Minbari sleeping rituals (minor SPOILERS)

O.K. so someone at the the moderated group got JMS to answer this question:

Why wasn't Dulann in a slanted bed during the "Rangers/TLADIS" movie?

Here is JMS's answer:

"It wasn't at an angle because it isn't a bed for sleeping in. It's a medical
examining tube. Take a look...half of his body is inside the tube, there's a
scanner above him that runs the length of body inside the tube (it's what David
leans against in one of the scenes)...there are three such tubes in that room.
It's more like an iron lung in that sense (though clearly more advanced).

A person may fall asleep in one of the tubes, but it isn't a bed for sleeping.
You don't want to go upending patients who may be critically wounded; I can't
imagine who would try and apply a sleeping custom to a medical procedure

That's just common sense.

jms"


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hypatia@b5fan.b5lr.com

I also seem to remember an episode of B5 where Lennier was injured on a Minbari ship and was on a flat medical "bed." I think the
episode was Rumors, Bargains and Lies.

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My memory may have lousy error detection, but I remember the opposite. The bed in "Rumors, Bargains and Lies" was intended for rest, and seemed quite slanted.

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This gives me a good reason to go rewatch Rumors, Bargains and Lies when I get home from work this evening.


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Remember dear readers, you heard it here first. Off the record, on the Q.T., and very hush-hush - Danny DeVito as Sid Hudgens in L.A. Confidential