JMS CompuServe messages for October 1998. Collected by John Hardin . Date: 01 Oct 1998 23:58:05 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: (blocked) Subject: Lyta Question (blocked) asks: > Why did Lyta train as a Psi Cop if she was only a P5? "I was under the impression teeps needed to be at least P10 before becoming Psi Cops. Why did Lyta train as a Psi Cop if she was only a P5?" You are misremembering. She said she interned with the Psi Cops, not that she was training to be one. Psi Cops need people beneath them at various levels as assistants, collectors of evidence, and all the more ordinary stuff they don't have time to do as the elite. jms ------------------------------ Date: 02 Oct 1998 16:55:02 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Rick and Cindy <71561.3255@compuserve.com> Subject: acting systems Rick and Cindy <71561.3255@compuserve.com> asks: > whats your opinion on the Stanislavski system, and the actor who > use it? I don't know enough about it to have an intelligent opinion.... jms ------------------------------ Date: 04 Oct 1998 02:09:04 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Rebecca Eschliman <76072.2345@compuserve.com> Subject: Prodution probs......??? Rebecca Eschliman <76072.2345@compuserve.com> asks: > I wonder if this will ever reach some sort of critical mass, and, > if so, what the result will be? "Whether it be in CIS fora or on the wider Net, it seems that more people are spreading more rumors more widely with more reaction. I wonder if this will ever reach some sort of critical mass, and, if so, what the result will be?" A slight but measurable increase in the greenhouse effect.... jms ------------------------------ Date: 04 Oct 1998 20:31:03 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: (blocked) Subject: Music {original post unavailable} No, nothing commercially available. jms ------------------------------ Date: 06 Oct 1998 22:56:00 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Joel Araujo <76016.122@compuserve.com> Subject: What Book to believe Joel Araujo <76016.122@compuserve.com> asks: > What is cannon when two books contratict themselves? Where there is a contradiction, defer to City. jms ------------------------------ Date: 06 Oct 1998 22:57:02 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: (blocked) Subject: Zathras Confused {original post unavailable} You can never count out the Zathri.... jms ------------------------------ Date: 07 Oct 1998 10:11:09 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: ALL Subject: re: jms email Just a note to remind folks that my email address is to be used only for stuff that can't or shouldn't be discussed publicly, for personal stuff. It's starting to fill up with general questions about the themes of the show, plot stuff and the like, questions which would serve better in the open forums where the answers would profit other people, and save me from having to answer the same question X-times privately. jms ------------------------------ Date: 08 Oct 1998 12:20:06 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: (blocked) Subject: Zathras Confused {original post unavailable} He also never *stops* saying things.... jms ------------------------------ Date: 11 Oct 1998 00:17:14 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: (blocked) Subject: Who's going to V.O.R. {original post unavailable} Be advised that Tracy Scoggins will not be there, and that others may not be there, and that this is not an official, sanctioned convention (many have emailed me to say that they thought it was sanctioned). The companies listed as "sponsors" -- Precedence Publishing and Sierra FX -- are making it clear, and making VorCon make sure it's clear, that they may be sponsoring events at the convention but they do not endorse the convention itself; also, Optic Nerve will not be bringing down an exhibit of any sort. In addition, by now they either have received or are about to receive official warning from Warner Bros. regarding the showing of *any* video material from the show. jms ------------------------------ Date: 11 Oct 1998 22:46:08 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Dr John A Purvis <100341.1147@compuserve.com> Subject: S5book tells all {original post had no questions} Yeah, it was published ahead of schedule, and we're all kinda pissed about it. jms ------------------------------ Date: 12 Oct 1998 15:39:07 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: IslanderUK <100545.3607@compuserve.com> Subject: S5book tells all {original post had no questions} WB does have that control over publishing as well...the thing was published by accident, there was a drop in communication and it happened when everyone was looking elsewhere. jms ------------------------------ Date: 12 Oct 1998 22:58:13 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: (blocked) Subject: EW disses B5 {original post unavailable} On the other hand, the actual description they used for the show was nothing other than glowing...beats the heck out of me.... jms ------------------------------ Date: 13 Oct 1998 23:43:01 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Gar Harris <76657.3333@compuserve.com> Subject: Exec Producer powers? {original post had no questions} It variers; in some cases, an exec producer is just the money person; in other cases, it can even be a studio person assigned to a project; there can be numerous exec producers with various responsibilities. Some sell the show, move on, and just collect fees. That's why the term exec producer has become almost meaningless in terms of knowing what the person actually *does*, and why it's been replaced in many ways with the term "show runner." That's the person who actually runs the show, determines the creative direction for the series, writes and oversees scripts, that sort of thing. jms ------------------------------ Date: 13 Oct 1998 13:09:05 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: (blocked) Subject: EW disses B5 {original post had no questions} Or maybe they were working in base 50.... jms ------------------------------ Date: 13 Oct 1998 23:54:10 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Rebecca Eschliman <76072.2345@compuserve.com> Subject: Vertical Vertigo Rebecca Eschliman <76072.2345@compuserve.com> asks: > As someone who's had dealings with agencies of one of the four > vertical-integration giants cited (Time-Warner), would you align > yourself with the "many creative types" who "decry vertical > integration, seeing it also as a major reason for the decline in > the quality of TV shows?" Since you've previously mentioned that > you have other projects in development, is the possibility of > getting any of them to market made more difficult by vertical > integration? ....joe does not understand vertical integration...joe wonders if that means that all standing people all have the right to use the same washroom and the same fountain and stand in the front of the bus...joe not business type...barely understands these things...joe will read article, fall down, try to reply at a later date.... jms (brother to zathras) ------------------------------ Date: 20 Oct 1998 11:37:07 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Koslosky <102365.2062@compuserve.com> Subject: Season 5 in Siberia? Koslosky <102365.2062@compuserve.com> asks: > What's with TNT relegating season 5 to Siberia? > 12 o'clock mid-night for the rest of the season? > Can you shed some light on this (no pun intended regarding the > last ep)? The first new S5 ep is on next Wednesday at 10, not midnight; I don't know what you're referring to. jms ------------------------------ Date: 26 Oct 1998 16:53:04 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: All Subject: new jms comic Posted this over on another system, figured I'd put it here as well. Just thought I'd get this thread moving, though it's still a bit early, since news has started to break in other places. Basically: I've always loved comics (no secret there), and have always wanted to do a title of my own, try to make it something special, as B5 was/is special. I created the premise, went to Top Cow (my first and only choice on this one), we met, we agreed...and now RISING STARS is set to debut next April. I've already turned in the first script (for the preview issue), and will be getting down to writing issues 0 and 1 shortly. The story follows the events after the small town of Pederson, Illinois, is struck by a mass of energy from an unknown, but non- terrestrial source. Everyone who was in utero at the time of the flash is affected, resulting in 113 individuals who develop abilities of a most unusual and highly individual form. (The power is to some degree shaped by who they are, just as they are shaped to some degree by the power.) It is set in a realistic universe, timed to real-world events (it covers a span of about 60 years, starting in about 1969), where there have never been super-powered individuals before. It looks at how the world reacts to them, and how they react to the world. We follow these characters through their early years, into adulthood and to the ends of their lives, mapping all the changes they go through, and how they change the world. It's an extremely ambitious 24 issue miniseries (with the potential to go back and further develop any of the stories presented earlier along the way). ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 1998 13:27:00 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: (blocked) Subject: new jms comic {original post had no questions} Well, they'll have the scripts in plenty of time, so I can't see any reason why there would be any problem in schedule. I've learned in B5 how to maintain a schedule. jms ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 1998 13:27:00 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Ed Brandt <100274.2672@compuserve.com> Subject: new jms comic Ed Brandt <100274.2672@compuserve.com> asks: > Will they be made into a graphic novel, i.e as In Valen's Name, > seemed to be? Probably, but that's down the road a bit. jms ------------------------------ Date: 27 Oct 1998 23:07:02 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Andrew S. Troth <74663.3614@compuserve.com> Subject: new jms comic {original post had no questions} Thanks...what's great is that I've already heard from a number of folks who don't generally buy comics, but will do so for this particular title, so given B5's coverage, it may mean a good influx of new people to discover the comics world. jms ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 1998 23:03:04 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Allison E. Kaese <71330.1055@compuserve.com> Subject: Thank you {original post had no questions} No, thank *you* for the kind words, and for being part of the family. jms ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 1998 20:32:00 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Carl Cantarella <105030.3700@compuserve.com> Subject: new jms comic Carl Cantarella <105030.3700@compuserve.com> asks: > Is there any possibility that we'll be able to purchase it from > the Emporium? BTW, when are they going to update the Emporium? > What's the deal with that? There's been some problems with the company providing the web site, and we're working to address that. jms ------------------------------ Date: 28 Oct 1998 20:32:00 -0700 From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> To: Andrew S. Troth <74663.3614@compuserve.com> Subject: new jms comic Andrew S. Troth <74663.3614@compuserve.com> asks: > Joe, do you mind if I repost this announcement over in the Comics > & Animation Forum? Sure, by all means. jms ------------------------------