jms-Racing The Night --Finally!-Some Spoilers
Leo W.
I think that if Racing The Night had been the first episode aired, we would
see more people excited about Crusade. Before the first episode aired, I
e-mailed anyone and everyone who I knew was even marginally into B5. Most
of them viewed the first couple of episodes and lost interest. The post TNT
influenced episodes were hit or miss with me as well. Meanwhile, Racing The
Night was more of what I expected out of the series. In this episode I
almost think we were hit with more subplots than the previous eight
combined. The story kept me spinning from the start.
I'll try to get my friends to give it another chance, I just worry they
might be too burned on the series at this point. It's one of those cases
where if the series is going to be on for another year or two and can
produce a some hard hitting episodes with word of mouth, they'd give it
another chance. One episode may not be enough to turn them around.
For B5, I was much the same way. I occasionally caught the first season
episodes and a smattering of second season eps. What really turned me
around was Divided Loyalties. The way the story was written, it appeared
that you had planned for Talia to be sleeper from the start. That was so
cool to me that I really got into the show. I was looking forward to the
same momentum happening with Crusade.
***NOTE: SOME SPOILER INFO WILL BE FOUND IF YOU CONTINUE READING***
Some specific thoughts on Racing The Night. I really don't see what
problems TNT had with the series. The actors meshed together nicely and I
believe this was the only one shown so far to feature the whole cast
together as a tight unit. The humor was nice and the uniforms weren't a
problem for me. I am curious if TNT threw you some money for better FX.
The scene with Galen's hologram on the planet was entertaining, though a
little too ambitious. After seeing Phantom Menace, I might be a bit spoiled
at what I expect out of computer animation and those scenes, along with
Gideon riding the floating motorcycle, were somewhat rough. I'll have to
review the previous episodes, as I recall the graphics were much better
done.
Story wise, as mentioned previously, it was non-stop. The extra information
about Gideon's deal with the Drahzi for year 4 is intriguing. Finally we
get to see how he relates to the Apokolips Box. Dureena trying to make a
deal with Galen for technomage is nice. Too bad that wasn't built up in the
earlier episodes.
I'll work on my friends some more to give the show a second chance.
Meanwhile, how are things behind the scenes? Do you have any other projects
you can talk about now?
Peace,
Leo
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Jms at B5
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>I'll work on my friends some more to give the show a second chance.
>Meanwhile, how are things behind the scenes? Do you have any other projects
>you can talk about now?
I can only talk about them in broad terms: I just finished writing a non-SF TV
movie for CBS which should go into production in a couple of months...I've been
agreed to adapt CM Kornbluth's classic short story "The Marching Morons" for a
high profile NPR radio drama series BEYOND 2000 which goes on the air next
year...just finished a lengthy outline for a novel that is going on the auction
block...I have a development deal in place on a feature... and biggest of all,
I just this week closed a deal to develop another new series, this one totally
outside the B5 universe.
I can't tell you the details, because I'm not allowed to yet...but suffice to
say that it is as revolutionary in its way as B5 was. It's about 98%
mainstream and 2% speculative fiction. If it goes into production, it'll be
for a proper network, with a substantial budget, and it'll be a Big Deal. But
one never knows. So we'll see....
jms
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Steve Brinich
> I've been agreed to adapt CM Kornbluth's classic short story
> "The Marching Morons"
I gather that after the past year, this comes under the heading of
Write What You Know....
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Patriarch
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> little too ambitious. After seeing Phantom Menace, I might be a bit spoiled
> at what I expect out of computer animation and those scenes, along with
> Gideon riding the floating motorcycle, were somewhat rough. I'll have to
> review the previous episodes, as I recall the graphics were much better
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> I think that the Humanculous projection was not supposed to look actually
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> If JMS wanted it to look completely genuine, he could have easily, as done in
> hundreds of other sequences, put Peter Woodward in front of a blue screen and
> put him in the scene, acting as the projection. I think it was supposed to
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> doing during the sequence.("Stop! Oh, the indignity!!" :)
Tammy Smith
would love to see something else from you! And could the feature
be...the B5 film? :)
Probably not, but one can wish!
