B5 Movie book now available
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The "summary" is so general and brief it's almost not worth mentioning. I'll highlight the details.
--Lyta Alexander and Lennier are slated to be killed in the conflict. This is slightly elaborated upon in one of JMS' introductions to the movies--he says they die in the explosion that destroys Psi Corp Headquarters.
--All the Babylon 5 regulars (except, of course, for departed characters Jeffery Sinclair and Talia Winters) were slated to appear, as was Bester (Walter Koenig)
--Two years prior to the start of the movie, Psi Corp HQ was bombed on Earth (late in season five, IIRC). The bombing was traced to rogue telepaths. In the two years hence, fighting has intensified. JMS compares this to British "troubles" in Ireland.
--This catches President Sheridan's attention, as the conflict is spiralling dangerously close to civil war. Because he has relations with leaders of both factions, Earthforce asks him to mediate the dispute. He agrees.
--"It's a sane, reasonable way to find a slution to the problem. Unfortunately, these are neither sane nor reasonable times. Teeps have infiltrated military, bypassed tests, commanding ships"
That's the end of the document.
I was disappointed by that particular piece.
Wasn't thrilled with the Garibaldi Lost Tale either.
Burnt out? Possible, as always. That was my feeling for parts of season 5. It's also possible that the B5 universe as he designed it isn't allowing much room to maneuver along the lines he's used to thinking. I suppose that sounds more like semantics. However, I'm not ready to use that term - "burnt out" - because I enjoyed the Lost Tales entries. I also think the Garibaldi segment coming up had some good potential. Unfortunately we're liable to never find out how it would have played.
For anybody interested, today is the last day to purchase the Babylon 5 script book that contains the movies:
Thirdspace
River of Souls
Legend of the Rangers
Lost Tales.
Jan
Thirdspace
River of Souls
Legend of the Rangers
Lost Tales.
Jan
I enjoyed TLT, but I agree that there's not much point in doing new B5 now - the story is over. It was told very, very well, but there's just not much point in continuing it.
Sorry, didn't mean to scare you!You had me worried when I first saw your post, worried that I'd missed out on a new book. Then I saw my copy on the shelf, so ..... whew.
The next series of books is called "Asked & Answered" and last I heard, we're not sure how many books it'll be yet as editing is still ongoing. The first one will go on sale on May 13. There will be sample pages put up for people to browse through then also.
Jan
I just noticed in your signature that the book is now available. The sample looks intriguing, but I doubt I will be buying it. Money is far too tight right now. Yet I can tell you did a hella good job with it!
Thanks, it's been a heck of a project. I was surprised to find that, even after wading through all gazillion posts (about 18,000 plus various online chats), I really enjoyed sitting and reading the finished product. The experience is very different between reading them in an organized manner and reading them on a computer screen as they happened. Face it, as anybody who's tried to read them onscreen can attest, there's an awful lot that are simply incomprehendable.
I also think it's important from a historical (for lack of a better word) view. Even now I don't think there's a TV producer who's been as accessible to the viewers and it only seems right that the document he's created be in a more permanent form than just online.
Jan
It's a technique that has been shown to work well. I don't know if Ron Moore was thinking of jms when he decided to interact so much with the nuBSG fandom, but it wouldn't surprise me if he said it influenced him in that direction at least. It does make said producer vulnerable in some ways, and he has to be careful when it comes to issues regarding intellectual property. However, it does cultivate a good relationship with the fanbases involved
I just noticed in your signature that the book is now available. The sample looks intriguing, but I doubt I will be buying it. Money is far too tight right now. Yet I can tell you did a hella good job with it!
Thanks, it's been a heck of a project. I was surprised to find that, even after wading through all gazillion posts (about 18,000 plus various online chats), I really enjoyed sitting and reading the finished product. The experience is very different between reading them in an organized manner and reading them on a computer screen as they happened. Face it, as anybody who's tried to read them onscreen can attest, there's an awful lot that are simply incomprehendable.
I also think it's important from a historical (for lack of a better word) view. Even now I don't think there's a TV producer who's been as accessible to the viewers and it only seems right that the document he's created be in a more permanent form than just online.
Jan
I really wish I could afford that, it looks like a gold mine of reference nuggets...but I just can't justify any indulgence at the moment. Out of interest, how long will these ones be available?
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