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JMS CompuServe messages for November 1998. Collected by John Hardin
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<jhardin@wolfenet.com>.
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Date: 02 Nov 1998 15:43:12 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: John Morgan <71513.2510@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Londo's Tragic Fate
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{original post had no questions}
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Yes, the capital was getting beat up, but there's a difference
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between thousands of dead and billions dead...Londo sacrified himself
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to save the lives of billions.
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Date: 02 Nov 1998 15:43:12 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: JonathanKass > [JEKass]
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Subject: Who's going to V.O.R.
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{original post unavailable}
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No actors were ever told they could not attend; never happened.
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And my problem with the Wolf conventions and some of their organizers
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is their *lack* of organization, and their refusal to honor such ideas
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as not using clips without permission, and otherwise making a mess, and
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refusing (after promising to make them available) to provide copies of
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the books to verify that the charities they say they promote actually
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received any of the profits from the con.
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Date: 04 Nov 1998 15:18:12 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Another two cents....
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Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com> asks:
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> Heard that Jeri Taylor left Star Trek, any chance that she'll
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> come and work with you on Crusade? Any chance that you will work
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> with Angela Landsbury on Crusade? Do you know what a vacation is?
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> Have you ever owned, been owned by or currently residing with any
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> cats and if so, got any good stories for us? Is that just on the
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> 'Net or here as well? Is there anyone in the business (actor,
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> director, writer, etc) that you haven't yet worked with, but
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> would like to?
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1. Heard that Jeri Taylor left Star Trek, any chance that she'll come
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and work with you on Crusade?
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No, she's hoping to move to Northern California and enter
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semi-retirement with her husband, also a friend of mine. After X-
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number of years in the business, we're all entitled to escape.
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2. Any chance that you will work with Angela Landsbury on Crusade? I
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think she's pretty cool.
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I don't think she does cable episodic.
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3. Do you know what a vacation is?
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Does it have fur?
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4. Have you ever owned, been owned by or currently residing with any
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cats and if so, got any good stories for us? (you write about them as
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if you know them well)
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Yes, but the cat cabal is very chary of its secrets, and if I
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betray them they will come after me.
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5. I know that you plan on pulling back regarding your online
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presence. Is that just on the 'Net or here as well?
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Mainly pulling back on the newsgroups, somewhat here.
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6. Is there anyone in the business (actor, director, writer, etc)
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that you haven't yet worked with, but would like to?
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Yeah, but it wouldn't be fair to name folks.
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jms
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Date: 04 Nov 1998 17:31:08 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Another two cents....
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Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com> asks:
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> Are you going to stick to pretty much writing your own stuff or
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> will you still consider guest writing for any other shows? Would
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> you consider asking Chris Carter to write and episode of Crusade?
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> Have they asked you yet?
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I don't believe anyone has spoken to me about Icon yet...as for
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other shows, I'm kinda spoiled...I don't like to have my words mucked
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about with, and on somebody else's show, that's inevitable.
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Date: 04 Nov 1998 17:31:09 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: Another two cents....
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{original post unavailable}
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Organized? If they had an opposable thumb and could hold a
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screwdriver, we'd all be doomed.
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Date: 04 Nov 1998 23:34:07 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: Moving Out
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{original post unavailable}
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That's a good way of looking at it.
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Date: 05 Nov 1998 11:53:01 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Using snips and quotes
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Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com> asks:
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> How is this accomplished?
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> Is there some giant archive somewhere where people can type in
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> key words and get a list of movies where that word/phrase is
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> used? Are there experts who just know all this stuff?
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"How is this accomplished? Is there some giant archive somewhere where
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people can type in key words and get a list of movies where that
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word/phrase is used? Are there experts who just know all this stuff? It
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seems like finding a character saying exactly the right sentence out of
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the thousands of movies in existence would be a difficult and laborious
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task."
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No, none that I'm aware of. You just happen to know something,
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and if you can license that snip, you acquire the rights to use it.
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The DD stuff was just stuff that I knew 'cause I'm a cartoon nut.
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Date: 05 Nov 1998 16:27:04 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
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Subject: <WoF> Lyta
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Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com> asks:
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> Can we interpret from this that teeps in general aren't her
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> people; just those who aren't willingly Corps?
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This is, of course, the key to the whole reason for the Byron
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thing. If it had not gone on as long as it had, had not had the impact
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it had on her, she would not be where she is now in the storyline. You
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really needed something *major* to bring her to this point, and that
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was it. Some couldn't figure why the emphasis...well, now they know.
