<<Point of No Return>>

 Posted on 2/28/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Julia E. Linthicum <73114.3530@compuserve.com> asks:
> BTW, does Lady Morella's Sight work for just Centauri or
> everyone? Does this guy understand what a personal vision means?

The editorial does seem odd when you then flip to the back of
the magazine and realize that the highest marks were *consistently*
given to jms scripts. That would appear to be a contradiction. I
think it's also a bit unwise to question the quality of a season before
you've even *seen* it. I suspect someone will be reconsidering those
words by the end of the season.

Also, it wasn't like I sat down and decided to do this for my
own benefit...this season, with so much happening, the show changing so
dramatically, it's nearly impossible to bring freelancers into that.
Next season, when the chairs have stopped moving around, that can
change and we can have other writers again. This was necessity, not
whim.

Elsewise...thanks for the kind comments on PoNR.

jms



<<Point of No Return>>

 Posted on 2/29/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


{original post had no questions}

Thanks...and we really must work on getting you a proper
sig....

How about, "Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no
trifle?" -- Michelangelo

or

"The point of no return: that is the point that must be
reached." -- Franz Kafka

or

"A fool and his money were lucky to get together in the first
place." -- anon.

jms



<<Point of No Return>>

 Posted on 3/1/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Joe Salemi [ZD Net] <72631.23@compuserve.com> asks:
> Ta'Lon's line about "All answers are replies, but not all replies
> are answers" -- is that from something else (a paraphrase
> perhaps)?

No, I don't think that's a quote from anywhere but the show, at
least insofar as I know.

jms



<<Point of No Return>>

 Posted on 3/2/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


{original post had no questions}

If a word comes out of a character's mouth, it's usually mine.
The bit about greatness was one of them; had a number of different
subtexts going on behind it.

jms



<<Point of No Return>>

 Posted on 3/3/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


{original post had no questions}

Good heavens, Karen, there was nothing in your message to be
offended *at*. I took the inquiry at face value, and answered it thus.

Glad you enjoyed "Point." It sets everything up, so we can
knock it all down in "Severed Dreams." Now everyhing I need is right
where I need it to be....

jms



<<Point of No Return>>

 Posted on 3/5/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Any time you do something that hasn't been done before, you
will have people jumping on your head out of the near-religious
conviction that they must do so for the good of the commonweal.

jms



<<Point of No Return>>

 Posted on 3/6/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Brian A. Thomas <75231.1122@compuserve.com> asks:
> You were not kidding when you said you were pulling the triggers
> on the guns you set up were you? [Another moment of stunned
> silance] What?! A repeat next?!
> When in May do we get new episodes?

You get new eps in April, the first week, rather than May.

jms