The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5

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  1. JMS CompuServe messages for November 1998. Collected by John Hardin
  2. <jhardin@wolfenet.com>.
  3. Date: 02 Nov 1998 15:43:12 -0700
  4. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  5. To: John Morgan <71513.2510@compuserve.com>
  6. Subject: Londo's Tragic Fate
  7. {original post had no questions}
  8. Yes, the capital was getting beat up, but there's a difference
  9. between thousands of dead and billions dead...Londo sacrified himself
  10. to save the lives of billions.
  11. jms
  12. ------------------------------
  13. Date: 02 Nov 1998 15:43:12 -0700
  14. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  15. To: JonathanKass > [JEKass]
  16. Subject: Who's going to V.O.R.
  17. {original post unavailable}
  18. No actors were ever told they could not attend; never happened.
  19. And my problem with the Wolf conventions and some of their organizers
  20. is their *lack* of organization, and their refusal to honor such ideas
  21. as not using clips without permission, and otherwise making a mess, and
  22. refusing (after promising to make them available) to provide copies of
  23. the books to verify that the charities they say they promote actually
  24. received any of the profits from the con.
  25. jms
  26. ------------------------------
  27. Date: 04 Nov 1998 15:18:12 -0700
  28. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  29. To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
  30. Subject: Another two cents....
  31. Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com> asks:
  32. > Heard that Jeri Taylor left Star Trek, any chance that she'll
  33. > come and work with you on Crusade? Any chance that you will work
  34. > with Angela Landsbury on Crusade? Do you know what a vacation is?
  35. > Have you ever owned, been owned by or currently residing with any
  36. > cats and if so, got any good stories for us? Is that just on the
  37. > 'Net or here as well? Is there anyone in the business (actor,
  38. > director, writer, etc) that you haven't yet worked with, but
  39. > would like to?
  40. 1. Heard that Jeri Taylor left Star Trek, any chance that she'll come
  41. and work with you on Crusade?
  42. No, she's hoping to move to Northern California and enter
  43. semi-retirement with her husband, also a friend of mine. After X-
  44. number of years in the business, we're all entitled to escape.
  45. 2. Any chance that you will work with Angela Landsbury on Crusade? I
  46. think she's pretty cool.
  47. I don't think she does cable episodic.
  48. 3. Do you know what a vacation is?
  49. Does it have fur?
  50. 4. Have you ever owned, been owned by or currently residing with any
  51. cats and if so, got any good stories for us? (you write about them as
  52. if you know them well)
  53. Yes, but the cat cabal is very chary of its secrets, and if I
  54. betray them they will come after me.
  55. 5. I know that you plan on pulling back regarding your online
  56. presence. Is that just on the 'Net or here as well?
  57. Mainly pulling back on the newsgroups, somewhat here.
  58. 6. Is there anyone in the business (actor, director, writer, etc)
  59. that you haven't yet worked with, but would like to?
  60. Yeah, but it wouldn't be fair to name folks.
  61. jms
  62. ------------------------------
  63. Date: 04 Nov 1998 17:31:08 -0700
  64. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  65. To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
  66. Subject: Another two cents....
  67. Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com> asks:
  68. > Are you going to stick to pretty much writing your own stuff or
  69. > will you still consider guest writing for any other shows? Would
  70. > you consider asking Chris Carter to write and episode of Crusade?
  71. > Have they asked you yet?
  72. I don't believe anyone has spoken to me about Icon yet...as for
  73. other shows, I'm kinda spoiled...I don't like to have my words mucked
  74. about with, and on somebody else's show, that's inevitable.
  75. jms
  76. ------------------------------
  77. Date: 04 Nov 1998 17:31:09 -0700
  78. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  79. To: (blocked)
  80. Subject: Another two cents....
  81. {original post unavailable}
  82. Organized? If they had an opposable thumb and could hold a
  83. screwdriver, we'd all be doomed.
  84. jms
  85. ------------------------------
  86. Date: 04 Nov 1998 23:34:07 -0700
  87. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  88. To: (blocked)
  89. Subject: Moving Out
  90. {original post unavailable}
  91. That's a good way of looking at it.
  92. jms
  93. ------------------------------
  94. Date: 05 Nov 1998 11:53:01 -0700
  95. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  96. To: Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com>
  97. Subject: Using snips and quotes
  98. Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com> asks:
  99. > How is this accomplished?
