"Crusade" DVDs in TNT order
Chris Adams
order (as used by Sci-Fi). I just picked up my set and they are in the
original TNT order, starting with "War Zone".
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included) but we were just wishing out loud. I'm also not sure how much
say jms gets on how they order the shows on the disc (he did apparently
get his way on the commentaries though--I look forward to hearing that).
t.k.
Jan
>(he did apparently
>get his way on the commentaries though--I look forward to hearing that).
I've listened to the commenary and features but I haven't heard anything really
about what happened. Certainly not anything like the story we were told at
Hawthorne. One wonders if they gave in and let JMS talk about what happened
and then simply edited it out.
Jan
rob.lang...@gmail.com
for what episodes? Were any of the commentaries interesting enough to
justify buying the
set? (I have a friend who might be interested.) Lastly, are you
certain you
listened to everything? Considering who adamant JMS was about being
able to put the full story about what happened to the show on the DVDs,
I'm a bit shocked that he did not give himself a final approval clause
(since he's the creator of the show, doesn't he have the right to do
that and hasn't he indicated something like that about any merchandise
conducted with it?). At least now the whole franchise is out there,
apart from the movie that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel.
Best.
Rob
Amy Guskin
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> Lastly, are you certain you listened to everything?<<
You obviously do not know Jan. :-)
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there somewhere...
t.k.
Jms at B5
>really
>about what happened. Certainly not anything like the story we were told at
>Hawthorne. One wonders if they gave in and let JMS talk about what happened
>and then simply edited it out.
Yes, that's exactly what happened.
I sat down to watch the DVD set yesterday, having picked it up at the local
store, and went to the commentary. I'd put that information at the very start
of my commentary.
Now, understand: what I'd told WB was this....if you want me to do the
commentary, my requirement is that you let me tell what really happened. If
you want to use the commentary, you have to leve that in. If you don't want to
have that in, then don't use the commentary at all. Everybody agreed.
So I started it up...listened...and it was gone.
In its place is a segment taken from the on-camera interview.
This was the one tape they didn't send me for approval, which being busy I
didn't track back, but I was always told there wasn't a problem. At no time
did ANYONE from WB or New Wave Entertainment tell me that this was being done.
Doing these DVDs was the only way I had to date to get the bad taste of that
experience out of my mouth, the sheer dishonesty and rudeness of it all.
So much for that goal.
The term "furious" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm normally a very quiet,
soft spoken kind of guy.
But last night I broke the sound barrier and the dictionary all at the same
time.
Furious.
You have no idea.
jms
(jms...@aol.com)
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very quiet,
> soft spoken kind of guy.
>
> But last night I broke the sound barrier and the dictionary all at
the same
> time.
>
> Furious.
>
> You have no idea.
Do you have a transcript of the original that you can send out to
whomever will take it (Cinescape, SciFiWire), or better yet (though
unlikely), the audio?
Jan
>Now, understand: what I'd told WB was this....if you want me to do the
>commentary, my requirement is that you let me tell what really happened. If
>you want to use the commentary, you have to leve that in. If you don't want
>to
>have that in, then don't use the commentary at all. Everybody agreed.
>
>So I started it up...listened...and it was gone.
>
Forgiveness being easier to get than permission?
It would appear that, even after all this time they don't know better than to
screw around with you, your words and your work.
Depressing. Is there anything you can do about it for the future? Obviously
they're not going to admit an error and recall the DVDs.
Jan
Wendy of NJ
wrote:
Would it help if you unburdened yourself here, to us? Tell us what you
said on the commentary that got excized?
I would like to say that I'm shocked by WB/NewWave's behavior, but I'm
not. I'm really saddened, but not surprised.
-Wendy of NJ
Matt Ion
> This was the one tape they didn't send me for approval, which being busy I
> didn't track back, but I was always told there wasn't a problem.
Well, apparently there IS a problem with that DVD... I wonder if WB
would get the message if EVERYONE returned their DVD sets as
"defective"... and then returned the replacement sets... and the
subsequent replacement sets... until they ended up having to give
everyone refunds and managed to sell only three or four copies?
Matt Ion
> The term "furious" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm normally a very quiet,
> soft spoken kind of guy.
>
> But last night I broke the sound barrier and the dictionary all at the same
> time.
You know, if I was the WB exec responsible, I'd be applying to the
Witness Protection Program right about now... changing my name and
moving to someplace safe, like Mosul, Iraq.
Joe, any chance this agreement was in writing or otherwise recorded
somewhere? I know a legal tiff of this sort with your "parent"
organization at this stage in TMoS's production is not really a good
idea, but you know, for future reference...
Then again, I shudder to think of some of the not-quite-above-the-board
responses such a creative mind could conjure up, given time to stew and
simmer...
Oron Port
I really hate this. I was thinking of making this DVD set the first one
of the series I purchase, and mostly because of that commentary. Now I'm
not so sure.
Oron
David Williams
"Matt Ion" <sou...@moltenimage.com> wrote in message
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> Well, apparently there IS a problem with that DVD... I wonder if WB would
No.
-David W.
Jeffrey Kaplan
; >So I started it up...listened...and it was gone.
; >
;
; Forgiveness being easier to get than permission?
;
; It would appear that, even after all this time they don't know better than to
; screw around with you, your words and your work.
;
; Depressing. Is there anything you can do about it for the future? Obviously
; they're not going to admit an error and recall the DVDs.
Assuming accuracy of events reported, it was no error, it was done on
purpose.
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Jeffrey Kaplan
; Now, understand: what I'd told WB was this....if you want me to do the
; commentary, my requirement is that you let me tell what really happened. If
; you want to use the commentary, you have to leve that in. If you don't want to
; have that in, then don't use the commentary at all. Everybody agreed.
;
; So I started it up...listened...and it was gone.
So... what are you going to do about it? Along with most people here,
I'd like to hear what you had/have to say about the Crusade situation.
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<snip>
If that's the case, if/when they come to you for the Rangers commentary,
I'd tell them very plainly where to shove it... And maybe even opt out
of future commentaries since it's clear the studio doesn't really want
to hear what you have to say about the show anyway.
t.k.
Mac Breck
No, and that would probably be a black mark against Crusade,
itself. The corporate suits probably have rat brains.
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> Jms at B5 wrote:
> >>I've listened to the commenary and features but I
haven't heard anything
> >>really
> >>about what happened. Certainly not anything like the
story we were told at
> >>Hawthorne. One wonders if they gave in and let JMS talk
about what happened
> >>and then simply edited it out.
