Interviews: Ask J. Michael Straczynski What You Will

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Interviews: Ask J. Michael Straczynski What You Will

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday March 20, 2014 @04:01AM from the ask-me-anything dept.

J. Michael Straczynski has written Thor, World War Z, and Changeling among many other films. He created Babylon 5 and has worked on numerous comic book titles including Superman and The Amazing Spider-Man. Most recently, he has teamed up with the Wachowskis for an original Netflix sci-fi series, Sense8 . He's agreed to take a break from his busy schedule in order to answer any questions you may have. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one question per post.

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Pleeeeeeeease? by doas777 · 2014-03-20 04:05 · Score: 5, Insightful

Can we PLEEEEEASE have HD Bab5? if you crowd-fund it, we will pay.
1. Re: Pleeeeeeeease? by peragrin · 2014-03-20 05:06 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  Not to mention but JMS can actually write dialog and direct actors without using puppet strings.
  I would ask. 20 years later can we get a remake of crusade to finish what was started?
  
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How could you do it? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-03-20 04:06 · Score: 5, Insightful

Why did you make a movie and then name it World War Z when it had nothing in common with the source material except for a title?
Re:Babylon 5 by wisnoskij · 2014-03-20 04:25 · Score: 2, Insightful

Strangely, the last movies he put out, even though he wrote them and seemed to have a lot of control over them, were just bad in every sense of the word.
They watch like they were written and directed by people who did not understand the universe and did not know how to write/direct.
They are so badly written, just a poor budget cannot take the blame. Babylon 5 was amazingly written, but that does not mean that JMS is infallible or capable of doing it again, even with full creative control and an unlimited budget.
Based on the last few movies, I do not have any huge interest in him continuing the B5 universe.
Also, none of the movies were particularly good. The series is, full stop, better than star trek; But the movies were meh at best.

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Vorlon Takeshi's Castle is a three-edged sword by hawkinspeter · 2014-03-20 05:02 · Score: 3, Insightful

How about doing a spin-off from Babylon 5 involving a Vorlon game-show? I'm thinking of something like Takeshi's Castle.

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The Questions by RDW · 2014-03-20 05:24 · Score: 5, Insightful

Who are you?
What do you want?
Philosophy in B5 by Anonymous Coward · 2014-03-20 05:36 · Score: 2, Insightful

First I wanted to thank you for B5, It's views in offering a society and philosophy that was NOT Star Trek but more real, which really spoke to me and influenced me in several ways through my life (I think for the better).
My question is about the philosophy from B5, the underlying belief that "We are all 'star stuff''" became more of a guiding virtue. I found this most appealing, can you share what your source was for this universal belief system and if it is one that you subscribe to?
Re:Babylon Reboot by GreyWolf3000 · 2014-03-20 06:30 · Score: 4, Insightful

Babylon 5 ended at the finale of season 4. Not sure what you're talking about :)

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