It might take as much *total* energy to replicate an entire engine
block as to replicate the parts--but that's irrelevant if they can't
produce all the energy needed in one burst.
... If you're done speaking freely, please step into the oven....
--- PPoint 1.78
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Msg : 158 of 384
From : Mark Jones 1:105/302.47 .cę 28 .āé 95 02:54
To : Frank Eva
Subj : Torres in Faces
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
On (25 May 95) Frank Eva wrote to Mark Jones...
FE> I'm beginning to see why you're so opposed to "techo-babble"! It
FE> really is getting rather deep, especially in the last episode in
FE> which they had to figure out a way to "cure" the bio-gel-packs!
FE> IMO, the last 3 shows have definitely taken a nosedive in
FE> quality. Perhaps the writers are getting burnt out...
"And lo, the scales did fall from his eyes and he saw anew!"
Yeah, they seem to think that making up a pseudo-scientific problem
and then spending 50 minutes trying pseudo-scientific solutions
constitutes a watchable plot. It doesn't. The pseudo-science should
simply propel them *into* the real conflict.
The story about B'Lanna being split into her Klingon and Human halves
is the sort of "technobabble" I can accept. The notion of splitting
her into two separate beings is as unlikely as everything else they've
done--but I was willing to grant the premise in order to see how the
character dealt with the problem. (Unfortunately, she dealt with it
by having everything made okay again by more super-science. Yuck.)
FE> In addition to the factors you mentioned, how would she react to her
FE> parents... all sorts of neat complications!
...if she ever sees them again.
FE> Doc Zimmerman is not as obnoxious as Wesley Crusher, but he's
FE> being used basically the same way. Save another crew member? Just
FE> ask Doc Zimmerman to go well beyond his normal programming, and
FE> he'll save the day every time!
Now, if we could only get him to doctor the SCRIPTS....
... When the Master of Sinanju speaks, the Minbari Grey Council listens!
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Msg : 159 of 384
From : Myra I Fox 1:123/10 .cę 28 .āé 95 09:11
To : Barry Blaes
Subj : X-Files Finale
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-=>Quoting Barry Blaes to Myra I Fox<=-
MI> I would love to hear your theory.... more than one boxcar
MI> connected to that one? he's buried under the bodies? he
MI> got beamed up to the mother ship?
BB> Nope... The team from sliders came in just after the kid shut the lid.
BB> The timer only had 45 seconds on the display. Mulder heard the
BB> chopper. Fearing the worst... when the portal opened for the slider
BB> team he jumped with them! :-)
A great theory with only 2 minor flaws... I don't know much
about sliders... and I heard they were cancelled .
Maybe O'Brien beamed him through time and space to DS9.
Or Scotty came by in that shuttle he has been wandering
around in and rescued him.
Maybe he is hiding in Kosh's encounter suit.
He's sharing a curry with Lister on the Red Dwarf.
He is really a Shambala master and slipped through to
Shambala to wait this one out, only to reappear later when
things "cool down" in the boxcar.
... When the Master of Sinanju speaks, the Minbari Grey Council listens!
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Msg : 160 of 384
From : Lawrence Heinke 1:291/69 .cę 28 .āé 95 14:36
To : Ecarey
Subj : The Klingons vs The Borg!
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
.TID: InterEcho 1.07 6E010918
-> But the Romulans and Cardassians and Klingons didn't have anything ca
-> beating the Borg either -
Wrong!!! The Klingons have a weapon that could be lethal to the Borg. The weapon
could easily defeat them. It is called Blood Seed. I forget the episode but in
TNG all of some planets lifeforms were being eradicated. The Enterprise was on
some goose-chase looking for DNA. The Klingons had beaten them there, got the
DNA and, destroyed the planet with Blood Seed a life devouring plasma. The
Klingons could fire it at the Borg, the Borg would see it as not a threat, it
would thereby destroy all DNA and render the ship inert. Klingons 1 - Borg 0!
--- InterEcho 1.07
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Msg : 161 of 384
From : Earl Green 1:3822/1 .cę 28 .āé 95 14:43
To : Frank Eva
Subj : SLIDERS SEASON FINALE
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
FE>EG " the possibility of John Rhys-Davies departing. This show's in
FE>EG " trouble.
FE>I really am a prophet! :-) When Sliders first aired, I commented that
FE>JRD was the most likely to move on, because of his distinguished movie
FE>career. I just couldn't see him sticking around in a weekly TV show when
FE>he could be doing stuff like Indiana Jones 4...
