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blakes7-d Digest Volume 98 : Issue 320
Today's Topics:
Re: [B7L] B7L- red lobster suit
Re: [B7L] RPG
Re: [B7L] Free time again
Re: [B7L] RPG
Re: [B7L] B7L- red lobster suit
[B7L] help!
[B7L] Travis, casting, etc.
[B7L] Travis, etc.
Re: [B7L] worst cast
Re: [B7L] B7L- red lobster suit
Re: [B7L] Travis, etc.
[B7L] Broken Hearts
Re: [B7L] Travis, etc.
[B7L] red lobster suit
[B7L] Travis, etc.
Re: [B7L] Travis, etc.
Re: [B7L] T.'s Offer to S. in 'The Keeper'
Re: [B7L] T.'s Offer to S. in 'The Keeper'
Re: [B7L] Free time again
[B7L] Re: Pink Floyd
Re: [B7L] Travis, casting, etc.
Re: [B7L] Tarrant (that'll get Carol's attention <grin>)
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:41:06 -0000
From: "Dangermouse" <master@sol.co.uk>
To: "Debra Collard" <Debra@whisson1.freeserve.co.uk>,
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From: Debra Collard <Debra@whisson1.freeserve.co.uk>
> I must have missed the red lobster suit(until very recently, Christmas in
fact, I had > loads of first season tapes missing from my collection), but
so that I can judge for > myself what episode should I watch?
He wears the red leather suit in Weapon.
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:53:53 -0000
From: "Dangermouse" <master@sol.co.uk>
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> From: calle@lysator.liu.se
> Unless it's a very, *very* strange campaign, Orac absolutely should
> not be a player character.
Hm.
Again, I could see him work in Paranoia...
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:45:55 -0000
From: "Dangermouse" <master@sol.co.uk>
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> From: U.M. Mccormack <umm10@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
> Someone said (sorry, I lost your name):
>
> >Floyd is the kind of music that needs to be listened to whilst being
> >still
>
> Very much so in my case. I fell asleep half way through their concert at
> Earl's Court in (?) 1994.
Heresy!
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:51:40 -0000
From: "Dangermouse" <master@sol.co.uk>
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> From: calle@lysator.liu.se
> > This is especially true for us because my husband is a strict
> > "rules" gameplayer; he'd never think of fudging a roll in the
> > interests of the story line, and he'd be offended if I did so.
>
> Weee, my very opposite. One of my players once calculated that on the
> average, I use dice in almost every third gaming session :-)
I tend to roll whether actually doing something or not - it keeps the
players on edge.
But absolutely I'll ignore an outcome if it's in the best interests of the
game - say, if everyone's about to die...
> It makes for a great prequel, though. You tell the players to choose
> characters from the series crew, then you run a really, really bad
> blood'n'guts session killing off all but one or two of them. For the
> next session, they get to play the new recruits. A small group of
> rebels, led by a *seriously* bitter and nasty (NPC) Cally (or whoever
> is left over from session one). For added spice, put her in a
> wheelchair, give her a couple of bad burn-scars and boost her psychic
> powers so that the PCs can't keep anything secret from her. Sort of
> like Santa Claus on a bad angst-trip. "She knows if you've been good
> or bad..."
This of course would really suit Paranoia...
Or Call Of Cthulhu.
Hm. I wonder how a B7 game would work with the HOL rules...
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 12:22:41 PST
From: "Penny Dreadful" <pdreadful@hotmail.com>
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>He wears the red leather suit in Weapon.
And 'Pressure Point'. And might I add I think it's a pretty darn snazzy
get-up.
-- Penny "Red Leather Yellow Leather" Dreadful
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 17:14:28 EST
From: Carolyn772@aol.com
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I entered a raffle at Visions this year, and won a portrait of the "science-
fiction or fantasy character" of my choice. The artist is Jon Stadter, and if
the portrait is in the same style as the ones he exhibited at Visions, I'll be
ecstatic.
