Any Xena:WP fans on the boards?

JanewayRulz! · May 30, 2011

In memorium... the Celtic Queen Gwyn-Teir...

I wish there were more vids dedicated to the other Amazon queens...

here's one for the Amazon Nation itself.

As is this one. Gawd how I miss Ephiny!

This next vid is about the predecessor of Helicon's Queen Cyane... about 37 years ago.

JanewayRulz! · May 30, 2011

In the commentary track, the director Michael Hurst noted his producer called this ep, "Saving Private Ryan, Xena style"... and that producer Rob Tapert wanted to remind the audience that "war is hell".

If you haven't figured that out after the teaser and first three acts... you're going to understand it by the end of act IV.

And yes, in this ep all about Gabrielle...the last thing Xena tells Gabrielle in this act DOES foreshadow the series finale.

JanewayRulz! · May 30, 2011

Episode 127: season 6 #15 "To Helicon and Back"

Act IV: concludes

Xena rides Argo junior to the gates of the castle. Where did she find Argo, you might ask? Recall she rode her TO the castle in the first place. I guess she's just been hiding in the woods, waiting for Xena's return.

Xena: (Dismounts and calls out the "lord of the Castle") "Bellerophon!"

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Bellerophon: (He lounges against the castle door like he hasn't a care in the world!) "Xena, when will you learn? I've already beaten you twice."

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Xena: "It's once, but who's counting?"

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(I will, Princess. He beat you at the Amazon village by stealing the Queen and killing half the tribe. He THOUGHT he beat you IN his castle when he got you by the neck... but YOU broke free and jumped out the window. A strategic retreat doesn't count as a win in his column, as far as I {and Xena} are concerned.)

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A FIGHT ensues... and a pretty good one at that. Xena must run UPhill to engage the enemy, and like a tennis player in control of the baseline, he just stands there and swings his sword to counter everything she's throwing at him.

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Bellerophon: "Is that fear I see in your eyes, Warrior Princess?"
(Not hardly, son of Artemis! And the fight continues.)
Xena: "Yah-h-h-h-h-h-h!"
(The force of his sword spins her about, and if you are about to worry that he's gaining the upper hand... just LOOK at Xena's face when its turned away. Translation = "Sucker!!!!" As she turns back to face her opponent, he manages to lay a blade on her left upper arm. As the blood flows, he dooes the same on her right upper arm. Xena manages to turn a slightly concerned look towards her enemy. Then another blow puts her back on the ground.

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Her face is full of concern...

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Bellerophon: "So disappointing when a warrior falls short of your expectations.

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(and she sheathes her sword before she stands up and mounts Argo before GALLOPING away!)

Bellerophon: (Calls for, then SHOUTS for the means to pursue his prey to her death.) A horse. A HORSE!"

Finally he and his men exit the castle on foot and on horseback, to chase down the beaten princess. I think its great his footed soldiers keep up with the horses until they catch up with Xena. Catchup is an inadequate term. Xena has stopped in the middle of the forest and is just waiting for them. THAT should have been the first clue to these men, to LEAVE.

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Bellerophon: "Xena, what's the matter? Confronting your reputation?"

Xena: "No, confronting yours... and that wasn't fear you saw in my eyes before it was disgust." [She does the two finger whistle]

And suddenly from the trees come two Amazons flying tarzan style to unhorse the two minions riding with Bellerophon. Then from other trees, drop down Amazons like we saw YEARS ago in HTLJ and season 1 of Xena. One dropping down is Varia, and at her side is Queen Gabrielle.

A MASSIVE fight occurs between the Amazons and Bellerophon's men, while Xena astride Argo and Bellerophon astride his black stallion, charge each other and start their own duel. LOVED the way Xena (stunt woman, per Lucy's commentarty track) KICKs Bellerophon in the head, but despite that unexpected blow, its still BELLEROPHON who unhorses XENA.

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But even a demigod can't keep a good Warrior princess down for long...

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And she manages to drop him at her feet. As the fight RAGES on around him, she gives him one last opportunity to change his fate.

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Xena: (She has her sword pointed at his head, as he squats on the ground before her. ) "I killed your mother to save my daughter-- and you killed the Amazons to avenge your mother, so the Amazons killed your soldiers. Why add one more name to the ranks of the dead? End it here, Bellerophon. Make the decision to walk away from the cycle of killing."
Bellerophon: (Is it really that simple?) "Or?"
Xena: (Yes, yes it is) "Or, I'll make the decision for ya."
(She turns to walk away from the man on the ground... BUT she hasn't resheathed her sword.)
Bellerophon: (He pulls a dagger from his boot and stands one last time to press the attack) "Oh, you forget, Xena, you can't kill me 'cause I'm a half-god!"

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(Spinning faster than a tornado, Xena swings her sword until it slices Bellerophon nearly in two and he falls to her feet.)

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Xena: "You forget... you're half mortal, too." (Is that compassion she feels for the son of the woman she killed?) "It didn't have to end this way."
Bellerophon: "Oh, yes... it did." (And the light of life leaves his eyes.)

That's when Xena finally stands up to survey the rest of the battle. Queen Cyane has used her arrows with deadly accuracy from the safety of the trees, and then jumped down into the fray to show she's familiar with her sword as well. Former Queen Varia has killed many and continues to kill more to redeem her own shortcomings. Tyo the frightened Amazon from the boat, shows no fear as she too engages the enemy with deadly force. Amazon after Amazon is doing what they must to defeat the army that would destroy their race... including a former bard of her aquaintance...

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Gabrielle is battling one after another foe. One young man falls then gets up to run away from her, and as she pursues him another gets in her way and she just takes him out with a savage swing of her sword.

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The rest of Bellerophon's men have now realized he's dead and are starting to quit the field themselves... and Xena watches in ??? horror??? or resignation???

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as Gabrielle chases her enemy to the ground and trips him from behind. Just as she's about to kill him, Xena YELLS.

