Babylon 5: The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, Volume 6
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Publication Date: April 18, 2006
Retire Date: June 30, 2008
Pages: 426
Format: Softcover
Forever out of print. There will be no new edition of the script books in ebook or hardcover.
SCRIPTS
- Exogenesis
- Messages from Earth
- Point of No Return
- Severed Dreams
- Ceremonies of Light and Dark
- Sic Transit Vir
- A Late Delivery from Avalon
We're going to do this one straight. No, really, we are. Because this is a very crucial volume, in every sense of that word.
Volume 6 of the Babylon 5 Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski begins with a lengthy and moving tribute to Andreas Katsulas. Deeply personal, and just as affecting, it's a glimpse into the revelations of those last days and how everyone, including the fans, pitched in to do everything possible.
This volume also includes the scripts for the most important trilogy of episodes in the third season (some might even say in the entire series) of Babylon 5: the Earth Civil War trilogy of "Messages from Earth," "Point of No Return," and "Severed Dreams," which became Babylon 5's second Hugo-winning episode.
In the episode commentaries -- the largest part of an original 17,000 word introduction written exclusively for this volume -- you will learn:
- What happened the day the Pentagon (and, later, the Secret Service) contacted Babylon 5;
- What "Exogenesis" has to do with Macbeth, 1950s horror movies, and what happened to turn the ending of that script into something that should be strapped to a concrete block and dropped off the end of the nearest pier;
- How and why the interior of the White Star (aka "that damned plucked chicken") was totally redesigned;
- The circumstances that led to Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, widow of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, making an appearance on Babylon 5;
- The blow-up when "General Hague" was a no-show for "Severed Dreams," and the only-now-revealed story of what JMS did about it five years later...and the never-before-told story of how Bruce McGill was cast as his replacement in a way that took everyone by surprise, including JMS;
- The origin of the Minbari beds, the story behind Jerry Doyle's broken arm, how to defeat the Macbeth curse, how Lennier fell in love with Delenn, and how Ivanova came to express her affection for Talia;
- How even more of the strange Babylon 5 coincidences that surrounded production came back to haunt not just JMS but Jerry Doyle;
- Plus more behind-the-scenes photos and JMS's personal memos written during production, in this case dealing in particular with the creation of the opening title sequence, showing how the development was handled between composer, editors and JMS himself.
Index
Alexander, EAS – page 32
Aling, Ann Bruice – page 39
AOL (America Online) – pages 6, 26
Army of Light uniforms – pages 39-40
Arthur (King of the Britons) – pages 49, 51, 53
Beverly Hills, CA – page 6
Boxleitner, Bruce – pages 35, 50
breaching pod – page 36
Britain – page 49
broken arm (Jerry Doyle's) – pages 36, 42-43
broken foot (Claudia Christian's) – page 43
Carter, Jason – pages 13-14, 16
Casablanca (film) – page 35
Centauri hair – page 46
"Ceremonies of Light and Dark" – Commentary (pages 39-44)
CGI (computer-generated imagery) – pages 16, 32
Christian, Claudia – page 43
Clark, Morgan William – pages 18, 25, 34
Clarkstown, EAS – page 32
Cold War – page 34
Cole, Marcus – pages 12-13
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor – page 10
Compuserve – page 26
Conaway, Jeff – pages 7, 36
Copeland, John – pages 13, 29-30, 42
Copeland J-5000 – page 13
Corwin, David – page 12
Cotto, Vir – pages 24, 45
Coyote, Wile E. – page 52
Crusade (TV series) – pages 13, 17
Daffy Duck – page 51
Delenn – pages 21, 35, 37, 39-41
"Divided Loyalties" – page 40
Dobro, Carrie – page 13
dolly in/zoom out – page 34
Doyle, Jerry – pages 3, 13-14, 36-37, 42-43, 51
Draal – page 32
Duffin, Matthew – page 13
Eagle, David J. – page 34
Earth (planet) – page 35
Earth Civil War – pages 24-25, 29
