[OT] World Sci Fi Con comments

No, I was only able to day trip. I forgot to ask if anyone from the list was
going to be there, as I was already arranging a game of DSII with Paul Kidd.
Unfortunately, it fell through. (He says Hi!, by the way Jon T.)

I think I might have seen you there, I did check out the traders hall a few
times, so you would have been there at least once.

Damon Dark, thats it. Only caught the tail end of the presentation though.
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On a related note, today's Green Guide in The Age has the following stuff from
a JMS interview over the weekend with Age correspondant, Adam Turner:

Regarding Crusade: "I think if you want your vision carried out... and if
you want the show to do what you want it to do, you have to be hands-on
at all times to give you the quality or else it just goes down and drifts away
from your vision." Apparently Crusade was cancelled before it had gone to air
by TNT because the show was "too intellectual" and that TNT's recommendations
would have turned it into "Baywatch meets wrestling in space". I think that
says a lot about TNT's management.

Other projects: Nothing concrete, but he did admit he has 'embarked on a new
SF project but will only reveal he is collaborating with a "well-known
science fiction producer". "The new show promises to be even more involved and
also have a five years story to it." '

Unfortunately, I don't think we'll get to see Crusade here in OZ, as the
article notes that Channel 9 has not yet decided if it will pick it up.

Jeremy, any further highlights which may be of interest to the general list?

'Neath Southern Skies - http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~denian/

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> Apparently Crusade was cancelled before it had gone to air by TNT

JMS was asked exactly what happened with Crusade, and had obviously told the
story many times. However not many in the Australian audience had heard it, so
he retold it. Basically, he had been left alone with B5 to do his own thing,
but Crusade was TNT's first dramatic series and thus the "suits" and head
office thought they had to be involved to put their own stamp on it. Back and
forth went the fight, until eventually he (according to this story) told them
"NO" in no uncertain terms. Plug pulled on Crusade.

> Other projects: Nothing concrete, but he did admit he has 'embarked on

This is definitely more than he was willing to reveal at the con.

> Not really. There was a (card) game section, and some gaming
Someone should have shown him FT and the Tuffleyverse background. He
could have made a show about it ;-)

        Dan

> Plug pulled on Crusade.

No great loss really, 'call To arms' was a pretty lame B5 film compared to say
'Thirdspace' and the
basic quest for the silver bullet / holy grail
in crusade has been done to death and as a main plot thread is a real cliche.

Its unlikely he'll recover the genie in the bottle that was b5, but you never
know (TTNG was equally as good as TOS, though rick berman also lost the plot
and had to resort back to sex and violence in voyager)

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> Well, that's just it.

Sneaky isn't he.