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Babylon 5 posts by JMS on GEnie for First half of April, 1994
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This file includes a compilation of posts on GEnie by J. Michael
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Straczynski in the Babylon 5 category. The posts are copyright by
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JMS (and compilation copyright is by GEnie).
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Topic 1 Mon Oct 26, 1992
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SF-MARSHALL [Dave ] at 18:50 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 - The Series (Non-Spoiler)
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Welcome to the Babylon 5 category and main topic for the new series. Here is
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the place for all general information on the series. Topic 2 is the location
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for SPOILERS. And please, NO STORY IDEAS are to be posted either.
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Message 792 Sat Apr 02, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:36 EST
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How much of any episode's dialogue is looped depends on whether or not
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the line was clear on the mike, if there was on off-camera noise, and other
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factors. Sometimes there's almost none, sometimes there's a lot.
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Message 804 Sun Apr 03, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:48 EDT
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The ripple is caused by heat from the discharge.
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Message 805 Mon Apr 04, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:54 EDT
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Personal request: could some enterprising SFWA member here, who might've
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archived the "Ellison vs. Platt" topic in the SFWA category, send me the whole
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thing in email? Confidentiality 100% assured. It's for a non-networked
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member.
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(Any SFWA member who objects...take it to email. Not that I'll be the
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least concerned, of course, I'd just rather not have it clogging this topic.)
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Message 809 Mon Apr 04, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 15:09 EDT
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Stories become more problematic in direct proportion to the complexity of
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the suggestion. If it's a one-liner, or a brief thought, that's not too
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problematic. If it's a lengthy discussion of a possible story...THAT'S a
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problem. It lets someone say, "Hey! My story had 52 specific notions, and 52
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of those are in his story, so I wuz robbed." It's really a question of
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degree, courtesy and intent.
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And the writing credit on MOTFL was jms.
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Message 811 Mon Apr 04, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:41 EDT
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The refraction depends on the angle you're viewing it from, so it does
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vary a bit.
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Bits and pieces...at Phil & Ed's Excellent Convention in Burbank the
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other day, I saw my first B5 hall costume...very well done, actually, a B5
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command-rank uniform, which was *very* detailed and authentic looking. It
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actually took me a second to realize that this wasn't one of ours, but rather
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an impressive simulation.
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(VERY strong reaction from folks there about the show, all positive.)
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Also, I'm tentatively planning to show "Signs and Portents" at I-CON that
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Saturday. There are several to choose from, but since that one's a real blow-
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out, that seemed the best choice.
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I'm also *very* eager to see the audience reaction to something in
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there....
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Message 813 Tue Apr 05, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:16 EDT
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BTW, did I mention that Mira Furlan is getting a GEnie account...?
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Message 831 Wed Apr 06, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:31 EDT
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Actually, no, I don't believe John Flinn was our DP on the pilot movie.
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The series is a *tad* lighter than the pilot, but not much. Re: the grainy
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aspect...this is happening *after* we turn over the episodes on digital (D2)
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format. Apparently the company that PTEN uses to drop in the commercials (one
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dub), do the closed captioning (another dub) and other stuff (total: five
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generations down) was doing so on *analog one inch tape*...and, we recently
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discovered, using *USED STOCK*. Neither PTEN nor anyone else noticed this or
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was aware; we noticed the substantial difference in picture and audio quality,
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and began backtracking it and found this out. Starting with "War Prayer"
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we've been able to correct some of this (with considerable yelling), and will
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in time correct the rest. Also, some TV stations are downlinking to less than
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effective stock, which doesn't help. The image that leaves here on D2 is VERY
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sharp, with nicely saturated colors.
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Message 839 Thu Apr 07, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 20:09 EDT
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*What* main debate at ICON?
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Message 844 Fri Apr 08, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:54 EDT
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Tom: one word. Jihad.
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Message 851 Sat Apr 09, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:46 EDT
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The attack killed the Minbari leader, head of the Grey Council, Dukhat,
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the most evolved and wise soul of all the Minbari.
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Message 867 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:12 EDT
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Ah...is that why there was a message in my mailbox asking me out on a
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date...?
