From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V98 #266 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume98/266 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 266 Today's Topics: [B7L] Halloween Costumes - Reply Re: [B7L] Halloween Costumes - Reply [B7L] "Horizon" Newsflash [B7L] re: Coincidence [B7L] Unsubcribe [B7L] Tardis (was Re Liberator) Re: [B7L] Tardis (was Re Liberator) Re: [B7L] Tardis (was Re Liberator) [B7L] [Fwd: Unsubcribe] [B7L] S-L-D...F-S-M [B7L] top 100 [B7L] sins [B7L] stupidity [B7L] The things you find... [B7L] dirty harry [B7L] horizon [B7L] top 100 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 23:25:54 -0700 From: Tramila Farris To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Halloween Costumes - Reply Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981018232554.00831ad0@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Pat Patera wrote: >With Halloween coming up, I propose another list game: >What costume would each crew member choose from Liberator's "clothes >room" to wear out trick 'n treating at Freedom City? > >Blake: Robin Hood >Jenna: Fairy Princess >Avon: Count Dracula Bwahahaha! I love it. >Cally: alien "grey" >Vila: Roman Senator in toga with laurel leaves (and golden wine goblet) >(and slave girls) yum yum. Makes my heart go pitter pat. >Dayna: Atilla the Hun with long spear and sharp sword >Tarrant: The bold pirate in crimson, Captain Blood >Soolin: Heidi in pigtails - no! no! I mean the evil druid Queen Morgan >la Fey >Travis: Adolf Hitler Heh PAT! It's a good thing you are a runner. Because ...... RUN!!!!! The Tarrant NOSTRA are AFTER YOU!!!!!! >Servalan: '20s Flapper (all that silky, sexy fringe) (and secret >passwords to the SpeakEasy) >Pat P: Puss in Boots, of course! Of course. Don't miss LOSCON on Thanksgiving Weekend in LA, CA. The vampire, Tramila and Pat, the Vampire will be there! Oh! and PussNBoots will frequent the party halls with her big, white tail, dragging behind her. (now who will have to be the slayer??? hummmmmmm) Tramila Farris ambrov Zeor --------- Charter Member and Pres. of V.I.C.E. Vila's Intimately Corruptible Element Am I corruptible? Of course I am! and loving it!!! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 01:29:27 -0700 From: Tramila Farris To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Halloween Costumes - Reply Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981019012927.0082b100@earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >Of course. >Don't miss LOSCON on Thanksgiving Weekend in LA, CA. >The vampire, Tramila and Pat, the Vampire will be there! oops, I meant to say... The vampire, Tramila and Pat, the Vampire Slayer will be there! >Oh! and PussNBoots will frequent the party halls with her big, white tail, >dragging behind her. (now who will have to be the slayer??? hummmmmmm) Tramila Farris ambrov Zeor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 13:44:31 +0100 From: JMR To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] "Horizon" Newsflash Message-Id: <3.0.2.32.19981019134431.00696fa0@mail.clara.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Monday 19th October 1998 Here's the latest newsflash from "Horizon"....... Judith HORIZON NEWSFLASH BULLETIN - 17 October 98 VERE LORRIMER - as you will know from previous news bulletins from Horizon and the Avon Club, Vere Lorrimer - Director and Season 4 Producer of B7 - died on 1st October from a heart attack aged 78. Rather than send flowers, Horizon is organising a donation in his memory to one of Vere's favourite charities - the Danville Home for aged actors. If you'd like to send even a small donation, this would be welcomed. All contributions should be payable to Horizon, and sent to Diane Gies, 18 Holt Road, North Wembley, Middx. HAO 3PS. Be sure to mark your envelope VERE LORRIMER TRIBUTE CONTRIBUTION. When the final amount is sent to the home, Horizon will make it known that the donation comes from Blake's 7 fans all over the world as a tribute to the memory of Vere Lorrimer. MICHAEL KEATING - Michael will be starring as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at the Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich (BO 01473 253725) from 10 December to 9 January. Horizon is organising a Christmas Outing - date/time dependent on what interested parties prefer - contact Diane Gies if you'd like to join us. For those of you still asking, no Michael will NOT be attending the Peladon 98 convention. STEPHEN GREIF - Stephen tells us his episode of The Bill is called 'Betrayal' and is due for broadcast in early November. JOSETTE SIMON - Josette appeared as a guest star in an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe called Bones and Silence screened Sunday 18 October. GLYNIS BARBER: Her new film Deja-Vu in which she stars with husband Michael Brandon, is released in the UK on 16 October at selected cinemas. Various publicity articles/interviews accompany this release (including a live radio interview on LBC on 14 October, and 3 page article with photos in Sunday Mirror weekend supplement the week before). A children's film Glynis made some while ago which we think is called The Fairy King of R (this may not be the correct spelling, but that's what it sounded like!!) with Corbin Bernson and Malcolm