JMS on Usenet
February 2000
J. Michael Straczynski posts regularly on Usenet. This page provides quick links to his posts from February 2000, with a brief description of each. Unless otherwise stated, all messages are from rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated.
29 February 2000
Re: Attn: JMS are you Blaming Reagan for the mentally ill being
JMS responds to a lawyer joke.Re: Politics ??
JMS says that he never intended his original post about politics to generate so much discussion.Re: ATTN JMS: Producer cuts of episodes
JMS says that it is unlikely that Babylon 5 episodes on DVD will incorporate unused footage.
28 February 2000
Re: Attn JMS: Rising Stars #5
JMS doesn't remember which pieces of music he was listening to when he wrote certain Babylon 5 episodes.
27 February 2000
Re: ATTN JMS: Director cuts of episodes
JMS clarifies that the Special Edition of "The Gathering" was not a director's cut.Re: ATTN JMS & All
JMS jokes about his idea of hell.Re: jms- Other producers feel your pain
JMS responds to a comment about the problems the producers of Freaks and Geeks have been having with NBC.Re: ATTN JMS: Director cuts of episodes
No director's cuts of Babylon 5 or Crusade will be released.Re: ATTN JMS: Wolf 359 Conventions Limited
JMS suggests that further efforts to request investigations into the Wolf 359 conventions should be carried out in the UK.Re: Attn JMS: Rising Stars #5
JMS responds to a compliment about Rising Stars.
26 February 2000
Re: ATTN JMS: Wolf 359 Conventions Limited
JMS relates what was told to him about money from Wolf 359 conventions not reaching the intended charities.
24 February 2000
Re: ATTN JMS: Wolf 359 Conventions Limited
JMS thanks a poster who is investigating the financial standing of the company behind the Wolf 359 convention.
23 February 2000
Re: JMS, Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms
JMS disagrees with a poster who says JMS misinterpreted the original "offending" comment. However, the original poster confirms that he was misinterpreted. Twice.Re: ATTN JMS: Crusade questions
JMS clarifies that while he finds it unlikely that Crusade will return he never said he does not want it to return.Re: ATTN JMS: Wolf 359 Conventions Limited
JMS responds to a comment about the questionable solvency of the company behind the Wolf 359 convention.Re: ATTN JMS: Z'ha'dum
JMS jokingly reveals what John and Anna Sheridan discussed on their trip to Z'ha'dum.Re: JMS, Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms
JMS maintains that good intentions do not excuse bad government.Re: JMS, Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms
JMS doesn't want to discuss Clinton even though he is perfectly happy discussing Reagan.
22 February 2000
Re: JMS, Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms
JMS says that Ronald Reagan curtailed the same health programs nationally as he did in California as its governor.Re: JMS, discussion (Was:Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re:
JMS discusses the power of the U.S. President to set policy.Re: JMS, Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms
JMS maintains his freedom of speech to call Reagan a vegetable.Re: JMS, Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms
JMS rejects the argument that he should hate the sin (Reagan's administration) but not hate the sinner (Reagan).Re: JMS, Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms
JMS maintains that throughout this entire discussion he has been defending his freedom of speech against a poster who told him to go to hell for his opinion.Re: JMS, Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms
JMS responds to a clarification that the criticism directed at his earlier post was in response to his cheap shot about Reagan's Alzheimer's disease.
21 February 2000
Re: JMS, Shame on you (was Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms
JMS has no love whatsoever for Ronald Reagan.
20 February 2000
Re: Scripts from the fanclub
JMS responds to praise for the customer service at the Official Babylon 5 Fan Club.Re: Scripts
JMS comments on the inability to purchase Fiona Avery's scripts outside the United States.Re: ATTN: JMS: Re: Off-topic from jms re: campaign 2000
The political debate continues with comments from JMS about Ronald Reagan.Re: ATTN JMS: Art control?
JMS states that he does have control over the art in Rising Stars in response to a question about the adult nature of the artwork.Re: ATTN JMS: Rising Stars originally a novel?
JMS says that Rising Stars did not evolve from a novel he was working on a few years ago.
19 February 2000
Re: ATTN JMS: Crusade Questions (Gore and McCain)
JMS discusses his opinions of Gore and Bradley as presidential candidates.
18 February 2000
Re: ATTN JMS: B5 Story in B5 Magazine
JMS will write a story set on Babylon 5 during the original 5-year arc for Babylon 5 Magazine. This was voted on by the readers.Re: ATTN JMS: Rising Star #5 -- Not bad at all
JMS responds to comments about the slow ramp-up of Issues 1 - 4 of Rising Stars and the unique graphic effect in Issue 5.Re: JMS: Scripts ?
JMS explains the difference between legally sold second-hand scripts and illegal copies.Re: Obvious Question, For the Record... (potential spoiler)
JMS responds to a question about Issue 5 of Rising Stars.Re: JMS Schedule-Gallifrey? Fiona?
Fiona Avery and other writers may be selling their scripts on the Web soon.
17 February 2000
Re: ATTN JMS: Crusade Questions
JMS makes an uncharacteristic political statement, urging voters in South Carolina to consider McCain.
16 February 2000
Re: JMS Schedule-Gallifrey? Fiona?
JMS clarifies that Fiona Avery - not JMS - will be selling scripts at the Gallifrey One convention.
14 February 2000
Re: JMS Schedule-Gallifrey? Fiona?
JMS explains why he does not attend any conventions with the word Trek in the title.Re: rising stars #5 out 2/16
JMS says that Rising Stars is more of a gradual revelation of a story rather than a mystery.
13 February 2000
Re: ATTN JMS: Part of canon or just licensed?
JMS describes how Fiona Avery ensures consistency among licensed products and explains what makes something Babylon 5 canon.IDOC/CIA Question
alt.politics.org.cia
JMS is looking for information on the Information, Documentation and Cover branch of the CIA. Could he be doing research for his next project?
12 February 2000
Re: JMS Schedule-Gallifrey? Fiona?
JMS posts schedules for himself and Fiona Avery at the Gallifrey One convention.
10 February 2000
Re: Crusade on Video?
JMS reports that Crusade is coming out in the UK on tape.Re: ATTN JMS: B5 this year on DVD in UK
JMS discusses what he would like to see on Babylon 5 DVDs if he is asked to participate.
09 February 2000
Re: Voice in the Wilderness scripts
JMS relays the Official Fan Club response about damaged merchandise.Re: Voice in the Wilderness scripts
JMS receives a complaint about the binding of previous script products from the Official Fan Club.Re: OT: The Haunting
JMS recommends Seconds, another suspense thriller film from the sixties.
08 February 2000
Re: rising stars #5 out 2/16
JMS promises that the Rising Stars arc will really start moving with Issue 5, and there will be more present-tense action and less flashbacks.
07 February 2000
Re: OT: The Haunting
The Haunting (from 1963) is one of JMS' favorite movies.rising stars #5 out 2/16
JMS thinks Issue 5 of Rising Stars is the best one yet.small request from jms
aus.sf.babylon5
JMS is looking for the artist Hugh Fleming.
04 February 2000
Voice in the Wilderness scripts
The Official Babylon 5 Fan Club is selling copies of the scripts for "A Voice in the Wilderness".
02 February 2000
Re: ATTN: JMS - Religion in B5
JMS provides more commentary on his atheism.
01 February 2000
Re: ATTN: JMS - Religion in B5
JMS comments on the Unitarian-Universalist Church.Re: JMS: Gil Kane
JMS responds to the news that Gil Kane has passed away.Re: ATTN JMS: Untold Secrets?
The story of David Sheridan will be covered in the Centauri Prime novels.