From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V99 #178 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume99/178 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 178 Today's Topics: [B7L] B7 movie news RE: [B7L] B7 movie news Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie Re: Playing Avon (was Re: [B7L] Website) Re: Playing Avon (was Re: [B7L] Website) Re: [B7L] Re: actors for The Movie Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 17:01:18 +0200 From: Chris To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] B7 movie news Message-ID: <375152BD.5E89@cityweb.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Found this on the Crusade message board. Chris >Ron Thornton who pioneered the CGI effects for Babylon 5 and Voyager, has been approached to provide complex effects for a big budget sequel to cult classic Blake's 7. >Thornton worked on the original B7 series way back in 1981 and he built the Scorpio model used throughout the fourth season. >The TV Movie is split into 2 75 minute episodes, and Paul Darrow who is an executive producer returns as the psychopath Kerr Avon. >The films are set 20 years after the original dramatic finale and it will also star Chris Morris better known for satirical comedy shows The Day Today and Brass Eye. Chris a long time fan of the original series will play a fanatical freedom fighter calling himself Blake. >Avon is now Federation agent and he is used to infiltrate the new rebel movement. >Blake's 7 was often cited by JMS as a major influence in Babylon 5. >More news on these exciting developments can be found in the next issue of SFX. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 17:39:28 +0200 From: Jacqueline Thijsen To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: RE: [B7L] B7 movie news Message-ID: <39DCDDFD014ED21185C300104BB3F99F10FBE4@NL-ARN-MAIL01> Content-Type: text/plain > >The films are set 20 years after the > original dramatic finale and it will also > star Chris Morris better known for > satirical comedy shows The Day Today and > Brass Eye. Chris a long time fan of the > original series will play a fanatical > freedom fighter calling himself Blake. > >Avon is now Federation agent and he is > used to infiltrate the new rebel > movement. > This could be soooo good. Or soooo bad. Does anyone know if this Blake is supposed to be the original Blake? Or is he a relative, or just an admirer using the name? I can see Avon becoming a Federation agent if that made him feel safer. Ooooh, I do so hope they make a good story out of it. Jacqueline ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 10:31:10 PDT From: "Hellen Paskaleva" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie Message-ID: <19990530173110.68714.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; Me: > > Not suitable for Vila, maybe someone more, ... how to say, ... >humble...? Calle: >Kevin Spacey. See "The Usual Suspects" for why. Again me: Nononono. I've already chose him for Blake. See him in "The negotiator" and "L.A. confidential" ... Spacey just *looks* humble, but he can perform a charismatic person, capable to let people follow him. Hellen ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 18:53:36 +0100 From: "Una McCormack" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie Message-ID: <000a01beaac5$5a85a5e0$0c01a8c0@hedge> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is there any way that we can have John Cusack in this B7 movie? Una ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 15:40:21 -0700 (PDT) From: J MacQueen To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Playing Avon (was Re: [B7L] Website) Message-ID: <19990530224021.17084.rocketmail@web904.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > menace and not enough, erm, appeal to the > hormones), > > but someone may. > Christopher Walken? You obviously didn't see him > in "The Dead Zone" (which is what first caught my > attention) or "Sarah Plain and Tall". Unfortunately, no. There are so many films I haven't managed to see, either at a cinema or on television. So Kathryn and Penny can start feeling pity for me (no, I don't feel that's likely! ) > Christopher Walken is one of those few actors who > can do both "dangerous" and "vulnerable" - and >those kind of actors appeal to me. Who are the >others? [snip] Apart from Darrow, those are American actors. This is not to disparage them in any way, shape or form, but I'm afraid I'd rather see Alan Rickman in the role. There is a catch: he's not much younger than Darrow Regards Joanne _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 22:52:58 -0700 (PDT) From: J MacQueen To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: Playing Avon (was Re: [B7L] Website) Message-ID: <19990531055258.254.rocketmail@web904.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I wrote: >but I'm afraid I'd rather see Alan Rickman in the >role. Now that I think of it, he might match the "Aftermath" costume, but I don't know about the leather trousers apparently desired by Penny (and, no doubt, many others). Going back to the drawing board (and the video store, sometime) Joanne _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 08:09:39 -0400 From: Harriet Monkhouse <101637.2064@compuserve.com> To: "INTERNET:blakes7@lysator.liu.se" Subject: Re: [B7L] Re: actors for The Movie Message-ID: <199905310809_MC2-77A3-B71C@compuserve.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mistral replied to me: >> I still say Vote Robbie Coltrane for Avon! > >Please, no. I like Robbie Coltrane a lot, and he could get the >psychology right, but he hasn't got the felinity. Yes, but that's what I want to avoid this time round. It's not that I don't enjoy Paul Darrow's physical appeal, but if Avon can't grab my attention without that then he's not worth the big fuss. So I want to focus on his more interesting aspects by sidestepping the sex appeal from the start. The only snag is that I keep finding people who insist Coltrane's sexy. Harriet ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 07:11:46 PDT From: "Hellen Paskaleva" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie Message-ID: <19990531141146.17167.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; Una wrote: >Is there any way that we can have John Cusack in this B7 movie? I can't recall what he looks like clearly (I have just vague memories of him as the policeman in "Con Air"), but my sister, who is more than competent in the field, said, that the only role, that John Cusack could play, is Vila's. Comments? Hellen ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 17:22:40 +0100 From: "Una McCormack" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] actors for The Movie Message-ID: <000801beab81$e1ab1890$0c01a8c0@hedge> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hellen said: > Una wrote: > >Is there any way that we can have John Cusack in this B7 movie? > > I can't recall what he looks like clearly (I have just vague memories of him > as the policeman in "Con Air"), but my sister, who is more than competent in > the field, said, that the only role, that John Cusack could play, is > Vila's. > Comments? I've been mulling this one over as I was slapping black gloss paint around this afternoon, and eventually came to the decision that I quite liked this idea. Particularly with Robbie Coltrane as Avon. 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