Naturally, <g>, I have chosen Avon. However, "bearer is responsible for
providing source material for said character." I have to have the material to
him by January 31st, and don't have a lot to choose from.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I have downloaded some of the excellent
files from Paul James' web site, and hope he will accept this as a source.
Artists on the list---would this work for you, or do you think I ought to try
and find some "hard copy?"
Carolyn
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:01:33 PST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Travis, casting, etc.
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Came back to work today to find over 50 messages, most of them about
role playing games and the like, none of which I have a hope in hell of
understanding, I'm afraid. <grin> It's interesting to see what will
actually inspire Calle to write something other than admonishments to
behave ourselves.
Speaking of behaving themselves: I'm not sure if my computer at work has
recovered from tidal waves of drool generated by the Godmother, and
it'll have no chance to recover now, what with people drooling over Avon
in leather of any colour. <grin> I share the Angels', erm, passion, by
the way, but I'm just worried about getting any work done this week -
I'd rather not have the machine fizzle out due to sizzling imaginations.
Damn good thing I'm not on the other list, in that case.
To Roger the Shrubber: that's a wonderful title you've dreamed up
<smile>. The Star Trek fans on the list must be grinning. I don't know
what Carol thinks of the casting for Tarrant - I'm under the impression
that she prefers tall and dark to short and blond.
Penny Dreadful lives up to her nom de web by casting Drew Carey and
Woody Harrelson as, well, anyone, let alone Blake and Servalan. That
wipes the smile off my face.
Harriet said: >If Basil is Krantor, can Manuel be Toise?
Can't see it myself (the ABC is repeating Fawlty Towers on Saturday
nights at the moment). How about Sybil? Well, it's just a suggestion.
Sybil and Basil seem to be operating on roughly the same planet, as do
Krantor and Toise. Manuel might be better off as the croupier.
Regards
Joanne
Everybody is important, special, and worthy. Except people who you'd
rather slap.
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:18:17 PST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
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Call me a complete innocent, but how is it obvious, Pat P, that Travis
loves Servalan? <smile> I'm not saying it isn't a legitimate
interpretation, but I just can't see it.
It's a little like the fact that I can't see a relationship between
Krantor and Toise - I can't see anyone coming between Krantor and that
mirror of his, and Toise is little more to him than a flunkey.
Then again, the twenty-odd year old me was most surprised to find out
that Avon had ever had a girlfriend because, on the evidence of what I
could remember of the 4th series, the twelve year old me thought he
didn't go in for that sort of thing. How wrong I was <grin>!
Regards
Joanne
Hope and Nemesis are together at the same time upon our altars, clearly
that you may not hope for that which is not lawful.
--Emblem 46, Alciato's Emblematum liber.
PS Good question, Neil, very good question. Yes, just how was Servalan
deposed, why, whom and by what? <grin>
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Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 13:06:45 -0800
From: Pat Patera <pussnboots@geocities.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
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Roger the Shrubber wrote:
>
> BLAKES 7 THE MOVIE
> Servalan..........................Boy George
oooohhh, wicked
> ORAC..............................Judge Judy
and we thought "he" was hard on us
>
> Special guests - The Two Fat Ladies as the Decimas
ALL of them???!!!
then again, maybe so!
> Written by........................Paul Darrow
<snort> Bwa ha ha ha ha!
A Terrible Insurrection
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:30:37 PST
From: "Sally Manton" <smanton@hotmail.com>
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>>He wears the red leather suit in Weapon.
>
>And 'Pressure Point'. And might I add I think it's a pretty darn snazzy
get-up.
>
And especially when (at the start of weapon) he gets rid of the top.
(Does he do this in Dawn of the Gods too? Or is my memory playing up?)
Anyway, the plain black top and red leather pants are definitely nice.
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 19:47:20 -0800
From: Pat Patera <pussnboots@geocities.com>
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Joanne MacQueen wrote:
> Call me a complete innocent, but how is it obvious, Pat P, that Travis
> loves Servalan? <smile> I'm not saying it isn't a legitimate
> interpretation, but I just can't see it.
