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Subj:  Re:Some questions
Date:  96-05-07 04:21:31 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The only database I use is the one in my head, and some notes here and
there....

jms



Subj:  Re:Marcus (continued)
Date:  96-05-07 04:22:01 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

We're all hiding something or other.

jms



Subj:  Re:Renewal
Date:  96-05-07 04:22:57 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

We'll know by the middle or end of this month; it's 50/50 because of the
changing economics of the syndication marketplace right now.  It's all nuts
at the moment.

jms



Subj:  Re:B5 legal status
Date:  96-05-07 04:23:30 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

No, you only send an ambassador if you recognize something as legitimate, and
EA will never recognize an independent B5.

jms



Subj:  Re:After the Series
Date:  96-05-07 04:24:33 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

That period is so far outside my ability to even see right now that it's
beyond my ken.  The show is all I can see right now.  

jms



Subj:  Re:Michael York
Date:  96-05-07 04:25:46 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

We look around for who might be right for the role, and then who of that is
available and within our price range.  Sometimes the actor doesn't come in,
if the actor has a lot of credits, but most will audition.  Then we make our
selection.

jms



Subj:  Re:jms?monkmusic?
Date:  96-05-07 04:26:21 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

No, the music was the music, it wouldn't change by the hearer.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS-B5 Origins?
Date:  96-05-07 04:28:35 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The story kind of came in all at once; and yes, in a way, it's the story I've
been preparing to write from day one.  The eclectic, weird background I have
is what enables me to tell this story this way.  This is, I think, my seminal
work in the field.  To invoke greater names for a moment, Heinlein wrote lots
of books, but he's known for Stranger in a Strange Land; Frank Herbert wrote
lots of books, but he's known for Dune.  I've done a lot before this, and
hope to do a lot after, but I suspect that this is what I'll be most known
for when it's all said and done.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS at home
Date:  96-05-07 04:34:35 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

"I'm assuming when you are the creator/writer/executive producer of a running
series that you must spend an enormous amount of time either "doing" things
related to it or "thinking" about things related to it."

Absolutely.  Even when I'm not actively working on it, it comes up constantly
in conversation, or in other ways.  It never goes away, and I'm always
jotting down notes for future use.

"How does this affect your lifestyle?  Can one be in your position and still
have a personal life - or is literally everything you do somehow involved
with, wrapped up in or connected to "the series"?"

Not if you're going to be this involved with the process.  It's really a 24
hour a day job.  I haven't seen a movie at a theater in the 8 months
preceding the wrap; haven't gone to a party except the B5 christmas and wrap
parties in about a year.  For the six years it'll take to make this show --
you count the pilot and post-production on the last year -- I went into this
knowing that my personal life would pretty much go to hell for that period of
time.  The show is the single dominant concern; has to be, or it won't be
done right.  

"Are you able to go out and have a good time and not think about anything to
do with B5, or is it always there, in the back of your mind?"

It's always there.

"I very much admire what you do, but feel it must, at some point, drive you a
little nuts........"

Sometimes, but only a little.  I fought for 5 years to get this show on the
air; it's a great privilege, and a terrible responsibility; WB has entrusted
me to do this properly, and that's a great compliment.  In the media, it's
unspeakably rare to get one singular vision on the air, without compromise or
committee...I'm not *about* to complain about the hours.  I've got absolutely
no grounds to complain about ANYthing.

jms



Subj:  Re:great love story
Date:  96-05-07 04:35:16 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

It's fair to say that the Sheridan/Delenn relationship has some very
interesting times ahead.

jms



Subj:  Re:Vir? Babble?
Date:  96-05-07 04:36:59 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Even the babble is pretty tightly scripted.  The hesitations and occasional
stumble-restatements are the actor's delivery.  There's occasionally a very
tiny bit of improv in that kind of scene, but very little.

jms



Subj:  Re:Rules for Epics
Date:  96-05-07 04:43:11 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Actually, it's Chekov's rule of playwriting: If there's a gun on the wall in
act 1 scene 1, you must use it by act 3 scene 3.  Similarly, if you fire the
gun in act 3, you must show it in act one.  I do try to play fair with the
audience, and either hint at or point to what's coming in various ways, so
that if you back up all the episodes, it's right there in front of you.

jms



Subj:  Re:Interludes  & Examination
Date:  96-05-07 04:47:28 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The Delenn/Sheridan axis is proceeding, but I've been very deliberately
holding off the kiss, and what would follow that, so I could do it in a very
special way.  You'll see soon enough....

