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Announcement re: BIZARRO ZINE
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Linda Knights has informed me that she will discontinue taking orders on all 4 issues of THE BIZARRO ZINE and the BIZARRO COLORING BOOK after the first week in February. After that, she will be returning the masters to me. If anyone has been contemplating an order of these, now will be the last opportunity to order for the forseeable future.

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A whole new wave of classic old B7 zines...
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

...and B7 photos has been posted at the Ashton Press eBay auction site. There's a new feature you can enjoy; a button that will take you to a gallery, where you can see all the pictures of the items without having to open up each listing (remember to 'turn' the pages at the bottom of each display page). Except for a couple of current Ashton Press zines, there will only be one copy available of each of the following: REFLECTIONS IN A SHATTERED GLASS by Joe Nazarro (1989 - Legendary artwork by Suzie Lovett) 11TH SECTOR #2 (Mid 1980's) DARK BETWEEN THE STARS (1990) MEMORY PLAY (1990 - Natasha Solten - A/B slash) B7 THE OTHER SIDE #7 (1989) ZINE AID #1 (1985) SOUTHERN COMFORT 10.5 (New copy - 1999) A QUESTION OF TRUST (1979 - ST/B7 crossover) CHRONICLES #36, #46, #48, #53, #55 (early 1990's) AIRWAVES #5 (1986 - multi-media including B7, Starsky & Hutch, Airwolf, ROS etc.) AIRWAVES #6 (1986 - multi-media including B7, Equalizer, Mission: Impossible, Knight Rider, etc.) ...and more. Take a look at: http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/ashton7/ And good luck! Program Book from PRIVATE LIVES (play with Michael Keating - Manx National Theater) + photo

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Bios
by Ellynne G. 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Since the question came up about giving bios for the lyst, I admit I'm not exactly for it but . . . . Well, understanding that, for some strange reason, I may say numerous things that will contradict this later on (and may have said things in the past that don't fit with it), let me tell you about Ellynne's 7 I am one of seven children. My older brother, Roj - er, Rob, was always getting us into trouble. _I_ saw nothing wrong with leaving the Powers That Be (like the babysitter) in peace (especially when the sitter was watching a really good SF show on PBS, even if it was one with really bad special effects). But this wasn't good enough for Rob. Oh, no. Rob was determined to strike a blow for freedom. Rob insisted on being peaceful and calm only long enough to get the sitter engrossed in the show. Then, we had to go sneak off and plan our attack. Needless to say, as second oldest (and, consequently, the only one who ever seemed to debate whether _Rob_ was the one who should be in charge - or whether there was any point to his revolution), I was always given the most difficult part of the attack (usually tackling the sitter in the legs, though it varied). Rob, as our commander in chief, generally waited till the sitter was down on the ground before really getting into it (the head, he told us, being the sitter's 'Central Command' is the most difficult part. Yeah. Right). I admit, although the younger siblings were pretty tough (special mention for Cal - er, Cathy [her sports motto: "If you've got to foul out, make it worthwhile. They can't play if they've lost enough blood" (hey, you try adapting "companions for my death'" to a sports metaphore] and Sool - er, Linda Sue [she never said anything about blood, she just shed it]) but their blind devotion to Rob's attack schemes was a bit much. Since Mom told me to drop the sweater issue, I will not comment about whether little sister Restal - er, Rachel has any thieving tendencies. While not admitting to having any siblings named Del or Tarrant or anything like that, it is possible I could find a sibling taller than me with curly brown hair, depending on how you define 'taller,' 'curly,' and 'brown.' No comment on 'sibling' (not that I'm saying this sibling would ever date someone whose name started with Z, but you never know). I would like to add that any stories that we had a major rivalry over who should drive the Lib - er, Lincoln are just stories. We were never competitive. Honest. We just had a lot of common interests and a limited number of toys. See the difference? Anyhow, the peasants successfully overthrew the babysitter autocracy. Our parents started leaving us to babysit ourselves at an unspeakably young age (I would like to add that this was not negligent since we had already struck terror into a large portion of the local teenagers. Any poor burglar who had actually attempted anything . . . fortunately, they didn't prosecute children our age for crimes against adults in those days). Naturally, I didn't see any improvement. Especially as the babysitter tyranny had only been replaced by the democracy of Dukes of Hazard viewers. What? Some of you _doubt_ the above? I am shocked, shocked, do you hear me? Look, just picture good old Ellynne as a dyed in the wool cynic with black hair, fair skin, and a big nose and it will all come together (mind you, I suppose I can handle the complexion [no zits (not that I've had many lately, but it's the principle)!], but the nose thing I'm not so sure of. Still, a woman with this description and a small nose would be Snow White which, while it brings in an association with a cast of seven, isn't where I wanted to go [although we all know who Grumpy is, don't we? Unless he's the apple]). Still not happening? How about if I throw in 13 nieces and nephews? You know, one to guest star - er, visit each week? I could tell you all about the escapades of little Rashel - I mean Rachel and Roj - sorry, Rob, Jr. Oh, never mind. 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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Blake's 7 - the Other Version
by Sally Manton 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

