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Now Squish, no need to be testy.
Don’t get mad, Crusader. You’re a good guy. I mean, you have a point about the Borg virus being mentioned on the Voyager TV show.
Anyway, cool it, you guys. Don’t need a flame war.
But are they actually going to air [i]Bad Carrot[/i]? I suppose we won’t know until the new year, 2002.
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Originally posted by :
Smart Fella, Fella Smart,
it takes a Smart Fella to Fella Smart.O.K., say this phrase five times real fast!
(An oldie, but goodie) [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
I thought it was:
“One smart fellow. He felt smart.”
(I saw it on an episode of [i]Dr. Katz[/i].)
[img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]Either that or the beans watched [i]Millenium[/i] too many times. (The Ouroboros was the logo for that show.) Or maybe they thought the tatoo on Dana Scully’s butt was really cool! (She had an Ouroboros tatoo done in an episode of [i]The X-Files[/i].) Or maybe they were inspired by the origin of Dave Lister on [i]Red Dwarf[/i]. (Dave was abandoned as a baby. He was found under a pool table in a box marked, “Ouroboros”.)
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[i]Dana Scully’s tattoo[/i][ 28-11-2001: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
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Originally posted by FX:
…and he was just as puzzled as many of the brits here are about american censorship…at any rate, just saw the canadian version of bad carrot; the ‘fart soundtrack’ had been toned down, the facial expressions during the ‘probe’ were clipped or missing, and as i suspected, we did not see rolf’s bare butt…the shot of kai on the toilet was also shorter… [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] so maybe the canadians have similar rules to get around
IMHO, the DVD version of [i]Bad Carrot[/i]should be uncut. All of the bits that were cut out of the Canadian, British, American, etc., should be put back in. Fart soundtrack and all. Genius, that is, pure genius. [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img] (And no, I’m not taking any of this seriously!)
I fart on thee. [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Sorry about that. I had a drunken rant last night. And frankly, it felt good! I’m still in shock at what an arrogant turd Wil Wheaton turned out to be. And I felt so sorry for Roxann, being embarrased like that.
Otherwise, it was an entertaining show. I agree with Mary Beth. For some reason I was suprised at how well Denise Crosby played. And was also suprised at how quickly John de Lancie was eliminated!
I thought it was amusing when Bill Shatner put the moves on the host, whats-her-name. (I don’t watch the show.) At least Bill can act like an ass with style. I loved him in Sandra Bullock’s [i]Miss Congeniality[/i].
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Since I’ve slept on it and with sober consideration… DIE, WESLEY, DIE!
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Originally posted by Headgehog:
It is Wolf 359 and it is a real star system.
Wolf 359 is 2.35 parsecs from our sun, Sol. This would have made a perfect staging area for an attack on Earth. All the other nearby stars (Alpha Centauri, Proxima Centauri, Barnard’s Star, Sirius, UV Ceti) would have been heavily defended. The only other star that is less than 3 parsecs away is DM+36 2147. But I’m sure the writers of [i]Star Trek[/i] thought that the “Battle of Wolf 359” sounded much more interesting than the “Battle of DM+36 2147”. Besides, Wolf 359 is a RED DWARF star, a worthless burning ember. No one would bother settling it or defending it.
(I’ve been working on a 3d starmap of all the stars in “sector 001” for many years now. Currently, I have a model that I built in 3d Studio MAX.)
[img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]I triple-dog dare the SciFi Channel to air this episode! I bet they don’t have the balls!
In case they don’t air it, let’s expect some tape trading to occur. I can take a copy and burn it to DVD and that DVD can be passed around to the fans. Otherwise, we’ll have to wait until Aleck and the rest at Acorn to release it in 2003(?).
Anybody remember Eddie Murphy’s old song, [i]Boogie in your Butt[/i]?
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Originally posted by Hypatia:
But what if we skipped actors altogether and made an animated movie?I’d be happy to write, we coulf all pitch in, but I’d have to work Xev into it [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Other thing is copywright laws…..
Animated movie? It could be done. But you’d still need actors. VOICE actors. Who can do a good imitation of any of the main characters? Still would need some sort of audition.
