by J. Michael Straczynski, Joe Michael Stracynski, Joe Strazynski
2009 · 393 pages
Get FREE page samples from this book at B5books.com.Asked and Answered (Part 2 of 5) includes answers to questions specifically about Fan Interaction, the Five Year Arc, Fun with JMS, Influences, JMS on JMS, JMS on Politics, Last Days & Legacy of Babylon 5, Merchandise of Babylon 5, Music of Babylon 5, the Online Experiment, Physics & Babylon 5, Places & Planets, and the Production of Babylon 5.PART 2 INCLUDES MORE THAN 800 QUESTIONS SUCH AS* How and why JMS signs autographs for 3-4 hours at a time* What really happened at the Wolf Convention* How the five year arc was structured* Which actor knew the most about the entire arc* How JMS balanced the characters over the 5 year run* Why Babylon 5 is a 5-year story, and why JMS can't extend it* How JMS compensated for cast changes* The one word that JMS uses to describe Babylon 5* What happened when JMS channeled Zathras* How Rod Serling profoundly influenced JMS* The show that JMS considers the best TV show ever produced* How ancient Babylon relates to Babylon 5* How Z'ha'dum was inspired by a legendary Greek figure* How Tolkien influenced B5, and how Lord of the Rings didn't* The importance of Norman Corwin and Mark Twain to JMS's own work* What Superman means to JMS* Why JMS believes that government should have no interest in religion* Why JMS doesn't consider himself an SF "superstar"* Why Stewart Copeland scored the pilot but not the series* How JMS and Christopher Franke worked together* How Christopher Franke worked with an orchestra in another country* How JMS tried to incorporate real physics into Babylon 5 and the "sound in space" issue* How the B5 production model differs from most other shows* What JMS would have done if he had had $1 million more per showDiscover why Babylon 5 will never be available on Blu-ray at B5news.com.
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