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Everything points somewhere.
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Date: 05 Nov 1998 22:25:07 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
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Subject: <WoF> Lyta
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{original post had no questions}
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If you saw the arrows initially, then they would have been 'way
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too obvious.
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And yeah, the wheel of fire visually has spokes proceeding out
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from a central flame; the center burns outward. And several of the
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fires smoldering lately have done that; with Byron it was a literal
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flame that has now gone out along the spokes and had substantial
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repercussions, with more to come years down the road.
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It's also a Shakespeare quote, "I am bound upon a wheel of fire,
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that mine own tears do scald like molten lead." Which tends to
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describe Londo's situation as well. (King Lear)
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jms
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Date: 06 Nov 1998 17:06:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: <WoF>Sheridan's memory
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{original post unavailable}
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Y'know, this discussion kinda baffles me to some extent.
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For starters, Sheridan was only in the future briefly; he was
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being beaten and was confused and not sure how much of it was real; he
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doesn't know if his going to Z'ha'dum *changed* any of that
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future...the events he did see were 20 years down the road, and there's
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no way for him to know (as we know, the audience) what connects to
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what...he sees only destruction, and that could have happened two weeks
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before (there's no rule that says a capital city can be bombed only
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once)...no way to know if the keeper may have been implanted days or
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months before. To try and impose a quick understanding of events 20
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years down the road on things happening right now, without knowing the
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context, would be madness...you don't need a keeper to start a war, or
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half our own leaders here would have had keepers on them.
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As for Delenn...yes, he heard her talk about their son, but at
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the same time, again, that's 20 years down the road. Their son could
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be any age, so the news that she's pregnant will still be a shock
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whenever it comes; you may know that you're planning to have kids, that
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the doctor says its possible, but when you actually hear the news, it's
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a stunner every time.
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His question is a natural one...he doesn't know if the kid in
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the future had to be taken out of utero to be sustained until it came
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full term, doesn't know if extreme measures had to be taken...his
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question is a sensible and justifiable one.
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People are assuming that what *they* know as the audience,
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Sheridan knows, which he does not...and assuming that he knows
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everything that is to come, or what it means, or how it happens, or in
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what context, which he does not.
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His memory is not faulty.
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jms
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Date: 09 Nov 1998 12:15:07 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: WizOp Wes Meier <76703.747@compuserve.com>
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Subject: River of Souls: Shyster
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{original post had no questions}
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Oh, and then some....
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Date: 09 Nov 1998 16:56:01 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Jonathan Kass <74130.443@compuserve.com>
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Subject: <<WOF>> Garibaldi
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Jonathan Kass <74130.443@compuserve.com> asks:
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> So the question is, are we going to see in the last 2 episodes
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> before SIL what Franklin's answer to that question was?
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Franklin's solution really wouldn't have worked...only a teep
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can undo the damage here.
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jms
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Date: 10 Nov 1998 12:28:00 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Michael Beemer <71551.1670@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Hey, Joe! <ROS>
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Michael Beemer <71551.1670@compuserve.com> asks:
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> ...What did Tracey say when she saw the lengths you went to to
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> get her into a bustier and garters?
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Her reaction on reading the script was to go on an immediate
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crash diet, saying, "I want to make the boys cry."
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Date: 11 Nov 1998 14:10:09 -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: Hey, Joe! <ROS>
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{original post had no questions}
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Actually, nobody seemed to think twice about it...and it's
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another nod to the reality that there are all kinds of people out there
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of divergent interests.
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Date: 11 Nov 1998 20:47:13 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: Another two cents....
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(blocked) asks:
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> Why is the inevitable always a surprise when it happens?
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Thanks, I appreciate that...the characters are a lot of fun to
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play with.
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Date: 11 Nov 1998 20:47:13 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Susan C Wiederhold <110630.603@compuserve.com>
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Subject: River of Souls: Shyster
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{original post had no questions}
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Cool...thanks.
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Date: 15 Nov 1998 23:18:09 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
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Subject: JMS/B5 Flashback - 1991
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{original post had no questions}
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"And just to make you all--and me!--feel old, I was only ten when that
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message was written <G>"
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If you need me, I'll be up on the roof....
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Date: 15 Nov 1998 21:51:04 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Brent Barrett <75063.3305@compuserve.com>
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Subject: River of Sheen
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Brent Barrett <75063.3305@compuserve.com> asks:
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> If this really was what Sheen was doing, was this something he
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> came up with or did you have any say with how you saw the
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> character of the Soul Hunter being approached?
