JMS on CompuServe (Jan 30, 1998) *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* (1/2)
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[ Summary of subjects in this section: ]
Sb: #16827-"Big Screen B5"?
Sb: #16878-EYES guest star
Sb: #16866-No Compromises
Sb: #16894-acheron
Sb: #16899-<No Compromises>
Sb: #16922-<501: Crooked?>
Sb: #16483-#Ivanova Question...again
Sb: #16989-EYES guest star
Sb: #17074-Formulaic Television
Sb: #17076-#Last 10 in Canada?
Sb: #17091-Last 10 in Canada?
Sb: #17036-Ivanova Question...again
Sb: #16959-#<No Compromises>
Sb: #17184-<No Compromises>
Sb: #17188-#TVLNOLM
Sb: #17203-<TVLNoLM>
Sb: #17154-Official Guide CD-ROM
[ Summary: SFX reported that JMS would "almost certainly" go to the U.K.
for the theatrical premiere of "In the Beginning." ]
#: 16944 S3/Bab 5:International
26-Jan-98 23:18:05
Sb: #16827-"Big Screen B5"?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No one's said anything to me about it thus far...the first I heard of it
was in that article.
jms
[ Summary: "Just saw 'EYES' again tonight. The fellow who played PsiCop
Harriman seems familiar. Was he in any other episodes?" ]
#: 16945 S4/Seas. 1-4 SPOILERS
26-Jan-98 23:18:06
Sb: #16878-EYES guest star
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, he just did the one for us.
jms
[ Summary: (See below.) ]
#: 16946 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
26-Jan-98 23:18:06
Sb: #16866-No Compromises
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"jms, does that imply that in some future eps, Lockley will be right and
Sinclair will be wrong?"
Assuming you mean Sheridan here...the answer is yes.
jms
[ Summary: "With all the references to the ancient world in B5, methinks
you must have had some good Jesuit (or other) grounding in the
classics." ]
#: 16947 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
26-Jan-98 23:18:07
Sb: #16894-acheron
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
It helps to have a background in the classics...I was reading greek
mythology while still in grade school, and minored in philosophy in college.
jms
#: 16899 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
26-Jan-98 18:56:03
Sb: <No Compromises>
Fm: [name withheld by request]
Joe,
I finally got the opportunity to watch "No Compromises" a couple of
days ago... (One of the problems with not having cable is, I'm still seeing
the new episodes behind everyone else!) I really, really liked it. The main
title sequence was very cool, and I especially loved the music! It was
very... majestic, I suppose you could say. And of course I enjoyed hearing
the wonderful "Voices of Authority" theme, which I've loved since I got that
soundtrack! <g>
I sort of wondered about Simon, though -- his name, I mean. My class
just read _The Lord of the Flies_ for English, and our teacher was talking
about how the name "Simon" means "listener." He noted that many authors
choose names because of their meanings. I wondered if you decided to give the
character the name Simon because of the name's meaning, or just because it
sounded right. In a sense, after all, Simon is a listener (to words and
thoughts), and he remembers things that he hears and sees. (I didn't realize
that when I thought "Hey, he's pretty cute," that marked him as a dead
person... <g>)
(Possible *slight* spoiler for "In the Beginning follows...)
By the way, I thought I'd also congratulate you while you're here...
<g> I somehow convinced my English teacher to watch "In the Beginning" when
we were on Christmas break. When I came back to school, he told me that he'd
watched it (even though he doesn't like TV) and that it was "more substantial"
than most of the other stuff on television. He also liked the fact that the
humans were "getting their butts kicked," which, to him, was more probable
than that humans would be the dominant race in the future. I'm trying to get
him to watch the show every day, but he's very busy, so I don't think he does.
But I was very glad that he liked it... Now he knows I'm not completely nuts
when I talk about this show... <g>
#: 16948 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
26-Jan-98 23:18:07
Sb: #16899-<No Compromises>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
There's a reason behind that name...though that wasn't it, it's a nice
bit of lagniappe.
And thanks.
jms
#: 16922 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
26-Jan-98 20:52:02
Sb: #<501: Crooked?>
Fm: BRENT BARRETT
Hey, Joe;
Should I be hearing a double-meaning in Garibaldi's little comment upon
seeing Lochley and the EA symbol, "Hmm... looks a little crooked," or should I
get my hearing checked? :-)
-- Brent
#: 16949 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
26-Jan-98 23:18:07
Sb: #16922-<501: Crooked?>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
It was an inside bit of humor on his part, yeah, but that's it.
jms
#: 17018 S4/Seas. 1-4 SPOILERS
27-Jan-98 12:18:05
Sb: #16483-#Ivanova Question...again
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"This was unfair to the B5 brass and said no. CC was in England promoting the
show, the time-limit on the contract signing passed, and she was fired and
replaced."
Just to clarify...since she had declined to sign the same extension the
rest of the cast signed, she was no longer working for B5 at that time, and
hadn't been for over a month. You can't fire someone who isn't working for
you. All WB could do was make an offer, which she could accept or not.
jms
#: 16989 S4/Seas. 1-4 SPOILERS
27-Jan-98 08:12:00
Sb: #16945-#EYES guest star
Fm: PHILIP HORNSEY
>> No, he just did the one for us.
Then he went on to a stunning career as a Ferengi...
