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Re: [B7L] Chris Boucher
by Sally Manton 02 May '01

02 May '01

Tavia: <Well, at risk of provoking general mirth, I'll stand up and be counted and say I'd never heard of Chris Boucher when I first joined Lysator.> and Susan M: <Just so you don't stand alone, I hadn't either. And I've not seen all the eps, either.> <grin> well, when I came back to B7 a few years ago, I'd heard his name as just one of the scriptwriters, but was fuzzy on *which* scripts, and didn't know he was the script editor. And hadn't seen RoD for a while, since my local rental shop didn't have all of S3-4 (so had no idea [a] that he wrote it and [b] how important it was (I knew all about Star One, of course :-)). So the relative importance of *his* scripts, as opposed to Allan Prior or James Follett, would have passed me over. It was partly by buying the whole series and immersing myself in them *and also* by reading the Lyst and the archives that I got what background information on the series I do have. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Chris Boucher
by Jenny Kaye 02 May '01

02 May '01

Susan Moore wrote@ >Tavia wrote: > > > Jenny wrote: > > >although there may be fans out there who > > >have no idea who Chris Boucher is, and what his contribution to the >series > > >involved > > > > Well, at risk of provoking general mirth, I'll stand up and be counted >and say I'd never heard of Chris Boucher when I first joined Lysator. > >Just so you don't stand alone, I hadn't either. And I've not seen all the >eps, either. Ah, but at that point, would you have wanted to buy his copy of the script :-)? Jenny _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Re: If you could change ...
by Sally Manton 02 May '01

02 May '01

Julia wrote: <Brian Blessed is perfectly capable of doing quiet menace, as I've just seen during my first viewing of the original Blackadder. Most of the time he's loud and boisterous and, well, Brian, but there are a couple of scenes where he does the quiet menace thing, and does it very, very well.> Oh yes, I agree, he could but he didn't ... that's what makes it so irritating (in a comical sort of way). _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Re: If you could change ...
by Sally Manton 02 May '01

02 May '01

Neil wrote: <Does anyone else have any indispensible viewing tips?> Cut out a picture of your preferred Travis and stick it over the screen when watching episodes with the other. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Re: If you could change ...
by Pherber＠aol.com 02 May '01

02 May '01

In a message dated 5/2/01 11:52:59 AM Mountain Daylight Time, mjsmith(a)tcd.ie writes: > In 'The Web', I have the urge, after the dead Decima is seen by its > friends, who then start crying and throwing rocks, to say, 'Oh my God! They > killed Kenny! You bastards!' Murray, you fiend! I'll never be able to watch that with a straight face again! <giggle> Can't quite decide if Snarly or Fearless Leader = Cartman, though. Probably Snarly, just based on attitude: 'Screw you guys -- I'm going home.' Nina

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song vid
by Judith Proctor 02 May '01

02 May '01

If you like songvids, take a look at <a href="http://www.morgaine1.btinternet.co.uk/Videos.htm">Music Videos</a> where there's three B7 song vids. Judith PS. the site owner says she's had very few hits on the B7 vids yet. Are you so outnumbered by Xena fans? -- 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 '03 21-23 Feb 2003 http://www.smof.com/redemption/

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If you could change ...
by Andrew Williams 02 May '01

02 May '01

From: Sally Manton <smanton(a)hotmail.com> > If you could change just three things about the series - with no > restrictions on cast, budget, scripting etc - what would they be? > (Obviously, *my* first would be "don't let Blake go.") Allow Chris Boucher to script more of the 4th season episodes (this was the series where they reigned him in & said he could only write two). Since he seemed to be working his way around the regulars in s3 (Vila - City, Avon - Rumours, Tarrant - Deathwatch), he probably would have got to Dayna in s4 and we wouldn't have to put up with 'Animals'. Use better models for the gunships that attack Scorpio over GP. It looks like they used wind-up toys! Give them a decent gate in "S-L-D" for Vila's security spiel. Explain why Servalan doesn't notice that the dying Liberator is oozing goo. Get rid of the 'borders' around Scorpio when in flight ("No, that's deliberate - that's the, um, forcewall"). Get the Warlord with the outstanding delivery ("Words...are only words") and introduce him earlier, making him a regular. In fact, give him his own spin off series - "Jarriere & the Warlord".

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Re: [B7L] Re: If you could change ...
by Sally Manton 02 May '01

02 May '01

Oh and sorry, I forgot ... Neil wrote: <Does anyone else have any indispensible viewing tips?> I find that a wonderful aide to viewing Stardrive is a good, absorbing book ... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Re: If you could change ... and the Captain
by Sally Manton 02 May '01

02 May '01

Harriet wrote heaps of good stuff, including: <1) The Web - sorry to those who've heard me say this too many times, but it would be quite OK if the whole episode centred on Cally - who's the saboteur, it's her! how do we stop her, why did she do it, can we ever trust her again? As it's her first ever possession, it's not yet a cliche, and there should be much more of an issue of trust when she's a new arrival.> This is a wonderful idea actually, with the added bonus that Blake would have to handle both the threat from Cally *and* the hostile reaction from Avon and Jenna, which would really stretch his leadership at this early point. PS - liked your remarks on Tarrant and Vila very much - can I just say 'me too'? _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Testing and hello
by Sally Manton 02 May '01

02 May '01

Leia wrote: <Wouldn't normally bother posting an introduction but couldn't get this thing to send mail to the lyst for ages so am sending a test message and a hello in one.> and Una: <Hello, Leia! And welcome aboard.> Warmly seconded from here. Sally _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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