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blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 178
Today's Topics:
[B7L] B7 movie news
RE: [B7L] B7 movie news
Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie
Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie
Re: Playing Avon (was Re: [B7L] Website)
Re: Playing Avon (was Re: [B7L] Website)
Re: [B7L] Re: actors for The Movie
Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie
Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie
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Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 17:01:18 +0200
From: Chris <cporsch@cityweb.de>
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Found this on the Crusade message board.
Chris
>Ron Thornton who pioneered the CGI
effects for Babylon 5 and Voyager, has
been approached to provide complex
effects for a big budget sequel to cult
classic Blake's 7.
>Thornton worked on the original B7
series way back in 1981 and he built the
Scorpio model used throughout the fourth
season.
>The TV Movie is split into 2 75 minute
episodes, and Paul Darrow who is an
executive producer returns as the
psychopath Kerr Avon.
>The films are set 20 years after the
original dramatic finale and it will also
star Chris Morris better known for
satirical comedy shows The Day Today and
Brass Eye. Chris a long time fan of the
original series will play a fanatical
freedom fighter calling himself Blake.
>Avon is now Federation agent and he is
used to infiltrate the new rebel
movement.
>Blake's 7 was often cited by JMS as a
major influence in Babylon 5.
>More news on these exciting developments
can be found in the next issue of SFX.
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Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 17:39:28 +0200
From: Jacqueline Thijsen <jacqueline.thijsen@cmg.nl>
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> >The films are set 20 years after the
> original dramatic finale and it will also
> star Chris Morris better known for
> satirical comedy shows The Day Today and
> Brass Eye. Chris a long time fan of the
> original series will play a fanatical
> freedom fighter calling himself Blake.
> >Avon is now Federation agent and he is
> used to infiltrate the new rebel
> movement.
>
<whimper> This could be soooo good. Or soooo bad. Does anyone know if this
Blake is supposed to be the original Blake? Or is he a relative, or just an
admirer using the name? I can see Avon becoming a Federation agent if that
made him feel safer. Ooooh, I do so hope they make a good story out of it.
Jacqueline
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Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 10:31:10 PDT
From: "Hellen Paskaleva" <hellen_pas@hotmail.com>
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Me:
> > Not suitable for Vila, maybe someone more, ... how to say, ...
>humble...?
Calle:
>Kevin Spacey. See "The Usual Suspects" for why.
Again me:
Nononono. I've already chose him for Blake. See him in "The negotiator" and
"L.A. confidential" ... Spacey just *looks* humble, but he can perform a
charismatic person, capable to let people follow him.
Hellen
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Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 18:53:36 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
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Is there any way that we can have John Cusack in this B7 movie?
Una
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Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 15:40:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: J MacQueen <jomacqueen@yahoo.com>
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--- Kathryn Andersen <kat@welkin.apana.org.au> wrote:
> > menace and not enough, erm, appeal to the
> hormones),
> > but someone may.
> Christopher Walken? You obviously didn't see him >
in "The Dead Zone" (which is what first caught my >
attention) or "Sarah Plain and Tall".
Unfortunately, no. There are so many films I haven't
managed to see, either at a cinema or on television.
<sigh> So Kathryn and Penny can start feeling pity for
me (no, I don't feel that's likely! <grin>)
> Christopher Walken is one of those few actors who
> can do both "dangerous" and "vulnerable" - and
>those kind of actors appeal to me. Who are the
>others? [snip]
Apart from Darrow, those are American actors. This is
not to disparage them in any way, shape or form, but
I'm afraid I'd rather see Alan Rickman in the role.
There is a catch: he's not much younger than Darrow
<rueful grin>
Regards
Joanne
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Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 22:52:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: J MacQueen <jomacqueen@yahoo.com>
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I wrote:
>but I'm afraid I'd rather see Alan Rickman in the
>role.
Now that I think of it, he might match the "Aftermath"
costume, but I don't know about the leather trousers
apparently desired by Penny (and, no doubt, many
others).
Going back to the drawing board (and the video store,
sometime)
Joanne
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Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 08:09:39 -0400
From: Harriet Monkhouse <101637.2064@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Re: [B7L] Re: actors for The Movie
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Mistral replied to me:
>> I still say Vote Robbie Coltrane for Avon!
>
>Please, no. I like Robbie Coltrane a lot, and he could get the
>psychology right, but he hasn't got the felinity.
Yes, but that's what I want to avoid this time round. It's not that I
don't enjoy Paul Darrow's physical appeal, but if Avon can't grab my
attention without that then he's not worth the big fuss. So I want to
focus on his more interesting aspects by sidestepping the sex appeal from
the start. The only snag is that I keep finding people who insist
Coltrane's sexy.
Harriet
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Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 07:11:46 PDT
From: "Hellen Paskaleva" <hellen_pas@hotmail.com>
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Una wrote:
>Is there any way that we can have John Cusack in this B7 movie?
I can't recall what he looks like clearly (I have just vague memories of him
as the policeman in "Con Air"), but my sister, who is more than competent in
the field, said, that the only role, that John Cusack could play, is
Vila's.
Comments?
Hellen
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Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 17:22:40 +0100
From: "Una McCormack" <una@q-research.connectfree.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie
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Hellen said:
> Una wrote:
> >Is there any way that we can have John Cusack in this B7 movie?
>
> I can't recall what he looks like clearly (I have just vague memories of
him
> as the policeman in "Con Air"), but my sister, who is more than competent
in
> the field, said, that the only role, that John Cusack could play, is
> Vila's.
> Comments?
I've been mulling this one over as I was slapping black gloss paint around
this afternoon, and eventually came to the decision that I quite liked this
idea. Particularly with Robbie Coltrane as Avon.
Una
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