jms



Subj:  Re:Seasons 4 and 5
Date:  96-05-07 04:48:08 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

There was never the intention of carrying the shadow war through seasons 4
and 5.  That'd get boring.

jms



Subj:  Re:The Wrath Of Kosh
Date:  96-05-07 04:49:30 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Kosh fought and fought hard.  And he did not go down easily...and one might
say that yes, he did not go down alone...but not entirely in the way you're
thinking.

jms


Subj:  Re:To JMS: Possible Triangle
Date:  96-05-07 23:35:31 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Well, remember that we never defined what those feelings were between
Sinclair and Delenn; she had a great deal of respect and admiration for him,
yes.  And she had a fair measure of faith in him as well.  Question is,
what's the root of that?  We'll learn some of that in the two-parter.  As for
Sinclair, he was mainly involved with Sakai.

jms



Subj:  Re:slap heard 'round univers
Date:  96-05-08 03:20:30 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I think the contact would've been too fleeting, and too much a shock (and it
likely hurt like the dickens) that by the time he knew it was there, it was
too late, and she would've sensed it in either event.

jms



Subj:  Re:Repost Worldsinger questi
Date:  96-05-09 01:45:53 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Huh, I must've missed that in my copy of SF Universe; didn't see it.  That's
good to hear.  No, that's the only issue of the Trek comic that I ever wrote,
mainly out of curiosity and because I like the original characters a lot.  It
was fun.

jms



Subj:  Re:To JMS: Possible Triangle
Date:  96-05-09 01:47:39 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Yes, the voice you heard OS was Delenn; I kept her OS to avoid tipping the
plan for her eventual change to more human physical qualities.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS: Having fun?
Date:  96-05-09 01:48:16 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

"Are you having fun? Or has it all become a demon that must be fed?"

Yes.

jms



Subj:  Re:Some Questions
Date:  96-05-09 01:49:43 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

1.  How far will Delenn and sheridans relationship go?

You'll find out in the two parter, to a large extent.

2.  Why are the shadows attacking everyone?

Good question.  We'll get that by season's end.

3.  Is B4 going to become a big part of the storyline?

In a sense.

4.  Do the vorlons have a large amount of ships?

Depends on your perspective.

5.  Is B5 going to be renewed?

We remain cautiously optimistic.

jms


Subj:  Re:JMS: Delenn/G'Kar  in Tea
Date:  96-05-11 05:11:59 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

In most cases, if it's a critical scene, I make it a point to be there to
make sure it's correct. If, however, it's a very emotional scene, I tend to
stay away, and let the actor find the emotional core of the scene without
seeing me lurking in the BG.

jms



Subj:  Re:Curious About Writing
Date:  96-05-11 05:13:49 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

No scripts are in hand for next season, in any form; this is always the case
each year as we wrap production.  We wait for WB to renew the show, then
provide a script order.  Once we have the script order in hand, scripts get
going.  If it's a freelance script, going from first meeting through 2 drafts
of the outline, 2 drafts of the script, it takes about a month, plus the time
I spend revising it; if I write it myself, it's a lot less time, because I
know the show more than any freelancer can be reasonably expected to.  

jms



Subj:  Re:I&E Spoiler Q's
Date:  96-05-11 05:14:49 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I think Kosh realized that some things have to be, and that as we've said
from the start, there is always a price to pay.

As for writing letters, copying WB as well as the local station is always a
good idea.

jms



Subj:  Re:Some Questions
Date:  96-05-11 05:15:33 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

No plans for Takashima; the highest rating is a P12; and the Vorlons still
have their part to play.

jms



Subj:  Re:Rangers obsolete?
Date:  96-05-11 05:16:11 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The job of the Rangers takes on a different aspect now that stuff is in the
open, at least to some extent; you'll find it by season's end.

jms



Subj:  Re:Ivanova's Emblem
Date:  96-05-11 05:17:18 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

It's certainly a return to more traditional Russian history; the Russian
Consortium is pretty much no longer socialist in any way, though it's still
vastly inefficient.

jms



Subj:  Re:Keeping Track
Date:  96-05-12 04:12:19 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Freelance writers know stuff on a need-to-know basis.  Yes, there's a general
outline for the whole series, but as a rule, I just kinda keep it all in my
head...a dark and scary place that nobody'd ever enter anyway.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS:  About Franklin . . 
Date:  96-05-12 04:13:09 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Franklin would be off the council for a while; he has to go and figure his
life out first.

jms



Subj:  On Questions, from jms
Date:  96-05-12 04:19:52 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

If I can make a suggestion....

