JMS: 'Tis the Season...
Jan
Straczynski-verses including (but not limited to):
Superman: Earth One and your plans. It's scheduled for 2 GNs per year?
Brave & the Bold (loved #29 with the Geek)
Shattered Union
The Flickering Light
Forbidden Planet
Lensman
They Marched into Sunlight
TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
..and any other projects I've missed.
And for 'old' business, has Ninja Assassin performed satisfactorily as it's been
opening up around the world?
I read recently that the last scripts for The Twelve will be handed in shortly.
What can we look forward to there?
..and any new projects that you'd care to tell or tease about. New names that
you've added to your speed-dial recently, for instance?
Super congratulations not just on getting a Superman title that will let you
take a fresh look at the character, but one in a format that doesn't limit you
to 22-page chunks.
Thanks,
Jan
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> TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
Perhaps that's what it's called: "TV Series Pilot for FOX" and it's the
pilot for a new TV series (for FOX) about making pilots for new TV series.
For FOX.
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Stefan
> Jan <janmschroe...@aol.com> wrote:
> > TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
>
> Perhaps that's what it's called: "TV Series Pilot for FOX" and it's the
> pilot for a new TV series (for FOX) about making pilots for new TV series.
> For FOX.
Never before seen innovative intriguing concept.
The studio will be terrific delighted.
Ste <g> fan
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without laughter"
[A Race Through Dark Places]
Jan
>
>Jan <janmsc...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
>
>Perhaps that's what it's called: "TV Series Pilot for FOX" and it's the
>pilot for a new TV series (for FOX) about making pilots for new TV series.
>For FOX.
>
Yeah, I suppose it could be. But if that's the case, shouldn't Joss Whedon be
writing it? ;-)
Giovanni Wassen
>>> TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
>>
>>Perhaps that's what it's called: "TV Series Pilot for FOX" and it's
>>the pilot for a new TV series (for FOX) about making pilots for new TV
>>series. For FOX.
>>
>
> Yeah, I suppose it could be. But if that's the case, shouldn't Joss
> Whedon be writing it? ;-)
Nah, we wouldn't want it to be canceled.
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Amy Guskin
(in article <Xns9CE1845517...@188.40.43.213>):
> Jan wrote:
>
>>>> TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
>>>
>>> Perhaps that's what it's called: "TV Series Pilot for FOX" and it's
>>> the pilot for a new TV series (for FOX) about making pilots for new TV
>>> series. For FOX.
>>>
>>
>> Yeah, I suppose it could be. But if that's the case, shouldn't Joss
>> Whedon be writing it? ;-)
>
> Nah, we wouldn't want it to be canceled. <<
Hey, they cancel other sf, too: don't forget about Terminator: Sarah Connor
Chronicles.
Amy
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Giovanni Wassen
>>>> Perhaps that's what it's called: "TV Series Pilot for FOX" and it's
>>>> the pilot for a new TV series (for FOX) about making pilots for new
>>>> TV series. For FOX.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, I suppose it could be. But if that's the case, shouldn't Joss
>>> Whedon be writing it? ;-)
>>
>> Nah, we wouldn't want it to be canceled. <<
>
> Hey, they cancel other sf, too: don't forget about Terminator: Sarah
> Connor Chronicles.
True, true.
But I didn't really mind that one, Dollhouse is okayish.
Wes Struebing
>..for a year-end wrap-up on all that's moving and shaking in the various
>Straczynski-verses including (but not limited to):
>
>Superman: Earth One and your plans. It's scheduled for 2 GNs per year?
>Brave & the Bold (loved #29 with the Geek)
>Shattered Union
>The Flickering Light
>Forbidden Planet
>Lensman
>They Marched into Sunlight
>TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
>
>..and any other projects I've missed.
>
>And for 'old' business, has Ninja Assassin performed satisfactorily as it's been
>opening up around the world?
>
>I read recently that the last scripts for The Twelve will be handed in shortly.