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What we had discussed (actor, director and me) was that soul
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hunters don't generally get much chance to hang out and talk to people;
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they can empathically sense the language, however, when they encounter
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others. At first, he didn't know the language very well, and gradually
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became more able to express himself.
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Date: 18 Nov 1998 17:45:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Bancroft Gracey <100532.1747@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Soul Hunter q (SFLIT)
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Bancroft Gracey <100532.1747@compuserve.com> asks:
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> when, at the end of Soul Hunter (season 1), Delenn is releasing
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> 'souls', is she only releasing minbari 'souls', or all the
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> 'souls' in the renegade Soul Hunter's collection?
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It would be any and all so imprisoned.
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Date: 18 Nov 1998 21:39:13 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: DougP <70760.2440@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Objects at Rest
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DougP <70760.2440@compuserve.com> asks:
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> when Sheridan and Lorien are together and Lorien asks him "do you
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> have any reason worth living?" Did you make any special notes in
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> the script of Objects at Rest?
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Yeah, my instructions to Chris were the same there as for
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another scene next week, "break our hearts." And the two themes are
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actually pretty much the same, since they proceed from similar
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contexts. That section of "Rest" just puts me away every time.
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Date: 23 Nov 1998 17:31:00 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Ray Pelzer <70475.1263@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Objects at Rest
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Ray Pelzer <70475.1263@compuserve.com> asks:
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> Rest" be available to us on CD?
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Nothing's been set yet on the next CD.
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Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Shawn D. Ratner <73753.175@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Babylon 5
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{original post had no questions}
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I have thoughts aplenty...but they are for the quiet moments
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tonight. Thank you....
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Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Ray Pelzer <70475.1263@compuserve.com>
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Subject: It's over.
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{original post had no questions}
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No, thank you...
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Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:06 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: SiL
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks....
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Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:06 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: SiL - tears
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{original post unavailable}
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Yeah, that's the scene that gets me too, every damned time.
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Thanks....
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SiL - tears
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Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com> asks:
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> Do you recall what was going on in your mind for that scene?
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> Is it not too personal that you are willing to share it?
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It's too hard to put into words...I looked around, knowing that
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this could well be it, the last time I'd see this place. It was just
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real hard.
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Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:06 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Thomas W. Rackers <72047.1207@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Well done, sir.
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Thomas W. Rackers <72047.1207@compuserve.com> asks:
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> Was that, or was that not, you as the tech who shut off the
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> lights?
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Thank you, I appreciate hearing all that...and yeah, that was
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me....
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Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:06 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: DougP <70760.2440@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SiL
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{original post had no questions}
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"On a personal note, I have been dreading this last episode, not so
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much because of the story, but more because of it's being the end of
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Babylon 5. Now that I have watched it I must tell you that I don't feel
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depressed or sad. Yes, it was a very moving episode but also an
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uplifting story, and I actually feel good. Like I just finished a good
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book, which of course I have except that I watched it rather than read
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it."
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That's pretty much the reaction that others have had, which is
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what I was hoping for...because in a strange way, as much as it's an
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ending, it's also about hope and new beginnings and renewal.
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Thanks....
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jms
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Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:07 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Peter Kazmir <112055.402@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SiL, Z'ha'dum and Thanks
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{original post had no questions}
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Thanks for the kind words, and my best to your wife. What the
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eye sees is always second to what the heart sees in any event.
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jms
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Date: 25 Nov 1998 22:14:07 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Joseph Schierer <76326.3124@compuserve.com>
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Subject: unanswered questions?
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Joseph Schierer <76326.3124@compuserve.com> asks:
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> "Will we ever find out what happened to the missing day in
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> Sinclair's life, and will we ever find out what happened to
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> Babylon 4?" now, the show is over - but did I miss something?
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> the "little surprise" Londo left Sheriden & Delenn for their
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> child - whatever happens to it? does Londo & G'Kar meet their
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> mutual end, as "fortold" in War without end?
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Seems to me we answered all those questions except for the David
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one in the course of the show.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 00:01:07 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: JMS Thank you
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{original post unavailable}
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Thank you, and good luck with your own stories.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: SiL - A Couple Things
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{original post had no questions}
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Thanks, and yeah, there's symmetry there, to be sure.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: That was a good story
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{original post had no questions}
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Thank you...for the kind words and the flashback.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:31:03 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: Bravo!!
