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BTW, I can't recall if I mentioned this here before or not, but in
addition to some other redesigns on the site -- some items being
retired, others being refined -- when the new volume goes up on Monday,
the women's section of the quote site will be up and running, with
stuff more fitting for, well, women...who are apparently built a bit
differently than men, and asked for some different options.
Who knew?
jms
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Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 06:14:26 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Volume 3 Available Monday
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, <jmsatb5@aol.com> said:
> >when the new volume goes up on Monday,
>
> Actually, volume 3 is available now. The price is a little higher than
> usual though; you have tell us if you get any takers! :-)
We don't want any takers on that version...that's just there to make
sure nobody picks it up early, when we're still tweaking it.
And I was wrong, the re-design is already done on the rest of the site,
which is available at:
http://www.cafepress.com/thejoestore
jms
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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 02:01:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: JMS: Year-end update?
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Dwight Williams wrote:
> jmsatb5@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Also, now that the CBC strike is over, ....
>
> Respectfully, Joe: what happened at CBC was a *lockout*, not a strike.
> Management locked out the Canadian Media Guild members, from reporters
> to technicians for eight weeks.
>
You're right, I misspoke. I was actually there, lurking in the
background, during one of their rallies where they spoke about this at
length. I'm afraid my typing got ahead of my brain a bit.
I stand (or sit or squat) corrected.
jms
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Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:17:35 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: ATTN JMS: B5 (and general) script questions
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Rick wrote:
> JMS:
>
> I notice, in reading the _B5_ script books that sometimes you just
> establish in stage directions (if that's the correct term) that
> characters are walking into or out of a room; or if already there,
> whether they're standing or sitting. But nothing more specific about
> _what_ the characters are doing. Yet, on screen a particular character
> may be doing something different than just sitting or standing there.
>
> Case in point: "The quality of Mercy." According to the script, there's
> a scene in Act 1 where Sinclair, Garibaldi, Talia and the Ombuds are
> seated at the conference room table. No description of what they're
> doing beyond sitting and talking. Yet, in the aired episode, the scene
> opens with Garibaldi doing almost a complete circuit about the table,
> taking his seat as he theorizes that Mueller has killed often in the
> past. Was this change depicted in a later version of the script, or did
> you leave it to Jerry Doyle to sort of fill in the blanks, as it were?
> That circuit around the table does seem in character for Garibaldi, and
> I could see it as being either a script change or the actor's
> suggestion.
>
> On the other hand, in some cases, such as a scene (I'm blanking on the
> episode) specifying Sinclair getting his link caught in his sleeve, you
> give specific stage directions. In terms of script writing (in general)
> do scripts mostly give specific instructions as to what characters are
> doing; or mostly give general enough instructions to allow the actor
> some leeway to interpret the action; or is it a mix of the two? I
> notice, for example, that Londo putting his arm around Lennier in the
> teaser of the same episode is also not described in the script; but we
> are told that Londo seems more excited about Lennier's "education" that
> Lennier does.
>
> I suppose the main reason I ask, beyond the general curiosity, is that
> the scene at the conference room table reminded me of a scene in one of
> my novels, in which my characters discuss how they're going to proceed
> following a major setback. They're gathered about the table in this
> scene, but when I first wrote it, I found they came across as talking
> heads if there was just dialogue. So I had them _doing_ things during
> this discussion. I had Will pacing back and forth (because that's his
> way- always impatient to get on with matters); while one or two others
> fiddled with knick knacks on the table. Others just sat (or stood)
> listening to the debate, and contributing from time to time.
>
I put an action in if I think it is important, otherwise I leave it be
and let the director and the actor work out the staging. The director
moves the actor around the room to keep things visually interesting,
and that's their purview. So the sleeve thing was important to
establish kind of the cumbersome nature of things, but whether someone
walks around a table, or back and forth, or clockwise, is not a story
point and is the director's purview.
jms
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Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:18:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: JMS: Year-end update?
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Matt Ion wrote:
> Thunder 06 wrote:
> > Kay Shapero wrote:
> >
> >> BTW - speaking of large editions, how's Buddy doing these days? Got
> >> any recent pictures? Need a place to post 'em? Now that my site's on
> >> HareLink I've got LOTS of room.
> >
> >
> > I wonder how long it will be before jms decides to do a story about cats
> > (I mean, more central then in BoLS). I'd buy it... :)
>
> You'll note that while he's adamantly refused to use kids and cute
> robots to tell his stories, he's never said anything about not casting
> cats...
>
Actually, volume 3 does talk about the casting of cats....
jms
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Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 01:17:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: JMS: Year-end update?
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Kay Shapero wrote:
> BTW - speaking of large editions, how's Buddy doing these days? Got any
> recent pictures? Need a place to post 'em? Now that my site's on
> HareLink I've got LOTS of room.
I'd need a wider-angle lens, I suspect, especially now, with his winter
coat in full bloom, his massive mane turning his face into a really,
really annoying (for him) ....sunflower.
jms
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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 06:01:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Volume 3 Available Monday
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Joan wrote:
> I have one question Joe. Have you ever written for/or any comedy
> shows? I love your sense of humor.
>
>
Probably the closest I've come is the animated series The Real
Ghostbusters, which had a rather substantial amount of humor to it.
But for sitcoms...no, never done it, never really had that much
interest in it because I don't find a lot of them very funny. I think
that without laugh tracks, a lot of those folks would be out of
business. They're too self-aware, too self-consciously funny...granted
there are exceptions, but I've almost given up watching sitcoms for the
most part. (On the other hand, if I come across a rerun of the Dick
Van Dyke show, or Fawlty Towers, I'm there...it's just never-endingly
funny.)
On the flip side, however, on my own shortcomings...I cannot write or
tell a joke to save my life. I kind of look at things funny, and I can
express something in a way that sometimes gets a laugh...but to write
an actual joke is just about impossible for me.
jms
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Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 06:03:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Volume 3 Available Monday
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Captain Infinity wrote:
> Once Upon A Time jmsatb5@aol.com wrote:
>
> >As for the suggestions...I'll have to go back over my notes, but it was
> >the one who first suggested using the core B5 questions: who are you,
> >what do you want, where are you going, why are you here? Seemed
> >perfect for a shirt, particularly if you're meeting someone for the
> >first time.
>
> That was me.
>
>
Then you need to go to the B5 scripts site, and leave your info in the
feedback section, so it can be archived for when the shirts become
available.
jms
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Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 07:08:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Real Ghostbusters DVDs
From: jmsatb5@aol.com
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
choi9999@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hi Joe -- I noticed the Real Ghostbusters was finally coming out on DVD
> beginning in February, although the DVDs seem to be more theme-based
> than airing-order-based. Any word on extras, or whether a season set
> will be coming out?
Actually, this is the first I'm hearing of it, so I know as much as you
do at this point. Where'd you see the info?
jms
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