Tammy
Werner Spahl
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Still it looked worse than most current videogames in its movements, which
I can only blame on Netter Digital! Also they messed up the broken ships,
showing a formerly FI huge Narn cruiser at the size of a Vree saucer...
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jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
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> I can only talk about them in broad terms: I just finished writing a
> non-SF TV movie for CBS which should go into production in a couple
> story "The Marching Morons" for a high profile NPR radio drama series
> BEYOND 2000 which goes on the air next year
What's NPR stand for? Is the show something we should be contacting
our local radio stations to pick up, or has it already gotten wide
distribution booked (including Canada)?
> ...just finished a lengthy outline for a novel that is going on the
> auction block
What genre? I have to admit a bias in favor of SF.
>...I have a development deal in place on a feature... and biggest of
> all, I just this week closed a deal to develop another new series,
> this one totally outside the B5 universe.
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> suffice to say that it is as revolutionary in its way as B5 was.
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> into production, it'll be for a proper network, with a substantial
> budget, and it'll be a Big Deal. But one never knows. So we'll
> see....
Best of luck! There's so few good shows, much less SF ones, on the
tube now. Would this 98%/2% show be--hopefully--for the coming
season?
scott tilson.
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>Morons" for a high profile NPR radio drama series BEYOND 2000 which goes on
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Oh goody! I've always loved that story (maybe the thawed out ad man could
be a 1999 TNT executive :-).
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Curt
in_vale...@hotmail.com wrote:
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> In article <19990808182814...@ng-fg1.aol.com>,
> jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
> >
> > I can only talk about them in broad terms: I just finished writing a
> > non-SF TV movie for CBS which should go into production in a couple
> > of months...I've been agreed to adapt CM Kornbluth's classic short
> > story "The Marching Morons" for a high profile NPR radio drama series
> > BEYOND 2000 which goes on the air next year
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> What's NPR stand for? Is the show something we should be contacting
> our local radio stations to pick up, or has it already gotten wide
> distribution booked (including Canada)?
NPR is National Public Radio the american version of RCI -Radio Canada,
sort of. My guess is that you should contact your local affiliate.
The Star Wars radio plays were produced for NPR and became available
in the fullness of time.
A nice check with your letter wouldn't hurt. (Just annoyed at the fund
raising break in Blake's 7 this week)
I expect that there is some trade north of the border for programming
since I can listen to As It Happens from RCI in Washington on a local
station.
www.npr.org <---NPR's web page.
Curt
Craig Powers
: What's NPR stand for? Is the show something we should be contacting
: our local radio stations to pick up, or has it already gotten wide
: distribution booked (including Canada)?
NPR = National Public Radio
There should be an outlet in major markets, though it might be harder to
find in small ones.
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Patriarch
> What's NPR stand for? Is the show something we should be contacting
> our local radio stations to pick up, or has it already gotten wide
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NPR is national public radio. You can listen to them using the channels
feature on Real Player. Or go to their website at npr.org and look for a
list of stations which carry it in your area. They also have a schedule
listing on the site that will list JMS's show JMs mentioned. Not sure if
they have stations in Canada, you'll have to check that out.
Patriarch
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Like what? Name one, and show us a screenshot. I don't know of any, that can
replicate human textures and movement like that(And like I touched on in my
previous post, there are several things that stand out as being deliberately made
not to replicate a human model. Such as the shininess of the HP's face for
instance). The Phatnom Menace pod racer scene came close, but keep that was
aliens. And speaking as a person who has worked with CGI, it is MUCH harder to
make a convincing human, because we see them everyday :-)
> in its movements, which
> I can only blame on Netter Digital! Also they messed up the broken ships,
> showing a formerly FI huge Narn cruiser at the size of a Vree saucer...