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks...it's been great.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:04 -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: Babylon 5
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{original post unavailable}
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No, Vir did not have a Keeper. He helped to free Centauri
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Prime.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:04 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Rick Shelton <72560.3114@compuserve.com>
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Subject: That was a good story
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks....
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: SysOp Deonaha M. Conlin <102531.2627@compuserve.com>
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Subject: That was a good story
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks, and yeah, it was definitely pretty intense on-set for
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that ep.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: John Bendel <73447.741@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Many thanks
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks...it's been a terrific ride.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Michael Kalus <100265.3065@compuserve.com>
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Subject: How did it feel?
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{original post unavailable}
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As noted elsewhere here...it was just real hard.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: John Bovenmyer <73567.1341@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SiL
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks, and I suggested the wave 'cause it's what he would do.
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Stephen agreed.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SiL
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{original post unavailable}
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"My boy toy was saying he couldn't believe that you had Sherridan go,
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but not have DeLenn with him; but I found it appropriate that he would
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do that. My guess was (correct me if I'm wrong), that like David, he
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didn't want anyone to remember him any other way. He wanted their last
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thoughts of him to be not of him dying but who and what he was before
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that."
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Exactly.
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And thanks for the kind words.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: WizOp Wes Meier <76703.747@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SiL - tears
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks...it's hard to let it go, but every book has a back
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cover.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Evan Zucker <73067.1455@compuserve.com>
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Subject: unanswered questions?
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{original post unavailable}
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It'd be hard to pick up the David arc since he'll only be about
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4 years old at the time Crusade starts.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: JonathanKass > [jekass]
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Subject: SIL / B5
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks...
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Craig M. Bobchin <102354.3246@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SiL and a Question
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{original post unavailable}
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It was the station blowing up, and the shuttle leaving, and the
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coda, and the sunrise.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Graham Smith <74010.764@compuserve.com>
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Subject: The End of a Dream
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|
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{original post unavailable}
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The thanks are all mine.
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jms
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------------------------------
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|
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
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To: (blocked)
|
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Subject: <SiL> - the story
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|
|
{original post unavailable}
|
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|
Thanks, and you're right, it's in many ways the story of the
|
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station. Which is why it's such a moment when it goes up. That is the
|
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icon, and the way into so much of what happens in the show.
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jms
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------------------------------
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
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To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: SiL
|
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|
|
{original post unavailable}
|
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Thanks....
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|
|
Yeah, that was me...and rewriting somebody else is as easy or
|
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hard as the other person makes it.
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jms
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------------------------------
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
|
|
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
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To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: The End of a Dream
|
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|
|
{original post unavailable}
|
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|
|
Thanks, it's appreciated.
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jms
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------------------------------
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|
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
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To: Elyse M. Grasso <70302.3304@compuserve.com>
|
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Subject: That was a good story
|
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|
|
{original post unavailable}
|
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Thanks.
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jms
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------------------------------
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|
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: (blocked)
|
|
Subject: Giving Thanks for B5
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|
|
{original post unavailable}
|
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|
Thanks; a lot of folks have come out of lurker-zone on this one,
|
|
and it's been great to hear the voices.
|
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|
|
As for Eep, I guess I picked it because it's so small that you
|
|
might miss it, it was vague enough not to get me in trouble, and it's
|
|
kind of a mouse sound.
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jms
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------------------------------
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:04 -0700
|
|
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: SysOp Dupa T. Parrot <70040.104@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: SiL broke my VCR!
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|
|
{original post unavailable}
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We didn't have the 1997 Hugo when this was filmed. And thanks.
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jms
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:31:03 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: (blocked)
|
|
Subject: Bravo!!
|
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|
|
{original post unavailable}
|
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|
|
Thanks...it's been great.
|
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|
jms
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|
------------------------------
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
|
|
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: Jonathan Kass <74130.443@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: SIL / B5
|
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|
|
{original post had no questions}
|
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|
Thanks...
|
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jms
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------------------------------
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
|
|
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: John Bovenmyer <73567.1341@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: SiL
|
|
|
|
John Bovenmyer <73567.1341@compuserve.com> asks:
|
|
> Your idea or Stephen's?
|
|
> Was it the producer, writer or director who talked the creator
|
|
> into becoming an actor?
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Thanks, and I suggested the wave 'cause it's what he would do.
|
|
Stephen agreed.