  100. > Is there some giant archive somewhere where people can type in
  101. > key words and get a list of movies where that word/phrase is
  102. > used? Are there experts who just know all this stuff?
  103. "How is this accomplished? Is there some giant archive somewhere where
  104. people can type in key words and get a list of movies where that
  105. word/phrase is used? Are there experts who just know all this stuff? It
  106. seems like finding a character saying exactly the right sentence out of
  107. the thousands of movies in existence would be a difficult and laborious
  108. task."
  109. No, none that I'm aware of. You just happen to know something,
  110. and if you can license that snip, you acquire the rights to use it.
  111. The DD stuff was just stuff that I knew 'cause I'm a cartoon nut.
  112. jms
  113. ------------------------------
  114. Date: 05 Nov 1998 16:27:04 -0700
  115. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  116. To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
  117. Subject: <WoF> Lyta
  118. Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com> asks:
  119. > Can we interpret from this that teeps in general aren't her
  120. > people; just those who aren't willingly Corps?
  121. This is, of course, the key to the whole reason for the Byron
  122. thing. If it had not gone on as long as it had, had not had the impact
  123. it had on her, she would not be where she is now in the storyline. You
  124. really needed something *major* to bring her to this point, and that
  125. was it. Some couldn't figure why the emphasis...well, now they know.
  126. Everything points somewhere.
  127. jms
  128. ------------------------------
  129. Date: 05 Nov 1998 22:25:07 -0700
  130. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  131. To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
  132. Subject: <WoF> Lyta
  133. {original post had no questions}
  134. If you saw the arrows initially, then they would have been 'way
  135. too obvious.
  136. And yeah, the wheel of fire visually has spokes proceeding out
  137. from a central flame; the center burns outward. And several of the
  138. fires smoldering lately have done that; with Byron it was a literal
  139. flame that has now gone out along the spokes and had substantial
  140. repercussions, with more to come years down the road.
  141. It's also a Shakespeare quote, "I am bound upon a wheel of fire,
  142. that mine own tears do scald like molten lead." Which tends to
  143. describe Londo's situation as well. (King Lear)
  144. jms
  145. ------------------------------
  146. Date: 06 Nov 1998 17:06:05 -0700
  147. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  148. To: (blocked)
  149. Subject: <WoF>Sheridan's memory
  150. {original post unavailable}
  151. Y'know, this discussion kinda baffles me to some extent.
  152. For starters, Sheridan was only in the future briefly; he was
  153. being beaten and was confused and not sure how much of it was real; he
  154. doesn't know if his going to Z'ha'dum *changed* any of that
  155. future...the events he did see were 20 years down the road, and there's
  156. no way for him to know (as we know, the audience) what connects to
  157. what...he sees only destruction, and that could have happened two weeks
  158. before (there's no rule that says a capital city can be bombed only
  159. once)...no way to know if the keeper may have been implanted days or
  160. months before. To try and impose a quick understanding of events 20
  161. years down the road on things happening right now, without knowing the
  162. context, would be madness...you don't need a keeper to start a war, or
  163. half our own leaders here would have had keepers on them.
  164. As for Delenn...yes, he heard her talk about their son, but at
  165. the same time, again, that's 20 years down the road. Their son could
  166. be any age, so the news that she's pregnant will still be a shock
  167. whenever it comes; you may know that you're planning to have kids, that
  168. the doctor says its possible, but when you actually hear the news, it's
  169. a stunner every time.
  170. His question is a natural one...he doesn't know if the kid in
  171. the future had to be taken out of utero to be sustained until it came
  172. full term, doesn't know if extreme measures had to be taken...his
  173. question is a sensible and justifiable one.
  174. People are assuming that what *they* know as the audience,
  175. Sheridan knows, which he does not...and assuming that he knows
  176. everything that is to come, or what it means, or how it happens, or in
  177. what context, which he does not.
  178. His memory is not faulty.
  179. jms
  180. ------------------------------
  181. Date: 09 Nov 1998 12:15:07 -0700
  182. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  183. To: WizOp Wes Meier <76703.747@compuserve.com>
  184. Subject: River of Souls: Shyster
  185. {original post had no questions}
  186. Oh, and then some....
  187. jms
  188. ------------------------------
  189. Date: 09 Nov 1998 16:56:01 -0700
  190. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  191. To: Jonathan Kass <74130.443@compuserve.com>
  192. Subject: <<WOF>> Garibaldi
  193. Jonathan Kass <74130.443@compuserve.com> asks:
  194. > So the question is, are we going to see in the last 2 episodes
  195. > before SIL what Franklin's answer to that question was?
