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

[Neil Rieck]

On Oct 5, 12:49 pm, seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com> wrote:
> On Sep 21, 5:56 am, Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> > On Sep 19, 7:23 pm, seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com> wrote:
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> > > 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.
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> > >http://awards.tv.yahoo.com/blog/75-jeff-conaway-snubbed-in-emmy-tribute
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> > 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)
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> > 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
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> >http://babylonpark.com/babylon-5-studio-limbo/
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> > Neil Rieck
> > Kitchener / Waterloo / Cambridge,
> > Ontario, Canada.http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/doc...
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> It is unbelievably sad they didn't continue on with Excaliber.
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> At least we might have a glimmer of hope for Firefly.  Quite a few new
> satellite stations running firefly marathons lately.

I think you meant to type Crusade in which they flew around in the
Excalibur. (sorry but you are dealing with a sci-fi mental case here)

Not sure if you watch "The Big Bang Theory", but Leonard has a poster
above his bed with a picture of the Excalibur over the caption "To
Protect and Defend". Obviously Chuck Lorre (or perhaps just the screen
writers) share our interests. Which is why they also bring up Babylon
5, Firefly, Saturn 3, Dune, Terminator, and lots of other cool sci-fi
stuff; not sure why they have never mentioned my all time favorite:
"Blade Runner"

Neil Rieck
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/Blade-Runner.html