> >
> >
> > Yes, that's exactly what happened.
<big snip of the details>
> I really hate this. I was thinking of making this DVD set
the first one
> of the series I purchase, and mostly because of that
commentary. Now I'm
> not so sure.
It's STILL worth buying. It's be worth buying even if it
was a no-frills release, having only the 13 episodes minus
popups and voiceover ads./squished credits.
John W. Kennedy
The suggestion has already been made of successively buying copies and
returning them as "defective".
Or we can just not buy them at all.
Or we can wait for your directions.
(While you're ripping the suits new navels, be sure to remind them how
you just spent considerable time explaining to fans that it's wrong to
fileshare /because it cheats the artists/.)
--
John W. Kennedy
"The pathetic hope that the White House will turn a Caligula into a
Marcus Aurelius is as naïve as the fear that ultimate power inevitably
corrupts."
-- James D. Barber (1930-2004).
Mac Breck
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> >I've listened to the commenary and features but I haven't
heard anything
> >really
> >about what happened. Certainly not anything like the
story we were told at
> >Hawthorne. One wonders if they gave in and let JMS talk
about what happened
> >and then simply edited it out.
>
> Yes, that's exactly what happened.
The expletive "rat bastards" seems appropriate.
Amy Guskin
(in article <31u623F...@individual.net>):
> "Oron Port" <zora...@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:41b9b7ee$1...@news.bezeqint.net...
>> Jms at B5 wrote:
>>>> I've listened to the commenary and features but I
> haven't heard anything
>>>> really
>>>> about what happened. Certainly not anything like the
> story we were told at
>>>> Hawthorne. One wonders if they gave in and let JMS talk
> about what happened
>>>> and then simply edited it out.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, that's exactly what happened.
>
> <big snip of the details>
>
>
>> I really hate this. I was thinking of making this DVD set
> the first one
>> of the series I purchase, and mostly because of that
> commentary. Now I'm
>> not so sure.
>
> It's STILL worth buying. It's be worth buying even if it
> was a no-frills release, having only the 13 episodes minus
> popups and voiceover ads./squished credits.<<
I agree. And, I also agree with you that it would probably only reflect
badly on the show itself if we were all to return our sets. Not the right
message to send to a studio we still hope will produce a B5 film.
Amy
Amy Guskin
ng, and it needs to - and so many people are reading this thread so it seems
like the best place.
A rumor has floated to the surface, verified by a few people with industry
contacts (myself included), that WB is seriously considering recasting the
original roles for B5:TMoS. This is, of course, a DISASTER. I am trying to
think of the most horrible scenario, and it usually comes out as "...and
Jennifer Love Hewitt as Delenn."
I'm sure the feeling is that tv actors aren't big enough names. Or that they
want young, pretty, unskilled actors in the roles because they think they're
easier on the eyes. But I hasten to remind any WB suits reading this that if
we were to follow the model of Star Trek, using the tv cast in the first
feature film - and all subsequent ones - didn't seem to hurt the franchise at
all! And, I also want to point out that Viggo Mortensen wasn't anything like
a "name" before the first Lord of the Rings film.
I believe I speak for all of us when I say that, to a one, we do NOT want
recasts in the roles of our beloved characters.
I'm usually the first one to turn a jaundiced eye when someone suggests a
writing campaign. But I have heard the call, and I believe that NOW is the
time. The film hasn't even been officially announced yet, so casting is
certainly not yet set - NOW we need to make as much noise as possible, to
show the WB that this is something that will not go over well at ALL with the
fanbase. And if you think that the fanbase is not a statistically
significant percentage of the audience for this project, I remind you that
the main reason we are getting a movie at all is the astonishing DVD sales
figures. Sales figures that were so astonishing courtesy of you and I, and
every other fan who scraped together hard-earned money to buy each set the
moment it became available.
I don't even know who to write to at the WB, but the main address is:
Warner Bros. Films
4000 Warner Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91522
I suppose that if you put "Babylon 5: The Memory of Shadows" in the second
line of the address, it will find its way to the correct production office on
the lot.
Also, there is the "official" Babylon 5 site owned by Warner Bros. They have
a message board. Register, log in, and POST! I think it's likely that
someone there pays some kind of attention to what's being said on those
boards. You can register here:
http://boards3.warnerbros.com/wbol/forum.jspa?forumID=2574423
Folks, I wouldn't be sounding the alarm if I hadn't checked out this
information myself - I was concerned enough that I called in a few long-owed
favors from old colleagues, and so I can assure you that this rumor is
well-founded. And, it seems to me that things must be getting very close to
being set in stone - if production is indeed to begin in April, contracts
will have to be signed soon. And I for one do not want to see Freddie Prinze
Jr.'s name on the bottom of a contract that says "G'Kar"!
AAAAARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!
So please, if you want to see the B5 film we have ALL been waiting for, some
less patiently than others, please, please take the time to drop the WB a
line about this, and post on all the message boards and newsgroups you can.
MAKE NOISE. Now is the time. If we don't make noise and we get a film full
of young, pretty faces who AREN'T Mira, Andreas, Bruce, Peter, Peter, etc.,
we'll be kicking ourselves for a loooong time. At least if we do make the
effort, we'll know we did all we could.
P.S. to JMS: is there any way you can point us to the right party at WB
without getting yourself into too much trouble?
Jms at B5
>whomever will take it (Cinescape, SciFiWire), or better yet (though
>unlikely), the audio?
>
>
No, though it's mainly what I've said online, I just wanted it to be available
to a wider audience, all in one place.
Oron Port
for any character! EITHER MAKE IT WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST OR DON'T MAKE
IT AT ALL!!!
Oron
Matthew Vincent
<voxw...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I would like to say that I'm shocked by WB/NewWave's behavior,
>but I'm not. I'm really saddened, but not surprised.
Ditto. They're a corporation.
Matthew
Mac Breck
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> I'm hijacking this thread because this matter hasn't yet
appeared here in the
> ng, and it needs to - and so many people are reading this
thread so it seems
> like the best place.
>
> A rumor has floated to the surface, verified by a few
people with industry
> contacts (myself included), that WB is seriously
considering recasting the
> original roles for B5:TMoS. This is, of course, a
DISASTER.
[Galen] "As I said, ..." [/Galen] ...referring to
previous expletive. <devil grin>
One can almost imagine the nefarious, shadowy hands of TNT
working behind the scenes to quell any attempt at
resurrection.
