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episode 32... season 2's #8 "Ten Little Warlords".
Xena is still trapped in Callisto's body, as Lucy Lawless recurperated from her pelvic fractures. This is the ep that convinced me Hudson had been watching wayyyyy too much Xena, since her rendition was spot on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X1sJ2NKdoo
Interesting little tale about the need for a God of War, and the old "better the devil you know" theory. I liked that Xena was so resistant to Ares' suggestions, until Little sweet Gabrielle turned into a feral kitten.
(Yet another campfire scene, this one not so "relaxed".)
Gabrielle: “You’re right, you know. You can’t trust Ares. Now, here-- there are many gods on Mt. Olympus, and there’s got to be one that can help switch you back into your own body. Of course, you know, he won’t make it, not with those warlords. Hmm! Who wouldn’t want to make their rep by wasting the god of war? Or ex-, or otherwise? I hope that it’s slow and painful-- a taste of his own medicine.”
Xena as Callisto: “Try and get some sleep.”
Gabrielle: “Who can sleep?! Now, I know what it’s like to be you! It’s-- it’s exhilirating! Always alert! Ready for a fight! Trouble could break out anytime!”
Xena-C: “Gabrielle, get a grip. You lose control now and there’s no turning back.”
Gabrielle: “You seem to be controlling yourself pretty well.”
Xena-C: “I’ve lived with anger longer. Like it or not, it’s part of me.”
(Xena stands up and walks towards Gabrielle.)
Gabrielle: “Get your hands off me.”
(Brief staring match ensues)
Xena-C: “Do you remember that poem, ‘Elysian Fields,’ you used to like so much? Every time you feel angry, I want you to recite it.”
(Gabrielle turns away, closes her eyes and starts to recite under great strain)
Gabrielle: “Elysian fields, calm and green; love-birds singing, so serene.”
Xena-C: “Gabrielle-- I didn’t mean right now.”
(Gabby spins back and practically shouts at the Warrior Princess!)
Gabrielle: “I am boiling mad, right now--at you! I’ve got this overwhelming desire to just knock you upside your irritating blonde... (Xena grabs her young "squire" and pushes her back, quickly silencing the young woman before delivering her judgement.) ..."
Xena-C: “I want you to wait here, tomorrow. I’m going with Ares.”
Gabrielle: “You’re what?”
Xena-C: “That’s my decision-- end of discussion.”
Loved the fact that its XENA carrying the weight of the "irritating blonde epithet!
As always, loved the interaction between Xena and Ares... and loved the way he teased her about how wild Callisto was during their trysts...
Xena-C: “A dagger and a mace-- to kill the monster. It doesn’t take an oracle to see that Sisyphus expects us to use them against each other. Take your shirt off. (She's about to dress his wound received from their last battle with their fellow "warlords") What?”
Ares: “Well, you’re in her body but you still have your touch-- warm, firm, passionate-- yet, at the same time, gentle. Now, Callisto-- she’s all animal. You know, she-- starts like a cold fish, but-- you press the right buttons-- hold on, it’s quite a ride. Mind you, my experience with her is-- rather unique. She was in your body at the time.”
Xena-C: “When I get my body back, I gotta remember to take a long bath.”
Xena/Ares: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC4zbPx63og&feature=related
Its nice to see Ares humbled once in a while
Xena-C: “Are you all right?”
Ares: “I’ve been hanged, swung over a fire, and nearly shishkabobbed on razor-sharp spikes, yeah! How do you mortals get from day to day?! You know?!”
Sounds like an average day with the Warrior Princess, to me.
Of course... everyone needs a good looking, chiseled God Of War clad in black leather and sporting flowing hair, right???
Xena-C: “Ares, duck!” (Xena throws his sword into the chest of the last warlord trying to kill Ares.)
Ares: “You saved me. I won’t forget.”
(Ares has pulled his sword from the warlord, and examines it closely.)
Xena-C: “Yes, you will.”
Gabrielle: (As she watches the bum in tatters turn back into a walking advertisement for testosterone, Gabby observes...) “He’s ba-ack.”
But this is XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS, which means it can't all be about Xena and Ares.... it has to have something for the Xena Gabrielle fanclub if not slashclub.
In the teaser.... we see Xena as Callisto from the knees down as she walks across their campsite to waken Gabrielle.
Xena-in-Callisto: “Gabrielle, wake up. (Gabby JUMPS when she sees THAT blond face staring down at her!) It’s all right, it’s me.”
Gabrielle: “Xena-- you know, I don’t know if I’m gonna get used to this. It’s so weird having your best friend in the body of your worst enemy. Could you dye your hair?”