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jms
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------------------------------
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
|
|
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: Evan Zucker <73067.1455@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: unanswered questions?
|
|
|
|
Evan Zucker <73067.1455@compuserve.com> asks:
|
|
> I am purposely avoiding any spoilers for Crusade so I can enjoy
|
|
> the episodes as I see them, but since I've read there is some
|
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> connection between B5 and Crusade, can you tell us whether the
|
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> David arc will be picked up in Crusade? Do you also appear in one
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> of the Producers photos just before the closing credits?
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It'd be hard to pick up the David arc since he'll only be about
|
|
4 years old at the time Crusade starts.
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jms
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------------------------------
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|
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:04 -0700
|
|
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
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To: Gar Harris <76657.3333@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: Babylon 5
|
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|
|
Gar Harris <76657.3333@compuserve.com> asks:
|
|
> The sole remaining question is - did Vir have a Keeper?
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No, Vir did not have a Keeper. He helped to free Centauri
|
|
Prime.
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jms
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|
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|
------------------------------
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: Craig M. Bobchin <102354.3246@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: SiL and a Question
|
|
|
|
Craig M. Bobchin <102354.3246@compuserve.com> asks:
|
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> Was Delenn looking out at the sunrise this scene?
|
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> If so it why would it provoke that sort of reaction?
|
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> If this was not the final scene, what was it going to be?
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It was the station blowing up, and the shuttle leaving, and the
|
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coda, and the sunrise.
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jms
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|
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|
------------------------------
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: SiL
|
|
|
|
Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com> asks:
|
|
> Um, that was you, right?
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|
|
|
"My boy toy was saying he couldn't believe that you had Sherridan go,
|
|
but not have DeLenn with him; but I found it appropriate that he would
|
|
do that. My guess was (correct me if I'm wrong), that like David, he
|
|
didn't want anyone to remember him any other way. He wanted their last
|
|
thoughts of him to be not of him dying but who and what he was before
|
|
that."
|
|
|
|
Exactly.
|
|
|
|
And thanks for the kind words.
|
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|
jms
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: SiL
|
|
|
|
Roseann <103510.1542@compuserve.com> asks:
|
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> That was you that turned off the lights?
|
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> Knowing how much it bothers you to have your work edited and
|
|
> rewritten by others, was it/is it tough for you when you have to
|
|
> do that to a collegue? It must be a necessary evil in some cases,
|
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> yes? Do you tend to or try to keep it to a minimum?
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> Or does it depend on the story, writer's experience, etc?
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> Has it ever been an intimidating experience for you?
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Thanks....
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Yeah, that was me...and rewriting somebody else is as easy or
|
|
hard as the other person makes it.
|
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|
|
jms
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|
|
|
------------------------------
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|
|
Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:04 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: Rick Shelton <72560.3114@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: That was a good story
|
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|
|
{original post had no questions}
|
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|
|
Thanks....
|
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|
jms
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------------------------------
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|
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: John Bendel <73447.741@compuserve.com>
|
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Subject: Many thanks
|
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|
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{original post had no questions}
|
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|
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Thanks...it's been a terrific ride.
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jms
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|
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|
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: Graham Smith <74010.764@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: The End of a Dream
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|
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{original post had no questions}
|
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|
The thanks are all mine.
|
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
|
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: Rebecca Costello <71045.3050@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: The End of a Dream
|
|
|
|
{original post had no questions}
|
|
|
|
Thanks, it's appreciated.
|
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jms
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------------------------------
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
|
|
From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
|
|
To: Michael Kalus <100265.3065@compuserve.com>
|
|
Subject: How did it feel?
|
|
|
|
Michael Kalus <100265.3065@compuserve.com> asks:
|
|
> I am sure you got this message at least a 100 times, but how did
|
|
> it feel to flip the switch that everything ended, after 4 years,
|
|
> and how was the feeling after you could carry on with your Story?
|
|
|
|
As noted elsewhere here...it was just real hard.
|
|
|
|
jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:06 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: WizOp Wes Meier <76703.747@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SiL - tears
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{original post had no questions}
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Thanks...it's hard to let it go, but every book has a back
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cover.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: SysOp Deonaha M. Conlin <102531.2627@compuserve.com>
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Subject: That was a good story
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{original post had no questions}
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Thanks, and yeah, it was definitely pretty intense on-set for
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that ep.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 13:47:07 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: <SiL> - the story
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks, and you're right, it's in many ways the story of the
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station. Which is why it's such a moment when it goes up. That is the
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icon, and the way into so much of what happens in the show.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Elyse M. Grasso <70302.3304@compuserve.com>
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Subject: That was a good story
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{original post had no questions}
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Thanks.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:03 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: Giving Thanks for B5
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks; a lot of folks have come out of lurker-zone on this one,
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and it's been great to hear the voices.
