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Titolo: [Fwd: Further B5:TLT update from jms]


Well, tomorrow I head back to LA for meetings on other projects for two
days, then it's back to Vancouver again on Sunday to continue prep.  So
far everything's laying out very cleanly.  We have an EFX house on
board now, which was the last big step to be undertaken.  It wasn't
until the last day or so that we could really get into the CGI issues,
which are huge on these stories.
And in regard to that...the initial goal was to try and do three big
stories in one DVD. So I wrote three scripts, featuring Sheridan,
Lochley, Galen and Garibaldi.  (I wanted to focus on the human
characters initially so we'd have more time for prosthetics R&D for the
next one.)  The stories, as noted previously, were huge...all over the
map, from Minbar, to Earth, Mars, the future, the distant past, as well
as B5 itself obviously.  We're also going to be trying some new
production technologies, again trying to stay ahead of the tech curve,
the way B5 has always stayed ahead on these things.
And over the last few days, as we began to bring on crew and lay out
the production, looking at just how complicated these mini-movies were
going to be, the idea of making three of these monsters began to become
a bit much for us to pull off on out first time out the gate,
especially since I'm still kind of new as a director.  So we decided to
postpone one of the three to the next DVD, and lengthen the other two
to make up the difference.  GIven that the Garibaldi story was the most
complicated visually and technically, also the most difficult from a
CGi perspective, that's the one that got pushed until, potentially,
next time.
And if the sales are anywhere near what WB expects, and I think they
will be, there's no question that there will be more of these down the
road.  So we're gong to focus in on those two stories and knock them
out of the park.  Same length, same running time, and now even bigger
than at first anticipated since the budget on number three will now be
applied to the other two.
Part of what we're doing is to re-think the look of B5 to some degree.
The show was created using 1993 technology, video toasters and amigas,
and was to some extent limited by the paradigms and production methods
we used in that.  But it's now 13 years later, and while I will keep
the feel of the show the same, and the silhouettes and designs, there's
no reason to limit the look of the feel to what we could do six years
ago (from when we stopped).  So we're going to invest a lot of time,
effort and money into really re-imagining some of the visuals at the
present level -- looking at shows like Battlestar and the like -- and
bringing those tools into B5 while still maintaining the feel of the
show.
I also managed to work in a nice nod to Andreas and Richard in the two
mini-movies.
So with that...the team is now in place, the last personnel have been
hired, and as soon as I get back to Vancouver, I get to take off the
producer's hat and put on the director's hat.
jms
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Ciao,
luigi
Ciao,
luigi
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Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac: You can always take something 
for it.

 From: 
jms...@aol.com
[SNIP]
Grazie !
Anche se in effetti e' un po' come essere affamati e trovarsi al di la' 
del vetro di un ristorante senza poter ancora entrare .. :-D
Comunque promette molto bene (e viene 'rispolverato' anche Galen !!!)
-- 
Nymeria

  (e viene 'rispolverato' anche Galen !!!)
I technomage mi hanno sempre affascinato, son contento pur'io.
Ciao,
luigi
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+--[Luigi Rosa]--
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Spegni la televisione e apri un libro!

 I technomage mi hanno sempre affascinato, son contento pur'io.
Non solo per i technomage, ma anche - e soprattutto - per la bravura di 
Peter Woodward che ha dato vita ad un ottimo personaggio, e che forse in 
questo contesto avra' la possibilita' di mostrare tutti i suoi 'numeri'.
-- 
Nymeria

 Peter Woodward 
Ho omesso di citare uno dei motivi per cui mi piacciono i Tecnomage: 
parlano inglese.
Ciao,
luigi
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Questo messaggio e` stato scritto con caratteri riciclati al 100%


Ok ok per far contenti tutti ... vi faccio i sottotitoli in italiano
ve lo prometto ;-))))
Triky

 parlano inglese.
LOL !
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Nymeria

 I technomage mi hanno sempre affascinato, son contento pur'io.
Siamo in due!
Dopo la puntata della seconda stagione ho sempre sperato che tornassero 
ma non e` successo.
Indovina quanta felicita` nel sapere che in crusade ce n'era uno fisso 
ed ora si rivede in TLT.
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........... grrrrrrr continuo ad andare su 
http://www.jmsnews.com
nella speranza di qualche aggiornamento.... ma nulla! :(
BRAAAMO NEWS!
T.

 BRAAAMO NEWS!
"No news is good news"  :)))
Ciao,
luigi
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conferme su praticamente tutto il cast tecnico ed artistico di TLT
Triky