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Originally posted by bonnee:
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You’re asking, nay, begging for disappointment! Don’t you see what you have been doing and are now doing? You’ve built up theories and expectations about episodes to come and you deny yourself the ability to enjoy any new episode. So as each new episode of the 4th season appears, the divergence from your expectations becomes greater and greater! And then you pass off your disappointment as some sort of failing on the part of the makers of Lexx!
____________________________________________I reread your response Flamegrape, and decided it merits further comment. I’ll let you decide whether I’m being half serious or half joking.
I’m not sure whether it is appropriate to read into my remarks particular expectations from Lexx. As I’ve indicated elsewhere, the show’s appeal lies in its ability to second guess its audience, including me. I’m not convinced that’s the situation here. As I’ve noted, many season 4 episodes resemble the kind of tv fodder that lafftrack so ably ‘critiqued’ – not to mention the pavlonian expectations of audiences. I don’t expect the show to be ‘exciting’, ‘adventorous’, ‘scifi’ (whatever that means) ‘sexy’, ‘effects laden’ ‘etc’. (although I know many people do – as evident by the original post). All I expect from Lexx is for it to be its inimitable self (read: ‘interesting’). That is where my interest and disappointment interesect. As far as I’m concerned it hasn’t been interesting yet, and that has been what is MOST interesting. [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img] All the fodder has managed to do is create food for thought. I remain interested and entertained of course (more or less, more less than more), but I’m not going to mistake my ongoing love for the show as a measure of its sustained merit. Unlike some smart alecs want to maintain, I do not mistake my response to something as the thing being responded to. There are many things I like that I recognise as crap, and there are some things that I dislike that I recognise as praise worthy. Thankfully, this is not usually the case. Some people might examine the entrails of a chicken to determine the meaning or value of something, I’ve been suddenly reduced to trying to make sense of monkey chunks. In my instance, then, it is the disparity between my own interest in the show and the show’s lack of interest that is the issue – not my expectations, but its in/ability to bring them into focus or question. [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]
[ 29-01-2002: Message edited by: bonnee ]
The glass is half full.
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Originally posted by :
that would be my assumption . Personally speaking, though, I’m not too troubled by the absence of the special effects so far. More the recourse to gothic motifs (taverns,castles, etc) obvious matte shots and general ‘indoors’ feel. Apparently ‘battle’ in season 3 was all againgst blue screens on a sound stage, but much of it was well integrated. My feeling is that the series will somehow end the way it started – with the brunnen g headed for destruction. so the victory will be short lived and the cyle of time restarts again. if so, will this mean the opening scene of the first movie will be reprised – saving more money on special effects? [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
Wrong, wrong, wrong!
[img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Now please take this in a nice way because I’m trying to help out!They have not been “saving up” their special FX budget! There have been no more or less production values apparent in the 4th season than in other seasons! I still don’t understand where you guys get this idea! Just because the show takes place on Earth doesn’t mean they’re spending less money and in turn creating some sort of lesser product! Believe it or not, location shooting is expensive! They whole frickin’ reason this show exists was to demonstrate that CGI could be used in place of location shooting!
Saving it for the end? Gimme a break! You’re asking, nay, [b]begging[/b] for disappointment! Don’t you see what you have been doing and are now doing? You’ve built up theories and expectations about episodes to come and you deny yourself the ability to enjoy any new episode. So as each new episode of the 4th season appears, the divergence from your expectations becomes greater and greater! And then you pass off your disappointment as some sort of failing on the part of the makers of [i]Lexx[/i]!
This sort of phenomena in fandom cannot occur during the first season of of a show. Everything is new and there are no expectations.
Whatever it is you expect, cycle of time or whatever the heck you have for theories about the end of the show, you are wrong, [i]wrong[/i], [b]wrong[/b]! Now having said that, are you [i]ready[/i] for your impending disappointment? Because it is going to happen! The ending is not going to be what you expect, it will be something unexpected, and very much likely to be tasteless and silly. (For example: “The light universe is actually the booger in God’s nose and it’s destruction was his way of sneezing.”)