I’ve already started on a Xev poser model. (Poser is a 3d character animation program.) Some of you might recall that I’m working on model sheets for the main characters.
I don’t know which would be easier, total animation or live action with CG imagery.
Don’t forget that thing about a script!
[img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]I don’t remember where I read it (it might have been the moderator’s report?) but I believe that Salter Street does not care if fans make fan fiction about [i]Lexx[/i]. If there was serious money to be made, then we might run into trouble. But if whatever we made was a money-maker, then the next step would be licensing. (But we’re counting our chickens before their hatched.)
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Originally posted by JumpingJedi:
The song is better than I expected but not exactly my cup of tea. Is there anymore stuff out there?
I have no clear idea. I did a search for “xenia” on AudioGalaxy.Com a few months ago. I came up with a couple dozen songs, many of them in German. But I have no information about any of her album(s?) so I don’t know song names, lyrics, etc. I would love to by her CDs. But WHERE????????? The only song I know for certain is hers is [i]Heartbeat[/i] because someone pointed out that video clip to me recently. All the other songs I found? WHO KNOWS! [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]
WRITE THE SCRIPT FIRST.
I can’t help with acting, but I’m a steady hand with the camera.
WRITE THE SCRIPT FIRST.
But most of all, I can do all of the 3d computer graphics post-production. The big trick would be finding studio space for the green-screen shots.
WRITE THE SCRIPT FIRST.
With careful planning, something could be put together by late next year.
WRITE THE SCRIPT FIRST.
With script in hand, I could come up with storyboards.
WRITE THE SCRIPT FIRST.
Oh, and I forgot to mention the script. Can’t do anything without a script.
WRITE THE SCRIPT FIRST.
:: Activating prig mode ::
I wonder if we could set up a forum dedicated to writing stories by fans of [i]Lexx[/i]. Hmmm. What would we call this type of thing? I’m not sure, could it be, maybe called the [i]Banal and Derivative Literature Discussion Forum[/i]? No, no, no, too negative in tone. We need a term that is more encouraging, more appealing to fans and an acknowledgement that it is, in fact, a legitimate form of fiction. I know! Why not call it the [i]Fan Fiction Forum[/i]! It could be a place for fans to post their sci-fi-inspired stories, scripts, game ideas, and even artwork and songs. Why hasn’t someone thought of this sort of thing before?
:: Deactivating prig mode ::
*Ahem*
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How about holding auditions at one or two popular SciFi/Fantasy conventions? And who would the main characters be? Stan, Xev, and Kai? Maybe it would all depend on how the series ends? Or not have anything to do with the Lexx but focus on the Divine Order? The Insect Wars? [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]
[ 25-11-2001: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
Timothy Leary told me that the brain can be programmed and reformatted and programmed again like a hard drive. (Met him at DragonCon 1992.) [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
At this time, I would like to recite the astronomer’s mnemonic for star spectral types:
[b]O[/b]h
[b]B[/b]e
[b]A[/b]
[b]F[/b]ine
[b]G[/b]irl
[b]K[/b]iss
[b]M[/b]e[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]
[ 25-11-2001: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
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Originally posted by Newkate:
Xev liked the probe, how completely inpredictable.
YES! YES! YES! THERE IS A GOD!
I can’t wait to see this episode. On show night I’ll serve up a mega-hot curry for my friends. Muhahahahahaha!
[img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]The last thing I want to discuss is whether or not nudity is acceptable, especially in a [i]Lexx[/i] forum. I’m getting sick of morality discussions. It’s like preaching temperance at Oktoberfest. Yer harshin’ my buzz! [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]
The human form is beautiful and for me there is no question about it. Telling someone, “NO! YOU CAN’T BE BEAUTUL!” is a violence in itself, an assault upon human emotions. Shame is an evil tool, a destroyer of confidence and self-image. Just look at the Taliban for the worst example of misogynistic abuse. [img]images/smiles/icon_mad.gif[/img]
I have an mp3 of one of her songs on my [url=http://www.flamegrape.com/lexx/index.htm]Lexx Fanpage[/url]. There’s also a clip of a video of the same song. (Didn’t I just post this? Oh, well.)
