JMS on CompuServe (Feb 02, 1998) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS*
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #17454-Claudia
Sb: #17543-Claudia
Sb: #17516-Previews
Sb: #17522-#Mira Furlan Signed Card?
Sb: #17544-<502: Ummm... Wow.>
Sb: #17528-question re comic
Sb: #17739-Formulaic Television
Sb: #17678-#The Story Line
Sb: #17704-I prefer Star Trek f/x
Sb: #17744-<TVLNoLM>
Sb: #17832-<TVLNoLM>
Sb: #17589-S5 Title
Sb: #17870-#Minbari Warrior Women
Sb: #17787-Cards/Comic Due Soon
Sb: #17595-Mira Furlan Signed Card?
[ Summary: "I, for one, would like to see the Ivanova character return." ]
#: 17514 S2/Bab 5: General
30-Jan-98 15:54:07
Sb: #17454-Claudia
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"I, for one, would like to see the Ivanova character return. I don't know if
it's possible, but I would still like to see it."
a) Wasn't my decision, b) given that I'm writing 522 right now, I'd say
that the odds are zero, barring "Sleeping in Light," shot last year and held
over to this one.
jms
#: 17543 S2/Bab 5: General
30-Jan-98 19:20:07
Sb: #17514-#Claudia
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
"a) Wasn't my decision, b) given that I'm writing 522 right now, I'd say
that the odds are zero, barring "Sleeping in Light," shot last year and held
over to this one."
I know I'm gonna regret asking this, and I know most people think I'm nuts
for asking, but... Are we gonna see/hear about little David before Sleeping in
Light? Any chance? Pretty please? *beg* *grovel* *whimper*
Oh, well. It was worth a shot. :-)
Thanks,
-- Brent
#: 17582 S2/Bab 5: General
30-Jan-98 23:34:03
Sb: #17543-Claudia
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Sorta kinda.
jms
[ Summary: Asks where the preview for next week's episode has gone. ]
#: 17583 S2/Bab 5: General
30-Jan-98 23:34:04
Sb: #17516-Previews
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I think the preview now is actually between acts 3 and 4.
jms
[ Summary: Asks about the special Mira Furlan cards that were
accidentally included in some Fleer shipments. ]
#: 17584 S2/Bab 5: General
30-Jan-98 23:34:04
Sb: #17522-#Mira Furlan Signed Card?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
The real cards have a white area at the bottom for signatures; none of
the other cards have that white area. If it's anything other, it's a fake.
jms
#: 17544 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
30-Jan-98 19:20:07
Sb: #17390-#<502: Ummm... Wow.>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Joe,
I know that you have too little time to answer every question asked in a
message to you, but there was one question in that last post that I think is
pretty important. Maybe you didn't answer it on purpose -- I don't know. But
since I think it's pretty important, I'm gonna ask it again:
Londo speaks of Sheridan's twenty years... How common is that knowledge?
Can you at least confirm whether or not Londo knows about it? Or is there
something about his whole dream sequence that we don't know about?
Thanks,
-- Brent
P.S. I really enjoyed seeing Mira play the Gypsy Delenn. It was interesting
how you had one of your characters playing another character... And it was so
symbolic of who and what Delenn is to Londo (mysterious, seer of the future,
cryptic, commanding).
#: 17585 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
30-Jan-98 23:34:04
Sb: #17544-<502: Ummm... Wow.>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
It's common knowledge within the inner circle of the Alliance advisory
board.
jms
[ Summary: Concerning the newest comic book, this fan asks why the shuttle
fell so fast that the aliens couldn't get out of the way. ]
#: 17586 S8/Bab 5 Merchandise
30-Jan-98 23:34:04
Sb: #17528-question re comic
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
It didn't fall, when Garibaldi shot out the fuel tanks in the back, it
blew it in their direction (as shown).
jms
[ Summary: Loves Babylon 5 and thinks that it will go down in history
as the one TV show that could equal print standards. ]
#: 17842 S2/Bab 5: General
01-Feb-98 17:42:11
Sb: #17739-Formulaic Television
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks...I hope history will bear out your reaction. We try and make
it a moving, personal show.
jms
[ Summary: (See below.) ]
#: 17843 S2/Bab 5: General
01-Feb-98 17:42:11
Sb: #17678-#The Story Line
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"How do you keep things straight with so many
threads and characters over the course of the full arc? Babylon 5 has a
Cannon, but how does a written document account for plot/character shifts
over the years? Perhaps you have a vast story board of post-it slips and
yarn connecting push-pins to keep things straight?!?"
