From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V2 #282 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 Saturday, October 12 2002 Volume 02 : Number 282 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [chakram-refugees] Birds Of Prey O/S [Trek4u269@aol.com] Re: [chakram-refugees] <> [cr ] [chakram-refugees] Sale at Power Star [] [chakram-refugees] Videos [] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 02:55:37 EDT From: Trek4u269@aol.com Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] Birds Of Prey O/S In a message dated 10/10/2002 10:36:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ribaud@buffalo.edu writes: > On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 cande@sunlink.net wrote: > > > I watched Birds Of Prey last night and enjoyed it very much. I thought > > however I saw a few similarities or perhaps homages to Xena - besides the > new > > chatty and persistant sidekick there's the round throwing disks and at > the end > > a villianess that looked and sounded a lot like a short haired Callisto. > like the show too. Yet another comic come to tv...batman, superman, smallville, wonder woman, spiderman, hulk, etc. And the villains and heroes are from the dc comics and are simular in personality and gear. Been around for years so check out the comic (just like witchblade) ========================================================= 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: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 21:31:02 +1300 From: cr Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] <> On Friday 11 October 2002 12:36, Lee Daley wrote: > cr wrote in part > > > On Thursday 10 October 2002 04:55, cande@sunlink.net wrote: > > > # > > > # > > > # > > > # > > > # > > > # > > > > Personally, I liked 'Purity'. Colourful, plenty of action, and > > I actually > > liked Marie Matiko better than Jacqueline Kim. (OK, so it's personal > > preference). > > I'll chime in there, it was a good watch, some faults but a good watch. > Choosing between the two actresses is difficult, they were both quite good. > > > > Speaking of odd there are a number of huh moments here. I don't quit > > > exactly know the nature of Xena relationship with Lao Mao but when evil > > > daughter said Xena was Lao Mao surrogate daughter I went huh. Whatever > > > there relationship was mother and daughter doesn't spring to mind. > > > > That actually made sense to me. Lao Ma had hidden her daughters safely > > away, and doesn't dare contact them in case Ming Tzu finds out... > > now here's > > this young woman with a lot of potential who can look after > > herself rather > > better than her daughters... I can quite see it as a foster-mother - > > daughter relationship. > > A rather dysfunctional one at best, given the rather broad subtextual > brush. > Lovers, mentor/student, mother/daughter. there was a little of ALL of them > going on. > Xena was certainly old enough that we can't accuse Lao Ma of being a > pedophile, but in the curent atmosphere, it would have raise some eyebrows > not to mention attorneys > > > > Then we > > > have Gabrielle go off with Joxer to find the missing ingredient for the > > > black powder because Joxer knows all about spices and is by > > > > implication a > > > > > good cook. Since when - last time he cooked (ISAIH) he gave a > > > > whole army > > > > > the trots. > > > > Errr, no, I guess one could be knowledgeable about cooking > > without being very > > good at it. In fact I imagine one of the main functions of spices is to > > hide the taste of the food... so Jox oughta know all about them. > > The function is to ENHANCE the taste of the food. Although in Xenatime the > practical aspect was to hide the fact that the food was at least partially > spoiled. Remember no refrigerators, mason jars, and the like. > Yes, I was very conscious of that fact. > Joxer's performance in the kitchen might have improved. We know that one > of Xena's many skills was NOT cooking. Somebody had to give the Gabster a > break. Maybe that's why all the Taverns. To use a sailing anology (Rob > would like that) the difference between knowledge and performance is "Time > on the water", maybe Joxer got enough pratice, or Meg taught him a thing or > two. Besides which of course, in ISAIH, giving the whole Scythian army the screaming trots may have been intentional. Joxer may have been very good at it. > > > > she bumped into a certain part of his anatomy. > > > > As I recall it, certain noisy contingents of fans were equally disgusted > > about that. > > > > I laughed at it. But then I'm disgusting. ;) > > I have to sign in with the disgusting group. But Rene seemed to enjoy the > scene. I get the impression Renee isn't very 'politically correct' inb her sense of humour. > > What I thought was very weak was Gabby blowing the padlock apart with the > > black powder. Quite aside from the fact that any explosive > > powerful enough > > to do that would have blown her hand off (or sent the padlock through her > > head!), it would have to be a high explosive like PETN or > > nitroglycerine etc. > > Gunpowder is a bulk explosive, it only has any explosive force > > when confined > > or in a very large quantity (like, tons. The explosion that > > killed Pao S'su > > was possible, though I doubt if black powder would have been as > > colourful, I > > think RenPics explosive expert mixed some strontium salts into > > the brew). A > > small quantity like that shown would just have flashed off and maybe left > > Gabby with minor burns. > > Actually "Blackpower" is a true explosive, unlike current propellent > powders. It will explode without being confined. Yes, but still, to blow a padlock apart, you'd need a high explosive, no form of gunpowder / black powder would have any effect. I think a suitable H.E. charge *could* break the padlock without blowing Gabs' hand off, but it would need to be very expertly sized and placed and no way would you get insurance ;) > But all movies have been > rather loose with the power of explosives, the two pound cask of powder > blowing up an entire building (maybe the building codes were a bit loose), > but I tend to ignore it. Yes, like 50-shot revolvers. ;) One of my favourite lines is from the Sundance Kid, watching dollar notes fluttering through the air from the shattered wreckage of the railroad freight car - "Reckon you used enough dynamite there Butch?" > A one pound block of "plastique" or a single > stick of dynamite, unconfined generally does not have the power that movies > would make you believe. The stuff needs 'direction'. Black powder > explosions ARE white and really stinky, RenPic made up a nice colorful > "mix" much better than reality. > > Leed, Warrior Jester It's actually one of my favourite images from the ep, that incredible orange/red/violet ball of flame that erupts from the ammo dump.... and Xena and Kao H'sin emerging from the haze with the flames behind them.... cr (Lee - this seemed to come to me alone, but I think from the context you intended it for the list, so I've taken the liberty of replying to the list. I also haven't snipped anything from your reply for the same reason.). ========================================================= 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: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 09:38:01 -0400 From: Subject: [chakram-refugees] Sale at Power Star Power Star is having a sale on Xena CDs (1-5) and the interactive games. Also the ceral is on sale for under $5. You might want to check it out. www.xenashop.com 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: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 10:59:52 -0400 From: Subject: [chakram-refugees] Videos I'm bored at work so I'm surfing anyway Critics Choice Video has free regular shipping today so if you want have been wanting to buy the Xena Friends In Need DVD or VHS or that X-Files set or Buffy set - nows the time (X-Files is on sale for $119 reg. $149) so I guess others on sale. I got Darkman 2 with ROC (DVD) and the Civil War. Boredom is hell on the wallet. 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. 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