  196. Franklin's solution really wouldn't have worked...only a teep
  197. can undo the damage here.
  198. jms
  199. ------------------------------
  200. Date: 10 Nov 1998 12:28:00 -0700
  201. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  202. To: Michael Beemer <71551.1670@compuserve.com>
  203. Subject: Hey, Joe! <ROS>
  204. Michael Beemer <71551.1670@compuserve.com> asks:
  205. > ...What did Tracey say when she saw the lengths you went to to
  206. > get her into a bustier and garters?
  207. Her reaction on reading the script was to go on an immediate
  208. crash diet, saying, "I want to make the boys cry."
  209. jms
  210. ------------------------------
  211. Date: 11 Nov 1998 14:10:09 -0700
  212. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  213. To: Carl Cantarella <105030.3700@compuserve.com>
  214. Subject: Hey, Joe! <ROS>
  215. {original post had no questions}
  216. Actually, nobody seemed to think twice about it...and it's
  217. another nod to the reality that there are all kinds of people out there
  218. of divergent interests.
  219. jms
  220. ------------------------------
  221. Date: 11 Nov 1998 20:47:13 -0700
  222. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  223. To: (blocked)
  224. Subject: Another two cents....
  225. (blocked) asks:
  226. > Why is the inevitable always a surprise when it happens?
  227. Thanks, I appreciate that...the characters are a lot of fun to
  228. play with.
  229. jms
  230. ------------------------------
  231. Date: 11 Nov 1998 20:47:13 -0700
  232. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  233. To: Susan C Wiederhold <110630.603@compuserve.com>
  234. Subject: River of Souls: Shyster
  235. {original post had no questions}
  236. Cool...thanks.
  237. jms
  238. ------------------------------
  239. Date: 15 Nov 1998 23:18:09 -0700
  240. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  241. To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
  242. Subject: JMS/B5 Flashback - 1991
  243. {original post had no questions}
  244. "And just to make you all--and me!--feel old, I was only ten when that
  245. message was written <G>"
  246. If you need me, I'll be up on the roof....
  247. jms
  248. ------------------------------
  249. Date: 15 Nov 1998 21:51:04 -0700
  250. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  251. To: Brent Barrett <75063.3305@compuserve.com>
  252. Subject: River of Sheen
  253. Brent Barrett <75063.3305@compuserve.com> asks:
  254. > If this really was what Sheen was doing, was this something he
  255. > came up with or did you have any say with how you saw the
  256. > character of the Soul Hunter being approached?
  257. What we had discussed (actor, director and me) was that soul
  258. hunters don't generally get much chance to hang out and talk to people;
  259. they can empathically sense the language, however, when they encounter
  260. others. At first, he didn't know the language very well, and gradually
  261. became more able to express himself.
  262. jms
  263. ------------------------------
  264. Date: 18 Nov 1998 17:45:05 -0700
  265. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  266. To: Bancroft Gracey <100532.1747@compuserve.com>
  267. Subject: Soul Hunter q (SFLIT)
  268. Bancroft Gracey <100532.1747@compuserve.com> asks:
  269. > when, at the end of Soul Hunter (season 1), Delenn is releasing
  270. > 'souls', is she only releasing minbari 'souls', or all the
  271. > 'souls' in the renegade Soul Hunter's collection?
  272. It would be any and all so imprisoned.
  273. jms
  274. ------------------------------
  275. Date: 18 Nov 1998 21:39:13 -0700
  276. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  277. To: DougP <70760.2440@compuserve.com>
  278. Subject: Objects at Rest
  279. DougP <70760.2440@compuserve.com> asks:
  280. > when Sheridan and Lorien are together and Lorien asks him "do you
  281. > have any reason worth living?" Did you make any special notes in
  282. > the script of Objects at Rest?
  283. Yeah, my instructions to Chris were the same there as for
  284. another scene next week, "break our hearts." And the two themes are
  285. actually pretty much the same, since they proceed from similar
  286. contexts. That section of "Rest" just puts me away every time.
  287. jms
  288. ------------------------------
  289. Date: 23 Nov 1998 17:31:00 -0700
  290. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  291. To: Ray Pelzer <70475.1263@compuserve.com>
  292. Subject: Objects at Rest
  293. Ray Pelzer <70475.1263@compuserve.com> asks:
  294. > Rest" be available to us on CD?