Jeffrey Gustafson
> would get the message if EVERYONE returned their DVD sets as
> "defective"... and then returned the replacement sets... and the
> subsequent replacement sets... until they ended up having to give
> everyone refunds and managed to sell only three or four copies?
The problem is that most folks buying the DVD would not know it was
"defective."
Wesley Struebing
wrote:
>>I've listened to the commenary and features but I haven't heard anything
Permit me to AOL...
That was, err, despicable. At a minimum.
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Jan
>So I started it up...listened...and it was gone.
>
>In its place is a segment taken from the on-camera interview.
I can tell now exactly where the change happened. In fact, I'd wondered why
there was no introduction as there had been on the other sets. What they
exchanged for you commentary is what probably would have been the introduction.
Grrrrrr
Jan
Paul Harper
wrote:
>Furious.
>
>You have no idea.
So tell it here, Joe. They broke the contract - not a problem on your
part.
Tell it here, FFS.
Paul.
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Jms at B5 wrote:
> No, though it's mainly what I've said online, I just wanted it to be available
> to a wider audience, all in one place.
Link, anyone? I don't know what you said online about crusade and would
like to know :)
To sad they didn't air Crusade in Germany at all.
Btw: Will Crusade be made available on DVD in Europe or would it be
wiser to order the series from amazon.com? Googled for that information,
but didn't find an answer.
Hauke
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jms and get some incompetent boob to write it.
They can do that if they want. But I *won't* bother *ever* seeing
it--and I think many will do the same.
t.k.
Matthew Vincent
wrote:
>>I've listened to the commenary and features but I haven't heard anything
>>really
>>about what happened. Certainly not anything like the story we were told at
>>Hawthorne. One wonders if they gave in and let JMS talk about what happened
>>and then simply edited it out.
>
>Yes, that's exactly what happened.
>
>I sat down to watch the DVD set yesterday, having picked it up at the local
>store, and went to the commentary. I'd put that information at the very start
>of my commentary.
>
>Now, understand: what I'd told WB was this....if you want me to do the
>commentary, my requirement is that you let me tell what really happened. If
>you want to use the commentary, you have to leve that in. If you don't want to
>have that in, then don't use the commentary at all. Everybody agreed.
>
>So I started it up...listened...and it was gone.
>
>In its place is a segment taken from the on-camera interview.
>
>This was the one tape they didn't send me for approval, which being busy I
>didn't track back, but I was always told there wasn't a problem. At no time
>did ANYONE from WB or New Wave Entertainment tell me that this was being done.
>
>Doing these DVDs was the only way I had to date to get the bad taste of that
>experience out of my mouth, the sheer dishonesty and rudeness of it all.
>
>So much for that goal.
>
>The term "furious" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm normally a very quiet,
>soft spoken kind of guy.
>
>But last night I broke the sound barrier and the dictionary all at the same
>time.
>
>Furious.
>
>You have no idea.
I'm very sorry to hear that this has happened. One corporation screws
you over, then another corporation covers it up. I suspect that their
interest is in maintaining their strangehold.
Matthew
Zarggg
We (and fans who don't come here) want to hear it, though! >:(
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> Hi,
>
> Jms at B5 wrote:
>
> > No, though it's mainly what I've said online, I just
wanted it to be available
> > to a wider audience, all in one place.
>
> Link, anyone?
Here are a couple of relevant links:
http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17127
http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-160
Jo'Asia
> To sad they didn't air Crusade in Germany at all.
> Btw: Will Crusade be made available on DVD in Europe or would it be
> wiser to order the series from amazon.com? Googled for that information,
> but didn't find an answer.
My guess is that they will announce it after release of Season 5
(January).
Jo'Asia
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Please, Joe, tell us all. And while you're at it, you could tell us
about the TMoS that YOU want to make. You had to rewrite after Richard
Biggs unfortunate passing, so if you were to say, tell us a little
about the ORIGINAL TMoS ideas... Warner is screwing with you on the
Crusade DVD commentary AND rumored to be doing the same with TMoS
casting. It wouldn't be like you were actually telling us about the
'real' project.
I think the B5 fans are out there in larger numbers than the studio
#$%@-heads know. Sure a few thousand of us interact on the net, but
there are a LOT more fans that have never been to a fan-related site -
mature fans, young just-saw-it-on DVD's, even my dad, who started
watching B5 while recovering from his knee replacement (He's 76, but
PLANNED for retirement and DOES have disposable income)
Hey, that sounds like the same group that watches 'LOST'. And didn't
that show get a big boost by all the INTERNET BUZZ way before the show
started? I wouldn't have watched it if I hadn't heard such good things
on several websites. I mean, it sounded like the soap opera love child
of 'SURVIVOR' and 'GILLIGANS ISLAND,' for pete's sake! When I forgot to
watch it that Wednesday night, I shrugged. But my parents (remember -
70's, respectable, church-going, bird-watching, RV-ers with disposable
income?) told me I HAD to watch this show. Lucky for me, ABC was
'encoring' the premiere episode Saturday night, so I watched - AND I
HAVEN'T MISSED AN EPISODE YET! Not only do I watch it when broadcast, I
tape it for re-watching, and I DON'T have Tivo, so that means WITH
commercials, that even if I FF through the ads, I still see a speeded
up version which probably has a greater effect on me subliminally than
if I watched consciously. But I digress. I've also converted several
colleagues at the office - and my daughter in college, who is busy
converting HER friends. My daughter, BTW was raised on B5, and worships
at the altar of Galen.
And, now that I think about it, I heard a lot of buzz about 'DESPERATE
HOUSEWIVES' too. I would have never watched a show that, to all
appearances from pre-premiere ads, was just another trashy prime-time
soap opera. I watch it now, though. So do several million over people.
Hmmm... I bet the ABC brass has a healthy respect for internet buzz.
After all, they went from mediocre to
finger-on-the-pulse-of-the-demographics geniuses in one season.
Warner Brothers didn't keep THEIR promise to you about the Crusade
commentary. Maybe they need a little demonstration. Once they see the
buzz, here and elsewhere, they'd have to be crazy to screw it up!
jc
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Changing the original cast is unacceptable. That is all I want to say
at this time. I feel depressed.
JC
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Jms at B5 wrote:
> The term "furious" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm normally a
very quiet,
> soft spoken kind of guy.
>
> But last night I broke the sound barrier and the dictionary all at
the same
> time.
>
> Furious.
>
> You have no idea.