Please try to avoid packing a message with 5, 7 or 10 questions or more; the
odds are that I won't be able to answer all of them, or even most of them.
The problem with the AOL interface is that if I use the Read New command,
once it pops up, if I log off the point where I came in is lost.  If I take a
long time to answer 7 questions in one message, the odds are good that I'll
either get bumped or have to go do B5 stuff and won't get to the other
messages/questions, and it's hard to backtrack afterward.  It's also a bit
more than I find manageable, given that when you combine all the services I'm
on, about 500 messages per day flit in front of my corneas.

So if we could keep the questions down to just a couple per message, it'd
help me a lot.

jms



Subj:  Re:Questions
Date:  96-05-12 23:43:26 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I've never operated from any other perspective other than that we will finish
this story.

jms



Subj:  Re:Questions
Date:  96-05-12 23:44:08 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

We might run into the technomages again, yes....

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS: A few more questions
Date:  96-05-12 23:44:51 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The vorlons will become more active, but in a curious way...and there are
some more White Star class ships, yes....

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS: Contingency plan
Date:  96-05-12 23:45:22 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

See my note two messages up.

And yes, all filming for this season is done.

jms



Subj:  Re:Lyta
Date:  96-05-12 23:45:51 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Lyta was off-station running an errand for Kosh.

jms



Subj:  Re:A three-edge sword
Date:  96-05-12 23:46:19 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The three edges: your side, my side, and the truth in between.

jms



Subj:  Re:Question and other Stuff
Date:  96-05-12 23:46:55 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

No, Centauri women are bald by choice, to show their disdain for the
showiness of the males.

jms


Subj:  Re:A Tell JMS mess.
Date:  96-05-12 23:47:36 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks...it's an obsession, and the encouragement helps.

jms


Subj:  Re:Kudos and Question
Date:  96-05-12 23:48:32 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Humor is where we find it.

jms



Subj:  Re:one of...
Date:  96-05-13 03:54:16 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

{Are the Shadow Ships more sensitive to pain than the Vorlon
ships?}

I suppose you could say they are, yes....

jms


Subj:  Re:JMS: Re; Interludes
Date:  96-05-14 03:49:32 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

You'll see the new Vorlon within the first few new episodes, whenever they
air.

jms



Subj:  Re:Advancing the relationshi
Date:  96-05-14 03:50:43 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I think they're still testing how they feel toward one another; if theydon'
feel what they think they might feel, it's all a moot point and not
worth
their pursuit; if indeed there's something there, they have to decide that,
then look at the other aspects.

jms



Subj:  Re:I&E ?- ATTN JMS
Date:  96-05-14 03:51:51 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I never said we'd see Lyta in I&E, so I can't answer that.  As for how this
affects her relationship with the new ambassador...isn't it better to see it
than have me just answer it?

jms



Subj:  Re:SERIOUS Delenn problems!!
Date:  96-05-14 03:52:36 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Delenn's been holding back.  More than she should.  There will be a price.

jms



Subj:  Re:Warners & Paramount
Date:  96-05-14 03:53:10 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

You would sooner get a mongoose and a python setting up house together in a
cottage by the sea.

jms



Subj:  Re:Interludes...
Date:  96-05-15 03:09:44 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

When they shot the scene itself...no, not a lot of emotion in the Kosh
sequence in his quarters, because it was all very technical, bits and pieces.
But in the hallway scene with Sheridan, and the later scene with Delenn and
the others...yes, very much so.

It was *extremely* difficult to write.  As a writer, the only way to evoke a
feeling in your audience is to feel it yourself and communicate that honestly
in the text.  It was just awful.

jms



Subj:  Re:delenn's clothes
Date:  96-05-15 03:11:20 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

There hasn't been much occasion to drag out the little black number in a
while.  But yes, she has new clothes along the way...the green dress she
wears in "War" for instance, and over the course of seasons, she's gotten new
clothes quite often, moreso than just about anyone else, really.

jms



Subj:  Re:Everything
Date:  96-05-15 03:13:24 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

There will be models...in the fullness of time.

