JMS on Usenet
April 2001
J. Michael Straczynski posts regularly on Usenet. This page provides quick links to his posts from April 2001, with a brief description of each. Unless otherwise stated, all messages are from rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated.
30 April 2001
Re: ATTN JMS: TWCBN scripts
JMS gives more details about his currently unnamed television project.
27 April 2001
Re: Attn JMS: OT- Rising Stars (spoilers for RS#14)
JMS defends his choice of the two example missions he showed in Rising Stars 14.Re: order of airing of Crusade
JMS discusses the order of the three Crusade episodes with Lochley.
26 April 2001
rising stars 14 out now
Issue 14 of Rising Stars is now available.
24 April 2001
Re: JMS fan club
JMS pokes fun at the idea of a JMS fan club.Re: ATTN JMS: Continuing Crusade ratings?
JMS reports on the ratings for Crusade's second week.Re: jms-Actors & Writers' strikes question
JMS has many ideas about the way that actors treat writers, but he isn't sharing them.
21 April 2001
Re: B5 Bootleg Ethics...
JMS argues that copyright law protects intellectual property.Re: B5 Bootleg Ethics...
JMS argues against video pirates profiting from stolen property.Re: B5 Bootleg Ethics...
JMS gives an example of how the blooper reels might have gotten out to the public illegally.Re: B5 Bootleg Ethics...
JMS illustrates the absurdity of the arguments in favor of the blooper reel bootlegs.
20 April 2001
Re: So, jms, does this mean that.....
JMS discounts a rumor about the motivations of the Sci-Fi Channel.Re: ATTN JMS: Workload?
JMS does not want to write as many episodes for another series as he did for Babylon 5.Re: ATTN JMS: Workload?
JMS says that the production schedules from his multiple projects should not conflict.Re: JSM: G'Kar?
JMS confirms the Sci-Fi Channel release about Michael Vejar and Andreas Katsulas participating in "To Live and Die in Starlight".Re: B5 LotR - "To Live and Die in Starlight" Logos
JMS receives a suggestion to provide The Legend of the Rangers promotional materials to fans.
19 April 2001
Re: ATTN JMS: Crusade - how do you think you did?
JMS states again that various side issues like the tone of his posts don't mean anything positive or negative to Crusade's chances for revival.Re: JMS: Anthology?
JMS' other new TV series is not an anthology.Re: ATTN JMS: Keyboard give-a-way
JMS wants to attend the World Horror Convention, but it depends on the production schedule for The Legend of the Rangers.Re: ATTN JMS: Crusade - how do you think you did?
JMS reflects candidly on the quality of Crusade.
18 April 2001
from jms re: various b5 stuff
JMS reports on the Crusade and Babylon 5 ratings and gives a brief update on the status of The Legend of the Rangers.from jms re: comics stuff
JMS gives the status of several comic-related projects.
16 April 2001
Re: ATTN JMS: Politically Incorrect
JMS receives faint praise.Re: Attn JMS: Crusade question and comments...
JMS is elusive about the full reason for choosing the series title Crusade.Re: Crusade - Racing the Night
JMS refuses the title "world's living top playwright".
15 April 2001
Re: JMS: ASM #30 (OT: Daredevil and Marvel)
JMS mentions a review of Amazing Spider-Man 30.Re: ATTN JMS: Leak?
JMS continues to trade snips with those who don't seem to appreciate the time and honesty he's put into distributing information.Re: ATTN JMS: Gideon's Morality?
JMS justifies Captain Gideon's morals in Crusade.
14 April 2001
Re: It was a Straczynskian feat...
JMS bemoans the toleration of hurtful and libelous information on the Internet.Re: ATTN JMS: Leak?
JMS responds to a question about the believability of Babylon 5 information.Re: How do the recorders float?
JMS answers this question with a joke.Re: ATTN JMS: Politically Incorrect
JMS would not like to appear on Politically Incorrect, or any TV show for that matter.Re: Rising Stars
JMS answers questions about Top Cow Comics schedules.Re: ATTN JMS: Leak?
JMS is alerted to a possible production information leak.Re: JMS: ASM #30
JMS answers a few questions about his run on Amazing Spider-Man.
12 April 2001
Re: Crusade - Racing the Night
JMS reports on Crusade's ratings on the Sci-Fi Channel.Re: ATTN JMS: Amazing Spiderman #30 -- How's it selling?
JMS reports that Amazing Spider-Man Issue 30 is selling very well.
11 April 2001
Re: ATTN JMS: On tonight's showing of RTN
JMS believes he originated the phrase "Racing the Night".Re: Rising Stars
JMS believes that the next issue of Rising Stars will be out on April 19.Re: Is Steven Grimm being compensated by Sci-fi
JMS asked the Sci-Fi Channel to give a visible credit to the Lurker's Guide for the content that they have reused on their Crusade page.Re: 'Babylon Squared' - Letterbox Prob...
JMS says that because of the rush to correct the widescreen problems in later seasons, corrections to several first season episodes were not sent to the Sci-Fi Channel.Re: It was a Straczynskian feat...
JMS says that the abusive web site has been taken down.Re: ATTN: JMS - Amazing Spidey
JMS receives a good review of his first issue of Amazing Spider-Man.
08 April 2001
Re: It was a Straczynskian feat...
JMS asks for help against the abusive anti-JMS web site.Re: It was a Straczynskian feat...
JMS comments again on the obnoxious web site that forwards abusive e-mails to him.Re: ATTN JMS: Dick Wolf article in 4/2/01 Newsweek
JMS has not read Dick Wolf's article on creating a new TV series.
06 April 2001
Re: Just a little note for Mr. JMS
JMS accepts thanks for Babylon 5.
03 April 2001
Re: Attn JMS: Lyta and Lenneir
JMS confirms the timings of Lennier and Lyta's deaths.
01 April 2001
Re: ATTN JMS: Spidey
JMS provides a link to a review of his first Amazing Spider-Man issue.Re: ATTN JMS: B5 and TV shows remade as movies
JMS hopes Babylon 5 won't get the standard Hollywood treatment and be turned into a really bad feature film in 20 years.