JMS on Usenet

June 2000

J. Michael Straczynski posts regularly on Usenet. This page provides quick links to his posts from June 2000, 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 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: was Re: Babylon 5 Shadow Vessel Resin Model Kit B5
JMS discusses the issues of individuals obtaining merchandise licenses.

28 June 2000

Re: Babylon 5 Shadow Vessel Resin Model Kit B5
JMS points out that the resin kits being sold on eBay are unlicensed and unauthorized.

27 June 2000

Re: SFX has a dig. Again...
Don't ever expect an autobiography from JMS.

Re: ATTN JMS: You and Star Wars
JMS reveals how Star Wars would be different if he was in charge of it.

Re: Attn JMS: Bookface
JMS corrects a false assumption that Crusade is back in production. It isn't.

Re: SFX has a dig. Again...
JMS discusses the fact that he looks older than his age.

26 June 2000

Re: JMS Clones and B5 Love Lives
JMS responds with a joke to an extensive analysis of the romantic lives of Babylon 5 characters who share initials with JMS versus those who don't.

Re: SFX has a dig. Again...
SFX Magazine takes another pot shot at JMS.

Re: Attn JMS: Bookface
JMS will be releasing more fiction on Bookface.com soon.

Re: ATTN JMS: GenCon appearance
JMS doesn't know his schedule for GenCon yet.

Fan Mail Update
The Official Babylon 5 Fan Club has now ceased forwarding fan mail to the cast.

23 June 2000

Re: Attn JMS: Some questions about inquisitions...
JMS answers questions about "Comes the Inquisitor".

22 June 2000

Re: ATTN jms: Sci-Fi Chat on June 21
JMS answers questions about his Atheism.

Re: Attn. JMS, Spoilers - "Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic"
JMS answers a question about "Space, Time, and the Incurable Romantic", his new Babylon 5 short story in Amazing Stories magazine.

Re: ATTN JMS: City of Dreams?
JMS directs a poster to the Seeing Ear Theatre thread.

Re: JMS: Seeing Ear Theatre
JMS discusses his new audio anthology series for the Sci-Fi Channel's Seeing Ear Theatre.

21 June 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: Foundation Imaging
JMS explains the move from Foundation Imaging to Netter Digital for the Babylon 5 CGI effects after Season Three.

20 June 2000

Re: ATTN: JMS Gideon and Galen question
JMS says that Gideon and Galen would not have become romantically involved.

19 June 2000

Re: attn: JMS - More deep and searching questions
JMS responds to a question about the burden of getting Babylon 5 produced.

17 June 2000

Re: JMS: Final Last Word
JMS responds to comments about his words in the last issue of The Official Babylon 5 Magazine.

Re: Attn JMS:Rumour on FirstOnes Board
JMS seems to deny a rumor that he is suing Sierra over the cancellation of the Babylon 5 computer game.

Re: ATTN JMS: Rising Stars Question
JMS explains the structure of the Rising Stars story.

15 June 2000

Re: B5 - what was the turning point for you?
JMS passes on a joke about the difference between Star Trek and Babylon 5.

Re: attn: JMS - deep and searching questions
JMS reiterates that while he will write until the day he dies, he doesn't expect to work in television for many more years.

14 June 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: joke
JMS is asked about a joke from which only the punch line was heard in episodes of both Babylon 5 and Crusade.

13 June 2000

Re: Bookface.com
JMS responds to a Shakespeare joke.

Re: Attn JMS: SFC & DVD questions
JMS has no news about DVDs but promises to announce it quickly if he ever hears any.

Re: B5 - what was the turning point for you?
JMS couldn't resist joking about a typo in another post.

Re: attn: JMS - deep and searching questions
JMS answers questions about his perseverance during Babylon 5 and his future goals.

09 June 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: What the heck was Larry talking about?
JMS clarifies a comment that Larry DiTillio made in the Official Babylon 5 Magazine about unproduced Crusade episodes.

08 June 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: re: Mr. Quigly - no spoilers
JMS responds to praise for "Say Hello, Mr. Quigley".

Re: Crusade Scripts & New Works
JMS laments that Crusade was cancelled just before they got to the heavy arc episodes.

Re: Bookface.com
JMS responds to comments about "Say Hello, Mr. Quigley" and his early novels.

Re: I'm afraid. Very Afraid. (To Jms)
JMS adds a joke to the ongoing discussion about gun control.

07 June 2000

Re: ATTN: JMS Murder She Wrote casting
JMS is asked about actors in his recent Murder, She Wrote movie who have appeared in various science fiction shows.

Re: Attn jms: Crusade Stories
JMS never wrote any scripts for Season Two of Crusade.

Re: JMS: Have you seen this documentary?
JMS comments on the documentary film Blacklist: Hollywood On Trial.

06 June 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: Crusade scripts & technomage trilogy
JMS confirms that Jeanne Cavelos is using his two unproduced Crusade scripts as background material for her techno-mage trilogy.

05 June 2000

Re: (off-topic) Who is Jay Denebeim?
JMS jokes about one of the moderators of the moderated newsgroup.

Re: Crusade Scripts & New Works
JMS does not currently have any plans to sell his Crusade scripts in print form.

04 June 2000

Re: Sleeping in Light, A question.
JMS mentions some technical glitches at Bookface.com.

Re: Bookface.com
JMS discusses his fiction at Bookface.com.

new jms prose & crusade scripts
JMS announces that two of his short stories, two unpublished Crusade scripts and his new novel will be available to read online for free at Bookface.com.

Re: Sleeping in Light, A question.
JMS says that Bookface.com already has all his items up except the novel. They also have a third short story.

Re: new jms prose and crusade scripts
alt.babylon5.uk
JMS says that Bookface.com already has all his items up except the novel. They also have a third short story.

new jms prose and crusade scripts
alt.babylon5.uk
JMS announces that two of his short stories, two unpublished Crusade scripts and his new novel will be available to read online for free at Bookface.com.

Re: Sleeping in Light, A question.
JMS announces that two of his short stories, two unpublished Crusade scripts and his new novel will be available to read online for free at Bookface.com.

01 June 2000

Re: ATTN: JMS: Captain Power Reprisal?
JMS doesn't believe a rumor about the return of the Captain Power series.

Re: Sleeping in Light, A question???
JMS says that Zack Allan was wearing Centauri clothing at the end of "Sleeping in Light".

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