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description: Featuring these Scripts Thirdspace The River of Souls The Legend of the Rangers The Lost TalesThese TV Movie scripts are twice the length of a single episode of Babylon 5 and are the page count equivalent of EIGHT episodic scripts making it the second biggest book ever with more than 450 pages! ALL THAT PLUS THESE SPECIAL BONUSES* The included version of The Legend of the Rangers is an early draft that is 20 pages longer than the script that was filmed which means you get to read scenes and exchanges of dialogue that never made it to the screen.* Exhumed from Joe's vault a 3-page fragment of an outline detailing the premise for a Psi Corps feature film. Focusing on The Telepath War and appropriately titled Wars of the Mind JMS' notes reveal the background of the conflict -- teeps vs. teeps the cast of characters -- including the identity of the Interstellar Alliance's Vice President and the explosive deaths of two B5 regulars -- something hinted at but never stated in an official series document.* The lost tale from The Lost Tales. Did you know that there were originally three lost tales not two? The middle segment never produced due to production considerations featured Michael Garibaldi making a startling discovery on Mars. Only a handful of people involved in the production have ever read this script but now you can enjoy this lost installment.* The original short story on which The Lost Tales segment Over Here was based. It's called The Darkness Between the Stars and was originally published in the now out-of-print seventh issue of The Book of Dark Wisdom (Fall 2005). See how JMS adapts a story from one medium to another and witness a different ending than the one that concludes the B5 version.* J. Michael Straczynski's personal behind-the-scenes photos taken on the set of The Lost Tales and The Legend of the Rangers -- included in these 36 images are the last pictures taken of Andreas Katsulas as G'Kar.YES WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED JOE CUTSBecause there are many differences between the scripts and what you see on the DVDs you also get the Script/DVD Variations inventory which catalogs all the changes deletions and additions that were made as the stories traveled from script to screen. It's all in this handy easy-to-reference grid just like the ones in JMS' Volume 15 and the Other Voices series.The TV Movie book includes 12 pages of Joe Cuts chronicling 78 of these variations exposing B5 data you never knew.BUT WAIT THERE'S MOREInstead of episode analysis J. Michael Straczynski answers frequently asked questions about each of the TV movies. Here's just a sample of what you'll discover:* How JMS had to spread the cast over the movies and how that affected the stories.* What one theme JMS finds most intriguing about the Babylon 5 universe.* How much Lyta knew about Vorlon history.* Why Thirdspace is set after the Shadow war.* Learn about H.P. Lovecraft's influences on JMS in general and Thirdspace specifically.* A detailed description of JMS's headspace when writing The River of Souls after he had just said goodbye to B5 with the final episodes of season five.* What drew JMS back to the Soul Hunter idea after five years and 90 teleplays.* How Joe crafted The River of Souls to explore the archaeological science fiction ideas that would later be found in Crusade.* Why Lieutenant Corwin gets a bigger spotlight in The River of Souls.* How the Love Bat came to be.* How The River of Souls relates to the essential B5 question of Who are you?* What it was like to work with Martin Sheen and what he felt everyone he met should involve themselves in.* Why the Rangers of LotR were supposed to learn about dying for the One.* How The Hand was differed from the the Shadows in the grand scheme of things.* Reflection from JMS about his days on the Ranger set with Andreas Katsulas the very last time he would be Citizen G'Kar.* Londo's intention in sending Vintari to Sheridan in The Lost Tales.* What it was like being in the Babylon 5 universe during The Lost Tales after so many years had passed.* How the alliance got the quantum space technology from the Vorlons.* Who was first in line to succeed Londo (remember that Vir was second in line and Vintari was third).* Why JMS decided to base one of The Lost Tales on his short story The Darkness Between the Stars (note that the original short story is also included as a bonus).
language: English
title: Babylon 5: The Scripts of J. Michael Straczynski, TV Movies
publisher: Synthetic Worlds Publishing