As with so much of the "drama" on Blakes 7, much is said via subtle
expression and body language. Watch Travis when Servalan, nibbling
grapes, dismisses him in The Keeper. To what do you attribute his angst?
Plain pride?
Anyway, as a theory, it works well to explain canon and launch fanfic.
re:
>Basil Fawlty as the manager of Freedom City
Harriet wrote:
Now this one I really like... If Basil is Krantor, can Manuel be Toise?
Bwa ha ha ha ha!
And Sybil as the black spangled singler
> It's a little like the fact that I can't see a relationship between
> Krantor and Toise -
Not even when Krantor is hand-feeding him tasty little tidbits?
> I can't see anyone coming between Krantor and that
> mirror of his,
Krantor tried and tried but couldn't figure out how to f**k himself
> and Toise is little more to him than a flunkey.
not flunkey, toy boy
Perhaps you'd rather Manuel play The Klute?
Not speaking standard FedSpeak would make any game more challenging
> PS Good question, Neil, very good question. Yes, just how was Servalan
> deposed, why, whom and by what? <grin>
Yes, why Neil, can *you* tell us why?
Pat P
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:03:12 -0800
From: Pat Patera <pussnboots@geocities.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Broken Hearts
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Penny Dreadful wrote:
re:
> >Please post it to the list in time for a "broken hearts"
> >Valentines Day gazette here.
>
> What, you mean here, or on the Naughty List?
Yeah here, why not? The best love stories do not get mired in sex.
The best love stories focus on tragic love or unrequited love.
And since there are no happy endings in Blakes 7, tragic love stories
should flourish on this list.
(The racy ones can go on Space City)
These could be short dabbles or longer shorts. And there's a good 6
weeks til Valentines Day, so everyone's got time to craft a
contribution.
OK, I'll do
Travis & Servalan
Sittin' in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
[oh gag!]
Meanwhile, to shatter a love we must first create a love.
What sort of "lonely hearts" personal ad would the B7 characters put in
the classifieds section of the newspaper?
Vila:
Are you a long-legged beauty? Do you adopt poor, homeless strays that
turn up on rainy nights? Let me in! SWM, blond surfer dude type, wants
to tease you with riddles, tempt you with epicurian concoctions, tango
with you til two. Drugs, drinking ok. No kids or tiresome scruples.
Pat P
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 21:40:54 PST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
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Me, then Pat P:
>> It's a little like the fact that I can't see a relationship between
>> Krantor and Toise -
>Not even when Krantor is hand-feeding him tasty little tidbits?
No. Not even then. If you're that much in love with yourself, as I find
myself thinking Krantor is...well, you may toy with your servants, as
Servalan does (might explain why Servalan and Krantor don't get on -
they might be enough alike to hate each other's guts), but I don't think
you'd allow them to get quite that close. Then again, that depends on
how one views the Rai/Servalan relationship - is he merely a pretty boy
for her to look at and then go home alone? Or does he meet needs other
than the purely aesthetic?
>> I can't see anyone coming between Krantor and that
>> mirror of his,
>Krantor tried and tried but couldn't figure out how to f**k himself
<mock shock> Pat!!
But part of the problem is that I find myself likening Krantor to Lord
Henry, Dorian Gray's friend, and I can't see his Lordship doing anything
that might make him look dishevelled or cause him to break out in a
sweat. Hence my disbelief in a Krantor/Toise pairing. (Admittedly, Lord
Henry annoyed me so much that I threw the book across the room before I
could read very much of it. <shamefaced grin> Then I had to explain why
I hadn't read it to the lecturer who had put it on the reading list for
that English option at uni. No wonder I spent that session hiding behind
my hair.)
I like the idea of Manuel being the Klute, but that leaves the problem
of teaching him ordinary chess, let alone speed chess.
