GREEN MEDDLER'S JMS on CompuServe 12/6/95
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Subj: B5 Screen Saver Arrived! Section: Babylon 5: General
To: J. Michael Straczynski Monday, December 04, 1995 1:07:21
PM
From: John McAuley #410233
> Dunno about the UK availability; someone here has the 800 phone >
number, which can be used for ordering, though.
Thanks Joe,
My flat mate told me that the 800 numbers wont work outside of the US.
They do, you just have to pay the standard international rates :-(
The good news is that, in 2-3 weeks, I should be the proud owner of a
B5
screen saver :-)
Thanks again Joe.
-John
PS For other UK readers:
It costs $40.95 to order from the UK.
Subj: B5 Screen Saver Arrived! Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Burhaan Ahmad Tuesday, December 05, 1995 12:48:10 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410841
{regarding B5 screen saver compatibility with win95}
Apparently the program *is* win95 compatible, at least that's
what
it says, I haven't yet upgraded, waiting a) for the bugs to get worked
out, and b) until I have the time required for the learning curve of
installation.
jms
Subj: B5 Screen Saver Arrived! Section: Babylon 5: General
To: John Sheridan Tuesday, December 05, 1995 7:48:09
PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411367
<quoting John Sheridan to JMS>:
>>The learning curve for installing WIN95 is pretty short Joe.
>>It's getting all of your software to run *after* you install
WIN95
>>is where the learning curve can become quite long......<g>.
Yeah, that's the part that worries me.
jms
Subj: B5 Screen Saver Arrived! Section: Babylon 5: General
To: John McAuley Wednesday, December 06, 1995 2:12:12 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411911
{regarding the losing of JMS's hair, due to pulling it out
over win95}
Funny. Very funny. Amerikanski humor.
We bomb now.
jms
Subj: B5 Screen Saver Arrived! Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Scott Withrow Wednesday, December 06, 1995 2:00:23 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411663
{regarding a Mac version of the B5 screen saver}
As I understand it, the company wants to come out with a Mac
version
in a re-release of the program sometime in the spring. It's just
hitting
the market and already it's doing quite well.
jms
Subj: Submitted for.... Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Rae Augenstein Sunday, December 03, 1995 12:52:10 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #409388
Don't know if the new TZs are playing anywhere, actually....
jms
Subj: Garibaldi's arm Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Elyse M. Grasso Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:11:19 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410873
{regarding rewriting due to broken arm}
Actually just took a line or two to cover it, given what happened
in
the previous episode.
jms
Subj: From jms: info Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Steve Ruud Monday, December 04, 1995 1:54:03
PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410254
{regarding Tuesday 10pm time slot}
This doesn't help me unless I know where it's airing; can you
tell
me *where* it's airing in this time slot? Thanks.
jms
Subj: Vorlons and Shadows Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Gerald Himmelein, 100417,3703 Sunday, December 03, 1995
8:43:27 PM From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#409877
{regarding Vorlons and Shadows being genetically related}
Nope.
jms
Subj: B5 Questions Section: Babylon 5: General
To: T.N.Tumbusch Monday, December 04, 1995 1:54:04
PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410255
No, no limit on jumps, but you tend to ride the beacon from one
jump
gate to the next to avoid getting lost.
jms
Subj: <PTG-Bravo!> Section: Babylon 5: General
To: David Belt Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:11:05
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410866
No, showing a tape to other folks is perfectly legal as long as
no
admission is charged.
So you're welcome to do so, and welcome in general.
jms
Subj: AETR: B5 Promos Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Trent K. Johnson Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:11:07
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410868
I don't know, but I would imagine WB has something....
jms
Subj: Hubble Photos Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Rick Shelton [FL] Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:11:13
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410870
Actually I already downloaded the M16 shots from the Hubble web
page,
glorious stuff.
jms
Subj: Hubble Photos Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Walter F. Hern Tuesday, December 05, 1995 7:48:14
PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411369
{regarding crescent shaped ships flying near B5}
I think those are the ones attacking a Narn cruiser, so they're
Centauri mid-size attack craft.
