ATTN JMS: Your New Series
Tammy Smith
pay-channel. That's fantastic! At least it's for a channel that will
give you more creative-freedom. I also heard that you can't say much
about the deal yet, but can you tell us which pay-cable network it's
going to be on? I guess I'll have to subscribe!
Tammy
Jms at B5
To specify more than I have -- narrowing it down to just the pay cable
networks, which leaves just HBO, Showtime and TMC -- would constitute an
announcement and subvert the authority of those who should rightly make that
announcement, and without their consent I can't do that.
It's kind of like the early year or so of B5's history, when it was TWCBN, That
Which Cannot Be Named. I'll talk about it more when I can.
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> To specify more than I have -- narrowing it down to just the pay cable
> networks, which leaves just HBO, Showtime and TMC
Not necessarily - It could have been for one of those /other/ pay cable channels...
> It's kind of like the early year or so of B5's history, when it was TWCBN, That
> Which Cannot Be Named. I'll talk about it more when I can.
Well, you're not going to give us any facts, I guess we're just gonna
have to make up our own.
It will be called "GIANT MUTANT LOBSTERS FROM PLANET X!", staring
Patrick Stewart as the head lobster. The arc revolves around their evil
plot to send the Earth into chaos by moving all TV and film production
to the Alps. Some Canadian guy off the street will play the unlikely
hero, driven to stop the lobsters by the ghost of an famous mountain
climber (Mel Brooks).
Because 99% of the budget will be used for jms' and the two stars
salaries, all the special effects will be done with sockpuppets. And due
to his extensive expertise in evil scheming and infiltrating Hollywood,
Gharlane of Eddore will serve as creative consultant.
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Claudia Mastroianni
: It will be called "GIANT MUTANT LOBSTERS FROM PLANET X!", staring
: Patrick Stewart as the head lobster. The arc revolves around their evil
: plot to send the Earth into chaos by moving all TV and film production
: to the Alps. Some Canadian guy off the street will play the unlikely
: hero, driven to stop the lobsters by the ghost of an famous mountain
: climber (Mel Brooks).
: Because 99% of the budget will be used for jms' and the two stars
: salaries, all the special effects will be done with sockpuppets. And due
: to his extensive expertise in evil scheming and infiltrating Hollywood,
: Gharlane of Eddore will serve as creative consultant.
Aw, geez. You're gonna get Joe in trouble.
Claudia
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Gharlane of Eddore
Asked to narrow down the news to which network,
In <20000827190004...@ng-cp1.aol.com>
jms...@aol.com (Jms at B5) writes:
>
> To specify more than I have -- narrowing it down to just the pay cable
> networks, which leaves just HBO, Showtime and TMC -- would constitute an
> announcement and subvert the authority of those who should rightly make
> that announcement, and without their consent I can't do that.
>
> It's kind of like the early year or so of B5's history, when it was TWCBN,
> That Which Cannot Be Named. I'll talk about it more when I can.
>
Hey, no complaints; it beats the skroddulating fneeb out of tuning
into your newsgroup and seeing a slew of postings from you that
contain nothing but the word "EEP!"
Gharlane of Eddore
>
> To specify more than I have -- narrowing it down to just the
> pay cable networks, which leaves just HBO, Showtime and TMC
>
In <39A9DE87...@bigfoot.com> a_b...@bigfoot.com writes:
>
> Not necessarily - It could have been for one of those /other/ pay
> cable channels...
>
> It's kind of like the early year or so of B5's history, when it was
> TWCBN, That Which Cannot Be Named. I'll talk about it more when I can.
>
In <39A9DE87...@bigfoot.com> a_b...@bigfoot.com writes:
>
> Well, you're not going to give us any facts, I guess we're just gonna
> have to make up our own.
>
> It will be called "GIANT MUTANT LOBSTERS FROM PLANET X!", staring
>
BZZZZT, wrong, sorry for playing.
The pilot movie is "THE MONSTER THAT DEVOURED CLEVELAND MEETS THE
CRAB MONSTERS." The series itself is called "MONSTER SQUAD," and
deals with a group of Teen-Aged Mutant Crab Monsters who live down
in the New York sewer system, subsisting on a diet of alligator pizza.
>
> Patrick Stewart as the head lobster. The arc revolves around their evil
>
Early reports agree with this, but Stewart turned the part down flat
when he got a chance to play the lead in an off-Broadway revival of
"THE BIRDCAGE." "MONSTER SQUAD" is currently being rehearsed with
a much cheaper CGI Yul Brynner in the lead, playing Lex Crabthor,
the Boss Mutant Crab Monster, when he's in human form.
>
> plot to send the Earth into chaos by moving all TV and film production
> to the Alps. Some Canadian guy off the street will play the unlikely
> hero, driven to stop the lobsters by the ghost of an famous mountain
> climber (Mel Brooks).
>
Brooks was too expensive; they got another famous mountain climber,
who'd specialized in the Alps right up to the end; his name is Neil,
and as a discorporate non-Union member, he's working for ectoplasmic
martinis.
>
> Because 99% of the budget will be used for jms' and the two stars
> salaries, all the special effects will be done with sockpuppets.
> And due to his extensive expertise in evil scheming and infiltrating
> Hollywood, Gharlane of Eddore will serve as creative consultant.
>
Sorry, I'm already booked for the "ALF" remake that will star
Charlton Heston in the lead.
Joseph Cochran
Tammy Smith <gka...@webtv.net> wrote:
>I heard that you signed the deal to do a new SF-series for a
>pay-channel. That's fantastic! At least it's for a channel that will
>give you more creative-freedom. I also heard that you can't say much
>about the deal yet, but can you tell us which pay-cable network it's
>going to be on? I guess I'll have to subscribe!
My guess: Showtime is the network (it needs a new SF series
to run behind Stargate SG-1 on Sci-Fridays now that The Outer
Limits is done) and Red Mars is the property (we've heard rumors
for years that James Cameron wanted to do it, and JMS mentioned that
the director attached to the project was someone he wants to work
with).
This is a big 'ol guess, though. You never know what it
will actually turn out to be...
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> In <39A9DE87...@bigfoot.com> a_b...@bigfoot.com writes:
> >
> > Well, you're not going to give us any facts, I guess we're just gonna
> > have to make up our own.
> >
> > It will be called "GIANT MUTANT LOBSTERS FROM PLANET X!", staring
>
> BZZZZT, wrong, sorry for playing.
[ massive snippage ]
Damn, Gharlane is so much better at making up facts then I am. How was I
to know jms was planing to rip-off Teenage Mutant Ninja Lobsters.
Dave Thomson
Tammy Smith wrote:
> I heard that you signed the deal to do a new SF-series for a
> pay-channel. That's fantastic! At least it's for a channel that will
> give you more creative-freedom. I also heard that you can't say much
> about the deal yet, but can you tell us which pay-cable network it's
> going to be on? I guess I'll have to subscribe!
>
> Tammy
ok here's what i'm wondering now that u got a new series to work on does
that mean there's no hope for crusades??
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>
> ok here's what i'm wondering now that u got a new series to work on does
> that mean there's no hope for crusades??
He already answered this in the "ATTN: JMS Crusade Revival" thread a few
days ago.
David Thomson
> He already answered this in the "ATTN: JMS Crusade Revival" thread a few
> days ago.
>
well actually i sent the message a few days ago..it just only got posted now
Larry Jones
>
> Not necessarily - It could have been for one of those /other/ pay cable c=
> hannels...
You mean like Playboy or Spice?
Wait! That's it! Max's video was really the pilot, right?
Excuse me, I have to go; there's someone at the door....
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