Anything we as the fans can do? I assume it's better for us to buy the
box sets (I'm in the UK, it's not out here yet) than to boycott them.
I'm sure "they" would just assume it wasn't being bought because we
didn't want it, rather than because of their dishonesty.
DevilsPGD
<sou...@moltenimage.com> wrote:
>> This was the one tape they didn't send me for approval, which being busy I
>> didn't track back, but I was always told there wasn't a problem.
>
>Well, apparently there IS a problem with that DVD... I wonder if WB
>would get the message if EVERYONE returned their DVD sets as
>"defective"... and then returned the replacement sets... and the
>subsequent replacement sets... until they ended up having to give
>everyone refunds and managed to sell only three or four copies?
It's not a bad idea, but how many people would actually get the message?
And of those, how many would bother to return their DVDs?
--
If stupidity persists, consult your psychiatrist.
Gunnar Ren ie
Jms at B5 wrote:
> The term "furious" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm normally a very
> quiet, soft spoken kind of guy.
Be even more soft spoken then, so soft spoken as to be mute on any
commentaries for any of their DVDs -- if your contracts allow -- until they
release the full version.
Perhaps WB UK might include it?
Craig Riekena
wrote:
>I sat down to watch the DVD set yesterday, having picked it up at the local
>store, and went to the commentary.
Huh? Even >you< have to BUY the set. Don't you at least get a
complimentary copy. I mean you were kinda involved in it!!???
Craig
Gunnar Ren ie
> Well, apparently there IS a problem with that DVD... I wonder if WB
> would get the message if EVERYONE returned their DVD sets as
> "defective"... and then returned the replacement sets... and the
> subsequent replacement sets... until they ended up having to give
> everyone refunds and managed to sell only three or four copies?
A more "civil" solution could be checking out the returns policy of the
store where you bought it. They may have a money back guarantee, or give
you a voucher for later use.
But it's hard to return an opened set that way.
If returning it opened, you'd have to return it stating that you think
you've been given less of a product than you could reasonably expect. The
only concrete you have is that part of the commentary was exchanged with
parts of the interview. JMS's talk about telling the story as it is, while
honest by him, is not binding on WB vis-a-vis you.
JMS, on the other hand, may have a strong case here.
Svetislav Soldat
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> Depressing. Is there anything you can do about it for the future?
> Obviously
> they're not going to admit an error and recall the DVDs.
>
> Jan
I guess noone at WB would admitt that they basicly had lied to Joe. But I do
hope that the truth will come out one way or another.
Joe, will there ever be a conversation between you and WB about this
"faux-pas"?
Kerr
>>really
>>about what happened. Certainly not anything like the story we were told
>>at
>>Hawthorne. One wonders if they gave in and let JMS talk about what
>>happened
>>and then simply edited it out.
>
> Yes, that's exactly what happened.
>
> local
> start
> of my commentary.
>
> Now, understand: what I'd told WB was this....if you want me to do the
> commentary, my requirement is that you let me tell what really happened.
> If
> you want to use the commentary, you have to leve that in. If you don't
> want to
> have that in, then don't use the commentary at all. Everybody agreed.
You honestly expected them to leave in such a critical and embarrassing or
damaging commentary from you? I know you aren't that naive. It's business.
Rick
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JMS:
What legal remedies are available to you? If you have them, I think you
should at least seriously consider using them.
If you have the option, I'd seriously consider making WB recall the
DVDS (at their expense; or that of New Wave Entertainment, depending on
who approved the decision to excise that part of your commentary) and
replace them with copies with your complete commentary (or without any
commentary, as you originally offered).
I have not seen a single frame of Crusade, having gotten rid of cable
after B5 ended (and that was the only reason I got cable in the first
place). However, based on your track record with B5, I was giving
serious thought to buying the Crusade DVD, despite never having seen
the series.
Now, I'm going to have to reconsider that, given the bait and switch
somebody pulled on you. To buy the set might seem to give tacit
approval to that action.
Rick
Jms at B5 wrote:
> >I've listened to the commenary and features but I haven't heard
anything
> >really
> >about what happened. Certainly not anything like the story we were
told at
> >Hawthorne. One wonders if they gave in and let JMS talk about what
happened
> >and then simply edited it out.
>
> Yes, that's exactly what happened.
>
> I sat down to watch the DVD set yesterday, having picked it up at the
local
> store, and went to the commentary. I'd put that information at the
very start
> of my commentary.
>
> Now, understand: what I'd told WB was this....if you want me to do
the
> commentary, my requirement is that you let me tell what really
happened. If
> you want to use the commentary, you have to leve that in. If you
don't want to
> have that in, then don't use the commentary at all. Everybody
agreed.
>
> So I started it up...listened...and it was gone.
>
> In its place is a segment taken from the on-camera interview.
>
> This was the one tape they didn't send me for approval, which being
busy I
> didn't track back, but I was always told there wasn't a problem. At
no time
> did ANYONE from WB or New Wave Entertainment tell me that this was
being done.
>
> Doing these DVDs was the only way I had to date to get the bad taste
of that
> experience out of my mouth, the sheer dishonesty and rudeness of it
all.
>
> So much for that goal.
>
> The term "furious" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm normally a
very quiet,
> soft spoken kind of guy.
>
> But last night I broke the sound barrier and the dictionary all at
the same
> time.
>
> Furious.
>
> You have no idea.
>
>
> jms
John Duncan Yoyo
<macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>No, and that would probably be a black mark against Crusade,
>itself. The corporate suits probably have rat brains.
That's an insult to rats. Planeria brains maybe.
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> store, and went to the commentary. I'd put that information at the very start
> of my commentary.
>
>
> (jms...@aol.com)
> (all message content (c) 2004 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
> permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
> and don't send me story ideas)
>
apparently had to purchase the DVD set? That just doesn't seem right.
Or am I missing an obvious joke here?
BRETT
phil giglio
"Matt Ion" <sou...@moltenimage.com> wrote in message
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> Jms at B5 wrote:
>
> > The term "furious" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm normally a very
quiet,
> > soft spoken kind of guy.
> >
> > But last night I broke the sound barrier and the dictionary all at the
same
> > time.
>
> Witness Protection Program right about now... changing my name and
> moving to someplace safe, like Mosul, Iraq.
>
> Joe, any chance this agreement was in writing or otherwise recorded
> somewhere? I know a legal tiff of this sort with your "parent"
> organization at this stage in TMoS's production is not really a good
> idea, but you know, for future reference...
