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Skriven 2007-06-30 15:42:06 av Bill (2165.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 15700 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (2122.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: Shouldn't We Be Getting Hyped Up?
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On Jun 29, 2:45 pm, "Mac Breck" <macthevor...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Think of it this way:
>
> 1.  A storyteller comes into a room,
> 2.  tells the start of a story,
> 3.  leaves,
> 4.  and later comes back
> 5.  and tells the start of a different story,
> 6.  GOTO 3
>
> It's sadistic, and liking stuff like that is masochistic.  I'm not
> saying that all JMS's stories are artificially truncated/unfinished, but
> that it's the nature of the TV business, and people are getting fed-up
> with the tease.  I want to see the i's dotted and the t's crossed.  I
> like to see jobs properly finished, not seventeen thousand jobs started
> but not finished.

Bear in mind that one of the biggest reasons that many of JMS's
projects remain unfinished is JMS himself. Whether it's Capt. Power,
Crusade, Jeremiah, or others I may not even know about, JMS has no
compunctions about walking out on projects. I am *not* taking JMS to
task for this. Being a writer myself (not nearly as prolific or
talented as JMS is), I actually agree with his stance that telling a
good story has to come first. After all, how do you create a show when
you're getting contradictory notes from the higher ups, as happened
with Crusade? How can you create a good story when things are so bad
that you have to start a conversation with "I am not your pimp," as
happened with Jeremiah?

In the "ATTN JMS: Aeon Flux commentary" thread, I even asked JMS about
how he deals with notes and discovered that he's really not that
unreasonable about them. But he won't simply give in to every note
that comes down either. He said "If, on the other hand, the notes come
from any agenda other than what makes sense story wise, if they fly in
the face of logic and character, I simply refuse to make them.
Doesn't matter if it's a small note or a big note, I make every such
note a battle of attrition.  At that point, it's 'either fire me or
leave me alone.' " Therein lies the problem. If you have to vent
frustration, vent it at the people who write agenda-driven notes.

I agree whole-heartedly with your frustration, though. I also want to
see Crusade finished. I'd like to see Jeremiah finished. Hell, I'd
even like to see Capt. Power and Legend of the Rangers finished. Okay,
I'm getting off the soapbox now. A guy who's only 5'6" has no business
being that far up in the air anyway.

Bill
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