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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 908523" data-attributes="member: 151">Well, since I was watching rastB5 during most of it's run, I saw a lot of the &quot;insightful&quot; commentary he put up with while doing the rest of us a favor by being available.&nbsp; JMS may have strong opinions, but I've never interpeted that as being arrogant.&nbsp; In point of fact, he's spent a large amount of time being the opposite.&nbsp; What often occurs though, is that someone will broach something as fact, and then JMS will shoot them down.A classic example was an actor who guested in a B5 episode in 5th season.&nbsp; Several people loudly commented on what a terrible makeup job the show had done on the character, who was a veteran of the Earth-Minbari war, and bore a scar across his face and deformed part of it.&nbsp; JMS then unsubtly pointed out that they hadn't put ANY makeup on his face, that he was a vietnam veteran who had been wounded during the war, and you could see him in several other movies with the same scars.JMS doesn't respond to poorly-voiced and rude criticism well, it's true.&nbsp; But he's reacted in much better temper when someone does come at him with a desire to start a fight, IME.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 908523, member: 151"] Well, since I was watching rastB5 during most of it's run, I saw a lot of the "insightful" commentary he put up with while doing the rest of us a favor by being available. JMS may have strong opinions, but I've never interpeted that as being arrogant. In point of fact, he's spent a large amount of time being the opposite. What often occurs though, is that someone will broach something as fact, and then JMS will shoot them down. A classic example was an actor who guested in a B5 episode in 5th season. Several people loudly commented on what a terrible makeup job the show had done on the character, who was a veteran of the Earth-Minbari war, and bore a scar across his face and deformed part of it. JMS then unsubtly pointed out that they hadn't put ANY makeup on his face, that he was a vietnam veteran who had been wounded during the war, and you could see him in several other movies with the same scars. JMS doesn't respond to poorly-voiced and rude criticism well, it's true. But he's reacted in much better temper when someone does come at him with a desire to start a fight, IME. [/QUOTE]

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