Babylon 5- The Lost Tales *SPOILERS*

[vacantlook]

...This would also give us the ability to do a Sinclair or a Marcus story.

Ooo! Sinclair on Minbar would be nice and fun. (Of course, I know most people are going to gasm over the idea of seeing him in the past during the historical Minbari-Shadow War, and that'd be fun too. )

[moreorless]

Ooo! Sinclair on Minbar would be nice and fun. (Of course, I know most people are going to gasm over the idea of seeing him in the past during the historical Minbari-Shadow War, and that'd be fun too. )

I wouldnt be at all supprized if a story or two wasnt written about Sinclair on Minbar for possible use in the series. Alot of the arc stories that didnt feature regularly had "reminders" like the sector 14 alien in Knives.

[johnb uk]

Delenn in power mode

This is looking very promising indeed. I've always liked those scenes where Delenn switches from poised, calm and elegant to showing how powerful and strong she can be, while still remaining so poised and elegant . Often leaving poor old Sheridan metaphorically gasping for breath.

Hope jms includes some more of those!!!

[qstor]

crusade

I think it could be cool to set an episode during/after Crusade.

Mike

[Jan]

This just in

Just posted on the Moderated Newsgroup:

Title: B5:TLT update from jms
Author: [email protected]
Date: 3 Oct 2006 00:17:35 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected] .com>

I'm kind of up against it right now on an assortment of deadlines, so
this'll be quick, but I did want to address some of the questions that
have been asked.

Yes, we're shooting this HD, so this is going to be quite a learning
curve for me as a director, since I've never shot HD before. There's
also a HUGE amount of green-screen involved, so again, lots of learning
to be done.

For those who are getting the B5 scripts books -- and eventually the
B5:TLT scripts will be released -- you'll notice a substantial
difference between them and these scripts in that I decided to kind of
direct them on the page more than usual: calling out specific angles
and camera directions, locations and setups more than in any prior B5
script. It probably resembles an animation script more than a standard
TV script, because it incorporates my directorial notes, shot for shot,
as we go.

The first three-segment DVD is called "Voices in the Dark." We've
narrowed down the cast, and hope to have their deals closed this week.
There are already ten crew members working on this thing up in
Vancouver, pulling together stages, offices and other prep work. The
first day of shooting will likely be either November 13th or 14th (due
to a Canadian holiday). The last twiddlings to the script should be
done by this coming Monday. Storyboarding starts the end of this week.

It's balls-to-the-wall right now, but it should be fun in the end.

jms


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[phazedout]

wuhoo! hopefuly there'll be some DVDs winging their way to me in time for paddy's day
Cheers Jan for the update.
Phaze
on the "see the latest spam registration?" ID

[Jan]

Second quarter 2007...gotta be after St. Patrick's, I'm afraid.

And don't worry about the spam registrations, far fewer post than register and Ranger and I zap 'em as soon as we see 'em.

Jan

[phazedout]

hmm, 2nd qurater eh?
MY birthday's at the end of july, time to drop some subtle as an anvil hints.
Phaze
on the "yay! prezzies for phaze, happy days" ID

[Jan]

To heck with July! My birthday's in April, the first month of the second quarter!

Jan

[SpanishFan]

Thanks for the news, Jan. I still can't believe how close we are to new B5 stories.

[SmileOfTheShadow]

Just posted on the Moderated Newsgroup:

Whoooop....I posted the JMS deal to the crew returning thread without reading this one first. Serves me right for posting before I've had my coffee Shoulda known you'd be on top of things Jan!

Either way, I think the time for those who are skeptical about it actually happening to come on board. It's pretty darn real now.

Jon

[Andrew_Swallow]

To heck with July! My birthday's in April, the first month of the second quarter!

In the past DVDs and cassettes were always issued a month late so assume July 2007.

Andrew Swallow

[phazedout]

yipee,
My friend (also a B5 fan but not quite as nutty as me) says he's suprised I haven't pre-ordered it at amazon already
Phaze
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[Joseph DeMartino]

My friend (also a B5 fan but not quite as nutty as me) says he's suprised I haven't pre-ordered it at amazon already

Well, if they'd make it available, we would order it. Don't forget, one of the first hints Warner Bros. had of B5's sales potential on DVD came when Amazon.com accidentally listed the original doulbe-feature movie disc for pre-order early. They posted it on the site about 2 AM Eastern Time on a Saturday morning and by Sunday night it was in the Amazon top 60 or so. There was not publicity, no advertising, no official announcement, just word of web after some fan stumbled across the listing. After a day or two somebody at Amazon.com realized their mistake and pulled the listing. But within 24 hours it was back up (Warner Bros. having realized that the cat was out of the bag and also having seen the numbers.) And the rest - as they say - is history.

Regards,

Joe

[Jan]

This morning's tid-bit:

Title: Re: B5:TLT update from jms
Author: [email protected]
Date: 3 Oct 2006 21:12:00 -0700
Message-ID: <[email protected] .com>

Shabaz wrote:
>
> And thank you for answering my HD question about TLT. The AV nerd in me
> is happy. I wonder if this means if it will be shot on film and then
> telecined to HD resolutions (usually to 1080p24), or shot with digital
> HD cameras (1080i60 or otherwise)? Just curious.
>

The latter. I figure if I'm gonna learn this stuff, I may as well dive
in at the deep end.

In for a penny, in for a pounding, I say....

jms