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Originally posted by JumpingJedi:
Instead of an UnCon why doesnt someone organise a DefCon in tribute to Paul Donovans long lost Classic? [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Ehhh, errrr, ummmm…… I don’t think so. There aren’t that many fans of that movie that are itching to go to a convention in it’s honor. And very few might make the PD-DC4-Lexx connection. (BTW, I liked [i]Def-Con 4[/i].)
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Originally posted by Hypatia:
(Hmmm, can you tell who my favorite character is?)
You and me both! Xevolicious……
BTW, someone emailed me a link to one of Xenia’s music videos. I downloaded it and put it on my [url=http://www.flamegrape.com/lexx/index.htm]Lexx Fanpage[/url].
[img]images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]Xev stomping on Prince’s face in 3.13 [i]Heaven and Hell[/i]. (Or was it the episode before that?) Anyway, Prince clings to Xev’s moth and cuts a hole in it’s floor. Remember?
Yes, I remember this movie! Paul Donovan directed it? Wow. It’s not as bad as tbe amature reviewer makes it out to be. It’s a cold-war/post-apocalyptic movie, as was the fashion in the 1980’s. I really was into those kinds of movies like [i]Mad Max[/i] or [i]Red Dawn[/i]. I even sat down and watched [i]Warrior of the Lost World[/i]– the un-MSTied version! Rest assured, though, that [i]Def-Con 4[/i] was much better than that Italian stink-bomb.
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]I’m convinced that they used video feedback to create the title sequence for those easrly episodes. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
That’s cool to know. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
By coincidence, my dad and I watched a tape of some of the first episodes that aired back in early 1960’s. They were the episodes where the Doctor encounters the Daleks for the first time.
Visit my [url=http://www.flamegrape.com/drwho/index.htm]Doctor Who Theme Music[/url] page and download MP3s of various versions of the Dr. Who theme song, including a really hip version by Orbital.There’s an underlying theme in [i]Lexx[/i] that newbies usually do not catch onto. Kai is the hero and most of the events that have occured relate to him.
Also, not all newbies catch onto the fact that the show is a [b]satire[/b] of all the other sci-fi shows and movies. The tone is similar in quality to the later seasons of [i]Red Dwarf[/i]. In fact, two of the stars of [i]Red Dwarf[/i] made a guest appearance on [i]Lexx[/i].
And no, the makers of [i]Lexx[/i] do not have $1.5 million to sink into each episode (like [i]Farscape[/i]). Those Canadians made do with what was available.
One thing I like about [i]Lexx[/i] more than I like about [i]Farscape[/i] is the comedy and friendship between the crewmembers of the ship. On [i]Farscape[/i], it seems that everyone is screaming at each other and terrible, disasterous things are happening all of the time. Whereas [i]Lexx[/i] is a bit more light-hearted, sexy, and funny. On [i]Farscape[/i], Chrichton provides most of the comic relief.
You can count on [i]Farscape[/i] to be serious and dramatic. It’s a different matter with [i]Lexx[/i]. In fact, some [i]Lexx[/i] fans here at SadBoard are sometimes reminded that it’s just a silly, sexy show. We’re always thankful it is not burdened with technobabble. [i]Farscape[/i] contains a tremendous amount of hard science-fiction. [i]Lexx[/i] is not that complicated and relies on story and script.
But mostly I watch [i]Lexx[/i] for the babes. Xev in particular. I bought a poster of Xev and I’m having it framed! Visit my Xev webpage, .[url=http://www.flamegrape.com/xev/index.htm]Flamegrape’s Xev Picture Archive[/url].
[i]Farscape[/i] or [i]Lexx[/i]? Apples and oranges, really.
Yes, this board has been quiet. I like the show too. But I’ve had trouble keeping up with the plots. If I blink, I miss something important every time.
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Originally posted by Headgehog:
I’ve been watching HN for almost a year but I’ve never seen her. When did you see her? (What time and day)
I saw her on Tuesday evening. She was co-hosting with some man. It was about 6 pm EST, I think.