I’m just saying all of this for your own good and not to insult or belittle you. I’m just warning you that you will be disappointed if you keep this up! So cheer up! Expect the unexpected! Expect sillyness and nonsense! Expect everyone to die! Expect Prince to turn out not to be such a bad guy after all. Or something. Or ANYTHING.
In other words, theorizing about [i]Lexx[/i] is less than pointless.
Hahahahahahaha!
No offence, but there’s no chance that something like this would spawn from Japan. For starters, there are no pointless gun battles, giant robots that transform, women that all look alike exept some have blonde or purple or green hair (which is sooooo comon in Japan), profusion of poorly-designed spaceships, and the ever-present action-lines that indicate motion even though no action animation is rendered.
Now there’s a very [b]good[/b] chance that the Japanese could [b]copy[/b] [i]Lexx[/i] and twist it around to suit their bubble-gum Tenchi-tentacle tastes. And don’t forget about shame. There’s always an over-abundance of shame that all characters must deal with. Shame inserted into [i]Lexx[/i]? Uh-uh, no way. It would warp the tone of the story.
But I do see what you mean. An unusual story like [i]Lexx[/i] is similar to some far-out ideas presented in a scant few anime flicks. But anime is made for Japanese audiences. They only seem strange in translation.
BTW, I really hate [i]DragonballZ[/i]. A show that is all about a pointless ****ing contest is completely worthless. *RETCH*
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Originally posted by SadGeezer:
WOW Flame!That’s so cool! I’ve never seen that last verse!!!
Just so ya knows about it:
[url=http://www.groovetown.co.uk/]http://www.groovetown.co.uk/[/url][img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
[i]To Ganymede and Titan
Yes, sir, I’ve been around
But there ain’t no place
In the whole of Space
Like that good ol’ toddlin’ townOh! Lunar City Seven
You’re my idea of heaven
Out of ten, you score eleven
You good ol’ artificial terra-formed settlement, you, yeahOh! Lunar City Seven
Lunar Cities One through Six
They always get me down
But Lunar City Seven
You’re my home town[/i][ 27-01-2002: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
Based on the recent SciFi Channel chat with Paul and Lex, I don’t get the impression that they are overly concerned with the opinions of the fans. They write and create what they like. It turned out different ways in each season. Say, have you noticed that each season is different? And I don’t think it has anything to do with vain attempts to appeal to fans or corporate suits. Paul stated in an interview with one of our moderators that SciFi would have gladly payed for a 5th season of [i]Lexx[/i]. It’s just that the makers of the show are no longer interested in continuing it and they want to move on to other things. I think that’s good!
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Originally posted by bonnee:
DGKyou obviously care enough about Lexx to create your own ‘tribute’ elsewhere.
[url=http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/dgk_nf/offering.htm]http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/dgk_nf/offering.htm[/url]Its a fine page by the way, and I think we agree, Lexx is usually a damn fine show. I’m also very confused – about two things. Firstly, whilst the show is often characterised by amazing highs and lows, I feel I’ve been watching it flatline lately. Lexx has always divided fans of course – usually the one and same fan! It is often possible to watch episodes, and find yourself arguing with yourself. We can find ourselves questioning why we put ourselves through ‘that’, but the following week we find ourselves anxious for the next serving and often delighted by the result.
Secondly, the thing that is interesting about the most recent season, however, is that our ‘private’ argument has spilled out into the ‘public’ realm (bearing in mind I am wary of such a distinction to begin with). We are arguing amongst ourselves – people we would normally want to agree with and would not want to hurt or offend. We are not the first to bemoan the apparent lack of ‘quality’ during the current season though. This has been ‘taken’ as a ‘given’ elsewhere (I’ve just noticed that there is a thread here back down the line of someone reporting about a consensus emerging in alt.tv groups concerning the current season – and the person reporting this ‘fact’ was quite surprised, and encourages responses to ‘it’).