  295. Nothing's been set yet on the next CD.
  296. jms
  297. ------------------------------
  298. Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:05 -0700
  299. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  300. To: Shawn D. Ratner <73753.175@compuserve.com>
  301. Subject: Babylon 5
  302. {original post had no questions}
  303. I have thoughts aplenty...but they are for the quiet moments
  304. tonight. Thank you....
  305. jms
  306. ------------------------------
  307. Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:05 -0700
  308. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  309. To: Ray Pelzer <70475.1263@compuserve.com>
  310. Subject: It's over.
  311. {original post had no questions}
  312. No, thank you...
  313. jms
  314. ------------------------------
  315. Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:06 -0700
  316. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  317. To: (blocked)
  318. Subject: SiL
  319. {original post unavailable}
  320. Thanks....
  321. jms
  322. ------------------------------
  323. Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:06 -0700
  324. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  325. To: (blocked)
  326. Subject: SiL - tears
  327. {original post unavailable}
  328. Yeah, that's the scene that gets me too, every damned time.
  329. Thanks....
  330. jms
  331. ------------------------------
  332. Date: 26 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
  333. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  334. To: Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com>
  335. Subject: SiL - tears
  336. Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com> asks:
  337. > Do you recall what was going on in your mind for that scene?
  338. > Is it not too personal that you are willing to share it?
  339. It's too hard to put into words...I looked around, knowing that
  340. this could well be it, the last time I'd see this place. It was just
  341. real hard.
  342. jms
  343. ------------------------------
  344. Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:06 -0700
  345. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  346. To: Thomas W. Rackers <72047.1207@compuserve.com>
  347. Subject: Well done, sir.
  348. Thomas W. Rackers <72047.1207@compuserve.com> asks:
  349. > Was that, or was that not, you as the tech who shut off the
  350. > lights?
  351. Thank you, I appreciate hearing all that...and yeah, that was
  352. me....
  353. jms
  354. ------------------------------
  355. Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:06 -0700
  356. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  357. To: DougP <70760.2440@compuserve.com>
  358. Subject: SiL
  359. {original post had no questions}
  360. "On a personal note, I have been dreading this last episode, not so
  361. much because of the story, but more because of it's being the end of
  362. Babylon 5. Now that I have watched it I must tell you that I don't feel
  363. depressed or sad. Yes, it was a very moving episode but also an
  364. uplifting story, and I actually feel good. Like I just finished a good
  365. book, which of course I have except that I watched it rather than read
  366. it."
  367. That's pretty much the reaction that others have had, which is
  368. what I was hoping for...because in a strange way, as much as it's an
  369. ending, it's also about hope and new beginnings and renewal.
  370. Thanks....
  371. jms
  372. ------------------------------
  373. Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:07 -0700
  374. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  375. To: Peter Kazmir <112055.402@compuserve.com>
  376. Subject: SiL, Z'ha'dum and Thanks
  377. {original post had no questions}
  378. Thanks for the kind words, and my best to your wife. What the
  379. eye sees is always second to what the heart sees in any event.
  380. jms
  381. ------------------------------
  382. Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:07 -0700
  383. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  384. To: Joseph Schierer <76326.3124@compuserve.com>
  385. Subject: unanswered questions?
  386. Joseph Schierer <76326.3124@compuserve.com> asks:
  387. > "Will we ever find out what happened to the missing day in
  388. > Sinclair's life, and will we ever find out what happened to
  389. > Babylon 4?" now, the show is over - but did I miss something?
  390. > the "little surprise" Londo left Sheriden & Delenn for their
  391. > child - whatever happens to it? does Londo & G'Kar meet their
  392. > mutual end, as "fortold" in War without end?
  393. Seems to me we answered all those questions except for the David
  394. one in the course of the show.