I’ve uploaded a picture of the symbol of the Divine Order to [url=http://www.flamegrape.com/lexx/index.htm]my Lexx webpage[/url]. It’s taken from a screen capture of a Lexx advertisement on the SciFi Channel. You can see a perfect view of the Divine Order symbol for an instant before they place the Lexx logo in from of it. The picture I made for you is not perfect, but I think it’s what you want.
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Originally posted by [XEV]the Carpenter:
So, did anybody find the 2-D map of LEXX yet? [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
I just remembered that a long time ago I downloaded some schematic drawings of the Lexx. (I don’t remember where I got them.) I’ve posted them on [url=http://www.flamegrape.com/lexx/index.htm]my Lexx webpage[/url]. And according to these Salter Street Studio drawings that were used for the construction of the model, the Lexx is 10 km long and 2.1 km high. They don’t say how wide it is, but I’m sure it’s easy to figure out.
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Originally posted by mary beth:
yes i do! and it is this…that many of us will not take a moment this Thanksgiving to give thanks to our diety of choice.
Myself, I will be sacrificing a turkey to the gods.
You know what my favorite holiday album is? It’s Jethro Tull’s [i]Songs From The Wood[/i]. Sure, they’re too old to rock’n’roll and too young to die, but I love listening to that album when it’s cold outside and there’s a log on the fire. [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Actually, I really liked the [i]Lost in Space[/i] remake. It had style. It had a darkness to it that was more like the first season of the original television show. (Subsequent seasons were way too campy, IMHO.)
The American [i]Godzilla[/i] failed for a couple of reasons. The special effects were good, but I felt that the monster stomped around in the wrong city on the wrong coast. It seems more logical that he would nest in Los Angeles. San Francisco would have been best because there could have been a good rampage scene in Chinatown with hundreds of orientals running and screaming– a perfect nod towards the original Japanese movies. But they really blew it when they infected the movie with little Godzookies imitating velociraptors from [i]Jurassishadit Park[/i].
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Originally posted by Aleck:
There is the fact that James Cameron still works.
Guess who’s producing the [i]Solaris[/i] re-make? (*double-shudder*) [img]images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by elfie:
when ppl here who weren’t affected by the mess in *any* way other than having to read about it, the same thing happened. if it’s stuck in your face eventually you comment on it — everyone here in the angst forum is guilty of it. no one asked aleck or flamegrape or anyone — they just got incited and had stuff to say because this crap was clogging up their BB.
That’s pretty much correct, elfie. I had nothing to do with this arguement but it’s been “cloggin up” the SadBoard.
But I’ve been listening to boths sides, too. After [b]weeks[/b] of this flame war, I’ve come to a few conclusions. My conclusion was this: SciFi.Com/Lexx is an unmoderated bulletin board and things got out-of-hand because there was no one to spank the flamers and the trolls. And the spark of this flame war is really a technical issue about the primitive nature of the bulletin board programs used at SciFi.Com itself. (And it always seems necessary to qualify that statement with, [i]”No, I’m not talking about the people who post at SciFi.Com, I’m talking about the quality of the bulletin board system’s programs.”[/i] Over at the SciFi.Com/Lexx bulletin board, some people accuse me of insulting the people who post there. This is not the case. And it never will be.)
Unfortunately (but not suprisingly), when I tried to point towards a solution at the SciFi.Com/Lexx bulletin board, I was attacked and accused of trying to wreck everyone’s fun. This was because it was no longer a flame war regarding fan fiction. It was starting to polarize into a SciFi.Com bboard vs. Sadboard issue. That was the last straw for me and I couldn’t just sit still and do nothing.
And BTW, none of the paranoia and suspicion about me over at SciFi.Com really bothers me. Taking into account all of the factors of this flame war, it didn’t suprise me. The last thing I’ll do is reply with insults or rants. In time, people will realize that I’m on the level. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Hypatia:
Alot of peeps seem really offended, I cruised by SciFi’s board and it was the same there…can we just drop it?
If you’re talking about all the suspicious remarks posted about me at SciFi.Com/Lexx, don’t worry about it because I don’t mind. The best thing I can do is not reply with more insults or attempt to defend myself with rants.