My response coincides with your own regarding ‘editing’ . Lack of quality control by virtue of too many episodes or an uncertainty in tone. I also suspect that the producers have responded to a critisism of season 3 – where it is commonly held to be ‘too serious’ . So, in response to this perceived quality and/or lack of (humour/playfulness), they (presumably)went the other way for the first half of season 4 . And these same people appear to be complaining about it not taking itself (and/or the audience) too seriously anymore! Note, however , that any response to its perceived qualities – including Salter Street’s response to temper it with a perceived imbalance – has its basis in the thing being responded to – namely, Lexx. We are talking about the show’s properties not (just) about our our sensibilities. Or if you prefer , a ‘given’ response ‘taken’ from it. Ours. And the scales have tipped the other way in some quarters. You and I both know that we are going to continue to watch Lexx, and shall ignore the call to not watch it, despite ongoing reservations. This forum, however, appears to be more accepting than most (god bless its soul) – the only thing it doesn’t seem to want to accept is critisism of OUR show. Its almost as if its their’s alone. but to quote you on your site
Feedback is like protoblood, it keeps me going!
[ 27-01-2002: Message edited by: bonnee ]
*SIGH*
[i]Why[/i] did you start a thread with the exact same name as another thread? Why couldn’t you just post in that thread? Are you deliberately trying to diffuse and dilute arguements?
I’m copying and pasting your message to the original thread. Moderators, please lock this thread. Thanxx.
[ 27-01-2002: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
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Originally posted by FX:
okay, i am going to throw in with you guys, (partly because i cannot understand the discussion between aleck and bonnee in the other thread,) and say i enjoyed mnm a lot… for me it was like brigadoom; i hate musicals, went in expecting the worst, and found myself giggling and really paying attention…and i like the sophomoric humor, and the gay jokes, and the bickering married couple…i also love kai flitting and stan swishing; those two swish better than most of the gay sendups i have seen…it may be simpleminded, but it’s fun and completely out of character for them…and i also particularly like the mocking of the druids/wiccans/name your favorite neopagan cult wannabes…hell, it looks a lot like a scifi fan convention [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Bingo! On the nose! Bullseye! Ditto! ([i]sic, et al, ad nauseum[/i])
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Originally posted by FX:
and saddy and newkate, i am sorry to disagree, but i giggled a lot at bad carrot too! it’s a great parody of every ‘cops’episode or film fbi raid ever done, and the proctological exam scene was hilarious…so yeah, the soundtrack was a bit much, but prince, kai, and stan’s humiliation was definitely fun, and unexpected (kai and prince are supposed to be invincible and immortal, remember)…and yes, i like season 4, except for xevivor… [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
ACK! SPOILERS! Bad FX!
[img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]quote:
Originally posted by LexxLurker:
At least someone knows their obscure mythology though of which Im a big fan, cheers! [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] It’s also the name of a moon, forget if its Saturn or Jupiter’s
Titania and Oberon are the fourth and fifth (respectively) major satellites of the planet Uranus.
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Originally posted by LexxLurker:
PPS: Pre-emptive posting: If you’ve seen the movie “Apocolypse Now” and havent already please read “Heart of Darkness” by Conrad. Its far superior to Apocolypse Now and is the entire basis of that story. You’ll enjoy it I promise. Its one of the greatest stories ever, and coming from someone who cant stand Conrads morbid tales(did he ever write a pleasent story???) thats saying something.
The recent release of [i]Apocalypse Now Redux[/i] presents a movie that is different than the original version that came out in the 1970s. I recommend that people see the [i]Redux[/i] version before seeing the upcoming episode, [i]4.20 Apocalexx Now[/i]. (“Charlie don’t surf!”)
Yes! People are coming out of the closet and revealing that they actually love season 4! Good for you!
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]quote:
Originally posted by LexxLurker:
BTW Was that “Row, row, row your boat” they were singing to?
Yup, that had to have been [i]Row, Row, Row Your Boat[/i]. But I think Kirk, Spock, and McCoy conveyed a more terrifying stage presence with their rendition of that particular ditty in [i]Star Trek V[/i].
[img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]But I still want to know if there is a relationship between the site of the Feast Of Morgroth and the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1977 album, [i]Animals[/i]:
[img]http://www.flamegrape.com/pic/pinkfloyd-animals.jpg[/img]
Anyone? Anyone?
[img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]I agree with you, JJ. 100%. Except that I loved [i]Fluffdaddy[/i]… and just about all the other season 4 episodes, too.