  395. jms
  396. ------------------------------
  397. Date: 26 Nov 1998 00:01:07 -0700
  398. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  399. To: (blocked)
  400. Subject: JMS Thank you
  401. {original post unavailable}
  402. Thank you, and good luck with your own stories.
  403. jms
  404. ------------------------------
  405. Date: 26 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
  406. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  407. To: (blocked)
  408. Subject: SiL - A Couple Things
  409. {original post had no questions}
  410. Thanks, and yeah, there's symmetry there, to be sure.
  411. jms
  412. ------------------------------
  413. Date: 26 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
  414. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  415. To: (blocked)
  416. Subject: That was a good story
  417. {original post had no questions}
  418. Thank you...for the kind words and the flashback.
  419. jms
  420. ------------------------------
  421. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:31:03 -0700
  422. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  423. To: (blocked)
  424. Subject: Bravo!!
  425. {original post unavailable}
  426. Thanks...it's been great.
  427. jms
  428. ------------------------------
  429. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:04 -0700
  430. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  431. To: Gar Harris <76657.3333@compuserve.com>
  432. Subject: Babylon 5
  433. {original post unavailable}
  434. No, Vir did not have a Keeper. He helped to free Centauri
  435. Prime.
  436. jms
  437. ------------------------------
  438. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:04 -0700
  439. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  440. To: Rick Shelton <72560.3114@compuserve.com>
  441. Subject: That was a good story
  442. {original post unavailable}
  443. Thanks....
  444. jms
  445. ------------------------------
  446. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
  447. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  448. To: SysOp Deonaha M. Conlin <102531.2627@compuserve.com>
  449. Subject: That was a good story
  450. {original post unavailable}
  451. Thanks, and yeah, it was definitely pretty intense on-set for
  452. that ep.
  453. jms
  454. ------------------------------
  455. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
  456. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  457. To: John Bendel <73447.741@compuserve.com>
  458. Subject: Many thanks
  459. {original post unavailable}
  460. Thanks...it's been a terrific ride.
  461. jms
  462. ------------------------------
  463. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
  464. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  465. To: Michael Kalus <100265.3065@compuserve.com>
  466. Subject: How did it feel?
  467. {original post unavailable}
  468. As noted elsewhere here...it was just real hard.
  469. jms
  470. ------------------------------
  471. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
  472. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  473. To: John Bovenmyer <73567.1341@compuserve.com>
  474. Subject: SiL
  475. {original post unavailable}
  476. Thanks, and I suggested the wave 'cause it's what he would do.
  477. Stephen agreed.
  478. jms
  479. ------------------------------
  480. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
  481. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  482. To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
  483. Subject: SiL
  484. {original post unavailable}
  485. "My boy toy was saying he couldn't believe that you had Sherridan go,
  486. but not have DeLenn with him; but I found it appropriate that he would
  487. do that. My guess was (correct me if I'm wrong), that like David, he
  488. didn't want anyone to remember him any other way. He wanted their last
  489. thoughts of him to be not of him dying but who and what he was before
  490. that."
  491. Exactly.
  492. And thanks for the kind words.
  493. jms
  494. ------------------------------
  495. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
  496. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  497. To: WizOp Wes Meier <76703.747@compuserve.com>
  498. Subject: SiL - tears
  499. {original post unavailable}
  500. Thanks...it's hard to let it go, but every book has a back
  501. cover.
  502. jms
  503. ------------------------------
  504. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
  505. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  506. To: Evan Zucker <73067.1455@compuserve.com>
  507. Subject: unanswered questions?
  508. {original post unavailable}
  509. It'd be hard to pick up the David arc since he'll only be about
  510. 4 years old at the time Crusade starts.
  511. jms
  512. ------------------------------
  513. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
  514. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  515. To: JonathanKass > [jekass]
  516. Subject: SIL / B5
  517. {original post unavailable}
  518. Thanks...
  519. jms
  520. ------------------------------
  521. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
  522. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  523. To: Craig M. Bobchin <102354.3246@compuserve.com>
  524. Subject: SiL and a Question
  525. {original post unavailable}
  526. It was the station blowing up, and the shuttle leaving, and the
  527. coda, and the sunrise.
  528. jms
  529. ------------------------------
  530. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
  531. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  532. To: Graham Smith <74010.764@compuserve.com>
  533. Subject: The End of a Dream
  534. {original post unavailable}
  535. The thanks are all mine.
  536. jms
  537. ------------------------------
  538. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
  539. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  540. To: (blocked)
  541. Subject: <SiL> - the story
  542. {original post unavailable}
  543. Thanks, and you're right, it's in many ways the story of the
  544. station. Which is why it's such a moment when it goes up. That is the
  545. icon, and the way into so much of what happens in the show.
  546. jms
  547. ------------------------------
  548. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
  549. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  550. To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
  551. Subject: SiL
  552. {original post unavailable}
  553. Thanks....
  554. Yeah, that was me...and rewriting somebody else is as easy or
  555. hard as the other person makes it.
