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From time to time, folks will see a discussion of of my work going on and say, "I didn't know you worked on (fill in the gap)." Hence, this video....
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I learned not to trust the system in '69 when I was 15, and the school had us take psych tests to determine our best career. Mine said 1) Army officer, 2) Cop. Couldn't figure it. Then I saw nearly every other kid got the same. '69: height of the Vietnam war & protest movement
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Shot #1 mainly activates antibodies, which last about 6 months. Shot #2 is what pisses off the immune system into producing tons of T- and Memory B-Cells, which last years. The fever and discomfort is the factory firing up to create that army. It's a good thing. Get shot #2.
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Shot 2 does fire up the T- and B-cell factory, but it's unknown how long that immunity lasts for COVID-19 specifically. Current research suggests that immunity to COVID-19 lasts at least 6 to 8 months: gavi.org/vaccineswork/h…
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See the world, experience beauty, create art, support their mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers, fall in love, find joy, ascend in business, achieve recognition, and dance on your grave when you die alone, unnoticed and unknown, you hateful, misogynistic assclown.
Women get mostly infertile at 40, but live to be 80.
Without a family, what are you going to do with those 40 long long years?
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BABYLON 5 ANIMATED MOVIE coming from Warner Bros. Animation & WB Home Entertainment! Classic B5: raucous, heartfelt, nonstop, a ton of fun through time and space & a love letter to the fans. Movie title, release date and other details coming one week from today. #B5AnimatedMovie
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To answer all the questions, yes, it’s true, Babylon 5 is in active development as a series for the CW. We have some serious fans over at the network, and they’re eager to see this show happen. I’m hip deep into writing the pilot now, and will be running the series upon pickup.
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The fate of the #Babylon5 pilot may be decided end of this month. Though much of @TheCW was bought by @NXSTMediaGroup the decision also rests heavily with @WarnerbrosTV. If fans want to show their support for B5 & let them know you want this to happen, now is the time #B5onCWin23
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Needless to say (so why I'm saying it is anyone's guess) as far as I know this analysis was only applied to the boys. What result the girls got I have no idea because I was still 2-3 years away from being able to talk to a girl without stammering my way into an aneurysm.
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It is a night of great sadness, for our friend and comrade had gone down the road where we cannot reach her. But as with all things, we will catch up with her in time, and I believe she will have many stories to tell us, and many new roles to share with the universe.
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What's this? Why, it's a spiffy new variation on the #Babylon5 logo. It can't be for the reimagining 'cause that's on hold pending WGA issues, so what could it *possibly* be for? Hmm. Maybe we'll find out more one week from today.
Spread the word: something *wonderful* is coming
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1/ As the guy who co-created the character of She-Ra and her universe alongside Larry DiTillio (though Mattel named her), a few thoughts. (Note: I am in no way connected with the current show, so I'm speaking both as an outsider to what is and an insider to what was intended).
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Trying to remember who created and/or developed some of those "weird-as-f*ck villains"...pretty sure he could have been of help if they had just reached out to him...just can't seem to remember the name....
EXCLUSIVE 👻
#Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is inspired by The Real Ghostbusters animated series and its "wild, original, and weird-as-f*ck villains," director Gil Kenan tells Empire.
READ MORE: empireonline.com/movies/news…
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#BABYON5 folks! RETWEET! SPREAD THE WORD! Tomorrow, 6/15, Warner Bros. Animation and WB Home Ent. will release all the information about the coming #B5AnimatedMovie including release date, rating, extras, how to get it and THE FULL LENGTH TRAILER 👀👀! Here's a sneak peek....
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Thirty years ago today, BABYLON 5 began its series run with the episode Midnight on the Firing Line, which is where we were and what we felt at the time: this was make-it-or-break-it time. Could we make a five year arc work? Would it endure? And now, here we are. Astonishing.
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ATTENTION #BABYLON5 FANS! YOU WANTED IT, YOU ASKED FOR IT, AND IT'S FINALLY HAPPENED! To celebrate B5's 30th Anniversary, the Complete Babylon 5 series will be released ON BLU-RAY December 5, '23. Pre-orders can be placed STARTING TODAY via the retailer of your choice. Huzzah!
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Cartoons have always been an easy target for rage in one way or another. When I was doing She-Ra, He-Man and The Real Ghostbusters we were constantly being attacked for advocating for Satanism (true), when in fact most days we were just mildly supportive of Ba'al.