I just don’t get it with some of you critics out there. From the way Sad was carrying on about [i]4.11 Midsummer’s Nightmare[/i], I thought it was going to be truly terrible. Wrong, it was wonderful. It was the looney [i]Lexx[/i] I come to expect.
And because of that unbelievably dreadful rant about [i]4.12 Bad Carrot[/i], I went out of my way to warn newbies to not watch any of the new episodes at the end of January! I’ve even been truly worried about the impact that this horrible episode would have on Lexx fandom in general!
[b][i]Much Ado About Nothing[/i][/b]
Now I’m coming around to the conclusion that I have nothing to worry about. All of the season 4 [i]Lexx[/i] episodes have been consistent and good. In fact, I think it’s all getting better and better.
I’m also starting to wonder if SadGeezer has been putting us on, telling all of us that the upcoming episodes are worthless when they’re actually priceless.
It has all but befuddled my dang fool cracker mind.
I just don’t understand you people sometimes! I thought the show was brilliant in the manner I expect [i]Lexx[/i] to be! Once again, [i]Lexx[/i] has proved to be consistent. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this episode.
[img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]I have not read your review, Sad, but I’m afraid that I can’t bear to read it. But judging from what you’ve said in this and other threads, I believe you are being far too critical. Also, I believe that you are falling victim to something I commonly see in fandom: too-high expectations.
[img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img]I’d like to get into this further, but I want to giggle at [i]4.11 Midsummer’s Nightmare[/i] some more! I invite others to speak up now and tell us all what you liked about the episode.
For starters, does anyone recognize this album from 1977?
[img]http://www.flamegrape.com/pic/pinkfloyd-animals.jpg[/img]
ROFL! Oh, beautiful!
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]I’ve been continually perplexed by the complaints a number of people have been posting about [i]Lexx[/i]!
IMHO, the quality of [i]Lexx[/i] has remained constant from the very beginning to the present. I’m not sure what to say in support of this POV.
I introduced my friends to [i]Lexx[/i] in the last year. Myself, I have been faithfully watching the show since the end of season 2. To get to the point, me and my friends have reviewed all of the season 1 movies sequentially on DVD, all of the season 2 episodes sequentially on DVD, all of the season 3 episodes in my tape collection (sans commercials!), and we have been enjoying the season 4 episodes. We’ve seen all the episodes we can.
When I tell them about criticism posted here at SadBoard, they’re all mystified. My discussion with my friends usually segues to the topic of obsessive fans who expect too much from their favorite TV shows. It’s looking a gift horse in the mouth, etc., etc.
I’m just looking forward to seeing more Xev. You just can’t go wrong with that lovely, luscious, lizard lady!
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img][ 25-01-2002: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
That isn’t trivia. That’s an obscure fact that only someone who is totally obsessed with [i]Buffy[/i] could possibly know. Someone who regularly watches the show would never, ever, figure that out.
I just wish my local Best Buy would carry them. Living in the sticks really sucks serious sphincter. As far as DVDs and CDs go, I have to mail-order… everything. Someday I will move nearer civilzation.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Last night I saw [i]Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers[/i] ([i]To Live and Die in Starlight[/i]), and I was not impressed.
Why am I not suprised? I knew you’d be the first one to nit-pick. I think you’d nay-say the Second Coming. (Just kidding!)
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
There is no way it could be enjoyed by anyone who has not followed [i]Babylon 5[/i]. They never explain what a Ranger is, or who the One is. We know this, but omitting those explanations limit their audience to people like us who are familiar with the universe.
You need to give other intelligent speculative fiction fanatics more credit. I enjoy watching the occasional [i]Buffy The Vampire Slayer[/i] episode even though I know nothing of any story arc or background mythology.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Captain Martel was well-developed, but he seems a little similar to Matthew Gideon.
Captain Martel is like Captain Matthew Gideon who is like Captain Elizabeth Lochley who is like Captain John Sheridan who is like Commander Jeffrey Sinclair who is like Captain James Kirk who is like Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers who is like Horatio Hornblower, [i]etc., etc., ad nauseum…[/i]
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
The new alien menace is just a rehash of the Shadows.