  556. jms
  557. ------------------------------
  558. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
  559. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  560. To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
  561. Subject: The End of a Dream
  562. {original post unavailable}
  563. Thanks, it's appreciated.
  564. jms
  565. ------------------------------
  566. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
  567. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  568. To: Elyse M. Grasso <70302.3304@compuserve.com>
  569. Subject: That was a good story
  570. {original post unavailable}
  571. Thanks.
  572. jms
  573. ------------------------------
  574. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
  575. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  576. To: (blocked)
  577. Subject: Giving Thanks for B5
  578. {original post unavailable}
  579. Thanks; a lot of folks have come out of lurker-zone on this one,
  580. and it's been great to hear the voices.
  581. As for Eep, I guess I picked it because it's so small that you
  582. might miss it, it was vague enough not to get me in trouble, and it's
  583. kind of a mouse sound.
  584. jms
  585. ------------------------------
  586. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:04 -0700
  587. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  588. To: SysOp Dupa T. Parrot <70040.104@compuserve.com>
  589. Subject: SiL broke my VCR!
  590. {original post unavailable}
  591. We didn't have the 1997 Hugo when this was filmed. And thanks.
  592. jms
  593. ------------------------------
  594. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:31:03 -0700
  595. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  596. To: (blocked)
  597. Subject: Bravo!!
  598. {original post unavailable}
  599. Thanks...it's been great.
  600. jms
  601. ------------------------------
  602. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
  603. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  604. To: Jonathan Kass <74130.443@compuserve.com>
  605. Subject: SIL / B5
  606. {original post had no questions}
  607. Thanks...
  608. jms
  609. ------------------------------
  610. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
  611. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  612. To: John Bovenmyer <73567.1341@compuserve.com>
  613. Subject: SiL
  614. John Bovenmyer <73567.1341@compuserve.com> asks:
  615. > Your idea or Stephen's?
  616. > Was it the producer, writer or director who talked the creator
  617. > into becoming an actor?
  618. Thanks, and I suggested the wave 'cause it's what he would do.
  619. Stephen agreed.
  620. jms
  621. ------------------------------
  622. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
  623. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  624. To: Evan Zucker <73067.1455@compuserve.com>
  625. Subject: unanswered questions?
  626. Evan Zucker <73067.1455@compuserve.com> asks:
  627. > I am purposely avoiding any spoilers for Crusade so I can enjoy
  628. > the episodes as I see them, but since I've read there is some
  629. > connection between B5 and Crusade, can you tell us whether the
  630. > David arc will be picked up in Crusade? Do you also appear in one
  631. > of the Producers photos just before the closing credits?
  632. It'd be hard to pick up the David arc since he'll only be about
  633. 4 years old at the time Crusade starts.
  634. jms
  635. ------------------------------
  636. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:04 -0700
  637. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  638. To: Gar Harris <76657.3333@compuserve.com>
  639. Subject: Babylon 5
  640. Gar Harris <76657.3333@compuserve.com> asks:
  641. > The sole remaining question is - did Vir have a Keeper?
  642. No, Vir did not have a Keeper. He helped to free Centauri
  643. Prime.
  644. jms
  645. ------------------------------
  646. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
  647. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  648. To: Craig M. Bobchin <102354.3246@compuserve.com>
  649. Subject: SiL and a Question
  650. Craig M. Bobchin <102354.3246@compuserve.com> asks:
  651. > Was Delenn looking out at the sunrise this scene?
  652. > If so it why would it provoke that sort of reaction?
  653. > If this was not the final scene, what was it going to be?
  654. It was the station blowing up, and the shuttle leaving, and the
  655. coda, and the sunrise.
  656. jms
  657. ------------------------------
  658. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
  659. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  660. To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
  661. Subject: SiL
  662. Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com> asks:
  663. > Um, that was you, right?
  664. "My boy toy was saying he couldn't believe that you had Sherridan go,
  665. but not have DeLenn with him; but I found it appropriate that he would
  666. do that. My guess was (correct me if I'm wrong), that like David, he
  667. didn't want anyone to remember him any other way. He wanted their last
  668. thoughts of him to be not of him dying but who and what he was before
  669. that."
