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