Blakes7 February 2001

blakes7@lists.lysator.liu.se

80 participants
929 discussions

Re: [B7L] Re: fandom
by Marian de Haan 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

Neil and Dana: >> ObB7: I seem to be in a minority that actually liked Cally's red Saurian Major outfit. It makes her look chunky.<< >Speaking as a chunky person myself, I wouldn't go that far--but I think it's a little conspicuous for guerilla work.< Inside the base, yes. Outside it makes her blend in with the red landscape very well. Marian (who also likes the outfit)

1 0

Re: fandom
by Helen Krummenacker 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

> When I told a friend of mine that B7 fans have done things like making > up lists of all the clothes Avon wore in the series crossindexed by > episode, or trying to identify all the birds seen or heard in the > entire series, he just didn't believe me. > -- > Calle Reason 5 mundanes don't get into fandom-- when you describe anything we do, it tends to sound extremely pathetic. It's knowing the fans that makes it all worth while.

1 0

Re: Fwd: Re: [B7L] Sally-speak (was: Was it something I said :-)
by Sally Manton 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

Neil wrote: well, quite a few things that could be true <g> except that I don't think the fact that they kill people gets me too tied up (if it did, I'd stop trying to say Avon would've killed even more if the other's had let him :-)). I *am* unabashedly sentimental (let no one think I'd deny it) if not very romantic or reverent. As I've said before, one of the things that appeals *most* to me about Blake's 7 is its sense of the ridiculous mixed in with the gloom and doom, and, having thought about it, I have noticed that my labels do appear *most* often when I'm discussing any aspect that *does* appeal to my own (the wardrobe room, the fact that Blake's got such an endearingly unenthusiastic set of rebels, the fact that the grim - they're fighting a hopelessly uneven and unwinnable fight - is mixed so beautifully with the fantastic - they're doing it in the flying equivalent of a five star hotel with a computer nanny and all!!! Also, you haven't heard the way I use words *normally*. 'Tis very much the same, I'm afraid (our own ittle bitty puddytat BTW has six names depending on how annoying she's being at the minute. Makes no difference, she only answers to 'dinner'). No I don't call the Boss My Darling but then he's neither as murderous or pretty as Avon. <Diminishing these crooks, killers and mercenaries into her 'darlings' and 'boys' gives her a measure of control over them, a quasi-maternal role in which she can frown on the less savoury antics of these naughty little children whilst still loving them for who they are.> <grin> you realise of course that I'm now wondering why Zen doesn't start calling them 'darlings'. And they ain't boys, even if they are younger than me. I grew out of heroic youngsters round about 10 years old. You do also realise all these brilliant deductions isn't going to change a thing about my posts. <Of course, if she was coming to Redemption this weekend I wouldn't say any of this, but I know she isn't so there's no chance of her beating me up.> Wouldn't dream of it anyway. I'm almost certainly shorter, fatter and more out of condition than you. I'll start calling *you* darling instead. Sally Who has now had her share of psychoanalysis for one month - even if part of it was self-induced - and thinks we should pick on someone else :-) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

2 1

Re: birdsOddly, the Federation seemed to populate the galaxy with only European avifauna
by Helen Krummenacker 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

Replying to my comments re: chickadees in the background > Yeah, not that I've ever been there but I could make some educated guesses. > But Americans should be able to recognise their own songbirds and think, > "Hey, this ain't Europe." Well, 1stly, Xena isn't filmed in America, so it wouldn't have our songbrds. More importantly, you mean Neil, the Great Birder, doesn't know that you British colonialists imported your birds who have been more or less taking over from the native songbirds? > Oddly, the Federation seemed to populate the galaxy with only European > avifauna Not oddly-- in keeping with history, as per above. (Our Jays won't be overwhelmed by any other birds, though.)

2 1

Re: fandom and fannishness
by Harriet Monkhouse 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

Neil expressed preference: >And not a trace of an American accent, which > I wouldn't be surprised if Xena's got. The peculiar thing is that she has to fake an American accent - the real Lucy Lawless sounds completely different (apart from being a New Zealander, her normal pitch is higher, though you can deduce that from her early appearances on Hercules, and she talks a lot faster). I may think it bizarre that she had to fake an American accent, but faking an ancient Greek one would have been even stranger. [No, I'm not sending this to the spinlist, Calle, I've already amalgamated three posts for economy and I can't be bothered splitting them again. And my evidence for saying she's a New Zealander not Australian was the radio interview last March in which she said "I am a Kiwi girl through and through - I am a product of this land" - the programme was about NZ.] Mistral replied to Dana and Helen: >>> second leads seem to have more fen than leads, >>>even though you're "supposed" to root for the lead. >> >> Is it because we, being imaginative, individualists, >>didn't 'fit in' when we were young and like characters >>who seem a little awkward sometimes? > >That would be my guess. We might wish we were heroes, >but we know we're really sidekick material I know in my case it goes back to the Flashing Blade, the French-language adventure story which was what they always showed in the school holidays in the late 1960s; my friend fancied the Chevalier de whatnot, I fancied his rather plain mate/manservant, who I think was called Guillot. It's possible that I did this in order to annoy her, or to leave the field free for her, or indeed just as a rebellion against the conventionally good-looking. But then you're not supposed to remember anything about the 1960s, so I will leave my motives in obscurity. Sally asked: >Is there anyone out there who *does* watch B7 >or another show at least partly (and large-part, >please) for one of the minor characters, with little >interest in the majors? Garak. Jarriet

