From: rene@hardy.u.washington.edu (Rene Magritte)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: BABYLON 5: Rest of the Casting, First day of filming
Date: 15 Aug 92 03:31:42 GMT
Organization: University of Washington

schroede@bnlux1.bnl.gov (gary l. schroeder) writes:

>In article <63877@cup.portal.com> Edward_Lee_Whiteside@cup.portal.com writes:

>>Following is the last two actors to be announced for Babylon 5, along with
>>a report on the first day of filming by the show's creator and 
>>writer J. Michael Straczynski.  

>>Commander Jeffrey Sinclair:

>>His face has a
>>curiously haunted look, but at the same time is (I'm told by the women who 
>>go "yum" whenever he enters the room) quite appealing.

>>     The one thing we did NOT want, which we knew from the start, was one 
>>more pretty-boy TV actor...we wanted someone with character in his face, 
>>with a broad dramatic range.  And we got all of it in Michael O'Hare.

>Seems like conflicting statements to me.  Mr. "Yum".

>>Finally, there it was at last...all of our characters, in full  costume or
>>uniform (and the uniforms look DYNAMITE!), on the sets.
>>fully, completely *real* at last.

>>I cannot begin to tell you what 
>>star material we've found in Michael O'Hare.  He's got a voice and a 
>>presence that could give Sean Connery or Clint Eastwood a run for their 
>>money.

>"Yum".


>>     Our Warners liason came by today for the first time to the set, and he
>>couldn't believe the sets, how much we've done, the details, the elaborate
>>stuff we've pulled off.  He was absolutely blown away.


>Ka-boom.


>>     Long story short...it went *great*, better than I'd hoped.  Richard 
>>Compton was magnificent behind the camera, coming up with some very 
>>difficult and challenging shots, great angles...it's going to look wonderful.  
>>Very cinematic, almost film-noir in its use of textures and shadows.

>The next Stanley Kubrick.


>>     Later in the day, I had some friends come over, whose opinion I trust,
>>and who are very well versed in SF for television and film.  (These 
>>included Marv Wolfman and Len Wein, known to the comics fans here, and 
>>Craig (Mr. SF) Miller, who was involved with the first STAR WARS, and is not
>>generally easily impressed.)  They knew of B5 only peripherally, and were 
>>in NO way prepared for what they saw on the set.  Add to that the new EFX 
>>that I showed them today...their eyes melted right out of their sockets.

>Yaaaa.  Must have been painful.


>Well, frankly, I'm afraid to watch Babylon 5 for fear of swooning for
>Michael O'hare or having my eyeballs drilled out of my sockets by the
>celestial special effects.  It might just be TOO EXCITING.

>I wait with the same skepticism that I have for DS9 or any other TV SF
>series.  Guess I got burned by Buck Rogers as a child.

>I don't think that this continuing info update on B5 belongs on this
>group, anyway.  This is not rec.arts.babylon5.current.  This is really a
>shameless attempt to suck in the Trek crowd.  I'm sure that if the show
>turns out to be that good, we'll all watch it based on the merits that
>we find.  Consensus anyone?


	I don't think you'll find any consensus at all except that
your post is extremely rude.  Trek fans are inclined to be interested
in B5, and this is the best way I can think of of disseminating this
info to interested trek fans.  Tell me if you need some help finding
the "n" key, and try not to be such a destructive ass. 
 
 
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