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For those who may not have heard the news yet, BABYLON 5 has begun streaming on HBO Max. This marks the first time the show has been available on a major platform in many years, and we who made it are glad to see B5 finally available to millions who may never have seen it.
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Folks have been asking what style would be used for the #B5animatedmovie. During the Phoenix Fan Fusion convention, with Warners permission, I showed the first images from the movie seen anywhere. They have now kindly given the go-ahead to post them online as well, so here we go!
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It's here!
Return to BABYLON 5 as the epic interstellar saga continues! #B5AnimatedMovie
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Before the Nazi SS there were the SA troops: ragtag, poorly dressed, undisciplined thugs who were politically useful and were loyal not to the laws of the nation but to their Leader, a symbol of their hatred for others.
Today we saw what the American version of that looks like.
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Part of what is problematic to so many writers about the term "filler episodes" is that for some viewers, stories only count when they're sprinting breathless through the events of the story arc, if things aren't directly moving ahead or blowing up, which ignores the reality --
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Where we are: The message has been received.
I am: Supremely thankful to everyone who stepped up and let your voice be heard.
What happens now: We wait for the future to reveal itself.
Thank you all once again.
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It's never been my way to ask B5 fans and followers for a solid on behalf of the show. Because I feel it's my role, and the role of the show, to be in service to you, not the other way around.
But tomorrow, for the first time in 22 years, I will ask.
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I'm ridiculously excited about the #B5AnimatedMovie because it feels the most B5-ish of anything we've done since the original show. Warners was terrific in giving me the freedom to write the story I wanted, and the animation is phenomenal. It's fun, deep, emotional, classic B5.
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And just to be clear, this brand new original animated movie is already finished and in the can. So it's 100% real, happening, and coming out very soon.
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Reposting for those who might have missed the initial announcement...I'm back on my favorite character for an all new run.
J. Michael Straczynski revisits Peter Parker's college years with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: TORN comicsbeat.com/amazing-spide…
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5/ Yes, male characters tend to be idealized in form and proportion; but female characters tend to be objectified. There is a profound difference between those two, and failing to perceive that distinction is pernicious. That's why you'll rarely see a male superhero without pants
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I don't want to just see #B5onCWin23 trending. I want to snap the internet in half.
There are millions of #Babylon5 fans who have been waiting to see something new in this universe. Now is that moment.
Step into the circle and be heard. @warnerbrosTV @NXSTMediaGroup @TheCW
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The job of the writer is to avoid falling into the trap of accepted cliche, one of which is the idea that humans are monolithic and everything changes once and never goes back or alternates from that point. We have streaming audio but also a huge industry for vinyl; by your --
I was always surprised that the #Babylon5 series showed people reading newspapers in the 23rd century. The internet existed when this was written. They had data crystals, viewed information on screens, and had wireless handheld devices. Why would there still be printed news?
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It was thirty years ago today
#Babylon5 called the fans to play
It's been going on and off TV
Which made it really hard to see
So may I nod a thanks or two
To those who held on fast and true
From all the souls who made B5 to you
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Nothing to do with the reboot/reimagining...and everything to do with the project that we've been working on in secret for almost two years.
Exactly two weeks from today, start watching the skies.
"What's going to happen?"
"Something wonderful."
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When I was 9 visiting my aunt for the summer, she taught me the proper way to have coffee. The main requirement was having a liverwurst sandwich to go with it. "You take a bite of the sandwich, then a sip of coffee on top of it, until you run out of both."
When I asked her why--
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I don't know if the BBC would ever consider an American to show-run #DoctorWho, but if so, I would be there in a heartbeat. (Well, technically two heartbeats, since two hearts....)
And Doctor Who needs a new showrunner... I wonder if there's anyone out there with experience of running a high quality sci-fi TV show over a period of several years... say, five years...? Now why is the name @straczynski coming to mind...? #Doctorwho #showrunnner
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After quarantining completely alone since March 10th 2020, only leaving twice (for one hour each time) because of pre-existing lung issues that made me a prime target, I have received vaccine #2 and will soon (with proper precautions) be out in the world among you again. Fear me.
