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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: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:24:35 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Keith Jones wrote:
> I'm guessing I'm going to have to ditch my silly theory that Sinclair
> was always going to go back with Babylon-4.
>
Actually, that question has a far more interesting answer than you
might suspect....
jms
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Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:26:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
The process has really been an interesting one...this was originally
going to be just a chance to publish the scripts and get them all out
there, but it's grown much past that. I don't think there has ever
been this detailed an examination of the making of the show from the
inside before, as brought out now through the general introductions and
episodic discussions in the books. There's stuff in here nobody's ever
heard about before, all the real behind-the-scenes stuff.
I'm now three books into this thing, and the volume one intro is now
almost 14,000 words in length, volume two is over 15,000 words, and the
intro I'm currently writing to volume three is already at 13,000 words
and I'm still only about two-thirds through the darned thing. Given
that the average book is 80K to 100K in length, by the time I'm
finished writing intros for all these books there will be almost enough
for two volumes just on the making of B5.
I'd always originally intended to one day write the Making of B5 as its
own book...but now it looks like I'm close to writing that book now, on
the installment plan....
jms
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:38:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Okay, though we're right down to the wire, I managed to get seven of
the most crucial memos into the first volume of script books...the ones
that define the B5 universe in terms of casting, sets, CGI, the
background of the various races, prosthetics, directing, wardrobe,
ranks and so on. These are the actual memos written at the time, which
had the problem of a) creating the universe as we first find it, b)
setting up stuff for years down the road, while c) keeping some
information secret for fears it would leak.
It's pretty compelling stuff, to be honest...I'd forgotten about a lot
of it, and the sense of immediacy and the show being created as we went
is pretty cool.
jms
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:18:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
KoshN wrote:
> Ever consider writing the rest of the Crusade scripts and publishing
> them this way, maybe one season per book? You could even make Season 1
> the way you'd like to have done it (minus the TNT notes), *or* if
> that's too much work, just finish Season 1 using the 13 existing
> episodes as-is. The latter would only require 9 or 10 additional
> scripts (3 of which are already done, assuming you can get Fiona's
> "Value Judgements" into the set).
>
> That way, you can get around TNT and WB, and tell the story the way you
> want to tell it, and we fans can get the story and imagine it based
> upon what we got to see in the Crusade (i.e. visualizing those
> characters). It'd be almost as good as having it on TV.
>
> Hey, it's a way for you to tell the story, and a way for us fans to
> read it, and they can't stop you from selling your scripts, right?
Actually, they could...writing new material would require a license
from WB. Existing scripts are a different matter. Also, I wouldn't
write scripts unless I knew they were going to be produced, otherwise
there's no point to the script format, prose is better for that...but
again, that would require a license, and I don't think WB would go with
that.
BTW, I mis-spoke myself in an earlier note...I meant to say that volume
15 has the alternate "Sky Full of Stars" script, not "Midnight on the
Firing Line." I had a senior moment....
jms
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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:14:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
BTW, in reply to a bunch of private emails I've gotten from folks like
gdeste@comcast.net asking about shipping charges on orders locally and
overseas...I sent an email to inquire, and the fees for shipping are as
low as $4 for US, as low as $6 for Canada, and as low as $7 everywhere
else (depending on how fast one wants it to arrive).
jms
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Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 06:36:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Rob Perkins wrote:
> jmsatb5@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Still debating it...if we do release the Foundation text, it would be
> > as a separate thing, because even though it was kind of the background
> > or...well... foundation for much of the philosophy of B5, it's still
> > its own separate thing, and I would want to keep the show apart from
> > that.
>
> Careful you don't get elroned.
>
> Rob
Which is one of the reasons I've debated this for so long (and the
debate is still continuing).
jms
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Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:17:57 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Jan wrote:
>
> I know we've been asking you for all sorts of things to add to the books but
> here's one more...didn't you once say that you'd worked out and written down
the
> history and principles of Foundationism and had thought about releasing it?
> These books might be a good place for it?
>
Still debating it...if we do release the Foundation text, it would be
as a separate thing, because even though it was kind of the background
or...well... foundation for much of the philosophy of B5, it's still
its own separate thing, and I would want to keep the show apart from
that.
> Funny...I was just looking around the JMSNews.com archive to try to find the
> post about Foundationism and couldn't locate it. What I *did* find was a
post
> from 1998 saying that the first Foundationist meeting would be July 17, 2005.
> Hmmmm...wonder how attendance was.
>
There was cake, and me and Buddy had great fun.
jms
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:54:03 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
jmsatb5@aol.com wrote:
>
> I'm now three books into this thing, and the volume one intro is now
> almost 14,000 words in length, volume two is over 15,000 words, and the
> intro I'm currently writing to volume three is already at 13,000 words
> and I'm still only about two-thirds through the darned thing. Given
> that the average book is 80K to 100K in length, by the time I'm
> finished writing intros for all these books there will be almost enough
> for two volumes just on the making of B5.
>
Just finished the volume 3 intro...it's almost 19,000 words.
Fortunately, 14,723 of them are "wubble."
This is getting completely out of control....
jms
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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:38:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Babylon 5 Scripts Site Nearly Ready, And More!
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Wendy of NJ wrote:
>
> I've already ordered the first book, BTW. But I didn't recieve a
> notification email. (Maybe it was me that made the server crash? I
> used to have a reputation for "breaking" software...) I guess I'll
> just sign up again...
>
Not necessary...everyone's email who signed up the fisrt time is
already on file. They may go to a different service company to send
out new updates and re-send the first batch.
One other note from the scripts team doing this...they're sending out
personalized responses to every email they receive with a question via
the feedback window. But as part of that, they've asked me to let
folks on AOL know to check their spam filters in case the responses get
stuck there (as some have).
jms
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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:58:02 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: JMS: BoLS = miniseries?
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Jan wrote:
> JMS,
>
> I noticed that the small print called Book of Lost Souls a miniseries. Was
that
> an error or is there a trial period?
>
> Nice to see Synthetic Worlds as the copyright holder.
>
Nope, it's an ongoing, insofar as I know.
jms
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