jms
Subj: Hubble Photos Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Philip Hornsey Wednesday, December 06, 1995 2:00:25 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411664
{regarding number of Narn casualties}
Actually, yes, there are millions of dead; I think that either
Vir
or Na'Far gets it right in "Strife," and the other misstates the figure
in
the same episode.
jms
Subj: Hubble Photos Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Philip Hornsey, 74053,2101 Wednesday, December 06, 1995
2:12:07
PM From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#411909
{regarding the question of anyone saying "millions dead"}
Just went back and checked the script; Ta'Lon refers to millions
in
his meeting with Sheridan. (Knew I wasn't nuts....)
jms
Subj: B5 Screensaver Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Jason Wong Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:11:14
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410871
Actually it's hitting stores now. (And there may be a Mac version
after the first of the year.)
jms
Subj: Bill Mumy's show on Nick Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Shelley Marshall Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:11:17 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410872
No, there's no conflict at all between our schedule and theirs;
he's
producing it from here, not acting in it.
jms
Subj: Minbari Souls Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Sharon Foster Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:52:00
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410906
See my other note here about souls, this may clarify a bit.
jms
Subj: B5 interruptions Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Raymond Chuang Tuesday, December 05, 1995 7:48:06 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411365
That stuff is entirely in the hands of the local stations.
jms
Subj: B5 Con#1 & Latvia Section: Babylon 5: General
To: Mark Koro Tuesday, December 05, 1995 7:48:11
PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411368
With Doug...always worry.
jms
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Subj: <Ptg:Prison Station> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Philip Hornsey Monday, December 04, 1995 2:10:22
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410059
There are templates used, with some variations. In a government
monitored situation (which this wasn't, they thought he was dead),
mindwipes are kept in servile positions, not allowed to achieve, as
that
would be a kind of reward. Those guys you see along the roadsides
picking up trash and putting them in bright orange bags? Mindwipes.
jms
Subj: <Ptg:Prison Station> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Paul Maskens (OMRI UK) Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:11:05
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410867
Man has been on Mars for just under 100 years.
jms
Subj: <Gethsemane questions> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Robert Miller Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:11:11
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410869
One caveat here overall...it's been complimented and commented
upon
that I would expose a belief system in my show which I do not
personally
agree with (presenting the face of religion even though I'm an
atheist).
That I could be this tolerant is apparently praiseworthy.
I would just suggest that at some point, when and if I should
offer
a point of view from another perspective, which one watching might not
personally agree with, the same tolerance is given, since the virtue
of
tolerating divergent attitudes has been deemed praiseworthy...and is
something ever to strive for....
jms
Subj: <Gethsemane questions> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Daena Hinkelman, 73554,1731 Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:52:02
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#410907
"The themes of faith and forgiveness were worthy of a theologian. Are
you
sure there isn't something you'd like to tell us?"
Never shoot pool at a place called Pop's. Never eat food at a
place
called Mom's. The difference between horses and humans is that
they're
too smart to be on what *we'll* do.
And I have lost people. Too many people. Lost them to chance,
violence, brutality beyond belief; I've seen all the senseless,
ignoble
acts of "god's noblest creature." And I am incapable of forgiving.
My
feelings are with G'Kar, hand sliced open, saying of the drops of
blood
flowing from that open wound, "How do you apologize to them?" "I
can't."
"Then I cannot forgive."
As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious,
because it's only here for a brief moment, a flare against the dark,
and
then it's gone forever. No afterlives, no second chances, no
backsies.
So there can be nothing crueler than the abuse, destruction or wanton
taking of a life. It is a crime no less than burning the Mona Lisa,
for
there is always just one of each.
