From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V6 #16 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 Wednesday, January 18 2006 Volume 06 : Number 016 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [chakram-refugees] [BSG] Re: Lucy signs on for 10 eps on Battlestar?! ["S] [chakram-refugees] Stargate Atlantic Xena ref [LAS ] [chakram-refugees] Con 06 Juicy Lucy Lawless [KTL ] Re: [chakram-refugees] Stargate Atlantic Xena ref ["Laconia" Subject: [chakram-refugees] [BSG] Re: Lucy signs on for 10 eps on Battlestar?! I wrote: >>Dude, I'm flipping out because I just read that Lucy's signed on to do 10 >>more BSG eps. I am living under a rock! Woohoo! Sharon, please pass our >>congrats on to Lucy. :) >> Meredith squealed: >EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!! >Where did you read this?? I need details, confirmation, etc. ... that is >SO FRAKKING COOL if it's true!!! OMG, in my excitement I totally forgot to put where I got the information. I got it from my scifi_battlestar_galactica_over_30 list, upon which I believe there are several Xenites. It's a really lively list and I nearly missed the post about Lucy before it disappeared into mountains of discussion about religion and philosophy and war and man's inhumanity to man (we don't talk about much over there, hehe) - then I went over to Lucy's official site and lo, she's posted a note about it at the top: "I want you guys to know that, barring earthquakes, tsunamis and hurricanes, I'm likely to be doing a 10-episode stint on Battlestar Galactica later this year. I'm not looking to guest on other people's shows per se, but, in this instance, the plot twists and character development proved to be irresistible to me. It won't get in the way of my doing other projects, but we'll keep you up to date as things go along. - -- Lucy " >And season 1 and the first part of season 2 are out on DVD, so catching up >is oh so easy!! (Season 2.2, which just started last week is available on >iTunes, too.) I think there are a few DVD sets floating around out there. Be sure if you're going to buy S1, that you buy the one that contains the extras *and* the mini-series. Season 2 is being released in two separate packages because it's been cut in half and aired separately. The first part started in July '05, then the second half started airing two weeks ago. >In case there's any lingering doubt, I welcome any and all BSG discussion >here, since Lucy is involved in the show. Just please preface BSG-related >posts with "BSG:", so those folks who might not care can easily skip over >those threads. Thanks all!! Thanks meredith! I wasn't sure but now I'm glad to know, because I love to talk BSG. S. ========================================================= 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: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 11:49:09 -0600 From: LAS Subject: [chakram-refugees] Stargate Atlantic Xena ref hi there. while everyone is talking about battlestar galactica, this die-hard stargate fan caught a reference to Xena this past friday night. it happened so fast, i needed to get a friend to tell me what had actually happened. rodney, the scientist, was quiping about the squabling between Teyla Emmagan and Ronon. Teyla is a leader of the Athosian people, a fighter and martial artist who has been teaching members of the Stargate Atlantis team about stickfighting. similar to Philipino stick fighting called Kali. meanwhile, Ronon, a new recruit, is a loner who is a survivor of his people and has learned to fight ruthlessly with a great amount of action and skill, overpowering often several people. he is very tall. so apparently while Teyla and Ronon were "interacting" with each other, rodney quips something like, "it's like watching Conan and Xena." that's all, and thanks for all the fish. lilli ========================================================= 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: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 10:44:27 -0900 (AKST) From: KTL Subject: [chakram-refugees] Con 06 Juicy Lucy Lawless Lucy was introduced with a fan made video cut to the song "Summer Nights" from "Grease", which as we all know, Lucy performed in on Broadway. The video was titled "Better Sweet". Nicely done, lots of sight gags cut to fit the lyrics. And a cool ending-that energetic group-kiss-blowing from Ares' warriors to welcome Xena to Ares' fortress, now turned into a cheerful send-off. That's such a buoyant little diddy. When it was over, an absolutely gorgeous new photo of Lucy lit up the screen. I sat there looking at it and thinking, "Oh Miss Ryan, you are blessed in your genes." When the Irish are good looking, there ain't a lot of people that look better than them. (When they're not, well, it's better not to bring that up. . .) Lucy came from behind the curtain and her appearance triggered off absolutely thunderous applause, cheers and screaming hoots. She smiled at us and tried to talk but we were not finished with our standing ovation yet. She tried again and had to give up again. Finally things began to quiet down and we settled back in our seats, moronic grins splitting some of our silly