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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:01:14 GMT -5
Vlad - So glad you enjoyed the gift. As you can imagine, Nan did a great job organizing and making it happen. I wish we could do more, really. If not for your imagination and talent in making the S3 site happen, I would never have done my analyses, which apparently, I had brewing inside me. It's been such a great distraction! NEXT ANALYSIS: My next one is Hush. I had this dream of getting it done this weekend, so as to get back on schedule, but I think I am going to have to skip a weekend to get back on schedule. Hush, like The Zeppo is kind of different and a tough nut to crack. HEY ROB! Just a hello. I noticed you hadn't been posting so I was glad to read that you had been writing - I will be going to check it out soon. Don't let those doldrums get too big a grip on you.
Edited By Spring Summers at 5/11/2003 10:43:00 AM.
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:02:28 GMT -5
I would like to suggest something. I was poking about on the site, trying to figure out how to make everything "better" and popped into the "Selections from a Very Special ScoopMe" (Sigh...the likelyhood for many more of THOSE is slim, huh?) and re-read the "Halftime: Where Do We Go From Here" articles. Wow! WE had some interesting points and desires for the show then...and I think it's interesting to see jsut what has been answered and what are we still waiting on. So, if you have the time and inclination, pop back in there, give it a read, and then maybe you'll find it to be a topic for discussion...or maybe not. *L* Your decision. Vlad
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:04:10 GMT -5
Hi, Betsy, I just joined the S'cubies myself and am so glad I found them before ScoopMe disappears. Everyone, you're going to have to be careful with your typing to keep us straight. I think I've already been given credit for some of Betsy's ideas. Second subject: I just got back from reading the Enquirer article at slayage.com and it got me thinking. If it were true, how would that influence your reaction to Buffy? Would you be harsher in your judgements of her behavior or would you think SMG an even better actress for being such a supposed-bitca in person? This is probably a rhetorical question but, for those of you lucky enough to have seen JM in person at conventions, does that favorably influence your view of Spike?
Becky Henderson
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:05:58 GMT -5
I thought of one more thing before I go off to take another dose of cold medicine. Gail, have you ever read Sheridan LeFanu's vampire novel "Carmilla"? It was written about the same time as "Dracula" but has quite a different tone. And I agree with you about the "Darkangel" triolgy: I thought the first one was good, the second one okay but that the writer totally lost it with the third book - so disappointing. Ok, time for a nap - what a way to spend Mother's Day!
Becky Henderson
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:12:47 GMT -5
I've heard of Sheridan LeFanu; but haven't been tempted to read other vampire stuff from the Stoker era. Stoker's DRACULA was interesting, and of course worthy of study as the wellspring from which most modern vampire pop culture offerings, including BUFFY, spring from. But it's not really a book I enjoy for its own sake. I really did prefer THE DRACULA TAPES by Saberhagen. (amused memories of Dracula's persistence in poking fun at Stoker-who he claims was a pen name for Van Helsing-for the over-use of the word "voluptuous"...) HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!
Gail Freeman
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:13:28 GMT -5
Just caught up, and still loving it, Nan. I love that you've brought Spike & Dawn back together (but then you probably knew that I have a weakness for their relationship). Chapter Nine was laugh out loud funny, then frightening, then touching. Perfect. Looking forward to whatever is in store, and thanks so much for creating and sharing. Mary
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:15:47 GMT -5
I completely forgot the Dracula series by Saberhagen (and here I am reading his Olympus series, too. Bad me!) I read the first ones decades ago (The Dracula Tapes came out in the 70's.) It is at once satirical and insightful. Dracula's opinions and observations are painfully missing in the Stoker book, now Saberhagen gives him voice. And he has a lot to say! I especially liked that he filled in some of the "holes" in the story with plausible explanations of what was REALLY going on. The business of what killed Lucy Westenra was something I had considered many years before. High recommendation of that one and the Holmes/Dracula File.
