Blakes7 April 2001

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Re: [B7L] Conference
by Alison Page 12 Apr '01

12 Apr '01

> my paper 'Zen and the Art of >Script-Editing: Terry Nation, Chris Boucher and authoring "Blake's 7"' went down >well with the cheering, roaring and stamping masses (OK, there were ten of us). Will we be able to read it somewhere? Will you post it to the lyst, or perhaps a synopsis? I'd like to see that. Alison

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B7 Zine Reprints currently available from Ashton Press:
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 12 Apr '01

12 Apr '01

The following zine titles are now available in reprint directly from Ashton Press...international fans please note! You can now pay by credit card via PAYPAL or PAYDIRECT. BIZARRO ZINE #1, 2, 3, 4 and the Coloring Book BLAKES DOUBLES #1, 2, 3, 4 DESTINY DIFFERENT DESTINIES DOWN AND OUT LAST STAND AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD SHADOW AT THE EDGE (the sequel) LOG OF THE HELLHOUND Book 1, 2, 8 PROBABILITY SQUARE SERRATED SEVEN SOUTHERN SEVEN #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 SOUTHERN LIGHTS/COMFORT (adult) 2.5, 3.5, 3.75, 4.5, 4.75, 5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, 8.75, 9.5, 10.5, 11.5 Ordering information and a description of the zine contents can be found here: http://members.aol.com/ashton7/Blakes7.htm Leah

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Re: New URL
by Hellen Paskaleva 12 Apr '01

12 Apr '01

From: "Minnie" <minnie(a)picknowl.com.au> <<Just to let you all know (if you are actually interested) Ive finally started a web page dedicated to my favourite fandom <G> The URL is www.darksites.com/souls/horror/blakes7/index.html>> Impressive pictures! I already printed out Blake's image, but the rest of them are also tempting. Hellen _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: Mad Gan
by David and/or Lesley McIntee 12 Apr '01

12 Apr '01

> > The serial killer was TED Bundy--Ed Bundy, reference very much > > intended, was the protagonist of the sitcom"Married With Children." Now > > THERE's a thought about Gan. Um, actually it's Al Bundy, played by Ed O'Neill...

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mad gan
by Alison Page 12 Apr '01

12 Apr '01

Louise said >That would be Peter Sutcliffe No, he was the Beatles first drummer Alison ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************

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Re: command question
by Steve Rogerson 12 Apr '01

12 Apr '01

Someone asked: "What was the rather unpleasant Clegg?" Section leader Klegg, cleverly disguised as Mr Bronson. After replies on here and FC, I'm sticking with the made-up rank of group commander and saying that it is one below space commander (this fits cos my character is hankering after promotion). -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption 03, 21-23 February 2003, Ashford, Kent The 25th Anniversary Blake's 7 Convention The 10th Anniversary Babylon 5 Convention http://www.smof.com/redemption

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who shot who
by Iain Walker 12 Apr '01

12 Apr '01

Who shot who This is a look at "who shot who". Inspired by "Who kissed who" at Judith Proctors' site (http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7/whatswhat/Kisses.html), except I don't have screenshots of all the killing. First a few rules (based on me wanting to make this a measure of killingness): - I only counted direct face-to-face (or close to it) kills (so unknown numbers of people on spaceships didn't count). - I also counted kills that were not actually shot with a gun, but it was pretty clear one of our heroes did the killing. - They had to be on screen kills. - They had to be human (or humanoid, or in human shape and treated as sentient by the script - so I counted Vinny the Android, for example)) - If I wasn't sure - they aren't dead (like lots of the people Gan bashes). - I split Travis in half between Blake and Avon - I only counted our heroes - next time through all 52 I'll do the baddies and guests All the results tabulated by character and episode are available in an Excel spreadsheet (email me offlist if you want a copy). And the winner is.. No surprise - Avon at 47.5 kills Avon also has the highest per episode kill rate of 0.93. The ranking by number of kills is: Avon - 47.5 Dayna - 22 Tarrant - 20 Blake - 16.5 Soolin - 11 Jenna - 8 Cally - 5 Vila - 3 Gan - 1 This doesn't seem fair to those who aren't around much (e.g. Soolin), so I tried ranking by kills per episode, but actually nothing changes, except Soolin moves up a few spots: Avon - 0.93 Dayna - 0.85 Soolin - 0.85 Tarrant - 0.77 Blake - 0.59 Jenna - 0.31 Cally - 0.25 Vila - 0.06 Gan - 0.06 So the cast divides neatly into kill at the drop of a hat (A,D,S, T and B) and the softies (J, C, V and G). There are some surprises/observations: These results reinforce the kick-ass nature of the women in B7 with Dayna and Soolin doing lots of killing. However, Soolin the hired gun gets 8 of her kills in just two episodes (Warlord and Gold) - the rest of time she just isn't a killer. "Companions for my death" Cally is also rather circumspect in the "shoot first" scale. Avon takes time to get going but makes up for it later. Only one confirmed kill in season 1. So maybe he was telling the truth to Jenna about not being sure about shooting someone (although the story we get later about him killing the visa guy shoots this all apart :-)). Vila kills noone for two whole seasons. Gan would have ranked higher but his implant actually worked. If we look at series instead of individuals there is a steady increase in killing (as the plots got thinner ;-/): Series 1 - 15 Series 2 - 25 Series 3 - 39 Series 4 - 55 For a total of 134, or 2.6 per episode. Of course many more people are killed in the show as a whole, but I haven't counted up the villans kills yet (or the single show guests). Also - lots of people get killed by the gang in series one and two when they are blowing up various installations - but these are hard to count. Individual episodes show a wide range of bloodthirstiness. In 16 episodes our heroes kill no-one. In both Gold and Warlord, 10 are shot. Blake (the episode, not the man) is runner up, with nine kills (everyone but Dayna gets someone to kill). The highest single number killed in one episode by one character is six by Blake in Redemption. Summary: No real surprises, although at 47.5 kills, you could say Avon had it coming to him at the end. Avon kills the most and the most often. It must be all those rescue missions :-p. Dayna and Tarrant follow, with Soolin matching them on a per episode basis. At the other extreme, Vila hardly ever kills. The show gets progressively more blood-thirsty with each series. The episode to episode range is big and often our heroes shoot nobody at all. - Iain

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command question
by Steve Rogerson 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

A quick question for a story I'm writing. I've got a Federation officer in charge of three fighters with a small crew on each. What's the rank? I've used "group commander" for the time being, but I'm not sure that's right. -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption 03, 21-23 February 2003, Ashford, Kent The 25th Anniversary Blake's 7 Convention The 10th Anniversary Babylon 5 Convention http://www.smof.com/redemption

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Re: [B7L] Another Question
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

In a message dated 4/10/01 1:01:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Caveatemptor1(a)aol.com writes: << I just read Bryn Lantry's story "The Thirteenth Hour" in RITES OF PASSAGE. It's wonderful! She writes such marvelous Avon/Blake...Avon-Blake dialogue. This is now one of my favorite Bryn stories. >> Bryn Lantry is my favorite erotic author in B7, bar none. As far as I'm concerned, the style phrase you were looking for is "bloody talented." Leah

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Conference
by Una McCormack 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

Hi all, I've just got back from a week of conferences. Over the weekend I was at one called 'TV and the Fantastic', where my paper 'Zen and the Art of Script-Editing: Terry Nation, Chris Boucher and authoring "Blake's 7"' went down well with the cheering, roaring and stamping masses (OK, there were ten of us). Una

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