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Xena: "Gabrielle! (Its that voice, that TONE that the young woman has learned to obey instantly... and she stays her hand and lets the young man flee)

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And the woman who never WANTED to be Queen, walks back to her tribe and her friend and mentor. Both changed forever.

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Xena: It's over."

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Xena: "You won."

Gabrielle: "I don't think I did. With each battle-- I lose more of myself."

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Xena: (So says the VOICE of experience) "War's tough on the soul, Gabrielle."
(I've just disagreed with the transcriptionist at Whoosh.)

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Gabrielle: "Yeah."

(Duties of state interfere with the solace only a friend can offer.)

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Cyane: "Queen Gabrielle-- "

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Xena: (The former Warlord understands the needs of the tribe) "Your people need ya."

Gabrielle turns back to the paltry few who remain... from HUNDREDS in "Path of Vengeance they are now down to JUST 14... including Gabrielle.

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Gabrielle turns first to the woman who would have betrayed her to save the Amazons, and locks wrists with her once more. A melancholy reprise of an action they had done so very long ago at Varia's coronation.

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Gabrielle: (She then turns to the other women and simply states...) "To a strong Amazon nation."

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Amazons: "To a strong Amazon nation."

Xena: "To a strong Amazon nation."

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Varia: "To a strong Amazon nation."

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And the camera pulls back to show that in this battle, even the TREES bleed for the what the Amazons have lost.

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I'm embarrassed to say that I don't praise the composer near enough in these reviews.

Just ONE MORE reason for you to break out your dvds and rewatch/reLISTEN to this show yet again.

JanewayRulz! · May 31, 2011

This ep is the reason so many feel "Xena:Warrior princess" is actually the Story of Gabrielle.

In 6 years we have seen her go from someone who could ONLY talk her way out of trouble, to someone who could fight to defend herself but not to kill, to someone who could kill but not lead others to their deaths, to someone who could not ONLY lead others to their death, but SEND them there.

There's a problem with "growing up".

Charlie Brown expressed it perfectly decades ago to Peppermint Patty in the Sunday Peanuts comic strip.

They were laying under a tree, discussing their philosophy of life/growing up.

He told her being a child was like riding home at night in the back seat of the car with your folks. You were sleeping without a care in the world because your Mom and Dad were in the front seat, watching over everything.

Peppermint Patty liked that image, it was something safe that she could relate to. Of course, Charlie wasn't done. Because you couldn't stay in the backseat forever. Sooner or later, you grew up and instead of being taken care of..it was YOUR turn to be in the front seat, making sure everyone was safe in YOUR world.

That was when Patty sat up, reached across the tree to Charlie and asked with eyes open wide, "HOLD my hand, Charlie Brown!"

Once this chapter (Helicon) of her life was written, Gabrielle knew for certain she was in the front seat of her life from now on.

A scary thought, as Peppermint Patty discovered.

timothy · May 31, 2011

since you like female warriors so much I suggest you try anthogy series called sword and sorcorceress edidited by marion zimmer bradley fantastic and then there is a series called chicks in chain mail. love the vid clips fantastic series of all time,
did you watch a series called sword of truth and if so what did you think of it?

JanewayRulz! · Jun 1, 2011

timothy said:
since you like female warriors so much I suggest you try anthogy series called sword and sorcorceress edidited by marion zimmer bradley fantastic and then there is a series called chicks in chain mail. love the vid clips fantastic series of all time,
did you watch a series called sword of truth and if so what did you think of it?

Believe it or not, Tim... I left the "Sword and Sorcery" genre behind quite a while ago. I got into "Dragons" in the 1980's with the PERN novels by Anne McAffrey (Still haven't gotten the courage to try her son's version though I did buy one.) From there I got involved in various "Dragonlance" Novels... but by the mid 1990's I was burned out.

As I said at the top of the thread, I totally missed this series when it debuted for a variety of reasons...

1) lack of TV reception where I lived.

2) lack of respect for the show itself. (Apologies, Lucy & Renee)

All I knew of Xena was the lead actress was QUITE impressive in her armor and her leathers. For some reason, the chinese restuarant that my family frequented in the 90's had a LARGE movie styled poster of Xena on the back of a pillar that you would see when ever you came back from the restroom.

I never figured out WHY it was there... and just assumed the men running the joint "appreciated" Xena's "assets" a bit more than I did.

(Not the right one, but you get the idea) http://www.knight-ware.com/cards/xena2/xena2xc1.jpeg

Last summer, when I began a thread on Janeway and other leading women from 1990's TV... I included Xena for completeness sake... not because I was a fan.

http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=125457

I got quite an education on her from someone who just treasured seasons 1-3... and so I started a youtube search of the series.

That search intrigued me, as did the two women who were the main cheerleaders for the show, Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Conner and so I decided to take the plunge. And by plunge that meant I would fork over the dough for all 6 seasons at once, despite my "teacher's" misgivings re: seasons 4-6, and a reviewer's website review at Amazon (?) that decried the quality of the images from season 1. (Shot in 16 mm not 32??? or so he suggested. Looked fine to me, on my old TV.)

Needless to say, I'm glad I bought all 6 years, and quite honestly its NOT because of the sword and sorcery stuff.

It is because of the intriguing relationship they developed between these two characters.

Intriguing because TPTB do walk the line between "are they/aren't they" enough that those who feel one way vs the other can easily justify themselves (until this last season, IMHO

).

Intriguing because if this is a story of "just" a great friendship... then what they gave us in its breadth and depth is nothing short of amazing. :bolian:

We have Shelock Holmes and Dr Watson, we have Hercule Poirot and Major Hastings, we have the Lone Ranger and Tonto... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid... and Captain Kirk and Mr Spock... but I don't think even THEY can come even close to the friendship these two women have shown us over the years.

And, quite frankly... if it is something MORE than friendship, (and you are speaking to the number 1 antisubtext fan of the Voyager TV series) if these two are romantically involved... then I find it utterly charming that in 6 years TPTB at Xena gave us such a tender love story, one NEARLY devoid of the pettiness and jealousy that television writers usually allow their characters to succumb to over the course of a series. That during this same series, we see BOTH characters grow from their associations with each other, and not just become the WARRIOR PRINCESS and sidekick.

