lurkers-guide/ftp/CompuServe/cs98-04

JMS CompuServe messages for April 1998.  Collected by John Hardin
<jhardin@wolfenet.com>.


Date: 01 Apr 1998 20:44:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: I&E - Unwoven threads

 (blocked) asks:
> First, since "War Without End" takes place AFTER "Interludes",
> wouldn't Kosh have already known that he was destined to die on
> that day (learning this from the "history of the future")? Knowing
> that his death was necessary AT THAT VERY MOMENT, why be so rough
> with Sheridan when Sheridan was playing the part that he always
> had played and always would play? Second, if Kosh didn't know that
> he had to die *that night*, was he really planning to go to
> Z'ha'dum with Sheridan later? What was he planning to do there?
> What could he have accomplished on the Shadow homeworld?
> Was he planning to speak to Lorien?
> Were/are we ever going to find out what that was?
> And third (and the most puzzling), if the Vorlons only know the
> "future" up to the time Sinclair goes back in time, how did Kosh
> know that Sheridan was going to die at Z'ha'dum?

      Kosh may have known that this moment would come, but knowing the
price that he would almost certainly have to pay...it wasn't easy, and
one can forgive Kosh for his outburst.  I think, in the end, he was
afraid, for a moment, a human thing...but he did what was necessary.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 01 Apr 1998 20:44:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: IaE

{original post unavailable}

      Cool....

                                                                  jms

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Date: 01 Apr 1998 20:44:01 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: TNT ALERT S5 Schedule

 (blocked) asks:
> Joe, do you know if they're rerunning all 17 before they move on
> to the last five?

      Yes, they're rerunning all 17 before the final 5, so the folks
who've been waiting can catch up.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 01 Apr 1998 21:54:01 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: I Hate nasty Rumors

{original post unavailable}

      See, here's what I don't understand in all this.

      It's not that the cast was let go, THE SHOW IS OVER.  You can
only "let go" of an actor if the show continues and the actor is out. 
THE SHOW IS OVER. I've been saying for five years, "This is a five year
story.  When it's over, it's over."

      I think part of the problem was that some in the cast didn't
want to ever deal with the reality of that until it hit them.  I read
many interviews where they said, "Well, Joe says it's a five year
story, but I don't see any reason why this can't go on."  If you
cushion yourself from it, then it can only hit you in the face later. 
(On the last few days of shooting, several people asked, "Why couldn't
it have been a *six* year arc?  Why the arbitrary five?"  It is what it
is.

      Toward the end of filming, we spoke to all the cast, apprised
them of the work progressing toward a feature film, the likelihood of
additional TV movies before then, and so on.  But we also said,
specifically, "Babylon 5 the series is over."

      But you must admit that it's quite a jump between "the series is
over" and "the actors were fired."  Technically speaking, EVERYONE is
fired when a show is over.

      As for Crusade, there are a couple of people who might
transition over, but that is *a different series*.  And must have its
own identity (should it go into production).  You maybe do one or two
B5 feature films, with the whole cast, as Crusade runs on a separate
track on TV.

      As for John Flinn...same situation.  John was the DP on B5 for
all five years, minus those episodes DPd by Fred Murphy.  Babylon 5 is
now over, and so that task is over.  Crusade (see previous disclaimer)
should have an entirely different look from B5, to make it its own
show, and that generally requires a different DP.  That's pretty much
standard in the business.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 02 Apr 1998 23:20:04 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Na'toth - yay

{original post unavailable}

      No, no plans for Na'Toth at this time.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 02 Apr 1998 23:20:03 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Rebecca Eschliman <76072.2345@compuserve.com>
Subject: I Hate nasty Rumors

 Rebecca Eschliman <76072.2345@compuserve.com> asks:
> You said it once yourself -- you write with passion, otherwise,
> why bother?

      Absolutely, there's no question that I'm going to be hit by
those with an interest in hitting me on any side of these issues. 
Crusade would be done because I want to have some *fun* after doing 5
years of angst...so there are bound to be those who say it's selling
out because it's not the same as B5 in that respect...if I have a
primarily new cast, I sold out the old cast, if I have a primarily old
cast, I'm being afraid of change...if it's too much like B5 some will
complain, if it's too different some will complain....

