Now we venture into the established Canon of Xena lore. Hard to think that someone on the planet has not seen this episode, but if you do exist, please head...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 9, 2010 8:05 am
... Hi Bill Back in the old days that would have started a war, since O&K were regarded as Hercules writers who, like everything to do with Hercules, was...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 9, 2010 11:48 am
As it happens, I've almost finished going right through the full Herc and Xena saga (leaving out the episodes that were particularly useless), I'm up to the ...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 9, 2010 11:48 am
... This ep had some excellent dialogue in it, and some genuine comedy which I suppose has to be called 'situation comedy' (NOT the cr*p which passes as...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 9, 2010 11:48 am
... Errm, sorry? I thought that's precisely what Herc did in 'Unchained Heart', no? And I seem to remember her getting pretty chummy with Iolaus in 'The ...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 9, 2010 11:48 am
... And the shepherdess she gave the baby to - Sela Brown - looks remarkably like Sela Apera who was Queen Marga in Coming Home (maybe she got married and ...
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wyzone@...
Jan 9, 2010 2:49 pm
Thanks for the clarification on Ares in Hercules. I thought it odd that some cloaked "demon-handed"entity would raise Darfus and introduce the Ares vs Xena...
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wyzone@...
Jan 9, 2010 2:53 pm
cr I think I was really trying to go for the fact that this is the first illustion to the subtext. It was rather late for me when I wrote this review. I'm...
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fsktl too
fsktl
Jan 9, 2010 7:10 pm
On the Flawless list, people are posting links to the podcast of Lucy as a guest on the NPR show "Wait, wait, don't tell me". Here is the link: ...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 10, 2010 11:34 am
Okay. I'm not sure of the exact meaning of 'You ain't whistling Dixie' (not being American), I assumed it means 'you're dead right', which in the current ...
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Bill Kisselstein
bkisselstein@...
Jan 11, 2010 12:36 pm
I believe Gaby's line is "Don't worry, she'd never let a man get close enough to do (kill) her...at least not that kind of do her." implying that the other...
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wyzone@...
Jan 12, 2010 5:14 am
I received an email that I made a mistake in one of my last posts concerning the use of YAXI. I'm sorry. Chariots of War.... here it comes s p o i l e r a l e...
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wyzone@...
Jan 12, 2010 5:38 am
I remember someone, it might have been Kym Taborn, who said that every thing you need to know about Xena is in this one episode. Well I don't know about...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 12, 2010 6:45 am
... Oh, quite correct. (I've just looked up the transcripts). It seems Gabs wasn't guilty of wishful thinking on that occasion (though Jeannine may be:)...
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Akiela Xal
akielaxal
Jan 13, 2010 12:14 pm
Since Xena and Gabrielle haven't been to Troy yet, then, no they wouldn't know these people. According to legend the Trojan War lasted 10 years. That does...
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PortiaOnly@...
portiaonly
Jan 13, 2010 10:20 pm
... From: wyzone@... To: whoosh@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, Jan 9, 2010 12:04 am Subject: [Whoosh!] Xena Revisite: Sins of the Past Now we venture into the...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 14, 2010 10:57 am
... No comments on your comments :) I noticed Nathaniel Lees cropped up again as a villainous priest (echoes of his first appearance in 'Lost Kingdom'...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 14, 2010 11:02 am
... As I recall, it went something like this: G: Zeus turned them into two oak tress. And do you know what happened then? X: Somebody built a boat out of...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 14, 2010 11:02 am
(It's a little hard to tell which were Jeannine's comments and which were PortiaOnly's comments on those. I'll just comment on those points that strike me,...
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lawlessbian
xella134
Jan 14, 2010 12:06 pm
... I am such an idealist...or purist, maybe...but if Xena were the child of ANY god...it would just totally destroy my opinion on her strength and cunning and...
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wyzone@...
Jan 14, 2010 4:15 pm
cr's comments below...my response. I'm not a Greek scholar, but it would not be outside the bounds of the gods to not only sire but fall in love with their off...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 15, 2010 7:24 am
... Yes, that's my understanding too. The only drawback is that, being accustomed as we all are to current social mores, the Ares-Xena paternity does tend to...
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cr
cr2003nz
Jan 15, 2010 7:24 am
... Well, that would also be consistent with Gabs' sudden acquisition of remarkable warrior skills in Season 5. (Seeing as how Gabs was unquestionably mortal...
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Bill Kisselstein
bkisselstein@...
Jan 22, 2010 6:35 pm
Any of you guys who get the Starz network and watch this, I hope you will share your thoughts and comments with the rest of us. My strategy is to wait and see...
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George
sioirse2
Jan 23, 2010 6:51 pm
Just a quick remark. I think this will be a show to get easily hooked on. The cinematography is great and the cgi effects blend seamlessly into the whole. The...
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Michael McKenna
quantaquandry
Jan 24, 2010 1:00 am
The A.V. Club has an interesting review. : http://www.avclub.com/articles/spartacus-blood-and-sand-the-red-serpent,37433/ I agree with the reviewer that the...
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Bill Kisselstein
bkisselstein@...
Jan 25, 2010 5:40 pm
George and Mike, Thanks for your comments. The reviewer pretty much lines up with the TV Guide article (and LL's comments) that you will either embrace this...
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Michael McKenna
quantaquandry
Feb 1, 2010 12:06 am
I found the second episode to be weaker than the first (outside of Lucy's very revealing scene). The plot did not move ahead very much and some of the green...
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Beboman
exrv1950
Feb 1, 2010 2:05 am
I have to agree with you Mike. Â Beboman ... From: Michael McKenna <quantaquandry@...> Subject: Re: [Whoosh!] Spartacus To: whoosh@yahoogroups.com Date:...
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Bill Kisselstein
bkisselstein@...
Feb 1, 2010 6:15 pm
Thanks for the update on week two Mike. The unfinished look to the scenery may be a further attempt to suggest the appearance of a graphic novel page. Seems...