As to sitting back and looking at the show...right now, I'm still way too
close to it to do that.  When I look at any of the episodes, all I see are
the flaws.  The things that could've been better.  Stuff nobody else notices,
but I know it's there.  In time, I'll be able to look at them objectively,
but not this soon.

jms



Subj:  Re:Direct Marketing Concern
Date:  96-05-15 03:15:12 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I already answered your question posted here in email.  To repeat what I said
then....

The fan club will be selling only a very few items, most of it designated as
fan club stuff (i.e., "Babylon 5 Fan Club" t-shirts or posters), on a limited
scale.  It won't be producing nearly enough to cause even a blip in the
direct marketplace arena.

jms



Subj:  Re:Wordsmith-WWE-I
Date:  96-05-15 03:17:43 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Actually, both those questions are answered in the next installment, so I'll
let that answer for me.

Yeah, I lov language, the way it can snake around behind you and turn into
something else when you're not looking.  The alchemy of metaphor and the
well-chosen allusion.  Banging words together is half the fun.

jms



Subj:  Re:ATTN: JMS -- Hootch?
Date:  96-05-16 03:06:14 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

It takes a lot of alcohol to have an effect on them...but they enjoy it when
they do.  Meanwhile, in moderate amounts, it just makes them happy.

jms



Subj:  Re:Old shows
Date:  96-05-16 03:06:40 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Tapes will eventually be available.  No reruns of first season for now.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS: parents and children
Date:  96-05-16 03:07:11 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

"where are all the moms?"

Good note, and good catch.  I'll have to get into this more.

jms



Subj:  Re:Dr.Who- Opinions JMS?
Date:  96-05-16 03:08:31 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I rather enjoyed it; some of the story needed a bit of work, and the woman
doctor was annoying at times, but I think they got a *great* actor for the
doctor, and pilots are always uneven.  I hope they go forward; I'll watch.

jms



Subj:  Re:Great war
Date:  96-05-16 03:09:09 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Yes, the shadow war was never meant to consume the entire emphasis of the
show.

jms



Subj:  Re:Second B5 CD
Date:  96-05-17 03:59:00 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I've heard, on tape, the first 15 minutes of the new CD, and it's great.
Figure about July or so, to give Chris time to get it down just the way he
wants it.

jms



Subj:  Re:Small critique of WWE par
Date:  96-05-17 04:00:01 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Yep, it was misspelled, and it wasn't misspelled in the script.  When I saw
that on the final tape, it was too late to correct it for this airing.  It'll
be corrected later.  (Somebody wasn't being careful when they did the
captioning.)

jms



Subj:  Re:WWE spoiler question
Date:  96-05-18 04:20:40 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I'd rather let part 2 get into what exactly happened to Centauri Prime....

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS: Ivanova and The 3rd 
Date:  96-05-18 04:21:45 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

{What happened to the "Third age of Mankind" in the opening narration?
Is its lack of any importance?}

No, that'll likely show up again in year four....

jms



Subj:  Re:the Whamy Kiss
Date:  96-05-18 04:22:35 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

There's always hope...as you'll see in part two.

jms



Subj:  Re:A Question...
Date:  96-05-18 04:23:21 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Usually you only get the main war council and the support staff who monitor
the progress of the war; the ambassadors were called in on Sheridan's hunch
that now the vorlons would get involved.

jms



Subj:  Re:Over the top?
Date:  96-05-18 04:25:21 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

No, I don't laugh about it...it's always an interesting, sometimes
fascinating process.  If there were any consistent error I've seen, it's the
tendency to focus on the little tiny things, and thus miss the big things
I've just wheeled onto the stage in full view.  If you're going to do this
show right, you have to play fair; so the person standing way in the
background of a scene, just passing by, an extra, isn't likely to be very
important, for instance...but people seem to leap after that one.  I
sometimes get cute in my foreshadowing, but I try not to be obscure.

jms



Subj:  Re:Mira on SciFi Buzz
Date:  96-05-18 04:25:52 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The clip they showed was from "Grey 17 Is Missing."

jms



Subj:  Re:Two Questions
Date:  96-05-19 04:19:14 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

"1.  In the unthinkable, will you wrap up the storyline this season, or is
that too late?"

After the conclusion of this season, there are basically 3 major movements
remaining in the symphony (for lack of a better description).  They fit
comfortably in 2 seasons, leaving room to do the usual routine of starting
each season with 4-5 standalones, and layering in other standalones along the
way, some non-arc personal stories, and so on.