So I cannot forgive. Which makes the notion of writing a
character
who CAN forgive momentarily attractive...because it allows me to
explore
in great detail something of which I am utterly incapable. I cannot
fly,
so I would write of birds and starships and kites; I cannot play an
instrument, so I would write of composers and dancers; and I cannot
forgive, so I would write of priests and monks and minbari....
jms
Subj: <Gethsemane questions> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: John C. Brobston/PRCT Wednesday, December 06, 1995 2:12:04 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411907
{regarding when JMS might publish a book on poetry}
Never; my poetry really sucks....
jms
Subj: <Gethsemane> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Mara K. Malovany Sunday, December 03, 1995 4:40:01
PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #409727
And, as I noted in a message just now, maybe he thinks that they
might be telling the truth, that maybe something *is* going on.
jms
Subj: <Gethsemane> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Mark D. Smith Sunday, December 03, 1995 5:48:19
PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #409750
{regarding a connection between the Vorlons and our religions}
What, you really expect an answer....?
jms
Subj: <Gethsemane> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Joe Salemi [ZD Net], 72631,23 Sunday, December 03, 1995
4:39:27 PM From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#409726
And bear in mind that it's never just a common sense "oh, these
guys
are lying to me from Nightwatch, they're the bad guys." It's always
couched in such a way that it sounds like it *might* be a real
concern.
That was how McCarthy and others terrorized this country during the
1950s. There were plenty of people who really *believed* that the
Reds
had infiltrated every aspect of society, as well as those who might've
had doubts, but figured that maybe where there's smoke there IS fire.
jms
Subj: <PTG: Mind Wipe> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Jon Wolf, 76103,2541 Wednesday, December 06, 1995
2:11:12
AM From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#411666
Re: mindwipes no longer considered people...this really is not
that
much different from prison inmates, who are given numbers, have no
real
civil rights, and are treated like cattle. (And many of them deserve
it;
a few deserve worse; a few deserve better.)
jms
Subj: <PTG: Mind Wipe> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Philip Hornsey, 74053,2101 Wednesday, December 06, 1995
2:12:06
PM From: J. Michael Straczynski, 71016,1644#411908
On one level, I'm in favor of the death penalty. I think that if
someone takes your life deliberately, they sacrifice their own in
return.
Some might say it's not a deterrent in general...but it sure as heck
deters that specific person.
*On the other hand*...I take that position mainly because
nowadays,
when someone is sentenced to life, "life" means about 15 years at
best.
If life imprisonment MEANT life inprisonment, then I'd happily go for
that option above the death penalty (and that certainly does leave
room
for verdict corrections).
jms
Subj: <PTG: Mind Wipe> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Greg Munsill Wednesday, December 06, 1995 2:12:09 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411910
I just put the mindwipe issue out there, I didn't make a moral
judgment about it...in 2260, that's what's done. I just report the
news....
jms
Subj: <PTG: Mind Wipe> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Carol Williams Sunday, December 03, 1995 8:51:09
PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #409882
{regarding Christ's repenting for the sins of others}
Carol: *exactly* the right point. In his earlier talk about
Gethsemane, Edward mentioned that old JC had to go through all that to
atone for the sins of others; when he sees Theo later, through the
grate,
he uses the same notion of atonement for the acts of another, in this
case, *his* other. The logical parallel parses pretty closely.
jms
Subj: <PTG: Mind Wipe> Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Carol Williams Sunday, December 03, 1995 8:51:08 PM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #409881
Yes, B5 has a court system, authorized by the Earth Alliance
Judicial System, to conduct trials of this sort (which we've seen
before). And in this case, again, there wasn't a trial per se as
Ivanova
noted; he pleaded guilty from the start, quite proud of what he'd
done.
So all that remained was the sentencing.
jms
Subj: Minbari Religion Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Scott Miller Tuesday, December 05, 1995 1:11:21
AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #410874
If there were just one pure and unchanged unvirsal soul running
through everything, there wouldn't be any point in breaking itself
into
pieces and investing itself in different species/people...it would
just
keep running into identical versions of itself.
So the soul form in Minbari is different from the soul form in
humans; also, in their view, having been civilized longer than us,
their
soul form is more elevated, more evolved...and thus the pices are more
precious, to them, and to the Soul Hunters.
jms
Subj: Admiral's Promise Section: Babylon 5: Upcoming
To: Charles Agius Wednesday, December 06, 1995 2:00:18 AM
From: J. Michael Straczynski #411661
Apology accepted. We move on.
jms