>What can we look forward to there?
>
>..and any new projects that you'd care to tell or tease about. New names that
>you've added to your speed-dial recently, for instance?
>
>Super congratulations not just on getting a Superman title that will let you
>take a fresh look at the character, but one in a format that doesn't limit you
>to 22-page chunks.
>
Woo. A plateful...
I guess you CAN'T hold a steady job, JMS! (running away very fast...)
--
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and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples,
promising liberty and justice for all.
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Wes Struebing
<ais...@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:00:30 -0500, Giovanni Wassen wrote
>(in article <Xns9CE1845517...@188.40.43.213>):
>
>> Jan wrote:
>>
>>>>> TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps that's what it's called: "TV Series Pilot for FOX" and it's
>>>> the pilot for a new TV series (for FOX) about making pilots for new TV
>>>> series. For FOX.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, I suppose it could be. But if that's the case, shouldn't Joss
>>> Whedon be writing it? ;-)
>>
>> Nah, we wouldn't want it to be canceled. <<
>
>Hey, they cancel other sf, too: don't forget about Terminator: Sarah Connor
>Chronicles.
>
There is mercy, after all.
Amy Guskin
(in article <u4vdi51djpufb2i4j...@4ax.com>):
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:55:03 -0500, Amy Guskin
> <ais...@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>
>>>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:00:30 -0500, Giovanni Wassen wrote
>> (in article <Xns9CE1845517...@188.40.43.213>):
>>
>>> Jan wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps that's what it's called: "TV Series Pilot for FOX" and it's
>>>>> the pilot for a new TV series (for FOX) about making pilots for new TV
>>>>> series. For FOX.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I suppose it could be. But if that's the case, shouldn't Joss
>>>> Whedon be writing it? ;-)
>>>
>>> Nah, we wouldn't want it to be canceled. <<
>>
>> Hey, they cancel other sf, too: don't forget about Terminator: Sarah Connor
>> Chronicles.
>>
> There is mercy, after all. <<
I'll have to disagree with you. After some problems early in the second
season, it was _really_ picking up, just in time to get canned. I think it
was better, at the time of cancellation, than Dollhouse.
Jan
"Straczynski went on to explain that he has a very specific plan for the
project, something unique and fresh. "It�s not a remake. It�s not a reimagining.
It�s not exactly a prequel," he explained at the time. "You�ll have to see it.
It�s something that no one has thought of when it comes to this storyline." With
all of this in mind, MTV's Josh Horowitz had to ask what was up with "Planet"
when he spoke to Cameron recently at the "Avatar" junket in London.
"That's a project that I'm actively involved in, but I haven't made any
decisions about it yet," Cameron said, adding "I love 'Forbidden Planet.'"
<snip>
"Besides, it's not like Cameron can make a decision before he gets a feel for
where the project is. Which he hasn't yet. "I haven't seen it yet," he said of
Straczynski's script. "I'm supposed to get it here pretty soon.""
In his last post, JMS said he was working on the draft and I think he mentioned
in a recent interview that he'd be turning it in around the end of the year.
Wes Struebing
<ais...@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:04:11 -0500, Wes Struebing wrote
>(in article <u4vdi51djpufb2i4j...@4ax.com>):
>
>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:55:03 -0500, Amy Guskin
>> <ais...@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:00:30 -0500, Giovanni Wassen wrote
>>> (in article <Xns9CE1845517...@188.40.43.213>):
>>>
>>>> Jan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>> TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps that's what it's called: "TV Series Pilot for FOX" and it's
>>>>>> the pilot for a new TV series (for FOX) about making pilots for new TV
>>>>>> series. For FOX.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, I suppose it could be. But if that's the case, shouldn't Joss
>>>>> Whedon be writing it? ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Nah, we wouldn't want it to be canceled. <<
>>>
>>> Hey, they cancel other sf, too: don't forget about Terminator: Sarah Connor
>>> Chronicles.