In the last few months, I have searched Xena fanfic, looking for a story Saturn5 mentioned... without success. I've found a few gems :bolian:

and unfortunately (as with the Trek fanfic) a lot of dreck. :wtf:

When I read it, I see a lot of "wishfullfillment", a lot of "sword and sorcery"... but too little of the great friendship/partnership that Xena's writers regularly infused into their show.

Anyway, this is a long winded way for me to say that, no... I haven't gotten into those other female warrior/ sword and sorcery series be they book or tv because it wasn't the genre that called me.

It was these two characters and the wonderful journeys their writers sent them on over 6 seasons and 27 "years".

Don't know the words, other than the translation of the title... but I love that translation.

Being friends, would be nice.

Freundinnen müsste man sein

Ahhh.. the lyrics!

(Tried to post them, but they still came up in German. :confused:

)

http://translate.google.com/transla...ein+songtext&hl=en&biw=1445&bih=769&prmd=ivns

saturn5 · Jun 2, 2011

To Helicon and Back aka Saving Private Varia. The title may be derived from To Hell and Back, the biopic of Audie Murphy, America's most decorated veteran from World War 2. Amazing what they can accomplish given the limited budget. Here we have Gabby the general, a foreshadowing of the end of Friend in Need. The scene where she feeds the dead amazon to the shark is especially powerful. We also have Xena killing demi-god Bellarophon in a fair fight (I won't say it but you know what I'm thinking). It does seem rather weird to have them celebrating at the end when there's so few left.

One question, we're at the stage now where we're counting down the last appearances of the characters. I know there's no more Eve, will we ever see Aphrodite again?

JanewayRulz! · Jun 2, 2011

saturn5 said:
To Helicon and Back aka Saving Private Varia. The title may be derived from To Hell and Back, the biopic of Audie Murphy, America's most decorated veteran from World War 2. Amazing what they can accomplish given the limited budget. Here we have Gabby the general, a foreshadowing of the end of Friend in Need. The scene where she feeds the dead amazon to the shark is especially powerful. We also have Xena killing demi-god Bellarophon in a fair fight (I won't say it but you know what I'm thinking). It does seem rather weird to have them celebrating at the end when there's so few left.

One question, we're at the stage now where we're counting down the last appearances of the characters. I know there's no more Eve, will we ever see Aphrodite again?

Yes... I DO know how you feel about demigods...

.

Although this is the last time we see "The Amazons" (not talking "Ephiny"), we DO see Aphrodite (once) AND Ares(twice) and Alti (twice) and Ceasar (once) in the next 7 shows, :bolian:

and NONE of them in the final 2!. :eek:

JanewayRulz! · Jun 2, 2011

I missed a few Helicon vids, if you can believe that!

Hate the music, but love the clips... Xena vs Bellrophon (That vid's since been deleted, here's a replacement. Still don't like the music. :shrug:

Somebody out there...Varia:

timothy · Jun 2, 2011

saturn5 said:
To Helicon and Back aka Saving Private Varia. The title may be derived from To Hell and Back, the biopic of Audie Murphy, America's most decorated veteran from World War 2. Amazing what they can accomplish given the limited budget. Here we have Gabby the general, a foreshadowing of the end of Friend in Need. The scene where she feeds the dead amazon to the shark is especially powerful. We also have Xena killing demi-god Bellarophon in a fair fight (I won't say it but you know what I'm thinking). It does seem rather weird to have them celebrating at the end when there's so few left.

One question, we're at the stage now where we're counting down the last appearances of the characters. I know there's no more Eve, will we ever see Aphrodite again?

aphrodite is such a hottie and, to the helicon thing never even heard of it. what gener is it and who is in it?

JanewayRulz! · Jun 3, 2011

timothy said:
saturn5 said:

To Helicon and Back aka Saving Private Varia. The title may be derived from To Hell and Back, the biopic of Audie Murphy, America's most decorated veteran from World War 2. Amazing what they can accomplish given the limited budget. Here we have Gabby the general, a foreshadowing of the end of Friend in Need. The scene where she feeds the dead amazon to the shark is especially powerful. We also have Xena killing demi-god Bellarophon in a fair fight (I won't say it but you know what I'm thinking). It does seem rather weird to have them celebrating at the end when there's so few left.

One question, we're at the stage now where we're counting down the last appearances of the characters. I know there's no more Eve, will we ever see Aphrodite again?

Click to expand...

aphrodite is such a hottie and, to the helicon thing never even heard of it. what gener is it and who is in it?

http://www.audiemurphy.com/

JanewayRulz! · Jun 3, 2011

[TEASER]

Now THAT's a Dame!

Episode 128 season 6 # 16 "Send in the Clones"

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Its the middle of the night, and a car approaches another in the middle of a cemetary. Suddenly, a long and lanky female exits the red sports car and unfolds herself to her towering height. She saunters towards the man who has just exited the other vehicle, and stands before him with her hands clasped behind her back. I could be wrong, but I suspect the suit she's wearing was tailored just for her. We still haven't seen the face, but from her back we can see her long and flowing brown hair.

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He opens the brief case, and we lean in with her to see its contents... THAT's when we realize, the tall dark and dangerous woman before us is NOT the descendent of Mel Pappas! (Xena's great great x 75 grandaughter, see season I recalled the wrong clip show! Its not season 4's "Deja Vue"... its season 2's "Xena scrolls"! Yikes.)

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Say it with me sports fans.... "Hissssss, ALTI!"

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He opens a secret compartment, and she picks up the season 5/6 chakram. It looks 2000 years old! Then she puts it back and opens another compartment. He hands her a jeweler's eye piece and she positively oooohhhhhssss in delight.

"Alexis": "2000-year-old hair samples, perfectly preserved."

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"Alexis": (She hands him a wallet stuffed with 100 dollar bills, and he fans through it as any good thief should.) "It's all there."
Man with gold tooth: :rolleyes:

"Thanks."

