There was a period in my life -- from around 1976 through 1981 -- when I devoured everything I could in these areas. Mythology. Existentialism. Zen. 18th century literature. I took part time jobs in libraries so I could get access to the widest possible range of books, especially new ones in areas that interested me.
He's very well read! I wish we had more TV writers who read all this good stuff.
The curse of literary writers rears its head. Sometimes, a horse is just a horse. Sometimes, there is no bird symbolism. And sometimes, you're thinking of something else all together. Oh, literary critics...
So true. Literary critics have the opposite of blindness. They see too much.
In theater, which is where I cut my teeth, it's *okay* to have dialogue that's somewhat stylized, or a bit more formal, a bit more literate, or whatever. In TeeVee it's all gotta be the same. To which I say...why?
Hm, interesting observation. Also: he really DOES have a bit of the theatrical way of writing vs. "conventional" TV writing.
Y'know, if I were to read this group as an outsider, I'd think that this jms person was incapable of coming up with a single line on his own.
Ouch. Calm down, JMS. The questioners just get overexcited.
As a writer, you work your brains out trying to come up with something, and you try your damndest to make it original, and fresh, and interesting...do you have any idea how infuriating, how maddening, how bottomlin *insulting* it is to have 10,000 people parsing every sentence and saying, "Oh, here, did you take this from that? Is this a reference to this over here?"
Truuuuuuuth. I feel your pain, JMS.
Shroedinger's TV show. Oh, good Lord. Franklin & Marcus, I Love Lennier, and Shroedinger's TV show. Would the would be that awesome.
Yeeeeeeeessssssssss! We need all of these to exist.
I don't see it really as a change of heart...they've always been very ruthless in their way.
Yeah, I've personally always been a little suspicious of the Vorlons. I thought they were on their own side, not on anybody else's.
Is Ivanova's hug a sign she's attracted to Sheridan? No, it was just relief, letting her guard down, allowing herself to feel, which she hadn't done much before this. There's no romantic interest there. You can have situations where men and women work together, and can care about one another, without it turning into more than that.
Thank you, JMS. Thank you! Also, why wouldn't you hug someone back from the dead?
The return of BAMF Delenn is always appreciated.
Indeed! :D
I appreciate finally having an explanation of the three ages. :)
What interests me, what I wanted to do with making this show, was in large measure to examine the issues and emotions and events that precede a war, precipitate a war, the effects of the war itself, the end of the war and the aftermath of the war. The war is hardware; the people are at the center of the story."
This is also one reason why I like Gone With the Wind so much: it has the before, during, and after of the Civil War, and how it changes people.
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Date: 2012-11-13 02:26 am (UTC)He's very well read! I wish we had more TV writers who read all this good stuff.
The curse of literary writers rears its head. Sometimes, a horse is just a horse. Sometimes, there is no bird symbolism. And sometimes, you're thinking of something else all together. Oh, literary critics...
So true. Literary critics have the opposite of blindness. They see too much.
In theater, which is where I cut my teeth, it's *okay* to have dialogue that's somewhat stylized, or a bit more formal, a bit more literate, or whatever. In TeeVee it's all gotta be the same. To which I say...why?
Hm, interesting observation. Also: he really DOES have a bit of the theatrical way of writing vs. "conventional" TV writing.
Y'know, if I were to read this group as an outsider, I'd think that this jms person was incapable of coming up with a single line on his own.
Ouch. Calm down, JMS. The questioners just get overexcited.
As a writer, you work your brains out trying to come up with something, and you try your damndest to make it original, and fresh, and interesting...do you have any idea how infuriating, how maddening, how bottomlin *insulting* it is to have 10,000 people parsing every sentence and saying, "Oh, here, did you take this from that? Is this a reference to this over here?"
Truuuuuuuth. I feel your pain, JMS.
Shroedinger's TV show. Oh, good Lord. Franklin & Marcus, I Love Lennier, and Shroedinger's TV show. Would the would be that awesome.
Yeeeeeeeessssssssss! We need all of these to exist.
I don't see it really as a change of heart...they've always been very ruthless in their way.
Yeah, I've personally always been a little suspicious of the Vorlons. I thought they were on their own side, not on anybody else's.
Is Ivanova's hug a sign she's attracted to Sheridan?
No, it was just relief, letting her guard down, allowing herself to feel, which she hadn't done much before this. There's no romantic interest there. You can have situations where men and women work together, and can care about one another, without it turning into more than that.
Thank you, JMS. Thank you! Also, why wouldn't you hug someone back from the dead?
The return of BAMF Delenn is always appreciated.
Indeed! :D
I appreciate finally having an explanation of the three ages. :)
What interests me, what I wanted to do with making this show, was in large measure to examine the issues and emotions and events that precede a war, precipitate a war, the effects of the war itself, the end of the war and the aftermath of the war. The war is hardware; the people are at the center of the story."
This is also one reason why I like Gone With the Wind so much: it has the before, during, and after of the Civil War, and how it changes people.