>>>
>> There is mercy, after all. <<
>
>I'll have to disagree with you. After some problems early in the second
>season, it was _really_ picking up, just in time to get canned. I think it
>was better, at the time of cancellation, than Dollhouse.
>
I'll have to give you that, Amy!
;-)
Dan Dassow
May the next year bring joy, hope and prosperity to one and all.
JMS only has three hours and six minutes to files his end of the year
report if he is to make the midnight Pacific time deadline. <*** WINK
***>
Dan Dassow
Jan
Dan Dassow says...
>
>Seasons greetings and Happy New Year!
>May the next year bring joy, hope and prosperity to one and all.
I second the motion!
>
>JMS only has three hours and six minutes to files his end of the year
>report if he is to make the midnight Pacific time deadline. <*** WINK
>***>
>
Alas, no sign of a year-end update or even a single post in December. I'm sure
he'll update us anon.
Amy Guskin
(in article
<32d2c82a-e2c9-482f...@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>):
> Seasons greetings and Happy New Year!
> May the next year bring joy, hope and prosperity to one and all. <<
Thanks, Dan -- my mantra for this year is "happiness, health and prosperity,"
but that's close enough. :-)
Happy new year, all.
Wes Struebing
wrote:
>>> On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:54:46 -0500, Dan Dassow wrote
>(in article
><32d2c82a-e2c9-482f...@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>):
>
>> Seasons greetings and Happy New Year!
>> May the next year bring joy, hope and prosperity to one and all. <<
>
>Thanks, Dan -- my mantra for this year is "happiness, health and prosperity,"
>but that's close enough. :-)
>
>Happy new year, all.
>
(stirring the pot) - and it's the start of a new decade(nce), so we
have a fresh start.
Giovanni Wassen
> (stirring the pot) - and it's the start of a new decade(nce)
No, it isn't :)
Christophe Bachmann
> Wes Struebing wrote:
>
>> (stirring the pot) - and it's the start of a new decade(nce)
>
> No, it isn't :)
>
decades are counted by the number in the ten's slot contrariwise to
centuries that are counted from year one. So 2000 was the first of the
oughties but the last year of the twentieth century.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/31/a-little-decadence
If that makes sense...
--
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Chris CII, Rennes, France
SLerman
> Le 02/01/2010 22:43, Giovanni Wassen a écrit :> Wes Struebing wrote:
>
> >> (stirring the pot) - and it's the start of a new decade(nce)
>
> > No, it isn't :)
>
> That is disputable, but astronomers (at least the bad one) say that
> decades are counted by the number in the ten's slot contrariwise to
> centuries that are counted from year one. So 2000 was the first of the
> oughties but the last year of the twentieth century.
>
>
> If that makes sense...
> --
> Greetings, Salutations,
> Guiraud Belissen, Château du Ciel, Drachenwald,
> Chris CII, Rennes, France
I think it also has to do with the naming. Decades are almost always
named by cardinal numbers; the 1980's were the years 1980 to 1989, the
1990's were 1990 to 1999, etc. When centuries are named by ordinal
numbers, such as the 20th century, it's usually assumed to mean the
20th complete century, which would be 1901 to 2000. You could probably
make the argument that "the 1900's" refers to 1900 to 1999, even
though "the 20th century", which is normally considered to be the same
thing, is 1901 to 2000.
Lance Corporal "Hammer" Schultz
> If that makes sense...
It does -- on the decade issue, both sides have valid arguments, but
for me it boils down to the fact that we say "the 60s" not "the decade
from 61 to 70."
This is unlike the millennium issue, where people who said 2000 was
the start of a new millennium were manifestly and inexcusably wrong.
--
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Promote someone else.
Wes Struebing
<star...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:06:49 +0100, Christophe Bachmann wrote:
>
>> If that makes sense...
>
>It does -- on the decade issue, both sides have valid arguments, but
>for me it boils down to the fact that we say "the 60s" not "the decade
>from 61 to 70."