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He returns to his car and as he gets in, there's an EXPLOSION...

of light and sound and images streaming across the TV screen, and we're transported from the cemetary to a vision walk where Xena is being blackmailed by Alti for the soul of her unborn child.

This gives you a flavor of the jumbled scenes running through the teaser's flashback.

And when we move out of the memory of Alti vs Xena... we come to the strangest place we've seen in 6 years of Xena. A 21st century rec room devoted to all things Xena/ Gabrielle and three Xenites who are WATCHING the Xena:Warrior Princess TV Show and commenting on same.

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Polly's Voice: (Brunette, think Xena wannabe) "You know? I just loved everything about this (Season 5 ep where Xena fights Alti for her child's soul) episode."
Lea's Voice: (Blonde, think Gabrielle obsessed to the fifth power!) "Yeah, that's a good one. We should definitely include that. You know? It's important we have clips that strongly represent Xena's enemies."
Mac's Voice: (No, this isn't Saturn5's American cousin! When you see his hat, think "JOXER THE MIGHTY..." ) "Shouldn't we have some more Joxer stuff?"
Polly's Voice: "You're kidding, aren't you?" (Good Gawd, I HOPE so!)

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As the trio space out on visions of warrior babes, dancing in their heads... the phone starts to ring... and KEEPS ringing before anyone even notices.
Lea: "Could someone get that phone?"
Mac: "Y'ello."
Alexis: "It's Alexis."
Mac: [Whispers to his female partners] "It's her." [Normal Voice] "Yes, Alexis?"
Alexis: "Phase 1 is complete. Have you compiled the clips?"

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Mac: "Uh, uh, they're almost done."
Alexis: "They need to be on digital discs. When we transfer there can't be any dropping of..."
Mac: "Alexis, uh... this is my field. I'm the computer nerd, remember? I know what I'm doing."
Alexis: "Do you have a balanced selection?"
Mac: "Personally, I'd like to see more Joxer stuff."
Alexis: "Look, any disagreements will be settled by Lea. She's working with us because of her knowledge of psychological profiles. You'll defer to her."

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Mac: "All right."
Ale: "And the rest of the team, has it come together? Do you have Dr. Polly?"
Mac: "Yes."
Ale: "Great. Three of you meet me here in 72 hours."
Mac: "Okey-dokey."

(I have NEVER wanted to channel Bruce Willis from the first Diehard movie as much as in this scene. You know the one... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1yzl0IdFCg ... "Ellis? You shouldn't be doing this!" )

So, 72 hours pass and the trio meet the maestro at her secret lab in LA. They immediately crowd around her computer station, oblvious to the rest of the lab.

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Lea: "Well?! Did it work?!"
Mac: "Please, tell us what we want to hear, Alexis!"
Polly: "The DNA in the hair, was it-- ?"
Alexis: "Everthing we hoped for. Maturation acceleration worked beyond my wildest dreams." (She turns towards the back of the lab and the two tables laying there.) "Now, see for yourselves."

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The two tables slowing move from a horizontal to a vertical position, and we see two nude ancient Greek warriors held into position by "tastefully" positioned plastic restraint bars.

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Lea: "I'm gonna cry."
Polly: [Sighs] "Awesome."
Mac: "Cool."

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Polly's Tshirt says... "Love is just a trick nature plays on us to get us to reporduce." I think you can see what's on Lea's and Mac's Tshirts, easily enough.

TEASER ENDS

I think I'm a Clone now...

JanewayRulz! · Jun 5, 2011

In case you haven't figured it out yet.. "this" is a "clip show". A show that is "cheap" to make, considering they blew their budget on the Norse tetralogy, not to mention the 2 part finale.

Unlike some clip shows, this is NOT a "Xena lite" (like the dreaded Married with Fishsticks or even worse, "The Play's the Thing"

) so worry not.

There's a cute quote from Claire (Alti) Stansfield on the whoosh.org website about the "Xena/Gabrielle" reveal... when the tables stand up and show off the clones for the first time.

01-09-01. ...Claire "Alti" Stansfield:

Interviewer: Has there ever been a time when a fellow cast member made you laugh on purpose during the shooting of a scene on Xena? Details please!

Stansfield: During the shooting of "Send In the Clones" Lucy and Renee are brought back to life in the modern day.. in the lab I have them on tables lying horizontally push a button and the tables slowly rise up and they are vertical.. (they are naked with 2 plastic like arms covering their unmentionables) during one take we are all waiting for them to rise up and one of the arms flies open on Lucy's contraption. She was wearing a flesh colored tube top on top but it was very funny to see this great reveal go a different direction.

:lol:

Episode 128 season 6 #16 “Send in The Clones"

ACT I

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Alexis: "Physically, the clones are complete. Now we just need to use the clips to bring them to life."
Lea: "So, your man in Macedonia really came through, huh?"

(I assume everyone recognizes the actress in the blonde hair? its MINYA from "A Day in the Life", "The Quill is Mightier than the sword", and "The Play's the Thing". Obviously she's switched fixations for THIS episode. )

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As Mac takes liberties with Xena's leg... Alexis just stretches down and swats his hand away.

Alexis: "He promised me 2 strands of hair from the tomb of the scrolls and he delivered. My carbon testing shows the hairs to be between 2- and 3000 years old."
Polly: "Two ancient Mycenaean heroes, alive in the 21st century. From here on, the world will be a better place!"

What we don't see in Mike's screencaps, is Alexis doing the same to Lea (pulling her hand away) when she was getting too personal with Gabrielle!

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Alexis: "If we can wake them successfully. Right now, they're just clones of the originals. Xena and Gabrielle's memories and personalities are dormant."
Mac: "Yeah, but they're great to look at just the way they are."
Lea: (This is the case of the POT calling the KETTLE "black"! ) "Don't be a male cliche. You telling me you're excited by looking at liefeless female forms that have no mind or personality?"

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Mac: "Yeah." (At least he's honest, Lea!)

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Alexis: "The disks?"

