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Freedom City closed
by Tigerm1019＠aol.com 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

Due to a crisis this morning, I have decided to close Freedom City to new members temporarily. Hopefully the situation will be resolved soon. Please remember that Freedom City does not advertise to the general public, including Internet newsgroups, although I don't mind mentions here on Lysator or people recruiting fannish friends one-on-one (in fact, I encourage that! ;-) Tiger M, Freedom City list owner

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Re: [B7L] Big Brother
by Ellynne G. 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:33:28 +0100 "Julie Horner" <jihorner(a)dial.pipex.com> writes: > > This has just given me a thought, if the B7 crew were > in the Big Brother house - who would nominate who for > eviction? If the Blake's 7 crew were in the Big Brother house, wouldn't they all want out? Blake would be having dome flashbacks about being spied on all the time. Avon and Vila would both be miffed about the criminal activities they couldn't get away with (with Avon, that would be for show since he would have already done something very clever to mess with the monitoring equipment so he could commit internet crime in peace. With Vila, it would be very real complaints after he was caught. Again). Jenna would be showing the strain of pretending she didn't have to meet a few fellow smugglers and deliver/pick up the goods. Gan wouldn't see what the point was. Cally, however, would see it as a great opportunity to bring meaningful political debate to prime time. 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.

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(OT) If you are or know any Highlander fans...
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

...make sure they are aware of REUNION Con next month, in Los Angeles. Owing to a series of unusual circumstances, virtually every actor on the show and many of the production crew and guest stars have been able to accept the invitations; the guest list is a phenomenal 22! The con organizer swears up and down that she won't accept any more because they've run out of room on the program. Link here: http://reunioncon.org/ Attending so far are Adrian Paul (Duncan MacLeod), Peter Wingfield (Methos), Stan Kirsch (Richie Ryan), Elizabeth Gracen (Amanda), who will be giving tai-chi rainbow combat fan martial arts seminars, Jim Byrnes (Joe Dawson) who will be giving a blues performance, Tracy Scoggins (Cassandra), Nadia Cameron-Blaky (Rebecca), Ocean Hellman (Alexa Bond), Anthony DeLongis (Consone), James Horan (Grayson), Bruce A Young (Carl Robinson), Bill Panzer (Executive Producer), David Abramowitz (Creative Consultant), Laura Brennan (Script Coordinator), Ken Gord (Producer), F. Braul McAsh (Swordmaster), Gillian Horvath & Donna Letto (Writers), Doug Aarniokoski (Director of HL: Endgame), plus three or four more.

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Vindicated!
by Louise Rutter 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

And verily the followers of the House of Grief shall be rewarded for their dedication. For the great and the wise at the exalted heights of SFX have declared that Grief is indeed the true Travis, with the words "Who's the best? Grief. Hands down. Cold, calculating, radiating evil. Croucher looked like he should have been in Eastenders....oh, he was." Louise

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The Meaning of Liff
by Nic Mayer 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

I feel sure that someone's pointed this out before, but then again, they might not, so I will. I was flicking through The Meaning of Liff (by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd) and found a reference to Blakes 7. For anyone that doesn't know, the book lists place names along with definitions, the definitions being situations that everyone experiences, but there isn't word for. They're also quite funny. This one is Clackavoid (which isn't on the map in the book) and the definition is: 'Technical BBC term for a page of dialogue from Blake's Seven' And while I'm here, this month's SFX (August) has a page of characters who've been done by more than one actor and they include Travis (they thought Stephen Greif was the best). Nic General (USMC) - Danny's Girls www.paranoidangel.freeserve.co.uk Doppler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

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Re: [B7L] Blake's motivations (was Avon & Byron)
by Marian de Haan 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

Sally wrote: >Marian wrote: ><By his own admission, Blake goes to free the prisoners because he needs a crew. I doubt whether he sees them as friends or feels much loyalty to them.> > ><grin> Been here, done this. My opinion is still that [a] even at this stage of memory recovery he could do a hell of a lot better than all of them bar Gan and maybe Vila (as Natasa pointed out some time ago, he doesn't take long to remember the presumed-still-alive rebels on Saurian Major); [b] he has no guarantee that any of them *will* stay and is not going to make them if they don't want to (remember in Time Squad, he makes it clear no one is constrained to stay; [c] he is taking a large risk going down by himself to rescue them, knowing as he does that Avon and Jenna *might* swan off and leave him (he has a fair amount of faith that they won't when push comes to shove, but not blind faith, hence that little lie about what happened on the surface. He could lose everything by doing this, and he knows it. > >He needs a crew, yes, but look, we're talking about needing a whole *two more* people than he's already got to be able to run the ship perfectly well, in a galaxy riddled with dissidents. He doesn't need *these* people.< As at this stage he can't be sure to find any dissidents wanting to join him, going for the prisoners on Cygnus Alpha seems his best bet. Also, he didn't know that his action would get him only two recruits, nor that a crew of five would be sufficient to run the ship. >I think he feels responsible for them, since his mutiny failed and got several of them killed. Responsibility is after all one of Fearless Leader's defining traits ... he can manage it for the whole galaxy :-)< IMO his first priority is to get a crew. That's what he says - we don't hear him talk about going to free his friends or feeling responsible for the survivors of his mutiny. Compare this to his "There's a friend of mine out there!" in The Web. There his concern for Avon is uppermost in his mind. Here his prime concern seems to be to get a crew, not that there are friends out there to be rescued. :-) Marian

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Re: [B7L] Avon's smile
by Pherber＠aol.com 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

In a message dated 7/13/01 3:52:44 PM Mountain Daylight Time, jacquispeel(a)netscape.net writes: > He realises at the end of 'Blake' that the troopers have no idea that they > are getting rid of the Federation's most wanted. Now *that's* an entirely plausible, Avonish explanation! I imagine the possibility of Servalan never even knowing what became of them would amuse him as well. Nina

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Re: Avon and Byron
by Alison Page 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

Sally said - >>Which begs the question, what *would* he have done in Horizon had Cally agreed to go? I remember Sartre saying that when we choose whom to ask for advice, we have already made the decision. 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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Vila the Fool
by Leia Fee 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

Yeah Ican see Vila as a court fool type chaarcater. Traditionally they could always get away with mouthing off to the ruler where most people would have got their heads whacked off for the privilege. I'm pretty sure none of the others could talk back to Avon as much as Vila does without getting a thump. Leia

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Big Brother
by Julie Horner 13 Jul '01

13 Jul '01

Did anyone else catch the fleeting B7 reference on last night's show? The housemates were practising for this week's task and Dean (the only one with a greater than room temperature IQ) made several derogatory remarks about the protective clothing they were required to wear, including the comment that it was "a bit Blake's Seven..." I think he was referring to the shoulder pads which were ever-so slightly Avonish. This has just given me a thought, if the B7 crew were in the Big Brother house - who would nominate who for eviction? Julie Horner

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