If they came to me, put a gun to my head and said, "Okay, year four is it,
wrap it up," yes, it could be done.  You just yank out the standalones and
interstitial stuff I put between major movements, and shove the three pieces
together.  It's not what I'd *prefer*, obviously, but it could be done.

jms



Subj:  Re:Real JMS please stand up?
Date:  96-05-19 04:21:20 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

"Sitting here reading the spoilers, questions, comments and answers with my
husband.  He doesn't believe its you answering these comments.  I, on the
other hand, never thought about it."

If the message has my initials on it, assuming it's not an imposter like the
jerk who wandered into an IRC the other day...it's me, and ONLY me.  You'll
note the writing style is always the same in every message, and elsewhere.
I'd never entrust this to an assistant or anything similar, because I'd get
the rap if something incorrect were said..and nobody else knows the show as I
do.

It's me.

Whether that's good or bad remains to be seen.

jms



Subj:  Re: Just another compliment:
Date:  96-05-19 04:24:47 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

"One would find it hard to believe that episodes like "Severed Dreams",
"I&E","A Late Delvery From Avalon" and of course, WWE could be written by the
same guy.  The pace, dialog, everything are adapted so well for each
episode."

Suddenly I'm having an identity crisis....

I like to try different styles for different moods.  I also like to vary the
tone of the show; one will be more comedic, as with Sic Transit Vir, others
much darker, like Ship of Tears.  I enjoy trying new things, risking a bit,
failing on occasion, but learning in the process.

"You previsouly said that after B5 you would get "back" to writing.  What in
Gods name are you doing now?  If this isn't writing, I sure as heck don't now
what is."

Actually, the theory would be to get back into writing novels and plays,
assuming B5 runs its full course.

jms



Subj:  Re:Blown Away by WWEI
Date:  96-05-19 04:25:33 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks...I think you'll approve of part 2 as well.

Thanks again.

jms



Subj:  Re:Renewed?
Date:  96-05-19 04:26:27 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

We should get word on renewal in a couple weeks, give or take.

jms



Subj:  Re:foreshadowing
Date:  96-05-20 04:49:53 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Some folks catch double-meanings when they're there...some don't...some find
double meanings when they're *not* there.  Art is a participatory sport.

jms



Subj:  Re:1 big question
Date:  96-05-20 04:50:22 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Vorlon/Shadow tech is more or less at the same level; the Vorlons had the
benefit of surprise.

jms



Subj:  Re:Offhand lines...
Date:  96-05-20 04:52:02 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

"In WWE(1)I noticed a larger than usual group of offhand lines (ethel
&.../wait in car.../cool-you know what I'm talking about).  Was this
scripted?  Or was someone just ad libbing?"

There's almost NO ad-libbing allowed on the show.  You can't change a word
unless someone comes to my office and approves it, and it can't change the
meaning.  (I.e., the actor is having a hard time saying "shibboleth" or
something.)  Everything said in this show is scripted, offhand comments
included.

jms



Subj:  Re:WWE/I
Date:  96-05-20 04:52:32 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Incidental voices of just a line or two, for a one-time or so character,
don't often get credited under SAG rules.

jms



Subj:  Re:"Are You Alright?"
Date:  96-05-20 04:53:02 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

It's a lot of different things, including what's coming in part two.

jms



Subj:  Re:The Second Letter
Date:  96-05-20 04:53:27 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Wait and see.

jms



Subj:  Re:B-5 fan Club
Date:  96-05-20 04:54:42 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Stuff will start going out soon.  For one thing, we're getting a crush of
memberships, and rather than keep sending out dribs and drabs, we're trying
to do stuff all at once to make it simpler for mailing, copying, printing and
the like.  The first newsletter is finished, and should be going out shortly,
and the poster is being somewhat redesigned 'cause I wasn't quite happy with
what we had, it could be improved, and that's what we're doing.

jms



Subj:  Re:Congratulations from the 
Date:  96-05-20 04:56:00 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks, I appreciate that....

jms



Subj:  Re:To JMS - telepaths abound
Date:  96-05-20 04:57:17 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

This question will be dealt with by the season's end.

jms



Subj:  Re:WWE-1
Date:  96-05-20 04:58:01 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

I've begun to point to the question of "why," and thus having pointed to it,
intend to answer it, by season's end.

jms



Subj:  Re:Oh, Lucy, I'm Home....
Date:  96-05-20 04:58:17 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Justine: thanks....