      Which is why, at the end of the day, you can never let the
complaints (or, for that matter, the praise) tilt you one way or
another.  The only thing you can do is follow the small, still voice at
the back of your head that tells the stories, and write for yourself. 
If you write well, enough people will stay around to keep you on the
air...if you don't, they won't. That's always struck me as the fairest
bargain around.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 03 Apr 1998 16:35:00 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Craig M. Bobchin <102354.3246@compuserve.com>
Subject: L.A. B5 mall tour Ques.

 Craig M. Bobchin <102354.3246@compuserve.com> asks:
> Mall stop this weekend?
> Has he cancelled, or was never a positive to go?

      No, at this point it's Jerry Doyle, then Rick Biggs, then Jason
Carter on Saturday from 12-3:30 or so, then on Sunday it's Tracy, Peter
and (I think) Jeff from 12-3:30, both at the Glendale Galleria.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 03 Apr 1998 16:35:00 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Claire T. Nollet <71232.2556@compuserve.com>
Subject: Psi-Corps Warning/Advice

{original post had no questions}

      Actually, that should be "I wish I *were* an orphan," if one
wishes to be technically correct....

                                                                  jms

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Date: 03 Apr 1998 16:26:10 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Susan <100537.1517@compuserve.com>
Subject: B5 doll

 Susan <100537.1517@compuserve.com> asks:
> Does EVERY doll carry that tag, meaning that it is one OUT OF
> 12.000 ones or are they actually numbered 1 through 12.000?

      Yeah, they all carry that tag.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 05 Apr 1998 23:57:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Paul Knibbs <106345.2745@compuserve.com>
Subject: Season 6?

{original post had no questions}

      Vast amounts of your information are incorrect; WB owns B5, for
starters.  Additionally, TNT puts up a portion of the production
budget, WB puts up the rest, same as with any network show.  There was
some initial talk of a sixth season by some folks over there, but I
made it clear that this is a five year story, and it ends in five
years, and asked them to respect my wishes.  They did.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 05 Apr 1998 23:57:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Ian Clasper <113131.2620@compuserve.com>
Subject: Accomidating Adverts

 Ian Clasper <113131.2620@compuserve.com> asks:
> Do you have strict guide lines saying "Advert every 10mins" for
> instance , or is it a bit more free form ?

      It's not free-form, but it's not by the minute, either.  We have
an overall running time of about 42 minutes (plus credits), and that
gets divided into teaser, 4 acts and a tag.  The duration of those
varies; an act can be 8 minutes or 12, as long as the aggregate is
within the limits.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 05 Apr 1998 23:57:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: SysOp Lee Whiteside <76711.2660@compuserve.com>
Subject: L.A. B5 mall tour Ques.

{original post had no questions}

      I haven't heard anything to that effect, no.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 06 Apr 1998 16:45:03 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: DS9 title ripoff

{original post unavailable}

      The phrase "A Call to Arms" goes back several centuries, and is
not owned by anyone, DS9 did not invent it.  You can only "rip off"
something that is specific to that item or thing; if they came up with
a title "Chief O'Brien's Hairdresser Dreedle," and we used that, then
you'd have a point. But this is, frankly, a case of fan myopia.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 06 Apr 1998 12:19:07 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: All 
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

      Today the news hit: CRUSADE: THE BABYLON PROJECT (a new series
set in the B5 universe) is a go for production starting July 27th, to
go on the air January 6th on TNT.

      Also: if you can get a copy of tomorrow's Hollywood Reporter, do
so: they have dedicated the issue as a special B5 issue, and there is
going to be a lot of coverage of the show.  The issue will almost
certainly become a hard-to-find item in future, and is a testament to
the success not only of the show, but recognition within the industry
of what we've done to improve the way television is made.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 06 Apr 1998 16:49:04 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Anita Karve <73653.3253@compuserve.com>
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

 Anita Karve <73653.3253@compuserve.com> asks:
> Is the Hollywood Reporter a general newsstand pub, or do you
> pretty much have to be in LA or the biz to get it? Will you begin
> working on casting very soon, or is that something for further
> down the line?