>
>This is unlike the millennium issue, where people who said 2000 was
>the start of a new millennium were manifestly and inexcusably wrong.
Yeayh. Think of your age and how it is counted. Then 0-9 as a decade
makes sense - sort of...
Chris Adams
>This is unlike the millennium issue, where people who said 2000 was
>the start of a new millennium were manifestly and inexcusably wrong.
There's really no justification for the old "century is (x)01-(x+1)00,
millennium is (x)001-(x+1)000" argument. Sure, there was no year 0.
Guess what, they didn't call it year 1 either! It was supposed to be
years since the birth of Christ, but the best current estimates for that
(if you believe in Christ, or for the historical events mentioned around
that time in the Bible if you don't) are IIRC 4-8 BC.
It is a retroactively-applied numbering scheme, so calling it what is
the most convenient is easier. There really can't be a wrong answer,
since it is just a convention.
For that matter, I'm a computer science guy; most computer languages
start counting with 0 anyway. :-)
--
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Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
Greg Hennessy
> Sure, there was no year 0.
Yes there was, it came after year -1, and before year 1. :)
Astronomers use that system.
> For that matter, I'm a computer science guy; most computer languages
> start counting with 0 anyway. :-)
I work at the US Naval Observatory, and we had two Millenium
celibrations. I called the first one Millenium for C programmers and
the second one Millenium for Fortran programmers.
Doug Freyburger
> Wes Struebing wrote:
>
>> (stirring the pot) - and it's the start of a new decade(nce)
>
> No, it isn't :)
Is too. ;^)
Learning to count as a computer guy - zero, one, two, three ...
How many Vorlons does it take to screw in a light bulb? "Everyone".
What does that mean? "It is too late for the pebbles to vote. The
avalanche has already begun."
Duggy
> Learning to count as a computer guy - zero, one, two, three ...
I thought computer guys counted - "one, ten, eleven, one hundred..."
===
= DUG.
===
Jan
planned. It's just wrong. It's not fulfilling its purpose without plans
penciled in and highlighted and things to look forward to besides regularly
scheduled holidays.
So, JMS, have you got any convention/lecture/whatever appearances planned for
this year?
Thanks,
jms...@aol.com
freaking flu. So I've been way out of contact with everyone on
everything.
On Dec 13 2009, 3:21 am, Jan <janmschroe...@aol.com> wrote:
> ..for a year-end wrap-up on all that's moving and shaking in the various
> Straczynski-verses including (but not limited to):
>
> Superman: Earth One and your plans. It's scheduled for 2 GNs per year?
At this point, I believe that's the plan. The script for the first
128 page GN is done and in, most of the art is done, and a bunch of
the pages have been colored. So we're well ahead of the game. (They
need a full year to properly promote the book and get it out there.)
> Brave & the Bold (loved #29 with the Geek)
Atom/Joker comes out in a week or two, then it's Aquaman/Demon, then a
combo of Batgirl/Wonder Woman/Zatanna, then a kind of experimental
situation with two issues on a parallel track, telling different but
related stories with different teams (first: Legion of Super-Heroes
and the Doom Patrol, followed by the League of Substitute Heroes and
the Inferior Five).
> Shattered Union
Working on it now.
> The Flickering Light
May have something interesting to say about this in March or April.
> Forbidden Planet
Next draft turned in, waiting for responses.
> Lensman
Working on it now.
> They Marched into Sunlight
On hold pending a new director. Also the political climate has
changed a bit, so it's not as timely as it was.
> TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
Final draft of the script went in to the network last week, so we'll
know something soon. I've heard we're in pretty good shape for a
pilot pickup, but I've heard that before.
> ..and any other projects I've missed.
>
> And for 'old' business, has Ninja Assassin performed satisfactorily as it's been
> opening up around the world?
Warners is more than satisfied with the results.