faces. Lucy had a Sharpie to sign the banners with. As she walked towards the banners, she sang a little "La la, la la" for us. (To distract us from realizing nothing was going on no doubt.) I have in my notes that she said, "There's six million of them now out there." I'm not certain what she was referring to. As she stretched up to sign the left banner, she said, "Oh my nerves." Then she walked over to the other one and again stretched up. And said in a little discovery type of voice, "I'm not as tall as I used to be." Then, somewhat darkly, "XENA would be able to do it." As she stretched she said, "I'm trying to sign Ren's arm but I'm not even tall enough for that." She finished, turned to us. Asked us how we were doing. Someone yelled out, "Fine now that you're here!" Now don't just "listen" to what Lucy says. You have to imagine a very energetic woman, flashing huge beautiful smiles at us over and over, grimacing in thought, running her hand through her hair at times, standing with hands on hips at least once, walking from one side of the stage to the middle, stopping there for a while and then walking to the other side and staying there for a while before starting back again, so that each section of the audience could get good pictures of her, chatting with the audience who called out comments (some very dumb, but hey, this IS the con, ya know), fielding questions, being in turn silly, smart, thoughtful, playful, grateful, witty, humble, proud, charming, sweet, emotional and compassionate, all while seeming to enjoy the time she spent with us. Oh and yeah, in the middle of all of it, she also sang to us, a song she wrote herself. She looked at us and said, "I'm at a loss now. I'm suddenly very alone." (Referring to not sharing the stage with Renee this year I believe.) "Looks like a thousand people. I didn't prepare a speech or anything. Thank you so much for coming out here. I can't believe that." She asked if anyone was here from outside the country. Hoots and yells and raised hands. "From where?" she asked. People shouted out, "England! North Korea! Wisconsin!" Burst of laughter. Lucy looked a bit puzzled and asked, "Where?" The audience filled her in. She looked towards "Wisconsin's" general area and smirked. "France!" someone else screamed. Suddenly lots of places were being yelled out. Lucy gave us a "Yeah, right" look and said, "You're just making it up now." "It's been a long time since we made Xena." "I was standing back there watching that video before I came out and it was hysterical. So funny." Lucy told us that her parents were in the audience as was her daughter Daisy. She was asked about working on Battlestar. She had gotten the job because one of the high people had worked on Xena and wanted her to work with him on his new project. She talked about having pitched a storyline to the producers of Battlestar Galactica. She said she actually pitched themes. Okay! Having skipped over the next line in my notebook last night, I JUST managed to translate it through the clear eyes of a whole five hours of sleep. The apparent "major Phil condominiums in ice fr" suddenly resolves itself into being "Major philosophical conundrums in sci-fi". Fully translated this means that she said that sci-fi cult shows could explore big philosophical themes "like we could in our show." But she wasn't pitching it for herself-she was just pitching the idea. It's about someone who sets themselves up to be God. And then they asked her if she wanted to play the character. She said, laughing, "This is the only role that could follow Xena-God. We haven't made a deal yet. There hasn't been a formal announcement. We need to nail down the details. I would have to move my family there." She said she has to consider all the ramifications and make a decision. But that she has agreed in good faith to seriously consider it. I believe she got a question on "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Either she or Sharon asked if any of us had been there. A significant number had. Lucy said, "So many people came and were just interested. I try to be loyal to you and responsible for what I align myself with. What Renee and I align ourselves with. We want to be protective of you all. The things you give to me, Renee, all the causes, Kevin's family, Starship, thank you from the bottom of my heart. That's why I can do this. The fact that you fans come wherever I am-I'm protective of that." Sharon then asked how many of us had been there the closing night when actually, you know what, that night the show became much like a con in feeling. The actors were joking, the "fourth wall" was bridged, lines were adjusted to toss in references to the actors' past works, there was lots of teasing between the actors and lots and lots of hammy overacting for the laugh. It was like a school play with all of us in the audience being the doting family members of the participants. (Except for the season ticket holders of course. Grin.) Lots of us had been there that night. Lucy talked about having missed her cue at one point. Because she has worked in filmed media so much more. "On TV, you do your thing then you sit on your ass for 2 hours. I just