JMS CIS Digest: 03-Jul-99 20:08 through 09-Jul-99 23:14 (18 msgs)
John D. Hardin
jhardin at wolfenet.com
Sun Jul 11 02:20:20 EDT 1999
RFC 1153 Digest of messages from
J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
03-Jul-99 20:08 through 09-Jul-99 23:14 (18 messages)
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Subjects in digest:
Okay, I don't get it!?
<Path of Sorrows>
Path Ratings?
Schedule Change
<Patterns of the Soul>
jms rising stars info
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Date: 02 Jul 1999 15:24:00 -0700
From: Michael Kalus <100265.3065 at compuserve.com>
To: ALL
Subject: Okay, I don't get it!?
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.67950 at compuserve.com>
Okay,
Turner is a Time Warner company, so WHY is it up to TNT to decide if
they prolong the series??? Couldn't Warner (IF they believe in the
series) not simply push it through?
Michael Kalus writing in the Babylon 5 Forum on 00:26:56 at 01-Jul-99
using OzWin 2.30.1
"Der Horizont vieler Menschen ist ein Kreis mit Radius Null - und das
nennen sie ihren Standpunkt."
A. Einstein
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Date: 03 Jul 1999 20:08:06 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Michael Kalus <100265.3065 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Okay, I don't get it!?
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68025 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.67950 at compuserve.com>
Because they're totally independent organizations (that's how
Time/Warner is structured), and one division cannot force another to
do anything. It is, in my view, just a tad dysfunctional.
jms
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Date: 03 Jul 1999 20:46:03 -0700
From: Michael Kalus <100265.3065 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Okay, I don't get it!?
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68026 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68025 at compuserve.com>
> Because they're totally independent organizations (that's how
> Time/Warner is structured), and one division cannot force another to
> do anything. It is, in my view, just a tad dysfunctional.
Normally I would say this is good, but if the parent company is
loosing money through this, you would imagine that the parten company
steps in.... Well, maybe I am too positive about this :(
Michael Kalus writing in the Babylon 5 Forum on 23:42:35 at 03-Jul-99
using OzWin 2.30.1
"Der Horizont vieler Menschen ist ein Kreis mit Radius Null - und das
nennen sie ihren Standpunkt."
A. Einstein
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Date: 04 Jul 1999 23:12:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Michael Kalus <100265.3065 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Okay, I don't get it!?
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68055 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68026 at compuserve.com>
"Normally I would say this is good, but if the parent company is
loosing money through this, you would imagine that the parten company
steps in.... Well, maybe I am too positive about this"
Part of the WB/B5/TNT hassle has always been getting caught in
the switches on who IS the parent. Time/Warner says we own TNT (which
they do), but then TNT says the biggest shareholder in TW is...Ted
Turner (which is also true). Part of this massively ugly struggle has
been that fight for power, and we've been kind of the football on many
occasions.
jms
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Date: 05 Jul 1999 07:30:01 -0700
From: Michael Kalus <100265.3065 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Okay, I don't get it!?
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68063 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68055 at compuserve.com>
> and we've been kind of the football on many occasions.
Outch, sounds like my last job :(
Are there any chances that they might consider to put it on the WB
Network?
Michael Kalus writing in the Babylon 5 Forum on 10:12:18 at 05-Jul-99
using OzWin 2.30.1
"Der Horizont vieler Menschen ist ein Kreis mit Radius Null - und das
nennen sie ihren Standpunkt."
A. Einstein
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Date: 05 Jul 1999 23:59:00 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Michael Kalus <100265.3065 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Okay, I don't get it!?
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68118 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68063 at compuserve.com>
No, for much the same interdivisional reasons.
jms
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Date: 05 Jul 1999 23:58:14 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Path of Sorrows
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68117 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68070 at compuserve.com>
We'll learn more about the box as we go.
jms
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Date: 05 Jul 1999 21:52:04 -0700
From: Peter Kazmir <112055.402 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Path Ratings?
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68113 at compuserve.com>
Hi!
I promised myself I wouldn't bug you about the ratings anymore...but I
can't help myself (and I can't find them for "Path" anywhere!) <g>
I am braced for badness considering the screwyness the NBA draft
caused, but hope spings eternal...
So, can you tell us what the ratings were for Path of Sorrows?
Thanks!
Peter
PS Again - that was "good old B5" if I might say so!
...Faith Manages.