  670. Exactly.
  671. And thanks for the kind words.
  672. jms
  673. ------------------------------
  674. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
  675. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  676. To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
  677. Subject: SiL
  678. Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com> asks:
  679. > That was you that turned off the lights?
  680. > Knowing how much it bothers you to have your work edited and
  681. > rewritten by others, was it/is it tough for you when you have to
  682. > do that to a collegue? It must be a necessary evil in some cases,
  683. > yes? Do you tend to or try to keep it to a minimum?
  684. > Or does it depend on the story, writer's experience, etc?
  685. > Has it ever been an intimidating experience for you?
  686. Thanks....
  687. Yeah, that was me...and rewriting somebody else is as easy or
  688. hard as the other person makes it.
  689. jms
  690. ------------------------------
  691. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:04 -0700
  692. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  693. To: Rick Shelton <72560.3114@compuserve.com>
  694. Subject: That was a good story
  695. {original post had no questions}
  696. Thanks....
  697. jms
  698. ------------------------------
  699. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
  700. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  701. To: John Bendel <73447.741@compuserve.com>
  702. Subject: Many thanks
  703. {original post had no questions}
  704. Thanks...it's been a terrific ride.
  705. jms
  706. ------------------------------
  707. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
  708. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  709. To: Graham Smith <74010.764@compuserve.com>
  710. Subject: The End of a Dream
  711. {original post had no questions}
  712. The thanks are all mine.
  713. jms
  714. ------------------------------
  715. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
  716. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  717. To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
  718. Subject: The End of a Dream
  719. {original post had no questions}
  720. Thanks, it's appreciated.
  721. jms
  722. ------------------------------
  723. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
  724. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  725. To: Michael Kalus <100265.3065@compuserve.com>
  726. Subject: How did it feel?
  727. Michael Kalus <100265.3065@compuserve.com> asks:
  728. > I am sure you got this message at least a 100 times, but how did
  729. > it feel to flip the switch that everything ended, after 4 years,
  730. > and how was the feeling after you could carry on with your Story?
  731. As noted elsewhere here...it was just real hard.
  732. jms
  733. ------------------------------
  734. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
  735. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  736. To: WizOp Wes Meier <76703.747@compuserve.com>
  737. Subject: SiL - tears
  738. {original post had no questions}
  739. Thanks...it's hard to let it go, but every book has a back
  740. cover.
  741. jms
  742. ------------------------------
  743. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
  744. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  745. To: SysOp Deonaha M. Conlin <102531.2627@compuserve.com>
  746. Subject: That was a good story
  747. {original post had no questions}
  748. Thanks, and yeah, it was definitely pretty intense on-set for
  749. that ep.
  750. jms
  751. ------------------------------
  752. Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
  753. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  754. To: (blocked)
  755. Subject: <SiL> - the story
  756. {original post unavailable}
  757. Thanks, and you're right, it's in many ways the story of the
  758. station. Which is why it's such a moment when it goes up. That is the
  759. icon, and the way into so much of what happens in the show.
  760. jms
  761. ------------------------------
  762. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
  763. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  764. To: Elyse M. Grasso <70302.3304@compuserve.com>
  765. Subject: That was a good story
  766. {original post had no questions}
  767. Thanks.
  768. jms
  769. ------------------------------
  770. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
  771. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  772. To: (blocked)
  773. Subject: Giving Thanks for B5
  774. {original post unavailable}
  775. Thanks; a lot of folks have come out of lurker-zone on this one,
  776. and it's been great to hear the voices.
  777. As for Eep, I guess I picked it because it's so small that you
  778. might miss it, it was vague enough not to get me in trouble, and it's
  779. kind of a mouse sound.
  780. jms
  781. ------------------------------
  782. Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:04 -0700
  783. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  784. To: SysOp Dupa T. Parrot <70040.104@compuserve.com>
  785. Subject: SiL broke my VCR!
  786. SysOp Dupa T. Parrot <70040.104@compuserve.com> asks:
  787. > Where was the 1997 Hugo hidden?
  788. We didn't have the 1997 Hugo when this was filmed. And thanks.
  789. jms
  790. ------------------------------
  791. Date: 29 Nov 1998 23:24:05 -0700
  792. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  793. To: Gar Harris <76657.3333@compuserve.com>
  794. Subject: <SiL> - the story
  795. Gar Harris <76657.3333@compuserve.com> asks:
  796. > Let's see, where's that Indian restaurant?
  797. It's never been done before; and likely won't again, at least
  798. for a long time. But the interaction, for me, has been worth it.
