Daniel M. Upton <75442.1331@compuserve.com> asks:
> In the original version of the story where Sinclare stayed and
> there was no Sheridan was Babylon 4 brought forward in time to
> replace the destroyed Babylon 5? Was the ageing of Sinclare to
> have been explained by the fact that he had given his time
> stabilizer to Zathras? What did the Soul Hunter mean when he told
> Sinclare "they are using you"?

No, B4 was never intended to go forward in time. The aging was
done pretty much as intended. And the Soul Hunter meant they're using
him to create their old Leader. Still tracks. I'll have more to say
about all this after everyone's seen the episode.

jms

Daniel M. Upton <75442.1331@compuserve.com> asks:
> If you want to wait to answer this that's OK, but did the Minbari
> *know* that Sinclare was going to become Valen when they backed
> his assignment to B5? Is that what Delenn meant when she said she
> knew that they were not wrong about him? And if that is the case
> why was Delenn told to kill Sinclare if he remembered what
> happened to him at the Battle of the Line?

No, they didn't know at the time; most of them were still trying
to figure the whole damned thing out; some refused to accept it, and if
he was indeed bogus, wanted him killed to avoid becoming a false
prophet and undoing Minbari society; some *did* believe it was him.
This disagreement in a sense became the first loose thread in
unraveling parts of Minbari society.

jms

{original post had no questions}

Thank you.

And stop sitting in the dark; you'll trip when you stand up.

jms

{original post unavailable}

Thank you. I agree, in the beginning of the show, there was
the occasional rough spot; when you're trying to do something nobody's
really ever done before, there's a certain amount of trial and error.
But we learn *real* fast.

Thanks again.

jms

Bruno Melancon <102647.3222@compuserve.com> asks:
> How will you surprise us with the resolution of the Shadow War
> since we already know we will win?

It's a literary...I hate to say the word trick, but it's the
most descriptive. You show somebody the end right off the bat, as we
did with the Londo/G'Kar scene. But how do we get there? What
happens? Yes, the war is eventually won...but what *was* the price?
And what does it mean to everyone involved?

The best magic is when it's right there in your face, and you
can't see how it's being done.

jms

{original post had no questions}

Thanks, the pleasure is all mine.

jms

John M. Kahane <102664.773@compuserve.com> asks:
> The fact that the woman seemed to have a passkey to Sheridan's
> quarters makes me wonder...and I would love to see the surprise
> on folks' faces if it turned out to be Catherine Sakai...but
> that's not likely, is it? Any thoughts on this?
> I was rather pleased to see how Marcus reacted to Sinclair's
> decision to go back to the past and become the leader of the
> Minbari, and I loved seeing the actual scene with the Minbari
> "Valen" encounter the 1,000 years ago Minbari, but couldn't help
> but notice that we didn't get to see Kosh...or perhaps one of the
> Vorlons there was Kosh? Other than the destruction of B5 by the
> Shadows and the visions from Ladira that we saw in "Signs and
> Portents," how many of these visions actually portrayed the
> future that we will actually see? Were these actual future
> occurrences, or were they more "what might be"s (as Ladira called
> them in "SaP")?

Re: the Chrysalis device...it came from Epsilon 3. There was
one shot that should've been made more of, where we see a long box with
a silver triangle on one side being set up, and left. Unfortunately,
the shot didn't make much of it (you can see Zathras putting it out
there), and a later shot we dropped showing it again because it wasn't
properly featured and you couldn't really tell what it was. There was
so much in this episode that had to be pulled off, in a short amount of
time, that sometimes things in the background don't get framed as they
might be. But that's where it came from: from Epsilon 3 to Sinclair to
Delenn, who still has it.

jms

{original post unavailable}

Thanks. Actually, I seem to recall, after that Londo/G'Kar
scene was shown the last time, posting somewhere that folks now knew
*what* has happened, but they don't yet know the *context*. Very few
picked up on that and thought to actually reverse what they *thought*
they were seeing to what they *might* be seeing.

jms

{original post had no questions}

Thanks, it's a nifty little scene.

jms

Casey J. Peter <73453.2074@compuserve.com> asks:
> Any non Vorlon thoughts on that?

Thanks. Lurker's pulled the flash because it ain't so, and I
indicated as much to them. Obviously they're eager, and want for good
news to come soon, as do we all, so they can't be faulted for
enthusiasm.

jms

Larry Rosenblum <72122.1555@compuserve.com> asks:
> If Delenn still has it in her quarters in 2260, having used it in
> 2258/59, from where did Zathras get it in order to bring it along
> to Babylon 4?

From Epsilon 3. It was on Epsilon 3, then taken into the past
with B4, held on Minbar until Delenn got it, and still has it.

jms

(blocked) asks:
> But you answer to that will be "wait and see", right?
> Speaking of them, was that thingy on Londo's shoulder his
> controller?

Yes, that was his keeper.

jms

{original post had no questions}

Thanks. Actually, the final demographic report just came out
for the second quarter of 1996, and we now officially have the *best*
demographics of ANY dramatic series in syndication, finally beating DS9
and Baywatch.

jms

{original post unavailable}

Thanks....

jms

{original post had no questions}

Thanks. Also, our hard ratings shot up almost a full half a
point this quarter over our last batch of new episodes, from a 3.0, our
usual, to a 3.4, at a time when most syndicated shows were in a
downturn, including DS9, which went down over a full point during the
same period. Warners is most pleased.

jms