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This file contains messages posted by J. Michael Straczynski on GEnie
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for October, 1994. Postings are copyright 1994 by J. Michael Straczynski
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with compilation copyright 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 General category. This is the main topic for the
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hit SF series. We discuss all general information on the series in this
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topic. Topic 2 is for SPOILERS! DO NOT POST STORY IDEAS!
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Message 28 Sat Oct 01, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:10 EDT
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Haven't heard any audio king commercials, so I don't know, but I'll try
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and keep an ear out.
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Message 32 Sat Oct 01, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:26 EDT
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The clause serves the stations, which want flexibility.
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Message 60 Sun Oct 02, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:00 EDT
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I received a lot of response, as noted above, from scientists (no less
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than Freeman Dyson, for instance) who had frankly never really been ASKED
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about the whole sound in space issue...and when they put their thoughts to it,
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indicated that yes, there *would* be sound, of varying kinds and orders of
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magnitude. I've got it all in a big textfile, and hope to get around to
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editing it for space and uploading it one of these days.
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Message 71 Mon Oct 03, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:39 EDT
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I dunno about Chrysalis parties...mainly because whenever we've shown
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anyone the episode, the usual reaction at the end is a long, prolonged stunned
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silence. Might kinda cut into the jovialities....
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Message 242 Mon Oct 17, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:53 EDT
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T.J.Terru...ah, the famous archeaologist...my regards to Ruby and the
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Android Sisters.
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Yes, have been in England, having left a week ago Saturday, and just
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returning today. Will post a longer note about this when I've fully recovered
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(vacation, ha!). We always give cast and crew a week break mid way between
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the start of filming and the Christmas hiatus. Tomorrow we begin shooting "A
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Race Through Dark Places," with Walter Koenig.
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Message 252 Tue Oct 18, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:42 EDT
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Re: any discussions in Showbiz or elsewhere about O'Hare, which I have
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answered and answered until I'm blue in the face, and another new "true story"
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comes out two weeks later that I have to deal with...I'll make a deal with
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Warren and anybody else over there: I'll be happy to discuss this some more if
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they'll give me the names and phone numbers of their last three or four
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employers, so that I may inquire and find out the circumstances under which
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they left THEIR last employment. After all, by virtue of being on the nets,
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which are public, and published electronically worldwide, they're public
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figures as well...if they think this is fair game for others, then it should
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be fair game for them as well.
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Message 270 Wed Oct 19, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:44 EDT
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There were a lot of ganged repeats due to the fact that we went on the
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air in January, and they wanted new shows to stretch to the November sweeps.
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Now we're going on in November, and can last fairly easily through to the May
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sweeps with fewer reruns (not as long a stretch), so there may be some relief
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here.
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Message 289 Thu Oct 20, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:21 EDT
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So what was the (non-spoiler) reaction of the crowd at Farpoint to the
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"Chrysalis" showing?
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Filming started this week on "A Race Through Dark Places," with Walter
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Koenig back as Bester. Going well. Late next week we start shooting Peter
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David's script, "Soul Mates," guest-starring Lois Nettleton and Jane Carr as
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two of Londo's wives, and Keith Sarabeca (not one of Londo's wives) (and I
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think I just misspelled his name).
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Message 311 Fri Oct 21, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:21 EDT
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At this point I plan to show "Chrysalis" at the Dallas convention on
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Saturday, a few days ahead of its airing there. And maybe some other
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stuff....
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Message 315 Fri Oct 21, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 05:38 EDT
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Part of this discussion that intrigues me is the literalness of it.
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When you watch a cop show, and the cop fires his gun, do people really
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think it makes that BOOM! sound? Listen to a real gun; it's usually sort of a
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*pop*.
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When a car screeches around the corner, does it *really* make that huge
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noise?
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When someone gets punched in a TV episode, and you hear a sharp CRACK! as
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fist impacts chin, do people really think it makes that sound, rather than a
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kind of barely-audible fleshy *thud*?
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Is the microphone in space, is the microphone enclosed, is the microphone
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a person...the microphone *isn't there*.
