Blakes7 September 2001

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Re: [B7L] decentring morality
by Mac4781＠aol.com 02 Oct '01

02 Oct '01

Jo Ann (quoting me): > >From: <Mac4781(a)aol.com> > > His face is firty, > > I've been trying to resist asking just how old the rest of him is at this > point. Haven't succeeded, have I? ;-P That will be mocha coolers at ten paces; no straws allowed. I guess I should proofed it. <g> "His face is filthy." Wildean wrote: > Incidentally does BCU stand for Big Close Up? I'm not sure what it stands for. I've always presumed the CU part stands for Close Up; but I don't know about the B. I can ask a friend who is a screenwriter if no one on the list can answer the question. Here's the rest of the descriptive lead-in for the first Blake-Arlen scene. (Note: spelling is per the script, including typos <g>) "He stares past CAMERA, deep in thought until a breaking twig nearbye snaps his attention back. "Casually he leans forward and puts a piece of wood on a campfire over which a small animal is roasting. "The WIDER SHOT shows BLAKE to be dressed in rough well-worn leathers. At his belt is a handgun and a large hunting knife. "He sits back, relaxed and comfortable against a tree and watches the fire. "If possible the woodland should be Forestry Commision type pine plantation rather than natural deciduous woods. "BLAKE without taking his eyes from the fire." It goes into his first line there. Here's an interesting bit--the description of Arlen: "She is in her late teens - a thin harsh girl, fierce and ready to kill." Later we learn this *teen* is a Federation *officer*. Which goes along with my theory that military officers were put through an accelerated learning process that had them graduating from FSA before students in our era would have begun university. That helps to explain how Tarrant could be so young and have so much experience (FSA-Space Command long enough to rise through the ranks to Captain--mercenary/smuggler) before he shows up on Liberator. There's quite a bit of specific direction in the initial Arlen-Blake scene, telling the actors when to move, how to move. Here's a long passage later in the scene, just after "Arlen pays her debts" and Blake agrees to keep the gun. "BLAKE remains sitting where he is as ARLEN moves backwards away from him covering him as she goes. When she is satisfied that she is far enough away she turns to leave. As she is turning CUT abruptly to her POV. "On the CUT a BOUNTY HUNTER jumps up - or forward or down - into the frame, filling it and bellowing savagely. He is a fearsomely rough-looking individual and the whole effect of the cut should be to make normal people, like the audience, jump. "It should be so sudden and startling that a normal person would freeze. "The BOUNTY HUNTER expects ARLEN to react that way. But ARLEN is not normal. "She shoots the BOUNTY HUNTER immediately, without a flicker of emotion or hesitation. "As he crashes backwards TWO more BOUNTY HUNTERS run through the trees towards ARLEN. "She shoots ONE and he goes down hard. "The other fires hitting ARLEN high on the leg (a small blood pellet here really wouldn't upset anyone) spinning her to the ground and flinging the pistol form her hand. "With a yell of triumph the BOUNTY HUNTER plunges on towards her. She tries to reach the pistol. "A gun fires O.O.V. "The BOUNTY HUNTER goes down in a flurry just short of ARLEN. BLAKE moves unhurriedly to stand over the fallen GIRL. "The Federation gun is cradled in his ARMS." Question: What would Blake have done if those other bounty hunters hadn't shown up? Gone after Arlen? His intent was to arrest and test her, after all. Re the eye injury/reference to Travis in the script: Chris knew Blake was going to die at Avon's hands. And he was still expecting a fifth season when he wrote this. He might have been setting it up so that Avon wouldn't look so dastardly for killing Blake. He might have wanted Blake to appear to have followed Travis' path of fanaticism. In word and deed Blake is often shown to be more fanatical than rational in the episode. And that leads to monumental failure. Travis' final act was an attempt to wipe out the human race. Blake's final act is to wipe out his Gauda Prime base and followers. And Avon is the man who rid the series of two "fanatics" who were dangerous to others. Carol

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decentering morality
by Leia Fee 30 Sep '01

30 Sep '01

Sally said... >Vila's own safety is at stake. Don't know if at this stage he'd be up to >doing it himself, but he'd support anyone else doing it. I think you're probably right. He does look pretty shocked after he stabbed that priest on Cygnus Alpha Leia

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FW: ttba/Econ
by Tavia 30 Sep '01

