Blakes7 March 2001

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Re: Creation con
by Helen Krummenacker 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

> Creation here in America. They aren't near > as much fun as fan-run conventions, but there is definitely less opportunity > for fan "disputes" revolving around them! > > Annie Actually, Creation has been at the heart of disputes, the main thing being the rights of the performers to give their audience access to them. Several performers didn't pay enough attention to the contracts they signed with Creation and found out they were banned from doing the fan-run cons. At one Creationcon, two Trek stars were told they could not, as they wished go out and mingle with the fans once they were done with their assigned duties. After all, people might get signatures without having to pay 50 bucks for the privledge of standing in line for one, thus costing the con money.The actors, on the other hand, felt the fans were the customer of the series, and that they deserved more in return for their support than to be taken for every dollar they were willing to spend. The actors bought tickets to the con at the door and came back in order to be able to mingle. Of course, this isn't fan-vs-fan, but then, some fans were boycotting Creation and others weren't. I've never heard of an art show at a Creation Con (my husband and I do art, so we try to keep are ears open). Frees them from any accusations of censorship, I suppose, but provides less opportunity for fans and fan artists.

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Michael Keating and Brian Croucher
by Carol & Gordon 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

Greetings, One rarely gets to see a glimpse of any B7 actors here in the land Down Under, but this has improved with the introduction of PAYTV. Austar shows UKTV and two weeks ago I managed to watch ( and tape ) an episode of Casualty starring Michael Keating. Then a couple of days later who turns up on Eastenders but Brian Croucher. He is appearing in a semi regular role now.. Then low and behold he also turns up on todays episode of Casualty as well.. So as things stand, we here in Australia are getting rather spoiled as of late. All I need now is a few Paul Darrow and Gareth Thomas sittings and I'll be quite the happy little vegemite.. :-) Oh and on another note Queer As Folk starts in two days on FOX8 :-) I'm looking forward to that. TTFN Carol 'Hondo' CaraZines

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Re: Out of the frying pan (was Re: [B7L] Horizon and Redemption)
by Carol & Gordon 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

>From: Bizarro7(a)aol.com >I would like to state herein my personal conviction that the very best >confection ever produced in modern America has never equalled the very worst >confection ever produced in the U.K. Where does that leave Australian products ?? :-) I know quite a few Americans who have a fascination for our TIM TAM biscuits.. I often send some off to Arizona to feed one friends addiction :-) Carol 'Hondo' CaraZines.

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And the winners are...
by Lisa Williams 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

The next four episodes to be added to the frame capture library are: Seek-Locate-Destroy Gambit Redemption Headhunter "Seek-Locate-Destroy" and "Gambit" were tied for first place; second place had a four-way tie, from which I selected "Redemption" and "Headhunter". (I figured I'd better have *one* from the second half of the series, to avoid being paid a "little visit" by the Tarrant Nostra.) - 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/

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Re: [B7L] re Creation and Art
by Ashton7＠aol.com 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

In a message dated 3/1/01 7:59:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, kalazar(a)earthlink.net writes: << The Creation cons here in Pasadena, Ca always have a large art section. >> Thanks, Kalazar. I thought maybe I was remembering things wrong. I remember Creation having art shows. Here in Florida we have a rival pro group that does conventions called Vulkon and they have had art shows, I believe. I think it probably depends upon the function space available. I can't imagine the pro cons allowing "adult" art, though, simply because so many of the attendees tend to be children or adults with children in tow. Mainstream SF cons, though... well, I've seen some pretty explicit artwork at art shows at those! Annie

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Re: An Annoucement (was: Horizon and Redemption)
by seven＠gaudaprime.com 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