Xena-C: “Shh!” (Xena hears someone moving through the woods towards their location. She grabs Gabrielle and pulls her away from the campsite just before the intruder appears.)
Gabrielle: (As she goes out of frame) “Hey! It’s only a suggestion.
And in the final scene, as we watch Xena AS Callisto slowly walk along the beach with Gabrielle...
Gabrielle: “Xena-- if Ares doesn’t keep his word, and he doesn’t switch you back-- I’ll be there for you, no matter whose body you’re in.”
Xena-C: “Even a snake-haired gorgon monster?”
Gabrielle: “I’ll be there; I just won’t look at you.”
Xena-C: “Gabrielle, I’m proud of you. You felt the anger but you fought it. It takes a lot more strength to resist the violence-- than to surrender to it.”
Gabrielle: “Thank you. Now, if I can just survive the boat-ride with Joxer, I’ll be fine.”
Xena as Callisto's voice changes: (We can't see her as she has dropped behind Gabrielle as she says) “Trust me... you’ll be fine...and so will I.”
(Gabby turns around at the sound of THAT voice and sees her best friend standing there)
Gabrielle: “Xena, it’s you, right-- not Callisto?”
Xena: “It’s me. Go on, test me?”
(As they resume their walk down the beach...)
Gabrielle: “Whose body's worse being trapped in than Callisto’s?”
Xena: “A snake-haired gorgon-- but not by much.”
Gabrielle: “It is you.”
Friends from beginning to end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8nv2Uahp4k
Xena: Friends and Foes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNL0c-Fz_n0&feature=related
Great ep, really like Gabrielle Warrior Bard. Hudson does a great job as Xena and if Lucy hadn't been able to continue in the role I think we'd actually have been able to accept her in the role
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Well.... I don't know if I would go "that" far...
Do NOT get me wrong... Hudson did an excellent job imitating Lucy Lawless's Xena... but if she took over the role full time then as the years went on "she" would put her own spin on Xena and perhaps the character we know and love today would look quite a bit different from the one that would form under 4 1/2 years of Hudson's ownership.
Think about it, for one thing a Hudson Xena would never have to face a Hudson Callisto.
Not only that, but a Hudson Xena may not have the same chemistry with O'Connor's Gabrielle and that relationship may have been subtly affected.
No, as much as I love Hudson, I'm glad Lawless resumed the role when she did.
When I'd hear Lucy broke her pelvis back then, I think my first reaction was "Oh no - not that awesome pelvis!!"
Hmmm, perhaps its "just" me, but I never looked that closely at her pelvis.
When I'd hear Lucy broke her pelvis back then, I think my first reaction was "Oh no - not that awesome pelvis!!"
Hmmm, perhaps its "just" me, but I never looked that closely at her pelvis.
It's a guy thing.
When I'd hear Lucy broke her pelvis back then, I think my first reaction was "Oh no - not that awesome pelvis!!"
Hmmm, perhaps its "just" me, but I never looked that closely at her pelvis.
It's a guy thing.
Not necessarily bud
When I'd hear Lucy broke her pelvis back then, I think my first reaction was "Oh no - not that awesome pelvis!!"
Hmmm, perhaps its "just" me, but I never looked that closely at her pelvis.
It's a guy thing.
Hmmm, perhaps its "just" me, but I never looked that closely at her pelvis.
It's a guy thing.
Not necessarily bud
Well, I'll leave her pelvis watching to you two, while I keep Ares and Herc on a short leash.
Hmmm, perhaps its "just" me, but I never looked that closely at her pelvis.
It's a guy thing.
Well, I'll leave her pelvis watching to you two, while I keep Ares and Herc on a short leash.
Kinky!
It's a guy thing.
Not necessarily bud
Well, I'll leave her pelvis watching to you two, while I keep Ares and Herc on a short leash.
Kinky!
But of course!
That makes me think of "A Day in the Life"... when Xena and Gabrielle are discussing strategies for keeping the men (In this case, Hower... Minya's boyfriend) from falling for her...
Hower: “Let me ask you something, Gabrielle. Does Xena ever think about-- settling down and getting married?”
Gabrielle: “No-- she likes what I do. (Xena throws a fish at Gabby) I think she likes what she’s doing. No, I don’t think settling down is for Xena.”
Hower: “Hmm-- maybe she just hasn’t met the right guy.”
Gabrielle: “You know, anything’s possible, Hower. (Another fish comes flying at her) Hower, I saw some wood lying around. Would you mind collecting it? We’re gonna have to cook these, somehow! Thanks-- (Hower walks away to gather the wood, and a few flowers as Xena climbs up the creek bank and sits next to Gabrielle)good shot. (Xena laughs as Gabby leans close.) Another one’s fallen for you.”
