Nicola Mody-Nikoloff <n_mody-nikoloff(a)axis-intermodal.co.nz> wrote:
>I'm new to this list, so this has probably been covered before. If so,
>please humour me!
>
>I think one of the worst mistakes in B7 was to bring back Servalan in the
>guise of Sleer (much as I enjoy Jacqueline Pearce's acting).
>
>Servalan must have been the most well-known person in the Federation, if not
>the whole galaxy. Her official portraits were doubtless everywhere, and she
>was probably on the viscasts almost every 'night' after becoming President.
>She wouldn't have been exactly retiring.
>
>I could buy the Sleer thing if they'd given her a different hair and dress
>style (like longer hair, tailored trouser suits), but she looks exactly the
>same. And even if it had become the fashion to resemble her (like the Diana
>craze years ago), it would be stupid to continue to do so after she had
>fallen so far from favour that all her colleagues were ruthlessly purged.
>
>Anyone have any explanations? Apart from poor script-writing?
>
>And why didn't Avon blow her cover?
>
>Nico
>
>
I suppose it would depend upon how 'familiar' her picture was - there must have been billions of people in the Federation etc.
Going back to something I brought up a while ago - there seems to be little 'official art' around in the Federation - one would expect pictures of Servalan's predecessors in her military office (as with the pictures of Prime Ministers in 10 Downing Street) etc. And the picture of herself Servalan/Sleer smashed in series 4 seems to have been in the possession of a Servalan 'diehard'.
Jacqui
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I'm down to one copy of 'Travis: the final act" audio tape. I'm also getting
very low on Logic of Empire. There will be no more copies of the Travis tape.
There might be a few more copies of 'Logic' next year, but once Alan runs out of
printed covers that will be it. 'Logic' features several B7 cast members in a
plot with a twist.
Judith
PS. Please remember I'm off list for the usual health problems - contact me
directly if you need to for any reason.
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<A man prepared to do anything to suit a whim might just wear anything,
regardless of his taste in wine and women (and how seriously should we take
Avon's estimate of Dorian's impeccability on that score?).>
Given his own????? Oh well, at least *he* didn't fall for Inga or the
appalling pink-wigged person ...
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