HIGHLA-L Digest - 3 Aug 2002 (#2002-114)
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Topics of the day:
1. ADMIN: Spoilers for other first-run series (2)
2. ADMIN: Oops: Spoilers for other first-run series
3. The Void ... Amanda Tapping interview
4. DVD's (2)
5. 'The Void' on SABC (5)
6. HL DVD's (3)
7. AP Dark Shadows episodes?
8. Jim's Dead Zone ep (again)
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 10:33:01 -0500
From: Debra Douglass <ddoug@catrio.org>
Subject: ADMIN: Spoilers for other first-run series
I would like to remind Leah and everyone else that it has always been
the policy of this list that we do not Spoil other first-run TV series
and movies. PLEASE remember this while discussing other shows.
-Debbie Douglass
(list owner)
On 8/3/2002, on HIGHLA-L@lists.psu.edu, Bizarro7@aol.com wrote:
>>In a message dated 8/3/02 8:18:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, RED57@aol.com
>>writes:
>>
>><< (did anyone see SG-1 last night? It was surprisingly funny, and I swear the
>> guests consisted of Dr. Phlox... and Harold, the nephew from the Red Green
>> show.) >>
>>
>>I found it better than some of the earlier episodes of this disappointing
>>season so far, but only one line made me laugh: Jack calling the First Prime
>>Jaffa a bastard because he ended a threat with a preposition. The rest of it
>>seemed to be a lot of potential poorly realized, and a lot of implications
>>that all intellectuals are geeks and sci-fi fans and vice versa. The final
>>scene, that implied that the entire adventure might have occurred in the
>>imagination of the physicist, was an anti-climax, IMO.
>>
>>Leah
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 10:50:58 -0500
From: Debra Douglass <ddoug@catrio.org>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: Oops: Spoilers for other first-run series
Well, wasn't that rather stupid of me to compound the error by
retaining the Spoiler for Stargate SG-1 in my admonishment message.
Apologies to all of those of you who managed to avoid it the first
time.
My bad,
-Debbie
On 8/3/2002, on HIGHLA-L@lists.psu.edu, Debra Douglass wrote:
>>I would like to remind Leah and everyone else that it has always been
>>the policy of this list that we do not Spoil other first-run TV series
>>and movies. PLEASE remember this while discussing other shows.
>>
>>-Debbie Douglass
>>(list owner)
>>
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 08:56:20 -0700
From: Jen Allen <jen@jendaveallen.com>
Subject: Re: The Void ... Amanda Tapping interview
This is from Wendy. I do believe she meant it to go back to the list and
not just to me, so I'm passing it on and commenting all at the same time
just because it's more confusing that way. :-)
jjswbt@earthlink.net wrote:
>
> Nina said:
>
> >> > Amanda Tapping lost huge points w/ me by stating in interviews her
> >> blushing relief that AP had the expertise in love scenes to avoid their
> >> touching intimate "bits" ... what a freak.
>
> Jen:
> >She just sounds rather shy and sweet to me. Not freaky in the least.
>
> How can you say that! The woman *didn't* want her intimate bits touching AP's intimate bits. That > "freaky" by definition! There are any number of otherwise sane women (and a fair number of
> Canadians) who would pay money to have their intimate bits placed in close proximity to AP's
> intimate bits.
Wendy, Wendy, Wendy. This is Duncan, not Aragorn. If it were Aragorn,
*then* she'd be a freak.
Besides, why would Canadians want to touch his bits? Unless they were
boy Canadians, but that's a slash of a different color.
>
> >Besides, she's right. Jack O'Neil is the best. <g>
>
> Blasphemy!
Nope. Just honesty... :P
>
> Jack gets older and khakier as each year goes by whereas Duncan is/was ageless and beige. Um...I
> mean....Jack needs Sam and Teal'C and Daniel/Jonas to accomplish anything whereas Duncan was
> self-sufficient! Plus...Jack never gets laid and Duncan rubbed intimate bits on a regular basis.