Xena: “Again?”
Gabrielle: “Yeah.”
Xena: “Why does this always happen?”
Gabrielle: “It’s the blue eyes, the leather. Some guys just love leather.”
Xena: “I think a wardrobe change is in order.”
Gabrielle: “You could wear chain mail.”
Xena: “Yeah, but I think that’d just attract a kinkier group.”
Gabrielle: “You’re probably right.”
Xena: “On the other hand, I could just stop bathing and wear a smelly wolf skin. That’d turn ‘em off.”
Gabrielle: “That’s true. Of course, you’d also be travelling alone.”
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Well, I'll leave her pelvis watching to you two, while I keep Ares and Herc on a short leash.
Kinky!
But of course!
That makes me think of "A Day in the Life"... when Xena and Gabrielle are discussing strategies for keeping the men (In this case, Hower... Minya's boyfriend) from falling for her...
Hower: “Let me ask you something, Gabrielle. Does Xena ever think about-- settling down and getting married?”
Gabrielle: “No-- she likes what I do. (Xena throws a fish at Gabby) I think she likes what she’s doing. No, I don’t think settling down is for Xena.”
Hower: “Hmm-- maybe she just hasn’t met the right guy.”
Gabrielle: “You know, anything’s possible, Hower. (Another fish comes flying at her) Hower, I saw some wood lying around. Would you mind collecting it? We’re gonna have to cook these, somehow! Thanks-- (Hower walks away to gather the wood, and a few flowers as Xena climbs up the creek bank and sits next to Gabrielle)good shot. (Xena laughs as Gabby leans close.) Another one’s fallen for you.”
Xena: “Again?”
Gabrielle: “Yeah.”
Xena: “Why does this always happen?”
Gabrielle: “It’s the blue eyes, the leather. Some guys just love leather.”
Xena: “I think a wardrobe change is in order.”
Gabrielle: “You could wear chain mail.”
Xena: “Yeah, but I think that’d just attract a kinkier group.”
Gabrielle: “You’re probably right.”
Xena: “On the other hand, I could just stop bathing and wear a smelly wolf skin. That’d turn ‘em off.”
Gabrielle: “That’s true. Of course, you’d also be travelling alone.”
Quick, to the hot tub!
Yeah, good ep, the writers now deliberately playing more and more to the subtext and the introduction of Minya for the first time a nice shout out to the fan girls
Quick, to the hot tub!
Yeah, good ep, the writers now deliberately playing more and more to the subtext and the introduction of Minya for the first time a nice shout out to the fan girls
Talk about "fangirls"...I love the "dissing Gabrielle" part. Not to mention the "too personal" question part!
Minya: (Turns and sees Gabby and Xena - Looks at Xena with starstruck eyes) Ya... Ya... You're Xena, aren't you?
Xena: (Looks uncertain) Yes...
Minya: All right! I finally get to meet the Warrior Princess herself. I've heard about all your adventures. How you unchained death and liberated Prometheus and nailed that Callisto witch.
Xena: Listen, I'm just here to...
Minya: You are the main thing, the real deal, the number one attraction. (Looks at Gabrielle for a moment) And you must be... Ah... Um... Um... Lariel. (Gabrielle looks unimpressed) What's it like to travel with the hottest warrior in the butt-kicking bizz? Does she sleep in the...
Gab: Well...
Xena: Hey! Little lady, we're on a mission.
I just read about an inside joke at Whoosh.org
During the eel/fish catching scene where Hower asks Gabrielle if Xena ever thought about settling down, Robert Tapert's credit appears at the bottom of the scene. Evidently just before that ep played, Lucy and Rob announced their engagement.
Kewl.
ONE of these days, I'll have time to rewatch the next ep in season 2 of Xena... "A Solstice Carol"... but that's not looking good right now.
So... here's a few SC vids to slake your Xena thirst, AND get you in the mood for the "holiday".
The Carol the kids sang during the ep....
See, Xena didn't invent/discover EVERYTHING... Gabrielle discovered Bell Choirs!
Rocking around the solstice tree.... Love it when Joxer faints!
A Solstice wish...
One of my fav songs... Sweet.
Not Xena related... but anytime I can celebrate our dear Kevin Smith, why not? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc8twK3wt1c&feature=related
So... here's a few SC vids to slake your Xena thirst, AND get you in the mood for the "holiday".
The Carol the kids sang during the ep....
