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June 19, 2008

Rogue TraderRogue Trader Somebody stop him...
in Zocalo v2.0
A B5 announcement? Maybe even a Rising Stars movie? Who knows but now I got something besides the WWDC to look forward too.

[url]http://www.jmsnews.com/msg.aspx?id=1-17711&topic=Writing[/url]
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  • JohnnyOnTheSpotJohnnyOnTheSpot Banned by request
    I'm excited!
  • CurZCurZ Resident Hippy
    I'm aroused!
  • MessiahMessiah Failed Experiment
    Im enticed!
  • Lord RefaLord Refa Creepy, but in a good way
    I'm soiled...
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    Where is Worf when you need him? :D

    JMS needs some help...
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I'm not excited. I'm bored of jms's constant "on this date you will know something really cool!" In inevitably turns out to be something really boring, or the date just goes by without any announcements whatsoever.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    You know what they say about armchair film makers? ;)
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I fail to see anything resembling an armchair film maker in what I said.
  • wiseguywiseguy Playa
    [QUOTE=Biggles;173639]I'm not excited. I'm bored of jms's constant "on this date you will know something really cool!" In inevitably turns out to be something really boring, or the date just goes by without any announcements whatsoever.[/QUOTE]

    kind of like steve jobs keynotes lately :rolleyes::D
  • Vorlons in my HeadVorlons in my Head The Vorlons told me to.
    Hey on June 19, my birthday. Maybe I'll have something interesting to look forward to.
  • David of MacDavid of Mac Elite Ranger Ca
    [QUOTE=wiseguy;173643]kind of like steve jobs keynotes lately :rolleyes::D[/QUOTE]

    No, I think I'd be satisfied if JMS announced that B5 DVDs were being rereleased in HD at half of their current price, and that a new Lost Tales was coming out next year. And that, for some reason, jmsnews.com was being renamed to WriterWords.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    [QUOTE=Biggles;173642]I fail to see anything resembling an armchair film maker in what I said.[/QUOTE]

    You can't blame JMS for hyping his own work, since nobody else is doing it for him. :D

    So far I haven't checked out any other of his creations besides B5... I'm looking forward to the Changeling.
  • Mr_BesterMr_Bester Earthforce Officer St Louis MO
    [QUOTE=Stingray;173646]You can't blame JMS for hyping his own work, since nobody else is doing it for him. :D

    So far I haven't checked out any other of his creations besides B5... I'm looking forward to the Changeling.[/QUOTE]

    Jeremiah will be starting in the US on scifi, july 10
    Dug
  • ChaosedChaosed Ranger
    I'm only looking foreword to B5 universe things. I haven't cable so no Jeremiah for me. As I understand it JMS did a few seasons. That it wasn't so good after he left.
  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    Well Biggles does have a point, as some of the stuff 'hyped' hasnt really happened. On the other hand, for 'it' to be appearing in print could mean it will be good. Z minus 9 days and we'll find out :)
  • Rogue TraderRogue Trader Somebody stop him...
    Honestly I don't think I would like to see B5 in HD. HD is much less forgiving then SD and if the show was re-done in HD all of the flaws would be so much more glaring. Never mind how pixelated the effects would look.
  • PSI-KILLERPSI-KILLER Needs help
    its doesn't mention B5 at all.
  • Falcon1Falcon1 Elite Ranger
    On June 19th I will become his apprentice. Soon we will have our revenge.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    [QUOTE=Stingray;173646]You can't blame JMS for hyping his own work, since nobody else is doing it for him. :D[/quote]

    The problem is that he essentially hypes vapour. He keeps telling us great things will be announced on a certain date, and most of the time that date goes by with nothing. I'd have no problem with him hyping stuff if he'd learn to wait until things are set in stone before announcing "something really cool is happening!"

    [quote]So far I haven't checked out any other of his creations besides B5... I'm looking forward to the Changeling.[/QUOTE]

    I highly recommend Jeremiah. In the first season especially, he really shows how good he is at long-form narrative.

    [QUOTE=Chaosed;173649]I'm only looking foreword to B5 universe things. I haven't cable so no Jeremiah for me. As I understand it JMS did a few seasons. That it wasn't so good after he left.[/QUOTE]

    jms wrote (with the help of someone else) both seasons. He left because he got sick of the network that was financing it basically being worse than TNT was to Crusade. Despite their interference, he managed to turn out an excellent short series with a relatively complete ending.
  • Rogue TraderRogue Trader Somebody stop him...
    I'm going to have to agree with Biggles here. How many times have we heard that something was supposed to be announced and then nothing. Or something that we don't really care about. The question that I find myself asking is

    Am I a fan of JMS or just Babylon 5?

    I liked some of his other works outside of B5 (rising stars and midnight nation) but he tends to get to full of himself when writing and it becomes too wordy.
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    I think I'm a fan of B5 only and mainly because of all the others involved (actors and crew). Just like I'm a fan of Star Wars and Star Trek only. I didn't care much for Lucas' or Roddenberry's other works.

    I'll check out Jeremiah, but after seeing Jericho, I don't know if it will measure up to the new post-apocalyptic standard. :D
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    I'm a fan of B5, I like Jeremiah, and I do think that jms is good at forming long-form complex plots, but I wouldn't claim to be a jms fan. I prefer to take each work individually (for most creators :p).
  • StingrayStingray Elite Ranger
    I don't see myself watching "Murder, She Wrote" just because JMS wrote some episodes. :D
  • ChaosedChaosed Ranger
    I like as much Excalibur as we got and were it was supposed to have gone.

    And Falcon 1 good luck on becoming JMS's apprentice. :)
  • MundaneMundane Elite Ranger
    Jeremiah was great and I enjoy reading about what JMS does :)
  • Rogue TraderRogue Trader Somebody stop him...
    I've read his run on Spider-Man (overall a B) and his Fantastic Four was ok. Supreme Power started off like Rising Stars and then became its own thing and then just stopped. Picked up Volume 1 of his Thor today so I'll get back to ya on that :p
  • E.TE.T Quote-o-matic
    [QUOTE=Rogue Trader;173651]Honestly I don't think I would like to see B5 in HD. HD is much less forgiving then SD and if the show was re-done in HD all of the flaws would be so much more glaring. Never mind how pixelated the effects would look.[/QUOTE]Exactly.
    And there's really no need for that because B5 is much much more about story and developing of persons than "bling".
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    with B5, i'd be more interested in Kick Ass Sound than HD, i can't remember, are the DVD's in Dolby Digital 5.1? i'd love to see it remixed into 8.1

    of course i dont own an 8.1 system yet... but i will!
  • WORFWORF The Burninator
    B5 in HD would only work if the CGI was rendered again, especially for the early episodes.

    As for the 19th? If something interesting is revealed, that's great but I wouldn't get my hopes up, we're still waiting for at least 5 announcements.

    Worf
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    The sound in the series wasn't particularly great, either. Hissing, muted dialog, oddly varied quality for a wide range of effects...

    I don't think 8.1 is even remotely usable.
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