On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 8:30 AM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was an enormous fan of Babylon 5 - even going to a UK convention > attended by JMS and bunch of the stars back in the day. But I am a little > concerned about this - mostly because of the network it'll be going to. The > CW does not seem to be a network that does "hard" SF. With their massive > reliance on the Arrowverse, and before that things like Supernatural, it > seems to be out of kilter with the kind of stories that B5 was telling. Go > ahead and reimagine and retool the show, but don't just fill it with hot > twenty-somethings. Maybe I'm being unfair - I don't watch any of those Greg > Berlanti shows - but they seem made as much to a formula as CBS procedurals > are. A different formula, but definitely a formula. > > Having now enjoyed shows like The Expanse and Picard, I want something a > bit meatier. I've watched the first couple of episodes of Foundation on > Apple TV+ and that certainly has the makings of something good. Although > I've found some of the scripts a little bland so far, it's telling an > interesting story and seems to be prepared to go off into different and > unexpected directions. I fear for what a Network TV version of B5 ends up > as. > > Randomly, I just started reading Together We Will Go, JMS's > recently published novel. I can honestly say I have *no* idea where that is > going! > I bought the audiobook, but had to stop. Maybe I’ll pick it up again later, and maybe the tone changes, but the story really glorifies/celebrates suicide as if it is some form of hip, cool act, and having dealt with a suicide in my family, I was very uncomfortable with it, and wrote to him to tell him so. His autobiography, on the other hand, is outstanding. > > > Adam > > On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 5:33 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, really it has to manage to tell a different story. JMS has been >> talking about it on Twitter all day. Here’s his more detailed Facebook >> post. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/100044848321169/posts/404424564395818/?d=n >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 8:21 PM M-D November <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I have concerns. Yes, JMS’s involvement is a great sign, but the >>> Lando/G’Kar dynamic was lightning in a bottle. Whoever gets cast in those >>> roles will have big shoes to fill. >>> On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 1:20:59 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: >>> >>>> A B5 reboot is in the works. If anyone can do this right, it’s J. >>>> Michael Straczynski. I want more Babylon 5. I hope it works out. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/babylon-5-reboot-cw-1235021237/ >>>> -- >>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/110e69ad-cfae-4b65-996b-025a1b8b5d15n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/110e69ad-cfae-4b65-996b-025a1b8b5d15n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CwzRmbHceerqzL0gJoThtMCFuiHpX0R7Vuyt6JTcB23A%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4CwzRmbHceerqzL0gJoThtMCFuiHpX0R7Vuyt6JTcB23A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBLacV6qM804S0%3DRn7XTdvGpJD41ywH7xt2NBiizqVJsA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBLacV6qM804S0%3DRn7XTdvGpJD41ywH7xt2NBiizqVJsA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Av1PBJW9RaCq%2BNHO-dLxb91trBb8dwjgWom8KWCit55w%40mail.gmail.com.