McDowell, due for release early next year. NOTE: Whilst Horizon is perfectly happy for other fans and organisations to spread information using our Website bulletins & newsflashes - after all, the news is there to be spread to anyone interested in the show - we do work very hard to keep our information accurate and up-to-date and so we would appreciate if when using Horizon's information a credit noting this fact accompanied each piece used to show where it has come from and, as a courtesy, also let us know when you are using Horizon's bulletins where they have been sent or will be appearing. You can email this to diane@horizon.org.uk or jager@clara.net Thank you. More detailed B7 news and information available at: J.M. Rolls jager@clara.net ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:39:13 +0100 From: Jackie To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] re: Coincidence Message-ID: <362B6B31.3B78@termlow.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Judith Proctor wrote: > By an interesting coincidence, the girl on reception was called Dayna. She said > her mother had been a Blake's 7 fan! My daughter`s friend is called Jenna, a girl at work is called Cally, and I know a lad whose middle name is Travis. Bye for now Jackie ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:00:14 -0700 From: Josie Figueroa To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se CC: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Unsubcribe Message-ID: <362B701E.A13@OCSNet.Net> ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:40:44 -0400 From: Harriet Monkhouse <101637.2064@compuserve.com> To: "INTERNET:blakes7@lysator.liu.se" Subject: [B7L] Tardis (was Re Liberator) Message-ID: <199810191540_MC2-5D35-B9EF@compuserve.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Kathryn Anderson wrote: > I think I'd rather have a Tardis, actually. I still can't believe that the Tardis went for only six thousand pounds at auction, and then to a national newspaper. Surely there are Dr Who fans with six thousand and one pounds to spare? If I had a bit more space, and my stepmother's estate had been wound up in time, I'd have considered it myself... Harriet ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:50:00 +0100 From: "Emma Peel" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] Tardis (was Re Liberator) Message-ID: <007401bdfbaa$6da0aaa0$aa3463c3@smith99> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Harriet wrote: >I still can't believe that the Tardis went for only six thousand pounds at >auction, and then to a national newspaper. Surely there are Dr Who fans >with six thousand and one pounds to spare? If I had a bit more space, and >my stepmother's estate had been wound up in time, I'd have considered it >myself... Except there was talk in fan circles that it wasn't the real TARDIS prop- Andy Beech reckoned that he knew the location of all the Tardis props- and the one for sale wasn't one of them............. Heather. 'There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish' -The fourth Doctor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 23:02:22 +0100 From: "Heather Smith" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] Tardis (was Re Liberator) Message-ID: <009401bdfbac$269cd140$aa3463c3@smith99> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Emma Peel??? Sorry all, I was demonstrating how to change the name to a newbie pal. Heather. 'There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish' -The fourth Doctor ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:01:47 -0700 From: Josie Figueroa To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] [Fwd: Unsubcribe] Message-ID: <362B707B.6DDB@OCSNet.Net> Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-ID: <362B701E.A13@OCSNet.Net> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:00:14 -0700 From: Josie Figueroa Reply-To: Josie, Figueroa Organization: Phoenix Illustrations X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0C-nnie30 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se CC: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Unsubcribe ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:13:49 GMT From: Roger the Shrubber To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] S-L-D...F-S-M Message-Id: <199810201413.OAA24924@axis.jeack.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lisa wrote "Cannot kill" leaves a fair amount of leeway to fold, spindle and mutilate, however. *** Geek Alert ! Geek Alert ! Early computer type phraseology in use ... Stand clear until computer paper dust settles. Never mind Seek Locate Destroy... when Avon confronts Servalan in Series 5 (.... she's about to enslave a planet populated by peaceful mainframe-types) it's going to be "FOLD-SPINDLE-MUTILATE". ___________________________________ from Darren r ..... Comments are welcome ! powerplay@cheerful.com ____________________________________ The effective way to defang the oppressors is to persuade them they are ignorant of the good. ______________________________________ The university's acquiescence in the interference with its primary responsibility of providing educational opportunity to those capable of education should be a heavy burden on its collective conscience. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634 Anxiety & Panic _________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634/powerplay.html Blake's 7 FAQ & free screen savers ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:14:01 GMT From: Roger the Shrubber To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] top 100 Message-Id: <199810201414.OAA24943@axis.jeack.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Star Wars' tops sci-fi ratings NEW YORK (Reuters) - George Lucas' "Star Wars" tops Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 best works of science fiction. The magazine says the 1977 film was "an Rx for a cynical audience numbed by everything from Vietnam to Watergate to drugs." No. 2 on the list is "Star Trek," followed by "The Twilight Zone," the book "Frankenstein," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Metropolis," the 1938 movie version of "War of the Worlds," the 1956 and 1978 versions of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," the first two "Alien" movies and the comic book debut of Superman in 1938. The magazine says its rankings are based on a work's quality, influence on pop culture and impact on the collective imagination. ### ***Does anyone know if a certain low-budget 1970's BBC show earned a mention ? Title escapes me.... ___________________________________ from Darren r ..... Comments are welcome ! powerplay@cheerful.com ____________________________________ The effective way to defang the oppressors is to persuade them they are ignorant of the good. ______________________________________ The university's acquiescence in the interference with its primary responsibility of providing educational opportunity to those capable of education should be a heavy burden on its collective conscience. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634 Anxiety & Panic _________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634/powerplay.html Blake's 7 FAQ & free screen savers ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:13:58 GMT From: Roger the Shrubber To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] sins Message-Id: <199810201413.OAA24939@axis.jeack.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Alison wrote So what about defining them in terms of the sins they *lack* rather than those they exhibit? Like this: Pride - Gan Gluttony - Cally Lust - Orac Anger - Zen Avarice - Blake Sloth - Avon Envy - Soolin Vila of course lacks no sin, and Slave lacks all of them. **** There was a Red Dwarf ep with this theme, A polymorph creature sucked out an emotion from each of the crew - the Cat lost his vanity & became a derelict with no self-esteem, Kryten lost his guilt & behaved like a jerk, Rimmer lost his anger & became a pacifist(hilarious ), Lister lost something , (I forget?) which made him a homicidal maniac.... ___________________________________ from Darren r ..... Comments are welcome ! powerplay@cheerful.com ____________________________________ The effective way to defang the oppressors is to persuade them they are ignorant of the good. ______________________________________ The university's acquiescence in the interference with its primary responsibility of providing educational opportunity to those capable of education should be a heavy burden on its collective conscience. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634 Anxiety & Panic _________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634/powerplay.html Blake's 7 FAQ & free screen savers ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:14:24 GMT From: Roger the Shrubber To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] stupidity Message-Id: <199810201414.OAA24962@axis.jeack.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Taina transcribed SHADOW BLAKE: No effect on the flight systems. JENNA: Everything seems normal enough. Maybe she imagined it. BLAKE: That's not like Cally. JENNA: Not like Orac either. BLAKE: [As Gan and Avon enter] Any luck? GAN: Can't find Orac. Even tried calling his name. AVON: Oh, I'm sorry I missed that. It's the kind of natural stupidity no amount of training could ever hope to match. *** Avon was being unnecessarily rude here. Why wouldn't Orac answer if you called his name ? A bit like that gadget that beeps when you whistle for your keys. Okay, the thought of Gan lumbering about calling "Orac, Orac where are you ?" is a bit comical, but not actually stupid. Poor Gan. ___________________________________ from Darren r ..... Comments are welcome ! powerplay@cheerful.com ____________________________________ The effective way to defang the oppressors is to persuade them they are ignorant of the good. ______________________________________ The university's acquiescence in the interference with its primary responsibility of providing educational opportunity to those capable of education should be a heavy burden on its collective conscience. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634 Anxiety & Panic _________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634/powerplay.html Blake's 7 FAQ & free screen savers ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:48:46 PDT From: "Joanne MacQueen" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] The things you find... Message-ID: <19981020054846.21869.