>
> Then again, I shudder to think of some of the not-quite-above-the-board
> responses such a creative mind could conjure up, given time to stew and
> simmer...
>
I'm reminded of John's comment to Bester about Garabaldi
phil giglio
"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > Jms at B5 wrote:
> >
> > > This was the one tape they didn't send me for approval,
> which being busy I
> > > didn't track back, but I was always told there wasn't a
> problem.
> >
> wonder if WB
> > would get the message if EVERYONE returned their DVD sets
> as
> > "defective"... and then returned the replacement sets...
> and the
> > subsequent replacement sets... until they ended up having
> to give
> > everyone refunds and managed to sell only three or four
> copies?
>
>
> itself. The corporate suits probably have rat brains.
>
more like earth worms
Amy Guskin
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> Please, Joe, tell us all. And while you're at it, you could tell us
> about the TMoS that YOU want to make. You had to rewrite after Richard
> Biggs unfortunate passing, so if you were to say, tell us a little
> about the ORIGINAL TMoS ideas... Warner is screwing with you on the
> Crusade DVD commentary AND rumored to be doing the same with TMoS
> casting. It wouldn't be like you were actually telling us about the
> 'real' project.<<
It isn't likely that JMS had to change much regarding the meat of the story
after Richard Biggs' death; it's much more likely that it was simply a matter
of changing scenes, changing who delivered what lines of exposition to whom,
and other not-so-integral pieces. I'm betting that the basic plot has _not_
changed that much, in which case, JMS will not be able to tell us anything.
Amy
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> JMS:
>
> What legal remedies are available to you? If you have them, I think you
> should at least seriously consider using them.
>
> If you have the option, I'd seriously consider making WB recall the
> DVDS (at their expense; <<
While I certainly agree that what WB did was egregious, what some of you are
forgetting is that JMS is currently in a critical stage of working out the
final details of a feature film with WB. You have to pick your battles.
Kerr
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> I'm very sorry to hear that this has happened. One corporation screws
> you over, then another corporation covers it up. I suspect that their
> interest is in maintaining their strangehold.
Can anyone actually cite a legal precedent in which a corporation is legally
obligated to publish something that is extremely critical, insulting, or
potentially libelous regarding their own corporation?
Anyone?
Robert
> Now, understand: what I'd told WB was this....if you want me to do the
> commentary, my requirement is that you let me tell what really happened.
> If you want to use the commentary, you have to leve that in. If you
> don't want to
> have that in, then don't use the commentary at all. Everybody agreed.
> So I started it up...listened...and it was gone.
> In its place is a segment taken from the on-camera interview.
>
> This was the one tape they didn't send me for approval, which being busy I
> didn't track back, but I was always told there wasn't a problem. At no
> time
> did ANYONE from WB or New Wave Entertainment tell me that this was being
> done.
>
> Doing these DVDs was the only way I had to date to get the bad taste of
> that
> experience out of my mouth, the sheer dishonesty and rudeness of it all.
> So much for that goal.
> The term "furious" doesn't even begin to cover it. I'm normally a very
> quiet,
> soft spoken kind of guy.
> But last night I broke the sound barrier and the dictionary all at the
> same
> time.
> Furious. You have no idea.
Couldn't this be construed as a breach of contract, and something that you
could theoretically sue them for? I am not saying that you should actully
sue them, but you could use the threat of such a measure to stregthen your
position in current and future negotiations for any guven project. Warner
Brothers has absolutely no right to violate this contract with you, and they
shouldn't be let off scot free.
Other writers and directors should be made aware of this unethical practice;
I hope you write a letter about this issue to appear in some trade
publications.
Robert Kaiser
Mac Breck
message news:ctpjr0tvfibh1g142...@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:52:11 +0000 (UTC), "Mac Breck"
> <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >No, and that would probably be a black mark against
Crusade,
> >itself. The corporate suits probably have rat brains.
>
> That's an insult to rats. Planeria brains maybe.
How about Abby Normal rat brains?
Mac Breck
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I'm reminded of Darren McGaven fixing the furnace in "A
Christmas Story" as smoke and soot eminate from the
kitchen-to-basement door....
http://amazon.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/quotes
Ralphie: "In the heat of battle my father wove a tapestry of
obscenities that as far as we know is still hanging in space
over Lake Michigan."
Mac Breck
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Remember, much has been made of the fact that the various
pieces of Warner Brothers act not in cooperation, but in
competition with each other? So now, suddenly they're all
one big entity?
Gunnar Ren ie
> On 10 Dec 04 12:34, Thunder v.2.0.0.4 wrote:
>
>> If that's the case, if/when they come to you for the Rangers
>> commentary, I'd tell them very plainly where to shove it... And
>> maybe even opt out of future commentaries since it's clear the studio
>> doesn't really want to hear what you have to say about the show
>> anyway.
>>
>> t.k.
>
> We (and fans who don't come here) want to hear it, though! >:(
Ok, then. Release commentaries online as MP3 files. People can download them
and play them over the DVD.
Might have to make sure that none of the audio from the show gets on the MP3
file, though. For legal reasons.
Mac Breck
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If it was written? If he had witnesses who'd back him up?
I have a feeling that this wasn't in writing.
> ...and something that you
> could theoretically sue them for? I am not saying that you
should actully
> sue them, but you could use the threat of such a measure
to stregthen your
> position in current and future negotiations for any guven
project. Warner
> Brothers has absolutely no right to violate this contract
with you, and they
> shouldn't be let off scot free.
At a time that he's trying to get/keep their support for
B5:TMoS? They could be holding that over his head. That
could be why they felt they could delete the stuff from the
Crusade DVD set..
Hauke Kruppa
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Jo'Asia wrote:
> My guess is that they will announce it after release of Season 5
> (January).
?! Season 5 is out (Europe), I finished watching my set last week. What
do you mean?
Greetings
Hauke
Robert
> Can anyone actually cite a legal precedent in which a corporation is
> legally obligated to publish something that is extremely critical,
> insulting, or potentially libelous regarding their own corporation?
A corporation is legally obligated to publish whatever they signed a
contract to publish. If someone makes a contract with Ray Bradbury to
publish one of his books...and then the book is found to have been censored
and/or otherwise changed by the publisher without the author's permission,
the author may sue.
The only question here is whether or not Warner Brother's promise to JMS
about including his commentary on the "Crusade" DVDs was in a form that was
legally binding. If so then JMS may choose to take legal action - or ask
them to redress the issue in some other way that would be mutually
acceptable to both parties. He can even choose to ignore the issue if he
believes that this would serve a greater good.