This may sound kinda scary, but aside from my original notes, I keep it
all in my head.
jms
[ Summary: "Do you, or the B5 production company, or the anybody
associated with B5 have a piece of Foundation Imaging?" ]
#: 17844 S4/Seas. 1-4 SPOILERS
01-Feb-98 17:42:12
Sb: #17704-I prefer Star Trek f/x
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, I might've been able to get a piece of Foundation, and I was offered
a piece of the new company set up to take over, but I declined, on the theory
that to make honest decisions, based on what's best for the show and nothing
else, I couldn't afford any other agendas...I had to approach this stuff with,
as Balzac said, "clean hands and composure."
jms
#: 17744 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
31-Jan-98 23:45:12
Sb: #17213-<TVLNoLM>
Fm: BILL HIRST
>> Thanks...I'm proud of that one.
Joe, if you keep up this quality, you'll have to reinforce your trophy shelf.
I've been following the progress of the show since the days when you were
pitching the pilot, and you continually amaze me by increasing your talents
from episode to the next. This episode let you use one of your best skills,
writing scenes with dialog and minimal props. (I think you once said something
along the lines of "Let me put two people in an elevator and I can make it
sing." )
It all starts with the writing. FX can enhance a good story, but can't make a
poor story good.
-Bill
#: 17845 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
01-Feb-98 17:42:12
Sb: #17744-<TVLNoLM>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks. I think a writer has to constantly challenge the last thing he
did if he's to be worth a damn to the audience.
jms
#: 17832 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
01-Feb-98 16:25:04
Sb: #17213-#<TVLNoLM>
Fm: SYSOP_DUPA_T_PARROT
Joe,
Regarding Sheridan's costume changes during Londo's Zocalo "dream"...
The first three uniforms were obvious. Are the remaining two a sign and/or
portent of things to come in season 5 (he asked foolishly)?
The Ranger outfit looked as if he'll become The One who will be.
The white robe looked like Minbari ceremonial garb or perhaps a burial shroud.
<searching the sky for Comet Straczynski>
#: 17880 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
01-Feb-98 23:46:01
Sb: #17832-<TVLNoLM>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Could be....
jms
[ Summary: "Knowing that the Voices of Authority track was the only
mostly original one on the 2nd CD, did you sort of have it picked
out as the S5 title 'just in case?'" ]
#: 17846 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
01-Feb-98 17:42:13
Sb: #17589-S5 Title
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yep.
jms
#: 17870 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
01-Feb-98 21:17:13
Sb: #Minbari Warrior Women
Fm: DAN T. DAVIS
It seems that the warrior caste of the Minbari is mostly male; or have I just
missed seeing the female members of the warrior caste?
(This thought came to me in thinking about Lennier's replacement....)
Dan
#: 17881 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
01-Feb-98 23:48:05
Sb: #17870-#Minbari Warrior Women
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
It's more male than female, but they're there.
(I can see it now...Xenonn, Warrior Princess....)
jms
#: 17787 S8/Bab 5 Merchandise
01-Feb-98 12:48:06
Sb: #17192-#Cards/Comic Due Soon
Fm: SHANE SHELLENBARGER
Joe,
Will the cards be offered through www.thestation.com?
Shane
#: 17847 S8/Bab 5 Merchandise
01-Feb-98 17:42:13
Sb: #17787-Cards/Comic Due Soon
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Some boxes will come through there, yes.
jms
[ Summary: "Are you sure about this? I've never seen an autographed
trading card, (perhaps this is what you mean), but I have seen an
autographed CCG and its identical to the normal game card in every
way, with Mira's signature written across the text at the bottom." ]
#: 17848 S8/Bab 5 Merchandise
01-Feb-98 17:42:14
Sb: #17595-Mira Furlan Signed Card?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Oh...the CCG cards...I thought you were referring to the Fleer cards.
Then ignore what I said; I'm an idiot.
jms
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