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Mac: "Oh, sure. I gotta be honest with you, though. Gabfan here loaded this 1st one up pretty heavily with Gabrielle stuff."
Polly's Voice: "Yeah, you'd think all they did was sit around in baths and at campfires emoting."
Lea: "I included other things, but I feel very strongly that Gabrielle is the most important relationship in Xena's life."
Mac: "If you start talking about subtext, I'm gonna barf."
Polly: "We're not bringing her back to life to counsel the lovelorn. She's gotta be able to kick ass!"
Mac's Voice: "Yeah, but Joxer is just... "
Alexis: "Uh... "
Lea: "Xena without... "
Alexis: "... we'll settle this later. Polly? Could you prepare the clones for download, please?"
Polly: "Oh, OK."

(Thanks to Saturn5 for pointing out WHO this actress is.. she played the Xena character in "The Play's the Thing", but more importantly she's been Lucy lawless body double through much of the series.)

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(I assume you've also figured out that throughout this ep we will be getting some good natured ribbing of the Xenite fandom community. HEY, its done with more finesse and humor than the 7th season Voyager ep that teased ITS fandom, "Virtuoso")

Polly: "All set."
Lea: "Let's start with the official video salute to Gabrielle! To the tune of Bette Midler's `Wind Beneath My Wings.'"

(According to Whoosh.org, "Wind beneath my wings" was the ep Creation Entertainment always played at the conventions, introducing Xena & Gabrielle. )

Mac: "Whoa. they need a wake-up call, not sleep-aids."
Alexis: "Let's start with Polly's selection."
Lea: "But, Gabrielle is more important than Xena's fighting skills."

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Alexis: "In the overall picture, sure, but-- she's a warrior, first and foremost. Use Polly's selection."
Polly: [Chuckles] "Pow! Whoo-hoo! Hoo!" [She laughs as the clips play of Xena kicking A$$ and taking names!]

[DVD downloads of the 21st cent TV show are inputted into the computer feeding the 2 clones. [Xena: "Give it your best shot." [Fight]]

Random youtube vid of Xena:

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Polly: "Whoo-hoo!"
Lea: "Oh, she looked so dangerous in this."
Mac: "See, that one? I loved that one."
Lea: "You know? That's not a ...that's not a stunt double."

(I think TPTB have been evedropping a little at the cons when fans talk!)

[Another download with Xena: "Your kindom awaits!"]

Second random Xena vid...

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Polly: (Walks over to examine the clones, and has disheartening news) "They're not responding. No R.E.M. no synaptic, or adrenal reactions."
Mac: (Complains when Alexis Los Alamos turns off the dvd download of Warrior clips) "Hey what'd you stop it for?! That was rockin'!"
Lea: (Miss Lonelhearts speaks up as she stands before the object of her adoration) "She needs a dose of Gaby. That'll jump-start her heart."

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(Mac comes to stand before the sleeping Xena. One wonders why neither tried Xena's trick for waking Gabrielle in the Norse trilogy. )
Mac: "Heart-schmart. Maybe we're goin' about this all the wrong way. Maybe we need a more hands-on approach." (He stetches his hands out towards Xena's torse, currently protected by those plastic torso restraints) "What about a bit of cardiac massage?"
Lea: "He could be right. Or... mouth-to-mouth."
Polly: "Maybe what you 2 need is a bucket of cold water or your asses kicked."
Lea: "Think about the fun they had together, the baths they shared."
Mac: "If you're talkin' about their special relationship, I'm into that. Just let me watch." (I thought he was going to barf over the subtext thing?)

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Alexis: "Uh, you know what? I think, that's it for today. If we download too much they... they could go crazy."
Polly: (As the trio walk out of the lab we go from the scientific wonder... to the day in day out mundane) "When they wake up, they'll need clothes. I ordered their costumes from the catalog. I'll bring 'em in tomorrow!" [Laughs]
Lea: [Laughs] "I can't wait to dress them!" (Well, maybe not mundane for SOME people.)

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After everyone leaves the lab... later that night someone turns up. The walk to the clones... and remove the electrodes from Gabrielle's head...

... and then take a DVD kindly labeled "Evil Xena" for us, and place it into the computer.

As we watch many clips from Xena's evil past... starting with her 17 ? year old self killing the Roman Centurion in the healers hut, after they killed her young friend "Milia"?...

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to clips of 27 year old ? "CONQUEROR" from the Hercules crossover ep... ordering the rebel Gabrielle's legs be broken before she's crucified....

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[Fight]
Xena: "I say... kill'em all!"
Xena: "Put her on the cross. Break her legs."
Gabrielle: [Screams as the hammer falls on her legs]]

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We see the Xena clone REACT to these clips... and the act ends with the clone giving us one of Evil Xena's deadly smirks.

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:eek:

ACT ENDS

The Portuguese trailer:

JanewayRulz! · Jun 5, 2011

This is basically what clone Xena was subjected to, for the 8-12 hours she was left in the lab alone, between ACT I & II of "Send in the Clones".

Evil Xena's song:

Evil Xena Destroyer of Nations.

Evil Xena

Evil Xena: I rule the ruins!

JanewayRulz! · Jun 5, 2011

Episode 128 season 6 #16 “Send in The Clones"

ACT II

We watch Lea walk into the lab with Alexis, she's carrying a box of donuts when her attention is suddenly drawn to the activity over by the clones.

Lea: "I know Gabrielle was always a fast learner. Oh, no! " (She runs over to Gabrielle's side, Gabby's now fully dressed) "You cut her hair! I wanted her to have long hair, like classic Gaby!"

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Mac: "Only in the reruns, Babe." (He hands her a long lock of Gabby's hair before returning to his station at the computer console.) "That's strange."
Alexis: (She's munching a donut) "What?"
Mac: "Uh, there's a download in here that I didn't do. Let's have a look at it." (He brings it up on the huge view screen.) "I didn't compile this footage."
Alexis: (Ms Los Alamos fakes "concerned" so well, doesn't she?) "Those are all evil Xena images. Somebody must've gotten into the computer after we left. How did that happen?"
Polly: "Her life signs have elevated. Something's had an effect."
Mac: "They're... they're gonna wake up soon. We...we better get them ready."
Lea: "Yeah, but which Xena's gonna wake up? The power-hungry warrior, motivated only by blood lust and hate?"

