[B5JMS] Attn. JMS - Re. The Rangers Pilot

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From: "Mac Breck" <macbreck at access995.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 00:12:59 GMT
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Over at rast, somebody (not one of the trolls, as far as I can tell), said:

"JMS says that he did the Rangers pilot just for fun, he didn't expect or
want anything to come of it, he was just having fun.  He said that at San
Diego ComiCon last summer.  I was in the audience."

I suspect this is utter BS, but I figured I'd ask.  The above quoted words
are complete fabrications, right?

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 27 Dec 2002 03:58:11 GMT
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>"JMS says that he did the Rangers pilot just for fun, he didn't expect or
>want anything to come of it, he was just having fun.  He said that at San
>Diego ComiCon last summer.  I was in the audience."

It's correct and not correct.  I have this rule that the only things I do, are
things I think will be fun.  I did the Rangers pilot because I thought it would
be fun.  Note, however, the word "pilot."  That's how it was always discussed,
as a pilot for a series.

In that situation, you always hope it'll go forward, but you can't ever count
on that, because if you get your hopes up, you'll go insane.  So you do it for
the fun of it, and you don't think about what comes after.

That was the substance of my comments at SDCC.

 jms

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