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Subject: Re: Babylon 5 - The Lost Tales
Date: 30 Apr 2007 16:34:56 -0700
From: "jmsatb5@aol.com" 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated

On Apr 30, 5:53 am, Richard Fallstrom 
wrote:
> In article <46354699$0$23131$9b4e6...@newsspool1.arcor-online.net>,
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> Angelika Tobisch  wrote:
> > Jan schrieb:
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> > > As for head in the sand...how many of those same people never seemed to
> > > understand that it was a five year story and not likely to ever become a
> > > six or
> > > seven year story?  Bruce Boxleitner.  Pat Tallman.  Jeffrey Willerth.  Jerry
> > > Doyle.  Those are just the ones I've personally heard say that B5 should
> > > have
> > > continued past five years.
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> > Not to mention people who refused to accept they'd get their place in
> > the spotlight later on in the arc or blew contract negotiations, but
> > were lucky enough to get a second chance. The fact that there's still
> > controversy about this particular incident just goes to show how much of
> > a fan favorite Ivanova really was.
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> > And, hey, "the way I figure it, we are all entitled to one really big,
> > incredibly stupid screw-up in our lives." I'm not saying this was hers
> > because that's so not for me to judge, but I'm sure as hell not going to
> > be angry at anybody for something like that a decade after the fact. As
> > much as I love the show and as much as I missed Ivanova in S5, I've
> > always thought that if you're going to be angry, you might as well go
> > for the really big stuff, and that's not part of it in my book. Now, if
> > I had somehow been personally involved, that would be something else
> > completely.
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> > Angelika
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> > P.S. I do, however, consider it important enough for me to wish I'd
> > finally get that $%&/ book ;)
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> Something I remember from Season 5 is Claudia did get a "walk-on" part
> as a Centauri who flirted with G'kar in his role as Lando's bodyguard.
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Urban myth.  Never happened.

jms