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Nothing in television is intended as absolute reality, even when it
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aspires to that. The most rigorous of all documentaries nonetheless must cull
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quotes. When we mix an episode, we add in footsteps (because you couldn't
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hear them otherwise), we add voices in the background via walla groups that
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weren't there in the first place, dub in lines that didn't exist, add the
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sound of punches, add the sound of PPGs firing, enhance the sound of a punch,
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add bleeps and beeps to machinery...the argument that adding sound to space
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isn't real doesn't hold up because *virtually none* of the sound you hear is
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real, and again virtually NONE of it is there when the microphone and camera
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are present.
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It just seems odd to me to concentrate on this one issue, when in truth
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the sound is false throughout *ALL* television. Why this and not the other?
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One of the researchers I contacted at the High Altitude Observatory
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stated the case very eloquently: he said that to date, *no one* has ever stuck
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a microphone out into space to see what anyone could hear; and no one has ever
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stuck their head out of a shuttle, minus helmet, to find out either. It's
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*all* conjecture. So you might as well assume there is sound of some sort as
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there isn't, until someone does the actual experiment.
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Another scientist there at the HAO, Steve Smith, PhD (plasma/
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astrophysicist) wrote me saying, "Space is not empty, it's full of plasma
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(ionized gas) and full of the plasma equivalent of sound waves. Since plasma
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is ionized and generally contains a magnetic field, there are a lot more types
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of waves than just sound waves (usually the only form of atmospheric wave we
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encounter).
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But here's a real killer: from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena,
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CA, a scientist who worked on the Voyager mission noted that "probes like
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Voyager do register bow-shock as they cross the speed of sound in the
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interplanetary medium."
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That was *monitored* at JPL. So if there's no sound in space...what was
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that bow-shock?
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There's plenty of evidence that there IS sound in space. How much, or
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little, can't be known until experiments on this have been conducted by
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researchers, and thus far this has not been done. Until it has, there seems
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nothing amiss with the direction we've taken.
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I am just intrigued at how much of a bugaboo this is in the SF community,
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which swallows the BLAMMMMM! of a beat cop's .38 without ever even questioning
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if it would *really* make that sound or not.
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Message 321 Fri Oct 21, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 13:59 EDT
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BTW, this weekend I'll be at Stellar Occasion Convention in Dallas, at
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the Executive Hotel in Love Field. Claudia Christian will also be present.
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I'll be giving two presentations, at noon and six p.m. Saturday, including a
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showing of "Chrysalis."
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And maybe some other stuff.
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Message 419 Tue Oct 25, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:15 EDT
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Every so often, a screwup takes place that is so breathtakingly stupid
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that it defies all logic and reason. I just learned of one this evening, and
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I'm still reeling a bit from it. Consequently, this is address to anyone who
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watched the satellite uplink of "Chrysalis" or has seen it in the US in the
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last day or so.
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Once we deliver an episode, it goes to two places: Modern Video and CVC.
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CVC checks an episode of any series prior to uplink to make sure it's okay.
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Though they've had it for four months, they only got around to checking it the
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day before uplink. During this, they found a couple of small audio pops. The
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kind of thing that could be fixed in about five minutes. But since it was the
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evening, Modern Video decided to fix it for us...by *rebuilding the entire
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episode*.
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Without calling us, notifying us, or checking with us, when we could've
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easily had someone on-hand there to supervise at a moment's notice.
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Well, when they rebuilt the episode...they didn't use all the correct
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footage. Some of what was used was RAW FOOTAGE. Example: when Londo goes to
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meet someone in the Garden, there's supposed to be a great composite shot
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there of the interior of the Garden area, and a hedge maze. (The UK saw this
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version of it last month.) But when the episode was rebuilt, they used the
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raw footage segment showing Londo and a partial hedge IN THE SOUNDSTAGE, where
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you can see the stage wall, and the pipes, and the EXIT sign. No composite.
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Nada.
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We don't yet know what else has been included incorrectly, because we
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won't see a copy until morning. Suffice to say that this is being taken care
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of *our* way overnight, and a correct version will be sent out via satellite
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in time for the Wednesday first airings in most markets, and the reruns in
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those markets where it's already aired.
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At this moment, I am preternaturally calm about all this, having passed
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beyond anger earlier this evening into a kind of zen state of consciousness,
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utterly unable to wrap my brain around the absolute stupidity of something
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like this for more than two minutes at a time.
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By morning, this will have worn off.
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I'm looking forward to it immensely.