I’ve heard rumor that they’re even talking about me over at SciFi.Com/Farscape, too! Interesting. I suppose I’ll go and have a look today.
Speaking of [i]Farscape[/i], there seems to be some sort of feud happening. Or please tell me that it’s just isolated incidents. [i]Farscape[/i] is a cool show and it’s a shame that some of us [i]Lexx[/i] fans got ****ed-off at the SciFi Channel for it’s obvious favoritism. It’s economics, really. SciFi didn’t have to pump as much advertising into [i]Lexx[/i] as they did [i]Farscape[/i] to generate a large fanbase. I’d be worried about regular viewers too if each show cost more than $1,000,000 to produce!
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Originally posted by Hypatia:
George Clooney? In Solaris? Hmmmm…I never thought much of him….Oh well, I’ll probably see it anyway. I liked the origional, ‘though the ending lost me.
As one of the characters commented in the movie, “It has some thing to do with conscience.” Kelvin felt guilty about Hari’s suicide. He decided to stay on Solaris so he could be with the replica of his dead wife. Instead, he found his father that he left behind because he felt guilty about leaving him and everyone else behind on Earth. That was how I interpreted it.
I just wanted to say that I have nothing to say about this subject. Except that it’s not my conflict and it’s my hope that it ends soon. It probably won’t be resolved in a manner that satisfies everyone. My advice to boths sides is to give it up. Cease and desist.
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Originally posted by Headgehog:
If they say they’re happy there, then let them stay there. If they want to come here and discuss great. It works for me either way. There is no use in arguing with zealots. We should stop this bickering before the rift in Lexxians grows any more!
I’ve been advocating the idea of a new moderated fan fiction forum here at SadBoard. And again, I want to emphasize that it would [b]NOT[/b] ursurp the activities of APEC or other fan fiction groups. The new forum would provide a safe venue for fan fiction authors. This whole ugly flame warfare began because the SciFi.Com/Lexx bulletin board is completely unmoderated. Arguements got completely out of hand and extremely mean.
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Originally posted by …:
But for the life of me I can’t understand why:
*you would volunteer to moderate a fic/OPEC forum? I’ve never seem you write fics and I don’t think your in APEC*how you would expect them to be positively responisve to an outsider moderating them
I have absolutely no desire to moderate an APEC forum. To assume that SadBoard would have any authority to establish an “APEC Fan Fiction Forum” would be [b]extremely[/b] insulting to the members of that club. This they have stated a few times.
As I understand what Sad has proposed, the proposed Fan Fiction section of the SadBoard would have several forums that represent several catagories of fan fictions. Lexx, Farscape, Andromeda, Babylon 5, Red Dwarf, etc. Within each of those forums, authors could post stories to their hearts content. As long as it doesn’t violate an agreed-upon set of rules. All of these details have yet to be hammered out.
Nope, I haven’t posted fan fictions in the past. Maybe I’ll have a go at it if this moderated forum comes into being. But at the moment, I don’t relish the idea of posting fan fictions at SciFi.Com or anyplace that is unmoderated.
Also, I didn’t expect them (meaning the APEC and other fan fiction authors at SciFi.Com) to be positively responsive to an outsider moderating them. When I got involved with this idea, I knew that they would suspect that I was up to no good. But all I’m saying is, “Look, there’s an alternative. A safe forum can be established for fan fiction authors where no one annoys each other.” One of the first things that was pointed out was that they could post fan fictions both here at SadBoard and SciFi.Com. No ever said they had to stop posting at SciFi.Com. But the difference is that at one place an author could fall victim to slanderous attacks by people who fear no reprisal while at another place such flaming would not be permitted.
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Originally posted by Headgehog:
Also Valdron (A great guy) made a good point in one of his responses. Flamegrape does look suspiciously like Flame Gripe. Not that I’m insinuating aythign negative, but what’d the origins of your nik? I’m just curious.