After I wrote: <Let Dr Bellfriar /Gambrill/Tynus/even Dr Wiler >survive and join Our Heroes (lovely set of guests this one has).> Harriet wrote: <Gosh, I must go back and look at Dr Wiler.> He's not nearly as gorgeous as Dr Bellfriar, but given his slow, utterly methodical, will-not-be-hurried character we see in his all-to-brief scenes, I can see him driving both My Darling and Fearless Leader up every wall in sight in no time at all, without the slightest realisation that he *is* ... <he collects a brand-new seven fleeing from Freedom City (which got dented by a passing Andromedan fruit juicer) - Krantor and Toise, the Klute, Chenie, Jarriere, a paratrooper in a nun's habit (wrong fandom?) and one of those Sheiks of Arabeee ...> < (Privately, I am totally overcome at the subtlety in which you managed to sneak in the really key bit here...)> Well of course *he* would improve absolutely every episode, no question <g> but one was trying *not* to try everyone's patience with one's little obsessions ... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Re: Countdown
by Natasa Tucev 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

>You can keep your Jungian archetypes, I'll stick with Dawkins' memes. > >Neil Who is Dawkins, prithee? And what does 'memes' stand for? (Excuse my ignorance.) I was under impression that you were (at least part-time) a Marxist critic. (I respect this, they have very good interpretations sometimes.) You seem to have a very strong urge to reject all sorts of theories which involve the subconscious, the irrational, etc. Yet you have a recurrent dream in which you can climb up, but cannot climb down stairs, and there is a huge gap in between which gives you creeps. Have you ever thought of that? N.

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B7 - the Other Version
by Andrew Williams 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Sally wrote: >And give the warlords some acting lessons <g> What, and lose the brilliant "But words are...only words"? It's entertaining me even now as I think about it! Jacqui wrote: >Just saw the 'original cover' version of Destiny/Duel (in the local secondhand video store) - >has a drawn image of Travis on the front, which, apart from the eye patch looks nothing like >him. On the reverse side adverts for other videos lists a 'Listen with Mother' title (ie 'Under >fives') - what age group is Blake's Seven aimed at? Now, if only they'd release Basil Brush on video....

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Re: edited episodes
by Helen Krummenacker 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

> > Deliverance - have also said this before. Have Jenna being abducted by > tall, chiffon-bedecked Greek God-types, and Avon having a massive, ugly, > hairy barbarian throwing his-or-her animal-skin-covered self at his feet. > Leading, methinks, to a change up on who is desperate to be rescued and who is smugly playing with antique machines? It would be amusing, to say the least.

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Jarvik...
by Nathan Hook 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

The harvest of Kairos: someone mentioned killing off jarvik, fifty minutes earlier. Interesting. one of the weird things about jarvik, was him conceding to Servalans request to capture the remaining bracelets and being her "champion". Given his unwillingness to do anything that Servalan had asked of him before it seemed out of character. He simply replied, 'if it amuses you.' Suddenly after he'd suduced her, or she'd seduced him, his brain went amiss. if he had any to begin with that is. he certainly lost his ability to defy authority. Perhaps he missed out on a proper brawl with the secuirty grades. Now, you could argue that being a primitive man, as Servalan suggested, this kind of machoism was quite in keeping. defeating tarrant, proof he really was better. Then again, he said he had a primitive respect for life. What about Tarrants life, he inferred he respected him, as a man. You'd think he'd include his own too...mind you, he lost quite a few men capturing the liberator. To me the character is a hotch-potch of inconsistencies. A philospher (see the tea cup), a warrior, a passivist (see not wanting to work in the armed services) blatenly sexist and dismissive of the female sex...except if they're beautiful, or he could hide behind one. here's a man critical of the federation and it's ethos and yet he prostituted himself when given the opportunity to prove something. avons comment that he was a federation thug has merit. comments? Nayte. "That all-softening, overpowering knell,/ The tocsin of the soul - the dinner bell." Byron. ------------------------------------------------------------ Free, BeOS-friendly email accounts: http://BeMail.org/ love and pixels .:. http://dieselsweeties.com/

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Re: [B7L] Re: Countdown
by Natasa Tucev 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Dana asked: >*Or, for that matter, why there's a vortex or whatever the hell >Travis falls into on Star One. Because he is a creature from the subconscious, Blake's 'dark self' (his ruthlessness, obsession, hatred, need for revenge), and he retreats back down there after Blake has overcome his darkest impulse - to destroy Star One. Look at the number of fantastic creatures in folklore and legends (evil dwarves, dragons, witches) who fall into abyss once they have been defeated. There's another thing I was thinking about, and this is Jungian idea that you can't really overcome your 'shadow'. You either manage to incorporate it (like Ged in the Earthsea trilogy) or you have to adopt some of its characteristics in order to win. The boy who has defeated a dragon becomes a new dragon after he has touched the forbidden treasure. Blake appears in 'Blake' with a very telling scar. Yes, Boucher has an excellent feeling for these things and he always sets the story perfectly in terms of archetypes. I hate him. N.

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IM-ipak (was Weapon)
by Dana Shilling 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Assuming for the moment that there IS a way to zap already-marked individuals with the Imipak (probably via something like Instant Messaging on a more permanent basis) it occurred to me that if Servalan got to keep it she would have a VERY long Buddy List, so to speak. I was wondering how the weapon would display the list of all potential zap-ees. Certainly not in alphabetical order, since she wouldn't even know most of their names. And if they were pictures, a lot of the people who got on Servalan's nerves would be in trooper uniform (complete with face mask) anyway. It would be a shame if she zapped the guy who forgot to iron her newspaper last Tuesday if she was really intending to zap today's perpetrator of a second offense of bringing her a cold boiled egg... -(Y)

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