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Mac is so concerned that she's going to wake up before her "time", that he hurriedly goes to Xena and starts to "spit polish" her breast armor. I say this ONLY to put Alexis' next comment into perspective.

Alexis: "I would, uh get my hands off of her boobs."

He jumps back like they've become electrified!

Lea: "This is serious. If Xena's been watching that tape all night, she could've suffered deep trauma. I'm telling you, we should feed both her and Gabrielle my Gaby tapes to repair the damage."
Ale: "Yes, the Gabrielle tapes are essential now."
Mac: (Back at the computer terminal) "OK bringing up Gabrielle footage."

(I'm sorry, I could resist: "Wind beneath my Wings" )

[[Gabrielle dvd clips...How many eps can YOU name?

1) Gabrielle: "Take me with you. I want so much to be like you."

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Xena: "And I want to be like you."

2)Gabrielle: "Eli? I failed my first test."
Eli: "It's hard, the way of love. It may not be right for you. But if you choose to follow it you must do so with all your heart. You'll fail more than once. But don't give up hope. In the end you'll redeem the world."

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3) Xena: "I'm sorry I took you so far from your truth."
Gabrielle: "Don't be sorry. Xena do you think I could have understood the power of selfless love if it weren't for our friendship?" ]]

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(While we watch this, "bada$$" Mac gets emotional and puts his finger through his glassless frames and wipes a tear away.)

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Polly: "Enough with the lovey-dovey crap! You're putting 'em back to sleep."
Lea: "I actually agree with you. Even Gabrielle herself needs a sense of her mission. Download Polly's Gabrielle selection."
Mac: "Loading Gaby's action footage."
Polly: "That's more like it."
Mac: [Mouths] "Boom."

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Alexis: "We need more positive input into Xena, to counteract those evil images. A scene showing the consequences of her dark past. Bring up that one."

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The clip can be found starting 0:47 of this next vid.

Xena: "Some call me the Warrior Princess. Some call me `murderer.' Many years ago, there was a village called Cirra. It was a village just like yours, small and... and prosperous... full of life until a day that my army came. Until the day that I came, destroyed it. Under my orders, my men, they sacked the village; burned the houses; and killed every living thing. Everything was destroyed including the soul of one young, innocent girl who will never be able to reclaim her childhood and will never know what the Fates had planned for her if not for me." ]]

Polly: (Moves closer to the viewscreen on the wall, to consider the consequences of THEIR actions) "I wonder if that was such a good idea. Seeing Callisto again's only gonna make her blood boil."

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Lea: "A campfire scene, we need a nice campfire scene with Gaby, like the one from Series 2, Ep. 11, just before the 2nd Act break."
(Should I be worried how well TPTB can mimic zealot Xena fans?

)
Mac: "Duh! The campfire scene in that episode was in the teaser."
Polly's Voice: "It was not!"
Alexis: "Come on, guys."

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Alexis's Voice: "Could we give it a break?"

While all this is going on, what no one seems to notice is the clone of an ancient Thracian Warrior has not only opened her eyes... but is taking her electrodes off her head.

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Lea: "Besides, the classic was Series 4, Episode 7, when she does that... "
Mac: [Interrupts] "Series 4."
Lea: (Ignores him and keeps talking) "... poignant little insight into her character as she's taking her boots off as she sits by the campfire... "

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Mac and Polly: (BOTH interrupt loudly!) "She kept her boots on!"

Suddenly, a hand goes to the season 1-4 chakram that hangs on her hip, and the Warrior Princess does what comes naturally. She throws it, and we watch as it bounces off verious pieces of electronic equipment until it reutrns to her hand. By then, not only has she drawn all attention (if NOT eyes!) to her presence, the princess realizes the chakram is a fake. When she tried to slam it back into place on her hip, it breaks in two.

Alti is smiling broadly at the woman she's been brought back to life, while our trio of geeky science nerds are too afraid to even turn around and see the object of their devotion. Xena steps off the platform, walks up behind Mac and puts the pinch on him.

He falls to his knees, still facing away from her.

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For the first time in 2000 years, we hear Xena speak. And thank the gods... its in ENGLISH!

Xena: "I've just shut off the flow of blood to your brain. You'll be dead in 30 seconds unless you tell me what's going on."
Lea: "Um-- Xe-- Xe-- um-- "

ACT II ENDS

"Send in the Clones" promo.. Dr WHO style!

timothy · Jun 5, 2011

I all ways like the episodes that are set in the present or near present.

JanewayRulz! · Jun 7, 2011

timothy said:
I all ways like the episodes that are set in the present or near present.

They are fun, aren't they?

I even like the way "The Xena Scrolls" in season 2 end with the 1990's Joxer showing up in Hollywood with the scroll his 1930's grandfather took from the "girls" before he motorbiked away. And how the season 4 and two of our season 6 eps refer to the TV show based on that scroll Joxer gave to Rob Tapert. :bolian:

Talk about breaking the fourth wall!

JanewayRulz! · Jun 7, 2011

Episode 128 season 6 #16 “Send in The Clones"

ACT III

Alexis: "All right, everybody-- stay calm."
Mac: (Kneeling at Xena's feet, sweating under his modern joxer cap) "I-- I-- I gotta be honest with you-- I'm not calm."
Gabrielle: (A voice from the past echoes from behind her.) "Xena?"

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Xena: "Gabrielle. All right, you'd better start talking."
Alexis: "We've reproduced you, exactly as you existed 2000 years ago. It's a process called cloning. Welcome to the future."
Mac: (Looking at his wrist watch, and waving for everyone to speed up the exposition) "Come on."