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Message 427 Tue Oct 25, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 15:16 EDT
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John: yeah, you definitely should've said something; we'd never put out
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something like that. As it turns out, we discovered that there were TWO comp
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shots missing (including one in DownBelow), and that's how the "to be
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continued" got added in at the end. We rousted our people out of bed and had
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them at the Modern Video facility at 2:30 a.m. fixing other people's mistakes,
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rebuilding the entire episode so it could be birded out this afternoon.
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BTW, for those interested, Bruce will be on Tom Snyder show tonight.
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Message 445 Tue Oct 25, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:54 EDT
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The Minbari in the clip was a one-shot.
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Message 488 Thu Oct 27, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:01 EDT
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BTW, I'm pleased to note that Christopher Franke's company has gotten the
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contract to do the B5 soundtrack...AND that there will be an effort made to
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have a *limited edition* version available ONLY for LosCon over the
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Thanksgiving weekend.
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Message 495 Thu Oct 27, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:15 EDT
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Phil: if you saw TBC at the end of the episode, it was NOT the correct
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version.
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Message 500 Thu Oct 27, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 15:42 EDT
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A notice already went out to ALL tv stations. He may just not want to
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exert the effort to put in the correct version.
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Message 517 Fri Oct 28, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:39 EDT
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What episodes to watch for in year two that are, variously, very
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important or moderately important to the storyline....
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"Points of Departure," "Revelations," a piece of "The Geometry of
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Shadows" but not all of it; portions of "The Long Dark," "GROPOS" and "A
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Spider in the Web," and all of "A Race Through Dark Places" and "The Coming of
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Shadows," with the latter two of critical importance.
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Message 560 Sat Oct 29, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 20:16 EDT
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Losing the characters she's come to enjoy? No. But the characters are
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changing. That's the point, and that's been the intent from day one. But
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what's the alternative? I've heard ST fans complain loudly and bitterly that
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after 7 years of TNG being on the air, nobody's really changed, nobody's been
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promoted into different ships or major changes in responsibilities...they've
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had Riker as XO for seven years, which in the real military would mean his
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career is *over*.
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Change is the only other option.
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The goal, from the start, was to create an overall story, but which would
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also require arcs for every single major character. They're all going
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somewhere. In many cases, that "somewhere" plays into the larger arc; in some
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cases, not. If a woman is single, then gets married, then gives birth, and
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she's your friend, have you "lost her" just because she's gone through these
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changes? Of course not. She has changed, in good or bad ways, but she's
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still the same person.
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Message 574 Sun Oct 30, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:24 EST
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I do not believe it...I simply, fragging do not believe it...after all
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that, after airing the right version on Wednesday, Channel 13 in LA ran the
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wrong Chrysalis tonight at midnight.
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The universe hates me.
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Message 593 Sun Oct 30, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 16:28 EST
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Newkirk...re: post-launch thoughts..."Once ze rockets go up, who cares
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vere they come down, that's not my department, says Werner Von Braun...."
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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 is moving into a second season of 22 episodes. This series can be
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seen at 8 Pm on Wednesdays, in most areas. This topic is for SPOILERS only.
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Just remember our NO STORY IDEAS rule and we'll let you live. <g>
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Message 453 Sat Oct 01, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:12 EDT
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That's *exactly* what the soundtrack that Christopher has put together
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sounds like...he's orchestrated music from all the episodes so that they segue
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cleanly into one another, extending some, interpolating a bit here and
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there...it's an hour or so of nonstop music, one big symphony. Lovely,
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absolutely lovely.
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(Again, I have one of the very few CDs he made to test this, and it's
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terrific.)
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Message 455 Sat Oct 01, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:27 EDT
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Should be out in November or December; what exactly it'll be like will
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depend to some degree on whether it goes to Chris's company or another.
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Message 457 Sun Oct 02, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:13 EDT
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I don't see a contradiction there; people I know here who are Jewish
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seem to have no problem classifying themselves as Americans.
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Message 463 Sun Oct 02, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:02 EDT
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Re: LDS and separation of church and state...tell that to anyone living
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in or around Salt Lake City....
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Message 468 Mon Oct 03, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:40 EDT
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Personally, despite my ethnic background, I tend to think of myself
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mainly as a large left-handed wrench.
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But I guess that's pretty common....
