[B5JMS] Why is it J. Michael Straczynski

[b5jms at cs.columbia.edu]

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From: "David Williams" <dwilliams298 at attbi.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 05:23:39 +0000 (UTC)
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"Travers Naran" <tnaran at direct.ca> wrote in message
news:5b5263db.0306261244.2201dbcd at posting.google.com...
> But, you pretty much have to take it as a given that Hollywood will
> screw you around when you're "just a writer", don't you?  That's why
> you gotta get the Producer credit.

Yeah.
OTOH, IIRC jms has indicated at one point or another in the past that there
are ***some*** scripts that you write simply because they are paying you to
do so.  But you can't let yourself fall in love with them, because the final
product that will make it to screen will be completely unrecognizable.

-David W.



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 06:59:34 +0000 (UTC)
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>OTOH, IIRC jms has indicated at one point or another in the past that there
>are ***some*** scripts that you write simply because they are paying you to
>do so.  But you can't let yourself fall in love with them, because the final
>product that will make it to screen will be completely unrecognizable.

Which is one thing...the other thing is being lied to, which I don't cotton to
real well.  If you're going to change something, have the stones to tell me,
don't tell me "the script hasn't come in" because sooner or later the truth
will out, and it ain't pretty.

 jms

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