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Gabrielle: (Has walked up to her clonemate) "Xena, shouldn't you take the pinch off him?"
Even after spening the last 2000 years as a set of memory ingrams encoded into the DNA found in the end of the hairbulb... she STILL knows she should do as Gabrielle says, and removes the pinch. Mac hops up and runs behind Lea.
Lea: "Um how much do you remember?"
Mac: "She remembers the pinch pretty good." (Is the glass half empty OR half full?) "Hey! I just got pinched by Xena!"
Gabrielle: (Good guess) "Did Ares do this?"
Alexis: (But wrong) "No, a higher power called science."

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Xena: (Lets just get to the point, shall we?) "Why have you brought us here."
Lea: "Because we need heroes, now more than ever. Look..." (Turns the view screen on to the 24 hour news channel with its shootings and bombings...) "...these are the kind of things that happen in our world every day, violence, civil unrest, crime... it's everywhere, and it's getting worse all the time."
Polly: (The voice of direct action) "We need someone to go out there and kick butt."
Xena: "You got the right girl for that."
Mac: (Going into that "warrior haze" mode we've seen Minya slip into...)"She can kick my butt any day."
Lea: (Still worried about that evil Xena download) "Um we'... we're hopin' you would kick butt for good."
Mac: (I think he's going from warrior haze to warrior lust mode, now.) "Oh, it'd be good."
(BOTH Polly and Lea turn and slap him for THAT comment.)
Lea's Voice: "He's gross."
Xena: (When in doubt, stop and nosh!) "We're hungry. Got any food?"
Lea: "Yes... yes, we do. Here." (She opens that box of donuts we saw here with earlier. Xena is suspicious.)
Mac: (He picks one up on his finger and holds it out to the WP) "They're.. uh, sort of like chakram, but you can eat 'em." (As if confirming they're "safe" to eat, he munches the donut then holds it out for her again.)
Lea's Voice: "Sugar and fat."
Pol's Voice: "They're delicious."

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(Looking more suspicious by the minute, Xena pokes out a tentative tongue and licks the donut. Not sure "why" she licks it... but she does.)
Lea's Voice: "Mm-m-m-m."
Mac, Lea, and Pol: "Mm-m-m."
(Uhhhh, I take that back. I think I understand "why" she licks the donut, but I am SOOOO not going there, so draw your own conclusions!)

The scene switches, Xena and Gabrielle are sitting in front of the TV screens, watching the 20th century/21st century TV show based on their lives. Gabby is sucking down a soda, and I swear Xena eats three pieces of pizza while we're watching!

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Renee 's voice over from an earlier ep. "The loving friends we meet on our journey-- return to us-- time after time. We never die-- because we were never really born."

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Gabrielle: [Laughs at the TV screen]

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Xena: [Pizza "repeats" on her as we speak]
Polly: [She's kneeling next to Xena, and looks like she's taking Xena's pulse on her left wrist as she thinks] "Xena could kick Jackie Chan's ass. Jet Lee? no contest. If Bruce Lee were to come back from his grave, Xena'd kick his ass, too."
(Behind them, Mac is pushing a cart piled HIGH with old take out containers, they all look empty!)
Mac: [Thinking] "Oh, man they're hot, and you know, after 2000 years, they've gotta be horny. (Did he watch the smae show WE did? )I see 'em lookin' at me, and there's no competition. I'm gonna be their 1st 21st-century man." (He ends this internal monologue by taking his hankerchief and polishing his front teeth. trust me guys... this is NOT how to impress a ancient thracian!)

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Lea: [Sitting next to Gabby, and just barely controlling her drool factor as she ponders silently] "The others almost ruined everything with their macho discs. I know, after lights out, I'll play 'em a full season of old `Ellen' episodes. Yeah."

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On screen we see the clip where Xena kisses Gabrielle after her wedding. Gabby looks downright uncomfortable at the scene...

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...while Xena is letting her ribald side loose!

Xena: "All right."

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(The TV screen next shows "Renee" asleep in Brunhilde's ring of fire, and Lucy leans in for the wakeup call/kiss.)

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Xena: "That's not how it happened." (She turns to Gabrielle) "I woke you up before I went to Valhalla, right?"

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Gabrielle: "That's how I remember it. You're right."
(Which means kiddos, the TV show THEY're watching ISN"T the TV show WE'RE watching. "We're" watching X&G's "real" life where Gabby is woken BEFORE Valahalla.)
Polly: "Wow, your memories are of the real Xena and Gabrielle, not just the ones we programmed you with."
Lea: "Yeah, that was the plan... to stimulate their... latent memories."

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(Geezzz. Lea! I'd tell you to "get a room" already, if I wasn't sure Xena would KILL you if you tried anything with Gabrielle! )

Mac: (Ignoring Gabby's eyeroll at Lea) "So, what do you guys think of the show?"
Xena: ( I LOVE this line!) "I like the one who plays me. She's kinda sexy."
Gabrielle: (Like any playwrite being rewritten without permission, she hasn't bothered to scope out her replacement.) "What about this writing, Xena? I mean, it's not exactly Euripides. They have taken liberties with my scrolls."
Xena: (Putting her hormones on the backburner) "Yeah, and what are they tryin' to say about our relationship, anyway?"

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Gabrielle: "Who knows?"
Mac: (Squirms himself between the chairs to kneel next to Xena) "Xena, um you know, uh you and Ares, uh did you, um, ever you know well did you, um... ?"

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(You GOTTA love the LOOK Xena gives him right now as her voice drops an octave)

Xena: (Channeling her inner Shatner?) "Get a life, pervert."
(Xena stands up, the pizza box with its crusts falling to the floor as she starts to walk away. Gabrielle follows quickly.)
Gabrielle's Voice: "Now, now... Xena."
Xena: "All right, Gabrielle, what's next?"

