<Sic Transit Vir>

 Posted on 4/15/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


David Cerreta <72630.3433@compuserve.com> asks:
> All Earth Force personnel no longer are being paid, are they?
> Who is replenishing supplies?
> Are things being bartered?
> Are the Minbari picking up the slack?
> Is that its function for the time being?

Thanks. Dealing with the financial and support situation comes
up next week.

And agree re: Vir. He's a much stronger character than anyone
might think. He's sort of the "God's Fool" character, to get literary
for a second, who somehow manages to make it through it all.

jms



<Sic Transit Vir>

 Posted on 4/20/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Elyse M. Grasso <70302.3304@compuserve.com> asks:
> By the way, was the door that opens on the room full of Narns
> real, or CGI enhanced?

Thanks, and yes, the door was quite real.

jms



<Sic Transit Vir>

 Posted on 4/21/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Arline Williams <102551.2346@compuserve.com> asks:
> What happened to Vir's pre-nuptial gift that his fiance so
> lovingly offered to him to dispose of at his leisure?

No, Vir would never kill a Narn, so he's fine.

jms



<Sic Transit Vir>

 Posted on 4/21/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


(blocked) asks:
> Tell me, is Peter's accent real?
> Were you involved with the hiring of the actors?
> Did you know their previous work or did they audition fpr their
> parts?

No, Peter's accent isn't real, though he does a good job with
it. And yes, I hire (with Doug Netter and John Copeland) all the
actors on the show.

jms



<Sic Transit Vir>

 Posted on 4/22/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


Michael Grabois <74737.2600@compuserve.com> asks:
> Speaking of Londo's accent, I'm assuming that different Centauri
> accents represent people from different areas of the planet?
> Anything significant in all this, or just a bit of
> differentiation?

No, we've just always assumed that not everyone on any given
planet is going to speak with the same accent as everybody else from
that planet. Seems more realistic.

Certainly, among Centauri, a certain accent is more associated
with the "old school" of court nobility and the like.

jms



<Sic Transit Vir>

 Posted on 4/22/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


William H. DiPaola <76521.1751@compuserve.com> asks:
> The Centauri who was speaking to Vir at the beginning of the last
> episode --did he know about what Vir was doing in funneling
> through the Narns to safety?

No, he didn't know, and would've been horrified if he had.

jms



<Sic Transit Vir>

 Posted on 4/23/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


William H. DiPaola <76521.1751@compuserve.com> asks:
> BTW, what is the translation to the title?

thus passes Vir (it's a signal of transition)

jms



<Sic Transit Vir>

 Posted on 4/23/1996 by J. Michael Straczynski <71016.1644@compuserve.com> to CIS


David Belt <72142.1365@compuserve.com> asks:
> Could you tell us what the line would have been about the
> bound-up Narn?

No, the only line was that "the Narn is recovering in Medlab,"
something to that effect. Sigh....

jms