Actually I rather like Jeffery Combs. Is he no longer allowed to do B5 by
virtue of pressure from "The Mountain"? I always figured Harriman Grey as a
natural recurring character, an offset for Berster.
Phil^^^^
FREE MARS!
#: 17019 S4/Seas. 1-4 SPOILERS
27-Jan-98 12:25:01
Sb: #16989-EYES guest star
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, there's been no pressure there, just a matter of finding the right
role.
jms
[ Summary: "Isn't interfering with freelance directors ability to find
work by threatening not to hire them illegal?" ]
#: 17087 S2/Bab 5: General
28-Jan-98 03:38:02
Sb: #17074-Formulaic Television
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I can't say, all I know is that it happens, and it's pretty much ignored
when it does. It's the biz.
jms
[ Summary: "JMS, if TNT is holding back on the last 10, are you still going
ahead with the production?" ]
#: 17088 S3/Bab 5:International
28-Jan-98 03:38:03
Sb: #17076-#Last 10 in Canada?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yeah, we're still proceeding along with production.
jms
[ Summary: (See below.) ]
#: 17132 S3/Bab 5:International
28-Jan-98 11:35:09
Sb: #17091-Last 10 in Canada?
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
"And you will continue to deliver them to TNT without a break? thanks"
That's what I said.
jms
[ Summary: The person who made the mistake of saying that Claudia
Christian was fired apologizes, as he was trying to be neutral. ]
#: 17071 S4/Seas. 1-4 SPOILERS
27-Jan-98 21:06:08
Sb: #17036-Ivanova Question...again
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No question you were being neutral, and admirably so...I was just
looking to clarify one point. You did great.
jms
#: 16959 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
27-Jan-98 01:43:04
Sb: #16948-<No Compromises>
Fm: CARL CANTARELLA
How about the title of the episode, Joe?
Any reason other than the theme which might have prompted your choosing it?
<g>
#: 17070 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
27-Jan-98 20:59:04
Sb: #16959-#<No Compromises>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I picked "No Compromises" because that was my approach for this season:
we aren't going to give an inch on the quality of the show.
jms
#: 17184 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
28-Jan-98 20:18:10
Sb: #16948-#<No Compromises>
Fm: GARDNER L. HARRIS
Subject: Tonite's Ep.
Joe, the more I see the show, the more convinced I am that you had divine
guidance in the casting procedure. Andreas has got to be one of the most
gifted actors living and with only certain exceptions the rest of the cast
being not far behind. I am now speaking of the scene as Londo's conscience.
Very powerful.
Mira's scene saying farewell to Billy (Lennier) was a tear jerker because the
viewer knows for certain that Delenn know for certain how Lennier feels about
her and how she now feels about him. I've been in Lennier's shoes. So it was
especially meaningful to me.
On another subject and this may not be the venue for the question; in the
latest Valen comic, are the alien writings simply arbitrary scribbles or have
you or someone else organized them into a viable written language - the
Minbari in particular.
I ask this only because back when the first ST film was produced, Lee Cole and
some of her associates were the first to begin organizing the Klingon language
into some sort of reproduceable alphabet and spoken tongue. I just wondered
if you had done the same with Minbar.
-Gardner L. Harris
#: 17189 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
28-Jan-98 20:49:03
Sb: #17184-<No Compromises>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
No, given that these are one-time-only aliens, it seemed unwise to spend
all the time and attention to create a detailed language for them.
And thanks....
jms
#: 17188 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
28-Jan-98 20:29:07
Sb: #TVLNOLM
Fm: RAE AUGENSTEIN
Hi Joe,
Yet another great episode. G'Kar proves once again that he is my absolute
favorite character on Babylon 5. I especially loved seeing him imitate
Cartagia.
Vir nearly brought me to tears twice: when saying goodbye to Lennier (it was
the Minbari hand gesture that got me!) and during his vigil for Londo.
One thing: I was watching the opening credits with the closed captioning
turned on, and Zathras is misquoted in the captioning as saying, "You are the
One we want," instead of, "You are the One who was."
Rae ^^^^
#: 17190 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
28-Jan-98 20:49:04
Sb: #17188-#TVLNOLM
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
I'll have that corrected asap.
Sigh...it never ends....
And yeah, good ep.
jms
#: 17203 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
28-Jan-98 21:31:04
Sb: #<TVLNoLM>
Fm: MARTIN ROTH
Wow.
That was a very difficult episode to watch, not least because I couldn't see
much of it very well. My vision kept blurring due to the excessive amounts of
fluid that kept appearing in my eyes... <g>
But I know I'm going to have to watch it again about a dozen times over the
next few days simply to try to pin down even half of the things that were in
there. Every bit of the Londo portion of the episode resonated with something
we had seen before, but of course I couldn't sit down right now and identify
more than a few of the specifics.
And after all that, I had almost forgotten by the end of the episode that
Lennier was leaving. Which somehow seems appropriate for Lennier.
Joe, I think you've outdone yourself again. It was superb, in every respect.
-- Marty
#: 17213 S5/Seas. 5 SPOILERS
28-Jan-98 23:38:13
Sb: #17203-<TVLNoLM>
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Thanks...I'm proud of that one.
jms
[ Summary: "RE: the 'Easter Egg' - is it the 'fourth question'?" ]
#: 17191 S8/Bab 5 Merchandise
28-Jan-98 20:49:04
Sb: #17154-Official Guide CD-ROM
Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Yup.
jms
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