Regards
Joanne
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 01:50:47 EST
From: SuzanThoms@aol.com
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] red lobster suit
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n a message dated 12/28/98 7:32:23 PM Pacific Standard Time,
smanton@hotmail.com writes:
<< And especially when (at the start of weapon) he gets rid of the top.
(Does he do this in Dawn of the Gods too? Or is my memory playing up?)
Anyway, the plain black top and red leather pants are definitely nice. >>
He most definitely DOES get rid of the top in "Dawn of the Gods" -- <sigh>
One of Avon's Angels
Suzanne
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In a message dated 12/28/98 7:32:23 PM Pacific Standard Time,
smanton@hotmail.com writes:
<< And especially when (at the start of weapon) he gets rid of the top.
(Does he do this in Dawn of the Gods too? Or is my memory playing up?)
Anyway, the plain black top and red leather pants are definitely nice. >>
He most definitely DOES get rid of the top in "Dawn of the Gods" -- <sigh>
One of Avon's Angels
Suzanne
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 01:56:39 EST
From: SuzanThoms@aol.com
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: [B7L] Travis, etc.
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In a message dated 12/28/98 3:29:54 PM Pacific Standard Time,
j_macqueen@hotmail.com writes:
<< Call me a complete innocent, but how is it obvious, Pat P, that Travis
loves Servalan? <smile> I'm not saying it isn't a legitimate
interpretation, but I just can't see it. >>
I can't either. It was always my impression that Travis not only did not love
Servalan but that he had very little (if any) respect for her. As the
dedicated military man he was, he respected her rank -- but I don't think he
had any interest in her as a woman at all.
One of Avon's Angel's
Suzanne
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 07:52:20 -0000
From: "Neil Faulkner" <N.Faulkner@tesco.net>
To: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Travis, etc.
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>> PS Good question, Neil, very good question. Yes, just how was Servalan
>> deposed, why, whom and by what? <grin>
>
>Yes, why Neil, can *you* tell us why?
>
>Pat P
Iasked who, not why. The why is obvious. Not that you're remotely
interested, doting as you are on speculative love affairs that have minimal
support from the canon.
Broken hearts are what sledgehammers were invented for. <g>
Neil
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 08:14:18 -0000
From: "Neil Faulkner" <N.Faulkner@tesco.net>
To: "lysator" <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] T.'s Offer to S. in 'The Keeper'
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>>I'm forced to conclude that Servalan did have some loyalty to the
>Federation.
>
>Hah! Servalan had loyalty to Servalan.
Disagree completely. Servalan believed in the Federation. She just had a
low opinion of the people in charge (they weren't *military*, dammit!)
>
>>Why did Travis make her the offer?
>
>Well, I'm inclined to say it was a come-on...but I won't...
Thank frag for that!
>Travis didn't want all that power, too complicated, messy. He wanted
>*access* to all that power. He wanted Servalan to take control and just
>give him whatever he asked for (Ships to chase Blake. Guns to shoot
>Blake. Knives to stab Blake).
Nope, he wanted to take out Star One, let the Andromedans in, and wave
bye-bye to the human race. Since he went to Star One believing he was the
only one knowing where it was, he had no reason to expect Blake to be there.
Ergo eliminating Blake had become a lesser priority.
My take on all this is in Wit and Wisdom of the Dead (Star 3): in order to
justify 'the final act', Travis needed to believe that Servalan, along with
the rest of the Federation, was corrupt beyond redemption. His offer of
Star One on Goth was his way of testing Servalan. The result ran counter to
his expectations but he went ahead anyway.
Neil
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 01:32:58 PST
From: "Penny Dreadful" <pdreadful@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] T.'s Offer to S. in 'The Keeper'
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I, in my customarily brilliant style, said:
>>Hah! Servalan had loyalty to Servalan.
Neil (Can I be Vyvyan, then?) said:
>Disagree completely. Servalan believed in the Federation.