JMS is probably pleased with your conclusion. He’s probably thinking, “Ha ha ha! They fell for it, hook, line, and sinker! The fans have no idea what’s coming.” It took them a long time to build up to the revelation of who and what the Shadows were. Do you think JMS would leave nothing to tell in subsequent movies/episodes?
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
Of course the Drazi character is big and dumb, the traitor was the ugliest looking alien, and the bad guys are dressed all in black and you can’t see their faces (“looks like the new Divine Shadow host is a Vorlon”).
Bad guys always wear black. It’s the law.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
There also seemed to be inconsistencies. They had a changeling net but called it a holosuit, and they referred to a parallel universe beyond hyperspace but never called it Thirdspace. And could someone explain to me why the jump points look different? For the entire run of [i]Babylon 5[/i] and [i]Crusade[/i] they were the same, but now they look like the beginning credits of [i]Doctor Who[/i]. Am I missing something?
Behold a prime example of worthless nit-picking.
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
G’Kar’s appearance seemed tacked on. I know they needed someone from the first series to launch this one, but wouldn’t Sheridan or Lennier be more logical? G’Kar just got annoying after a while. And that subplot with the telepathic echo of the dead crew didn’t work for me at all.
I like G’Kar. I thought he fit into the story very well. His rapier wit always makes B5 more fun.
You didn’t like the subplot with the telepathic echo of the dead crew? But you bought the idea of Soul Hunters? And technomages? And Thirdspace? (And hyperspace, for that matter…)
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
All in all, [i]Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers[/i] was the weakest of all the [i]Babylon 5[/i] T.V. movies, and I only hope the series that follows will be better than this unpromising lead.
After all that complaining you are still going to watch the show. Typical.
Okay, smart-asses! Design yer [b]own[/b] DVD cover!
Here’s the template for DVD covers and booklet inserts:
[url=http://www.flamegrape.com/pic/dvdsd.gif][img]http://www.flamegrape.com/pic/dvdsd.gif[/img][/url]
[b]CLICK
FOR A LARGER VIEW[/b]Take a look at the Contender UK cover:
[img]http://www.flamegrape.com/pic/lexxcontender1.jpg[/img]
As an artist, I have to state right here and now that I like the Acorn covers much better. The Contender cover looks extremely tacky. It looks like they couldn’t decide on a colour scheme. It looks like the cover of a potential Lexx karaoke/party disc. I almost expect to see [url=http://www.riptaylor.com/front.html]Rip Taylor[/url] in the background throwing confetti!
BTW, I wonder what brand of plastic DVD case the UK Contender discs have. The Acorn discs use Alpha. The Koch discs use Amaray. You can tell which brand is used by looking for the name molded on the inside of the case. Amaray is written on the inside of the spine; Alpha is written on the inside of the case, beneath the disc mount. Personally, I prefer the Amaray cases for my own DVD authoring.
[ 22-01-2002: Message edited by: SadGeezer ]
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Originally posted by Aleck:
The S2V5 cover is supposed to have another picture of Xev on it.
[b]Xev[/b] is supposed to be on the S2V5 cover?!? That settles it. I’m getting the Acorn version.
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Aleck, is there something going on with the S2V5 DVD? When I heard that it was available earlier in this thread, I instantly ordered a copy. I finally received it in the mail along with a really crappy “mousepad”. I immediatly noticed that it was a Koch disc and not Acorn. What gives? What’s the difference between the S2V5 Koch and Acorn versions? Now I’m wondering if I should get the Acorn version…
[img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]I whole-heartedly agree with Evil Lister. As long as the episodes in question are not available in stores, then tape trading is okay in my book.
Case in point: [i]Magic Baby[/i]. I taped this episode but it cut off about a minute before the end credits. I didn’t really miss much, but still I would like to have the complete episode. I was hoping they would re-broadcast it right before the new episodes started in January. But I blinked and they aired it at TWO A.M. ON A MONDAY MORNING and I missed it completely. And since I know that SciFi will never rerun that episode (or any other episode) of [i]Lexx[/i] after the last episode airs, I will have to wait until it is released on tape or DVD. So someday soon I will attempt to trade for a good copy of that episode from another fan. But the copy I will get will be of unknown video and audio quality. And will also have the damnable SciFi logo in the corner of the screen. If I’m going to go to the trouble and expense of tape-trading, then you can logically assume that I love the show enough to buy high-quality DVDs.