> I read recently that the last scripts for The Twelve will be handed in shortly.
> What can we look forward to there?
Finishing them up right now.
> ..and any new projects that you'd care to tell or tease about. New names that
> you've added to your speed-dial recently, for instance?
I'm finishing writing Midnight Nation as a movie which one of the
biggest producers in town wants me to also direct. There may also be
some movement soon on Dream Police and a new SF film trilogy I've put
together for film. And I've gotten a fair amount of work done on my
autobio. I figure it's time.
> Super congratulations not just on getting a Superman title that will let you
> take a fresh look at the character, but one in a format that doesn't limit you
> to 22-page chunks.
To the convention question raised at the end of this thread...I'm
seriously thinking of taking a rest from cons this year. I need to
focus on the work, and it seems like every time I do one lately, I end
up with the Martian Death Flu. Random House may do a book tour in
association with the Superman GN, but I haven't heard the final word
on that yet.
jms
David Williams
<jms...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:b4547944-081a-423d...@o28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
> Have been up to my ears with work
Sheesh! MAKE yourself get some sleep. Probably the most critical component
of the human immune system. Personal experience is that just about the only
time I get sick is when I get run down due to lack of sleep.
But thanks for the update. Intriguing news on Midnight Nation film. That
would be a must-see. Will keep my fingers crossed!
Does "Book of Lost Souls" have any news to share in the foreseeable future?
Regards,
David W.
Mac Breck
B5 GN?
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-------------------------------
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Galen (to Gideon): "I've been penalized before for helping other
people. I've been trying to decide whether or not I should risk it
again."
Jan
In article <b4547944-081a-423d...@o28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
jms...@aol.com says...
>
>> Brave & the Bold (loved #29 with the Geek)
>
>Atom/Joker comes out in a week or two, then it's Aquaman/Demon, then a
>combo of Batgirl/Wonder Woman/Zatanna, then a kind of experimental
>situation with two issues on a parallel track, telling different but
>related stories with different teams (first: Legion of Super-Heroes
>and the Doom Patrol, followed by the League of Substitute Heroes and
>the Inferior Five).
>
I do believe you're having fun with this.
>
>> TV Series Pilot for FOX (Any chance of a working title?)
>
>Final draft of the script went in to the network last week, so we'll
>know something soon. I've heard we're in pretty good shape for a
>pilot pickup, but I've heard that before.
Fingers crossed.
>
>I'm finishing writing Midnight Nation as a movie which one of the
>biggest producers in town wants me to also direct. There may also be
>some movement soon on Dream Police and a new SF film trilogy I've put
>together for film.
I'd love to see you direct Dream Police, too. That would be Very Cool, not to
mention insane.
Is the SF film trilogy an original creation?
>
>To the convention question raised at the end of this thread...I'm
>seriously thinking of taking a rest from cons this year. I need to
>focus on the work, and it seems like every time I do one lately, I end
>up with the Martian Death Flu. Random House may do a book tour in
>association with the Superman GN, but I haven't heard the final word
>on that yet.
>
Well, crud. But your health is much more important.
Jan
>
>
>
>Does "Book of Lost Souls" have any news to share in the foreseeable future?
>
IANJMS but the last we heard was that BOLS was a casualty of JMS leaving Marvel.
The Icon line of creator-owned comics was/is reserved for those who have
exclusive contracts with them.
Even sadder, it seems that issue #7 was written and drawn but never came out.
I really liked that book a lot, both JMS' writing and Colleen Doran's art. I
was lucky enought to be able to pick up a few original drawings from the series.
Dan Dassow
<-- snip -->
> To the convention question raised at the end of this thread...I'm
> seriously thinking of taking a rest from cons this year. I need to
> focus on the work, and it seems like every time I do one lately, I end
> up with the Martian Death Flu. Random House may do a book tour in
> association with the Superman GN, but I haven't heard the final word
> on that yet.