See, Xena didn't invent/discover EVERYTHING... Gabrielle discovered Bell Choirs!
Rocking around the solstice tree.... Love it when Joxer faints!
A Solstice wish...
One of my fav songs... Sweet.
Not Xena related... but anytime I can celebrate our dear Kevin Smith, why not? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc8twK3wt1c&feature=related
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True, but just like "sometimes a body just wants to laugh"... sometimes I just want to "smile".
IIRC, I did smile frequently in this ep.
Hercules and a certain unicorn were the cause of at least two of them.
This is just such a beautiful song.
Merry Christmas if you do,
Happy Channukah if you don't,
Happy Solstice if you are undecided.
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Episode 33: Season 2 #9 "A Solstice Carol"
This not only makes me smile, but it advances the main storyline of "Xena:Warrior Princess"... the relationship between Xena and Gabrielle.
Their first scene explains WHY Xena is SO attractive to men.
Its because she THINKS like them!
Gabrielle: “Now, no spying. And if one of us sees the other shopping in a stall, then she turns and walks the other way-- agreed?”
Xena: “Yeah.”
Gabrielle: “No peeking into other peoples’ bags, too. I mean, being surprised is half the fun-- right?”
Xena: “Right.”
Gabrielle: “Ah, nothing can cost more than five dinars.”
Xena: “Then why don’t I just give you five dinars, and you can buy something that you really like?”
Gabrielle: “Because, then it wouldn’t be a gift.
Their last scene explains why she's so popular with women... because she shops/talks like us!
Xena: “That was a nice thing you did back there.”
Gabrielle: “What would I do with a silly old donkey, anyway?”
Xena: “Uh-huh.”
Gabrielle: “They needed him more than me. Besides, they seem pretty nice.”
Xena: “Mm-hmm.”
Gabrielle: “After all, it is Solstice.”
Xena: “Oh, that’s right." (Hands Gabs a present) "Happy Solstice.”
Gabrielle: “Well-- what?" (Gabby unwraps a carved wooden lamb made by Senticles. Just like the one she told Xena had given her such joy on another Solstice holiday) Oh. I don’t have a gift for you.”
Xena: “Gabrielle, you are a gift to me.”
And in the middle, there were lots of great lines and good fun, and accents that made you look twice at Xena... especially as she dropped them in favor of her "usual" Warrior" persona. (Poor King Silvus... it must have been scary having the WP wake him up not once but three times out of a sound sleep.)
Overall.. a fun romp, if not the side splitting laugh riot like "Warrior/Princess/Tramp". But also something more palatable for the holiday season than the beheadings seen in other eps, like in season 4!
This not only makes me smile, but it advances the main storyline of "Xena:Warrior Princess"... the relationship between Xena and Gabrielle.
Their first scene explains WHY Xena is SO attractive to men.
Its because she THINKS like them!
Gabrielle: “Now, no spying. And if one of us sees the other shopping in a stall, then she turns and walks the other way-- agreed?”
Xena: “Yeah.”
Gabrielle: “No peeking into other peoples’ bags, too. I mean, being surprised is half the fun-- right?”
Xena: “Right.”
Gabrielle: “Ah, nothing can cost more than five dinars.”
Xena: “Then why don’t I just give you five dinars, and you can buy something that you really like?”
Gabrielle: “Because, then it wouldn’t be a gift.
Their last scene explains why she's so popular with women... because she shops/talks like us!
Xena: “That was a nice thing you did back there.”
Gabrielle: “What would I do with a silly old donkey, anyway?”
Xena: “Uh-huh.”
Gabrielle: “They needed him more than me. Besides, they seem pretty nice.”
Xena: “Mm-hmm.”
Gabrielle: “After all, it is Solstice.”
Xena: “Oh, that’s right." (Hands Gabs a present) "Happy Solstice.”
Gabrielle: “Well-- what?" (Gabby unwraps a carved wooden lamb made by Senticles. Just like the one she told Xena had given her such joy on another Solstice holiday) Oh. I don’t have a gift for you.”
Xena: “Gabrielle, you are a gift to me.”
And in the middle, there were lots of great lines and good fun, and accents that made you look twice at Xena... especially as she dropped them in favor of her "usual" Warrior" persona. (Poor King Silvus... it must have been scary having the WP wake him up not once but three times out of a sound sleep.)
Overall.. a fun romp, if not the side splitting laugh riot like "Warrior/Princess/Tramp". But also something more palatable for the holiday season than the beheadings seen in other eps, like in season 4!