Robert Kaiser
Hauke Kruppa
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Mac Breck wrote On 11.12.2004 10:25:
> Here are a couple of relevant links:
>
> http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17127
>
> http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-160
Thanks. Very nice. I don't know tnt, but I think I prefer not to like
them :)
Hauke
Gunnar Ren ie
> I will not accept any recasting! Not for the late Richard Biggs, and not
> for any character! EITHER MAKE IT WITH THE ORIGINAL CAST OR DON'T MAKE
> IT AT ALL!!!
New roles may be given to new cast members though. Naturally.
Wouldn't want to see the original cast having to play all the roles
themselves. Well, it could work with good makeup ;-) Eddie Murphy played a
lot of the roles in The Nutty Professor, and Back to the Future had several
actors playing more than one role.
Thunder v.2.0.0.4
could make his point of view known to the studio.
t.k.
Jo'Asia
Erm... Damn them!
For a long time there were no S5 on amazon.de (preferred source, see:
prices ;)) so I have been checking UK shops (amazon.co.uk and sendit.com,
formerly blackstar.co.uk). And the UK ones have S5 listed as January 17
release. In the meantime S5 sneaked to amazon.de as November release.
Thanks!
Jo'Asia going away for a little clicking session ;)
PS. But I would still assume the Crusade anounce after the UK release...
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"Robert" <mrkai...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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It seems to me that I remember reading here in this very newsgroup that the
commentaries are being done for free. The studios don't pay anyone who does
them , not the actors, not the directors, producers, writers. The
commentaries are a gift from the creative team to the fans. It makes what
happened to this commentary a particularly nasty thing. But it may not be
actionable.
Caryn
Wendy of NJ
<stew...@alltel.net> wrote:
>
>"Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "Matt Ion" <sou...@moltenimage.com> wrote in message
>> news:wdiud.453361$Pl.1489@pd7tw1no...
>> > Jms at B5 wrote:
>> >
>> > > This was the one tape they didn't send me for approval,
>> which being busy I
>> > > didn't track back, but I was always told there wasn't a
>> problem.
>> >
>> > Well, apparently there IS a problem with that DVD... I
>> wonder if WB
>> > would get the message if EVERYONE returned their DVD sets
>> as
>> > "defective"... and then returned the replacement sets...
>> and the
>> > subsequent replacement sets... until they ended up having
>> to give
>> > everyone refunds and managed to sell only three or four
>> copies?
>>
>>
>> No, and that would probably be a black mark against Crusade,
>> itself. The corporate suits probably have rat brains.
>>
>
>more like earth worms
And now you're insulting earthworms.
If it's not possible to insult Pond Scum, I nominate that class of
living organism to compare the corporate suits.
-Wendy
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>Changing the original cast is unacceptable. That is all I want to say
>at this time. I feel depressed.
>JC
Write a letter. Do it. You'll feel better.
-Wendy
>
>
Wendy of NJ
Why? Authors are given (very) few "complimentary" copies of their own
works, and that at the author's request. And generally not in advance,
either.
Plenty of people go to stores and purchase their own works. My mother
has done it on more than one occasion.
(and an author I met at Philcon this weekend had to pre-pay for a slew
of his book that he was selling. something that bookstores are NOT
generaly required to do).
-Wendy
Kerr
> "Kerr" <Ker...@comcast.net> wrote :
>> Can anyone actually cite a legal precedent in which a corporation is
>> legally obligated to publish something that is extremely critical,
>> insulting, or potentially libelous regarding their own corporation?
>
>
> A corporation is legally obligated to publish whatever they signed a
> contract to publish. If someone makes a contract with Ray Bradbury to
> publish one of his books...and then the book is found to have been
> censored and/or otherwise changed by the publisher without the author's
> permission, the author may sue.
It's called editing, editors do this.
Or they could simply scrap the entire project and not release anything.
They could dump JMS in fact and make the movie entirely without him.
Wendy of NJ
<john-dun...@cox.net> wrote:
>On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:52:11 +0000 (UTC), "Mac Breck"
><macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>No, and that would probably be a black mark against Crusade,
>>itself. The corporate suits probably have rat brains.
>
>That's an insult to rats. Planeria brains maybe.
Can we replace the suits with those cyborg fighter pilot brains?
-Wendy
Kerr
> "Kerr" <Ker...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> "Matthew Vincent" <mbvi...@paradise.net.nz> wrote in
> message
>> news:41ba8a04...@news.paradise.net.nz...
>> > I'm very sorry to hear that this has happened. One
> corporation screws
>> > you over, then another corporation covers it up. I
> suspect that their
>> > interest is in maintaining their strangehold.
>>
>> Can anyone actually cite a legal precedent in which a
> corporation is legally
>> obligated to publish something that is extremely critical,
> insulting, or
>> potentially libelous regarding their own corporation?
>>
>> Anyone?
>
> Remember, much has been made of the fact that the various
> pieces of Warner Brothers act not in cooperation, but in
> competition with each other? So now, suddenly they're all
> one big entity?
I'm sorry, but what does that have to do with a corporation that has decided
to not publish material in which a person working for them is critical about
them?
Mac Breck
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> If it's not possible to insult Pond Scum, I nominate that
class of
> living organism to compare the corporate suits.
I'm guessing they wouldn't get Bester's "Marley" reference.
<G>
Brad Barton
> contacts (myself included), that WB is seriously considering recasting the
> original roles for B5:TMoS. This is, of course, a DISASTER. I am trying to
> think of the most horrible scenario, and it usually comes out as "...and
> Jennifer Love Hewitt as Delenn."
All I've seen is an offhand remark that suggested one actor may not be
available.. I think everyone is getting bent out of shape over nothing
but rumors here.
Jan
>Can anyone actually cite a legal precedent in which a corporation is legally
>obligated to publish something that is extremely critical, insulting, or
>potentially libelous regarding their own corporation?
>
>Anyone?
I don't understand the point of your question. The criticism was leveled at
TNT on a DVD produced by Warner Bros. Does one of them own the other? Or is
there another point I've missed?
Jan
Pelzo63
TNT on a DVD produced by Warner Bros. Does one of them own the other? >>
yes, tnt is part of aol/time warner. all of the "turner" networks are part of
aol/tw now.
