On Feb 22, 5:31 pm, Jan  wrote:
> In article ,
> Dan Dassow says...
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> >On Feb 22, 2:03=A0pm, Jan  wrote:
> >> In article <0001HW.C9897A07029E9783B0291...@news.eternal-september.org>, =
> >Amy
> >> Guskin says...
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> >> >(It's probably a good thing about the time lag in moderation, though. =
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> >> >gave me a chance to get over my being mad at JMS for slamming my beloved
> >> >Celtic pantheon in recent issues of Wonder Woman, on which I'm getting c=
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> >> >up. =A0:-) =A0 But seriously, JMS, the Morrigan, and Cernunnos? =A0Villa=
> >ins? Dude!)
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> >> >Amy
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> >> (worth reading if only to imagine somebody addressing JMS as 'Dude' )
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> >> Repeat after me: =A0It's an alternate universe. =A0It's not real. =A0It's=
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> >> comic book. =A0But mostly, it's an alternate universe.
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> >> Jan
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> >Amy is the second to the last person I would have expected to call JMS
> >a dude; JanMS would be the last.
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> >Out of curiousity, I checked to see whether anyone one else has called
> >JMS a dude. To my surprize, JMS referred to himself as the Babylon 5
> >Dude.
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> >Quote
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> >http://board.rpgamer.com/forum/showthread.php?3721-JMS-(Babylon-5-dud...
> >iews-LORD-OF-RINGS-part-3
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> >From: jmsa...@aol.com (J. Michael Straczynski)
> >Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:35:46 +0000 (UTC)
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> >Thanks to a series of industry screenings, I've had the opportunity to
> >see the final Lord of the Rings movie...and for those wondering, it's
> >spectacular. I loved the first one and considered it a masterpiece;
> >wasn't quite as happy with the second one, which I felt (and despite
> >some corrections made via the extended cut, still feel) that it
> >suffered where it diverged from the book, and where it replaced story
> >logic with movie logic.
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> >But "The Return of the King" is magnificent on every level. There are
> >times you feel you're looking at some forgotten history come to life,
> >the imagery is almost painfully beautiful at times, breathtaking and
> >awe-inspiring other times. I remember sitting there, thinking there
> >are some things one feels priviliged to have lived long enough to have
> >seen. This is one of them. It's brave, heroic, tragic, moving, funny,
> >inspiring and wistful all at the same
> >time.
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> >So for those who were hoping for the best...your hopes will be
> >realized. It's just freaking magnificent.
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> >jms
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> >(jmsa...@aol.com)
> >(all message content © 2003 by synthetic worlds, ltd.,
> >permission to reprint specifically denied to SFX Magazine
> >and don't send me story ideas)
> >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> >End Quote
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> Maybe I'm blind?  It's not part of that post and the link goes to a thread
that
> has a guy from Scotland copying his post and somebody else in that thread
calls
> him 'dude'.
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> Or maybe I'm blind (but still dangerous!)
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> Jan
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> --
> "[We have] no religion save for the sanctity of life; no law but one: be
kind to
> one another."
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> -Twilight Zone "The Wall"
> J. Michael Straczynski
Let's try this again. I managed to submit an empty post.
Jan, I'm the one who needs to change his eye glass prescription.
Regardless, Amy is not the first person to call JMS a dude.
Dan Dassow
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