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Episode 34: season 2 #10.... "The Xena Scrolls"
Yet another clip show, and strangely NOT due to the unfortunate accident that took Lucy out of work for 4 weeks in season 2 (If Whoosh is to be believed).
Still, despite it being "yet another clip show", this time TPTB don't stint us on Lawless face time. If the clips are the B-story, the A-story is the first interaction of the 20th century descendents of Xena/Gabrielle/Joxer. (Which means Eve AND Gabby eventually do successfully (separately ) reproduce heirs in "ancient" times.
Although Renee's 20th century version of Indianna Jones never really grabbed me, I did like this show.
My fav part NATURALLY, was when Xena "comes to"... She stands up with her back to Ares and just starts twirling that wrist and the sword (that mysteriously seemed to find its way to her) before turning to face down the God of War. The posture, the glare, the mouth dripping with sarcasm were all just 100 percent XENA!
I felt bad for Janice when she proudly thought she was a descendent of Xena... then maybe a descendent of kick ass Callisto, then finally realized she was descended from side kick Gabrielle. Its OBVIOUS that the only Xena scrolls to come to light before this did NOT show how integral to the war on Evil was the Battling Bard of Potadiea!
And I loved the way Xena encouraged her best friend's "posterity" to be proud to belong to Gabrielle's family...
Xena: (Catches up with Janice further in the tomb)“You all right?”
Janice: “Yeah.”
Xena: “Good.”
Janice: “You are Xena.”
Xena: “Yeah.”
Janice: “Mel is your descendant.How could I think it was me? My father’s a thief. My mother... she ran out on us. And I’m related to the useless tag-along, Gabrielle.”
Xena: “Now, you listen to me. Gabrielle was never useless.
She cared for others more than herself.”
FlashbackGabrielle: (Gabby throws herself over the mortally wounded Amazon Princess, protecting her from further arrows)“Terreis! Hold on.”
Xena: “She was the finest friend anyone could ever have.”
FlashbackXena: (Xena is trying to resuscitate the dead Gabrielle in the Aesclepian Temple)“No-- No-- Come on, Gabrielle. Come on, come on. Don’t leave me. Don’t you leave me! Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!”
Janice: “You make her sound important.”
Xena: “She is to me. Be proud you’re part of her family. I am.”
FlashbackXena: “Gabrielle-- I want you to understand something. We both have families we were born into. But sometimes families change, and we have to build our own. For me, our friendship binds us closer than blood ever could.”
I'm still not sure what she's saying to Janice...
Be proud... because I'm proud you belong to Gabrielle's family...
Or...
Be proud because I'm proud to belong to Gabrielle's family.
A whoosh contributor pointed out a "blooper" in the last scene of the 1940's story... some scrolls come flying out of Joxer's pack and hit Lucy... but the actress ignores them so the "show/filming could go on".
But I don't think it was a blooper. I think the writer was showing us that 1940's Joxer was taking/stealing (?) a few of the scrolls... and that explained why 50 years later HIS descendent could be in possession of a scroll when he was pitching TV show ideas to Rob Tapert.
Well, that's how I took it.
Yet another clip show, and strangely NOT due to the unfortunate accident that took Lucy out of work for 4 weeks in season 2 (If Whoosh is to be believed).
Still, despite it being "yet another clip show", this time TPTB don't stint us on Lawless face time. If the clips are the B-story, the A-story is the first interaction of the 20th century descendents of Xena/Gabrielle/Joxer. (Which means Eve AND Gabby eventually do successfully (separately
) reproduce heirs in "ancient" times.Although Renee's 20th century version of Indianna Jones never really grabbed me, I did like this show.
My fav part NATURALLY, was when Xena "comes to"... She stands up with her back to Ares and just starts twirling that wrist and the sword (that mysteriously seemed to find its way to her) before turning to face down the God of War. The posture, the glare, the mouth dripping with sarcasm were all just 100 percent XENA!
I felt bad for Janice when she proudly thought she was a descendent of Xena... then maybe a descendent of kick ass Callisto, then finally realized she was descended from side kick Gabrielle. Its OBVIOUS that the only Xena scrolls to come to light before this did NOT show how integral to the war on Evil was the Battling Bard of Potadiea!
And I loved the way Xena encouraged her best friend's "posterity" to be proud to belong to Gabrielle's family...
Xena: (Catches up with Janice further in the tomb)“You all right?”
Janice: “Yeah.”
Xena: “Good.”
Janice: “You are Xena.”
Xena: “Yeah.”
Janice: “Mel is your descendant.How could I think it was me? My father’s a thief. My mother... she ran out on us. And I’m related to the useless tag-along, Gabrielle.”