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As for Eep, I guess I picked it because it's so small that you
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might miss it, it was vague enough not to get me in trouble, and it's
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kind of a mouse sound.
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jms
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Date: 26 Nov 1998 23:09:04 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: SysOp Dupa T. Parrot <70040.104@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SiL broke my VCR!
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SysOp Dupa T. Parrot <70040.104@compuserve.com> asks:
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> Where was the 1997 Hugo hidden?
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We didn't have the 1997 Hugo when this was filmed. And thanks.
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jms
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Date: 29 Nov 1998 23:24:05 -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: <SiL> - the story
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Gar Harris <76657.3333@compuserve.com> asks:
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> Let's see, where's that Indian restaurant?
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It's never been done before; and likely won't again, at least
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for a long time. But the interaction, for me, has been worth it.
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jms
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Date: 29 Nov 1998 23:24:04 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: Babylon 5
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{original post unavailable}
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Thanks...and that's the desired sense of it, that this is a
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place that goes on, and we saw this part of it.
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jms
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Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:11 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Dave Vincent <75460.1133@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Sleeping In Light
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Dave Vincent <75460.1133@compuserve.com> asks:
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> Why was the station destroyed?
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> A hazard to navigation?
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> Why?
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> And why wouldn't it be kept as a permanent museum?
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Remember how much money and maintainance it would take to keep a
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5 mile long station running. They could barely do it when there was a
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lot of tourism and business coming through; absent that, it's unviable,
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and you don't just want to leave it there for folks to come in and take
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over.
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jms
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Date: 29 Nov 1998 23:24:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: Objects in Plain Sight
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{original post unavailable}
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Wasn't much else hid...few have noticed the Hugo so far...and
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yeah, that was a shot glass...just playing the irony of his finding it.
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jms
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Date: 29 Nov 1998 23:24:05 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Neil S. Turkenkopf <102664.3532@compuserve.com>
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Subject: More soggy tissues :-)
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{original post had no questions}
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Thanks....
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jms
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Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:11 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: (blocked)
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Subject: The End of a Dream
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{original post had no questions}
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Thanks, to you and all the other folks up north who just got the
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end of the story.
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jms
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Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com>
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Subject: A little bit of history
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Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com> asks:
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> What's the moral of this?
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> Who knows?
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"The biggest difference I noticed in your old posts was the "tone" --
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you seemed more "upbeat". I guess the past 5 years of working 26 hour
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days, dealing with online jerks, and fighting with the various suits
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over renewal EVERY DAMN YEAR have taken a toll on your overall
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outlook."
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It was a number of different factors, really...those wars, the
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daily grind of writing and producing this show, the online experiment
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(which was 90% terrific and 10% nutcases)...over time, it all takes a
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real toll.
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(Somewhat related aside...I was redoing my list of credits the
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other day for the PR file, which goes to reporters, and started adding
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up how much of what I've written has been produced, on a per-hour
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basis. These are just the produced TV episodes -- half-hour and hour --
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and TV movies, nothing else.
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(Came out that if you started watching it all, no repeats, 8
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hours a day, it would take you slightly over 3 weeks to see it all. I
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went to lie down for a while after that one.)
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jms
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Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com>
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Subject: From my husband...
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Janetch <112013.1636@compuserve.com> asks:
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> There were several years of wondering "who the hell are the
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> Shadows" (and the Vorlons) and what do they want? What else can I
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> say, but "a job well done"? Do you get tired of the constant
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> accolades from your fans? If this has been an experiment, after
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> seven years what are the results?
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Thanks for the kind words, and good luck with your ventures.
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What's the final result? I hope a document, thousands of pages
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long, that chronicles the making of a show on every level, so that
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average folks can better understand the process and, thus, better
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communicate what it is they want, on the theory that you can never have
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what you want until you know how to ask for it, and what your options
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are.
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That, and maybe making some people think...if even that is
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accomplished, then the experiment was worthwhile.
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jms
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Date: 30 Nov 1998 00:06:10 -0700
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From: J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com>
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To: Shawn D. Ratner <73753.175@compuserve.com>
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Subject: SIL Credits
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Shawn D. Ratner <73753.175@compuserve.com> asks:
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> I was wondering is TNT not going to run a voice over or squish
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> the credits at the end of the broadcast?
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Dunno....
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