didn't have my stagecraft in place. So I went offstage and was standing there yakking it up", when she was supposed to be running behind the backdrop to get to the other side of the stage for her entrance. "I was a bit slack." "And I had run off stage with the boys from the swim team. So when I was supposed to be coming in another door, it looked like I was late because I had been having too much fun." "She was a fun character-a tart with a heart. "I'm doing some singing. Why not? We're alive. If you want to paint, you should paint. Some people don't allow themselves to paint because they're not painters. Paint anyway. Because if you do it, then you ARE one." ACK! Gotta go to the airport! More later. KT ========================================================= 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: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:05:06 -0600 From: "Laconia" Subject: Re: [chakram-refugees] Stargate Atlantic Xena ref Wow, that's neat! Xena's everywhere. P.S. Speaking of "all the fish," I've bought the DVD of "Hitchhiker's Guide" and am looking forward to actually watching it one of these days when I'm less busy with other stuff. Has anyone here seen any of the extras on it? ****** - ----- Original Message ----- From: "LAS" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 11:49 AM Subject: [chakram-refugees] Stargate Atlantic Xena ref > hi there. while everyone is talking > about battlestar galactica, > this die-hard stargate fan > caught a reference to Xena this past friday night. > > it happened so fast, > i needed to get a friend > to tell me what had actually happened. > > rodney, the scientist, > was quiping about the squabling > between Teyla Emmagan and Ronon. > Teyla is a leader of the Athosian people, > a fighter and martial artist > who has been teaching members of the Stargate Atlantis team about > stickfighting. > similar to Philipino stick fighting called > Kali. > > meanwhile, Ronon, a new recruit, > is a loner who is a survivor of his people > and has learned to fight ruthlessly with a > great amount of action and skill, > overpowering often > several people. > > he is very tall. > > so apparently while Teyla and > Ronon were "interacting" > with each other, > rodney quips something like, > "it's like watching Conan and Xena." > > that's all, > and thanks for all the fish. > > lilli > ========================================================= > 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. > ========================================================= ========================================================= This has been a message to the chakram-refugees list. 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Contact meth@smoe.org with any questions or problems. ========================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:37:47 -0600 From: LAS Subject: [chakram-refugees] Lucy signs on for 10 eps on Battlestar?! meredith, i've been very careful with this... : ) well, since i've been wanting to know where the term "frak" or "frakking" comes from, this got me to look. didn't find it at "OneLook" dictionary search, which lists words from several dictionary sources. the first reference i found was on a website i wouldn't list here, about curse words, which referred to a DC comic called, Captain Comet, which i've referred to below, where the word is quoted by a character named Lobo. http://fauxdc.com/discountinued/capc-3.htm also found a Wikipedia discussion of new curse words: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_expletives *frack*, *frak* - from /Battlestar Galactica / (Same meaning as "f*** "). Also appeared in an early-1980s game on the BBC Micro called Frak! . A caveman called 'Trogg' would utter this word in a speech bubble when "killed". *frack-head* - from new /Battlestar Galactica / miniseries, derived from "frack", substitution for "***hole ": when the miniseries originally aired on SciFi channel the phrase "superior ***hole" was used by Starbuck (Kara Thrace) - when later aired on NBC the phrase became "superior frack-head" might be related to the term, "frag": *frag* - from /Shadowrun / and /Lobo /, same meaning as "***k "; also from /Babylon 5 /, where it's often used in the form "fraggin'". This expletive also appears in the Doom manual and some Warhammer 40,000 novels. /Frag/ was derived from the practice of the same name in Vietnam where soldiers who couldn't take any more fighting killed their superior with a fragmentation grenade (hence "frag") to escape the lines. hmmm lilli ========================================================= 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: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:15:05 EST From: IfeRae@aol.com Subject: [chakram-refugees] Xena on "Earl" Not sure if anyone's mentioned this. Last week a character on "My Name Is Earl" was named Xena. Not sure of the spelling. She was a rather large girl in a fast-food joint who ended up kicking the crap out of the awful manager. Bwahahahaha! - -- Ife ========================================================= 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 V6 #16 *************************************