• The new B5TV.COM is here. We've replaced our 16 year old software with flashy new XenForo install. Registration is open again. Password resets will work again. More info here.

JoeD, you're my hero!

D

**DONOTDELETE**

Guest
JoeD, you\'re my hero!

How DO you know so much about Babylon 5?

When you're not watching B5, do you save baby kittens from burning buildings?

------------------
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

Were going to have to add Joe to the faq.

Let's see: he keeps lurkers and other reference sites open on his computer, has been on many boards for years, started watching the show early but not at the beginning, he's hinted that he did not take the show entirely seriously at first until friends forced him to watch, he has a good memory, thinks while writting and is careful about what he posts, has a decent knowledge of actual history, uses his real name, used to know some people somewhat within the studio system, and has interacted with the great maker through rec and email.

That's all I can think of for now let's see if other vets can add more.

Don't take it the wrong way that I answered but this question gets asked often enough I think a new method of answering it could be beneficial.

------------------
Bus

"Yeah, we could start our own game where people throw ducks at balloons and nothing's the way it seems."-Homer
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

I think Doctor Gonzo has pretty well covered it. He also checks JMSNews.com and is probably on a mailing list of JMS posts.
Also he has the patience and interest in the subject to do the checking when asked about something.

------------------
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

Actually, the great JoeD posted a response to this very question once on this very board. I just can't seem to find it...can anybody help? :~) If we can find it, we could just stick *that* in the FAQ :)

(Pretty soon, we'll have a www.joenews.com as well :)

Cheers,
--mcn
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

Some people really deserve a spot in the FAQ, like JoeD, and Sol, and did I mention Sol?
laugh.gif


------------------
-There is that short moment, before going to sleep, where you just think about your life, and you're finally proud of yourself, all the doubts are gone, and you feel like there is nothing in the world that you can't do - Me
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

Add to Joe De M.'s credits that he has or does work in some aspect of the biz, not sure exactly what, don't think I've seen him reveal that. And that he is very logical and analytical. I'm wondering if he's on vacation or something, because I haven't seen him post in a while.

------------------
You're speaking treason! Olivia De Havilland as Maid Marian
Fluently! Errol Flynn as Robin Hood
You're talking treason! Olivia De Havilland as Arabella Bishop
I trust I'm not obscure. Errol Flynn as Dr. Peter Blood

Palindrome of the month: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by solaris5:
Some people really deserve a spot in the FAQ, like JoeD, and Sol, and did I mention Sol? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Don't worry, Sol, you're my hero too!
laugh.gif


------------------
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

Speaking of Joe, anybody seen him around lately?

------------------
You are not entitled to your own opinion. You are only entitled to your own informed opinion.
-- Harlan Ellison qouting Gustave Flaubert
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by solaris5:
Some people really deserve a spot in the FAQ, like JoeD, and Sol, and did I mention...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

*Whistles*



------------------
"Well, after all, no one knows exactly what you look like. That makes some people...a little nervous."
"Good."
Sinclair and Kosh, Grail.
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

*blush*

Actually my main computer went screwy a few days ago, and I haven't had time to do much of anything about it. (Have to pick up a new hard drive, among other things, tomorrow.) Just got the DSL modem transferred over to the Windows 2000 machine that I use for school labs today, and am currently trying to catch up on 100+ e-mails and a whole bunch of websites (with no "favorites" list to work from
smile.gif
) in between studying for my next certification exam.

Oh, and I've never been in any branch of show business. (Unless you count community theater.
laugh.gif
)

Regards,

Joe

------------------
Joseph DeMartino
Sigh Corps
Pat Tallman Division

joseph-demartino@att.net
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Joseph DeMartino:
*blush*<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Damn. He's still here.
tongue.gif
tongue.gif
tongue.gif


------------------
You are not entitled to your own opinion. You are only entitled to your own informed opinion.
-- Harlan Ellison qouting Gustave Flaubert
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>So why are you invited to trade shows and the like which you've mentioned from time to time<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I was invited to private tours at Fox, DTS and other industry sites in California because I was one of the 60 or so Home Theater Forum members who attended the 2000 National Meeting in Los Angeles. The invitation was to the group, not to individual members. (Since the studios and other facilities could only handle about 60 people at a time, rank and file members like me were selected to go by a kind of lottery system. The folks who run the forum were there ex officio.)

Some of the events we attended were open to the general public, including the annual Studio Day where DVD hardware and software companies come to promote their wares for the upcoming year. Of course you a) have to know about it and b) have to be in Los Angeles to attend it. (Studio Day is sponsored by and held at Dave's Video in Studio City.)

I also know a few folks who do work in the industry and from whom I sometimes get information. I know others who work in industries or for firms closely associated with the entertainment business (law firms, accounting firms, the advertising business) and I learn things from them, as well.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>and how do you know a fair amount about the technical aspects of production?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I read The Making of Star Trek back in 1967 or '68 and became interested in the nuts and bolts of how TV shows get made and end up in our homes. So it is a subject I've read about a lot, and one that I ask people about when I get the chance. I once had a long one-on-one conversation on the subject with Gene Rodenberry in the staff suite at a Star Trek convention. (While everyone else was in the next room talking to William Shatner.
smile.gif
)

One of the reasons that JMS started his on-line dialogue with fans was to explain how a show like B5 is created, sold and produced, and I've paid a lot of attention to his posts - always allowing for the fact that he only represents one point of view, and that he himself doesn't know a great deal about parts of the business that he doesn't normally deal with.

Regards,

Joe

------------------
Joseph DeMartino
Sigh Corps
Pat Tallman Division

joseph-demartino@att.net
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

I was getting ready to start a thread called "Where have you gone Joe D?"

Good to see you posting again, Joe!

------------------
God be between you and harm in all the empty places you must walk.
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

Thanks, Joe. I thought you had one of those zillion peripheral jobs in the film industry, which often shoots in Florida. So now I know you're not a set dresser or something.

------------------
You're speaking treason! Olivia De Havilland as Maid Marian
Fluently! Errol Flynn as Robin Hood
You're talking treason! Olivia De Havilland as Arabella Bishop
I trust I'm not obscure. Errol Flynn as Dr. Peter Blood

Palindrome of the month: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by StarStuff:

I was getting ready to start a thread
called "Where have you gone Joe D?"<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

LoL...
laugh.gif
smile.gif
As most Vorlons, he has always been here.

[This message has been edited by Lennier (edited September 22, 2001).]
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

I was very happy to see Joe back this morning, straightening somebody out, as usual (no names).
crazy.gif


------------------
 
Re: JoeD, you\'re my hero!

Okay, you've never been in any aspect of show biz. So why are you invited to trade shows and the like which you've mentioned from time to time, and how do you know a fair amount about the technical aspects of production?

------------------
You're speaking treason! Olivia De Havilland as Maid Marian
Fluently! Errol Flynn as Robin Hood
You're talking treason! Olivia De Havilland as Arabella Bishop
I trust I'm not obscure. Errol Flynn as Dr. Peter Blood

Palindrome of the month: Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas.
 

Latest posts

Members online

No members online now.
Back
Top