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From: smiale@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (steven miale)
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Topic 1 Mon Oct 26, 1992
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SF-HUDGENS [Fenn Shysa] 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 discussion topic
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for the hit SF series. This topic is general discussion - NO SPOLIERS - put
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those in Cat 18 Topic 2. DO NOT POST STORY IDEAS in any B5 topics.
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Category 18, Topic 1
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Message 402 Tue Aug 22, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 05:23 EDT
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We use the normal TV part of the frame. And yes, Mary Jo was doing
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casting for lots of other shows, including Walker, Outer Limits, and others,
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as well as B5. We felt we needed someone who could concentrate more heavily
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on B5.
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Message 412 Wed Aug 23, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:54 EDT
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The *quality* of performers was generally fine, it's the question of
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diversity. We felt we were seeing the same faces again and again over 2 years
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and the pilot. Casting directors tend to have very defined areas of
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interest. And, again, she was working on lots of other projects. So this
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year we changed casting directors to Fern Champion (yes, that's her real name,
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and she's from New York, so watch it), who's been great, and is giving us a
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real breadth of actors, particularly in terms of a wider ethnic range, which
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is something I've been pushing for for two years, and never felt I was getting
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as well as I'd've liked.
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Message 421 Thu Aug 24, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:23 EDT
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Fern's mainly done a lot of feature films, but at this hour, the only one
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that comes to mind is the Naked Gun movie. But there's been a lot more than
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just that.
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Currently, we're shooting an episode with Stephen Macht as guest star,
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playing Na'Far, a Narn, in "A Day in the Strife."
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Message 440 Sun Aug 27, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 05:58 EDT
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Stuart: we had a brief production glitch, but it seems to have all been
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resolved now. Not a problem.
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Message 447 Sun Aug 27, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 23:00 EDT
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No, the final four of this season will be rerun, probably during the
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first rerun break in season three.
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Message 468 Tue Aug 29, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:30 EDT
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Oops, I thought you meant the final four of year two, not year one; that
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batch will only go into syndication later, I'm afraid.
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Message 478 Wed Aug 30, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:02 EDT
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Correct, the penny was/is a keepsake.
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Message 501 Fri Sep 01, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:43 EDT
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Dan: are you having trouble getting photos *now*? 'Cause we had a very
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long talk with WB PR about this, and they said it wouldn't happen anymore. If
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it is, lemme know, and I'll beat the crap outta somebody.
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As for the rest...yes, we're hitting that point where many parts of the
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media simply cannot ignore us any longer. We're here, we're not Trek, and
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you're Going To Have To Deal With Us. If for no other reason than the readers
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keep asking for coverage. Though of those you list (Mike), about half are
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British publications. We generally get much more respect,and better coverage,
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there than here.
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I haven't gotten a copy of the Foundation magazine yet; hope it came out
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okay, and I don't end up looking like too much of a doofus.
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Message 528 Sun Sep 03, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:14 EDT
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Minbar was an intentional co-opt of the term for a pulpit in a mosque;
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seemed appropriate.
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Message 565 Mon Sep 04, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:26 EDT
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...surely there must be a Disney forum SOMEwhere....
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Message 591 Thu Sep 07, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:05 EDT
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Mike Cooney: not much on foreplay, are you?
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If you pull out all your stops in the first season or two, Mike, where do
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you go from there? First time out, we saw just one shadow vessel; then we saw
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two; then we saw fighters; then we saw fighters and shadow ships, three, then
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four. There's a reason for this progression, though I can't get into it now.
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If you blow everything out this early, you've got nowhere to go. So this
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is being paced logically and carefully.
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Me, I *love* foreplay.
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Changing topics for a moment....
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Episode #5, "Passing Through Gethsemane," guest stars Brad Dourif, and is
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being directed by Adam Nimoy.
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Message 604 Fri Sep 08, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:37 EDT
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Who?
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(Here's the alternate first episode opening, if we had these huge
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shadowships, miles across, right from the git-go....
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EXT. BABYLON 5 - ESTABLISHING
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As a jump point begins to form.
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INT. OBSERVATION DOME
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As Ivanvoa and Sheridan move to the window.
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IVANOVA
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Jump point forming...look at that, it
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looks like a five mile long spi--
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EXT. SPACE - SHADOW MEGAWALLOPCRUISER
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As it blows up Babylon 5, Epsilon 3, and every ship in the vicinity.
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FADE OUT:
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End of Series
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Message 610 Fri Sep 08, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:17 EDT
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(Not saying *anything* about the dynamic of a bunch of guys sitting
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around telling each other that it really *isn't* size that matters....)
