpool, with her and the other cast
members, and I sat across from her in the hotel pub at midnight and told her
that unless we got a yes or no by the next day, after all that had gone in
during the preceding days, the offer put out to her by WB would be withdrawn.
She had all the information.
jms
#: 704839 S5/Babylon 5: General
26-Sep-97 13:54:21
Sb: #704837-#Whatever Happened to B5?
Fm: HERO GAMES (SUE)
Jim,
<chuckle>
Yeah, I've been waiting for the 'you're just a trekkie with nothing better to
do than bash B-5' or 'Oh, look! Another drive-by flamer' comments.
But as you said, Martin did outline his points quite nicely!
Sue
#: 705037 S5/Babylon 5: General
27-Sep-97 03:02:43
Sb: #704839-#Whatever Happened to B5?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"Yeah, I've been waiting for the 'you're just a trekkie with nothing better to
do than bash B-5' or 'Oh, look! Another drive-by flamer' comments. But as you
said, Martin did outline his points quite nicely!"
So in other words, you object to the sort of person who uncritically goes
after someone for giving a negative opinion.
Okay, that's fair.
I would also point out, however, that in all the time I have seen your
posts here, it seems like the only time you come out of the woodwork is to
uncritically support someone who says somethilng negative about the show.
Doesn't matter if they say it's too fast, or too slow...you're right up there
the instant it's posted cheering it on. Not the positive reactions, ONLY the
negative ones, insofar as I have ever seen, and on every possible issue.
I would say that the one uncritical kneejerk response is just as
wrongheaded as the latter...wouldn't you?
jms
#: 705139 S5/Babylon 5: General
27-Sep-97 13:57:10
Sb: #705097-#Whatever Happened to B5?
Fm: HERO GAMES (SUE)
Paul,
Because I believe first in foremost in the right of everyone's opinions to be
considered equally. That *is* my opinion.
I do *not* believe the minority opinion is always right. I just believe it
should not be summarily dismissed by others.
I am also of the opinion that B5 is a great show and have said so before.
<shrug>
Sue
#: 705226 S5/Babylon 5: General
27-Sep-97 18:54:43
Sb: #705139-#Whatever Happened to B5?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"Because I believe first in foremost in the right of everyone's opinions to be
considered equally. That *is* my opinion."
I disagree. It is the right of everyone's *informed* opinion. If
someone were to come in here saying that all (pick an ethnic group) were
slovenly, lazy and genetically inferior to (pick an ethnic group), I suggest
that you would object, because it's bigotry and not an informed opinion.
The B5 forum has its share of strafers...people who buzz in, drop an
inflammatory message, and zoom back out again, letting the bombs crash and the
arguments that follow...and have no interest in any kind of discussion. Often
they never even come back, as was the case with the person who said the show
was boring. I notice that none of the replies to his messages had the (X) that
says it was received by him.
So the quote above is untrue on the face of it. Also, it does sound as
if you're saying it's good to be negative, but to be negative *about* the
negative statement, that needs to be fought back uncritically, regardless of
the validity of the original statement. The result is that you sign a blank
check on your conscience and credibility.
jms
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