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Message 473 Mon Oct 03, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:51 EDT
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Hey...could be worse...could've said Wench...which as we all know is the
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feminine version of a Mensch....
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Message 481 Wed Oct 05, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:13 EDT
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One was an Earthforce atmospheric-capable shuttle; the other was a
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Centauri personal transport.
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Message 608 Fri Oct 28, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:24 EDT
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It may be wise, about now, to start opening up the cat 19 spoilers topics
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for season two, since "Points" goes out on the big bird tomorrow morning.
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(And those who downlink it will be among the first to see our rather spiffy
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new main title sequence.)
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Message 614 Sat Oct 29, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:46 EDT
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Generally speaking, Warners/PTEN leaves us alone. Each season, as with
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all TV shows, they tend to get involved in the first couple of episodes,
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giving notes and wanting to see early cuts. Since they have more time to
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become involved, they do so. This quickly phases down; we got a fair number
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of notes on the first episode of both seasons of B5; less on the second;
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single note on a script or cut since about #3, and we're currently up to #10,
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script-wise.
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Message 619 Sat Oct 29, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 20:20 EDT
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There really wasn't/isn't time in PoD to get into the angst everyone has
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over Sinclair leaving (though some of that is given to Sheridan, oddly
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enough). But it WILL get brought up in subsequent episodes, especially from
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Garibaldi.
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RE: Warner notes...mainly they're in areas of clarification, making sure
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that we don't get obscure with some of the arc stuff. Each episode HAS to be
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clear to anyone coming in mid-stream, so they're helpful on that aspect.
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Message 629 Sun Oct 30, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:27 EST
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Hey, folks said the answers were coming too slowly, now too quickly...
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what's a producer to do?
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I said, from the very beginning, that once the series got rolling, no
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single primary question could be allowed to go more than about one season
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before answering it, otherwise you get into a frustrating Twin Peaks situation
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where *nothing* is resolved. Basically, the events begun in "Chrysalis" bleed
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over into three episodes; the Battle of the Line answers were initially only a
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couple of episodes further down in my outline, about episode #3. Making the
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change, for one thing, allowed me to move that storyline forward to episode
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#1, blow through it and get the story moving in year two faster, rather than
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delaying further with loose threads from season one.
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Category 18, Topic 2
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Message 637 Sun Oct 30, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 16:33 EST
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Klaatu...I can probably answer your question a little better after you've
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seen the second episode of this season. For now, let's just say this: in
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working out the story for year two, Sinclair's main line of connection was to
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the Minbari. But the Minbari storyline was diminishing in ways connected to
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the war in year two; obviously we all know what is on the upswing in year two,
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certain dark forces. I needed someone who has a connection to *that* side of
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the story to personalize it, and Sheridan brings that connection to the mix,
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although he doesn't know it yet.
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Topic 5 Tue Nov 03, 1992
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T.ORTH [Mr. Rico] (Forwarded)
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Sub: Grid Epsilon Irregulars - News & Info.
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This topic is for information about Babylon 5 fan groups, newsletters,
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fanzines, get-togethers, B-5 at conventions, and other general fun.
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Category 18, Topic 5
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Message 542 Mon Oct 17, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:05 EDT
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ND = NonDescript (an extra, no one who should be noticeable)
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A/B = Blood types.
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Topic 9 Wed Nov 11, 1992
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T.RESTIVO [Little Guy] at 18:27 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 Humor
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From *Beep Beep*, to Top Ten Lists, to full-blown parodies, this is where to
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put your funny bone in writing!
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Category 18, Topic 9
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Message 580 Sat Oct 01, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:29 EDT
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I've told others on the show that you'll know I've really, really, really
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sold out the day I approve the licensing of Babylon 5 Underoos.
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Topic 11 Sat Nov 14, 1992
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J.SHEEN1 [Leviathan] at 18:09 EST
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Sub: B5 Adrift!
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BABYLON 5 Topic Drift
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If you feel like talking about it, but it doesn't fit anywhere else... If its
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only connection to B-5 is that you thought of it in this CAT...
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This is where to come and get it out.
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Category 18, Topic 11
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Message 462 Sat Oct 08, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:08 EDT
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Nope; never went to school in Cincinnati; never even *in* that state for
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longer than required to drive through it.
