JMS on Usenet

June 2002

J. Michael Straczynski posts regularly on Usenet. This page provides quick links to his posts from June 2002, with a brief description of each. Unless otherwise stated, all messages are from rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated.

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29 June 2002

Re: Midnight Nation
JMS discusses what his new Marvel Comic deal allows him to do, and mentions that Kevin Smith will be the one to bring Peter Parker and Mary Jane together again.

Re: ATTN: JMS - Our friend's been at it again....
JMS learns of Bryan Cooney's latest escapade.

28 June 2002

Re: JMS: Midnight Nation (B5 DVDs)
JMS discusses Amazing Spider-Man collections.

27 June 2002

Re: JMS: Midnight Nation
JMS clarifies when Claudia Christian cancelled her DVD interview.

Re: JMS: Midnight Nation
JMS wasn't joking about the Claudia Christian interview.

Re: JMS: Midnight Nation
There will not be a Claudia Christian interview on the Babylon 5 Season One DVD set.

Re: JMS: Midnight Nation
JMS discusses holding sets for a TV show.

26 June 2002

Re: JMS: Midnight Nation (B5 DVDs)
The Midnight Nation trade paperback collection will be out in September, and Amazing Spider-Man 42 is out today.

Re: JMS: Midnight Nation
JMS accepts praise for Midnight Nation, gives an update on the Babylon 5 DVDs, and mentions a Babylon 5 set piece on eBay.

21 June 2002

stupid jms optometric request
JMS wants to know the style of glasses that Redford wore in Spy Game.

16 June 2002

Re: What gives? (No spoilers needed)
JMS explains why Showtime is airing a rerun of the Jeremiah episode "Tripwire".

Re: ATTN JMS: Midnight Nation is awesome
JMS discusses why Midnight Nation is his favorite comic written by him and the possibility of a Midnight Nation movie.

12 June 2002

Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning (re-send)
JMS discusses fees (or the lack thereof) for DVD commentaries.

Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning (re-send)
JMS explains residuals (or the lack thereof) for DVD and VHS sales.

10 June 2002

Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning
JMS says that the only scenes cropped on the first Babylon 5 DVD were the CGI scenes.

Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning
The sound on the Babylon 5 DVDs will be remastered as Dolby 5.1.

Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning (re-send)
JMS explains his compromise on the Babylon 5 DVD commentaries.

Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning
The Babylon 5 DVD producers are looking at getting commentaries from other participants.

Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning
The Babylon 5 DVDs will be released in widescreen.

Re: Need early B5 scripts for Captioning
JMS confirms that Babylon 5 DVDs are on their way!

06 June 2002

Re: No Jeremiah in July?
JMS says the schedule Showtime gave him shows Jeremiah airing straight through July, contrary to the schedule on Showtime's web site.

Re: JMS: More about Damien?
JMS answers questions about "Tripwire" and future Jeremiah writing credits.

Re: ATTN: JMS - Question about credits from Jeremiah episode "Tripwire"
JMS explains the reason for the explicit flashback writing credits in Jeremiah.

Re: ATTN: JMS: Rising Stars Movie writers? (Repost)
JMS comments on the Rising Stars feature film rewrite and feature film rewrites in general.

01 June 2002

Re: from jms: b5 quote book needs you
The Babylon 5 quote book will also accept submissions from Crusade and Legend of the Rangers.

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