From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V4 #271 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 Friday, November 5 2004 Volume 04 : Number 271 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [chakram-refugees] Sci Fi magazine [KLOSSNER9@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:39:53 EST From: KLOSSNER9@aol.com Subject: [chakram-refugees] Sci Fi magazine Sci Fi magazine, the mag of the Sci Fi Channel, Dec. 2004, has a feature on the 10 best fantasy TV shows, films, etc. Some of the lists, with some of their comments -- Top 10 fantasy TV shows-- 1. Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Kevin Sorbo and company brought entertaining fantasy storytelling back to the small screen. Plus, without it, there would be no Xena. 2. Xena: WArrior Princess. A series that makes use of the "L" word. Ladies. Leather. Lucy. Oh, did you think we meant something else? 3. Highlander: The Series 4. Beauty and the Beast 5. Land of the Lost 6. Roar. 7. Beastmaster. 8. Dinotopia (miniseries, not the follw-up series) 9. Dungeons & Dragons 10. The Mists of Avalon. Top 10 fantasy women 1. Xena. Lucy Lawless, Xena: Warrior Princess. She's a princess. She's a warrior. Sshe had a hit show for six years and a killer spread in Maxim. We have three words for you. Lucy. Kicks. Ass. 2. Arwen. Liv Tyler, LOTR. 3. Buttercup. Robin Wright Penn, The Princess Bride. 4. Gabrielle. Renee O'Connor, Xena: Warrior Princess. Thouh she falls into the "sidekick" stratum on the geology chart of heroes, Gabrielle is the cheese to Xena's macaroni. Can't have one without the other. And who'd want to? 5. Eowyn. Miranda Otto, LOTR. 6. Guinevere. Keira Knightly, King Arthur. 7. Morgana. Helen Mirren, Excalibur. 8. Red Sonja. Brigitte Nielsen, Red Soja. 9. Sorsha. Joanne Whalley, Willow. 10. Valeria. Sandhal Bergman, Conan the Barbarian. Top 10 fantasy men. 1. Aragorn. Viggo Mortensen, LOTR. 2. Madmartigan. Val Kilmer, Willow. 3. Conan. Arnold Schwazenegger, Conan the Barbarian. 4. Legolas. Orlando Bloom, LOTR. 5. Dar. Marc Singer, Beastmaster. 6. King Arthur. Sean Connery, First Knight. 7. Leondegrance. Patrick Stewart, Excalibur. 8. Bowen. Dennis Quaid, Dragonheart. 9. Perseus. Harry Hamlin, Clash of the Titans. 10. Navarre. Rutger Hauer, Ladyhawke. 10 worst 10 shows. 1. Young Hercules. The labors of Hercules were nothing compared to the labor of having to watch this show. (Apparently, no. 1 is the worst of the 10.) 2. The Lost World. 3. Sheena. 4. Conan. 5. Wizards and Warriors. 6. Tarzan (recent WB, with Lawless) 7. He-Man 8. Sinbad 9. Tales from the Never-Ending Story. 10. Highlander: Raven. 10 top fantasy movies. 1. LOTR trilogy. 2. The Dark Crystal. 3. Shrek. 4. Jason & the Argonuats. 5. Conan the Barbarian. 6. Clash of the Titans. 7. Legend. 8. The Princess Bride. 9. Dragonslayer. 10. Willow. 10 worst fantasy movies. 1. Black Knight. 2. Deathstalker. 3. Dungeons & Dragons. 4. First Knight 5. Kull the Conqueror. 6. Lord of the Rings (1978, animated) 7. Mortal Kombat. 8. Red Sonja. 9. Reign of Fire. 10. Yor, the Hunter from the Future. I disagree with a lot of these, though some are gratifying choices. Some problems are -- Why isn't Hercules among the top men, when his show is the top show? In the note for Clash of the Titans (no. 6 top film) they say that Andromeda was played by Ursula Andress. No, Judi Bowker was Andromeda; Andress was (who else?) Aphrodite. In the Top 10 Fantasy Films, both Conan the Barbarain and Dragonslayer are listed as no. 5. The layout, though not linear, suggests that Dragonslayer, should have been no. 9. They also have a list of top weapans. They omit the chakram, though they have the Glaive, a throwing weazpon from the minor Krull. 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 V4 #271 **************************************