From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V2 #120 Reply-To: chakram-refugees@smoe.org Sender: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk chakram-refugees-digest Monday, May 6 2002 Volume 02 : Number 120 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [chakram-refugees] swords ["S. Wilson" ] [chakram-refugees] The awful truth about Doc Covington [Mirrordrum ] [chakram-refugees] <> ["Cheryl Ande" Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] swords - --- cr wrote: > I see that Livia's sword (one of 'em, anyway) is up for auction on > Ebay and > currently fetching about 5 times the price of Virgil's. > > Does this prove it's better to be an almost universally hated baddie > than a > nice guy? ;-) Depends. Would Joxer's sword (did?) fetch much? And is it a good thing to be Joxer's offspring, if you're selling your sword? Lots of ppl love/dislike Joxer for one reason or another. *shrug* When any of the swords from the show go for 5 or 10 bucks, then I'm there! S. Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 21:37:41 -0400 From: Mirrordrum Subject: [chakram-refugees] The awful truth about Doc Covington a great article on, among other things, the absence of bullwhips amongst practicing archaeologists. this article could've easily, and may indeed have, been written by a xenite. it reads like the writing of several who come to mind. thanks to explorator! "The awful truth about archaeology By Lynne Sebastian "Ohhhh! You're an archaeologist! That sounds soooo exciting!" Whenever I tell someone on a plane or at a dinner party what I do for a living, this is almost always the response that I get. Either that, or they want to talk to me about dinosaurs, and I have to explain gently that it is paleontologists who do dinosaurs; archaeologists study people who lived long ago. The reason people think archaeology must be exciting is that they have spent way too much time watching "The Mummy," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Lara Croft, Tomb Raider" - do you suppose she actually has that printed on her business cards? Perhaps it is a flaw in my character or a lapse in my professional education, but I have never once recovered a golden idol or been chased through the jungle by thugs, and I appear to have been absent from graduate school on the day they covered bullwhips, firearms and the martial arts. I have not even, so far as I can tell, suffered from a curse, although I have had few nasty encounters with serpents, scorpions and lightning. I'm sure members of every profession are exasperated by the way they are portrayed in movies and on television, and archaeologists are no exception. Every time we see Sydney Fox - "Relic Hunter," another great job title - fly off to an exotic country, follow the clues on the ancient map and rip off some fabulous object to bring home to the museum, we want to root for the bad guys who are trying to bring her career to an abrupt and permanent halt. What would really happen if a mysterious man wearing an eye patch showed up at Sydney's university office and gave her the map, just before expiring as a result of slow-acting poison?" the answer is at: md We are confronted by insurmountable opportunities. --Pogo ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 21:50:49 -0400 From: Mirrordrum Subject: [chakram-refugees] Stumbling in they've found another pyramid fit for a queen--quite by accident. probably wouldn't surprise xena one bit. md (thanks again to explorator) ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 22:51:41 -0400 From: "Cheryl Ande" Subject: [chakram-refugees] <> P W A I S E HESTIA I love this episode. For me it is one of the funniest comedies of the series. It keeps a nice fast pace and there are loads of double entandres and clever lines. The comedy starts off in fine fashion with an astonished Gabrielle finding a very oddly acting Xena about to be burned at the stake. ROC is very funny as goes from concern to increasing annoyance with a Xena who refuses to save herself. Unlike the poor inept Gabrielle of King Of Assassins, Gabrielle cleverly used a tub of water, a lever, and a large blacksmith to douse the fire. It's a great scene and gives use a little preview of the acrobatic Gabrielle who will douse a bigger fire four years down the line. Ted Raimi is also very good in this episode. It is a hoot when he waltzes into Meg's Place and all the working girls are ecstatic to see him. I find the scene rather sweet for some reason - here at least Joxer is the hero and I can imagine the girls' affection for him is real. I'm sure he is a big improvement over their regular clients with his sweet funny nature. This episode is Lucy Lawless's comedic tour de force. She is brilliant as the militant virgin, Priestess Leah. With her Barbara Walters lisp she is hysterical. She is the epitome of the dignified woman placed in the most undignified of positions - saved by warrior non-virgins, hidden in a brothel where people use whips and sheep in very peculiar manners, betrayed by a colleague - she nonetheless muddles through. It's of course a send up of the mother superior stereotype but it's an affectionate send up - Leah may have her prejudices when we first meet her but by episode's end she has learned tolerance. Lucy's Meg is back - still not terribly bright - she's a magnate for any guy trying usurp a throne or religion- but in this episode her heart is the right place. It's a pleasure to watch Lucy's physically play her three characters - Meg slump shouldered, walking with a kind of gangly gate, Leah walks with demure steps but is still a trifle clumsy, and Xena who strides through a scene with confidence. It is no wonder that Gabrielle when confronted by the three identically dressed characters has no trouble telling them apart. Lucy doesn't cheat either - when Leah impersonates Meg impersonating Leah - the villain is fooled but the audience isn't, the lisp is still there. There are a host of great lines: When Leah is told by Xena and Gabrielle that they don't hold much faith in the gods Leah mutters darkly: "Unbelievers to the right of me...Infidels to the left of me." When Leah is learns that neither Xena nor Gabrielle Leah is horrified and Gabrielle is offend: Gabrielle: Hey I was married at the time. Leah: Yes dear we all have our little excuses , don't we Gabrielle to a snickering Xena: I was married were you. As Gabrielle takes Leah to hid at Meg's, Leah tried to convinced Gabrielle that she would make a great virgin; Leah: You would have to learn the rules. the first being "Know thyself" Gabrielle: If I have to go without companionship for the rest of my life knowing myself won't be problem. (I gather Gabrielle must getting some "companionship" from some quarter at this point). Best upstaging moment - at Megs - as Gabrielle draws Joxer downstage to do some exposition we see Leah enthusiastically praising Hestia in the background. Anyway a fun episode. I liked it so much I watched it twice in a row. CherylA ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 00:04:08 EDT From: KLOSSNER9@aol.com Subject: [chakram-refugees] Re: Warrior ... Priestess ... Tramp //There are a host of great lines: I always liked the scene in which Gabrielle is trying to get into the Hestian temple and the guard says -- Guard: Virgins only. Gabrielle: What, is it stamped on my forehead? Gabrielle vs. petty bureaucracy. Boeotian ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. To unsubscribe, send a message to majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe chakram-refugees" in the message body. Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ End of chakram-refugees-digest V2 #120 **************************************