...Chris
People like you make me want to access your brain, and type rm -r -f /
Thunder v.2.0.0.4
dropped AOL from their name (but still own it). Which is good because TW
has a better ring to it...
t.k.
Amy Guskin
(in article <10rrv2l...@corp.supernews.com>):
That's all that has been _printed_. Some fans work in the industry, or used
to work in the industry (that would be me), and have contacts. More than one
of us has managed to squeeze the very same information out of different
contacts about this fiasco. If you're not worried, then you haven't been
paying attention!
Amy
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>yes, tnt is part of aol/time warner. all of the "turner" networks are part of
>aol/tw now.
Thanks. I lost track of who owned what long ago.
Jan
Wendy of NJ
<ais...@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>>>On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:33:46 -0500, Brad Barton wrote
>(in article <10rrv2l...@corp.supernews.com>):
>
>>> A rumor has floated to the surface, verified by a few people with industry
>>> contacts (myself included), that WB is seriously considering recasting the
>>> original roles for B5:TMoS. This is, of course, a DISASTER. I am trying
>>> to
>>> think of the most horrible scenario, and it usually comes out as "...and
>>> Jennifer Love Hewitt as Delenn."
>>
>> All I've seen is an offhand remark that suggested one actor may not be
>> available.. I think everyone is getting bent out of shape over nothing
>> but rumors here.<<
>
>That's all that has been _printed_. Some fans work in the industry, or used
>to work in the industry (that would be me), and have contacts. More than one
>of us has managed to squeeze the very same information out of different
>contacts about this fiasco. If you're not worried, then you haven't been
>paying attention!
>
Exactly. I heard this stuff from 2 independent sources at Philcon,
both of whom work in the media.
-Wendy
Amy Guskin
(in article <20041213160537...@mb-m05.aol.com>):
> << I don't understand the point of your question. The criticism was leveled
> at
> TNT on a DVD produced by Warner Bros. Does one of them own the other? >>
>
> yes, tnt is part of aol/time warner. all of the "turner" networks are part of
> aol/tw now. <<
Yeah, there's that. But arguably, JMS's beef with them was pre-TimeWarner
ownership, and probably the people involved don't even work there anymore, or
serve in different capacities.
In any case, they shouldn't have made an agreement with him that they weren't
prepared to honor. It's not like they acquired TNT in the interim since he
made the commentary.
Also, just a nitpick, but TNT is in a different division than WB Films, and
they're pretty far apart in the corporate structure. Barely kissin' cousins.
Amy Guskin
(in article <20041213160537...@mb-m05.aol.com>):
> << I don't understand the point of your question. The criticism was leveled
> at
> TNT on a DVD produced by Warner Bros. Does one of them own the other? >>
>
> yes, tnt is part of aol/time warner. all of the "turner" networks are part of
> aol/tw now. <<
I should add to my previous post: my bad, for forgetting that TNT is part of
Time Warner.
Chris Kocher
it through:
My theory is that some Warner Bros. executive thinks it's a good idea to
circulate character descriptions of B5 regulars to casting directors to
demonstrate to the TV cast that none of them is indispensible. If JMS or
WB said they would not make the movie without all the TV cast involved,
the actors could demand higher pay as a result. It's all about playing
the Hollywood game.
Also, I'm always intrigued when people see silence as confirmation of
whatever theories they have. What ever happened to "no news is good news"?
Chris
Kathryn Huxtable
> "Mac Breck" <macthe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:321841F...@individual.net...
>> pieces of Warner Brothers act not in cooperation, but in
>> competition with each other? So now, suddenly they're all
>> one big entity?
>
> I'm sorry, but what does that have to do with a corporation that has decided
> to not publish material in which a person working for them is critical about
> them?
Ummm... The problems JMS was complaining about in his commentary
weren't with Warner's. It was with TNT. Are they the same company?
-K
Matthew Vincent
wrote:
>"Matthew Vincent" <mbvi...@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
>news:41ba8a04...@news.paradise.net.nz...
>> I'm very sorry to hear that this has happened. One corporation screws
>> you over, then another corporation covers it up. I suspect that their
>> interest is in maintaining their strangehold.
>
>Can anyone actually cite a legal precedent in which a corporation is legally
>obligated to publish something that is extremely critical, insulting, or
>potentially libelous regarding their own corporation?
(a) It wasn't regarding their own corporation; it was regarding TNT, a
different corporation.
(b) Telling the truth isn't libel; quite the opposite, in fact.
(c) WB were legally obliged to follow through on the contract that
they made with JMS regarding the matter. They've broken the law in the
hopes that JMS will be intimidated into not doing anything about it
due to WB's hegemony -- a stunt often performed by corporations.
(d) "Extremely critical" and "insulting" are subjective appraisals
that I can't comment on without having heard what JMS said, but I
can't imagine him being too happy about the fact that TNT wanted
(among other things) to have Gideon, who's supposed to be on a mission
of conscience to save Earth, set Dureena up to be raped during WZ. Any
corporation who tries to push those kinds of stories deserves all the
criticism they get in return for it.
(e) As an aside, ethically speaking, the DVDs should be JMS's
intellectual property, and not WB's. It is the result of corporate
hegemony that this is not the case.
Matthew
Andrew Swallow
"Brett Greenleaf" <KingN...@berkshire.net> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.53.04...@kosh.berkshire.rr.com...
> > I sat down to watch the DVD set yesterday, having picked it up at the
local
> > store, and went to the commentary. I'd put that information at the very
start
> > of my commentary.
> >
> > jms
> >
> > (jms...@aol.com)
> > (all message content (c) 2004 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
> > permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
> > and don't send me story ideas)
> >
> Am I the only one that finds it odd that the CREATOR of the show
> apparently had to purchase the DVD set? That just doesn't seem right.
>
JMS gets a free preview copy of the DVDs (see the snipped
article). They broke normal procedure and did not sent him a
copy of the offending DVD. He had to buy a copy to find out
what the published version actually said.
Andrew Swallow
Andrew Swallow
news:Clwvd.62341$AL5....@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> An idea I tried to post a few times already, but it never seems to make
> it through:
>
> My theory is that some Warner Bros. executive thinks it's a good idea to
> circulate character descriptions of B5 regulars to casting directors to
> demonstrate to the TV cast that none of them is indispensible. If JMS or
> WB said they would not make the movie without all the TV cast involved,
> the actors could demand higher pay as a result. It's all about playing
> the Hollywood game.
At last a sensible reason for what is going on.
Definitely send the studio a Christmas Card. It will reassure
the actors.
