Blakes7 August 2001

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Lyst archives
by Betty Ragan 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

I've tried accessing the Lyst archives several times over the past few days, and I keep getting an "Internal Server Error" message. Are other people not able to get into the archives, or is it just me? Are you aware of a problem, Calle? -- Betty Ragan ** bragan(a)nrao.edu ** http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~bragan Not speaking for my employers, officially or otherwise. "Seeing a rotten picture for the special effects is like eating a tough steak for the smothered onions..." -- Isaac Asimov

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New frame captures
by Lisa Williams 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

I've uploaded the B7 frame captures which will be available for the next five weeks. The episodes on display now are "Weapon" and "Aftermath". The set of 220 images from "Weapon" is new to the library. The B7 frame capture library can be found at: http://framecaplib.com/b7lib.html . Quite a large batch for "Weapon", but it was a rather photogenic episode. I'd love to know what the costume designer was up to; it seems to be Fancy Collars'n'Capes week. - Lisa -- Lisa Williams: lisa(a)eroicafans.org or lcw(a)dallas.net Lisa's Video Frame Capture Library: http://framecaplib.com/ From Eroica With Love: http://eroicafans.org/

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Re: sayings from the series
by Helen Krummenacker 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

> By the way, in case my original post made me sound a bit of a sad person, I > should stress that I did genuinely need to turn the oven on at that time, in > order to cook my dinner. > I did assume you felt the quote sutied the action, and didn't make up the action to suit the quote. Although, for the melting-walls effect, I think cleaning the oven would be more appropriate than cooking. :) > >

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Sayings from the series
by Andrew Williams 06 Aug '01

06 Aug '01

I don't know if it's been mentioned yet, but Avons' "What do you want me to do with the other hand?" gets a frequent workout around here (whenever something else comes up to fill that Copious Free Time I apparently have).

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RE: [B7L] Shadows of Blake
by Louise Rutter 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

Sally wrote a long, interesting analysis of Chris Boucher's handling of the B7 characters and their morals, most of which I have snipped for brevity, and concludes: >To be blunt, I don't think Boucher *was* interested in ambiguity (as it by >definition must include the shades of light as well as dark) so much as the >more dramatic qualities of the darker side. A Blake's 7 - and a Blake - that >was wholly his creation would have been no more rounded and complex than one >that was entirely Terry Nation's. It's the tension arising from his darker >overlay *onto* Nation's lighter, more 'heroic' origins that overcomes the >cliches of both and gives B7 its unique flavour. I would be more inclined to agree with this analysis if I hadn't seen Boucher write fully rounded, mostly good with a hint of dark characters, both prior to and after B7. He invented Leela for DW and went on to the cast of Star Cops. So I'd guess that maybe Boucher was more determined to write the B7 cast as dark precisely to counteract the fact that Terry Nation was writing them as Robin Hood. Louise _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Sayings from the series
by Leia Fee 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

Quite a few of the other reenactors I play with are B7 fans and various remarks often get exchanged on the battlefield or campsite: "I plan to live for ever - or die trying" "I just don't want to die - is that unreasonable?" "Yes!" "Are you awake?", "No", "That's what I thought" - me and a friend hungover and dozing on the authentic campsite after a hard night's drinking round the fire. "I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going" - me while playing combat-hide-and-seek in the castle and being told to check a particualry nasty corridor for an ambush Leia

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Sally at Cult TV
by Steve Rogerson 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

Cult TV have just announced that Sally Knyvette will be a guest; Jan Chappel is already confirmed. More details at: http://www.culttv.org -- cheers Steve Rogerson http://homepages.poptel.org.uk/steve.rogerson Redemption 03, 21-23 February 2003, Ashford, Kent Celebrating 25 years of Blake's 7 and 10 years of Babylon 5 http://www.smof.com/redemption

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Re: Orbit
by Betty Ragan 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

Dana wrote: > Possibly Avon has some degree of clairvoyance ("I always thought > his death and mine would be linked in some way") and he's trying to > stand back from the carnage he senses in the future. I don't think precognitive powers are necessary for *that* prediction... -- Betty Ragan ** bragan(a)nrao.edu ** http://www.aoc.nrao.edu/~bragan Not speaking for my employers, officially or otherwise. "Seeing a rotten picture for the special effects is like eating a tough steak for the smothered onions..." -- Isaac Asimov

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Re: [B7L] Re: Orbit
by Sally Manton 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

I wrote: <(yes, yes, I know, :) 'Avon nearly killed Vila, poor Avon').> and Betty: <It's amazing how easily he evokes that sort of reaction, isn't it? :)> Reading through the archives sometimes, it's interesting the number of posts that end with something like 'you just want to give him a big hug' (notwithstanding the fact that trying to hug Avon might be like trying to hug an ice-storm, and just as dangerous). _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Re: [B7L] Sayings from the series
by Sally Manton 05 Aug '01

05 Aug '01

Guy: <Oh dear - is this the point at which I have to confess to switching on the oven the other day and exclaiming "Maximum Power" ?> Dana: <Did your kitchen dissolve?> and Guy again: <In fact no. Maybe I got the arm gesture wrong?> Probably. To give Servalan her due, it was probably hard to be that OTT after a long day's skullduggery, but she did it ... ummm ... I really don't see why she should be upset. She demanded maximum power, and that's *exactly* what the explosions had, in their own way. By the way, in case my original post made me sound a bit of a sad person, I should stress that I did genuinely need to turn the oven on at that time, in order to cook my dinner. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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