But if you are a videophile and do not already have a means to play and view DVDs, then you need to find Mr. Peabody and the Way-Back machine and return to the 21st century!
I’ve met thet guy who wrote the original comic book. He and I used to frequent the same comic shop. Nice guy!
I think [i]The X-Files[/i] jumped the shark with the movie.
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Originally posted by Evil_Lister:
End it on a downer like they did with Quantum Leap.
How [b]did[/b] [i]Quantum Leap[/i] end anyway? And for that matter, how did [i]Sliders[/i] end?
Wow. It just so happens that [b]TODAY[/b] I received in the mail today an EXTRA copy of [i]Lexx The Series[/i] soundtrack CD. I thought I had cancelled that order, but here it is! If anyone wants to buy it, let me know.
Yes, [i]Lex[/i] is the latin word for law. My father received a law degree and somewhere along the way he picked up brass bookends with a picture of scales and the word, [i]”LEX”[/i] written on the sides.
Hence the joke of the first movie. The Lexx is the ultimate dispensor of justice. Ha-ha.
Since they’ve been making fun of Earth things this season, I’ve been wondering if there is going to be a courtroom drama episode. Maybe have Xev eat Ally McBeal!
[ 17-01-2002: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Get real!
As if!
In a pig’s eye!
Yeahboylemmetellya!
(Oh me of little faith!)
Oh, c’mon! It’s the same thing as with Seven, but worse! She’s totally hot, but will NEVER put out. Not like my Xevalicious! Wooooooooooo!!!
If woman-hating is called misogyny, what is man-hating called? I’ve been wondering about that for a while…
I’ve finally seen all of the episodes of [i]Red Dwarf[/i] and I still can’t decide! They are [b]all[/b] great!
[img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]All I know is that [i]LotR[/i] has been used in books and essays to abbreviate the title, [i]The Lord of the Rings[/i], for decades.
I think this is JMS’s way of being funny…
Quake III Arena is a game for the PC. It might be available for some console system, I don’t know. One thing is certain is that only the PC version can be modified with new characters and arena maps. It is still somewhat popular, so it is still not a cheap-bin game yet.
Here is the link to the Aeon Flux model:
[url=http://www.planetquake.com/polycount/info/quake3/aeonflux/aeonflux.shtml]Aeon Flux for Q3A at Polycount[/url]
BEWARE! Quake III Arena is primarily an internet multi-player game. If you only have a 56k modem, you will not have much fun.
Other game makers have used the Q3A graphics engine to make [i]Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force[/i], [i]Return to Castle Wolfenstein[/i], and shortly a version based on the [i]Star Wars[/i] universe will be released.
Aeon, do you play Quake III Arena? If you do, then you can download [b]really[/b] good Aeon Flux player models. If there were an Aeon Flux videogame, that is what she would look like!
[b]I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General[/b]
by W S GILBERT AND ARTHUR S SULLIVAN[i]I am the very model of a modern Major General
I’ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categoricalI’m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I’m teeming with a lot o’ news
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse
(with many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse)
(with many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse)
(with many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotepotenuse)I’m very good at integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major General
(in short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral)
(he is the very model of a modern Major General)I know our mythic history, King Arthur’s and Sir Caradoc’s
I answer hard acrostics, I’ve a pretty taste for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolousI can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
I know the croaking chorus from the ‘Frogs of Aristophanes’!
Then I can hum a fugue of which I’ve heard the music’s din afore
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense ‘Pinafore’
(and whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense ‘Pinafore’)
(and whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense ‘Pinafore’)
(and whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense ‘Pinapinafore’)Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you ev’ry detail of Caractacus’s uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major General
(in short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral)
(he is the very model of a modern Major General)In fact, when I know what is meant by “mamelon” and “ravelin”
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I’m more wary at
And when I know precisely what is meant by “commissariat”When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I’ve a smattering of elemental strategy
You’ll say a better Major General has never sat a gee
(you’ll say a better Major General has never sat a gee)
(you’ll say a better Major General has never sat a gee)
(you’ll say a better Major General has never sat a sat a gee)For my military knowledge, though I’m plucky and adventury
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major General
(but still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral)
(he is the very model of a modern Major General)[/i][ 10-01-2002: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
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Originally posted by JumpingJedi:
They did didnt they! Im sure T’Pol had a quick wipe down the front of her Bra.
