From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V98 #235 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume98/235 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 235 Today's Topics: RE: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs Re: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs [B7L] (B7L) BBC Books Re: [B7L] videos & books Re: [B7L] Ahah! So that's what the teeth are for... Re: [B7L] Ahah! So that's what the teeth are for... Re: [B7L] Ahah! So that's what the teeth are for... [B7L]Videos 8&9 Re: [B7L] disability Re: [B7L] videos & books [B7L] Ultraviolet RE: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs [B7L] Gareth photos Re: [B7L] Gareth photos Start of Series (was Re: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting...) Re: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs [B7L] Re: blakes7-d Digest V98 #234 Re: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 01:57:16 PDT From: "Rob Clother" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se, jacqueline.thijsen@cmg.nl Subject: RE: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs Message-ID: <19980911085716.6811.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain >[Jacqueline Thijsen] Now here's an interesting question (I think): >who on B7 are cat-people, and who are dog-people? Cat people: Servalan -- puma Avon -- leopard Soolin -- jaguar Vila -- alley cat Orac -- siamese Dog people: Blake -- OK, if it's a choice between cat & dog, then grey wolf Jenna -- afghan Cally -- scottish terrier Travis -- rottweiler Gan -- husky Zen -- St Bernard >Anyone have different opinions? No, I don't think there's much room for debate on the cat/dog dichotomy... Cheers, Paul Gascoigne XXXX ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 02:35:27 PDT From: "Rob Clother" To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se, Judith@blakes-7.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs Message-ID: <19980911093527.1650.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain >I've just been rewatching the first two episodes and it's incredible >what >powerful pieces of drama they are in their own right. If the first >episode had >to exist soley on its own merits, without the rest of the series, it >would still >have a high impact. I've often thought that "The Way Back" would make an excellent stage play. In fact, the first three episodes go together to form an outstanding piece of theatrical drama. Has anyone ever considered doing this? -- Rob ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 10:53:39 +0100 From: Sue Cowley-WW To: "'B7'" Subject: [B7L] (B7L) BBC Books Message-Id: Just delurking to say that if we ever stood a chance of getting some "real" B7 novels out there then now is the time to write to BBC Books and tell em you want them... The crossover thing in Chris B's second book is a golden opportunity. (my lips are sealed on the identity of the crossover character, except to say that (he) is "undoubtedly the sexiest...") I have sworn to Steve Cole (ed of DW books) that he will see a swelling in sales figures on the basis of the B7 factor... The next step is to use that to convince BBC Books to diversify a bit...(especially when they have Chris Boucher available and keen to write!!) Watch this space - i'll try to mole out any additional info on the next CB book i can. Please tho, if you want to see B7 novels then write and call and say NOW (and for god sake buy Chris's next book!!) and it has a real chance of happening. Write to BBC Books at Woodlands, 80 Wood Lane, London W12 0TT. Susie (dropping back to lurk-mode) begin 600 winmail.dat M>)\^(B@)`0:0"``$```````!``$``0>0!@`(````Y`0```````#H``$(@`<` M&````$E032Y-:6-R;W-O9G0@36%I;"Y.;W1E`#$(`06``P`.````S@<)``L` M"@`U`"<`!0!4`0$@@`,`#@```,X'"0`+``H`-0`F``4`4P$!"8`!`"$```!! 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This book, tentatively scheduled for a spring/summer 1999 > release, will also serve as a first 'official' Blake's 7/Doctor Who > 'crossover' adventure, featuring as it will an important character from one of > Boucher's Blake episodes. Actually this looks like turning out to be a muth- Chris said last week that he knew nothing about any B7 character appearing in that book. > It doesn't say which character, but if anyone's starting to take bets, I'd say > it'll be Bayban the Butcher. No, it was Carnell, according to rumour. But we'll just have to wait and see... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 06:52:15 EDT From: Mac4781@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Ahah! So that's what the teeth are for... Message-ID: Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Joanne wrote: > Not my corner, > however, unless you want to be bothered by Tarrant Nostra looking for > converts (pity I don't know what Katrina, the Sydney agent of that > notorious group, looks like. Time for paranoia yet?) Worse than that, I fear. It's time to get a rear view mirror to stick on your arm. Otherwise you're going to strain your neck from constantly looking over your shoulder. ;-) Meanwhile, Rob continues to try to self destruct: > In addition, however, I'd like to point out that, for those of us not > particularly enamoured of Avon, the latter's faults don't make Tarrant > any more likeable. Other forms of persuasion are necessary in such > cases. ;-) Well, we could give the old horse's head in the bed a try. Carol Mc ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 05:13:38 PDT From: "Rob Clother" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Ahah! So that's what the teeth are for... Message-ID: <19980911121338.3323.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain >Well, we could give the old horse's head in the bed a try. > >Carol Mc Oh, I wondered who'd put that there. On the subject of Mr Tarrant, I was thinking the other day that he'd have made a much better partner for Servalan than Avon would have done. Avon was right to avoid that relationship -- he would certainly have ended up dead, and sooner rather than later. Tarrant, on the other hand... Once Servalan had brought him over to seeing things her way -- which wouldn't have been difficult, for obvious reasons -- she would have counted on his absolute loyalty and fierce devotion. She would have come to depend on him in a way that would have been impossible with Avon, and Tarrant, though very much physically weakened, would certainly have escaped with his life... -- Jimmy Stewart XXXX ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 08:52:16 EDT From: Mac4781@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Ahah! So that's what the teeth are for... Message-ID: <696df5c.35f91d00@aol.