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Message 872 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:43 EDT
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Don't write to Seagram's; if you want to help support the show, it's best
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to write your local station.
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I think Mira's coming here simply because she's heard about it from me
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and others, such as Arne. And yes, I'd say she's coming *here*.
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The minbari warrior caste leader who committed suicide rather than issue
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the surrender command was Sineval.
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Message 881 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:37 EDT
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Yeah, that's kind of how I figured it would go, and one reason I wasn't
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real sanguine on this from the start. As for Ordover's behavior, from what
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I've seen of him on the forums, that seems about par for the course.
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Message 887 Mon Apr 11, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:28 EDT
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BTW, could someone find for me and repost that review of TNG that slammed
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the actors? A friend asked for it, and I can't find it on my disk...thanks.
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Topic 2 Wed Nov 20, 1991
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STARR [Arne] at 19:41 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 -- The Series!! >>SPOILERS<<
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Babylon 5 offically became a series on May 28 '93. There will be 22 hour eps
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for season one (in addition to the pilot). Airs Wednesdays at 8PM in most
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places starting Jan. 26 '94. This is the SPOILER topic where anything goes.
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Message 846 Wed Apr 06, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:53 EDT
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We expect to know around the second week of May. Because of the recent
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entry of Paramount's new network, which is grabbing up stations left and
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right, nothing in the current marketplace is a lock, so we'll see what we will
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see. They're really hoping that ST spinoff #3 will be sufficient bait --
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offering the guaranteed ST franchise -- to help close down other venues and
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other competing shows.
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Message 864 Sat Apr 09, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:52 EDT
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It has *always* been my sense that the body was slipped out an access
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airlock in the zero-g cargo area. Every other access -- like the boarding
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area and standard cargo area -- is under close security to prevent this kind
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of thing, or the influx of contraband. There's really nowhere to GO from the
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zero-g section, so it's a little looser. As for how he got the body
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there...there is an answer, and a reason, and if you look at this episode
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again after the season is over, even the nitpickers who brought it up will be
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able to figure it out. I didn't address it in the issue because I didn't
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think anyone would make a federal case out of this, and for other reasons that
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will in time become apparent. Several other nits picked at this episode will
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*also* be clarified by season's end. It's not easy to sit quietly, knowing
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the answer, and being unable to tell it, but that's simply what I have to do
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for the time being.
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Message 868 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:16 EDT
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The zero-g cargo section extends from the front of B5 well into the
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middle of the station, *inclusive* of red sector, which is below it.
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I'm never optimistic. As far as pickup is concerned, it's very
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basic...the Paramount network, as stated, is making inroads, pressuring
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stations to sign onto the new network or else they won't get the proven,
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guaranteed, franchise, new ST series. Independent stations only have so many
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available hours, which is putting a real crunch on the syndicated marketplace.
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Whatever people may think, a second season is not a lock. I wouldn't have
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asked people to express their support, *especially* to the local stations,
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just to jerk people around. I take that kind of request very seriously, and
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wouldn't ask unless I felt it was useful.
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I am hopeful, and certainly there are many positive signs...but at the
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same time, as I've said before, this is one town where hope can kill you.
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Message 875 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 16:58 EDT
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The official end of the season comes with "Chrysalis," airing araound the
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end of November.
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Message 883 Mon Apr 11, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:22 EDT
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Located above the station proper is the long zero-g cargo loading area.
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You'll see, in later episodes, ships pulling up in front of the area and
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offloading cargo. That is accessible from many parts of the station.
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Topic 3 Tue Nov 03, 1992
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:09 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 - Computer SFX Tech-Talk
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Some of the new computer EFX used in BABYLON 5 will be revolutionary, a new
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approach never seen before on this scale. It's all new tech, and this topic
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will try and address the new technologies involved.
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Message 427 Mon Apr 04, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 15:10 EDT
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We're already doing it, and have done it. We've already begun
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integrating "virtual sets" in with real ones.
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Message 434 Tue Apr 05, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:17 EDT
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As an example...in the next-to-last shot in "Survivors," someone is
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entering a ship in the docking bay. The only real object in that room, aside
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from the actor, is a ladder. Everything else is CGI...but you can't tell.
