HIGHLA-L Digest - 15 Mar 2006 (#2006-58)
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There are 5 messages totalling 166 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Moving along - actual talk about Highlander (2)
2. Source SPOILERS--possibly
3. HLWW, Carmel and Cons...
4. To spoil or not to spoil
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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:44:51 EST
From: Dotiran@aol.com
Subject: Re: Moving along - actual talk about Highlander
In a message dated 3/15/2006 5:35:10 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
Immortals_Incorporated@COX.NET writes:
>>> (If necessary, fights should be cut to make room for more nekkid
sweaty katas)
Well whadda ya know. We agree on something :)
Also I do know what I *don't* want to see. I don't want to see any heads
rolling across the floor and winking at me. Swift, deft beheadings off camera
like on t.v. will do just fine thank you very much.
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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:49:13 -0500
From: Katie King <katking@UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: Moving along - actual talk about Highlander
On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:22:55 -0500, Wendy <Immortals_Incorporated@cox.net> wrote:
>Mostly what I want to see in "The Source" is a coherent *story*. I want
>to see on-screen a thoughtfully planned plot. While almost all movies
>have plot holes in them, I would prefer not to be able to spot them a
>mile away. I want the story to flow- not jump around as if the editor
>finally gave up and just spliced random bits together. I want the
>characters that we know to act in a manner consistent with what we have
>seen before. I want the new characters to have depth - no clichéd
>scenery chewing villains and no dewy-eyed fragile females hiding behind
>tough girl exteriors. I don't want to see wire-work to the exclusion of
>dialog. I don't want things to blow up just to cover the fact that the
>writers didn't know what to do next. With a million dollars or less per
>episode, HL:TS did some exceptional story-telling. With 14 million
>dollars, I want to see that same skill with better wigs<g>
I would love a wonderfully written story with lots of fun in jokes for fans. An "A" level movie but
with fanish gestures. I do love it when they show they know some of the best fan fic as well as
canon.... That's over the moon!
But, really, the stuff that's the best fodder for fan workings is often the "B" level stuff: lots of
promise with some big juicy "holes" to fill in with fan ingenuity.
Humor really matters to me. And those self-reflexive in-jokes referring to other HL eps make me
giggle. Put that together with some great AP chemistry -- with both straight and gay possibilities
-- I like both -- and I will go and see it several times.
The last one I saw once and can hardly remember. Not quite as bad as Zeist, although that did
have that funny scene with Connery changing his clothes and paying for them with his earrings....
I do like having AP, PW and JB. That sounds promising to me.
As for wigs -- I guess I'm not enough of a judge. I even liked the old-fashioned hair extensions
from season one.
I do like having women warriors, convincing with a sword and witty ways. They can be old
forgotten loves -- I'm easy with that.
I especially like it when you get something going that makes it momentarily real that Duncan
could actually have lived all that long -- and learned something worth knowing. Methos can do
that even better if they'll give the character some story range.
Other humor I like: witty anachronisms. Flashbacks are important.
As for spoiling: I love it. It never spoils anything for me. It really adds to any possible pleasures.
The more I know behind the scenes and before the camera, the more excitement I bring to the
experience. It makes me a bit more generous in how I judge and enjoy it.
Yes. Actual talk about Highlander. In lots of forms!
Katie
katking@umd.edu
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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:16:22 -0500
From: Heidi <heidi@bronze.lcs.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Source SPOILERS--possibly
From: Wendy <Immortals_Incorporated@COX.NET>
Debbie's avatar sends out the instructions on a regular basis.
That's it! You've solved the mystery of what happened to Debbie. She's
being held captive by a French dwarf in a room full of red fog and
tie-dye roses and her only contact the outside world is sending out
the list info posts. Ok, I actually don't remember if the dwarf first
showed up in Avatar or one of the other two episodes in the arc, but
it's been a nutty enough day to fit.
=}{=
(heidi@bronzel.lcs.mit.edu)
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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:53:26 -1000
From: MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: HLWW, Carmel and Cons...
kageorge takes exception to my little public service lesson--
> No one cares whether you 'implied' or 'inferred'
Um--it wasn't me. It was Wendy. And, actually, she "stated." As she is
wont to do. But John seemed to think going the implied/inferred route
somehow made it ugly. And, of course, he picked the wrong word. So many
people do, but that's no reason to accept it. Just like there's no reason
to accept crappy Highlander TV movies, even if it IS fun to go to cons &
squeal a lot & take tons of inexplicably bad photos of Adrian & the rest of
the cast.
But, back to you. And your "No one cares...." So, now that Carmel's gone
(again) (supposedly) (I doubt it) (poor sport) (oh, well--she doesn't
contribute any discussion here anyway), are YOU the one in charge & speaking
for all? Just checking. Because, remember--Carmel's still running
Highlander WorldWide. That's pretty encompassing. You must handle ...
Highlander Galactic??? Highlander Cosmic??? Highlander Out There to Hell &
Gone??? Got any cons coming up?
Nina (honestly, Highlander WorldWide always makes me think of David
Letterman's production company--World Wide Pants) (& the giggle is
appreciated)
mac.westie@verizon.net
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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 16:45:46 -0800
From: "R. A. Shelton" <darkwindesign@charter.net>
Subject: Re: To spoil or not to spoil
At 2:06 PM -0800 3/15/06, M M wrote:
>I do realize that the most important factor will be
>the ultimate quality of the film; if it's awesome,
>I'll love it, and if it's terrible, I won't, but if
>it's somewhere in between, (my bet), spoilers could
>matter. Or not?
Well, I personally hate to be spoiled - no matter what it is - book
or movie or any story. I always feel like I've been cheated out of
the all little surprises along the way that the writer/s & director
wanted me to see/feel if I already know what's going to happen. I
love to watch stuff I like over & over, but there's only that *one*
first time for watching anything - and I hate to spoil it.
Of course that's just my opinion... Rachel
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Rachel Shelton
darkwindesign@charter.net
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