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On the subject of the illusion of choice and vertical integration, three graphics that make the point nicely:
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With profound humility and respect for Her Majesty and the Royal Family at this time, I want to note the moment that within just a few hours the #Babylon5 community transcended the most watched event on the planet. Let's see how far we can take this. #B5onCWin23 @warnerbrostv
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8/ That perspective is something I've always tried to bring to bear in my work, from so-creating She-Ra's personality to Delenn, Ivanova, Lyta and others on Babylon 5, all the way to Riley, Sun, Kala, Nomi and Amanita on Sense8. It's all about strength, smarts and wit.
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We ain't dead yet.
There are still a lot of discussions going on behind the scenes and no decision has yet been made about #B5onCWin23. As we await that decision, fans eager to see a new Babylon 5 series should continue to voice their support to @NXSTMediaGroup and @WarnerBrosTV
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I'm baaaaaack......
J. Michael Straczynski's 'Amazing Spider-Man: Torn' #1 announced
@straczynski #SpiderMan #Marvelcomics #comicbooks #comics
Get all the details here:
aiptcomics.com/2025/06/18/am…
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If the Russians should seize Kyiv, this is what should be said in response: "They have conquered only bricks, and stones, and empty buildings. They are too late. The capitol has been moved into the hearts and souls of the Ukrainian people. Come and take it, if you can."
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-- she said "Because the coffee dulls the taste of the liverwurst."
"Then why have the liverwurst in the first place?"
"My coffee's not great either."
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Okay, hang on, big news, I'm gonna tell you what the Babylon 5 pilot's about!
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You may sit down now
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You're absolutely right. All this unChristian ostentation, taking over the Capitol Building, bringing in presidents, huge crowds reviewing the body in state under the watchful gaze of...oh, wait, this was Billy Graham's funeral, never mind....
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The stunning thing about the news coverage over the last couple of days is the sheer number of pundits saying we're in "uncharted waters" to have something like this happen during a political campaign, and that's only true if you ignore the fact that it's not. In 1972 --
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2/ We never considered or wrote for She-Ra as "the ideal woman." I don't think that phrase appeared anywhere in the bible we wrote, and certainly never in our discussions. We spoke, and wrote of, and considered her a warrior, first and foremost.
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Biden won. Maybe the Senate soon. Now do something with it. Obama came in with a mandate but "reached across the aisle" and Mitch rope-a-doped them for six out of eight years. Let's see some real action, hearings with teeth, justice, and progressive legislation. Use it or lose it
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-- unique position Babylon 5 occupies both in television and with its legions of fans, and are doing everything they can to ensure the maximum in creative freedom, a new story that will bring in new viewers while honoring all that has come before.
Onward!
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Holy crap...today, December 15th, is the 45th anniversary of the release of the first (and arguably best) Superman movie starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder and a stellar cast under the superlative direction of Richard Donner. That tempus just keeps on fugiting.
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Regarding a female Ghosbuster...nobody seemed to mind when we did it back in the 80s on TRGBs.
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A few years ago, during a pitch meeting with a network executive, I mentioned wanting to do a 5 year arc. He said "everybody comes in here saying they can do that, and they fail. What makes you think YOU can do it?"
"Because I *invented* the motherfucker."
In my opinion, few TV series have pulled off that kind of coherent arc since Babylon 5, too. They all claim to present long-term arcs but either the writers are making up everything as they go along (BSG 2003) or the show gets canceled before they can finish (Dark Matter).
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A True History Conversation:
Andreas Katsulas: Rather than pronouncing my character's name GUH-Kar, I'm going to pronounce it ZHUH-kar.
Me: Why?
AK: I've decided I'm French.
Me: Okay.
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One point two *million* views in just over 24 hours
Yep.
You're out there...and thank you for being there. And here. And...all the bits in-between.
BABYLON 5 ANIMATED MOVIE coming from Warner Bros. Animation & WB Home Entertainment! Classic B5: raucous, heartfelt, nonstop, a ton of fun through time and space & a love letter to the fans. Movie title, release date and other details coming one week from today. #B5AnimatedMovie
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A photo from the day about a month ago when Bruce Boxleitner and I got together to do a thing for a thing...at least I think that was it...there was something...pretty sure we were there for a reason. Maybe it'll come to me in a week or so.
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For those who have not yet heard the news, more details and a formal announcement about #B5animatedmovie coming out *this summer*.