>
> jms
The book tour sounds promising. Maybe if we ask Random House's PR
department nicely, we might convince them to include St. Louis and
other locations. :-)
Dan Dassow
Mac Breck
Andrew Swallow
{snip}
>
>> They Marched into Sunlight
>
> On hold pending a new director. Also the political climate has
> changed a bit, so it's not as timely as it was.
Any thoughts on the idea that Al Qaeda will drag Obama into Yemen
or Iran may go hot war?
Andrew Swallow
Doug Freyburger
>
> Any thoughts on the idea that Al Qaeda will drag Obama into Yemen
> or Iran may go hot war?
What's the Londo quote? Something like -
Only a fool fights a war on two fronts. Only the heir to the kingdom of
fools fights a war on hundreds of fronts.
Trouble is it looks like Al Qaida sees it as a war on one front - Their
vision of fundie Islam against the infidels. While folks in secular
civilization see it as a war where every location is a front.
Andrew Swallow
It is a different front when you have to bribe and/or threaten a
different man-in-charge to operate.
Since they are different religions with few governmental connections
there is no one in joint charge of security in Iran and Yemen. This
limitation applies to both sides. If Al Qaeda does not realise this
they have made a major mistake.
Andrew Swallow
Bill
IMO *only*, Obama is the one stuck with cleaning up the mess created
by the heir to the kingdom of fools. How many different countries
provided intel proving not only that Iraq was not involved in 9/11,
but that al-Qaeda was definitely behind it? Now instead of one swift
strike that might have devastated al-Qaeda - or at least discouraged
terrorist actions around the world - we're stuck with an enemy that is
scattered and growing.
BTW, let me put up a question about al-Qaeda. Is it just me or is
there some basic flaw (besides people) in the major recent religions
that allows them to descend into unprovoked violence against
nonbelievers? Christians racked up the Crusades and the witch hunts
among other things. The Old Testament shows that Jews attacked when
diplomacy could easily have sufficed in the book of Joshua, for
example. Isn't al-Qaeda nothing more than the co-opting and corruption
of the Islam by radicals, just like had happened with Judaism and
Christianity before? Or should I just STFU and go back to watching my
B5 discs?
Bill
Doug Freyburger
>
> BTW, let me put up a question about al-Qaeda. Is it just me or is
> there some basic flaw (besides people) in the major recent religions
> that allows them to descend into unprovoked violence against
> nonbelievers?
Depends on what you count as provocation. Attacking the next city as an
imperialist act and saying it's for the glory of your city's patron
goddess is a tradition going back so far it was one tribal group
invading another tribal group's hunting valley. But doing it because
your religion teaches that there religion is wrong is definitely new on
a time scale of millenia.
Which viewpoint applies to the First Ones? When it was a competition of
kicking over young species was it really not yet bad? When it changed
to wiping out the species serving the competition it did become about
calling the other guy wrong, but was it really any worse? It got the
offenders kicked out of the galaxy at that point.
> Christians racked up the Crusades and the witch hunts
> among other things.
Provocation was imperialist expansion by the new Muslim religion and the
nations with majority Muslim citizens who then shut off travel to the
sacred sites.
> The Old Testament shows that Jews attacked when
> diplomacy could easily have sufficed in the book of Joshua, for
> example.
Lot's of big empires taking over the regions near Jeruselum in the Old
Testament. Not sure what the details were in that particular case. But
the Old Testament is filled with a group using God as an excuse to
commit genocide, slavery, rape and such.
> Isn't al-Qaeda nothing more than the co-opting and corruption
> of the Islam by radicals, just like had happened with Judaism and
> Christianity before?
Western influence is corrupting the youth. MacDonalds and Nike and Coca
Cola are popular therefore the nations of origin need to be attacked.
The way I depict it sounds pretty lame but it's the sort of stuff Bin
Laden made speeches about.