>(I didn't mean he rubbed his ow...um....never mind)
See, I *told* you Jack was better! It takes Sam, Teal'C, *and*
Daniel/Jonas to rub his bits!
(What?)
>
> Wendy(McGuyver was best)
> Fairy Killer
> jjswbt@earthlink.net
> http://home.earthlink.net/~jjswbt/index.html
In McGuyver all bits involved duct tape.
Wait, that came out wrong....
Jen
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 18:26:21 +0200
From: Marina Bailey <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: DVD's
And you people think you have problems! Try us. In South
Africa, DVD players cost a *minumum* of R1,000. So they're
ALL expensive. Plus, most will only play Region 2 disks
(the UK system). Now, some companies get Region 1 DVDs
from the States and sell them without telling people
that there are such things as different regions. And then
people post messages to S.A. discussion boards going,
"But my DVD won't PLAY!!"
Or you buy a region 2 DVD labelled "This disk is not Web
enabled" (I still don't know what the hell THAT means)
and it won't play on ANY region setting on your fancy
Pioneer DVD player that will play EVERYTHING else.
Or... but you get the idea.
People overseas have it easy. Being a fan in South Africa is
difficult!
- Marina. (Still waiting for the first season of Angel to be
released locally.)
\\ "You've heard it said that living well is ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
// the best revenge? Au contraire - living || R I C H I E >> \\
\\ forever is the best revenge." - Lacroix ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
//=====Marina Bailey====tmar@sifl.iid.co.za====|| \\
\\=============Chief Flag Waver and Defender of Richie============//
Discussing Voyager:
Me: What happened to Seven?
My brother: She stumbled into a plot device.
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 18:26:25 +0200
From: Marina Bailey <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: 'The Void' on SABC
Wendy says:
>Oh..come on!
>Let's do it for old time sake.
I will if you will. But most of the topics you list don't
interest me. Except Richie, and I won't touch *that*
discussion with a ten-foot pole!
>We could argue that fanfic writers who insist on writing slash
>about demonstrably heterosexual characters are deluded old biddies
>who have never had any sex - hetero or homo- but have very active
>imaginations fueled by desperation and self loathing.
Hey, who are you calling old?
>We could argue that the worst fanfic ever written was better than
>any script created for Season Six of Highlander (Oh, wait..no
>argument there.)
Must agree. But maybe Nina wants to argue that one. Wait, we said
that discussion wasn't scheduled yet!
- Marina. (Please note that it's Wendy who keeps bringing up
Canadians. I never said a word about that!!)
Sekrit message to Tarryn: X-Files, yes or no? Let me know, I'm
ready!
\\ "You've heard it said that living well is ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
// the best revenge? Au contraire - living || R I C H I E >> \\
\\ forever is the best revenge." - Lacroix ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
//=====Marina Bailey====tmar@sifl.iid.co.za====|| \\
\\=============Chief Flag Waver and Defender of Richie============//
Discussing Voyager:
Me: What happened to Seven?
My brother: She stumbled into a plot device.
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 18:26:23 +0200
From: Marina Bailey <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: 'The Void' on SABC
Nina wrote:
>And, saying--basically--that you just wanted to do it is NO justification
>for doing something you obviously _knew_ was wrong. Unless you are in
>kindergarten or prison. But, that's another discussion & one that is not
>currently scheduled. Still--hi, Marina!
*Waves to Nina*
Kindergarten or prison? *Snerk* It gets worse every time. Aisle 9,
Silas. :)
- Marina. (I've always enjoyed the fights more than anything, and I
suspect you have, too. Are we just weird?)
\\ "You've heard it said that living well is ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
// the best revenge? Au contraire - living || R I C H I E >> \\
\\ forever is the best revenge." - Lacroix ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
//=====Marina Bailey====tmar@sifl.iid.co.za====|| \\
\\=============Chief Flag Waver and Defender of Richie============//
Discussing Voyager:
Me: What happened to Seven?