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Gabrielle: "Well, look, they want heroes, right? We find a mission. We do some good."
Xena: "That old greater-good thing? I don't know. It kinda doesn't appeal this time around. Oh, you got some sugar and fat."
(And she points to something on Gabrielle's chest. As Gabby looks down, Xena does the nose flip thing, last scene when Ares pulled it on the trusting bard 2000 years ago in "The Quill is mightier than...")
Gabriells: "Hey!"
Xena: "I always wanted to do that."
(I think someone is on a SUGAR high! She walks away from Gabby, and out towards the entrance to the lab.)
Xena: "Oh, and, uh-- Gabrielle, if that pork starts talkin' back to ya, they got a whole room back here designed for the whole purpose of relievin' yourself. Way-hey!"

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Gabrielle: (How are you going to keep them down on the farm...?) "A whole room?"
Alexis: (If you have ever wondered, how tall Alti is, LOOK at her next to Gabrielle!) "Gabrielle, um can I speak frankly with you?"

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Gabrielle: "Yeah."
Alexis: "I'm a little concerned that we may have woken up the evil Xena."
Gabrielle: (Oh COME ON!!! One nose flip does NOT an EVIL Xena make!) "Is that what's wrong with her?"
Alexis: "Mm-m-m..." (Turns to her trio of Xenites) "why don't you guys take care of Xena... and I'm gonna get Gabrielle up to speed?"

(As Gabby walks away with Alexis... the trio settle themselves into their seats to watch the Ring trilogy while waiting for Xena to return from the bathroom. NOTICE they don't even PAUSE it for her! What a lack of TV manners!)

Playing in the background on the dvds
[Xena's Voice: "Grinhilda-- listen to me. You weren't always this way. It was my actions that turned you into this beast."]

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(Alexis is outside the institute with Gabrielle, walking down the sidewalk)

Gabrielle: (marvelling at the size of the complex) "Wow, it's so big."
Alexia: "Yeah, it sure has changed, huh?" (Suddenly a trio of policy surround the duo, as Alexis points to Gabrielle) "This is her. She broke into the lab dressed as some kind of, uh television character. I think she's a bit of a loony."
Gabrielle: (The jig is UP, sweetpea! Wake up and SMELL the coffee! Did they HAVE coffee in Ancient Greece?) "What is going on?"
Female Cop: "Miss... some identification?"
Gabrielle: "What?"
Female Cop: "Look, if you're not gonna cooperate, lady, I'm afraid we're just gonna have to take you in."
Gabrielle: "No, wait a minute, look, I don't know what ridiculous story she told you, but for your information, she cloned me from a strand of hair she found 2000 years ago."
Female Cop: (To her partners) "All right, she's a loon. Let's take her" (Gabby finally smells something and goes into WARRIOR mode, pulling her sais and ready to perforate anyone who comes too close! The officers pll their pistols.). "Come on. Drop your weapons."

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Alexis: (She is just SO helpful, isnt she?) "I'd do what they say, Sweetie you saw what those weapons can do in the videos we showed you?"

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Meanwhile, back in the lab, Xena has been put into a stupor between endless clips of the TV show on the view screen and endless pizzas in her stomach.

The trio are wrapped into the dvd plaing on the screen as they flank Xena, asleep in her chair. We're watching endless clips of Joxer getting creamed, usually by Gabrielle, once by that village girl who helped bring HOPE back to life.

[Joxer: "You wanna fight, huh? Fine with me. Ow-w-w-w-w!"
Joxer: "Ooh! Ooh!"
Joxer: "Gotcha now!"
Gabrielle: "Hopeless."
Joxer: "It's funny."
Joxer: That does it! I'm gonna rip you apart with my bare hands!"]

Mac: (Hope springs eternal in the Joxer fanatic's breast) "Do you think that's an accurate characterization of Joxer?"
Xena: (Wakes up and straightens up in the chair before squashing that "hope" out, once again.) "Yeah, pretty much. Don't remember him being that smart, though."
Alexis: "Xena, I am so sorry, but Gabrielle has been arrested."

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Lea: "How can that happen?!"
Alexis: "There was nothing that I could do. The police-- "
Xena: "What's 'police'?"

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Alexis: "Uh, the local warlords... they confiscated her sais and then they took her!"
Xena: "Took her where?"
Alexis: "To the city jail... out the front door, to the left, 2 miles down the road."
Xena: [Whispers] "Right."
(Xena starts to run out of the lab)
Mac: "Are you insane? You're encouraging her!"
Alexis: "Xena, wait! You might need this." (And from under a shelve she pulls an ANCIENT weapon, handing it to its owner for the first time in 2 millennia.)

http://mikes-images.com/eps/sitc/pages/sitc_mq_233cd.htm

Xena: "My chakram... the real thing." (And she whips it back and forth, as if checking for its WHOOSH!)
Alexis: "Yes, it is."
Xena: [Whispers] "Got it." (Then runs out of the lab to rescue Gabrielle, once again.)
Lea: "Have you lost your mind?! You've just set her on a course that'll bring her into direct conflict with the authorities!"
Pol: "And where did you get that chakram?"
Mac: "You know, I'm beginning to think there are a few things you haven't told us."
(Too soon old and too late wise.)

http://mikes-images.com/eps/sitc/pages/sitc_mq_236cd.htm

Alexis: "Yes a few."

(And with visions of ALTI on the TV screen behind her, we see the beatutiful woman in the custom tailored suit morph into the evil heavily made up leather ALTI we all love to hate!)

http://mikes-images.com/eps/sitc/pages/sitc_mq_238cd.htm

Mac, Pol, and Lea: "Alti? Alti."
Alti: [Laughs]

http://mikes-images.com/eps/sitc/pages/sitc_mq_239cd.htm

ACT III ENDS

saturn5 · Jun 7, 2011

Just caught Renee the other day in a very bad sci-fi version of Moby Dick where she plays a scientist hunting a sub eating whale. Not as toned as she used to be but still gorgeous as ever

JanewayRulz! · Jun 7, 2011

^^ Haven't see it, but I loved her in the 9 part webseries called Ark. Each part is just a few minutes long.

(The original hulu link no longer works. The youtube audio stinks & doesn't have all the eps, but this will give you an idea,)

Very suspenseful. Just too damned short! (The show, not the actress.

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Any Xena:WP fans on the boards?

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