30 Sep '01

Judith's announcement of topfa and a message on the Other List have reminded me to forward the following in case anyone's interested... >PS I will definitely now be attending Eclecticon in early November, so >if any of the US/Canadian contingent would like a copy of ttba to be >posted locally at substantially reduced cost (in the region of 10 US >dollars *to be confirmed*) -- please send me a message >(tavia(a)btinternet.com) by the end of October, and I'll print some to >bring along. Tavia ttba: http://www.viragene.com/

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Re: [B7L] Unsurprising coincidence
by Bizarro7＠aol.com 30 Sep '01

30 Sep '01

In a message dated 9/29/01 8:39:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Wildean(a)btopenworld.com writes: << SERVALAN: You don't sound surprised. AVON: Why should I be? It has a perverse kind of logic to it. Our meeting is the most unlikely happening I could imagine. Therefore we meet. Surprise seems inappropriate somehow.<< Actually, I always interpreted this as a very Kerr Avon way of saying "As usual, my luck sucks like a black hole." >>Avon must still be recovering from his injuries. There are far more improbable things I could imagine here... Every grain of sand on the beach could instantly transform into cucumber blancmange and begin a song and dance routine.<< This happened on Vern. The song and dance routine was rewritten at the last minute and the sand transformed into a collective fanfic writer who wanted to see Tarrant and Servalan have dinner and boink each other, instead. >>Avon could have been spontaneously coated in barnacle-proof paint (and therefore not need to spend the years after Gauda Prime having barnacles scraped from his bottom). I'm sure everyone would agree that this is a novel explanation for Avon's increasingly erratic behaviour in the fourth series - a missing episode - "Barnacles"<< It's a little-known fact that Avon actually sent Dr. Plaxton out to scrape those barnacles off the aft end of the Scorpio. As originally written, he had desperately recruited her as a medical specialist to scrape said barnacles off of his *own* aft end, but the BBC wouldn't let it past. Leah

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The Web
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 30 Sep '01

30 Sep '01

What happened to the space-fungus after the Liberator left the planetary system - was it quietly expanding into the rest of the galaxy? Or did it have a practical limit (presumably it used energy from the solar wind). Jacqui __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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RE: Re: [B7L] decentring morality
by jacquispeel＠netscape.net 30 Sep '01

30 Sep '01

Mac4781(a)aol.com wrote: >Dana and Jacqui (at least that's what I think; correct me if I'm wrong) wrote: > >> >It could also be a class thing--Alphas are commissioned officers as soon as >> >they finish basic training? >> >> Consider what KAsabi says about Servalan getting into the military high >> command because of her connections > >But if one had those kinds of connections, would one end up on a dangerous >infiltration mission on Gauda Prime? Or would one have a cushy staff >position at Space Command? > >Also, Arlen didn't strike me as "elite Alpha." She appeared to be a >scrapper, someone who used her wits and tenacity to get to where she was. If >anything, I'd picture her as a lower grade who beat the odds to become an >officer. > >Carol Unless of course Arlen had joined the equivalent of the SAS (what are the other equivalents now-ish?) __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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Trooper Orac's Fantastic Plastic Army
by Judith Proctor 30 Sep '01