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I cannot imagine a better or wiser choice.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Russell T Davies to return as Doctor Who Showrunner to celebrate the 60th anniversary in 2023, and series beyond. BBC Studios are partnering with Bad Wolf to produce.
Read the full story here: bbc.in/2W7i4zg
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3/ So I think anyone who is looking back at She-Ra (or Adora) as the "ideal woman" is doing so through the lens of prepubescent (since it was aimed at kids) interest and kind of, understandably, imprinted on her like baby ducks. I get it. But that wasn't the creative *intent*.
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Turns out #Babylon5 is trending...was curious to find out why and apparently it's showing up on a lot of folks' favorite TV shows of all time. Clearly, there has been a massive outburst of astonishingly good taste in TV programming.
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Thanks for all the good thoughts, everyone...hard to believe it's been 25 years. Very proud to have introduced the first American TV series with a five-year arc, a storytelling technique that has subsequently become an industry standard. All thanks to our amazing fans.
Babylon 5's pilot movie, The Gathering, first aired on February 22, 1993.
Happy 25th birthday, Babylon 5.
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Again, full release details and other info will come next week from Warners. If you're excited about the idea--and as an aside, if this does well there will be more animated movies, maybe on a regular basis--let the world and WB know and crush whatever's trending #B5AnimatedMovie
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Seriously, if you're not watching Doom Patrol on HBO Max you're missing an innovative, daring, batshit-crazy but with a good heart at the center...such a great show.
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A quick follow-up to my announcement Babylon 5: The Complete Series being released on Blu-Ray to address some of the questions that have come back. I wasn't directly involved with the release, so I don't know much more than you do or what's in the release/at the retail sites--
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Unfortunately, when I see this, all I can think is: gone, gone, gone, here, here, here, gone, here, gone, gone, here, here.
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Sonuvagun...all five seasons of Babylon 5 will begin streaming on Amazon Prime next month. At last it's someplace where people can actually see the freaking thing and newcomers can find it while browsing. comingsoon.net/movies/news/9…
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So today The Atlantic ran an article entitled "The Show That Knows the Secret to Serialized TV," written by @Yair_Rosenberg (to whom I extend my humble thanks and appreciation). The relevant section appears below.
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I've just rewatched the full #B5AnimatedMovie trailer three times in the last hour, and honestly, I cannot WAIT for this beast to be unveiled tomorrow so I can finally see everyone's reactions.
This is going to blow your mind.
9 a.m. Pacific.
Buckle up.
#Babylon5
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About to hit three-quarter of a million views.
As I often told conventions in the early days when they weren't sure if anyone would show up for B5 programs and didn't want to waste large rooms, "You don't understand...my people are coming."
What's this? Why, it's a spiffy new variation on the #Babylon5 logo. It can't be for the reimagining 'cause that's on hold pending WGA issues, so what could it *possibly* be for? Hmm. Maybe we'll find out more one week from today.
Spread the word: something *wonderful* is coming
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Today, the 25th, would have been the 69th birthday of Christopher Reeve, still the greatest movie Superman ever.
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There was one person at the studio who hated all things B5 and stood in the way of anything being done with the show, ever, for close to 20 years. Once that person finally retired, the floodgates opened.
Awesome news, but I have to ask, why the (well-deserved) sudden interest from Warner Bros after all this time? Blu-rays, new animated movie, possibly with more to follow, is the new CEO a fan?
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Someday I wanna write a story about some guy who gets bitten by a radioactive mime, and spends the rest of his life trying to climb up walls that aren't actually there.
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Noticed a lot of new Babylon 5 viewers using the #babylon5 hashtag...if you're among them, seeing the show for the first time, or becoming reacquainted...come on by this account. This is where all the cool kids hang out. Well, and me. Jump in, the chatter's fine....
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6/ By that I don't mean naked, I mean without leggings of some kind. But that's absolutely the rule for female characters (I say this as the guy who put Wonder Woman in pants during his run because seriously it's hard to fight otherwise). No leg hair for guy heroes.
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7/ Anyway, just wanted to add some possible clarity to the discussion. If you're looking for writers to create your "ideal woman" that wasn't the intent, this ain't it, and we don't know you well enough to guess, and be aware that idealization does not equal objectification.
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Retweeting because it seems under the Twitter algorithms not everything gets out to followers all the time...and not in any way to redeem my conscience and salve my soul for misspelling #Babylon5.