Xena: “Now, you listen to me. Gabrielle was never useless.
She cared for others more than herself.”
FlashbackGabrielle: (Gabby throws herself over the mortally wounded Amazon Princess, protecting her from further arrows)“Terreis! Hold on.”
Xena: “She was the finest friend anyone could ever have.”
FlashbackXena: (Xena is trying to resuscitate the dead Gabrielle in the Aesclepian Temple)“No-- No-- Come on, Gabrielle. Come on, come on. Don’t leave me. Don’t you leave me! Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!”
Janice: “You make her sound important.”
Xena: “She is to me. Be proud you’re part of her family. I am.”
FlashbackXena: “Gabrielle-- I want you to understand something. We both have families we were born into. But sometimes families change, and we have to build our own. For me, our friendship binds us closer than blood ever could.”
I'm still not sure what she's saying to Janice...
Be proud... because I'm proud you belong to Gabrielle's family...
Or...
Be proud because I'm proud to belong to Gabrielle's family.
A whoosh contributor pointed out a "blooper" in the last scene of the 1940's story... some scrolls come flying out of Joxer's pack and hit Lucy... but the actress ignores them so the "show/filming could go on".
But I don't think it was a blooper. I think the writer was showing us that 1940's Joxer was taking/stealing (?) a few of the scrolls... and that explained why 50 years later HIS descendent could be in possession of a scroll when he was pitching TV show ideas to Rob Tapert.
Well, that's how I took it.
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Episode 34: season 2 #10.... "The Xena Scrolls"
Yet another clip show, and strangely NOT due to the unfortunate accident that took Lucy out of work for 4 weeks in season 2 (If Whoosh is to be believed).
Still, despite it being "yet another clip show", this time TPTB don't stint us on Lawless face time. If the clips are the B-story, the A-story is the first interaction of the 20th century descendents of Xena/Gabrielle/Joxer. (Which means Eve AND Gabby eventually do successfully (separately
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPIwvKmZ_h0&feature=related
Although Renee's 20th century version of Indianna Jones never really grabbed me, I did like this show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvcuPljq1jM&feature=related
My fav part NATURALLY, was when Xena "comes to"... She stands up with her back to Ares and just starts twirling that wrist and the sword (that mysteriously seemed to find its way to her) before turning to face down the God of War. The posture, the glare, the mouth dripping with sarcasm were all just 100 percent XENA!
I felt bad for Janice when she proudly thought she was a descendent of Xena... then maybe a descendent of kick ass Callisto, then finally realized she was descended from side kick Gabrielle. Its OBVIOUS that the only Xena scrolls to come to light before this did NOT show how integral to the war on Evil was the Battling Bard of Potadiea!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB8s2brYAoQ&feature=related
And I loved the way Xena encouraged her best friend's "posterity" to be proud to belong to Gabrielle's family...
Xena: (Catches up with Janice further in the tomb)“You all right?”
Janice: “Yeah.”
Xena: “Good.”
Janice: “You are Xena.”
Xena: “Yeah.”
Janice: “Mel is your descendant.How could I think it was me? My father’s a thief. My mother... she ran out on us. And I’m related to the useless tag-along, Gabrielle.”
Xena: “Now, you listen to me. Gabrielle was never useless.
She cared for others more than herself.”
FlashbackGabrielle: (Gabby throws herself over the mortally wounded Amazon Princess, protecting her from further arrows)“Terreis! Hold on.”
Xena: “She was the finest friend anyone could ever have.”
FlashbackXena: (Xena is trying to resuscitate the dead Gabrielle in the Aesclepian Temple)“No-- No-- Come on, Gabrielle. Come on, come on. Don’t leave me. Don’t you leave me! Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!”
Janice: “You make her sound important.”
Xena: “She is to me. Be proud you’re part of her family. I am.”
FlashbackXena: “Gabrielle-- I want you to understand something. We both have families we were born into. But sometimes families change, and we have to build our own. For me, our friendship binds us closer than blood ever could.”
I'm still not sure what she's saying to Janice...
Be proud... because I'm proud you belong to Gabrielle's family...
Or...
Be proud because I'm proud to belong to Gabrielle's family.
A whoosh contributor pointed out a "blooper" in the last scene of the 1940's story... some scrolls come flying out of Joxer's pack and hit Lucy... but the actress ignores them so the "show/filming could go on".
But I don't think it was a blooper. I think the writer was showing us that 1940's Joxer was taking/stealing (?) a few of the scrolls... and that explained why 50 years later HIS descendent could be in possession of a scroll when he was pitching TV show ideas to Rob Tapert.