You do have to admit, though, Rhys-Davies was a BIG part of that
show's appeal. I most emphatically did NOT like Quinn or Wade when
the show started up; I got to where I liked Wade two or three episodes
in, and I was finally starting to like Quinn just as they offed him.
But Arturo and Rembrandt had me hooked - if not for them, I wouldn't
have stuck around for the first hourly episode.
e <-- Earl Green (earl.green@f1.n3822.z1.fidonet.org) 1:3822/1
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Msg : 162 of 384
From : Earl Green 1:3822/1 .cę 28 .āé 95 14:43
To : Kay Shapero
Subj : SLIDERS SEASON FINALE
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
KS> EG> As recently as a fax sent yesterday, Fox still considers
KS>A fax from whom to whom? Considering that Fox already announced to the pape
KS>that it was cancelling the thing (turned up in the LA Times the other day),
KS>they're just throwing rumors around to help in contract negotiations or
KS>something, I think they're overdoing it a tad...
The fax was a daily news digest from Broadcasting & Cable Weekly
magazine. I've still have yet to see a fax from Fox indicating the
show is dead, but it may still be forthcoming.
e
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Msg : 163 of 384
From : ROBERT LIDGREN 1:134/10 .cę 28 .āé 95 16:32
To : RUMBLE
Subj : EARTH 2/SO LONG
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-> I really enjoyed the series and i'm sorry to see it go. But at least
-> seaQuest is still on! It is much more exiting, and weirder. BTW do you know
-> if there are more than three seaQuest books. I've only found the first three
-> and they are all about last years cast.
I haven't found season 2 of SeaQuest as much to my liking as you have.
However, I am an optimist about science fiction on TV so I'm hoping the story
lines change to more hard science and less fantasy next season. Earth 2 was,
for me, a series with greater promise--especially since so much of it was shot
on location. I much prefer that approach to the virtually 100% studio shoot of
SeaQuest.
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Msg : 164 of 384
From : ROBERT LIDGREN 1:134/10 .cę 28 .āé 95 16:36
To : DEBRA MILNER
Subj : EARTH 2/SO LONG
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-> Count me into that group.....I didn't miss it, and if I was not going to be
-> home, had the episode taped....I had not heard it was getting cancelled.
Re: The Demise of Earth 2
I wonder if the series failed, in part, because not one of the characters was
exceptionally strong. A powerful Matriarch or Patriarch figure sometimes helps
along with, perhaps, a smaller "core" of key players. We may laugh at Cpt.
Kirk from the original Star Trek because he was so much larger than life but at
least you knew what he stood for and he made decisions and took the
consequences. In Earth 2, leadership was much more ambiguous and quavering.
Maybe this played a part??
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Msg : 165 of 384
From : ROBERT LIDGREN 1:134/10 .cę 28 .āé 95 16:38
To : STEVEN WESEN
Subj : EARTH 2/SO LONG
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-> Not me this series is not what the fans I knew wanted and the Writing was
-> not seasoned enough to draw in watchers.
-> I thought it might be good when I first saw the Pilot but it look more like
-> a Paranoid Lost in Space and Yates was the Robot "warning , warning this
-> show lacks"
You take a strong position and defend it fairly well. The series that will
last has power-packed stories and characters that stand out. Maybe the Earth 2
figures were diluted a bit too much because we never got to really care so much
about any one of them. Geez, Morgan stood out--and he was a pain much of the
time. Maybe if Danzigger led a bit more things might have turned out
differently. Who knows??
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Msg : 166 of 384
From : ROBERT LIDGREN 1:134/10 .cę 28 .āé 95 16:40
To : MICHELLE WILLEY
Subj : EARTH 2/SO LONG
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
-> colonists stranded without supplies on an alien world. The premise offered a
-> lot of scope that was simply ignored by the writers. IMHo. Don't know what
-> the TV schedule was like in your area, but here the show was constantly
-> being preempted or delayed for as much as 90 minutes. If this was normal for
-> other areas of the US, the ratings had to be pretty bad. --Mich
That's the point, isn't it, a promise unfulfilled seems to be a frequent
post-mortem comment on Earth 2. The delays and preempted slots just made the
matter worse.
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Msg : 167 of 384
From : ROBERT LIDGREN 1:134/10 .cę 28 .āé 95 16:43
To : PAMELA CROSSETT
Subj : EARTH 2/SO LONG
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