Turning this pile of lemons into lemonade, a publicity stunt,
will help the actors, help get the film approved and improve
ticket sales.
Andrew Swallow
krueg...@hotmail.com
I'm not saying it's definitely true, and I'm not saying this isn't
another reasonable possibility. But what information do you have which
gives you such certainty that *this* is *the* sensible reason?
They recast Broadway roles all of the time when film versions are made
of Broadway musicals. I don't find it to be an unreasonable
possibility that WB is seriously considering this move.
What's ironic, is that if the letter writing campaign does work, we'll
never know if it worked or if it was never necessary in the first
place.
Jeff Vavasour
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> apparently had to purchase the DVD set? That just doesn't seem right.
Dunno about DVDs, but it is common practice when you make a video game that
you have to wait several weeks to months after it hits the shelves before you,
as creator, get your comp. copies. Some of us are just too impatient to wait.
The initial run goes to the paying customers, particularly when the
distributors have guaranteed ship dates to fulfil.
- Jeff
Amy Guskin
(in article <1103032139....@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>):
That's not true. Maybe we'll get the real story on the commentary track when
the DVD comes out...assuming WB doesn't edit it out! :-p
Amy
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from fiction, and facts from opinion, because in this matter, with all of the
riled up emotions going on between this and the recasting, having untrue facts
and opinions disguised as facts do NOT help anyone
matthew wrote:
<< (a) It wasn't regarding their own corporation; it was regarding TNT, a
different corporation. >>
as i pointed out elsewhere, TNT is and has been a part of Time Warner, the same
megacorporation that owns Warner Brothers, and numerous, numerous other
companies.
<< (b) Telling the truth isn't libel; quite the opposite, in fact. >>
this is correct. afaik. assumng JMS is telling the truth(for the record, i
assume that he IS telling the truth).
<< (c) WB were legally obliged to follow through on the contract that
they made with JMS regarding the matter. They've broken the law in the
hopes that JMS will be intimidated into not doing anything about it
due to WB's hegemony -- a stunt often performed by corporations. >>
this is UNKNOWN, we do not know whether JMS and WB ever signed any legally
binding paperwork. or even had a legally binding conversation, though in some
states(ca) with enough witnesses, spoken promises CAN be legally binding(this
came up when someone promised someone else "half" their winnings from a lottery
ticket, court said pay up)
your last 2 points i also mostly agree with. except for one caveat on the final
one. but those are both opinions, and the final part (E) is wholly irrelevant
to the discussion at hand.
Jeff Vavasour
> (c) WB were legally obliged to follow through on the contract that
> they made with JMS regarding the matter. They've broken the law in the
> hopes that JMS will be intimidated into not doing anything about it
> due to WB's hegemony -- a stunt often performed by corporations.
I haven't seen JMS follow up on this. At what point did we, the readers here,
discover that there was a written contract? Violating a verbal understanding
(if that's what it actually was) isn't nice and I'd be pissed too, but a claim
that they've "broken the law" requires something a little stronger than a
verbal understanding. But JMS is no dummy. If there's a written contract, he
knows his options. If there wasn't, he knew the risks.
- Jeff
Gunnar Ren ie
> I'm very sorry to hear that this has happened. One corporation screws
> you over, then another corporation covers it up. I suspect that their
> interest is in maintaining their strangehold.
TNT and WB Home Video are both part of Warner Brothers Entertainment Company
LP.
I join Kerr in asking about legal precedent about a company publishing
something damaging to their own company.
They might also be covering their own legal department - legal services may
be shared between the WB companies - and thus themselves from being sued
over canceling the show. WB publishing the facts could validate the facts
if JMS and co went for a delayed action lawsuit against TNT.
I think they also may be covering their rear in case the TNT-Atlanta (ex)
employees sue them.
Wendy of NJ
It's been established further up thread that Time-Warner is the
current owner of TNT
-W
Jeff Vavasour
presumably, he's advising them not to recast where relevant, since he stated
that, e.g., no one else would ever play Dr. Franklin), then one wonders
whether they'd likewise let the story through unmolested, too. That'd be a
deeper concern, IMHO.
Speculating -- and only speculating here, of course -- if I were JMS and in a
deadlock on casting choices, I'd counter by changing all the characters' names
in the script. After all, if they don't see the importance of President
Sheridan having to be played by Bruce Boxleitner, and would rather he was
played by, say, Russell Crowe, then they likely also wouldn't care if the
character's name had to be changed from "President Sheridan" to "Defence
Secretary Jones" in order to put an end to all the noise being made. There
might be some character continuity in the script that would have to be revised
to accommodate this, but likely nothing that he couldn't get by anyone already
disinterested enough to be willing to replace the original actors.
For better or worse, both Crusade and Legend of the Rangers had all new cast.
Yeah, G'Kar was in LotR, but then Galen is in TMoS. Maybe that's as far as it
was ever supposed to go.
Regardless, I speculate that JMS is going to be a lot more effective fixing
this himself as much as it can be fixed (and as much as there is something to
fix), rather than having some half-informed-at-best (totally misinformed at
worst) fan-writing campaign launch off at the first rumour of something.
I do find it interesting that there's an alleged casting call for existing
characters, yet no one can quote it. Casting calls are job ads. They
wouldn't be very good job ads if no one can see them. There are plenty of
"insider" style sites out there that are sufficiently connected to obtain and
post casting calls. Yet, it has not happened.
- Jeff
Hauke Kruppa
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Jo'Asia wrote on 12.12.2004 17:42:
> For a long time there were no S5 on amazon.de (preferred source, see:
> prices ;))
I know. My sets are also from amazon.de :)
Greetings
Hauke
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Matt Ion
>>I sat down to watch the DVD set yesterday, having picked it up at the local
>>store, and went to the commentary. I'd put that information at the very start
>>of my commentary.
>>
>>
>>(jms...@aol.com)
>>(all message content (c) 2004 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
>>permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
>>and don't send me story ideas)
>>
>
> apparently had to purchase the DVD set? That just doesn't seem right.
>
He never said he HAD to purchase it. Getting a copy from the store
would ensure he was watching the same thing as everyone else got, rather
than possibly a one-off copy doctored for his personal placation.
It also doesn't hurt the sales numbers :)
abch...@valornet.com
in the film. We know for sure there's at least one major new
character, and there are sure to be others. Don't panic. When will
people learn not to listen to gossip? This is definitely not worth
being depressed about.
Now, if they recast the role of Galen, there's a problem.........