Well, that's how I took it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb3q3OhXBK8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha824Z6NSpI&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha824Z6NSpI&feature=related
SUCH a great ep! I don't think anyone would argue that Xena and Hercules did clip shows better than any other TV series in history. Love the characters, especially Indianna Jones Gabby and it's nice to see that they all have descendents. 10/10
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This one just made me laugh. (Janice Covington doing Mambo #5)
This one made me smile. (Reworking the trailer for the 4th Indianna Jones movie into the "1st" Janice Covington movie.)
This one made me smile. (Reworking the trailer for the 4th Indianna Jones movie into the "1st" Janice Covington movie.)
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Episode 35, season 2 #11:
HERE SHE COMES...MISS AMPHIPOLIS
What a fun, surprisingly sweet episode. Although not an original story idea, I do feel compelled to point out that this ep came 3 years before "Miss Congeniality" and included at least one common theme. Overgeneralization.
From the teaser... Xena discovers the "ugent plea for help" from Salmoneus wasn't what she expected.
Xena: “Beauty contest? You sent urgent word for us to come and see some underdressed, over-developed bimbos in a beauty contest?”
Salmoneus: “Pageant-- it’s called a pageant.”
Gabrielle: “Contest, pageant. It’s a feeble excuse for men to exploit and degrade women.”
Salmoneus: “Wrong as usual, Miss Sunshine. Since when do we ever need an excuse?” ......
//Salmoneus: “And that’s why I sent urgent word. If you don’t help to keep things on the level, each leader is going blame the other, and soon, we’re all buying headstones.”
Gabrielle: “Yeah, probably from you. Now, why don’t you just cancel the pageant?”
Salmoneus: “Lord Claron’s tried that! Each of these guys is so invested in winning, nobody wants to quit first! The way I see it... What we need, see... is a contestant to keep an eye on things (he's making several exagerated winks in Gabby's direction) from the inside.”
Gabrielle: “Oh, no, no, no. Don’t even look at me. Now you know how I feel about these women being victimized by meat markets.”
Xena: “She’s right. But war makes everyone a victim, so (Xena turns to face Gabby and Sal) meet Miss Amphipolis.”
I thought the male contestant was a bit "much", and wondered initially if he was brought in for that last scene with Xena... but have since read the playwright was making an homage to her deceased brother (the man to who the ep was dedicated in the disclaimer that week).
As I rewatched, I kept thinking of his "name" , Miss Artifice, and my mind went to what is the "2nd" definition of the term... "an artful strategem/trick, false or insincere behaviour". It certainly seemed to fit, with a man passing himself off as a woman, another contestent allowing herself to be placed into the pagent because she didn't want to hurt her boyfriend's feelings despite her own displeasure (I liked the logical Xena retort... "and what about your feelings?"), a third allowing her dignity to be traded for an extra measure of food for her village, and a fourth's need to fund her escape from the terrors of her past.
But in reality, the first definition of artifice works as well for our Warrior Princess "every week"... "A clever or artful skill, ingenuity."
Afterall, Xena IS a woman of many skills... and is willing to learn more every day.
Messini: “I didn’t. My boyf-- my sponsor entered me. I guess I could’ve said no-- but it just seemed to mean so much to him that I didn’t want to hurt his feelings.”
Xena/MissA: “What about your feelings-- Don’t they count?”
Messini: “They never have before. I mean, he loves me-- but he’s so hung up on the way I look, you know? That it’s hard for him to see past that to the person underneath. But, then I guess a lot of people make that mistake-- don’t you?”
Don't you?
Xena certainly made that mistake when she thought her fellow contestants were "underdressed, over-developed bimbos".
I certainly made that mistake when I never even considered giving this series a chance 15 years ago.
The male sponsors in this ep certainly made that mistake when they refused to consider their candidates feeling about this contest. Gabrielle as the Marquessa sponsoring "Miss Amphipolis" had to put them straight on that idea.
Gabrielle/Marquessa: “Will you listen to yourselves. Now, how do you think the contestants feel under all this pressure?”
Regent: “Who cares? As long as mine wins.”
Palantine: “I told mine, I don’t care if she wins-- I just don’t want her to lose.”
Gabrielle/Mar: (Sarcastically) “Very understanding.”
Doge: “Why, what’d you tell yours?”
Gabrielle/Mar: “I do not tell her anything. We are a team. I ask.”
Palantine: “Yeah, right! One more incident-- I’m bringing in my troops.”
Regent: “That makes two of us.”
Lord Claron: “I’ll send out a call for more volunteers--” (Everyone leaves except Gabby and the Doge)
Doge: “Marquesa.”
