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This is a collection of recent posts by JMS to the newsgroup
rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
See also http://america.net/~judge for Dirk Loedding's archives
of JMS posts.
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Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 04:44:41 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: "AGEISM" in Hollywood?
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Davejev2000 wrote:
> I've got a good opportunity to get into a prestigious USC producing
> program, which the school says would put me in good position to get
> into an executive level job in Hollywood - but I will be 45 years old
> by the time I graduate - Do you think that would make it hard to get
> jobs (realistically)? I've heard Hollywood tends to be oriented
> towards younger entrants these days. . .
It varies depending on venue. Ageism is a real problem in this town
because it tends to be run by 20-somethings at the baseline network and
studio level. Up higher, it's older, sure, but most folks never get
past the note-givers in the trenches, and that's where you find the
kids.
The main groups afflicted by this are writers and actors; after them,
directors tend to get nailed, and the least affected tend to be
producers. Inside the network/studio/corporate structure I don't know
the situation on a personal basis...but certainly here as in any
profession, the older one is when making the jump, the steeper and more
difficult the climb.
jms
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Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:58:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: SciFi channel question
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
1/2 of 1% wrote:
> Joe,
> Given that the DVD's have been out for a while and B5 has been off the
> air for some time, is there a snowball's chance in spoo that SciFi would
> consider running the show?
> It HAS to be a better draw than some of the other tripe that they have
> been showing - even during the day.
>
> I need my Ivonova fix!
That's up to the fans to do, if they want the show to run, they need to
let SFC know about it. Otherwise it's just kinda sitting there.
jms
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Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 04:57:12 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: JMS: Rangers DVD?
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Jan wrote:
> JMS,
>
> Legend of the Rangers is listed as available at Amazon.uk on Oct. 25 but so
far
> we can't find any date for the US. It's reported that you mentioned December
at
> the Toronto convention, is that accurate?
>
Probably the Amazon date is closer, since they just had me approve the
cover art and copy. (Rewrote the back copy completely.)
> Also, given WBs unfortunate behavior regarding your Crusade commentary, is
there
> any hope of there being JMS commentary on the Rangers DVD?
>
I told them that I would only be willing to do a commentary if they
went back and revised the Crusade commentary to restore the material
they deleted without telling me.
So I'd say the odds were somewhere between slim and none.
jms
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 08:57:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: Time for an update?
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
iplatizky@yahoo.com wrote:
> JMS
>
> There hasn't been a full update in a little while of all things JMS. So
> how about it. Pretty please.
>
Actually, in the last six weeks there's been a bucketload of sudden new
stuff going on...but I've made the error in the past of talking about
things before they became real, so I'm going to put a pin in this for a
few weeks. Ask me again around the middle of October.
jms
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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:32:38 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: an update from jms
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
iplatizky@yahoo.com wrote:
> JMS
>
> There hasn't been a full update in a little while of all things JMS. So
> how about it. Pretty please.
>
> IP
Okay, I've given it some more thought, and there are a couple of things
that I can say...but again, I have to keep some of this close to my
vest for a while in terms of details, at least in the first regard.
I've just had a treatment purchased for series development by a major
studio/network. (This is non-B5.) The cool thing is that this is for
one of the major broadcast networks and, if it ends up going ahead,
would be for a prime-time series. But I have to attach all the usual
caveats: the process is this...you write the treatment, then you write
the pilot, then if the network likes the pilot script, they produce the
pilot, and then if they like the pilot they give you the series. It's
a very, very long process and like 90% of all development deals in town
it can stop at any given point.
But I'm very pleased about it because it's a major studio, major
broadcast network, and that's terrific. More than that I absolutely
can't say because everything about the story being developed is totally
confidential.
Now, that said, there's a little something else....
For years, I've been at conventions and had fans come up with
photocopied scripts they'd purchased from script stores or dealers for
$20 a pop, many times in poor condition...with loose or missing pages,
hard to read, and thought, there has to be a better way for fans to get
these scripts without paying that much for copies that are often
inferior.
So now, at some point in October, we're going to fix this.
All 91 Babylon 5 scripts that I wrote are going to be made available
through an independent publishing firm in trade paperback form. We're
still working out the final details in terms of how to put the scripts
together, but right now the plan is to do 7 scripts per book, each
volume released every two weeks or so, at a cost of about $29 per
volume if ordered in the first week or so it comes online) or $39 per
for those who buy later. That's four bucks per script if purchased
early, about five per script if published later...which saves fans a
HUGE amount of money.
There will be 14 volumes in all, each again containing 7 scripts AND
newly written introductions and commentaries about each episode that
are thus far averaging about 30 pages per book, telling some of the
behind-the-scenes stories that have never been told before (and some
that have), talking about the writing process, how the arc was created
and maintained, anectodes about cast and crew, what went into the
stories...enough so that at the end, at 30 pages over 14 volumes you
get about 420 pages of new material on the making of B5...a book unto
itself.
On top of THAT...some of the books will contain rare b&w photos from my
own personal archives, taken by me on set, which have never before been
seen by anyone else.
The very first book will have the Gathering script, plus 5 additional
scripts (to make up the 7 hours of material) BUT...and this is the cool
part...the script of the Gathering included in this volume will be one
that has NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY RELEASED BEFORE.
See, when we went to sell Babylon 5, I wrote a pilot screenplay to take
around. When we made the deal, the notes process began...and the
script went through considerable changes. But this is the ORIGINAL
draft, the one only seen by the studio and the other producers on the
show.
What's different? How about Garibaldi trying to get hold of his dying
father back on Mars...how about a shape-shifter instead of a Minbari
assassin with a changeling net...Londo as a part-time pick-pocket...Dr.
Chakri Mendak instead of Dr. Kyle...new scenes between Lyta and Laurel,
Delenn and others that were later cut...a LOT more character scenes
with Sinclair and Garibaldi...a discovery about Delenn's lifestone and
what that means to the Minbari...where Sinclair is NOT put on trial,
but finds a whole different and more interesting way to solve the
mystery of Kosh's assailant...and the introduction of Kosh's life-mate,
Velana, who plays a very important role in the script. (Didn't know
Vorlons had life-mates, did you?)
This script is HUGELY different from the one we filmed -- funnier in
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