      You can find the Reporter at many larger newsstands in big
cities.  And we won't get to any real casting until the first few
scripts are in-hand, so we know what we're getting into.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 06 Apr 1998 16:49:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Michael Gillman <100724.1646@compuserve.com>
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

 Michael Gillman <100724.1646@compuserve.com> asks:
> Anyway to get the 'Hollywood reporter' in the UK <G>?
> Also, do you know if there are any plans for Kathryn Drennan to
> Write another B5 novel?

      I keep bugging her about doing one...it's up to her.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 07 Apr 1998 01:30:01 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Anita Karve <73653.3253@compuserve.com>
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

 Anita Karve <73653.3253@compuserve.com> asks:
> How do you find outside writers?
> You're a fan of his and vice versa, but for other potential
> writers do you solicit resumes/writing samples/outlines?

"With Neil Gaiman, it was obvious. You're a fan of his and vice versa,
but for other potential writers do you solicit resumes/writing
samples/outlines?"

      Usually, I know the writer's work, so it's just a matter of
getting them in and handing them a premise (or in some rare cases,
asking them to come up with a story pitch).  If it's someone whose work
I don't readily know -- and this is rare for me to do on a first
season, when I know that every episode has to kick -- I'll call the
person's agent and get some samples of their prior produced work.

      Since there are only 11 available slots for this season, that
doesn't leave a lot of room right off the bat, and I have about 6-7
writers in mind for the rest, so it's already close to being locked
down before we've even started.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 07 Apr 1998 01:30:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

{original post had no questions}

      Thanks...and yeah, I want it to be as much on the edge as B5,
but in a slightly different way.  Why can't an SF show be as much on
the cutting edge in its storytelling as a Homicide or NYPD Blue?  So
I'm going to gradually start playing with the format, and see where it
takes me.  If it ain't gonna be better than what we did before, ain't
much point to doing it....

                                                                  jms

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Date: 07 Apr 1998 01:30:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

{original post unavailable}

      It'll have a five year arc, but not as rigorous as the B5 arc.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 06 Apr 1998 16:49:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Any new pieces into old?

{original post unavailable}

      I think we've done it a couple of times, and in other cases
recreated scenes in earlier episodes that we knew we would play out in
later episodes.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 07 Apr 1998 01:30:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Peter David and ITB book

{original post unavailable}

      No, Peter added that stuff on his own.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 07 Apr 1998 01:30:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: The Rock Cried Out

{original post unavailable}

      Thanks, it's an offbeat favorite of mine....

                                                                  jms


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Date: 07 Apr 1998 23:19:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Anita Karve <73653.3253@compuserve.com>
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

 Anita Karve <73653.3253@compuserve.com> asks:
> Any chance Kathryn Drennan will be one of those writers?

      It's something I've discussed with her...if she comes up with a
story she wants to tell, she's said she'll do one.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 07 Apr 1998 23:19:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

{original post unavailable}

      I imagine we'll keep about 95% of the production crew on the
move to Crusade.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 07 Apr 1998 23:19:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Debbie Knowles <75331.312@compuserve.com>
Subject: The Rock Cried Out

{original post had no questions}

      I have a lot of favorites...too many to break out, and one
should favor all one's children equally...even the occasional idiot
child.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 07 Apr 1998 23:19:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Phil Herscher <73107.3470@compuserve.com>
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

 Phil Herscher <73107.3470@compuserve.com> asks:
> But don't you ever take a vacation?
> Or are the stories so insistent about getting made?

      As best I can determine, my first real free time (a week or
better) is in May 1999.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 08 Apr 1998 23:07:12 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: David DeRubeis <75221.2351@compuserve.com>
Subject: Any new pieces into old?

{original post had no questions}

      Oh...in that case, no, that hasn't been done (must've
misunderstood the question).