She tried to rip them off in 'Deliverance'/'Orac' and 'Weapon', screwed
them over to save her own skin in 'Pressure Point', *and* overthrew them
at her earliest viable opportunity in 'Star One'. She may well have
believed in *Servalan's Federation* (cf. Dave Barry, beating Terry
Pratchett to the punch, I think - and I paraphrase: 'Power to the
People: i.e. Power to Me and a Few of My Friends Who Know What's Good
For The People') but inasmuch as loyalty to the Federation means
respecting/obeying its precedents...No. Servalan is an Eva Peron who did
not have the misfortune to die at 33.
Or was that Jesus?
>>>Why did Travis make her the offer?
>>
>>Well, I'm inclined to say it was a come-on...but I won't...
>
>Thank frag for that!
Who the frag is frag, and if you revere Him so, why don't you capitalise
His name?
>>Travis didn't want all that power, too complicated, messy. He wanted
>>*access* to all that power. He wanted Servalan to take control and
just
>>give him whatever he asked for (Ships to chase Blake. Guns to shoot
>>Blake. Knives to stab Blake).
>
>Nope, he wanted to take out Star One, let the Andromedans in, and wave
>bye-bye to the human race. Since he went to Star One believing he was
the
>only one knowing where it was, he had no reason to expect Blake to be
there.
>Ergo eliminating Blake had become a lesser priority.
Aaah, I really would like to disagree with Neil here, but that's always
been my reading...
>Travis needed to believe that Servalan, along with
>the rest of the Federation, was corrupt beyond redemption. His offer
of
>Star One on Goth was his way of testing Servalan. The result ran
counter to
>his expectations but he went ahead anyway.
Yes, no doubt in my mind, it *was* by way of testing Servalan, but I
don't imagine his reasoning was that *rational*.
-- Penny "Why Don't We Do It In The Liberator" Dreadful
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:14:43 -0000
From: "Fifitrix" <fifitrix@dial.pipex.com>
To: "U.M. Mccormack" <umm10@hermes.cam.ac.uk>, <blakes7@lysator.liu.se>
Subject: Re: [B7L] Free time again
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>Someone said (sorry, I lost your name):
>
>>Floyd is the kind of music that needs to be listened to whilst being
>>still
Thats alright sweetie.....it was me.....
>
>Very much so in my case. I fell asleep half way through their concert at
>Earl's Court in (?) 1994.
because you were knackered ? or perhaps because the music relaxed you so
much that you drifted off into a trance like sleep ?
or were they just having an off night ?
>
>Hope everyone had a smashing Christmas.
>Una
This goes double for me. I was really ill with flu just before and over
christmas so I did not get around to wishing everyone else a cool yule.
Here's to a great New Years Eve and smashing 1999.
Fifitrix
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To: Fifitrix <fifitrix@dial.pipex.com>
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Subject: [B7L] Re: Pink Floyd
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On Tue, 29 Dec 1998, Fifitrix wrote:
In response to my comment that:
> >Very much so in my case. I fell asleep half way through their concert at
> >Earl's Court in (?) 1994.
>
>
> because you were knackered ? or perhaps because the music relaxed you so
> much that you drifted off into a trance like sleep ?
>
> or were they just having an off night ?
>
Personally, I think it had more to do with the copious amounts of dope
that were being smoked around me. bear in mind that my metabolism crashes
and burns under the influence of half a glass of wine.
Una ;)
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 09:27:45 EST
From: Mac4781@aol.com
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Travis, casting, etc.
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Joanne wrote:
> Speaking of behaving themselves: I'm not sure if my computer at work has
> recovered from tidal waves of drool generated by the Godmother, and
> it'll have no chance to recover now, what with people drooling over Avon
> in leather of any colour. <grin> I share the Angels', erm, passion, by
> the way,
You never said you shared my passion... <sniff, pout>
> To Roger the Shrubber: that's a wonderful title you've dreamed up
> <smile>. The Star Trek fans on the list must be grinning. I don't know
> what Carol thinks of the casting for Tarrant - I'm under the impression
> that she prefers tall and dark to short and blond.
