[B5JMS] ATTN: JMS - New "V"?

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From: Wesley Struebing <strueb at carpedementem.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 03:10:14 +0000 (UTC)
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Say, Joe;

I saw an article today from the following is snipped and wondered:

(Kenneth Johnson speaking -)
"For years I've had a passion to dig even deeper into the characters
and circumstances," Johnson said. "Gregg Maday at Warner Bros., my
fellow executive producer Rob Lee, NBC and I plan to make this new 'V'
into the same kind of major international TV event that my original
miniseries was." 

Now, IIRC, you had at one time done a treatment/expansion of the
original "V" which never went anywhere.

Not to bring up old memories, but since that's what you did in your
expansion; i.e., dig deeper into the characters, etc. how strange does
this sound coming from Johnson, and what is your reaction to his
statement?
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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 04:38:53 +0000 (UTC)
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>Not to bring up old memories, but since that's what you did in your
>expansion; i.e., dig deeper into the characters, etc. how strange does
>this sound coming from Johnson, and what is your reaction to his
>statement?

It's certainly the approach I would take in his position, and did when I did my
script.  But by the same token, if someone were bringing back a show that I'd
created, I'd much prefer to be the one writing it than use somebody else's
script.

So I think it's great, he's certainly in the position to do a great job with
it, and I say good luck.

 jms

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