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Topic 2 Wed Nov 20, 1991
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SF-HUDGENS [Fenn Shysa] at 19:41 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 - The Series >>SPOILERS<<
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BABYLON 5 is nearing the end of its second season, with four episodes left to
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air in October. :( This topic is for SPOILERS only. And as always, NO STORY
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IDEAS are to be posted. Them's da rules.
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Category 18, Topic 2
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Message 337 Fri Aug 18, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 16:25 EDT
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Nope. Not the right topic.
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Topic 7 Thu Jan 13, 1994
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M.BELL14 [Mike] at 18:18 EST
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Sub: Forcible conversions at gun point :)
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What kind of sick, weird things have you done in the last year to tell people
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about B5? How many people have you driven mad? Why on Earth are you this
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nuts!?!?
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Category 18, Topic 7
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Message 138 Fri Sep 08, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:23 EDT
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Just dialed in here...demographics are a dirty word where I come from.
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Basically, I write the story that I would like to see as a viewer. If my
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tastes reflect that of others, folks watch; if not, not.
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This is how I've always written, all the way back to when I began in
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animation. "This would be a cool story." And that's the be-all and end-all
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of it. Same with everything else.
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Back a few years ago, I was looking for a particular kind of horror
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novel. Couldn't quite find what I wanted. So I sat down and *wrote* it,
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wrote the novel I wanted to read. Finished it, and shoved it in the closet
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for, I think, about two years. One day, my agent suggested I really should
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write a novel someday. Reluctantly, I dragged it out of the closet. Gave it
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to her. She gave it to a NY editor, who sold it to the first editor who got
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it. It really wasn't written for anyone else but me; had it stayed in the
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closet forever, it would've accomplished that task.
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I take that approach with everything I write; if I wouldn't watch it, I
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won't write it. So, basically, my demographic is me.
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Message 142 Fri Sep 08, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 20:59 EDT
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The book in question was Demon Night, published by Dutton.
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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 351 Sun Sep 03, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 21:08 EDT
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BTW, for those who get the British publications, there's a huge B5 story
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(several, actually) in SFX...and the critical review of SF called Foundation
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just published a very long piece of mine about B5, and SF in general, with a
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fair amount of personal background stuff as well.
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Topic 23 Fri Feb 12, 1993
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V.VAIDY1 [Vijay] at 23:00 EST
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Sub: "OtherWorks" by JMS
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Before there was "B5" and when "JMS" was just another Plain Joe, there was
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OtherSyde
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[A discussion of the other works of J. Michael Straczynski]
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Category 18, Topic 23
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Message 277 Sun Aug 20, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:11 EDT
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BTW, for those interested, another of my Murder, She Wrote episodes is on
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next Tuesday, "Incident in Lot 7," which is kinda fun. One of the guest
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stars, Paula Prentiss, isn't exactly the way I had envisioned the role, but
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overall, it's not bad.
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Message 279 Tue Aug 22, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:53 EDT
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It's on USA Network, not CBS, and since it's listed in my TV Guide, it
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should be in yours. (I don't *think* it was supposed to be Wednesday...)
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Message 282 Wed Aug 23, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:55 EDT
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Anybody.
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Message 288 Fri Aug 25, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:51 EDT
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The watch is one of my favorites, a Hamilton Ventura, and as a matter of
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fact, there IS a story behind it.
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Each time I finish working on a series, I buy myself a little item which
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becomes tied to that experience. After finishing work on The Twilight Zone, I
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was in an art deco store on Ventura Boulevard here in the valley. I spotted
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that watch, and instantly fell in love with it, the design, the unusual shape,
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and had to have it.
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As I'm buying it, the dealer mentions that this watch just came on the
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market, that it's a recreation from the same parts of the first electric watch
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on the market, again, the Hamilton Ventura, which came out in the late 1950s.
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This new but identical version had *just* come out a few weeks ago.
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So he's giving me the whole long history, very knowledgeable guy, and in
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the course of talking, he asks what I do. I mention that I'm a writer. He
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perks up. See, he's been in the business a long time, and he sold this exact
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same kind of watch to another TV writer, long time ago. "Who's that?" I ask.
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"Rod Serling."
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Suffice to say I was floored. I went home, dug through my books, and
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right there in one of them -- I think it's the Joel Engle bio -- there's a
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full-page shot of Rod, and you can see very clearly that the watch on his
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wrist...is a Hamilton Ventura, identical to the one I'd just bought to
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commemorate finishing working on The Twilight Zone.
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I still wear it, now and again, for special occasions....
