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I liked his Spidey stuff, too. I'm not a character purist, I just follow good writers, JMS being one of 5 or 6 I really dig. I heard a lot of fans were really unhappy with One More Day, then heard JMS took his name off it, so I stopped reading the title at that point. For my money, the best...

World War Z is still listed because the final script will be something to which he contributed. The studio hired someone to do rewrites on his script, but he still gets credit. Not quite the same as getting fired. So he's doing both the Superman comic AND the reboot? Just going by how some...

I've thought of lots of similarities, some thematic, some more direct. But I definitely regard each as being their own distinct creation, each groundbreaking in its own way. They're both such imaginative works. I'm a big Starlin fan too. I heard a podcast interview in which he said he's...

You're welcome. Did JMS really say something about Dreadstar being an influence? I know he's mentioned his love for DC comics, and that he wrote a script for a Grimjack movie, another killer comic. Not sure what other comics he's discussed. Another big similarity with Dreadstar is the...

I don't remember seeing anything about a comic series that was a big influence on B5, but I do remember JMS writing about how he's been influenced in general by epic sci fi novels like Lensman and the Foundation Trilogy. But there is an excellent comic series from the 80's and early 90's...

Okay Starkiller, ready for spoilers? There is a bunch of material about Earth and Shadow tech, before and after Clark. Clark's regime was short-lived, but Earth's obsession with Shadow tech was going on for some time before it. These are the people tasked with developing the weapons to fight...

Hmm, I don't remember that quote, does anyone else? But whether it's Sheridan being taught by Kosh, or given the White Star (with Vorlon tech), or if it's the secretive Earth agencies working with the Shadows and studying their tech, it is clear that Earth's future is being heavily influenced...

Although I've heard of the Flaming Carrot, my ignorance about it is otherwise total. I could look it up online somewhere, but my Crusade book came yesterday, so I think my choice is clear. I also got the second volume of JMS' Thor run, so I'm a bit torn. Raw Shark "Every single time, we...

I ordered mine days ago, and am getting impatient. It's not really supposed to arrive for another week, but I'm impatient anyway. I'm also reminding myself to not be disappointed when we don't find out much of anything about the Apocalypse Box. I know there was some material on them in one of...

Cool cool cool! Funny that this book has no scripts, but it looks like something I'd like to read anyway. I looked on the site, but didn't find the number of pages, does anyone know? Or maybe I've had too much coffee and skimmed too fast, it's a flaw. So glad to hear the Crusade script books...

Obviously the B5 graphic novel is on the back burner while he focuses on things that will actually sell well. I enjoyed some of the B5 comics, but clearly there's room for improvement. Last I heard, he was going to make the graphic novel about Earth, Mars, Minbar and a conspiracy, which sounds...

I need more Crusade, too. It was going to go to some deep, dark places and JMS is sooo good at that. I would also be happy to see it as a comic, but JMS keeps ruling these possibilities out, for reasons I do not understand. Such a bummer. Raw Shark "Such a bummer." Raw Shark

Perhaps they just needed to stay between their targets and the jumpgate, though no gate was shown on screen. If they guard the gate, then few of those ships would be going anywhere, they'd be sitting ducks. Except for the ones with jump engines, which are generally just the big warships...

Yep, opposite the Super Bowl, in Colorado, anyway. I tend to forget it was a syndicated program then. That is, before it became a big network colossus on TNT. For 'Midnight' I was flipping back and forth between it and the game. Been watching some more of the Season 2 episodes. I really...

Sixteen years! I remember watching when that ep was first shown in '94. It was played opposite the Super Bowl, and I remember thinking it was probably doomed, which was too bad because it was a strong start. Glad I was so wrong about that. 'Midnight' also had one of the early uses of their...

Weird, I had not heard of that flyer before. A very early indication that the Vorlons were immortal. I just sort of wrote off the assassination plot as another clunky item from 'The Gathering,' there are so many. If that had been the first thing I'd seen for B5, I don't think I would have...

I’ve tried Jade Jaguar’s Zen method, but my mind always kicks into high gear instead. Indications of where the series was going are everywhere! Like aajay, I also find myself really liking eps that I previously didn’t like so much. ‘Knives’ is one for sure. And ‘The Quality of...

I would like to know more about Justin. Who was he (I know, I know, this is the wrong question), and how did he get to Z'ha'dum? I think JMS stated somewhere that he was not aboard the Icarus. Was he from IPX, EarthForce, EarthDome, or some other agency? And was he re-programmed by the...

Bummer. Raw Shark "Bummer... That's, that's a bummer, man." The Dude

A reimagining, yes, but I'd feel a lot better about it if it's written by him, rather than 'based on characters created by Kenneth Johnson.' Final Battle was pretty much profit-driven, as NBC was eager to get more product out there and didn't want to wait for Johnson. I sure liked some of what...