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Skriven 2007-07-01 00:47:35 av Mac Breck (2168.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Shouldn't We Be Getting Hyped Up?
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"Bill" <feline_ranger@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1183243326.775348.24610@k29g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> 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.

Well, that's part of what I meant by the nature of the TV business, the
network suits with agendas, the two-faced pinheads with 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.

I'd add Brimstone to that list.  Yes, I know it's not one of JMS's but
I'd really love to see that one finished as well.



-- 
Mac Breck (KoshN)
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"Brimstone" (1998)
Father Salinas: [Upon hearing Ezekiel Stone's confession] But the Prince
of Lies, the master of Hell... surely having his subjects back on Earth,
spreading chaos and destruction, all this would bring a smile to his
face.
Ezekiel Stone: I don't know, Father. You of all people know that even
the Devil has to answer to a higher power. He screwed up, and now he
needs someone to fix things. Someone to track down these creatures...
and send them back to Hell.
Father Salinas: Why are you telling me this... this ridiculous story?
Ezekiel Stone: Oh, come on, Father... I think you know WHY.
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