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  Proto-Babylon 5 Material

   • s******j@**.com
     12/02/1997 00:00:000 UTC

     Here's something eerie:

     http://www.public.usit.net/~f-shysa/protob5.html

     This is a copy of a brochure from back when Straczynski was still

     trying to sell the concept. There are interesting differences between

     the show as it exists now and how it was concieved.

     The whole tone of the thing is different. It's described as "Casablanca

     in space" for one thing, which sounds neat. For another, Delenn is a

     GUY.

     As nice as it would be to imagine the show was plotted by JMS from

     beginning to end exactly as it came out, I can't believe it. It's a

     lot more consistent than most SF shows, but there is no denying the

     that the concept evolved as it went along.

     --SEJ

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       • b********r@p*******e.com
         13/02/1997 00:00:000 UTC

         s******j@**.com (Stefan E. Jones) wrote:

         >The whole tone of the thing is different. It's described as
         "Casablanca

         >in space" for one thing, which sounds neat. For another, Delenn is
         a

         >GUY.

         The "Casablanca" reference was probably just to explain it to the

         network suits and doesn't mean a whole lot (although it sounds
         really

         deep). Delenn was initially supposed to change gender (along with

         growing hair), but the dubbing of a male voice over Mira's in the

         pilot didn't come off well, so jms dropped the whole concept.

         Perrianne Lurie

         BucCONeer, the 56-th World Science Fiction Convention

         August 5-9, 1998, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

         P.O. Box 314, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701

         b********r@w*******n.org

            • s******j@**.com
              13/02/1997 00:00:000 UTC

              In article <5dtq7i$***@c*****.**********g.com>,

              Perrianne Lurie wrote:

              >s******j@**.com (Stefan E. Jones) wrote:

                >>The whole tone of the thing is different. It's described as
              "Casablanca

                >>in space" for one thing, which sounds neat. For another,
              Delenn is a

                >>GUY.

              >The "Casablanca" reference was probably just to explain it to
              the

              >network suits and doesn't mean a whole lot (although it sounds
              really

              >deep). Delenn was initially supposed to change gender (along
              with

              >growing hair), but the dubbing of a male voice over Mira's in
              the

              >pilot didn't come off well, so jms dropped the whole concept.

              Stracsynski mentioned on one of the dicussion boards that the
              theme of

              the "arc" was about "killing your parents." I guess marrying a
              gender

              changing alien would have just about pinned the freudometer.

              - SEJ

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