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Message 438 Wed Apr 06, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:33 EDT
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Nope, that's not the shot from "Survivors."
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You'll see windows -- BIG windows -- looking out into space in "By Any
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Means Necessary" and "A Voice in the Wilderness." You'll see windows in the
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Garden from buildings as well, particularly in "Legacies."
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Message 443 Wed Apr 06, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:53 EDT
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Well, it's not exactly much of a *challenge* now, is it, since you now
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KNOW where the shot is....
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Message 452 Sat Apr 09, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:55 EDT
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Unless you're planning to do monstrous amounts of blue-screen work,
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making stars go left to right (or right to left) is easy; ST uses a star
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curtain, which simply is on a loop running in the right direction (when they
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don't use blue screen). Stars out of the B5 window would be going in a
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CIRCLE...which would require a star WHEEL of *enormous* size. We were able to
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trick the camera using camera moves in the pilot to make the stars move, but
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have found it more difficult to do this on the series. We have some ideas on
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how to fix this for a (hopefully) second season.
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Message 454 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:45 EDT
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In "Survivors," we attempted a cgi/composite shot out the window, which
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looks pretty spiffy, actually. It's in the teaser. We may do this in future.
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Message 460 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 20:51 EDT
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I believe that shot was from "Believers."
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Topic 4 Tue Nov 03, 1992
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:12 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 - Cast & Characters
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For discussion of the actors who will be bringing BABYLON 5 to life with their
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performances...for information before, and discussion after the airing of "The
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Gathering" pilot.
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Message 448 Sun Apr 03, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:09 EDT
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Some were real, yes. Some weren't.
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An SF convention on board Babylon 5...oh dear....(slapping self, bad jms,
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*bad* jms).
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Message 452 Sun Apr 03, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:26 EDT
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I don't know, but I think I can be *reasonably* sure that there won't be
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anyone there selling Dianetics books in the dealer's room....
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Message 468 Fri Apr 08, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 15:58 EDT
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Well, you'll get June Lockhart in "The Quality of Mercy," airing May
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25th. We live to serve.
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Message 471 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:45 EDT
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No, no scenes with Bill Mumy, though some consideration was given to the
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Message 477 Tue Apr 12, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:47 EDT
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Jerry tells us he is a gourmet cook.
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Jerry also told us he belonged to the Dance Company of Harlem.
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I'd check that tuna *real* careful....
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Topic 12 Wed Nov 18, 1992
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B.WIST [Brad] at 18:12 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 Sightings
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Post here when you've spotted Babylon 5, whether it be on Television,
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Magazine, or somewhere else. Let us know where we can find it/see it, too.
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Message 524 Mon Apr 04, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:44 EDT
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I knew about it...I get all memos on this stuff, and was there the day
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she came by...I just plumb forgot to mention it. So much goes on in the
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course of an average day that by the time I get home, my brain is melting out
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my ears.
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Message 526 Tue Apr 05, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:18 EDT
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Only when *you're* talking to me.
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Message 534 Tue Apr 12, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:28 EDT
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Since they apprently scan this topic...could someone here please notify
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the pinheads at the Prydonians of Prynceton that the Compton's CD Rom of B5 is
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not being done by Richard Compton, B5 director; that it is being done by the
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same people who put out Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia; that Richard
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Compton was also NOT the head of the B5 special effects department...and while
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you're at it, suggest they find a new topic for their top ten...unless they're
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willing to incorporate poor journalism, inaccurate fact checking and typos.
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Topic 15 Thu Dec 31, 1992
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J.ROY18 [Jonathan] at 21:29 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 - Alien Races
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Aliens races in Babylon 5... their politics, abilties, technology, history,
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and any other discussion specificly about non-humans.
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Message 494 Tue Apr 05, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:19 EDT
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There are some gender-based differences, yes.
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Message 499 Sat Apr 09, 1994
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Very likely.
