HIGHLA-L Digest - 19 Jan 2006 to 20 Jan 2006 (#2006-11)
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There are 5 messages totalling 217 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. HL alum
2. HL moment (4)
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:44:02 -0800
From: FKMel <sgt_buck_frobisher@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: HL alum
I was transferring my HL vhs copies of Season Six to
dvds, since I don't want to pay for a season I don't
care for much.
Anway, there was Alexis Denisof, "Wesley" from Buffy &
Angel, in "Diplomatic Immunity". <g> It's been so long
since I watched season sux - I never knew AD played on
HL.
He's also in "Sharpe" with Sean Bean - but not a very
sympathetic
character
Hmm never heard of that one. I sometimes will pull out
DI just to watch him again although the ep itself
isn't really good. When I first saw it, I don't think
I'd have known him if i hadn't seen his name in the
credits. And that was after I started watching Angel
lol.
Mel (Indescretions is the only other ep I'll watch
sometimes from S6)
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:49:05 -0800
From: FKMel <sgt_buck_frobisher@yahoo.com>
Subject: HL moment
I was rewatching the movie of The Stand for about the
third time (well I saw it through once, then got it a
second time but never got past part two, so maybe this
is twice)...for those who're wondering, it's based on
a Stephen King book about a killer flu wiping out
nearly everyone and the good vs evil battle of the
survivors... and there's a scene near the end where
two of the characters,Stu and Tom are watching the
nuclear explosion that killed all the bad guys. Stu
says what's a really familiar quote to an HL fan..."I
saw a pale horse with a pale rider...and the horse's
name was pestilence and the rider's name was Death" At
least I think that's it, it was hard to hear it all.
Also the segment itself was "pale horse, pale
rider"...and I actually read this book the first time
because of a Stand/HL crossover RPG lol.
Actually it has me curious. I thought Pestilence was
another of the Horsemen, didn't know the horses had
names.
Mel,who knows Methos is Death and thinks Silas is
War...is it Caspian-Famine and Kronos-Pestilence?)
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:24:57 -0500
From: Wendy <Immortals_Incorporated@cox.net>
Subject: Re: HL moment
Mel says of "The Stand":
> what's a really familiar quote to an HL fan..."I saw a pale
> horse with a pale rider...and the horse's name was pestilence
> and the rider's name was Death" At least I think that's it,
> it was hard to hear it all.
<snip>
> Actually it has me curious. I thought Pestilence was another
> of the Horsemen, didn't know the horses had names.
>From the King James Bible:
# Rev. 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him
had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering,
and to conquer.
**** The white horse is generally considered to be the Antichrist -
except by those who see it as a reference to the invading armies of
Parthia who rode white horses...which makes it "war" *****
#Rev. 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was
given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that
they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great
sword.
*****The red horse is commonly believed to represent "war" (except by
those who like white for war) because of the sword and the red for
blood. OTOH, some think "red" stands for pestilence (Remember the Masque
of the Red Death?) *****
#Rev. 6:5/6 And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him
had a pair of balances in his hand.
# And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of
wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see
thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
****Black is for famine because of the scale and the mention of
wheat/barley and money. *****
# Rev. 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat
on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto
them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with
hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
***This is the only one with a name. The Rider's name is Death...the
horse is still unnamed. It's assumed that the "pale" horse indicated a
sickly animal and that meant pestilence - which would probably mean that
RED didn't mean pestilence because...hey...why repeat yourself? ****
So, what you have are the Antichrist, War, Famine and
Death-by-Pestilence.
A nice bunch....if one believes.
Wendy(Hey DEBBIE!!)(We're discussing religion now!!)(Come stop us!!!!)
Immortals Inc.
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:55:12 -1000
From: MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: HL moment
> So, what you have are the Antichrist, War, Famine and
> Death-by-Pestilence.
> A nice bunch....if one believes.
> Wendy(Hey DEBBIE!!)(We're discussing religion now!!)
You could toss in Bush & Iraq, Intelligent Design, stem cell research, the
Nip/Tuck finale, & Tom Cruise, & it would all still be less unnerving than
speculating about Highlander: The Source.
Nina (if DPP insists on another "gift to the fans" how about a nice ebay
certificate, or something from godiva.com?)
mac.westie@verizon.net
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Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:23:37 -0500
From: Gregory Mate <gmate@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: HL moment
Wendy <Immortals_Incorporated@COX.NET> wrote:
*****The red horse is commonly believed to represent "war" (except by
those who like white for war) because of the sword and the red for
blood. OTOH, some think "red" stands for pestilence (Remember the Masque
of the Red Death?) *****
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Or civil war (in contrast to the "conquering" flavour)
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Wendy again:
***This is the only one with a name. The Rider's name is Death...the
horse is still unnamed. It's assumed that the "pale" horse indicated a
sickly animal and that meant pestilence - which would probably mean that
RED didn't mean pestilence because...hey...why repeat yourself? ****
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Death-by-Pestilence, of course, because Death by Comfy Chair was not invented until the Spanish Inquisition.
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Wendy:
So, what you have are the Antichrist, War, Famine and
Death-by-Pestilence.
A nice bunch....if one believes.
Wendy(Hey DEBBIE!!)(We're discussing religion now!!)(Come stop us!!!!)
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What I believe is that Methos gave himself away when he said, "I was Death...Death on a horse." We never saw him on a horse in modern times (though I imagine his road rage is terrible to behold) and on foot, he was Just-A-Guy. Leading me to also believe that Silas (War, if we go with Mel's definitions) became known as Like-Me-Or-Lick-Me, Caspian (Famine) was Mr.-Emo, and Kronos (Pestilence) was the dreaded BDSM-Boy. And they moved from the Apocalypse to Calypso (Caspian in particular was said to be a virtuoso steel pan drummer).
....Greg....
gmate@rogers.com
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