Una wrote >> To be honest, I'm now convinced I've wandered into some sort of bizarre alternate universe, like the crossover episodes in DS9, or those episodes from Buffy. It's gone just freaky round here. Sally > This is an announcement. I am (effectively) signing off for about 7-8 weeks to go on holidays on the other side of the world (I predict that 10 minutes after the plane takes off from Singapore, I'll be yelling 'turn back I forgot something'): while I will get to Internet cafes at odd times to check into the web archive, you will have to put up with far less of me in far shorter bursts (no cheering at the back there - hey, and no cheering at the front, either) David No cheers from this quarter but those seven to 8 weeks will fly by. You just watch. Sally > As I would *really really* like to see each and every one of you still here and happy when I get back, you better start playing nice *now*. David I also like. Sally > Discussions on Our Heroes behaving badly are much more *fun*, people. BTW, given that in the age of space flight, Immmigration and Customs appear to be a lost cause, can anyone think *of* any way individual planets would control visiting rights (this is speaking as someone whose travel documents weigh a ton :-)). David There is a possible way an individual planet could detect entry and thereby control visiting rights, that you might like to consider. from Time Squad Blake: Zen, 360 degree survey. Put etheric detector beams on maximum. Report any space vehicles within range. Vila, put visual survey on the screen. Zen: Negative on all systems. There are no space vehicles within detector range. David The Liberator used ether to detect objects in space. A planetary organism may have an etheric portion, extending even beyond the hydrogen limit. from Cygnus Alpha Zen: Completed. The Liberator is in stationary orbit, one thousand spatials above the planet surface. David The sensitive part of the planetary being (composed, shall we say, of ether) may extend beyond the outer atmosphere, at least as far as 1,000 Spatials. One thing cannot touch another thing without there remaining some evidence of the contact, some fingerprint or print. The intrusion of some object - be it a meteor or space-craft - would cause some change in the state of the planetary being. It then becomes a matter of having instruments that could detect such an infinitesimal change. from Seek Escon: My research people have rigged up the entire complex with ... a molecular shift detector, sir. ... A rough analogy would be the, the static buildup during an electrical storm. Travis: Yes, well, I'm always grateful for a rough analogy. David Such a sensitive device exists in B7 with a range of at least a quarter million spatials. Compare Escon's rough analogy with the planetary disturbances on Duel, a planet with, possibly, an artificially altered ether. Sally > Seriously, I'll miss my daily fix, and all of you take care. David You too. Be safe. DC

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Re: [B7L] Hurt/Comfort and all that
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

In a message dated 3/1/01 2:42:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, Ashton7(a)aol.com writes: << BTW, I was counting zines on my web page tonight (in preparation for getting the masters back from Linda Knights) and discovered that I have published something like 37 Blakes 7 zines over the years! Sheesh! Quite a number of them had hurt/comfort in them and quite a number of them had slash. In fact, I did an entire zine called Serrated Seven that was nothing BUT h/c stories. So, I intend to take credit for being partially responsible for inventing those sub-genres. ;-) >> Did you count the 4 issues of BIZARRO ZINE? Because we do torment everyone awfully in BZ, but there's scant comfort. Leah

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Nude drawings
by Caveatemptor1＠aol.com 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

<< Pat C. wrote: << Hey, I don't know how people feel about nude explicit drawings of Judith and Steve, but um..well... << << I'll pay cold hard American cash to see some nudie pics of Steve and Og. >> Slammin'!!! I'll pay to see that! Where to I order? Courtney

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Re: Re [B7L] Offensive subject matter (FLAME)
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

In a message dated 3/1/01 2:39:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, una(a)q-research.connectfree.co.uk writes: << When I snuck out earlier to get my mallows, they had some Penguin Flipper Dippers. Would they suit? >> Please...have mercy. It was horrifying enough to come to London last year and discover that "Curly Whirlys" were real...not some sick figment of Dawn French's imagination in VICAR OF DIBLEY! Leah

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Re: [B7L] Re: Brit-char-speak
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 02 Mar '01

02 Mar '01

In a message dated 3/1/01 12:23:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, julia.jones(a)jajones.demon.co.uk writes: << Mmm. I think we may be arguing in circles here. To me, that style of story-telling is not just external, it forms part of the very fabric of the B7 universe.<< Using that train of logic, Blakes 7 is actually Greek. Tragedy and Drama originated with their invention of these tools of storytelling. Truly a new twist on the old saw "it's *all* Greek to me." >> Wasting food is *immoral*. Throwing away perfectly good food is wicked. Whatever we might think when we consider this rationally in the light of the current abundance of food, our gut reaction is shaped by the culture we grew up in. This meme is starting to fade now, but it still shapes the reactions and outlook of many people born long after the war, and even after rationing, ended.<< Yes, but this topic never came up in BLAKES 7. I originally asked for one specific instance in the content (not the technicals or production style) of the B7 universe that provided distinct proof that it was a British society. We know there are differences between the way Brits and Americans do things. That's not the discussion. >>There are lots of things like this scattered through the cultures concerned (and a fair few of the obvious ones date from the different experiences of the World Wars). To me, the culture depicted in B7 is descended from the one on the east side of the pond...<< And no doubt, you'll always see it that way for various reasons. I'm just looking for any evidence of it in my own perceptions, from within the series universe itself. Leah

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