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Jimmy Stewart, I love your Servalan-Tarrant story idea. Such angst. When are you going to write it? Carol Mc (that horse worked even better than usual) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:25:26 +0100 From: "Julie Horner" To: Subject: [B7L]Videos 8&9 Message-ID: <018c01bddd8a$d550a760$d34695c1@orac> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A9_01BDDD90.05178AE0" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A9_01BDDD90.05178AE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In the last Horizon newsletter it said that Fantastic Films were releasing tapes 8 and 9 on the 7th September. However, HMV in Stockport, which usually gets them on the day of release, still hadn't got them on sale yesterday. Does anyone know if this release date has changed? Julie Horner ------=_NextPart_000_00A9_01BDDD90.05178AE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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------=_NextPart_000_00A9_01BDDD90.05178AE0-- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 14:22:13 +0100 From: "Julie Horner" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] disability Message-ID: <018b01bddd8a$d1fa2960$d34695c1@orac> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - From: Judith Proctor >The only disabled character played by a disabled actor who is really shown in a >positive light that I can think of right now is Lifeguard in Wiseguy. (both >legs amputated) In 'Our Friends in the North' the disabled brother was played by a disabled actor ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 08:29:02 -0700 From: Jay To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] videos & books Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980911082902.00722ab8@succeed.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >True. I had to call all over the place before I finally found someone who >could order one for me. The people at most of the video and electronics >stores had no idea what I was talking about. There are only one or two >consumer-grade models available (Aiwa has one, and possibly Panasonic -- >don't know if the latter's version is still on the market), and they're >significantly more expensive than a standard VCR, besides being very >difficult to find. > Couldn't agree more. The only place we got one was in Saudi Arabia, when hubby was over there a couple of years ago. 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. The Hitachi was about triple the price you'd pay for an "ordinary" VCR. Jay ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 08:00:11 +0100 (BST) From: Judith Proctor To: Lysator List Subject: [B7L] Ultraviolet Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII This is off-topic, but it sounded as though it might interest people. Jane Killick passed it to me. (She's a journalist, so got to see a preview copy) Judith > > Channel 4 starting Tuesday 15th September at 10pm. I've seen a preview tape > of the first episode and am very excited. I therefore enclose the > intriguing press release to persuade you to make a date or set your video. > Please feel free to copy this message and spread the word:- > > < with > a horror twist. > > Ultraviolet is a contemporary take on vampire mythology, exploring current > paranoias - viral infection, genetic engineering, paedophilia - and age-old > fears: what is evil? And what is death? > > They look like us. They act like us. Their bite leaves no mark or memory. > For centuries vampires have co-existed in harmoney with mankind. Until now. > > CJD. AIDS. Global warming. Mankind is perfecting the ability to destroy > itself. So now vampires need to take control of their food source. Against > this enemy, religion is no defence but folklore has some truth. Not wooden > stakes but carbon bullets. Not garlic but the chemical allicin. Not simply > daylight. ULTRAVIOLET. > > Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield (Jack Davenport) is about to be best > man at his partner, Jack's wedding. But when Jack disappears on the eve of > the ceremony, Michael's life is turned upside down. Against his will, > Michael is recruited into an armed Government squad. Here, new rules apply. > The undead have no right to life so it's shoot-to-kill. They may look like > old friends or lovers, but they have renounced their humanity. In the > squad's ruthless pursuit, Michael thinks he and his colleagues are in > danger of losing their own humanity. Michael won't allow that, and his love > for Jack's jilted fiancee Kirsty could put them all at risk. > > Vampires are persuasive, sympathetic, and they never force us to do what we > don't want to do. They exploit our fears and darkeset desires, offering the > ultimate prize of eternal life. And as Michael uncovers their world, he > finds that no one is beyond tempation. > > Ultraviolet co-stars Susannah Harker, Idris Elba and Philip Quast. Written > adn directed by Joe Ahearne, it is produced by Bill Shapter and Executive > Producer is Sophie Balhetchet.>> -- 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/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 13:47:46 -0500 From: Lisa Williams To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: RE: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Rob Clother wrote: >No, I don't think there's much room for debate on the cat/dog >dichotomy... Yes, there is. I'm still boggling at how anyone could class Vila as a *cat* person. (Nor am I any too certain about Blake being a dog person.) - Lisa _____________________________________________________________ Lisa Williams: lcw@dallas.net or lwilliams@ti.com Lisa's Video Frame Capture Library: http://lcw.simplenet.com/ New Riders of the Golden Age: http://www.warhorse.