My brother: She stumbled into a plot device.
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 18:34:09 +0200
From: Marina Bailey <tmar@sifl.iid.co.za>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: Spoilers for other first-run series
Debbie wrote:
>I would like to remind Leah and everyone else that it has always been
>the policy of this list that we do not Spoil other first-run TV series
>and movies. PLEASE remember this while discussing other shows.
Thanks, Debbie. I was wondering if I'd now have to start sifting
through HIGHLA-L messages trying to avoid Stargate spoilers.
(I assume the spoilers are only for the season currently being
shown? I miss Daniel. But, like, who doesn't?)
- Marina.
\\ "You've heard it said that living well is ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
// the best revenge? Au contraire - living || R I C H I E >> \\
\\ forever is the best revenge." - Lacroix ||>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> //
//=====Marina Bailey====tmar@sifl.iid.co.za====|| \\
\\=============Chief Flag Waver and Defender of Richie============//
Discussing Voyager:
Me: What happened to Seven?
My brother: She stumbled into a plot device.
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 14:09:32 -0400
From: Trilby <trilby23@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: 'The Void' on SABC
Date sent: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 16:33:33 +0100
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From: Jette Goldie <jette@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Every actor I've met said they found love scenes embarrassing
> and would prefer not to "touch bits" with semi-strangers in front
> of several dozen other semi-strangers and lots of lights, cameras
> and other equipment.
You mean you ask every actor you meet about their experiences filming
love scenes? ;-)
-------------------- Trilby
"Her life was okay. Sometimes she wished she were
sleeping with the right man instead of with her dog, but
she never felt she was sleeping with the wrong dog."
- "Change of Life" by Judith Collas
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 14:18:26 -0400
From: jjswbt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: 'The Void' on SABC
Me:
>> >We could argue about whether all female written fanfics are essentially
>> Mary Sues whereas all male written fanfics are the
>> > purest of imaginative efforts.
Nina:
>> Guys write fanfic?
Ginny:
> Would the main character be called "Dirk" or something?
Oh yes. And he would be tall and strong and well educated (by school or by life) and he would be able to fix a broken car (or airplane) and drink bourbon all night without getting stupid drunk. He could handle himself in a fight (swords, knives, guns *and* fists) and in bed. He is a loner..but willing to give himself totally to the right woman. All women find him attractive...many fall in love with him. He has rugged features..doesn't consider himself handsome - but he *does* have that "little boy" quality that men think women find so attractive <eg> He will manage to win the battle, bed the woman, solve the crime, and walk away assured in his skin and ready for another day. In other words..he is just your typical "guy"..an everyman to the nth degree. <barf>
Wendy (Needless to say, any female character written by a woman who is beautiful, competent, and irresistible to men is an MS to the nth plus1 degree.)
Fairy Killer
jjswbt@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~jjswbt/index.html
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 14:23:58 -0400
From: Trilby <trilby23@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: DVD's
Date sent: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 18:40:58 -0400
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L@lists.psu.edu>
From: KLZ <kzimmerman3@COX.NET>
> Didn't you know? Sony has never forgiven the industry for using
> VHS instead of Beta format tapes. Harrrrumph. These new DVD
> players can't hold a candle to my old Betamax or my '57 Dodge.
Harrumph indeed. Anyone who's never seen a Beta format tape hasn't
got any idea how badly we all got screwed when VHS became the
standard.
> Why, in *MY* day, we didn't have all these new-fangled recording
> devices. We had to climb a rock and throw hills to get any TV at
> all! On a 5" screen! With vacuum tubes! And we were proud to be
> Americans, we were, snowy screens and all! (Uphill! Both ways!).
And it was all black-and-white! No colour! Don't forget that part!!
And if we got all of the Big 3 networks, we were lucky. And if we
got PBS at all, we were in heaven!!