Yeah, not just that, but just HALF of the Vree saucer was 3/4 of the size of the
Narn ship(It's so sad that we notice stuff like that. Most people can't even
remember there was a graveyard of ships in that ep :-)
John W. Kennedy
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> In article <19990808182814...@ng-fg1.aol.com>,
> jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
> >
> > I can only talk about them in broad terms: I just finished writing a
> > non-SF TV movie for CBS which should go into production in a couple
> > of months...I've been agreed to adapt CM Kornbluth's classic short
> > story "The Marching Morons" for a high profile NPR radio drama series
> > BEYOND 2000 which goes on the air next year
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> our local radio stations to pick up, or has it already gotten wide
> distribution booked (including Canada)?
National Public Radio, the all-audio version of PBS. As far as I know,
it doesn't exist in Canada, but I dare say a good many of its shows can
be found there.
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Patriarch <jm...@uswest.net> wrote:
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> NPR is national public radio. You can listen to them using the
> channels feature on Real Player. Or go to their website at
> your area. They also have a schedule listing on the site that will
> list JMS's show JMs mentioned. Not sure if they have stations in
> Canada, you'll have to check that out.
Thanks for the info. I don't know if Canada will get it, but I hope
so. I'm luck it seems, I'm in southern Ontario, and just found out
from a friend that we can receive an American NPR radio station.
I'm looking forward to this BEYOND 2OO0 series. I'm a second (or would
that be at least 3rd?) generation fan of the classic SF radio dramas X
MINUS ONE and DIMENSION X thanks to some late night broadcasts on CHUM
104.5 and especially the prerecored cassettes boxed sets. The Durkin
Hayes audio Ray Bradbury performances and their Asimov Presents
anthology tapes have been decent listening also. Good for long car
drives. <g>
Curt
in_vale...@hotmail.com wrote:
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> In article <19990808182814...@ng-fg1.aol.com>,
> jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) wrote:
> >
> > I can only talk about them in broad terms: I just finished writing a
> > non-SF TV movie for CBS which should go into production in a couple
> > of months...I've been agreed to adapt CM Kornbluth's classic short
> > story "The Marching Morons" for a high profile NPR radio drama series
> > BEYOND 2000 which goes on the air next year
>
> What's NPR stand for? Is the show something we should be contacting
> our local radio stations to pick up, or has it already gotten wide
> distribution booked (including Canada)?
>
NPR is National Public Radio. Similar to Radio Canadia but mostly
supported by listeners sending checks to their local affiliate.
There are some programs exchanged from Canada to the US so I expect that
the reverse is likely. I get to hear AS IT HAPPENS week nights.
NPR released the Star Wars Radio plays that are now availible for
purchase. Unfortunately they have not seemed to produce much on
a consistent basis.
Curt
Patriarch
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> > NPR is national public radio. You can listen to them using the
> > channels feature on Real Player. Or go to their website at
> > http://www.npr.org and look for a list of stations which carry it in
> > your area. They also have a schedule listing on the site that will
> > list JMS's show JMs mentioned. Not sure if they have stations in
> > Canada, you'll have to check that out.
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> Thanks for the info. I don't know if Canada will get it, but I hope
> so. I'm luck it seems, I'm in southern Ontario, and just found out
> from a friend that we can receive an American NPR radio station.
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> I'm looking forward to this BEYOND 2OO0 series. I'm a second (or would
> that be at least 3rd?) generation fan of the classic SF radio dramas X
> MINUS ONE and DIMENSION X thanks to some late night broadcasts on CHUM
> 104.5 and especially the prerecored cassettes boxed sets. The Durkin
> Hayes audio Ray Bradbury performances and their Asimov Presents
> anthology tapes have been decent listening also. Good for long car
> drives. <g>
No kidding! Ya know, I feel like such a child of TV. I am just
discovering X Minus One and so forth through scifi.com's Seeing Ear
Theatere. And the first time I listened to it I was honestly just
floored. Being only 18, I had never been exposed to that medium of story
telling and it was incredible, an entirely different experience. Like
watching Runaway Bride and then checking out Gone with the Wind. I'm
pretty much saddened there aint more of it. It's a lost art for the most
part. A geat thing jms is into that.