Im Forum von JMSNews gibt's ein Statement von JMS zu TLT von der ComicCon zu lesen:

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Zitat Zitat von Jan
As was almost inevitable, the question of more Lost Tales came up at JMS's spotlight yesterday.

He told how B5 had always had to prove that it had an audience each year, then with the VHS's, then with the DVDs and then with the D2DVD Lost Tales and told how his initial reaction to the two million dollar budget was that he could do it with sock pupets for that amount since there are major set and costume etc. expenses for a first time production. They came to him and said:

You want to do another one for two, maybe five million and I say, "You know what? No." The fans of Babylon 5 have stood with the show for so long and when you have me write stuff with financial handcuffs on, it leads you to having creative handcuffs on. You can't have extras, you can't have fights, you can't have stunts, you can't have a lot of stuff. [unintelligible] You know what? I've got a lot of movies going giving me a certain credibility there...I'm gonna roll the dice. I told Warner's: "Big budget feature film or nothing." I own the movie rights...[applause]
There was something else unintelligible to the effect that the Lost Tales are still lost. and the fan who'd asked the question thanked him.

Jan
Naja, zwei oder fünf Millionen sind in meinen Augen schon ein beachtlicher Unterschied. Aus fünf Millionen hätte sich doch wohl schon was vernünftiges machen lassen sollen, insbesondere wenn mal gleich mehrere DVDs geordert würden und sich die Kosten für Kulissen u.ä. somit evtl. verteilen lassen. Wobei man sich zu einer Sammelbestellung bei WB wohl nicht hätte durchringen können, vermute ich mal.