Re: ATTN JMS: Choosing what to show (SPOILERS for 421)

 Posted on 10/21/1997 by jmsatb5@aol.com to rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated


>One question, though: After all the time and care that you put into
>slowly developing the relationship between John and Delenn, why did
>you choose not to show their wedding onscreen? I can think of several
>perfectly legitimate reasons for doing this and am mainly curious as
>to what factors went into that decision.

This was something I debated back and forth for quite some time. I finally
came to the idea of having it happen off-camera because I thought, frankly,
that it would come off as corny to show it; it would be an obvious appeal to
ratings and the like, and I tend to shy away from that.


jms