Earthgov – pages 18, 32
Egan, Maggie – pages 33-34
Egyptian God of Frustration – page 52
Ellison, Harlan – page 41
"Exogenesis" – Commentary (pages 9-14)
"Fall of Night, The" – page 32
force multiplier – page 26
Foxworth, Robert – pages 29-31
Franke, Christopher – pages 17-18, 37, 51
Furlan, Mira – pages 3, 35
Furst, Stephen – pages 45, 47
G'Kar – pages 4, 6-8, 19, 53
Garibaldi, Michael – pages 13-14, 37, 42, 51-52
"Geometry of Shadows, The" – page 43
Germany – page 25
Goebbels, Josef – page 25
"Grey 17 Is Missing" – page 10
Grey Council – page 35
Hague, William – pages 29-30
Hiroshi – page 33
Hitler, Adolph – pages 19, 25
Howard, Rance – page 35
Hugo Award – page 38
Iacovelli, John – page 28
IMDb.com – page 31
In2TV – page 6
Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations (IDIC) – page 22
internet – page 26
iPod – page 44
ISN (Interstellar News) – pages 33-34
Ivanova, Susan – pages 12, 33, 40
Jennings – page 33
Jeremiah (TV series) – page 30
Johnsen, George – page 32
Jurasik, Peter – pages 1, 5-6, 45
Katsulas, Andreas – pages 1-8, 19, 53
Koenig, Walter – pages 1-3
"Kubla Khan" – page 10
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV series) – page 7
labor action – page 10
Lancelot – page 41
"Late Delivery from Avalon, A" – Commentary (pages 49-53)
Lee, Jacque – page 13
Lennier – pages 40-41
Lois and Clark (TV series) – page 7
lung cancer – pages 1-5
Lyndisty – pages 46-47
Macbeth (play) – pages 12-13, 50
Mandela, Nelson – page 19
Manson, Marilyn – page 44
Mars – page 16
Mars Colony – page 18
McCarthy era – page 18
McGill, Bruce – pages 31-32
McGill, Everett – pages 30-31
"Messages from Earth" – page 13, Commentary (pages 15-20)
MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures) – page 30
Midsummer Night's Dream, A (play) – page 50
Minbari beds – page 20
Ministry of Peace – page 25
Ministry of Propaganda – page 25
Mollari, Londo – pages 24, 45-46
Morella – pages 22, 24
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – page 44
MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000, TV series) – page 25
Mumy, Bill – page 2
Museum of Television and Radio – page 6
music – pages 17-18, 37, 51
Nafeel, Dureena – page 13
Nazi Germany – page 25
Netter, Douglas – pages 3-5, 7, 42
Night Watch – pages 15, 18, 24-25, 33
Nissan, Gilla – pages 4-5
open-door policy – page 33
Out-Take Café – page 30
outlines (writing) – page 9
Pentagon – pages 25-27
"Point of No Return" – page 15, Commentary (pages 21-28)
recurring dream (ships overhead) – pages 19-20
Red Clay Ramblers – page 44
"Requiem for the Battle of the Line" (music) – page 37
Roddenberry, Gene – page 21
Roddenberry, Majel Barrett – pages 21-22
SA (Sturmabteilung/Brownshirts) – page 25
Santa Monica Boulevard – page 7
SAS (British Special Air Service) – page 38
Scoggins, Tracy – pages 3, 7
Secret Service (US) – pages 27-28
Seven Days in May (film) – page 35
"Severed Dreams" – page 15, Commentary (pages 29-38)
Shakespeare, William – pages 12, 20, 46
Sheridan, David (John Sheridan's father) – page 35
Sheridan, John – pages 24-25, 29, 32, 34, 50
Showtime (network) – page 30
"Sic Transit Vir" – Commentary (pages 45-47)
Sifl 'n Olly – page 25
"Sleeping in Light" – page 5
sound effects – page 37
sound mix – page 34
Sparky the Computer – page 41
spotting session – page 51
SS (Schutz-Staffel) – page 25
staff of the Grey Council (prop) – page 35
Star Trek (franchise) – pages 21-22
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – pages 21, 29
starfury – page 32
Steinhoff, Kathy – page 13
Stratford-upon-Avon, UK – page 20
Studio City, CA – page 30
synchronicities – page 43
The Tingler (film) – pages 11-12
title sequence – page 17
Twin Peaks (TV series) – pages 30-31
USSR (The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) – pages 24, 34
"Valley of the Dry Bones" (song) – page 44
Vejar, Mike – pages 16-17
Vindrizi – page 12
Walesa, Lech – page 19
Walters, Mark – page 24
Warner Bros. – page 35
White House – page 28
White Star (fleet) – page 16
Willerth, Jeffrey – page 13
Winters, Talia – page 40
Yeltsin, Boris – page 24
York, Michael – pages 13, 49-50, 53
Yugoslavia – page 35
