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Re: Smacks round the head
by Steve Rogerson 22 May '01

22 May '01

Sally said: "And once he led the credits, Avon got hit on the *head* more often than everyone else (three times in Power, I think that's the record!)." Ah, methinks we may be getting to the bottom of Avon's strange beaviour in the fourth season... -- 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: [B7L] Re: Orbit
by Sally Manton 22 May '01

22 May '01

Steve wrote: <An interesting possibility would be if one of the pair didn't weigh enough. Not very good on weights, but I would suspect that Dayna would be below weight. If it was Dayna and Avon, would Avon sacrifice himself knowing that throwing Dayna off (assuming he could) wouldn't be enough?> Had Avon been on the shuttle with one of his below-weight crew, I somehow don't see Orac piping up like that. Since Dayna (or Soolin) *and Orac* would probably make the difference ... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: Costumes
by Steve Rogerson 22 May '01

22 May '01

Carol said: "Didn't Paul Darrow once say that the reason Avon got the leathers and the boots was because Gareth Thomas refused to wear them." I vaguely remember something about this. Isn't there some leather shop in London they went to get fitted out? -- 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 Steve Rogerson 22 May '01

22 May '01

Leia said: "I've always found it fun to play with different possible pairings and ouitcomes to Orbit." An interesting possibility would be if one of the pair didn't weigh enough. Not very good on weights, but I would suspect that Dayna would be below weight. If it was Dayna and Avon, would Avon sacrifice himself knowing that throwing Dayna off (assuming he could) wouldn't be enough? -- 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: Space Fall
by Steve Rogerson 22 May '01

22 May '01

Dana said: >Steve asked: > >>How long then before it develops a >> different, more advanced civilisation? > >It seems to have developed a different, more deteriorated civilization. Not necessarily. It is not unusual for early civilisations to use some form of religion to bring order. As we can see all around us, religion or vestiges of it continues as civilisation advances. So it is quite possible for the colony on Cygnus Alpha over a period of, probably, generations to develop onwards. What is also interesting is that religion is being used on Cygnus Alpha whereas it seems non-existent in the rest of the Federation. Dana continued: >I bet the sticking point was transport--easy enough to take over, hard to >go anywhere else. The Federation's POV may have been, OK, now you're >in charge of a planet of convicted criminals. YOU try running the place. >Knock yourself out. However, if external forces break them out, then they have transportation. Many criminals have friends on the outside. If the London, which was pretty low tech in Federation terms, can make it to Cygnus Alpha, I'm sure there were ships about that could do it much quicker. -- 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: [B7L] A Word of Warning
by J MacQueen 22 May '01

22 May '01

>From: "Kinkade, Carol A" <Carol.Kinkade(a)West.Boeing.com> ><< Jenny writes: >When animal camouflage breaks down. Birds of a feather flock together. > >AH! A confession. You ARE on the lyst under other names. Wendy? Fiona? Can we stop this altogether? I've just identified that grinding noise I'm so sick of hearing - it's the groove being worn in the Ben Steed Memorial Barrel Bottom. It's giving off a strong smell of obsession, and I hardly need to add that I don't mean the perfume. I don't need this, you don't need this - any of you. I don't bloody care whether you're pro- or anti-slash, but I can hear my temper knocking on the walls of my brain, looking for a weak spot so it can get lost. Stop now. Getting tetchy Joanne _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] New frame captures
by J MacQueen 22 May '01

22 May '01

>From: "Sally Manton" <smanton(a)hotmail.com> >Do we have another convert here? ;-) Why not? My head is spinning. I think Servalan would have to explain a few plot points to me too, the way I feel... Regards Joanne (muttering darkly about festering things) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] now heading back to costumes
by Sally Manton 22 May '01

22 May '01

Tavia wrote: <Would Space Command count as 'Inner Worlds'? I'd hardly count Servalan as a plain dresser, even in S1.> I'd exempt it - and her; the plainness seems to be a civilian thing, and Servie's mode of dress is so very different from anyone else in the galaxy :-) Which is an interesting point in itself. Historically, a woman so successful and in a glittering, high-profile job, who is also strikingly beautiful and has a unique style would influence general fashion strongly (yes, it's very impractical fashion but since when did that stop it?) *Especially* once she became the President. But unless you count Jenna's and Cally's breif long-skirt period mid-S2, there's no sign that Servie's style had *any* influence. Could this be indirect evidence that she in fact deliberately kept *out* of the public eye (which would make the S4 switch marginally easier to swallow, if the public don't know what she looks like. Only marginally.) I can see some *faint* signs of military influence on the S3-4 fashions (ROD with Chesku/Anna, the pacific Obsidians) and the more practical 'uniform' overtones of the younger members of the crew (especially Tarrant). Dayna's and Soolin's ubiquitous but more sensible jumpsuits are quite a way from Jenna's and Cally's more ... errr ... original flights of fancy (but of course, jenna and Cally had Zen to run them up for them). _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] now heading back to costumes
by Tavia 22 May '01

22 May '01

Sally wrote: >It is interesting, watching the upsurge of sartorial exuberence in late S1-S2 after the plainness of the early, Earth fashions; as Bercol and Rontane, government high-flyers, also dress very plainly, I'm inclined to think that plain, unadorned fashion is the norm there (and possibly in the Inner Worlds) for all grades, differences being in quality of material and finish, perhaps. Once we get off Earth, it all starts to get more flamboyant (the Amagons, Sarkoff and Tyce, etc). < Would Space Command count as 'Inner Worlds'? I'd hardly count Servalan as a plain dresser, even in S1. Tavia

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oh well
by Deborah Day 22 May '01

22 May '01

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