                                                                  jms

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Date: 08 Apr 1998 23:07:11 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Carl Cantarella <105030.3700@compuserve.com>
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

 Carl Cantarella <105030.3700@compuserve.com> asks:
> ;) Still, do you _ever_ just sit back to smell the roses or watch
> a sunset?

"Still, do you _ever_  just sit back to smell the roses or watch a
sunset? I find myself wondering where you would find the time."

      I would like to, some time...my fantasy is having just one day,
to go out and do nothing...no deadlines hanging over my head...no
frenzied phone calls from actors or agents or studios or networks...I
realized how much I'd like this when I was writing Londo's speech in
"In the Beginning," about giving anything for just five minutes on a
beach...and I realized that it wasn't entirely just Londo talking.

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Date: 08 Apr 1998 23:07:12 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Walter Koenig's book

{original post unavailable}

      Actually, it was a play, The Boys in Autumn, but I'd wanted to
work with him long before then.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 08 Apr 1998 23:07:12 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Crusade Confirmed

{original post unavailable}

      Nah...occasional wistfulness notwithstanding, I wouldn't have it
any other way.  Understand that I'm in the best position imaginable:
people are paying me for something I'd have to do for free, because I
can't not write. I get to write, and tell my stories my way, and make a
decent living.  How much more can anyone ask for?  And with all that,
it seems inappropriate to complain about the hours.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 12 Apr 1998 14:53:13 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Philip Hornsey <74053.2101@compuserve.com>
Subject: The Progress of Year 5

{original post had no questions}

      I'm used to it.  Happens every year.  Then the next year is the
sucky one, and last year was cool.  It's pro forma.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 14 Apr 1998 11:27:12 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: VALAN

{original post unavailable}

      It was a typo; that name shouldn't have been in the message, it
slipped past.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 14 Apr 1998 00:42:00 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: The Rock Cried Out

{original post unavailable}

      Rock is an old spiritual going back to the Civil War; the bar
song was developed by Chris Franke; and Byron's little ditty was
something I came up with.

      Some of the songs (as from Walkabout) are on the CDs.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 15 Apr 1998 00:57:09 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Will Caraway <73671.2434@compuserve.com>
Subject: Vorlon-Shadow Conflict

 Will Caraway <73671.2434@compuserve.com> asks:
> So what I've been wondering is this: Did the Shadow's try to work
> their evolutionary magic on the Vorlons and the other first ones
> while they were still young races? Is this the explanation for
> Delenn's statement that the first ones have battled the Shadows
> over millions of years? Would this indicate that the Vorlons
> stayed behind because they were the most militant of the anti-
> Shadow faction or perhaps the race least able to evolve beyond
> the eye for an eye concept?

      No, the shadows definitely didn't try their advancement routine
on the vorlons; they were cases of parallel evolution at similar
periods.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 17 Apr 1998 17:17:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Guy Schwartz <103343.116@compuserve.com>
Subject: Potentially Epitaphical

{original post had no questions}

      Thanks...as words to live (and die) by, those ain't bad.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 17 Apr 1998 17:17:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Carrie Foreman <76400.1170@compuserve.com>
Subject: TeeVee technical query

 Carrie Foreman <76400.1170@compuserve.com> asks:
> I know you pay actors a second time when previous footage is
> reused, is that true for the Season 5 opening credits, for Ed
> Waser & Walter K?

      Yeah, they get re-use fees every time.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 17 Apr 1998 17:17:05 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: No more UK Fan Club ?

{original post unavailable}

      The UK fan club was never "official."  They were never a branch
of the official B5 fan club.  We do not have, and have never had, the
authority to convey official status to ANY outside fan group, only WB
can authorize such things through an official license.  We were
concerned in that the UK group was being perceived as such by fans
there, some of whom had begun sending us (and me) email with complaints
or general notes about the UK fan club asking me to deal with it since
this was an officially sanctioned fan club, so it became important to
clarify that.  You cannot "disenfranchise" someone or something that
was never a part of the "franchise" (a term I hate) in the first place.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 17 Apr 1998 17:17:06 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Carl Cantarella <105030.3700@compuserve.com>
Subject: Babylon, California???