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 22:16:52 +0100 (BST) From: Judith Proctor To: Lysator List Subject: [B7L] Gareth photos Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Julia and I aren't madly keen on Gareth's current publicity photo, so we've taken our favourite colour photo of the ones that Julia took at Neutral Zone back in the winter and made some decent size copies. The picture we used can be seen on my web page if you look at the Neutral Zone con report. It's a head shot of Gareth smiling and obviously enjoying himself. (Wer're cropping it to portrait rather than landscape and then enlarging it) It's touch and go as to whether the photo shop will have them ready before I go to see The Crucible next weekend, but if they are, I'll take some along if anyone wants me to get personalised autographs for them. We'll probably sell them for 5 pounds unsigned and 6 pounds signed. (We've also got some smaller cheaper ones, but I'm not planning on collecting signatures on those) Postage is extra depending on where you live and how much I have to pay for cardboard mailers, but if you'll be at Ecclecticon, then I'll bring them over free. If we make any money beyond that needed to cover the cost of printing the photos, then we'll pass it onto Gareth. We're not out to make money ourselves. If you want a personal autograph, let me know the name and I'll try and get one for you. (Please don't let me down on payment though, because a photo with your name on it can't be sold to anyone else.) I can't guarantee to get it, but I'll do my best. Judith PS. Yes, I will be able to take payment in American cash dollars and yes, I'm sure Pat Fenech will be willing to offer her usual assistance to Australians. -- 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/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 07:42:00 +1000 From: "Afenech" To: "lysator" Subject: Re: [B7L] Gareth photos Message-Id: <21322994766202@domain2.bigpond.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Judith > > PS. Yes, I will be able to take payment in American cash dollars and yes, I'm > sure Pat Fenech will be willing to offer her usual assistance to Australians. She will -smile- Pat F > > -- > 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/ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 21:47:36 +1000 From: Kathryn Andersen To: "Blake's 7 list" Subject: Start of Series (was Re: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting...) Message-ID: <19980911214736.51650@welkin.apana.org.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Fri, Sep 11, 1998 at 02:35:27AM -0700, Rob Clother wrote: >someone else wrote: > >I've just been rewatching the first two episodes and it's incredible > >what > >powerful pieces of drama they are in their own right. If the first > >episode had > >to exist soley on its own merits, without the rest of the series, it > >would still > >have a high impact. > > I've often thought that "The Way Back" would make an excellent stage > play. In fact, the first three episodes go together to form an > outstanding piece of theatrical drama. Way back when, when I saw the series for the first time, I missed out on the first two episodes. Well, I saw the last ten minutes of Spacefall, but that's all. But my cousin (much older than I) who wasn't into SF, had by some miracle seen _The Way Back_ and told me what happened in it, with an aside that she considered it one of the best hour's of TV she'd seen. Pretty high compliment, I think! Kathryn A. (the eponymous Kathryn from Australia) -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen / \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat \_.--.*/ | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" v | ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 22:53:50 +0100 From: "Jenni -Alison" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs Message-Id: <199809112240.AAA03953@samantha.lysator.liu.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lisa Wrote: > > Rob Clother wrote: > > >No, I don't think there's much room for debate on the cat/dog > >dichotomy... > > Yes, there is. I'm still boggling at how anyone could class Vila as a *cat* > person. I totally agree. Vila would be very uncomfortable around anything as unpredictable as a cat. He might get scratched! > > (Nor am I any too certain about Blake being a dog person.) Loyalty and devotion are dog traits, so Blake's a bit maverick for a dog really. But I think he'd admire the traits in dogs as pets, although he himself is probably more of a cat. Jenni ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 21:31:35 EDT From: MSpielmanj@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Re: blakes7-d Digest V98 #234 Message-ID: Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit unsubscribe ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 08:05:17 +0000 From: "Terry Owen" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Tarrant Nostra baiting/raining cats & dogs Message-Id: <199809121334.GAA02123@snipe.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Delurking a bit to throw my 2 cents in... Since Sue has not jumped in and defended Blakes's actions here, may I point out that both Vila and Avon were holding guns on the s.o.b. who was letting Gan die just to buy time for the Federation to get there. It took Blake and his insightful threat to the surgeon to get him back to work on Gan. And he would've carried out that threat, not because he was a vicious man, but because Gan was his friend and he'd do anything he had to to save him. Just like he would've destroyed all Sarkoff's toys to get through his thick skull that his people needed him. Blake looks like a leader exhibiting dedication and loyalty when I see those episodes (which i have in the last week). Terry O owen6511@earthlink.net On 9 Sep 98 Julia Jones wrote: > In message <19980909120530.1647.qmail@hotmail.com>, Rob Clother > writes > >Another idea before I leg it: did anyone notice the sudden change that > >came over Blake at the end of "Redemption"? The way he ordered Avon > >back to his position showed a side of his personality we'd only guessed > >at up until that point. > > It appears earlier than that, in Breakdown, with a threat to destroy > a surgeon's hands. -- Julia Jones > -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V98 Issue #235 **************************************