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Message 291 Fri Aug 25, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 03:00 EDT
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Forgot to add the final irony to all this...one of the last scripts I
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wrote for The Twilight Zone was entitled "Our Selena is Dying," based on a
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never-produced outline by Rod Serling. So I did the script, based on his
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outline. So the episode has a shared credit, me and Rod. So finding that
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watch has kinda special significance.
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Message 298 Wed Sep 06, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:56 EDT
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Still waiting for the producers to make a deal with me.
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Message 301 Fri Sep 08, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:39 EDT
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Yeah, it was one of a cluster of art deco stores on Ventura, but a number
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of them have moved around, and I'll be damned if I can remember which one now.
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Topic 26 Sun Jan 22, 1995
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SF-VENTERS [Jan] at 17:15 EST
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Sub: Babylon 5 - Conventions and Appearances
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This is the location where you can post and find out about SF/F conventions
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where some of the Babylon 5 cast and Executive Producer will be guests.
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Category 18, Topic 26
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Message 447 Thu Aug 17, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 02:47 EDT
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Had a very good and productive discussion with Visions today; I think
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they can be most helpful.
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They seem like good people caught in a bad situation.
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Category 18, Topic 26
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<RETURN>, <S>croll, <Q>uit ?s
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Message 456 Fri Aug 18, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 16:26 EDT
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Not that I know of.
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Message 477 Sun Sep 03, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 21:09 EDT
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Bruno Kirby? Ehhhh...how about Rondo Hatton?
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Message 480 Thu Sep 07, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:05 EDT
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It doesn't help.
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[some SPOILERS follow... be warned]
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Topic 1 Sat Oct 16, 1993
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STARR [Arne] at 10:29 EDT
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Sub: The British Aired Final Four Episodes
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This is the Babylon 5 Episode Category, and this topic is for discussion and
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spoilers on the final four episodes of Season Two which will air in Britain
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months before the American airings in October.
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Message 127 Mon Aug 21, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:56 EDT
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Thanks...we're trying...
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Message 131 Wed Aug 23, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:51 EDT
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<RETURN>, <S>croll, <Q>uit ?s
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Yeah, that's about the desired reaction....
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Message 140 Sun Aug 27, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 22:59 EDT
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Steve: you can say all you want here in this topic.
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Message 149 Thu Aug 31, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 05:03 EDT
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The key to the questions is that you generally have to first be able to
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answer "who are you?" before you can intelligently determine "what do you
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want?" To deal right with "what do you want" before you know who you are is
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destructive in almost any situation.
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We will see Lyta again.
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RE: alternate lifestyles...I said when stuff happened, we wouldn't make a
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big deal out of it, it'd just be there...and I said we'd address it in our own
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way, in our own time. We've done a bit here, we'll do a bit more down the
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road. I won't give you or anyone a timetable; I'll do stuff as the integrity
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of the story permits, not sooner, not later. I will not allow this to become
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a political football. If you do nothing, folks yell at you for ignoring it;
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if you do a little, they yell for not doing more; if you do more, they yell
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for not doing it sooner. Screw it. I do what the story calls for, as the
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story calls for it.
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Message 153 Fri Sep 01, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 15:26 EDT
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That would not be an unfair assessment.
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Message 166 Sun Sep 03, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:13 EDT
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See, here's where I start to have a problem. For starters, I don't do
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any thing to be politically correct, or politically incorrect, I do what I do
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in any story because that's what the story points me toward. Anybody who says
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"It's not necessary" isn't entitled to that judgement, frankly; you don't know
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what's necessary to the story. And by framing it in the "is this NECESSARY?"
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way is designed to make you defend your position when such defense isn't the
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point; is it NECESSARY to have humor? to have a romance? to have correct
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science? No, *nothing* is NECESSARY. It's what the writer feels is right for
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that scene, that story, that character.
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"Oh, well, I saw it, but was all that violence NECESSARY?" This is,
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frankly, a BS observation usually offered by someone with an agenda, who
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wishes to invalidate the notion of an artistic view and impose some kind of
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quota, or objective criterion to what is and isn't necessary for a movie or
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film. As far as I'm concerned, the first person to throw this into a
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discussion has, frankly, just lost the argument.
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Point the second: one of the most consistent comments I get, in email and
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regular mail, is the spirituality conveyed in the show, that we have shown,
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and will continue to show, tolerance toward religion, even created sympathetic
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religious characters. "Thank you for your tolerance," they say...until we
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show somebody or some action THEY don't like...and at that point suddenly it's
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a lot of tsk-tsking and chest thumping and disapproval; so okay, how about I
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just stop all positive religious aspects of the show?