Not only tall and dark. There is only ONE Tarrant. Nothing else is worth
considering. Now everyone should go out and make New Year's resolutions to
remember that. ;-)
Belatedly getting to some of Joanne's comments from 12-22:
> Just a question. How well guarded was this whole operation? It's one
> thing, you see, to have a whole planet to yourself, like what'shisface
> in "Games", but not having seen the episode in question, I have no idea
> what the opportunities might have been for someone to find a way to make
> a sufficient quantity of kairopan "disappear".
Because of the spiders, it was only safe to harvest kairopan for the seven
days after the vernal equinox. The plan was to steal the kairopan when it was
in transport. The impression the episode gives is that the heist would have
succeeded if Tarrant hadn't been up against someone who knew him so
well--Jarvik. Tarrant easily outwits a standard Federation trap early in the
episode. Tarrant's military background gave him an edge in that case. His
military background--most specifically the time he served under Jarvik--worked
against him later.
> <grimace> Heaven help his digestive system (and Heaven help my computer
> at work - I can see the drool pouring out of it again <grin>). That,
> potentially, could lead to a diet worse than the one you've just
> suggested for Vila!
One has to hope that his shipmates have learned to leave healthy leftovers in
the front of the fridge for him. :) Back to Tarrant's cold pizza, or rather
pizza in general, I had some very interesting take-out pizzas in England. I
tried several of the varieties from the place near our hotel. Pizza
Florentine (with eggs and spinach) was probably my favorite.
> Which reminds me of something that annoyed me about
> "The Sevenfold Crown" - Vila is, possibly, a drunken sot at his worst,
> but I can't see him eating vast quantities. He's a thief, for Heaven's
> sake!
That was a grimace! A possible fan-to-the-rescue-of-inconsistent-writing
explanation might be that Vila was trying to cut back on drinking at that time
and his attention turned to food.
Carol Mc
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 14:08:50 PST
From: "Joanne MacQueen" <j_macqueen@hotmail.com>
To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se
Subject: Re: [B7L] Tarrant (that'll get Carol's attention <grin>)
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Hello all.
>Joanne wrote: >><grin> I share the Angels', erm, passion, by
>> the way,
>You never said you shared my passion... <sniff, pout>
Oi! Godmother! <grin> remember that you're still waving your wand and
sprinkling fairy dust so far as transforming me is concerned. Liking
Avon is nature (for me); liking Tarrant is going to have to be nurture,
and I'm sure you'll be quite happy to do that. <Mutter of "I've been
threatened by experts...">
>> I don't know what Carol thinks of the casting for Tarrant - I'm under
>>the impression that she prefers tall and dark to short and blond.
>Not only tall and dark. There is only ONE Tarrant. Nothing else is
>worth considering. Now everyone should go out and make New >Year's
resolutions to remember that. ;-)
<smile> "And there shalt be no other Tarrants after me", so to speak?
(Am I being a bit frivolous here? If so, I'm sorry. I was watching the
docu-drama "Aftershocks" last night, and some of the archival footage
put me right back in 1989. Carol has provided the perfect distraction
from unhappy memories.)
>> Which reminds me of something that annoyed me about
>> "The Sevenfold Crown" - Vila is, possibly, a drunken sot at his
>> worst, but I can't see him eating vast quantities. He's a thief, for
>> Heaven's sake!
>That was a grimace! A possible
>fan-to-the-rescue-of-inconsistent-writing explanation might be that
Vila >was trying to cut back on drinking at that time and his attention
>turned to food.
Not that it worked. I haven't watched "Blake" for a while, but I seem to
recall that he'd drunk Xenon base dry by that time. <smile> I don't
think one needs to be in that much of a hurry to defend inconsistencies
in "The Sevenfold Crown".
Regards
Joanne
You must also take care if you choose the marble made by Merlin the
Enchanter...I beg you, beware of shattering the marble, for there would
be a dreadful deluge, a disastrous shipwreck with thunder, lightning,
and showers of glass.
--Frederic Clement, The Merchant of Marvels and The Peddler of Dreams.
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