#BABYON5 folks! RETWEET! SPREAD THE WORD! Tomorrow, 6/15, Warner Bros. Animation and WB Home Ent. will release all the information about the coming #B5AnimatedMovie including release date, rating, extras, how to get it and THE FULL LENGTH TRAILER 👀👀! Here's a sneak peek....
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How do you telling continuing story of our original Londo without the original Vir? Or G’Kar? How do you tell Sheridan’s story without Delenn? Or the story of B5 without Franklin? Garibaldi? Zack?
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I can now talk about it as the news is breaking. I adapted WATCHMEN for Warners animation. By "adapted" I mean strictly configuring the structure to work in a movie. I saw no need to write more material or change what works in the book. It's pure Moore.
piped.video/watch?v=fhsNE8Rm…
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-- I hope to create additional new forms of storytelling that will further push the television medium to the edge of what’s possible.
Let me conclude by just saying how supportive and enthusiastic everyone at the CW has been and is being with this project. They understand the --
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Step One: designate people outside the chain of command your "army."
Step Two: send them to the polls to stir up trouble.
Step Three: when fighting starts, send in police to close the polls.
Step Four: disqualify the process as being too chaotic.
Volunteer to be a Trump Election Poll Watcher. Sign up today! #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
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The network understands the uniqueness of Babylon 5 and is giving me a great deal of latitude with the storytelling.As noted in the announcement, this is a reboot from the ground up rather than a continuation, for several reasons. Heraclitus wrote --
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While books like Jane Eyre and Moby Dick are faithfully adapted, and successful Marvel movies largely derive from the comics, there's a sense in TV land that being faithful to a comic book is wrong and it all needs to be changed; @neilhimself 's Sandman shows the lie of that.
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Nine a.m. Pacific time.
Today.
Eight hours from right now.
A peek into the future.
Be here or be square.
Or B5.
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-- put them in a blender with a ton of new, challenging ideas, to create something fresh yet familiar. To those asking why not just do a continuation, for a network series like this, it can’t be done because over half our cast are still stubbornly on the other side of the Rim.
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If you liked what we did on Spidey (Aunt May discovering Peter's secret, Morlun, creating the Spiderverse with Ezekiel) Thor (creating Lady Loki, putting Asgard in Oklahoma, the Stark beat-down) & Silver Surfer Requiem, then definitely order CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 as this will be big
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Had such fun writing this.
@straczynski, this story is proof enough that Spider-Man needs you to return to his main title. I think most of his fans would agree. Who else could give us a scene like this one?
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Here's a story that may best illustrate why I'm so happy about how the #B5AnimatedMovie came out and what fans have to look forward to. A few weeks ago, I and @boxleitnerbruce met to do an audio commentary for the movie. Bruce had not yet seen the movie, only snippets a few --
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So we will not be retelling the same story in the same way because of what Heraclitus said about the river. There would be no fun and no surprises. Better to go the way of Westworld or Battlestar Galactica where you take the original elements that are evergreens and --
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-- the concept of a five-year arc with a pre-planned beginning, middle and end…creating a brand new paradigm for television storytelling that has subsequently become the norm. That tradition for innovation will continue in this new iteration, and --
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Just a gentle note that I've had to start blocking folks posting specific story ideas, suggestions for fictional companies, where the show should start, who should be in it and how the story should be structured. No animus, fair notice was given, just in case anyone asks.
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I was going to wait for the formal announcement, but a small Narn starship was supposed to land at DC this afternoon to open diplomatic relations, but it didn't show up...last word from the pilot this morning placed it somewhere over Alaska...hope nothing went wrong....
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if I were creating Babylon 5 today, for the first time, knowing what I now know as a writer, what would it look like? How would it use all the storytelling tools and technological resources available in 2021 that were not on hand then?
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And while I'm here putting some art online...the image used for the announcement for the new #B5AnimatedMovie was a bit on the low-res side. Here's a better resolution version of that image.
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After two years of secrecy, and four months of gradually pulling aside the curtain, we are just 13 days from the release of BABYLON 5: THE ROAD HOME, our love letter to Babylon 5 fans and its cast of characters. Can't wait for this beast to escape into the world.
Return to BABYLON 5 as the epic interstellar saga continues! #B5AnimatedMovie
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