Re: attn. jms: one pass viewing or 2 pass?

 Posted on 2/25/1998 by jmsatb5@aol.com to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


>When you write the episodes with foreshadowing and other such puzzle
>pieces to be clarified later, do you do so with the intent of the viewer
>watching reruns of old episodes on a second pass and seeing how all the
>pieces fit together, or do you write with the intent of the first
>viewing pass, with the foreshadowing having more of a subliminal effect
>preparing for the further denouement? You couldn't have known that TNT
>was going to pick up the show and run all the back episodes could you?
>
>
Whether it was TNT or someone else, it was inevitable that someone would pick
up the reruns of the show; so I put stuff in to work both ways, as
foreshadowing, and things you could pick up on later, on re-viewing, that
suddenly jump out at you.

jms

From: (jmsatb5@aol.com)
B5 Official Fan Club at:
http://www.thestation.com