  799. jms
  800. ------------------------------
  801. Date: 29 Nov 1998 23:24:04 -0700
  802. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  803. To: (blocked)
  804. Subject: Babylon 5
  805. {original post unavailable}
  806. Thanks...and that's the desired sense of it, that this is a
  807. place that goes on, and we saw this part of it.
  808. jms
  809. ------------------------------
  810. Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:11 -0700
  811. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  812. To: Dave Vincent <75460.1133@compuserve.com>
  813. Subject: Sleeping In Light
  814. Dave Vincent <75460.1133@compuserve.com> asks:
  815. > Why was the station destroyed?
  816. > A hazard to navigation?
  817. > Why?
  818. > And why wouldn't it be kept as a permanent museum?
  819. Remember how much money and maintainance it would take to keep a
  820. 5 mile long station running. They could barely do it when there was a
  821. lot of tourism and business coming through; absent that, it's unviable,
  822. and you don't just want to leave it there for folks to come in and take
  823. over.
  824. jms
  825. ------------------------------
  826. Date: 29 Nov 1998 23:24:05 -0700
  827. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  828. To: (blocked)
  829. Subject: Objects in Plain Sight
  830. {original post unavailable}
  831. Wasn't much else hid...few have noticed the Hugo so far...and
  832. yeah, that was a shot glass...just playing the irony of his finding it.
  833. jms
  834. ------------------------------
  835. Date: 29 Nov 1998 23:24:05 -0700
  836. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  837. To: Neil S. Turkenkopf <102664.3532@compuserve.com>
  838. Subject: More soggy tissues :-)
  839. {original post had no questions}
  840. Thanks....
  841. jms
  842. ------------------------------
  843. Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:11 -0700
  844. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  845. To: (blocked)
  846. Subject: The End of a Dream
  847. {original post had no questions}
  848. Thanks, to you and all the other folks up north who just got the
  849. end of the story.
  850. jms
  851. ------------------------------
  852. Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
  853. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  854. To: Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com>
  855. Subject: A little bit of history
  856. Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com> asks:
  857. > What's the moral of this?
  858. > Who knows?
  859. "The biggest difference I noticed in your old posts was the "tone" --
  860. you seemed more "upbeat". I guess the past 5 years of working 26 hour
  861. days, dealing with online jerks, and fighting with the various suits
  862. over renewal EVERY DAMN YEAR have taken a toll on your overall
  863. outlook."
  864. It was a number of different factors, really...those wars, the
  865. daily grind of writing and producing this show, the online experiment
  866. (which was 90% terrific and 10% nutcases)...over time, it all takes a
  867. real toll.
  868. (Somewhat related aside...I was redoing my list of credits the
  869. other day for the PR file, which goes to reporters, and started adding
  870. up how much of what I've written has been produced, on a per-hour
  871. basis. These are just the produced TV episodes -- half-hour and hour --
  872. and TV movies, nothing else.
  873. (Came out that if you started watching it all, no repeats, 8
  874. hours a day, it would take you slightly over 3 weeks to see it all. I
  875. went to lie down for a while after that one.)
  876. jms
  877. ------------------------------
  878. Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
  879. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  880. To: Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com>
  881. Subject: From my husband...
  882. Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com> asks:
  883. > There were several years of wondering "who the hell are the
  884. > Shadows" (and the Vorlons) and what do they want? What else can I
  885. > say, but "a job well done"? Do you get tired of the constant
  886. > accolades from your fans? If this has been an experiment, after
  887. > seven years what are the results?
  888. Thanks for the kind words, and good luck with your ventures.
  889. What's the final result? I hope a document, thousands of pages
  890. long, that chronicles the making of a show on every level, so that
  891. average folks can better understand the process and, thus, better
  892. communicate what it is they want, on the theory that you can never have
  893. what you want until you know how to ask for it, and what your options
  894. are.
  895. That, and maybe making some people think...if even that is
  896. accomplished, then the experiment was worthwhile.
  897. jms
  898. ------------------------------
  899. Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
  900. From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
  901. To: Shawn D. Ratner <73753.175@compuserve.com>
  902. Subject: SIL Credits
  903. Shawn D. Ratner <73753.175@compuserve.com> asks:
  904. > I was wondering is TNT not going to run a voice over or squish
  905. > the credits at the end of the broadcast?
  906. Dunno....
  907. ------------------------------