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Date: 06 Jul 1999 00:02:11 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Peter Kazmir <112055.402 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Path Ratings?
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68119 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68113 at compuserve.com>
I haven't heard on the ratings yet, because everybody kinda
split early for the 4th holiday, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if
it came in well under a 1 rating, since it didn't air until midnight on
the East Coast, a number of folks didn't know it had been moved and
tuned in at the usual time, and many of those who did know about the
change gave up on waiting on the draft's conclusion. GIven all that, I
would be *vastly* surprised if it did even a .7 or so.
jms
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Date: 06 Jul 1999 20:37:01 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Schedule Change
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68224 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68157 at compuserve.com>
Yes, he's Peter's father.
jms
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Date: 06 Jul 1999 15:36:00 -0700
From: Graham Smith <74010.764 at compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Path of Sorrows
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68170 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68072 at compuserve.com>
> I was trying to figure out when Gideon's gambling scene happened.
The same think bothers me. When did he acquire the Apocalypse Box,
before or after the destruction of the ship.
Furthermore, when it was first mentioned, it rang a chord somewhere in
my brain that makes me wonder if it had been spoken of in a prior
episode - in passing.
--Graham
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Date: 06 Jul 1999 20:37:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Graham Smith <74010.764 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Path of Sorrows
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68225 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68170 at compuserve.com>
He was referenced as an Ensign in the Cerberus scene, and a
Lieutenant in the box scene...hence the box came later.
jms
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Date: 08 Jul 1999 22:30:08 -0700
From: Dan Deckert <74156.1432 at compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Patterns of the Soul
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68435 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68385 at compuserve.com>
Message text written by George & Lynn Dimock
> I've been wondering why he didn't try to check with Sheridan when
> they began to realize something was wrong, but it's the "don't
> violate the chain of command" thing.
An officer has to obey most of the commands that he or she receives
(and either be very right or very circumspect about those not obeyed)
to rise to a command rank in any military organization. Gideon seems
to be the circuspect sort. Note that he uses the information he has
collected about the General to thwart him without letting him know that
he's been thwarted or discovered, thus maintaining the value of the
information for potential future reuse. Besides, why go to Sheridan
when he's able to work out a solution on his own? :-)
Dan
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Date: 09 Jul 1999 23:14:14 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Dan Deckert <74156.1432 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Patterns of the Soul
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68480 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68435 at compuserve.com>
Bear in mind also that Sheridan is totally *outside* Gideon's
chain of command. His authority goes up to the president of the Earth
Alliance, not the ISA. It would be like a field commander in NATO
going to Clinton with a problem. He has to go through the chain of
command first.
jms
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Date: 09 Jul 1999 06:53:13 -0700
From: Vadim Naroditsky <72133.1175 at compuserve.com>
To: Graham Smith <74010.764 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Path of Sorrows
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68450 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.67997 at compuserve.com>
> It does feel that way a bit. But it is also possible that by that
> time, Psi Corp was loosing it's support from within as well as from
> without. If that was the case, it wouldn't be too difficult to
> postulate his actions when faced with seeing all the lies he had been
> told brought to light.
Here is an interesting question: Is Matheson expressing shame at
betraying the corps, or for his prior actions in support of the corp?>>
It was said learly that the only problem he had with Corps was that he
couldn't join the Fleet, and even this was a regulation set up by
normals. As for "all lies", the only lie he saw was secret execution of
rebel leaders, which, BTW, makes perfect sense.
Vadim
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Date: 09 Jul 1999 23:14:14 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Vadim Naroditsky <72133.1175 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Path of Sorrows
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68479 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68450 at compuserve.com>
"As for "all lies", the only lie he saw was secret execution of rebel
leaders, which, BTW, makes perfect sense."
I don't think it was so much the *lie* about them as the
executions themselves that were rather the point....
jms
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Date: 09 Jul 1999 14:53:07 -0700
From: Brad Walrod <76702.1043 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: jms rising stars info
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68463 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68405 at compuserve.com>
I get their catalog and I tried going there and typing in the item
number for issue 1, but it didn't work. This was when I first got the
catlog, tho, so I should try again. Thanks.
Except for Cerebus, yours are the first comics I've bought in years.
Brad
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Date: 09 Jul 1999 23:14:14 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: Brad Walrod <76702.1043 at compuserve.com>
Subject: jms rising stars info
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.68478 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.68463 at compuserve.com>
I'm glad to hear that, thanks.
jms
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