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain I meant to lurk for a while yet, but I found this. Make of it what you will... "According to Serbian folklore, the 'Vila' are beautiful female creatures that live in cherry trees. They are always clad in white and have long hair, and they break men's hearts as they fly overhead. They ride seven year old stags which are bridled with snakes. If a parent disciplines a child and says that they have the Devil in them, then the Vila have a right to take the child." (from Alice Day's Gothic Gardening website) Where our favourite thief fits into this, I will leave to you, I think. Regards Joanne "All you're interested in is the idiotic tintax or something." --Vila to Orac, Ultraworld ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:15:38 GMT From: Roger the Shrubber To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] dirty harry Message-Id: <199810201415.OAA25048@axis.jeack.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Judith wrote It's off track, but the last time Blake would remember Avon firing at him would be in 'Horizon'. All he said then was 'Missed' and there was some bite in the way he said it. I recollect from somewhere that the original line was much longer, something about Avon not being able to tell friend from foe, but that Gareth trimmed it. (The situation was that Avon was in a firefight and shot at Blake by mistake as he rounded a corner) *** This is Paul Darrow exhibiting his "Dirty Harry" style of portraying Avon. All the others teleported down to explore or find the others, whereas Avon just went down to shoot at anything that moved. His exhaustion had given way to anger. Up until that point I don't know if his continual comments along the lines of "they're not responding, they must be dead" were his genuine instincts or whether they were just an excuse to get the Liberator away from there, but with pursuit ships coming and running away no longer an option, Avon pulls out his magnum(s) and starts some serious violence. ___________________________________ from Darren r ..... Comments are welcome ! powerplay@cheerful.com ____________________________________ The effective way to defang the oppressors is to persuade them they are ignorant of the good. ______________________________________ The university's acquiescence in the interference with its primary responsibility of providing educational opportunity to those capable of education should be a heavy burden on its collective conscience. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634 Anxiety & Panic _________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634/powerplay.html Blake's 7 FAQ & free screen savers ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 14:13:31 GMT From: Roger the Shrubber To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] horizon Message-Id: <199810201413.OAA24897@axis.jeack.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Judith wrote I like 'Horizon' . Although I like it for far more than just Avon. It's a good episode all round. I like the intereaction between Ro and the Commisar as Ro is forced into maturity. **** On first viewing I thought it was kind of lame - the torture scenes & Ro's cave were a bit unconvincing- but it's grown on me since then, and so yep, it's a good ep. Apart from producing a contender for quote of the series ("I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going", from an exhausted and annoyed Avon) Horizon's Ro/Commissar scenes added a real depth to the story as they discussed their pupil/teacher relationship, finally giving more bite to Ro's actions at the end. Ro & the Commissar actually reminded me a bit of Jim Hacker & Sir Humphrey Appleby with the way they address each other, the Commissar appearing to be subservient while manipulating Ro to make 'correct' decisions. I can just see Jim Hacker saying to Blake "I rule here. I am my own man. I am Horizon's Prime Minister of her Majesty Servalan's Administration", with Sir Humphrey in the background murmuring "Indeed you are ruler, now send your wife down the mines" ___________________________________ from Darren r ..... Comments are welcome ! powerplay@cheerful.com ____________________________________ The effective way to defang the oppressors is to persuade them they are ignorant of the good. ______________________________________ The university's acquiescence in the interference with its primary responsibility of providing educational opportunity to those capable of education should be a heavy burden on its collective conscience. ________________________________________ ________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634 Anxiety & Panic _________________________________________ http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/2634/powerplay.html Blake's 7 FAQ & free screen savers ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 05:11:45 EDT From: SuzanThoms@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] top 100 Message-ID: <6b312ccc.362c53d1@aol.com> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit <> I quickly glanced through the article to see if I could find a certain 70's BBC show. I found Dr. Who, but that's not the one *I* was looking for. :( Suzanne -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V98 Issue #266 **************************************