Gabrielle/Mar: “Yes?”
Doge: “That asking stuff-- that works for you?”
Gabrielle/Mar: “Every time.”
Doge: “Hmm.”
After watching Miss Artifice plant one on Xena in front of the pagent audience, one wonders what Gabby will be asking Xena next?
HERE SHE COMES...MISS AMPHIPOLIS
What a fun, surprisingly sweet episode. Although not an original story idea, I do feel compelled to point out that this ep came 3 years before "Miss Congeniality" and included at least one common theme. Overgeneralization.
From the teaser... Xena discovers the "ugent plea for help" from Salmoneus wasn't what she expected.
Xena: “Beauty contest? You sent urgent word for us to come and see some underdressed, over-developed bimbos in a beauty contest?”
Salmoneus: “Pageant-- it’s called a pageant.”
Gabrielle: “Contest, pageant. It’s a feeble excuse for men to exploit and degrade women.”
Salmoneus: “Wrong as usual, Miss Sunshine. Since when do we ever need an excuse?” ......
//Salmoneus: “And that’s why I sent urgent word. If you don’t help to keep things on the level, each leader is going blame the other, and soon, we’re all buying headstones.”
Gabrielle: “Yeah, probably from you. Now, why don’t you just cancel the pageant?”
Salmoneus: “Lord Claron’s tried that! Each of these guys is so invested in winning, nobody wants to quit first! The way I see it... What we need, see... is a contestant to keep an eye on things (he's making several exagerated winks in Gabby's direction) from the inside.”
Gabrielle: “Oh, no, no, no. Don’t even look at me. Now you know how I feel about these women being victimized by meat markets.”
Xena: “She’s right. But war makes everyone a victim, so (Xena turns to face Gabby and Sal) meet Miss Amphipolis.”
I thought the male contestant was a bit "much", and wondered initially if he was brought in for that last scene with Xena... but have since read the playwright was making an homage to her deceased brother (the man to who the ep was dedicated in the disclaimer that week).
As I rewatched, I kept thinking of his "name" , Miss Artifice, and my mind went to what is the "2nd" definition of the term... "an artful strategem/trick, false or insincere behaviour". It certainly seemed to fit, with a man passing himself off as a woman, another contestent allowing herself to be placed into the pagent because she didn't want to hurt her boyfriend's feelings despite her own displeasure (I liked the logical Xena retort... "and what about your feelings?"), a third allowing her dignity to be traded for an extra measure of food for her village, and a fourth's need to fund her escape from the terrors of her past.
But in reality, the first definition of artifice works as well for our Warrior Princess "every week"... "A clever or artful skill, ingenuity."
Afterall, Xena IS a woman of many skills... and is willing to learn more every day.
Messini: “I didn’t. My boyf-- my sponsor entered me. I guess I could’ve said no-- but it just seemed to mean so much to him that I didn’t want to hurt his feelings.”
Xena/MissA: “What about your feelings-- Don’t they count?”
Messini: “They never have before. I mean, he loves me-- but he’s so hung up on the way I look, you know? That it’s hard for him to see past that to the person underneath. But, then I guess a lot of people make that mistake-- don’t you?”
Don't you?
Xena certainly made that mistake when she thought her fellow contestants were "underdressed, over-developed bimbos".
I certainly made that mistake when I never even considered giving this series a chance 15 years ago.
The male sponsors in this ep certainly made that mistake when they refused to consider their candidates feeling about this contest. Gabrielle as the Marquessa sponsoring "Miss Amphipolis" had to put them straight on that idea.
Gabrielle/Marquessa: “Will you listen to yourselves. Now, how do you think the contestants feel under all this pressure?”
Regent: “Who cares? As long as mine wins.”
Palantine: “I told mine, I don’t care if she wins-- I just don’t want her to lose.”
Gabrielle/Mar: (Sarcastically) “Very understanding.”
Doge: “Why, what’d you tell yours?”
Gabrielle/Mar: “I do not tell her anything. We are a team. I ask.”
Palantine: “Yeah, right! One more incident-- I’m bringing in my troops.”
Regent: “That makes two of us.”
Lord Claron: “I’ll send out a call for more volunteers--” (Everyone leaves except Gabby and the Doge)
Doge: “Marquesa.”
Gabrielle/Mar: “Yes?”
Doge: “That asking stuff-- that works for you?”
Gabrielle/Mar: “Every time.”
Doge: “Hmm.”
After watching Miss Artifice plant one on Xena in front of the pagent audience, one wonders what Gabby will be asking Xena next?
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