[i]Flame Grape[/i] is the name of an obscure song by a psychedelic punk rock band from Austin, Texas. (Aleck can back me up on this, as he did over at SciFi.Com/Lexx.) I’ve been using the username for years. Occasionally people suspect that I’m into the practice of flaming and this is not the case. It is also the name of the computer-generated character that I created in art school, as seen in my signature below. I hope that clears up any confusion.
I’ll reprint what I posted over at SciFi.Com/Lexx bulletin board:
elfieLUVSkai, setting up an unmoderated public forum for the specific purpose of provoking rants and insults could do more damage than good. I think you may have established it in direct response to Sad’s establishment of the Sci-Fi Angst forum over at SadBoard. The difference is that Sad’s board is moderated.
Also, the GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR forum could attract big-time trolls. Unmoderated and openly insulting rants created there could ultimately be used as fuel for further arguements. I hope that was not your intent.
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Originally posted by elfie
also for the record, some -not all- people found flamegrape’s introductory words offensive, too. remember people, scifi doesn’t *just* host a Lexx BB, this has spread to the Farscape board there and some -again, not all- people there are also taking offense to flamegrape -even though she didn’t post there- and threatening to flood this bb because of the stuff said about how the fictions at scifi should end.
I’m sorry if I came across as offensive. But with all due respect, I’m not sure which comments you are refering to. If it’s not much trouble, please quote what I said and I will apologize for whatever I said.
Yes, I’ve stated my opinion that fan fictions shouldn’t be posted in general discussion bulletin board forums. It’s not what they were designed for. My further opinion is that it would be more appropriate to post them in dedicated moderated forums, free from ridicule and complaints. A fan fiction sanctuary, if you will.
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Originally posted by elfie
even though it doesn’t look like it will come to pass, if you do open a fiction board here may i suggest putting the stories on a lighter background??? [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] i love the colors at sad’s but it’s hard on the eyes to read something on a dark back ground.
I agree, this would be an improvement and more appropriate for a fan fiction forum.
But I don’t think the proposal is dead in the water just yet. And I want to also add that such a proposed forum would not “take over” APEC or any other fan fic group. In addition, I beleive that a good moderated forum would [i]prevent these horrible arguements from cropping up in the first place.[/i] There’s no reason why APEC or any other group or individual can’t post at this proposed forum.
Yesterday, I started posting messages at SciFi.Com/Lexx about a new moderated fan fiction forum at SadBoard. I have already been accused of being a “troll”, that I hate all fan fiction, and a few other inflamatory comments. These seem to be an attempt to bait me into an arguement, to get me mad, or something. I’m not going to fall into that trap and inadvertantly make more people angry. I will do my best to be polite and diplomatic at all times.
[img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img](BTW, elfie, are you the same user as “elfieLUVSkai” at SciFi.Com/Lexx? If so, I’m glad that you’re here, voicing your opinions.)
Thanxx for the invite! However, I must confess that I haven’t become a fan of Andromeda yet. That doesn’t mean I won’t in the future! I tried to catch a few episodes of the show, but I haven’t seen the first one. I don’t even know how many seasons have aired. But from what I’ve seen, it’s an interesting show.
The one episode that stands out in my mind is the one where someone was stranded on a planet and was taken care of by some woman. The locals were paranoid of “aliens among us” and the woman helped to smooth things out. I don’t remember much more details than that. Do you know which episode I’m talking about?
Anyway, I’ll see if I can catch more episodes of it. Is there any sort of ongoing story that I should be aware of?
Thanxx for the invite! However, I must confess that I haven’t become a fan of Andromeda yet. That doesn’t mean I won’t in the future! I tried to catch a few episodes of the show, but I haven’t seen the first one. I don’t even know how many seasons have aired. But from what I’ve seen, it’s an interesting show.
The one episode that stands out in my mind is the one where someone was stranded on a planet and was taken care of by some woman. The locals were paranoid of “aliens among us” and the woman helped to smooth things out. I don’t remember much more details than that. Do you know which episode I’m talking about?
Anyway, I’ll see if I can catch more episodes of it. Is there any sort of ongoing story that I should be aware of?
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Originally posted by His Divine Shadow:
[QB]You may or may not know me, I have gone by this since the first LEXX movie came out, and I can proudly say I was the first person on ICQ with this nick, yeah I checked.
