HIGHLA-L Digest - 6 Sep 2002 (#2002-136)
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1. Qs (was-- Re: D & P's power (was" Highlander 5?")) (2)
2. Highlander 5? (2)
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 17:32:03 -0400
From: jjswbt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: Qs (was-- Re: D & P's power (was" Highlander 5?"))
Nina:
>Trivia challenge (dating way back to HL TAG & member Rennie, I think)--
>
>ONLY 1 QUICKENING TOOK PLACE IN THESE LOCALES--name the Immies involved &
>the ep.
>a. DM's loft
Garrick - Shadows
>b. amusement park
Gallen Epitaph For Tommy
>c. airplane hangar
Drakov Warmonger
>d. theater
Korolus See No Evil
>e. outdoor stadium
Nick Ward Vampire
Wendy(Did I win?)(What did I win?)(I want something good.)(Make it rare and bloody.)
Fairy Killer
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 23:04:55 +0100
From: Jette Goldie <jette@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Highlander 5?
> I find the idea of Sam still leaping around to be very comforting, just as
> I like the idea of Duncan Macleod out there fighting the good fight and
> just not growing any older. I can just picture Macleod and Methos meeting
> for a beer every now and then and talking over old times...gives me a very
> warm feeling.
<AOL>
Me too :-)
</AOL>
Jette
(aka Vinyaduriel)
"Work for Peace and remain fiercely loving" - Jim Byrnes
jette@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
http://bosslady.tripod.com/fanfic.html
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 14:55:54 -1000
From: MacWestie <mac.westie@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Qs (was-- Re: D & P's power (was" Highlander 5?"))
Wendy over-achieves admirably--
> >ONLY 1 QUICKENING TOOK PLACE IN THESE LOCALES--name the Immies involved &
> >the ep.
> >a. DM's loft
> Garrick - Shadows
> >b. amusement park
> Gallen Epitaph For Tommy
> >c. airplane hangar
> Drakov Warmonger
> >d. theater
> Korolus See No Evil
> >e. outdoor stadium
> Nick Ward Vampire
> Wendy(Did I win?)
Of course. WENDY'S #1!, WENDY'S #1! WENDY'S #1! WENDY'S #1! WENDY'S #1!
>(What did I win?)(I want something good.)(Make it rare and bloody.)
Take your pick of any newb, um, PORA. They DO seem rather skittish
lately--maybe they're wising up.
OK, who wants to try something a bit more challenging?
1--We were shown (on-screen) 3 Immies receiving their very 1st Quickenings.
Who & what eps?
2--Twice we saw a Quickening go to a temporarily dead but still headed &
thus victorious Immie. Who & what eps?
3--Once, an in-the-distance Q lightshow made Richie think DM had lost his
head, & the same thing happened once to make DM fear RR was a goner. The 2
eps?
4--2 Q's happened on bridges (well, in one case the receiving Immie was
heading off the bridge...). Immies & eps?
5--2 Q's happened in caves (well, one was in an underground rock-enclosed
space that _looked_ like a cave). Immies & eps?
Again--due credit to members of the old HL trivia groups, TAG & TCBOT.
That should provide food for thought this weekend.
Nina
mac.westie@verizon.net
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Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:15:45 -0700
From: "Glo. Phillips" <cpl_glo@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Highlander 5?
Marina Bailey wrote:
> Miracle wrote:
> >A show like Babylon 5 truly did something different
> >because not only did it draw on other scifi, but also Lord of the Rings,
> >Arthurian legend, other mythologies, The Prisoner, literature, and a whole
> >bunch of other stuff.
<snip>
> >I didn't like 5 as much as I liked 3 & 4. But I think it's because the
> >dramatic tension had dropped considerably. After 3 wars, everything seemed
> >like a cake walk. :)
>
> True. Plus, why on Earth did they kill Marcus? If they were intent on
> getting rid of somebody, why not Susan? She left anyway. And Byron?
> Just a poor Marcus clone. (The 5th season is on TV here now for the
> first time.)
IMHO the reason that JMS killed off poor Marcus (who, along
with Londo and G'Kar, was one of my favorite characters) was
that it was intended to show Susan, who had never been
willing to take a chance on a relationship with the Ranger,
that her caution left her alone, and without even memories
of what they had once had together. That would have placed
her in an emotion position that would make it easy for
Byron's blandishments to sweep her over, especially when one
adds in her troubled history of hidden psionic ability and
her mother's maltreatment by the PsiCorp.
I think that would have made a much more reasonable
storyline than the one we got instead, with Lyta and Byron
thrown together, although I probably still wouldn't have
cared for it anyway, since I found the Byron character
irritating at best... and Marcus charming in an offbeat sort
of way.
> >There were
> >some good 6th season stories. I really liked the one with Joe & Methos,
> >and Claudia Christian. But I think if somehow everything could have been
> >wrapped up in season 5, I would have been much happier.
>
> Wouldn't we all have. Plus, Richie wouldn't be dead.
I also liked To Be or Not To Be, but I would have given up
those few good eps for an earlier, more graceful ending,
sans Spin-Off Girls, and with DMotCM in all the eps.
--
Love,
Glo.
Founding Member, Anti-Gooshers
YAS-G//N-EIC//MFWC//PWFC
"Let them take the the first shot. We won't start a fight
but, by God, we'll finish it!"
-Captain John Sheridan
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