Well, guess what? He wrote me again! Well, first I had to finally email
him again, but still!
Here's what I sent him on October 20th:
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Michael,
Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you, but I'm finishing up the process of moving into my first purchased home. As a result, the return address on Matthews Drive of my written letter to you a few months back will no longer be valid.
Before all the mortgage fuss began, I did buy a copy of your book, read the first section and skipped ahead to the Dinosaucers parts, and will give it a proper read-through once everything settles here in another week or so. I had no idea that there was such a direct relationship between Batman and Dinosaucers! The latest movie was incredible as well, I enjoyed it very much in the theater.
As you stated in your message, you were quite busy at the time with the premiere, and asked that I get back with you regarding a possibility of seeing the contents of the Dinosaucers "bible" that Somtow had mentioned to me several years ago. Fans like me have some questions about the origin of certain characters that recurred in the series but were never properly introduced, and always assumed that they were explained in the bible. Would it be possible to see a scanned copy of the bible?
Finally, thank you for being such a devoted fan yourself for all of these years.
Hoping you're well,
Matt
So over the weekend, I got this response!
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Hi Matt...
All those files are in storage in NYC and especially now after the storm, can't be accessed easily. It's probably going to be closer to Xmas before I can look and see what files are there. Meanwhile, if you want to do a phone interview of something, we can do that.
Best,
Michael
...wow. I don't know if I have balls big enough to do a phone interview with him, but if you guys think I should, I can give it a shot.
At the very least, it seems we're still in the running for seeing the mysterious creator's bible, and he's open to answering questions!
If you guys have any questions about the series*, post them here, and I'll pass them on to Mr. Uslan in my next message, and hopefully we'll hear back from him again soon! I'll think about and post the ones I have here over the next few days, and I'll edit this entry to show the ones I'll officially be sending back.
I really have to say, it's nice that a devoted fan of
Batman can do so much for the franchise, and still be friendly to fellow fans of his own work. If I ever got big'n'famous, I'd like to think I'd be the same as well.
Was there ever a pilot created for Dinosaucers that didn't air? The character "Major Cliffton" was referenced in two episodes, and by the context, he was never properly introduced in either. Some fans theorize he was introduced in a pilot episode in which the Dinosaucers first come to Earth and are detected by the USAF.Currently, the only source for Dinosaucers episodes is Amazon via download, and it doesn't include all of the episodes. There were rumors that the original films were lost in a fire years ago at DIC. Some later airings of the show were edited to allow extra commercials on the USA Network and the Family Channel, to add insult to injury. Is there any source of the original episodes still intact, and is this what is available on Amazon?I had been contacted a few years ago by Somtow Sucharitkul, who wrote a few episodes of the show. Did you have a personal relationship with Somtow, or other sci-fi writers like Diane Duane, or were episode writers hired by the studio or someone else?*NO JOKES, PLEASE
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