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You’ve been around here for a while haven’t you? (Looking at your membership number.) But I don’t think you’ve post here much lately. Welcome back.
Probably the most frequently expressed complaint about SadGeezer.Com is the white text on black background.
And, uh, well… white-on-black is simply a no-no for webpage design. Black text on white backgrounds is alot less strain on the eyes. This is what was taught to me in my web design classes. Printers and graphic designers figured out this concept a long time ago.
But in the case of science-fiction webpages, white-on-black is very, very, common. I think this has to do with outer-space themed websites. To quote Holly, the Red Dwarf’s computer, “The thing about space is that it’s black…”
I think it’s possible to design a science-fiction webpage that has predominantly black-on-white text with a strong purple and green colour scheme that is executed in a tasteful manner.
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Originally posted by SadGeezer:
I think that anger spilled over from another (unmoderated BBS) and tempers flared so I don’t think it’s a good idea to quote from other BBS’s because threads usually have a history with lots of other threads and one might be accused of taking things out of context.
Agreed. I wasn’t planning on making it a habit, anyway. This would certainly be perceived as fanning the flames of unrest. All I wanted to do is to point out to the SadBoard members that we seem to be getting a bad reputation over at SciFi.Com/Lexx. I’ve been posting over there today, trying my diplomatic best to conduct damage-control. Some would say that it’s not worth it, but I think it is since SciFi.Com/Lexx is the [i]de facto[/i] official Lexx bulletin board.
And BTW, dgrequeen made some very nice comments over there about SadBoard. Since she is an “APEC elder” [sic], she felt it necessary to come to our defence and advise everyone to put conflicts to rest. Bravo.
[img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]Too true, Hypatia. But one very, very important thing to consider is the fact that SciFi.Com/Lexx is totally unmoderated. I firmly believe this is a result of this lack of responsibility on the part of the SciFi Channel. If there was a moderator keeping watch over there, [i]none of this apalling soap opera would have occured.[/i]
Well, now I’m concerned about this idea. Just today I’ve just witnessed some posts over at SciFi.Com/Lexx that were seething with hatred. I passed along the idea to them that SadGeezer could open a nice forum dedicated soley to fan fiction. It didn’t go over well and there were threats of flooding the SadBoard with fan fiction. How would such floods be handled here at SadBoard? Also, it was perceived that “we” were trying to move APEC off SciFi.Com/Lexx and control them or something. I was also accused of slandering APEC and fan fiction in general here at SadBoard. (And all you guys know that’s not true, that I’ve been trying to be neutral and help smooth things out.)
In particular, the views of elfieLUVsKai should be taken into serious consideration:
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Originally posted by elfieLUVSkai at SciFi.Com/Lexx:
SUBJECT: Wow… now EVERYONE will be able to
post their stories at Sad’s and turn it into a purple clone of scifi!!! [img]images/smiles/icon_redface.gif[/img]D Woohoo!!!!!!Come on ladies, we can post the stories here AND there for their viewing pleasure, right? LoL ;o) Apparently… they can’t live without us posting it there, too.
Ok, the 50 or so story posting KT members are pretty much against posting it at Sad’s or anywhere else… and we ::cough:: make up nearly the entire Lexx scifi fic posting community… so… 8o) You gotta be damn stupid to still be deluding yourself into thinking you can move it to Sads, buddy. LoL!
I think APEC WOULD get their own site before moving it there at this point. We already have a forum, and could easily make a public one of our own… we don’t *need* Sad’s site to post stories! Get it through your heads people! I just read that you are ticking off the Farscape BB here too and good lord you don’t need to encourage those ppl to come cause trouble at Sad’s… you don’t *even* WANT to know. Sad doesn’t need that crap and I hope OUR crap is over soon because he doesn’t need that *either*.
I’m done posting about it there (hopefully) because the Sad ppl don’t get what the REAL X/vyX/APEC argument is *ACTUALLY* about and you all never will. It’s about hurt feelings and angry ppl… get a clue.
I guess we better listen to the lady?
[ 19-11-2001: Message edited by: Flamegrape ]
