Blakes7 January 2001

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B7 - the Other Version
by Andrew Williams 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Sally wrote: >And give the warlords some acting lessons <g> What, and lose the brilliant "But words are...only words"? It's entertaining me even now as I think about it! Jacqui wrote: >Just saw the 'original cover' version of Destiny/Duel (in the local secondhand video store) - >has a drawn image of Travis on the front, which, apart from the eye patch looks nothing like >him. On the reverse side adverts for other videos lists a 'Listen with Mother' title (ie 'Under >fives') - what age group is Blake's Seven aimed at? Now, if only they'd release Basil Brush on video....

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Re: edited episodes
by Helen Krummenacker 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

> > Deliverance - have also said this before. Have Jenna being abducted by > tall, chiffon-bedecked Greek God-types, and Avon having a massive, ugly, > hairy barbarian throwing his-or-her animal-skin-covered self at his feet. > Leading, methinks, to a change up on who is desperate to be rescued and who is smugly playing with antique machines? It would be amusing, to say the least.

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Jarvik...
by Nathan Hook 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

The harvest of Kairos: someone mentioned killing off jarvik, fifty minutes earlier. Interesting. one of the weird things about jarvik, was him conceding to Servalans request to capture the remaining bracelets and being her "champion". Given his unwillingness to do anything that Servalan had asked of him before it seemed out of character. He simply replied, 'if it amuses you.' Suddenly after he'd suduced her, or she'd seduced him, his brain went amiss. if he had any to begin with that is. he certainly lost his ability to defy authority. Perhaps he missed out on a proper brawl with the secuirty grades. Now, you could argue that being a primitive man, as Servalan suggested, this kind of machoism was quite in keeping. defeating tarrant, proof he really was better. Then again, he said he had a primitive respect for life. What about Tarrants life, he inferred he respected him, as a man. You'd think he'd include his own too...mind you, he lost quite a few men capturing the liberator. To me the character is a hotch-potch of inconsistencies. A philospher (see the tea cup), a warrior, a passivist (see not wanting to work in the armed services) blatenly sexist and dismissive of the female sex...except if they're beautiful, or he could hide behind one. here's a man critical of the federation and it's ethos and yet he prostituted himself when given the opportunity to prove something. avons comment that he was a federation thug has merit. comments? Nayte. "That all-softening, overpowering knell,/ The tocsin of the soul - the dinner bell." Byron. ------------------------------------------------------------ Free, BeOS-friendly email accounts: http://BeMail.org/ love and pixels .:. http://dieselsweeties.com/

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Re: [B7L] Re: Countdown
by Natasa Tucev 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Dana asked: >*Or, for that matter, why there's a vortex or whatever the hell >Travis falls into on Star One. Because he is a creature from the subconscious, Blake's 'dark self' (his ruthlessness, obsession, hatred, need for revenge), and he retreats back down there after Blake has overcome his darkest impulse - to destroy Star One. Look at the number of fantastic creatures in folklore and legends (evil dwarves, dragons, witches) who fall into abyss once they have been defeated. There's another thing I was thinking about, and this is Jungian idea that you can't really overcome your 'shadow'. You either manage to incorporate it (like Ged in the Earthsea trilogy) or you have to adopt some of its characteristics in order to win. The boy who has defeated a dragon becomes a new dragon after he has touched the forbidden treasure. Blake appears in 'Blake' with a very telling scar. Yes, Boucher has an excellent feeling for these things and he always sets the story perfectly in terms of archetypes. I hate him. N.

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IM-ipak (was Weapon)
by Dana Shilling 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Assuming for the moment that there IS a way to zap already-marked individuals with the Imipak (probably via something like Instant Messaging on a more permanent basis) it occurred to me that if Servalan got to keep it she would have a VERY long Buddy List, so to speak. I was wondering how the weapon would display the list of all potential zap-ees. Certainly not in alphabetical order, since she wouldn't even know most of their names. And if they were pictures, a lot of the people who got on Servalan's nerves would be in trooper uniform (complete with face mask) anyway. It would be a shame if she zapped the guy who forgot to iron her newspaper last Tuesday if she was really intending to zap today's perpetrator of a second offense of bringing her a cold boiled egg... -(Y)

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Subject: [B7L] Another fanfic
by Sally Manton 30 Jan '01

30 Jan '01

Ellynne wrote: <I also don't know how Garak is going to get into this or who he's going to torture for information (or for which side).> Whichever side he is on, he is going to torture Avon, of course. Haven't you read the rules about Suffering Beautifully yet? _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Hermit updates
by Judith Proctor 30 Jan '01

30 Jan '01

I've now got copies of Storm Warning for sale. THey can be ordered via http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 This is the Big Finish Dr Who Cd with Paul McGann and Gareth Thomas. I've only heard half of it so far, but it shows promise. It was written direct for audio rather then being an audio of a book and that shows. Although I like the Big Finish Bernice Sumerfield stories (I tried them after being impressed by The Fearmonger) they suffer a little from having to be trimmed from the book to fit into an audio play. The ones written originally for audio have better pacing and fewer characters with more depth to them. I'll try and dictate a review into the other computer once I've listened to it all properly. We've corrected all known problems with the Library ('Shane' was missing a bit at the end, updated Kathryn's stories to their new link), and added more stories to the index including stories by Emma Peel, Patti, Tom Beck, Ali and Jean Graham. Plus there's the ususal swathe of changes and updates too small to bother listing individually. JUdith -- http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 - Fanzines for Blake's 7, B7 Filk songs, pictures, news, Conventions past and present, Blake's 7 fan clubs, Gareth Thomas, etc. (also non-Blake's 7 zines at http://www.knightwriter.org ) Redemption '01 23-25 Feb 2001 http://www.smof.com/redemption/

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Re: [B7L] filk
by Sally Manton 30 Jan '01

30 Jan '01

Neil wrote: <As someone who makes Lee (Wand'rin' Star) Marvin sound like Pavarotti, I don't think that's a very good idea.> But as someone who loooovved that song (and is a lon-term fan on the immortal Florence Foster Jenkins), I think it makes it an even better one :-) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Deliverance
by Penberriss Wendy S. 30 Jan '01

30 Jan '01

Recently I have watched the episode Deliverance and was surprised to see how sexist it was! Worse than Power, even! What do other people think? Wendy __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [B7L] Deliverance
by Marian de Haan 30 Jan '01

30 Jan '01

Wendy wrote: >Recently I have watched the episode Deliverance and was surprised to see how sexist it was! Worse than Power, even!< In what way? Avon behaves like a gentleman to Meegat, he doesn't grab, kiss or shoot her. It seems logical that the hairy barbarians would rather go for Jenna than Gan. The same goes for Ensor junior choosing Cally for hostage rather than Blake, although one would have expected Cally to be able to deal with him. And the writer not making use of her telepathy here seems a missed chance. (Or did she telepath to Blake? It's quite a while since I watched the episode.) I love Sally's idea of having Jenna abducted by good-looking chaps and Avon adored by a hairy barbarian :-) And it would have been nice to see Ensor junior point his gun against Blake's head instead of Cally's. And Blake coolly turning his back to him... Marian

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