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It seems to me, that if I do *all that* with religion, and with thje
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(the) simple act of showing maybe ONE PERSON in all the long history of TV
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science fiction across 40 years has a different view of life, that the show is
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somehow degraded, or downgraded, or dropped in opinion...this simply
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reinforces the notion, held by many, that a lot of folks in the religious
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right wish to make sure no other perspective or lifestyle is ever shown on
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television, at any time, unless in a negative fashion.
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The thing of it is, while on the one hand I'm getting praise from
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religious folks for addressing spirituality in my series (speaking here as an
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atheist), I've gotten flack from others who think it has no place in a SCIENCE
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fiction series, and why the hell am I putting something in that goes right
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against my own beliefs? "Because," I tell them, "this show is not about
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reflecting my beliefs, or yours, or somebody else's, it's about telling this
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story, about these people, with as much honesty and integrity as I can summon
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up. That means conceding the fact that religious people are going to be
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around 260 years from now." Well, fact is, all kinds of people are going to
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be around 260 years from now. And what did the anti-religion folks say
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specifically about including spirituality in my series? "It's not
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*necessary*," they said.
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Translation: they didn't like it. Well, tough. It was right for this
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story, and this show. And it seems to me rather hypocritical for some folks,
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who applaud the show for tolerance, for my standing up to those who want to
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exclude religion from TV, to then turn around and say the show is diminished
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because it showed that same tolerance...to another group or perspective. I
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guess tolerance is only okay as long as it's pointed one way.
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You say that as a christian, you think any sex except that between a
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husband and a wife to be wrong. Well, as I recall, the bible also speaks
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against murder. We've depicted deaths by the hundreds of thousands. (And
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we're talking here about the *depicting* of the act, simply showing it, not
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the value judgements made after the fact.) Why does the one (which is so
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barely hinted at as to be almost invisible) cause the show to be diminished
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where the other does not?
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My job is not to reinforce your personal political, social or religious
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beliefs. My job is not to reinforce MY personal political, social or
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religious beliefs. Then it isn't art or storytelling anymore, it's simply
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propaganda. My job is to tell this story, about these people, AS people, as
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mixed and varied as they are today. And there is no outside objective
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criteria as to what is, or isn't *necessary* in a story; that is the sole
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province of the author. You may or may not like it. You may or may not
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choose to watch it. Just as people who don't like to see religion and god
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discussed on TV may dislike it or choose not to watch it.
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But you'll excuse me if I see complaints about this one little thing from
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the religious side, after all I've done to present religious characters and
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the religious life in a positive fashion, to be hypocritical and frankly
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somewhat ungrateful. It's as though all this means nothing because of one
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thing, one outside-imposed litmus test that disregards anything and everything
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else that has been done.
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So straight up...if I should stop tolerating or showing viewpoints that
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are not my own (spoken as someone who is absolutely straight), then should I
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now stop showing religion as well? Because that's what this comes down to.
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Is that what you want? Because religion is included at my discretion as well
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as anything else on this show. You want me to be less tolerant? Just say the
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word.
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jms
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Category 19, Topic 1
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Message 170 Sun Sep 03, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:13 EDT
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Yes, we'll see both the tines being repaired, and the core shuttle being
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fixed, in ep 1 of year 3. The tines are mainly to stabalize incoming cargo
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ships so they can be offloaded (something we've shown there from time to time)
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into the zero-g cargo bay.
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Ken: yes, showing does not mean endorsing, showing just means saying
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"this is here," not to make an issue of it. If I'm going to start endorsing
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ANYbody's POV around here, it's going to be mine, and I think we all know how
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dreadful THAT would be.
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Re: Kosh...we'll see him again outside his suit in "Dust to Dust," but in
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a somewhat unconventional fashion....
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As for "including controversy rather than skirting it," this is more or
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less the point. The goal here is to not have our characters or our show make
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*value judgments* about what our characters do, because then you're hitting
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the audience over the head with the MESSAGE. "Believers" is a good example of
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that; some came away using parts of that to argue pro and anti interference in
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medical situations; ditto for "Confessions" which hit squarely on BOTH sides
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of the issue (no, you can't blame morality for disease...but then, we had our
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characters openly requiring blood testing, which annoys many on the other side
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of the issue)....my sense is that our audience is smart enough to take the
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elements we present them with, and discuss them, and come to their own
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conclusions and draw their own meanings from them. It's the part of objecting
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to even *presenting* the situation that seems to me a marginal position at
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best.
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jms
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Category 19, Topic 1
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Message 189 Mon Sep 04, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:25 EDT
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We're trying to moderate the jumpgate sound a bit; it may have gotten a
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bit too hot there for a while.