> In any case, I don't have any HL DVD's yet, but Dr. Jackson and His
> Divine Geezerness, Col. Jack O'Neill, show up just fine on my $110
> APEX DVD player. I figured I'd do what I did when VCR's and CD's
> came out: buy a fairly cheap one, wait till they get the bugs out,
Me too. I also can't see myself spending the money for a good DVD
player until they make one that can also record from the TV so I can
time-shift. And one thing you can always count on: electronics will
eventually come down in price as the market becomes more competitive.
> ZK (before that, we chisled grooves in rocks to make records)(You
> know - records - those things you see in antique stores)(Along with
> typewriters and wind-up watches)(reminds me - gotta go home and
> figure out what my cat did to the connection to my DVD player)
And turntables. The things we used to play records on. Remember
those? I still have mine. For sentimental reasons. *sigh*
-------------------- Trilby
Live long and prosper. May the Force be with you.
Remember that the truth is out there ...
No matter where you go ... there you are ...
And he will find you ...
But in the end there can be only one.
Oh, boy.
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 14:34:22 -0400
From: Trilby <trilby23@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: 'The Void' on SABC
Date sent: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 21:12:42 -1000
Send reply to: Highlander movies and TV series <HIGHLA-
L@lists.psu.edu>
From: MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net>
>
> Guys write fanfic?
http://views.vcu.edu/medtoast/docshlfic.html
That's all I'm sayin'.
-------------------- Trilby
Music express what words can not explain, and on which it is
impossible to stay silent - Victor Hugo
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 16:22:15 -0400
From: Claire Li <clairesa@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: HL DVD's
I am apparently one of those "under 10" people that Lynn is referring to who
complained about "defective" HL dvds. I tried to play to dvd's on 3
different dvd players, and they were stuck in the same spots over and over.
I returned the dvds, and only just last month, re-ordered the set when they
were on sale. The new set works. So, Lynn, here is one consumer who did
try to play the dvd's on multiple players in spite of your claims to the
contrary. The viscious tone of this discussion disturbed me back when I
first posted my difficulty, and it it continues to do so. There are
defective dvd's, plain and simple, not to say that all of them are
defective.
Claire Li
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 18:26:01 -0700
From: Lynn <lloschin@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: HL DVD's
From: "Claire Li" <clairesa@OPTONLINE.NET>
> I am apparently one of those "under 10" people that Lynn is referring to
who
> complained about "defective" HL dvds.
Claire, yes, you are... in fact you're the only person on this list I recall
making such a complaint.
I clearly said that there probably *were* some bad discs out there. A few
isolated problems with a few discs are not indicative of a widespread
"quality control problem" with the HL DVDs as some people apparently
believe. Any look at a general home theater forum will show that almost
every DVD release has isolated cases of bad discs.
My point (which seems to have been lost in the muddle) is that not *every*
problem is attributable to a bad disc, and that it wasn't a conclusion that
should be immediately leapt to, as some people have.
Lynn
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:35:53 EDT
From: Kln73@aol.com
Subject: Re: AP Dark Shadows episodes?
<<> Since I'm sure someone around here will know, which episodes of the
> Dark Shadows remake was AP in? >>
Dark Shadows fan de-lurking! :)
I don't know episode numbers, but when they go back into the past, that's
when he shows up.
Kristi
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 18:42:41 -0700
From: Lynn <lloschin@sprynet.com>
Subject: Jim's Dead Zone ep (again)
If you missed it the first four or five times it aired on USA, Jim's Dead
Zone episode will be on Skiffy (aka the Sci-Fi Channel) next Friday at 8 pm
EDT/PDT. It also includes Eric Keenlyside (but blink and you might miss
him.) Check your local listings, etc.
Lynn
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 21:46:55 EDT
From: Highlandmg@aol.com
Subject: Re: HL DVD's
Hi
I agree here with Lynn as I have returned a movie or two when it did not work
in my player. I returned two disks Bravheart and The Sixth Sense. My
Highlander series dvd have been watched and re watched much to my enjoyment.
I have had no problems I am begining to think if people see highlander store
they see inferior Products.
Mary
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