2 1

Re: armour in the media
by Helen Krummenacker 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

> My preference for lots of armour is largely an aesthetic whim, which is why > I prefer Excalibur Oh, RIGHT, Neil... the show I can't stand because of the scene near the begining when Arthur's father is ravishing the woman wearing FULL armour including SPIKEY breastplate. OUCH! I consider it the tackiest and least credible use of armour in any show I've ever scene. I'd rather look at Space Rats.

2 1

Re: [B7L] Re: fandom
by Neil Faulkner 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

From: <Sestina94(a)aol.com> > So what exactly do you have against tanned flesh and American accents:? Nothing in themselves, where they're appropriate. Tanned flesh on Xena is just there to make her look sexy. She's a babe. I'm not into babes. For a supposedly experienced warrior it seems a bit daft to have all limbs exposed to any sharp edge that might be flying around. Mediaeval warriors plastered themselves with every last bit of metal plating they could stand up in (sometimes even two helmets, one on top of the other). Xena (like Conan in the De Laurentiis movies) is all image. American accents are fine, but not in a Dark Age or Mediaeval Europe where there weren't any. Neil (pallid and shrivelled)

4 3

Re: [B7L] Space Fall
by Ellynne G. 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:30:45 -0500 "Dana Shilling" <dshilling(a)worldnet.att.net> writes: > Hellen said: > > Blake could not know Avalon if she had started her rebel activity > in the > > last four of five years (after his capture and brainwash). > But wouldn't one of his first actions after returning to the fray > be to get up to speed on galaxy-wide rebel activities? Well, you know how it is. First, she was sick the day they took photos for the rebel yearbook, then there was that unlisted number, then the editors of Who's Who in Anti-Totalitarianism got her mixed up with Avon (they were rushing to meet deadline and quite a few mistakes squeeked by during the all nighter). Since Blake never read Avon's bio, he didn't notice. And, after that, she just never got the notice she deserved. Ellynne ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

2 1

Frame capture library: vote
by Lisa Williams 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

Greetings, all. As I am currently wrapping up the Project From Hell at work (rant about the US Navy and their bloody radar toys mercifully snipped here), and am hoping to soon get some free time for fannish endeavors again, I thought I'd start gathering votes on what B7 episodes people would like to see added next to the frame capture library. I'm going to line up a list of four episodes, so each of you may vote for up to four. As usual, send your votes to me *offlist* at <lcw(a)dallas.net>. A second CD volume won't be released until I get another 13 episodes done (and that's likely to be awhile), but the new ones will be rotated onto my website as I complete them. The episodes which I've already done, and which are available on the CD-ROM, are the following (so don't vote for these!): The Way Back Shadow Pressure Point Killer Star One Aftermath Rumours of Death Sarcophagus Death-Watch Terminal Gold Warlord Blake Fans of the early series and/or of Travis 1 might want to keep in mind that first season is woefully under-represented so far; be nice to see it catch up a little. Per my usual policy, I will abide by the results of the vote, even if they're icky, but reserve the right to break any ties by personal whim. Bribe offers will be given due consideration, especially the ones involving high-quality chocolate. (I note as a point of cultural interest that several votes last time around came equipped with suggestions of bribery. This did not happen with any of the other fandoms in which I've taken similar votes. Seems very apt for B7, somehow.) - Lisa -- Lisa Williams: lcw(a)dallas.net or lwilliams(a)raytheon.com Lisa's Video Frame Capture Library: http://framecaplib.com/ From Eroica With Love: http://eroicafans.org/

1 0

Re:recognition
by Helen Krummenacker 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

> > > With Mistral, Ellynne and Kathryn's posts, I can tell it's one of them > > > and frequently which one. > > > > Wow! We're recognisable! We're a cluster! > > LOL! I found it amusing that Helen said 'frequently', considering > Ellynne and I always seem to be on the opposite side of the argument, > and you, Kat, are so much more concise than either of us. > > Mistral To elaborate further, I'm not usually playing "guess who wrote the post"-- my point having been in the first place I reply usually based on *content*, not *authorship*. I tend to cluster the three of you because I find similairites between each of you and myself, rather than each other.

1 0

← Newer
1
...
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
...
93
Older →

Jump to page:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Blakes7 February 2001