She did. Play back the tape in slow-motion, you pervert, you!
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Originally posted by LexxLurker:
Dalek you have some brilliant insight sometimes. Very few people watch all the Lexx eps, and even fewer realize that the crew is rarely/never in danger. They *are* the danger. Everything they meet has a really good chance (hmm bout 99.89%) of being destroyed.
ROFL! I actually figured that out quite a while ago. Heheheheh! When I heard that [i]Red Dwarf[/i] alumni were going to guest-star on the show I thought, “Great! I can’t wait for this! But I wonder how they’re going to get [b]killed[/b]!”
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]I got your T’Pol [i]right here![/i]
When I saw that scene where she strips down, all I was thinking was “headlights are on” and “turkey’s done!” So it’s confirmed. Vulcans have nipples.
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Actually, the part where Galadrial gives gifts to the folks in Fellowship is an important part of the story. Gimili (the dwarf) is initially distrustful of elves. But after seeing the beautiful forest realm and the mesmerising beauty of Galadrial, he is impressed. As a gift, Galadrial gives Gimli a lock of her golden hair which he treasures always. In the next book (movie), Legolas gains an appreciation of dwarven things.
I noticed in the movie that the Fellowship all had cloaks with silver-leaf clasps after they left Lothlorien, but it was never actually explained how they got them.
[url=http://www.ebbs.english.vt.edu/cf/locked/tolkien.html][i]On Fairy-stories[/i] by J.R.R. Tolkien[/url]
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Originally posted by Headgehog:
Sorry to be the one to tell you this but Lyta is dead by the Rangers movie. After two years she comes back with G’Kar to take control of the army Garabaldi was building for her while she was gone. This causes the Telepath War. She dies in some heroic fashion to end the war.
That’s stated in a book or in B5 or Crusade episode? If it was in a book, does JMS treat novels as cannon? Dammit, I can’t believe that JMS would kill her off! I thought he liked her! (Both the actress and the character.)
[img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_sad.gif[/img]Possibly H.R. Giger’s vision of biomechanics might be read into [i]Lexx[/i]. But I don’t know, not much more than that… ?
They brought back G’Kar. I wish they’d brought back Lyta Alexander, too. I luv that telepath! Visit my [url=http://www.flamegrape.com/lytaalexander/index.htm]Lyta Alexander Fanpage[/url]!
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]I considered buying the [i]Farscape[/i] DVDs, but they only put two (or is it three?) episodes on one disc. ([i]Lexx[/i] has four episodes per disc. [i]Space:1999[/i] has three per disc.) But since they had been re-running that show everyday, I figured that maybe I’d get around to taping them someday.
So they stopped re-running it every weekday? Bummer. Unfortunately, I hadn’t noticed since I’ve been busy lately.
[img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]But maybe it’s for the best. SciFi has been milking it for all it’s worth lately. Don’t want to burn out on it. It’s too bad you just discovered the show in November.
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Originally posted by Aleck:
(I wish it was the end of this year, but Q4 is completely filled with a million and a half hours of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas that I have to wade through…I mean, it’s not like I hate G&S or anything, but we’re talking 10 full productions…needless to say, it’s going to be pretty dang time-consuming, and I’m going to be wandering around the hallways here singing the entire “Mikado” before it’s over with).
If you haven’t seen it already, check out the movie, [i]Topsy-turvy[/i]. It’s all about Gilbert & Sullivan and the first performance of the [i]Mikado[/i].
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Originally posted by Slopmaster:
I commend Sad or whoever did it because personally I have seen way to many of these stupid Lexx vs Farscape arguments.
agreed
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Originally posted by Aleck:
That’s right. It’s all correct. Everything except my name.
–Aleck
Shazbot! Sorry, Aleck!
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