[B5JMS] Why is it J. Michael Straczynski

[b5jms at cs.columbia.edu]

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From: "WRW" <wrwhitejr at earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:58:47 +0000 (UTC)
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> BTW, for those who've been asking about Rising Stars, if you go over to
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> http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/?column=13
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> you'll get a pretty good answer.
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>  jms
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> (jmsatb5 at aol.com)
> (all message content (c) 2003 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
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Joe,

   Ouch.  Give 'em hell indeed - if the movie goes forward with you
disassociated from it, suffice to say there will be many who simply won't
see the film.  You'd think they'd understand such a basic truth.

    Question:  Why is it there are so many alliances you've been involved in
which seem great to start with, and then turn not just sour, but absolutely
putrid?

     Were you really giving a hyperbolic description of  yourself when you
had Sebastian comment about being "like Diogenes, with his lamp" searching
for someone willing to die for a just cause for all the wrong reasons?

     Or does it simply have to be the working assumption these days that
absolutely everything has to be meticulously covered, because sooner or
later it'll all go "straight to hell"? ;-)

     I know you don't start the fights, but I always love to see how you
finish 'em.

     And finally, after all this time, I only JUST managed to finally see
"Path of Sorrows", the one episode I missed of Crusade.  Thanks again - an
amazing episode, and it fleshed out wonderfully all the characters I thought
needed fleshing out - which just goes to show, it was spot-on.  Though I
still get the biggest kick out of Max.

     Regards,
       Walter R. White



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 06:56:22 +0000 (UTC)
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>Question:  Why is it there are so many alliances you've been involved in
>which seem great to start with, and then turn not just sour, but absolutely
>putrid?

Actually, they've been more the exception to the rule than the rule.  The
nature of TV is that there are egos involved, lots of money involved, and those
two don't tend to play well together.  

Nonetheless: my experience with Universal was great on both Murder and Jake, my
experience with WB was great on B5, my experience with Marvel has been
terrific, Showtime was great to work with, and I could go on at some
considerable length about others.

TNT was a nightmare to work for on Crusade when they changed watchmen on us and
took away the good guys who worked with us on b5 and gave us idiots.  Top Cow
was a good experience until the situation with the movie manifested itself,
which again results from egos and money in unfortunate confuence.

>Were you really giving a hyperbolic description of  yourself when you
>had Sebastian comment about being "like Diogenes, with his lamp" searching
>for someone willing to die for a just cause for all the wrong reasons?

If I were, consciously or otherwise, it would be awfully self-indulgent of me.


 jms

(jmsatb5 at aol.com)
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