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Category 18, Topic 11
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Message 472 Fri Oct 21, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 14:02 EDT
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At last, someone else who has seen the Leningrad Cowboys movie. I
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stumbled upon it on Bravo one night, about 45 minutes into it, and sat riveted
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to the seat. Literallly did not move, and discovered after a while that my
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arm was aching from where I'd been holding the remote the whole time. Very,
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very weird....
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Liked it. Not sure why....
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Category 18, Topic 11
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Message 476 Tue Oct 25, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:56 EDT
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IT'S ON VIDEO!?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>zooooooooooooooooooooom!
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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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Category 18, Topic 12
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Message 441 Mon Oct 17, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:13 EDT
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I believe some of the interviews for FutureQuest were performed in the
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B5 central corridor.
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Re: magazines...yes, in the UK there are even some mainstream mags and
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newspapers discovering the show. The Radio Times gave it a glowing review,
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the Times called it superior, the Evening Standard called it
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spiffing...Starburst has done one or two covers on the show, as has TV Zone
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(to whom I gave an interview while in London).
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In the US, Cinefantastique has given it the cover twice. Note that
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Starlog has not done so once. Personally, I won't have anything to do with
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the magazine, because of their tendency to get stuff wrong, and because
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they're primarily a ST/Paramount mouthpiece. The editor there has told people
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that even though they give covers to less highly rated shows like Highlander,
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they'll *never* do a B5 cover because it would piss off Paramount. And they
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never have. (Just one more reason why I won't in any way cooperate; I can't
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prevent, and wouldn't try to prevent, my cast from doing so, because it's a
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free country and they deserve the exposure. I don't think the second-rate
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treatment is appropriate, personally. Just shows you where their head is.)
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Category 18, Topic 12
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Message 448 Thu Oct 20, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:23 EDT
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The grey-alien trial scene from "Grail" will be excerpted for a two-part
|
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"Sightings" on alien abduction.
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I'm *still* laughing.
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Topic 17 Tue Jan 19, 1993
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C.STOBBE [Colin] at 21:02 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 - Merchandising
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A place to discuss all the neat Babylon 5 merchandising coming out (hopefully)
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soon
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Category 18, Topic 17
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Message 568 Fri Oct 21, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:24 EDT
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BTW, for those interested, Chris Claremont is a *major* B5 fan (a man of
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impeccable taste); anybody who wants to lean on him to do one of the B5 arcs
|
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is more than welcome to do so....
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Category 18, Topic 17
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Message 574 Sun Oct 30, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:04 EDT
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Confirmed on the Galoob Micro-Machines.
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Category 18, Topic 17
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Message 586 Mon Oct 31, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:45 EST
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Insofar as I know, the micros are coming out in sets, I think it's either
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8 or 12 to a set. Don't know about any subsequent group boxes.
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Topic 22 Fri Feb 12, 1993
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R.FURR [Rob Furr] at 00:19 EST
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Sub: Governments and Trade in B5
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Most SF shows simply posit a government of sorts, and blithely ignore it ever
|
|
afterwards. You might see a freighter (with a big "shoot me!" sign on it) but
|
|
no other mention of trade. How about B5?
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Category 18, Topic 22
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Message 177 Tue Oct 18, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:44 EDT
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Talia is on retainer with B5, with Psi Corps paying her rent and food,
|
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and taking the majority of money from her commissions, which she generally is
|
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free to select, except in cases where they may insist.
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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
|
|
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 359 Tue Oct 25, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:04 EDT
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Johann...ah, was that you? Should've identified yourself.
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|
|
(BTW, I was rather nonplussed when, upon arriving at the con, I was told
|
|
that my escort/runner/driver for the duration of the con was a fellow who went
|
|
by the nickname Shadow (albeit spelled Shaddo). Sort of caught me up short,
|
|
to say the least (they ARE everywhere).
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Nothing firmed up yet about other cast/crew at LosCon.
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Category 18, Topic 25
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Message 366 Thu Oct 27, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:06 EDT
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Johann...you must understand that I have the worst memory for faces in
|
|
the long history of mankind.
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Category 18, Topic 25
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Message 372 Sat Oct 29, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 20:21 EDT
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#9.
