[Info-vax] OT: Babylon 5 star dead and snubbed

[seasoned_geek]

On Sep 21, 5:56 am, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 7:23 pm, seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com> wrote:
>
> > It's bad enough this guy passed away in May and Yahoo didn't bother to
> > post it in their celebrity news spam which keeps rotating around when
> > I log in.  Now the guy gets snubbed by VH1  AND Yahoo doesn't bother
> > to mention Zack Allen ma'am, but they call me Zack.
>
> >http://awards.tv.yahoo.com/blog/75-jeff-conaway-snubbed-in-emmy-tribute
>
> I have never understood what was going on in Hollywood, but Babylon 5
> has little, to no, acknowledgment or respect. Some have claimed that
> it was because B5 was filmed in Sun Valley rather than Hollywood but
> lots of companies have filmed in places like Vancouver (Battle Star
> Galactica), New Mexico (Terminator 4), Czech Republic (Alien vs
> Predator), so that can't be the reason. Others claim it was because
> Harlan Ellison was involved (Ellison has had a bad reputation in
> Hollywood ever since he masqueraded as a reporter (with a hidden
> microphone) to interview James Cameron stole the idea for Terminator
> from Ellison)
>
> There have been some rumors (via Comic Con) that J. Michael
> Straczynski is involved in informal negations with Warner Brothers to
> re-acquire the rights to Babylon 5
>
> http://babylonpark.com/babylon-5-studio-limbo/
>
> Neil Rieck
> Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge,
> Ontario, Canada.http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/docs/babylon5-hi-def-petition.html

It is unbelievably sad they didn't continue on with Excaliber.

At least we might have a glimmer of hope for Firefly.  Quite a few new
satellite stations running firefly marathons lately.