From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V98 #241 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: <blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se> archive/volume98/241 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 241 Today's Topics: [B7L] B7Lre Raining Cats & Dogs (and now for the poodle) [B7L] B7L re Videos & Books [B7L] TVGuide [B7L] Re: Rallying Call Continues (a Blakes 7 APA) [B7L] T3 [B7L] The Cricuible ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:17:31 +0100 From: Jackie <jackiew@termlow.co.uk> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] B7Lre Raining Cats & Dogs (and now for the poodle) Message-ID: <360295AB.2263@termlow.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit SuzanThoms@aol.com wrote: > > I'm a dog and cat person. Three cats and two dogs share our household. > > I'm also an Avon person. Unfortunately, I can't find one to share our > household. They`re in very short supply, as I can`t find one either. Still, they might be in the shops by christmas. :) Jackie Well, I can wish can`t I? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:17:49 +0100 From: Jackie <jackiew@termlow.co.uk> To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] B7L re Videos & Books Message-ID: <360295BD.5B4A@termlow.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > On 14 Sep 1998, Calle Dybedahl wrote: > > > Jackie <jackiew@termlow.co.uk> writes: > > > > > Would it not be worth picking up one of our cheapish VCRs on a visit > > > over here, for use over there? > > > > Probably wouldn't work. VCRs over here generate PAL out (or fake-PAL, > > in case of VCRs playing NTSC tapes), TV sets in the US want to hear > > NTSC. One could get a PAL TV set at the same time as the VCR, I guess, > > but then one gets to have fun with 110V/230V 60Hz/50Hz electricity instead. > > Darn it, I was really getting my hopes up!! But! But! Jay says machines bought in England will work in America. Maybe not for constant regular use, but if you keep it just to play PAL tapes.... Jay says: > We've got a Hitachi, though our other one which we've had for about 12 >years is a Panasonic (bought in England) it's on it's last leg though >I'm afraid. I found that when I bought (years ago) a VCR that advertised as capable of playing NTSC, I had to "tweak" my TV as well. Then I found that the little machine I already had played NTSC as well (both were Panasonic). I recently had to fork out for both a new TV & video, and this time the TV did not need tweaking, as all new TVs in this country are already *tweaked*. *sigh* now my other VCR has collapsed, and I don`t have the money to replace this one, for a long while. We are now desperately trying to save up for next years holiday. We are celebrating the Millenium in Orlando, and the prices have gone Sky High. :-( I just hope the weather`s nice that time of year. Can any Floridians tell me if christmas/new year are usually warm??? ses I hopefully. Bye for now Jackie ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 17:23:23 -0700 From: Jay <jmcguiga@succeed.net> To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se Cc: space-city@world.std.com Subject: [B7L] TVGuide Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980918172323.00715868@succeed.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit popping out of lurkdom (for SC anyway).... Saw this on the B5 ng (and it's probably been around longer than that) and thought it might be fun to try it with B7. The inaccuracy of TVGuide synposes is legendary.....how would the writers describe different B7 episodes? I would like to get a "TV Guide synopsis" for all 52 eps and put them on my website. Please add or make suggestions for improvement. Here's some I did off the top of my hat: Deliverance…..Avon discovers an admirer Trial……….Blake travels to save an adversary Gambit……..Avon and Vila play games Aftermath..........Avon and Servalan share a tender moment Children of Auron…….Servalan becomes a mum Rumours of Death……Avon and crew thwart a plot to overthrow Servalan Terminal…..Season Finale: the Liberator goes out with a bang. Orbit……..Avon and Vila share differing points of view Blake……Series Finale: Avon and crew are reunited with an old friend Jay 100%Avon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Right! We've got a wizard and we're not afraid to use him!" .-- Terry Pratchett's "The Light Fantastic" Visit Sharpe's Seven (a Sean Bean and Blake's 7 site) http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/3612 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 22:13:55 +1000 From: "Afenech" <Fenech@onaustralia.com.au> To: <space-city@world.std.com> Cc: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se> Subject: [B7L] Re: Rallying Call Continues (a Blakes 7 APA) Message-Id: <12083165745586@domain1.bigpond.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello everyone -smile- >Terry wrote of 'Rallying call': >'we also have lots of Gareth Thomas talk, Blake focus and >general Blakes 7 stuff. ' ... >There's a real pleasure in getting an issue > of Rallying Call in the mail - and it's fun being able to read and > savor the B7 discussion in a way that we've tended to get away > from since the online forums have come to dominate most fandoms. (And > in some cases, it's our first taste of what fandom was like before > the Internet.) ... to which I can only add as a memeber of this apa that I agree completely. It is *always* very enjoyable reading and for me its doubly so to read positive discussion of Blake. Pat F ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 13:27:52 +0100 From: "Kate Gordon" <kateg@ndirect.co.uk> To: "Blakes 7" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se> Subject: [B7L] T3 Message-ID: <003d01bde3c8$fce9ff80$fbe107c3@doofer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In the October issue of T3 (my husband's rather naff 'toys for the boys' mag) is an article on acoustic weapons and there's a scrummy half page B7 pic (p.65) with Vila and Cally in the foreground ( one I've not seen before). Check it out if you're in the UK. I just saw Orac for the first time in 10 years and I still go weak at the knees when Avon gets radiation sickness and is totally rock hard,and I forgot how vulnerable Servalan was in the tunnels and how much she relied on Travis. I just remember from the later series that she was always totally in control.Can't wait to see the 2nd series again...I enjoy it as much now as I did in my youth ( and my parents said I would grow out of it!) Never! Kate ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 20:31:52 +0100 (BST) From: Judith Proctor <Judith@blakes-7.demon.co.uk> To: Space City <Space-city@world.std.com> cc: Lysator List <Blakes7@lysator.liu.se> Subject: [B7L] The Cricuible Message-ID: <Marcel-1.46-0920193152-bbaRr9i@blakes-7.demon.co.uk> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII There are days when fate just seems to smile on you... I got to The Partridge (the pub Anne recommended as being quiet and close to the theatre) and had a bite to eat and read a bit of Twelth Night while waiting for the others. Steve, Paula, Linda, Louise and Tom duely apeared. I got out some photos to show them and a few minutes later was greeted by a familiar voice saying 'somebody said they saw a woman waving a photo of me around'! I mentally awarded Anne a gold star for her serendipitous choice of pub and was so deep in conversation with Gareth that I didn't notice her arrival until I turned round and realised that Anne had joined us. We all had a very interesting time discussing the play and the period in which it took place and some of the ways in which this particular production was being approached. I remembered to give a Gareth a video tape he'd asked me to copy for him. We must have talked for an hour or more before Gareth had to leave us to go and get ready. We carried on discussing all the things that fans tend to chat about (ie. lots of interesting things which I can't remember now, except that I recall starting to proof-read the second progress report for Redemption because Steve produced it with a flourish and slid it under my nose) We headed off for the theatre around 7.30 and found our seats. We all had good seats. Steve and Paula were together because they'd booked before I started getting a group together, and the rest of us were all in a nice block in the middle with an excellent view. I'm not going to go into massive detail about the play as I don't want to spoil it for anyone who is not familiar with it, but it's based on the Salem witch trials and is largely true to history. It's a play that makes you think very hard about the way that people get swept up by events and find it very difficult to go against the tide. It's about what happens when fear becomes dominant in a community. What happens when people become ruled by fear and superstition and at the same time have a chance to take revenge against old enemies? What do you do when faced with a choice between confessing to something you didn't do or dying? Gareth plays Deputy-Governor Danforth which means that he isn't in the first two acts. He appears in the third act and dominates it from start to finsh. As the man judging the witch trials he is totally convinced by what he sees. He's dedicated to what he believes to be the law, and determined to carry out the sentences passed. There was no trace at all of the easy-going man we'd been chatting to in the pub. I'd swear Danforth is six inches taller than Gareth - the impression of authority is that powerful. He stands out partly because of the way he's dressed. He's in a bright red uniform whereas almost all the other characters are farmers or clergymen in black. However, Danforth is also able to stare down anyone who dares to challenge his authority. Gareth also appears in the fourth and final act. If you go to see the play, watch the way it ends. There is more than one way of interpreting this character and Gareth said he was quite deliberately playing Danforth as finally coming to have doubts at the very end as to whether what he is doing is right. The acting honours in this play go to Bill Armstrong as Reverend Hale, Gareth Thomas as Danforth and Sean Murrey as John Proctor. People may also be interested to know that Ray Kinnear's daughter Kirsty Kinnear also appears in the play as Mercy Lewis. (Roy played Keiller in Gold, and Horizon's principal charity was founded by Roy) This was only the second performance and some of the cast were still settling into their parts. There were no bad performaces or missed lines, but I think in another week or so the whole play will be even better (and it knocked the stuffing out of us in it's current form) Most of the cast wear wigs to match the long hair of the period. Gareth actually has a hairpiece which makes his own hair longer. It looks wonderful. Someone has matched exactly the way his hair becomes darker around the back and the wave of his hair carries perfectly down into the hairpiece. You can't tell where the join is at all. (Drool) After the play, feeling a mite gobsmacked (it really is that kind of play), we retired to the circle bar where Gareth had said he'd meet us afterwards. He looked pretty hot and sweaty when he appeared. That's a very heavy outfit he has to wear and the hairpiece is hot down the neck. We talked more about the play and the way people can get swept in up in things like McCarthyism (which is why Miller wrote the play) and also more recent examples. I asked Gareth to sign a batch of photos that various people had requested. They started turning out the lights in the bar while he was half way through signing. He wasn't terribly happy about that... He managed to sign the rest in the half-light, so if your autograph has a wobble, he wasn't drunk, he was trying hard to see what he was writing! (About half the photos are already spoken for, but if you want one, they are 8*10 inch in colour and of Gareth smiling. It's not what I'd call a beautiful sort of photo, but it's the sort of picture that makes you want to smile back at it - like the man himself in other words. The price including postage is 6.50 pounds in the UK or $12 cash to the USA - less if you collect in person at Ecclecticon. The price to Australia is Aus $18.20 payable to Pat Fenech. This price is only good for photos ordered before October as it's dependent on Richard bringing them over and mailing them in Australia.) Judith PS. Gareth mentioned that he was going to try and get Paul Darrow to see the play when it comes to Woking. (He went to see 'Guards Guards' when it was on up north) PPS. Gareth's lost a lot of weight. He was looking very fit. -- http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 Redemption 99 - The Blakes 7/Babylon 5 convention 26-28 February 1999, Ashford International Hotel, Kent http://www.smof.com/redemption/ -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V98 Issue #241 **************************************