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Topic 29 Thu Jun 30, 1994
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B.SHERRIS [Brett] at 00:03 EDT
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Sub: The Master Plan
|
|
|
|
WARNING! THIS TOPIC MAY CONTAIN INFORMATION THAT IS VITAL TO THE FIVE YEAR
|
|
STORY ARC OF BABYLON 5. DO NOT READ THIS TOPIC IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO
|
|
POSSIBLY DISCOVER THE PURPOSE OF THE FIVE YEAR STORY ARC!
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Category 18, Topic 29
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Message 139 Sat Oct 29, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:52 EDT
|
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|
|
Granted there is metaphor in the construction of the B5 story, but it's
|
|
not point-for-point in any linear fashion. The coming conflagration will look
|
|
a hell of a lot more like a cross between WW II and the breaking of the seals
|
|
in "Revelations" than Vietnam. (Probably the Earth/Minbari War could be made
|
|
the closest approximation of Vietnam; "peace with honor" and all that.) The
|
|
point of metaphor, I think, is not to draw a straight parallel, but to tilt
|
|
the mirror a bit, shift the focus and see how this change of perspective
|
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illuminates reality.
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Topic 30 Mon Jul 04, 1994
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D.KAUFFMAN5 [CyberDad] at 13:14 EDT
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Sub: Nods, In-Jokes, and References
|
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|
|
Post any nods, in-jokes, or references you have seen here. For example,
|
|
Babylon 5 refers to the Babylon of ancient Earth; the location of B5 is at
|
|
Grid Epsilon 470/18/22, the location of the original B5 topic on GEnie.
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Category 18, Topic 30
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Message 255 Wed Oct 05, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:15 EDT
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Weren't her.
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Category 18, Topic 30
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Message 257 Tue Oct 18, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:45 EDT
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|
|
*What* Piperism?
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Category 18, Topic 30
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Message 262 Wed Oct 19, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:49 EDT
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|
Oh....*that*. Yeah, that's something we've done, but just because it
|
|
seemed right. Never even considered Piper. Having met an african american
|
|
named O'Reilly, and Irish-born Jews, and the like, it just seems this is gonna
|
|
continue. So we just write the names of the characters, and cast whoever
|
|
comes in the door as the best actor, regardless of ethnic background, but
|
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don't change the name. Gives us some interesting random combinations.
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Topic 31 Sat Jul 09, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 20:23 EDT
|
|
Sub: Really Stupid Questions from JMS
|
|
|
|
Every so often, I need Information. (You won't get it!) Technical stuff,
|
|
research or reference stuff...and given the brain trust here, I figured this
|
|
could be a useful resource from time to time. With appreciation.
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Category 18, Topic 31
|
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Message 151 Sat Oct 01, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:30 EDT
|
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|
|
What the hell happened to NVN? For the last few months, when I try to
|
|
log on using the same script and number as ever, it goes halfway through the
|
|
process, then just stops dead.
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Topic 32 Sun Aug 14, 1994
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|
J.DREW [C. Rift 17/6] at 10:21 EDT
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Sub: Babylon 5 Actors in Other Roles
|
|
|
|
Post here when you see a B5 actor or guest star in another role, either
|
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television or movie.
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|
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Category 18, Topic 32
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Message 33 Sun Oct 02, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:03 EDT
|
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|
Sanderson also did a "Twilight Zone" for me, did an okay job.
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Topic 35 Sun Sep 18, 1994
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|
R.FELDMAN [Chats] at 17:15 EDT
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|
Sub: Softball in Grid Epsilon
|
|
|
|
Here is where I'll report the results of the Babylon 5 Softball games. As we
|
|
have no known Telepaths here, I'll have to wait until AFTER the games have
|
|
taken place....
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Category 18, Topic 35
|
|
Message 9 Mon Oct 03, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:44 EDT
|
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|
|
I think this is sorta unconscionable, spiking some poor old nanny at home
|
|
base...hell, how could they not win up against a bunch of old ladies...?
|
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|
jm(oblivious and proud of it)s
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Category 18, Topic 35
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Message 14 Tue Oct 04, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:50 EDT
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|
|
Mainly Narns, Drazi and a few Pak'ma'ra.
|
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|
|
Umpires are all Vorlons. But isn't that what we all kinda suspected
|
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anyway...?
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Category 18, Topic 35
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Message 18 Wed Oct 05, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:18 EDT
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|
And Umpire-speak is certainly Vorlonish.
|
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|
"Strike."
