There are 5 messages totalling 222 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. 10 things I enjoy about Highlander (was Re: Casting call for AP) (5) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:46:00 EST From: Dotiran@aol.com Subject: Re: 10 things I enjoy about Highlander (was Re: Casting call for AP) Ten things I love most about Highlander: [nearly impossible to enumerate ONLY ten things I love about HL] 1. Adrian Paul. He is the reason I started to watch it and the reason I'm still here typing on this list [and others] zillions of years later. He is beauty, strength, passion and talent unlimited. Whatever he does in life beyond HL I'll be there rooting for him. 2. The "talmudic" discussions on life, death, immortality, justice, forgiveness , etc. etc. The episodes Studies in Light and Leader of the Pack are my two favorite episodes because of their depth of theme. 3. The fact that as an "old lady" I began to experience fandom, conventions, [Adrian Paul watching,] and so much fun on my own and met some of the most amazing people and a handful of dear, dear friends. [this by the way is what my husband likes most about *my* HL addiction, he said I've met such quality people who have become friends beyond fandom]. Fandom is underrated. From the earliest days on the Rysher forum [now Holyground forum] I was honored to read the deep, passionate and intelligent analyses of episodes from the likes of Carmel McPherson and the young [Big] John Bierly. As a writer myself, it was impossible not to realize immediately that I was in the presence of amazing, clever, talented, intelligent people, and never felt I was "wasting my time". Even the writers of HL, [Donna Lettow and Gillian Horvath] braved interraction with us as fans and gave us the treasured insider tidbits. I am most grateful for all of it. 4. The music. From Queen to Dust in the Wind, to all things Celtic especially Loreena McKennitt to the amazing Jim Byrnes, I love it all. 5. The love scenes that were actually varied from romps to tearful tender moments, all geared to the characters and the story lines [as were the fights] 6. Watching [at cons] the very real and evident friendships among the cast members. Their enjoyment of one another is visible.They laugh and admit when they drove one another crazy but they stay in contact and evince a genuine love. It takes Quality people to be able to sustain that all these years. It is unusual in television series. I can remember reading that when XFiles was on the air all those years that even *during* the production the two leads never were friends. Never met or talked off the set, didn't visit,know one another's families, etc. *That* is more typical. 7. The young Richie. Especially that sluicing mouth thing he did to imitate the sword fight he had witnessed. Such a treat, green jacket and all. Loved the brash young Richie. 8. The long and faithful relationship portrayed between Duncan and Tessa [the radiant Alexandra Vandernoot]. Beautifully done. I am only sorry it ended. Duncan was never the same again. 9. The fact that my interest in all things HL intersected with my husband's love of Scottish history and took us on a two week trip to Scotland which included a boat ride on the shores of Loch Shiel and trip we both still count among our most delightful ever [and that coming from people who travel for a living and have been everywhere from Africa to China to Latin America to almost the whole of Europe.] We count walking the fields of Culloden among the most poignant and treasured of our memories. Without Highlander I would have missed its import. 10. The fact that it deepened my love of computers. Without a computer I'd never have found the joy of fandom and without the fandom I wouldn't have learned 90% of what I now know about computers. :) ______________ Dorothy aka Rottweiler [Rottie] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:34:39 EST From: Ashton7@aol.com Subject: Re: 10 things I enjoy about Highlander (was Re: Casting call for AP) In a message dated 2/23/2006 9:48:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, Dotiran@AOL.COM writes: <<<4. The music. From Queen to Dust in the Wind, to all things Celtic especially Loreena McKennitt to the amazing Jim Byrnes, I love it all.>> That's true -- there is a lot of music connected to Highlander in my mind, as well, that is quite wonderful. And some of it that I wouldn't have discovered, such as Jim Byrnes, without Highlander. Annie "I'm back!" -- Dr. Daniel Jackson **************** Our Stargate Discussion Forum: http://ourstargate.com/ Ashton Press: http://ashtonpress.net/ Michael Shanks, A group dedicated to the actor: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michael-shanks/join SDJ: http://www.savedanieljackson.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:20:39 -0600 From: La Femme Vickita <lf@vickita.org> Subject: Re: 10 things I enjoy about Highlander (was Re: Casting call for AP) Oh yeah. Love Jim Byrnes. I played "Fresh Horses" for The Piper a while back, and he loved it, too. Speaking of The Piper, have you heard the Rogues' latest version of "Bonny Portmore"? They finally recorded it with The Piper playing it on the flute. It's frabjous. Not that I'm partial to The Piper playing the flute, or anything. *g* http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/therogues5/ Vicki F. Rogues Webinatrix Visit the Rogues: http://www.therogues.com/ Ashton7@aol.com wrote: > > That's true -- there is a lot of music connected to Highlander in my > mind, > as well, that is quite wonderful. And some of it that I wouldn't have > discovered, such as Jim Byrnes, without Highlander. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:25:48 EST From: Ashton7@aol.com Subject: Re: 10 things I enjoy about Highlander (was Re: Casting call for AP) In a message dated 2/23/2006 1:22:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, lf@vickita.org writes: <<Speaking of The Piper, have you heard the Rogues' latest version of "Bonny Portmore"? They finally recorded it with The Piper playing it on the flute. It's frabjous.>>> There's a great Celtic band I heard over the summer called Emerald Rose. They played a concert at a Lord of the Rings convention here in Orlando and they were a lot of fun. I bought a couple of their CDs. They're coming back to town this weekend for Megacon. Are you familiar with them? For anyone who likes Celtic music -- check them out. They've done a lot of music for the Lord of the Rings people, apparently -- I think they played at the big Oscar night party. Annie "I'm back!" -- Dr. Daniel Jackson **************** Our Stargate Discussion Forum: http://ourstargate.com/ Ashton Press: http://ashtonpress.net/ Michael Shanks, A group dedicated to the actor: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michael-shanks/join SDJ: http://www.savedanieljackson.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 14:56:09 -0600 From: La Femme Vickita <lf@vickita.org> Subject: Re: 10 things I enjoy about Highlander (was Re: Casting call for AP) Oh, cool! I'm not familiar with them; I'll have to check them out. I'm going off to the North Texas Irish Festival the weekend after next. Brother is going to be one of the headliners, and The Piper will be there with Jiggernaut. (OMG, I love Jiggernaut so much. Whee!) The guys just played at a *great* folk music festival at the University of Chicago the weekend before last. Blues, bluegrass, Cajun, Celtic (including a Portuguese band with Galician bagpipes!) and everything in between. We had so much fun; it was a wonderful weekend. The whole thing was run by volunteers, most of them students, and they did a spectacular job. I highly recommend it to anyone in the area next year! :-) Vicki F. Rogues Webinatrix Visit the Rogues: http://www.therogues.com/ Ashton7@aol.com wrote: > > There's a great Celtic band I heard over the summer called Emerald Rose. > They played a concert at a Lord of the Rings convention here in Orlando > and they > were a lot of fun. I bought a couple of their CDs. They're coming back to > town this weekend for Megacon. Are you familiar with them? For anyone who > likes > Celtic music -- check them out. They've done a lot of music for the Lord > of > the Rings people, apparently -- I think they played at the big Oscar > night > party. ------------------------------ End of HIGHLA-L Digest - 22 Feb 2006 to 23 Feb 2006 (#2006-47) **************************************************************