Vierter Teil der "Asked & Answered"-Reihe bestellbar
Stefan Roth
Achtung! Ich habe das etwas "verschlafen": heute (Di.20.10.)
ist der letzte Tag f�r die �bliche Rabatt-Bestellung
(in US dauert der Tag noch ein paar Stunden l�nger als in MESZ ;-)
Bestell-Link:
http://www.cafepress.com/b5books
Und hier die Kurzbeschreibung und Inhalts�bersicht von Vol.4:
Da warten jede Menge interessanter Backgroundstories und B5-Details.
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Asked and Answered Part 4 is J. Michael Straczynski's real-time
history of the beginnings
of Babylon 5: from before the pilot (including the online announcement
of the series) and
through Season 1.
Part 4 is loaded with details that never made it to the screen as well
as the origins of
what did eventually air.
As you move through the following topics, you�ll relive what it was
like to be part of
Babylon 5�s launch:
* Announcing Babylon 5
* Creating Babylon 5
* Babylon 5 Backstory
* Pre-production
* Filming the Pilot
* Approaching Airdate
* Fan Reactions After Airing
* Behind the Scenes Immediately Before & After Airing
* Deleted Scenes from the Pilot
* Changes from Pilot to Series
This section also includes JMS's first archived post about the show
(and it�s so early in
the process that he even hyphenate�s the show�s nickname as B-5).
Here's just a small
sampling of the details he discusses in this section:
* The designing of prosthetics to prevent actors from being
typecast;
* The moment JMS changed �Jackarr� to �G'Kar� and why the switch
was made;
* The reasoning behind the design of PPGs;
* The process of hiring a composer (including his interactions
with pilot composer Stewart Copeland of The Police);
* The development of Babylon 5�s production design (including the
design of the Garden, the video displays throughout the station, CGI
for the Vorlon ship, early uniforms) along with concepts that were
scrapped like the �Being Mover�;
* An early description of the chrysalis device Delenn would
eventually construct across Season 1;
* The announcement of each cast member along with the insider
scoop on the auditions;
* What happened when the cast read the script aloud for the first
time;
* Clues JMS told viewers to watch for in the pilot that would pay
off down the line;
* The unused opening narration for the pilot;
* The reasons for the long delay between the pilot and the series;
* Walter Koenig�s reaction to seeing the pilot;
* Negative feedback from industry insiders after a private
screening;
* The link between the pilot�s airing and Oprah;
* The actor in the end credits of the original pilot edit who was
not in the show and why;
* The scenes cut from the original edit of the pilot;
* A step-by-step account of how JMS re-configured the pilot for
the TNT Special Edition;
* The whys behind the cast changes from pilot to series;
* Why JMS chose to shoot Season 1 in secret for a month before
announcing that filming had begun.
Following the pilot section, Asked and Answered Part 4 moves into fan
questions about the particulars of Season 1 with entire sections
dedicated to the following episodes:
* Midnight on the Firing Line
* Soul Hunter
* Born to the Purple
* Infection
* The Parliament of Dreams
* Mind War
* The War Prayer
* And the Sky, Full of Stars
* Deathwalker
* Believers
* Survivors
* By Any Means Necessary
* Signs and Portents
* TKO
* Grail
* Eyes
* Legacies
* A Voice in the Wilderness Part 1
* A Voice in the Wilderness Part 2
* Babylon Squared
* The Quality of Mercy
* Chrysalis
And if all that wasn�t enough, Asked and Answered Part 4 begins with
detailed insights about J. Michael Straczynski�s career as a writer �
a compelling look behind the scenes at the life of Babylon 5's
creator.
This section's topics include: how to become a professional writer,
tips on good writing, what life is like for the average TV scribe, why
he doesn't put his name on freelance scripts he re-wrote, how much of
himself goes into his characters (and which ones), what issues are
worth writing about, the irony of copyright law as established by the
Berne Convention, the essential ingredient for all drama, what he
would do if he could no longer write scripts, his exercise in song
writing for �Walkabout�, G�kar�s impact on a terminally ill patient,
what a showrunner thinks when he's watching other people's shows and
what compels him to write.
Given the depth of content inventoried here, it's no surprise that
Part 4 contains 1,073 missives packed into 414 pages � the biggest
book so far of the Asked & Answered series.
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Gr��e von
Stefan
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