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:16:54 GMT -5
I posted our reading recs as a separate topic on the misc. board and Ann Nichols responded with more recommendations. Here is her post: By Ann Nichols What about Nicholas Stuart Grey's The Apple Stone? Ruth Nichols' The Song of the Pearl? Andre Norton's magic books (Steel Magic, Dragon Magic, Octagon Magic, etc. & Witch World books)? Jane Langton has written at least 5 sequels to The Diamond in the Window #2 is The Swing in the Summerhouse and #3 is The Astonishing Stereoscope. William Goldman wrote The Pincess Bride. If you can get a copy through interlibrary loan, try the charming The Ghost of Opalina or Nine Lives by Peggy Bacon [out of print & the copies offered online are *expensive*) For spooky magic try John S. Bellairs (Brad Strickland is continuing his work). However, The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn is straight mystery and The Face in the Frost & The Pendant and the Shuffly would be for older teens and adults. I don't think older grade school through junior high/middle school would be able to fully appreciate the humor. Probably out of print: Little Witch by Anna Elizabeth Bennett. Don't forget Eleanor Estes' The Witch Family. Kin Platt's Sinbad and Me is straight mystery, but The Mystery of the Witch Who Wouldn't and The Ghost of Hellfire Street aren't. The Blue Man was written first but is set some years later. How about Richard Peck's The Ghost Belonged to Me, Ghosts I Have Been, The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp, Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death, and the stand-alone Voices After Midnight? They are not meant to be scary. (Ghosts I Have Been has the bonus of involving The Titanic.) How about Eleanor Cameron's Mushroom Planet Series: The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet, Mr. Bass's Planetoid, A Mystery for Mr. Bass, and Time and Mr. Bass? (The first two will be the easiest to find. The 5th is the best.) Elizabeth Enright's beautiful Tatsinda is back in print. (The Saturdays, The Four-Story Mistake, Then There Were Five, Gone-Away Lake, and Return to Gone-Away seem magical even though no actual magic is involved.) late grade swcool and up Wihelmina Harper's Ghosts and Goblins has folk tales from many lands. The edition I have marks those especially suited for young children. If your library has them, I recommend The Oxford University Press' series of folk tales from various countries. I own those for Armenia, Ireland, Russia, Scotland, and Wales.
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:19:56 GMT -5
I know you guys have already cleaned up your act, and Alexandra has already seconded Nan, BUT I don't like Nan to feel like she has to be the policwoman/mother superior of the board without realizing that I support her very vocally regarding post titles. For one thing two of the titles which were flying back and forth during the banter included the word "spoiler" when there was no longer anything remotely related to any spoiler in the message. Still, a paranoid person might have avoided them all and missed out. On the other hand when I have to be away for a while and then am trying to catch up on 100, 200, more posts it would actually be helpful to have posts which are mainly witty repartee but hold no content necessary to intelligent posting perhaps headed "witty banter." Not that I don't enjoy the banter, repartee, innuendo, etc, but when you are 3 days behind on posts it would be helpful to be able to sort through those with potential discussion content from the ones which are just for fun. (Golly, I hope I'm not coming off as a pretentious fuddy-duddy telling other people what to do. I'm just suggesting what I would find helpful. And when/if folks completely ignore this post and adhere to their own unique posting styles I will in no way be offended (I have 3 teenagers, I have a Phd in having "helpful" advice go ignored) as long as I haven't offended you in the offering.)
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:20:53 GMT -5
David, Ahh--I didn't have to "open" anything. I called up my email and there was my mother's day greeting--fully..."opened." A slight warning, though--both my husband and puritanical 15 year old daughter have full access to my email. (Not that they ever go there, but hey she could have been in the room when I opened it.) That said, my only complaint was those guys all had the "Arnold" bodies--not the lean, mean, Spike body-type. I wonder if they sent that to their own mothers? Sue
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:22:23 GMT -5
Spring, Regarding the possibility of Spike turning human (BTW I am completely unspoiled, but I've speculated on all of the possbilities: Spike dies, Spike stays a vampire with a soul, Spike stays a vampire but loses his soul (I find this most intriguing), Spike turns human...are there others?): I actually find this an interesting option. Yes, much of what I love about Spike has been inherent in his vampire personality and the conflict between being evil and doing good. That said, I have so much confidence in the writers and in JM's acting ability I think this might be a fascinating option. (Plus it would allow JM to age naturally.)
Sue P
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:24:27 GMT -5
Honestly David - now I have to explain Patti's house guest( remember she forwarded Wood's sweet self to me to the eternal dismay of my family) and now your pesky troop- that was pretty funny- thanks though I have to concur with Patti- as to preferring the lean and lithe look.
Ellie Jason
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:25:52 GMT -5
Who out there can give me a rundown on the characters/actors ages, then and now. SMG: started at 19, 26 now Buffy: 16, also started season 2 at 16 so should have turned 22 in Jan. Which should make Xander, Willow and Cordelia also all 22. (But I believe the actors are much older?) Also, how about: Angel, Spike, Wesley, Giles, DB, JM, ASH, etc.?
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:27:22 GMT -5
Lee- I just accessed my e mail- thank you- it was a nice lift to my day- I love checking in with the S'cubie board ev just to lurk- and where is Watergal-? Hi-ya everybody and Happy Mothers Day to every mom and Happy kids day to every kid. (although as my mother wearily always said "very day is kid's day")
Ellie Jason
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Post by Dalton on Sept 27, 2003 7:28:41 GMT -5
correction - I concur with Sue- I typed too fast and do not have an edit button and i was rushed and real life calls and ( seriously- sorry Patti and Sue- I never would confuse you otherwise)
Ellie Jason
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