JMS CIS Digest: 03-Oct-99 20:54 through 06-Oct-99 17:42 (8 msgs)
John D. Hardin
jhardin at wolfenet.com
Sun Oct 10 16:34:20 EDT 1999
RFC 1153 Digest of messages from
J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
03-Oct-99 20:54 through 06-Oct-99 17:42 (8 messages)
WARNING: This digest may contain information about shows
you haven't seen yet ("spoilers"). Proceed with caution.
Subjects in digest:
Final Reckoning
B5 Crew Jackets Here
Crusade cancellation
Administrivia:
South Park fans may wish to visit:
http://www.infinicorp.com/babylonpark/
With the end of Crusade and the great reduction in the volume of
posts by JMS, I have decided the time has come to discontinue
production of the Digest. I will continue to collect and repost any
JMS traffic through at least the end of September, but unless SciFi
(or somebody) picks up Crusade and the message volume increases the
Digest will end no later than the end of this year. What a ride it
has been!
The administrivia for this digest may be read at
http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin/JMS-Digest-Administrivia.txt
It was last updated Sat Feb 13 10:21:30 1999
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Date: 03 Oct 1999 06:59:04 -0700
From: SysOp Deonaha M. Conlin <102531.2627 at compuserve.com>
To: ALL
Subject: Final Reckoning
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71722 at compuserve.com>
Holy f*****g COW.
Folks, that is *mild* compared to my thoughts regarding TNT about four
minutes ago. And what I wished on them shouldn't happen to my ex-
husband.
Geeeeeez.
I've just finished reading Final Reckoning - read it straight through,
didn't put it down, COULDN'T put it down. And I will probably read it
again a couple times over the next few days - because I KNOW I missed
things.
I'm not gonna say much else, because I want to see what the rest of
you think, and there's no WAY I could post without dropping spoilers,
not this soon. Man. Geez.
But I can tell you this - if what Joe & Co had in store for us in
Crusade re Bester was *anything* CLOSE to this, then TNT cheated us BIG
TIME, and they do not deserve to have anything but toilet level
ratings.
If I could make one wish regarding TPTB at TNT and be guaranteed it
would come true, it would be that they all wake up tomorrow with
itching, oozing, burning rashes that never clear up, that everything
they touch henceforth falls apart in their hands, and that everyone
KNOWS about their failures. <grim> I feel cheated.
<pause> Y'know, it is completely irrational to get this worked up
over a television show. But when something has spent several years
challenging you mentally, making you appreciate what GOOD TV SF can be
like, you kinda want to keep it around. And then when you read
something drawn from that, and KNOW what it could have been like if
the oncreen version had even been CLOSE - you get a little p!ssy about
it not being there.
Joe, I can't possibly know how it felt for you to have TNT pull the
rug out from under you - but right now, I think I can begin to
understand, a little. Figuratively speaking - right now, my backside
hurts.
Di Conlin (aka Tigger), Wielder of the Lesser Salmon of Discipline
Supreme Dominatrix, RMES - your fearless leader Sigh Corps - Jason
Carter Division
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Date: 03 Oct 1999 20:54:08 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: SysOp Deonaha M. Conlin <102531.2627 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Final Reckoning
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71743 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.71722 at compuserve.com>
Yeah, it's a heckuva book...and we did plan to get into some of
the Bester storyline in the show. Ah, well....
jms
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Date: 04 Oct 1999 04:57:10 -0700
From: SysOp Deonaha M. Conlin <102531.2627 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Final Reckoning
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71746 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.71743 at compuserve.com>
Joe,
> Yeah, it's a heckuva book...and we did plan to get into some of the
> Bester storyline in the show. Ah, well....
And Jeff said I was a master of understatement. Sheesh. <g>
So I can safely assume Bester's story is canon, right? In which case,
the Bester ep would have been amazing.
Add sudden baldness to the list for my wish for TNT. Sudden, total
body baldness.
Di Conlin (aka Tigger), Wielder of the Lesser Salmon of Discipline
Supreme Dominatrix, RMES - your fearless leader Sigh Corps - Jason
Carter Division (still miffed)
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Date: 04 Oct 1999 16:31:00 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: SysOp Deonaha M. Conlin <102531.2627 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Final Reckoning
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71758 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.71746 at compuserve.com>
"So I can safely assume Bester's story is canon, right?"
Absolutely.
jms
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Date: 05 Oct 1999 17:55:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: All
Subject: B5 Crew Jackets Here
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71809 at compuserve.com>
Pitchman mode on:
One of the main questions I get at conventions, when I show up
flying the colors, is "Where can I get that jacket?" As those've
who've been there will attest, my answer has always been, "You can't.
They're only for cast and crew."
So there've been a lot of requests for this particular item over
the years...so for this month only, www.thestation.com will be offering
a limited number (about 200) of B5 jackets. These are essentially
identical to the other crew jackets, same material, same manufacturer,
same detailed logo embroidered on the back. It's a *nice* jacket (and
available for a hell of a lot less than the $500-1000 some of them have
been sold for in the past on ebay and convention auctions).
But they're going to go fast. Same as with the Gathering
script, which was only available in September, and is now off market.
(The next one for sale, this month only, is the script for Midnight on
the Firing Line.)
Pitchman mode off.
jms
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Date: 05 Oct 1999 23:13:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 Crew Jackets Here
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71825 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.71809 at compuserve.com>
Note to self: you are an idiot. What you MEANT to say was that
CRUSADE jackets are available, but you WROTE B5 jackets...one might
almost think you had a glitch in your brain in that regard.
Not only THAT, but it turns out that the Gathering is going to
be available until October 8th because the web site was down for about
a week.
Can't you get *anything* rite?
jms
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Date: 06 Oct 1999 11:59:07 -0700
From: T.P.Chai <104674.3064 at compuserve.com>
To: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Crusade cancellation
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71852 at compuserve.com>
JMS, sorry if I'm flogging a dead horse (double sorry if that's the
wrong metaphor) but I'm wondering at which point was Crusade officially
"cancelled". was it
1) when TNT stopped production 2) when the cast contracts expired
3) after the airing when no one picked it up 4) still some hope left??
A bit of good news is that in Canada after it aired on Space, it is
now being broadcast in about 6 local stations across the country.
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Date: 06 Oct 1999 17:42:04 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644 at compuserve.com>
To: T.P.Chai <104674.3064 at compuserve.com>
Subject: Crusade cancellation
Message-ID: <forum.babylon5.71860 at compuserve.com>
References: <forum.babylon5.71852 at compuserve.com>
In technical terms it's always when you're told to stop
production and that's it.
jms
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End of JMS CIS Digest 03-Oct-99 20:54 through 06-Oct-99 17:42
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