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|
|
"Foul."
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"Safe."
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"Out."
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Topic 16 Sun Apr 17, 1994
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STARR [Arne] at 23:42 EDT
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Sub: #116 - "Signs And Portents"
|
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|
|
by JMS. Directed by Janet Greek. Co-starring Gerrit Graham.
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Category 19, Topic 16
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Message 286 Tue Oct 04, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:34 EDT
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|
Bluescreen.
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Topic 17 Sun Apr 17, 1994
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|
STARR [Arne] at 23:45 EDT
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Sub: #114 - "By Any Means Neccessary"
|
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|
|
by Kathryn M. Drennan.
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|
Directed by Jim Johnston. Co-Stars John Snyder and Katy Boyer.
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|
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Category 19, Topic 17
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Message 86 Sat Oct 01, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:38 EDT
|
|
|
|
Correct: B5 is a distribution point, and many objects are stored in the
|
|
zero-G area and never brought into the station proper.
|
|
|
|
Johanna: reality check. If I put in all the staff (or even most of the
|
|
staff) you suggest, huge diplomatic staffs, trade envoys, political attaches,
|
|
military, etc...and did this times 5 ambassadors...even totally leaving out
|
|
the League of Non-Aligned Worlds...there wouldn't be any money left to
|
|
actually make the show. You'd have all the cast you suggest, but no money for
|
|
film, or cameras, or crew. Right now we have 14-16 regular and recurring
|
|
characters, and another 8 or so who appear periodically (like Lou Welch).
|
|
This is the biggest cast ever put together for an SF series, and we're
|
|
straining as it is to accommodate all of this. To have more just to have them
|
|
is pointless, and would bankrupt the show.
|
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Topic 26 Mon Apr 18, 1994
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|
STARR [Arne] at 00:03 EDT
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Sub: #112 - "Chrysalis"
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|
|
by JMS. Directed by Janet Greek. Season finale.
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165 message(s) total.
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Category 19, Topic 26
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Message 9 Thu Oct 06, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:35 EDT
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Arne's seen it.
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Category 19, Topic 26
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Message 34 Thu Oct 20, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:14 EDT
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|
|
It's a weird promo, because if you see it, it makes it look like season
|
|
two starts next week (well, that's what it says), showing you Bruce and
|
|
others...but if you tune in, you get "Chrysalis." Weird....
|
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Category 19, Topic 26
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Message 46 Fri Oct 21, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 13:56 EDT
|
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|
|
"Chrysalis" is more questions than answers; the next two episodes are
|
|
more answers than questions.
|
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Category 19, Topic 26
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Message 62 Tue Oct 25, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:53 EDT
|
|
|
|
We used the LBJ swearing-in photograph in staging that shot; odd
|
|
coincidence: the day we filmed that was the anniversary of the day that LBJ
|
|
did this in real life. The mood on set that day was thus *very* weird.
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Category 19, Topic 26
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Message 91 Thu Oct 27, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:13 EDT
|
|
|
|
Phil: there *is* a parting resolution/explanation for the Sinclair
|
|
situation in the first episode of next season.
|
|
|
|
In two episodes, you will discover: a) what happened during the 24 hours
|
|
missing from Sinclair's memory; b) why the Minbari surrendered at the Battle
|
|
of the Line; c) what Delenn has turned into; d) what G'Kar found on his
|
|
expedition; e) the fate of Garibaldi...and a bunch of other stuff.
|
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|
How's that for starters?
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Category 19, Topic 26
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Message 164 Tue Nov 01, 1994
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|
STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:14 EST
|
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|
|
That's correct. "Chrysalis" was filmed last November, as episode #12.
|
|
We are now, for instance, shooting #8, and will again be shooting around #11
|
|
or so in November. (We started shooting a few weeks later this year than
|
|
last.)
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Topic 27 Mon Aug 29, 1994
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STARR [Arne] (Forwarded)
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Sub: #201 - "Points of Departure"
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by JMS. Directed by Janet Greek.
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6 message(s) total.
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Category 19, Topic 27
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Message 5 Mon Oct 31, 1994
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:37 EST
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I agree about the theme this year; I kinda wanted it a little on the
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ominous side, something unsettling about it. Chris did a great job.
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jms
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