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Message 506 Sat Apr 09, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:01 EDT
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No one has seen the entire series outline. Three people have seen a ten-
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page synopsis of the full five-year story, and are sworn to absolute secrecy
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about it. Larry, as I mentioned earlier, read it, and his first reaction was,
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"You're out of your f*****g mind." A second person began crying at the end of
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it. (Honest to god, I'm not making this up.) The synopsis contains only the
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broad strokes; not the details, and there's a LOT of odd stuff in the details.
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In preparation for a (hopeful) second season, I've broken out the
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individual episodes/stories for year two, and let one person skim through the
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breakdown, only in order to determinen production needs in advance, so we can
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budget accordingly. That's all.
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Topic 24 Fri Jun 04, 1993
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J.ROY18 [Jonathan] at 21:11 EDT
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Sub: Babylon 5 - Weapons and Warfare!
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For discussion about the weapons, counter weapons, armor, shielding, tactics,
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logistics, and so forth, of small combat and large scale war in the Babylon 5
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universe.
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Category 18, Topic 24
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Message 548 Sat Apr 02, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:31 EST
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Actually, there's a second shot in which you can see a body being thrown
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out; it's between Mitchell and Sinclair being hit. Remember that the body is
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strapped in in an angular fashion, and look for it as it blows (as I recall)
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from left to right. It's there.
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Topic 25 Fri Mar 12, 1993
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S.SHELLENBAR [>> SHANE <<] at 08:47 EST
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Sub: J. Michael Straczynski Speaks in Public
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This is the place to find out where and when JMS will be appearing next. JMS
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has honed his skills as a public speaker and is taking his act on the road.
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Category 18, Topic 25
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Message 436 Wed Apr 06, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:55 EDT
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Seemed to go fine, though it's better to ask the audience than the person
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at the front of the room...perceptions can change depending on which end of
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the microphone you're on....
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Category 18, Topic 25
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Message 438 Sat Apr 09, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:03 EDT
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Still plan on showing "Signs and Portents" at I-CON, though it'll be
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tight getting that one finished in time, given the incredible amount of CGI in
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it. Also will be doing a panel there with Harlan, Michael O'Hare and Arne on
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the origins of B5, and a one-man Q&A session/workshop on writing for TV.
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Category 18, Topic 25
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Message 440 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:17 EDT
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At this point it'll just be me, maybe Harlan (who's GoH there) on the B5
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stuff. Probably just the usual...me rambling insensibly for an hour, some
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clips, maybe an episode for the convention.
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Category 18, Topic 25
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Message 443 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 17:02 EDT
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Well, I'll probably bring the gag reel, some clips, and as far as
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episodes go...my *guess* at this point would be either the two-parter, or D.C.
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Fontana's "Legacies." Just about anything else would reveal stuff too early.
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Category 18, Topic 25
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Message 450 Mon Apr 11, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:23 EDT
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I really don't know; my suggestion is to leave a message on the ICON
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topic in SFRT3. I haven't seen a breakdown of the schedule yet.
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Topic 9 Sat Oct 16, 1993
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STARR [Arne] at 22:58 EDT
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Sub: And the Sky Full of Stars (#106)
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by JMS. Time to find out about Sinclair's "hole in his mind".
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Category 19, Topic 9
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Message 223 Mon Apr 04, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:38 EDT
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As another aside...I'm surprised no one here has mentioned what
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transpired just recently on CI$. A couple of people were posting their
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version of what they thought ST 7 was going to be about, in some detail, and
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Paramount jumped in on jackboots and started threatening lawsuits, against the
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people, against CI$, against everyone and anyone involved. There may even
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have been an injunction. In any event, the lawyers descended en masse and
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stomped on it hard.
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Category 19, Topic 9
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Message 227 Tue Apr 05, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:15 EDT
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I would like to know the 3 times that the specific line, "There's a
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shuttle leaving in two hours, be on it" was used. I know of only one: in
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"Mind War." G'Kar said to the assassin, in "Parliament," "That's your flight,
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I suggest you hurry," *in answer to a PA notice, but that's not the same thing
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by any measure. Please cite the three times you say this exact phrase was
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used. Because I don't think it's there.