jms



Subj:  Re:Speaking of pawns...
Date:  96-05-20 19:25:07 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The shadows looked for Morden's opinion; he's an advisor, in a sense, on
lower-species politics.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS:  The Scar?
Date:  96-05-20 19:25:54 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

He got the scar while doing his training of rangers on Minbar.

jms


Subj:  Re:suggestion for plugging B
Date:  96-05-26 01:14:23 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

We've contacted Howard's people, who say that because he likes the show so
much, he doesn't want the folks to do his show because he'd have to rag on
them by virtue of the nature of the show, and doesn't really want to do that.

jms



Subj:  Re:to JMS
Date:  96-05-26 01:15:03 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

You'll be hearing more about the resistance a bit down the road.  And thanks.

jms



Subj:  Re:Thanks and a Question..
Date:  96-05-26 01:17:18 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

"Would YOU categorize Babylon 5 as a Science Fiction show, or a Drama?  I
know that it is set in a Science Fiction setting, but the storylines and such
are really, I think, in the Drama category.  What do you think?"

I have no problem calling it a science fiction, or SF (which also includes
speculative fiction) show.  I know a number of writers in TV who hate the
term, deny that what they're doing is SF, but I'm proud that it's SF, and
would definitely classify it as such.

jms



Subj:  Re:Seasons episodes
Date:  96-05-26 01:18:03 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Re: the cliffhanger season 3 ending...I'd rather air it in Summer also...but
the choice ain't mine.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS: Metamorphosis device
Date:  96-05-26 01:20:15 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The chrysalis device originally came from Epsilon 3 with the other equipment;
this should've been showcased more visually, but there was so much going
on...

jms



Subj:  Re:Three questions
Date:  96-05-26 01:21:34 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Claudia wears one earring to remember her real brother, and Ivanova's
brother, who passed away.

jms



Subj:  Re:  Praise for JMS.
Date:  96-05-26 01:22:44 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks, we try.

jms



Subj:  Re:Who was that?
Date:  96-05-30 04:07:30 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

You'll have to wait and see who entered the room.

jms



Subj:  Re:A Few
Date:  96-05-30 04:07:53 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The Vorlons were called in after B4 arrived.

jms
Subj:  Re:WWE writing
Date:  96-05-30 04:09:02 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks.  Actually, I keep hearing about B5 screenings becoming social events
on an ever more regular basis.  Sometimes to "convert," sometimes to catch
'em off satellite, or just watch them on a big screen.  I think it's great.

Thanks again.

jms



Subj:  Re:G'kar of future
Date:  96-05-30 04:09:58 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Yes, one of his eyes had been plucked out some time before.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS:  wwe I & II
Date:  96-05-30 04:10:41 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Barb: thanks, and thanks for working with your local station.

jms



Subj:  Re:Flashforward
Date:  96-05-30 04:11:24 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

It'd be hard to work in what everybody else saw in an episode down the
road...that becomes difficult from a story perspective.  "By the way, y'know,
when we were on B4, I saw the darndest thing..."

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS: Writing for Babylon 
Date:  96-05-30 04:12:10 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks.  We don't take any kind of story ideas, or spec scripts, however.

jms



Subj:  Re:ATTN JMS:  Please Read...
Date:  96-05-30 04:14:28 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks, and I remain happy to be here.

On the writing and the scenes you cite...a story, *any* story, should be
designed not just to take you through the mechanics of a plot, but to make
you *feel* something.  Those, for me, are the elements I look for when I
watch something, and when I write something.  If I'm not on the verge or
tears in writing Kosh's fate, you won't be that way watching it.

jms



Subj:  Re:Remote Control
Date:  96-05-30 04:16:07 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

That's an absolutely *wonderful* story!  Thank you for passing it along.

But tell your co-worker to always duck *first*.

jms



Subj:  Re:Cousin Brucie!
Date:  96-05-30 04:16:37 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Yep, that was Cousin Brucie.

And Melissa appears later this season.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS-A Great Story!
Date:  96-05-30 04:18:14 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

Thanks (actually, to you and those in-between who posted such nice comments;
they're much appreciated).

jms



Subj:  Re:  Writing
Date:  96-05-30 04:19:26 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

All I can say is that I have always approached the writing with the
assumption we can finish the story.

jms



Subj:  Re:JMS is bad,and I'll tell 
Date:  96-05-29 03:47:39 EDT
From:  Jms at B5       

The delay in episodes until October ain't my idea....

jms