 Carl Cantarella <105030.3700@compuserve.com> asks:
> Joe, This has been bothering me on and off for a good two weeks
> now, so I've simply got to ask you if an article published in the
> April 6th Issue of National Review, titled "Babylon, California"
> written by Rob Long refers to you or not?

      To my knowledge, I've never spoken with Mr. Long, so that kind
of narrows down the possibilities.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 17 Apr 1998 17:17:06 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Darran Williams <101656.2143@compuserve.com>
Subject: Season 5 ep order in UK

{original post had no questions}

      It should be aired in the originally intended order, as will
subsequent reruns of the show here.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 17 Apr 1998 21:26:04 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Sakai Query

 (blocked) asks:
> at the end was Sinclair referring to Catherine Sakai?
> And if so did she arrive before or after he did?
> CT, so what else is new?

      She arrived after.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 17 Apr 1998 23:03:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Tom Knudsen <72347.1626@compuserve.com>
Subject: Corps is Mommy, Daddy

 Tom Knudsen <72347.1626@compuserve.com> asks:
> How many conversations have you had with cows?

"How many conversations have you had with cows?"

      In or out of the TV business?

                                                                  jms


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Date: 19 Apr 1998 14:59:09 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: The Gathering, Next Week

 (blocked) asks:
> is this the "special edition" or the original version?

      It's the special edition.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 19 Apr 1998 22:32:08 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Sam Waas <73052.2644@compuserve.com>
Subject: Scares PsiCops?

{original post had no questions}

      I don't consider it a mistake at all...you never heard much of
other Psi Cops talking about Bester, and they would have more knowledge
of him than anyone else.  As with Dirty Harry, some of the other
officers above and below him liked him...and he scared the crap out of
others.  Same here.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 19 Apr 1998 14:59:10 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Ian Clasper <113131.2620@compuserve.com>
Subject: Signature Tune

 Ian Clasper <113131.2620@compuserve.com> asks:
> Am I right in assuming that you are trying to reflect a "new
> world order" even form the signature tune ?

      Each season's music reflects the content of the season.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 21 Apr 1998 12:29:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: No more UK Fan Club ?

 (blocked) asks:
> Will this "clarification" effect the operation of the UK club in
> any way?

      Not that I'm aware of.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 21 Apr 1998 12:29:02 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Ian Clasper <113131.2620@compuserve.com>
Subject: Signature Tune

 Ian Clasper <113131.2620@compuserve.com> asks:
> A very good touch too, How many main themes are there ?

      There are five themes, one per year.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 26 Apr 1998 14:32:03 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: David Crader <104635.1044@compuserve.com>
Subject: Babylon 5 Schedule

 David Crader <104635.1044@compuserve.com> asks:
> Will we see THIRDSPACE before this, or is that going to be held
> for a prime-time fall spot, leading into the "final five"?

      ThirdSpace will air July 19th, with The River of Souls airing
November 22nd.

                                                                  jms

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Date: 26 Apr 1998 20:36:12 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: Bancroft Gracey <100532.1747@compuserve.com>
Subject: UK Showing - ep 502

{original post had no questions}

      I'd say from the way that Sheridan replied -- "You didn't ask
where I stood during the big fight back home" "You're right, I didn't" -
 - the implication is there that he knows.

                                                                  jms


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Date: 27 Apr 1998 13:58:06 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: (blocked)
Subject: Ever want to do Lit Clas

{original post unavailable}

      No, I'd rather do my own stuff, for the most part, and for now,
though if a classic book landed in my lap, and it was a favorite, I'd
be hard pressed to say no....

                                                                  jms


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Date: 30 Apr 1998 00:42:09 -0700
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
To: PAUL REYNOLDS <110152.1243@compuserve.com>
Subject: Ellison recommendation ?

{original post had no questions}

      Of his previous titles, I suggest SHATTERDAY, DEATHBIRD STORIES,
or STRANGE WINE, all of which are available at any decent SF bookstore.
(His stuff is also being reprinted in the Edgeworks volumes.)

                                                                  jms


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