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Category 19, Topic 9
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Message 233 Tue Apr 05, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:14 EDT
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Cindy: your recollection is incorrect. The story was *not* the real one,
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so saith the people who were posting it. They were just making it up.
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Legally, this is a very muddy and difficult area. Which is why I have
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generally avoided getting into it here. There are always some who, upon
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getting a request like this, want to drag out the legalities of why they
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should or shouldn't go along with it, who says they can't do it... when from
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my perspective, why are we getting into the legalities of it? I ask it as a
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*courtesy*. I spend 3+ hours a day on these systems, and as a rule of thumb I
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never ask much in return. Even when I'm blind tired after a long day, and I
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log on to find (as today) 1,075 message in my mailbox, I still make it a point
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to come in every day, read everything in both B5 topics, and respond as much
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as I can...and the only thing that I ask in exchange, as a courtesy,
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understanding that it's a difficult area, is to refrain, where possible, from
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posting significant or detailed story ideas.
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I don't see why legalities have to be argued over each time this gets brought
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up. One can argue the merits and the specifics and the letter of the law ad
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infinitum...all I've said is that if they *do* start popping up here, I'll
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have to excuse myself from the discussion.
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Anyone who wants to engage in elaborate story speculations and ideas can
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do so privately, in email, to your heart's content. All I ask is that you not
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do it where I can see it. I don't like having to make the request, would
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*much* prefer not to do so, but the flat bottom line is that we are a lawsuit
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happy country, and I cannot expose myself, my show, and PTEN to that kind of
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risk. (And please don't go over the realease form and promises discussion all
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over again...we've hashed and rehashed that one, and it doesn't work.)
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Most people in this town can't believe the amount of effort that I put in
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here, in an exchange which, from a strictly numerical point of view, wouldn't
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notch the ratings up a fraction of a point. But to me, it's important. I'm
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just trying to minimize the amount of danger to which I expose my show. If
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the show matters, then the request matters.
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Category 19, Topic 9
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Message 239 Wed Apr 06, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:26 EDT
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Talia is nowhere near a P10; her basic telepathic ability remains around
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P5. The other is totally aside, in terms of mind-scans and the like. Being
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able to play the fiddle won't make you a better steel worker.
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Re: the non-repeated repeated line...thank you. You made that statement
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several times, and just felt it was time to call you on it.
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Category 19, Topic 9
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Message 262 Sat Apr 09, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:44 EDT
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Bear in mind, Sinclair was only out about 24-48 hours (I don't recall the
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exact number). So it wasn't that long a period of time in which to arrange a
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prisoner transfer.
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Pathman...your perception comes from a slight advantage: you're here.
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This has been discussed in great detail on-line, and in the various faq files,
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and in my individual postings. (About Sinclair and the Line.) But this
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group, for all its other wonderfulnesses, comprises not enough people to make
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a hiccup on the ratings. Unless off-line viewers saw the pilot MOVIE -- and
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not all of them did -- this is their *first introduction* to the fact that
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there was a missing 24 hours at ALL. Most of them didn't have that prior
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knowledge in order to HAVE the suspicions.
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As much as I like the online environment, one can't tailor a show around
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prior knowledge gained through this exchange. We have to bring everyone along
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*together*.
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Category 19, Topic 9
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Message 266 Sun Apr 10, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:41 EDT
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Psi Corps, as a government-regulated agency, is prohibited from endorsing
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candidates or taking a political stance.
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Topic 11 Sun Oct 17, 1993
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STARR [Arne] at 15:14 EDT
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Sub: The Parliament of Dreams (#108)
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by JMS.
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Category 19, Topic 11
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Message 136 Sat Apr 02, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:29 EST
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Bill appeared in, I believe, 6-7 episodes this season, and will likely
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appear in about 13 next year, Neilsen willing.
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Topic 14 Sun Oct 17, 1993
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SF-MARSHALL [Dave ] at 15:15 EDT
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Sub: Deathwalker (#113)
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by Larry DiTillio. Co-starring Sarah Douglas and Robin Curtis.
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Category 19, Topic 14
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Message 3 Tue Apr 12, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:38 EDT
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I have no idea.
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