On Feb 22, 5:31 pm, Jan  wrote:   
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   > 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. =   
   > >=A0It   
   > >> >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=   
   > >aught   
   > >> >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=   
   > > also just a   
   > >> 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   
   > >=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D   
   > >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   
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   > 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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