30 Sep '01

Trooper Orac's Fantastic Plastic Army (the zine formerly known as 'Eric') is now back from the copy shop and available on http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 where you can also buy , Kaldor City CD with Paul Darrow, Dalek Empire CDs with Gareth Thomas, and 'Staked Blake' (the Buffy/B7 crossover zine). Edited by Neil Faulkner and printed by Judith Proctor, the zine has 134 pages and a colour cover. The cover is a real gem - based on the 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' cover by the Beatles, with memebers of the crew as the musicians and a whole host of unexpected people (including a penguin, of course) in the crowd. I've had great fun trying to see how many I can identify. There's a picture of the cover on http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 - if you follow the link to the page about the zine, you'll be able to expand the picture by clicking on it. The zine costs 10.50 pounds to the UK, 11.50 to Europe, 14 pounds or (US$22) to USA or Australia/NZ It can be bought from http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 by credit card or you can send a cheque in pounds or US$ in cash to Judith Proctor, 28 Diprose Rd, Corfe Mullen, Wimborne, Dorset, BH213QY So, what's in the zine for your money? What Might Have Been by Firerose. (PWB, Avon/Blake). Back in the domes, Blake comes into contact with a curiously magnetic figure. Physics 101 by Morrigan (S2). For every action there is an equal reaction, as the Terra Nostra are determined to prove to Blake. Grim and gritty hurt/comfort. A Clever Plan by Marian de Haan (S2). As one plan goes disastrously wrong, another one is hatched. Will it fare any better? Fast-paced lightweight action romp where everyone in the crew has their moment of glory (but especially Avon and Vila). A Short Ride in A Fast Machine by Firerose (PWB/AU). Five strangers on a train find themselves hurled into fleeting acquaintance. Enter The Penguins by Marian de Haan (S1/humour). Stranded on an icy planet, Avon and Vila encounter some unlikely saviours. The Second by Morrigan (S2, Avon/Blake). The planet Parrish has some rather antiquated customs, as Blake and Avon discover when they fall foul of local protocol. Something to do with pistols at dawn, apparently... With/Out Blake by Ika (S3). Blake's name and fame reach far into the Federation's military machine. But is his reputation all it's made out to be? One Federation officer is about to learn the hard way. Escape by Tom Forsyth (S4). Avon is a prisoner of the Federation. Does he brood on the circumstances that led him to this predicament? Does he ponder over his continuing obsession with the long-absent Blake? Like hell he does! Animal Nature by Andrew Williams (S4). Justin is dead, Dayna is grieving, Avon is doing a bit of detective work ... with a horrific truth waiting to be discovered. The One Shot by Morrigan (PGP). In the aftermath of Gauda Prime, Blake interrogates Vila ... again. And when he finally gets the answers he wants, what will he do with Avon? Twilight by Ellynne Grant (PGP). As events on the far side of the galaxy hurtle to their inexorable conclusion, Cally has two regrets. That she survived Terminal, and that she didn't kill Avon when she had the chance. With additional vignette stories by Executrix (Begin As You Mean To Go On), Julia Stamford (Eavesdropper) and Steve Rogerson (The End), art by Andrew Williams and Firerose, two excerpts from Aunty Anna's photo casebook, and a special guest appearance by Britney Spears. -- http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 - Fanzines for Blake's 7, B7 Filk songs, pictures, news, Conventions past and present, Blake's 7 fan clubs, Gareth Thomas, etc. (also non-Blake's 7 zines at http://www.knightwriter.org ) Redemption '03 21-23 Feb 2003 http://www.smof.com/redemption/

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Fiction need a home?
by Kathryn Andersen 30 Sep '01

30 Sep '01

This is probably irrelevant, considering what a sterling job Judith and Richard are doing with the Hermit archive, but I thought I'd mention this anyway, in case folks here have written fiction that isn't just B7. Just a little announcement; since GeoCities is being, shall we say, unhelpful, with their free sites that get too much traffic, I've decided to do my bit by opening up the WorkStorm fanfic archive to more than just the handful of people who were on it before. Check out <http://www.katspace.com/works/archive.html> for more detailed information, if your fanfic needs a home. Kathryn Andersen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "Short term memory's the first to go." -- Bor (Doctor Who : Terminus) -- _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen <kat(a)katspace.com> / \ | <http://www.katspace.com> \_.--.*/ | v | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe

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Gotten completely away from 'decentring morality'
by Sally Manton 30 Sep '01

30 Sep '01

Dana wrote: <Not to mention that in U.S. law, a statement of OPINION generally will not be considered libelous. Oh, and I think we can assume that Blake is a public figure, so additional latitude is given before negative statements will be considered defamatory.> Which makes one wonder what Federation laws were like ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

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Re: [B7L] decentring morality
by Natasa Tucev 30 Sep '01

30 Sep '01

Carol wrote: It's an attempt to understand what Chris Boucher intended when he >wrote the script. And specifically, why he mentioned an eyepatch just like >Travis' in the script notes. I think Boucher intended Blake's eye injury as a kind of 'metaphorical' punishment for his actions in Star One. This was where Blake lost his humane vision, as he was willing to sacrifice a great number of lives to attain his goal. Speaking of arcs, I usually see one starting in 'The Way Back', where the camera focuses on Blake's eye while Bran Foster tells him about his past. It continues in 'Duel' where a spell makes him blind and he 'dies' because of it. Then comes 'Star One', where the Andromedans ask him what happened to his eye patch; and then 'Blake'. Blake's 'shadow', Travis, is driven by the 'eye for an eye' principle. Boucher also saw that streak in Blake and demonstrated its destructiveness. Which is why I maintain Boucher is a Federation spy. N.

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