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As for Ivanova...remember that the core of good drama is conflict. So
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here we have a situation where a possible romantic involvement is shaping up
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for her in year three. It shouldn't be made too easy. So you create a
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situation that really hurts her deeply; she made a difficult step, got over
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her distance, opened herself up, became vulnerable...and got hurt very badly
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as a result. The same thing that happened in first season, when her old flame
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was discovered to be a big guy with Home Guard.
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You now have someone who's freshly hurt, who is going to be unwilling or
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slow to open up again, who's now experienced every kind of relationship and
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NONE of them have worked...in short, she's one exposed nerve ending, perfect
|
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for someone now to come in who may be right, but for whom she has little time,
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and is disposed not to get involved.
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Sounds a lot like my own dating history...keep them razor blades and salt
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sprays a'comin.....
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jms
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Category 19, Topic 1
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Message 194 Wed Sep 06, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 01:54 EDT
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What is the origin of the Human/Minbari connection? You'll find out this
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very season (year three), in no uncertain or ambiguous terms.
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jms
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Category 19, Topic 1
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Message 197 Wed Sep 06, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 19:55 EDT
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Comics may sometimes provide advance information ahead of the series, but
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all this is eventually covered in the show.
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jms
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Category 19, Topic 1
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Message 202 Fri Sep 08, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:31 EDT
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Allen: thanks.
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jms
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************
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Topic 27 Sat Aug 26, 1995
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SF-HUDGENS [Fenn Shysa] at 13:37 EDT
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Sub: #301 - "Matters of Honor"
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by JMS
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1 message(s) total.
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Category 19, Topic 27
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Message 1 Sat Sep 09, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:39 EDT
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Directed by Kevin Cremin. Introducing Jason Carter. Written by jms.
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jms
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************
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Topic 28 Sat Aug 26, 1995
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SF-HUDGENS [Fenn Shysa] at 13:38 EDT
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Sub: #302 - "Convictions"
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by JMS
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3 message(s) total.
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Category 19, Topic 28
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Message 1 Sat Sep 09, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:40 EDT
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Directed by Mike Vejar. Guest starring Louis Tureen as Theo. Guest
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starring Patrick Kilpatrick. Written by jms.
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jms
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Category 19, Topic 28
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Message 3 Sat Sep 09, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 04:14 EDT
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Correct. Louis was not available to use for "Twilight" for health
|
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reasons, but we like Louis a lot, and vowed to use him in another, even better
|
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role, at the first opportunity. We seized it.
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jms
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************
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Topic 29 Sat Aug 26, 1995
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SF-HUDGENS [Fenn Shysa] at 13:38 EDT
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Sub: #303 - "A Day in the Strife"
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by JMS
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3 message(s) total.
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Category 19, Topic 29
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Message 3 Sat Sep 09, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:42 EDT
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Directed by David Eagle. Guest starring Stephen Macht and Marshall
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Teague. Written by jms.
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jms
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************
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Topic 30 Sat Aug 26, 1995
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SF-HUDGENS [Fenn Shysa] at 13:39 EDT
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Sub: #304 - "Voices of Authority"
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by JMS
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1 message(s) total.
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Category 19, Topic 30
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Message 1 Sat Sep 09, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:44 EDT
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Directed by Menachem Binitsky. Guest starring Shari Sutliff. Written by
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jms.
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jms
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************
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Topic 31 Sat Aug 26, 1995
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SF-HUDGENS [Fenn Shysa] at 13:40 EDT
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Sub: #305 - "Passing Through Gethsemene"
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by JMS
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1 message(s) total.
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Category 19, Topic 31
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Message 1 Sat Sep 09, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:44 EDT
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Directed by Adam Nimoy. Guest starring Brad Dourif. Written by jms.
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jms
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Topic 32 Sat Aug 26, 1995
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SF-HUDGENS [Fenn Shysa] at 13:40 EDT
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Sub: #306 - "Dust to Dust"
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by JMS
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1 message(s) total.
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Category 19, Topic 32
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Message 1 Sat Sep 09, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:45 EDT
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Directed by David Eagle. Guest starring Walter Koenig. Written by jms.
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jms
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************
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Topic 33 Sat Aug 26, 1995
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SF-HUDGENS [Fenn Shysa] at 13:41 EDT
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Sub: #307 - "Exogenesis"
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by JMS
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2 message(s) total.
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Category 19, Topic 33
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Message 1 Sat Sep 09, 1995
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STRACZYNSKI [Joe] at 00:46 EDT
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This episode is now #308, to be directed by Mike Vejar.
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307 is now "Exogenesis."
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jms
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