From: owner-chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org (chakram-refugees-digest) To: chakram-refugees-digest@smoe.org Subject: chakram-refugees-digest V7 #114 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, September 15 2007 Volume 07 : Number 114 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [chakram-refugees] burn notice ["Janice Stewart" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:02:24 -0500 From: "Janice Stewart" Subject: RE: [chakram-refugees] burn notice Borrowing Lilli's spoiler space... there be spoilers....... there be spoilers....... there be spoilers....... there be spoilers....... Lilli, I had a different, but similar, reaction when Lucy first came on. I thought to myself... when did Lucy forget how to act!?! I saw her on BSG not that long ago and she was... not just good, but EXCELLENT! But then things cleared up considerably when we found out that she was really the bad egg playing a damsel in distress. I was somewhat surprised at that turn of events, but I think I would have been more surprised if the damsel in distress had been more convincing. But, on the other hand, would it have been realistic for an assassin to have the acting skills of an actor? Seems that this would be an acting choice where you can't have the best of both worlds. I wonder if this choice was Lucy's to make or the director's. Ain't it great that Lucy got this meaty part for us to dissect? XWPacolyte Cupid and Psyche... Antony and Cleopatra... Xena and Gabrielle. - -----Original Message----- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:35:04 -0500 From: LAS Subject: [chakram-refugees] burn notice there be spoilers....... there be spoilers....... there be spoilers....... there be spoilers....... wow, i haven't had to do this (spoiler warning) for i don't know how many years. this was a much better venue for lucy lawless. she did a very good job doing the opposite of what the initial readouts on the episode said ..they said she was playing a victim. this turned out differntly...she played bad bad bad. and she knows how to do that, but this was up differently, and had a good twist. when the episode started, i got upset. lucy lawless does not play wimpy or victim well at all. she's not that type of person, or actor. so when she started that at the beginning, i thought, either she's been given a victim role, and this isn't her...or she's playing someone pretending to be a victim. voile' and when that shifted it really made a difference. completely different character. so sorry we didn't get to see her more in the episode. in my estimation, this is the best i've seen her in a long time. it's also the first time i did not see her as "lucy lawless" or "xena." she played a character role and did well. i was a bit disappointed at the end when she fell into the victim characterization again. it just isn't her. if it's the direction by the director (and after years on the xena chat i've come to realize that sometimes it is the director) then the director needs to know not to have lucy lawless play victim. she just ain't it, folks. no if's, and's or but's. for those of you who watched this tonight, you may have noticed that kevin sorbo will be on an episode of "psyche" friday night, also on USA channel. have fun, everyone. 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: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:45:11 -0700 From: "Ernie" Subject: [chakram-refugees] burn notice I looked forward to this episode with keen anticipation, because when I saw the ads for it they showed a faceless person with blonde hair setting up a sniper's nest on a rooftop (adjusting a scope & etc.), and I thought, "I wonder if she's playing an assassin or something. Wouldn't *that* be cool?" And then... I thought I saw, at one point, just a teeny, tiny gleam in her eye of the Destroyer of Nations. Ernie "Laughter is the shortest distance between two people." Victor Borge http://www.academyofbards.org/authors/ernie_whiting.html http://www.academyofbards.org/ ========================================================= 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 V7 #114 **************************************