Let's not forget that similar happened with polytheists. The Viking Age
was triggered when Christians stopped trading with Heathens and the
resulting economic changes among the polytheists led them to launch
attacks all over the place. Sure, some of the famous Viking raids were
retaliation against the embargo but who thinks that was the reason for
raids on Baghdab or Constantiople?
Be sure to pay attention to that question when watching the arc about
the war and what happened to the Vorlons and Shadows after the war.
It's a large theme in the series.
Jan
John W. Kennedy
> BTW, let me put up a question about al-Qaeda. Is it just me or is
> there some basic flaw (besides people) in the major recent religions
> that allows them to descend into unprovoked violence against
> nonbelievers? Christians racked up the Crusades and the witch hunts
> among other things.
Witch hunts are as old as humanity; blaming Christianity is as futile
as blaming the Industrial Revolution for greed. (Indeed, in the days
of Charlemagne, it was the RC Church that was fighting to stop witch
hunts.) It was the Renaissance that saw the great wave.
And, though there were a great many bad things about the Crusades,
they were /not/ "unprovoked".
Matt Ion
> And I've gotten a fair amount of work done on my
> autobio. I figure it's time.
So in the inevitable biopic, maybe 20 years down the road... who plays
JMS? And who plays other major characters in his (professional) life?
Right off the top of my head, I nominate Tom Cruise as Harlan Ellison,
based on his character in Tropic Thunder :)
More importantly, how about Neil Patrick Harris as Buddy?
Dan Dassow
Matt,
There are so many interesting possibilities that you raise. For a
start, I would cast Zach Galifianakis as J. Michael Straczynski, but
not because of any physical similarity. The actor who plays JMS should
have a last name as difficult to spell and pronounce as JMS's. <***
WINK ***>
Dan Dassow
Let loose the NBS
Jon Schild
In that case, there's always James Caviezel. Or, if you really want to
stretch it, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be too
old by then.
Jo'Asia
> Dan Dassow wrote:
>> Matt,
>> There are so many interesting possibilities that you raise. For a
>> start, I would cast Zach Galifianakis as J. Michael Straczynski, but
>> not because of any physical similarity. The actor who plays JMS should
>> have a last name as difficult to spell and pronounce as JMS's. <***
>> WINK ***>
>> Dan Dassow
>> Let loose the NBS
> In that case, there's always James Caviezel. Or, if you really want to
> stretch it, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be too
> old by then.
I suppose Yvonne Strahovski is disqualified by her sex? ;)
Jo'Asia
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Dan Dassow
> Jon Schild wrote:
> > Dan Dassow wrote:
> >> Matt,
> >> There are so many interesting possibilities that you raise. For a
> >> start, I would cast Zach Galifianakis as J. Michael Straczynski, but
> >> not because of any physical similarity. The actor who plays JMS should
> >> have a last name as difficult to spell and pronounce as JMS's. <***
> >> WINK ***>
> >> Dan Dassow
> >> Let loose the NBS
> > In that case, there's always James Caviezel. Or, if you really want to
> > stretch it, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be too
> > old by then.
>
> I suppose Yvonne Strahovski is disqualified by her sex? ;)
>
I do not think so. That would be type casting. ;-)
Dan Dassow
Matt Ion
> On 04/01/2010 6:38 PM, jms...@aol.com wrote:
>
>> And I've gotten a fair amount of work done on my
>> autobio. I figure it's time.
>
> So in the inevitable biopic, maybe 20 years down the road... who plays
> JMS? And who plays other major characters in his (professional) life?
So just for giggles, I found a "who is my celebrity lookalike" page
(http://celebrity.myheritage.com) and plugged in a JMS headshot I found,
and among the actor matches I got Alan Rickman (68% match) and Philip
Seymour Hoffman (64%). Hmmmm!
Oddly, the closest match it found (75%) was PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas...
Matt Ion
Oh dear... just tried this with another photo, and the results are far
more disturbing...
Christophe Bachmann
I don't know if it's more or less disturbing but try clicking on the
Gender button to select only Males...
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