JMS on Usenet

August 2000

J. Michael Straczynski posts regularly on Usenet. This page provides quick links to his posts from August 2000, with a brief description of each. Unless otherwise stated, all messages are from rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated.

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31 August 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: A (gasp!) Babylon 5 question.
JMS is asked about a comment that he made many years ago about the last scene of "Sleeping in Light".

30 August 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: Blown away by "Night Calls"
JMS says the City of Dreams web site has the correct date for the next episode: September 4.

Re: new jms tv series
JMS is asked for his opinion on the status of his career.

29 August 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: Blown away by "Night Calls"
JMS clarifies the intended relationship between the two stories in "Night Calls", the fifth City of Dreams episode.

Re: ATTN JMS: A (gasp!) Babylon 5 question.
JMS answers a question about humanity's knowledge of the Vorlons.

Re: ATTN JMS: Blown away by "Night Calls"
JMS gives an update on City of Dreams.

28 August 2000

Re: Attn:JMS - Are you happy?
JMS discusses the fulfillment he gets from his work.

Re: new jms tv series
JMS learns the identity of the Spiral Zone leak.

Re: new jms tv series
JMS discusses the level of his involvement with the animated shows he has worked on.

Re: ATTN: JMS Crusade Revival?
JMS says that despite his new show he could still work on a revived Crusade, but it would be in a lesser capacity.

27 August 2000

Re: new jms series
JMS reveals that the outside concept on which his new series is based is previously published fiction.

Re: new jms tv series
JMS is surprised to be asked about Spiral Zone, a pilot he wrote from which he removed his name.

Re: new jms tv series
JMS discusses comments he's received from viewers about his other works before Babylon 5.

Re: ATTN JMS: Your New Series
JMS can not specify yet which pay cable network will air his new show.

Re: ATTN JMS: Othersyde original cut?
The original draft of JMS' novel, Othersyde, no longer exists.

Re: ATTN: JMS - Christopher Franke
JMS explains how composer Christopher Franke joined the Babylon 5 team.

26 August 2000

Re: new jms tv series
JMS provides as many details as possible about his new show.

Re: ATTN JMS: What about these two past plans of yours?
JMS has closed a deal to run a show.

25 August 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: Rising Stars Film
JMS explains how he can write a Rising Stars movie script even though the comic book run isn't finished yet.

Re: ATTN JMS: Trotting out the dead horse...
JMS has no news about the possibilities of reviving Crusade on the Sci-Fi Channel or releasing it on video in the U.S.

24 August 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: You're a fantastic writer, but... re RS movie.
JMS answers a question about how he can write a Rising Stars movie with 113 Specials.

23 August 2000

jms impersonators
JMS requests help in protecting his reputation from impersonators.

Re: ATTN: JMS: Creative Control In RS Movie
The Rising Stars movie will be live-action.

Re: ATTN JMS: What about these two past plans of yours?
JMS give the current status of a computer game he once mentioned and The World on Fire.

22 August 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: Your other two.
JMS still plans to take Tribulations to a major publishing house and hopes to reprint his earlier novels at the same time.

Re: ATTN: JMS SFC schedule
JMS doesn't know any details about how the Sci-Fi Channel will broadcast Babylon 5.

Re: ATTN JMS: Rising Stars Film
JMS clarifies an earlier statement about scripts.

Re: jms update
JMS responds to a joke about his inability to abstain from work.

21 August 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: Tribulations in California?
JMS addresses a problem with purchasing the paper version of Tribulations in California.

Re: JMS: Unpublished?
Almost everything JMS has ever written has been published.

Re: Next "City of Dreams"?
There will be a brief delay before the next episode of City of Dreams is released.

Re: jms update
JMS describes his new computer.

20 August 2000

Re: ATTN JMS: Rising Stars Film
JMS answers questions about the Rising Stars movie.

Re: "The Gathering" Question
"The Gathering" was not filmed in widescreen.

Re: jms update
JMS responds to a compliment of "Night Calls", the City of Dreams episode.

Re: jms update
JMS is reminded of his promise to retire from television and write novels after Babylon 5.

jms update
This message details all of the projects JMS is currently pursuing.

Re: ATTN JMS: Rising Stars back orders or another option.
JMS won't be attending Worldcon this year.

Re: ATTN JMS: Rising Stars Film
JMS is asked about the cast idead for the Rising Stars film.

07 August 2000

Re: NEW jms novel available FREE online
aus.sf.babylon5
JMS repeats the Tribulation announcement for Australian fans.

Re: NEW jms novel available FREE online
alt.babylon5.uk
Tribulations is now available at Bookface.com.

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