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General Rumors about XWP Archive
FEBRUARY 1998
Here is the archive!!!
CONSIDER THIS A WARNING!
These babies cover February 1998...that's why we call it an ARCHIVE!Last update: 04-23-98
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Here is the archive!!!
CONSIDER THIS A WARNING!
These babies cover February 1998...that's why we call it an ARCHIVE!Last update: 04-23-98
02-24-98. Steve Sears was on
an AoL Digital Worlds chat on Friday 13th 1998
and when asked the question, "...was HJ Bader brought
on just to make Joxer more palatable?" Sears
answered, "HBader was supposed to make him edible..."
02-24-98. On 02-21-98, at the
NYC Creation Convention, Ted Raimi stated that in
a future XENA episode Joxer's sibling Jace will be
introduced. He said that Jace will either be Joxer and
Jett's sister or it will be their cross-dressing
brother!! The excitement is just **too much** with this
show at
times.
02-24-98. Made a mistake
earlier. Gina Torres repeats her role as Nebula in
HTLJ: "War Wounds" (she does NOT play Cassandra, who
was played by another fine actress, Claudia
Black, who already made a re-appearance in HTLJ:
"Hercules on Trial" and is NOT appearing in "War
Wounds" that we know of.)
02-23-98. Steve Sears was on
an AoL Digital Worlds chat on Friday 13th 1998
and stated that the budget for the third season was
eaten up by THE DEBT and BITTER SUITE. Since they
did not have that much larger a budget from previous
seasons, they are making up the difference by
shooting less expensive shows. If ONE AGAINST AN ARMY
is an example, they should strain the budget
more often!
02-23-98. On 02-21-98, at the
NYC Creation Convention, Danielle Cormack
(actress, Ephiny) stated that something might be in the
works where her character Ephiny will appear again
on HERCULES. Cormack also appeared in the RenPic's
pilot AMAZON HIGH, which is reportedly being
scored in March 1998 by Joseph LoDuca. An interview
with LoDuca will be featured in the April issue of
WHOOSH, which will be a theme issue based upon the XWP
episode THE BITTER SUITE. Other theme
issues in the works at WHOOSH are the June 1998
Gabrielle Year of Hell Retrospective (contrary to
earlier
rumors there will be no t-shirts printed up in
commemoration of this issue which states Gabrielle had
a year
of hell and all I got was this lousy t-shirt'), and
Octboer 1998 Fan Fiction Expose.
02-22-98. HERCULES just
finished filming WAR WOUNDS, an episode that deals
with the aftermath of the Trojan War with the return of
the Greek soldiers and how difficult it is for them to
reassimilate after their war experiences. Written by
Paul Coyle it will be the directing debut of HERCULES'
regular Driector of Photography. It will also guest
star Gina Torres. I do not know for certain, but I
assume
she will be playing Nebula..
02-22-98. Those wacky
hygenically-challenged water-lovin' HEATHENS called the
Horde will be back next season. Many fans are eagerly
awaiting an episode of the same magnitude as THE
PRICE, where the Horde were first introduced. Just
remember what "kaltaka" means and that should get
you through the first part.
02-22-98. On 02-21-98, at the
NYC Creation Convention, Ted Raimi stated that
he had been signed for 22 episodes of XWP for the 4th
season. This means he is signed for every
episode...can you say REGULAR CHARACTER?
02-22-98. In the 02-21-98 TV
Guide the following is reported:
"What she does reveal is that quite a lot of odd people' want to appear on her syndicated series, including comic Buddy Hackett and singer k.d. lang. That would be thrilling,' she says of the latter candidate. Considering that Xena has a devoted lesbian following, everybody would love that.' No word yet on what character lang might portray, but it won't be Sappho, the ancient Greek writer known for her love poems to women is already part of an upcoming episode. She gets a hankering for Gabrielle, and Gabrielle doesn't know how to handle it,' Lawless offers, laughing. So who will play Sappho? It's someone quite well known,' she quips--Lawless herself. Better luck next time, Buddy."
02-22-98. In an interview
with the Austin Chronicle, 02-12-98, Renee o'Connor got
mega-confused along with the interviewer! The paper
asked: "What's the technical definition of a Hardcase
Nutballer'? Is it sort of a Nineties Trekkie'?" That
started the problem. The correct term as any TRUE
hardcore nutballer would know, is hardCORE not
hardCASE. Then to add to the confusion, Ms. O'Connor
stated, "Nutballers! Lucy was at a convention and
walked out and said, You guys are nutballs'" It just
sort of
stuck. She meant it very endearingly. I saw some
stickers [at the Valley Forge Xena Convention] saying,
Hardcase Nutball.' It's that group of people who love
the show who are loyal fans." First of all the term
"hardcore nutball" did originate with Lucy Lawless but
from an e-mail message she sent through Robert
Mellette (aka Xenastaff) on the Internet in the MCA
Xena NetForum on 03-29-96, which happened to be Ms.
Lawless' 28th birthday. The pertinent part of the post
is "Thanks very much you guys for
your letters and best wishes, especially all you hard
core
nutballs who've been around since the dawn of time."
Internet
fans started using that term to describe themselves and
it simply
got quite out of hand. I am surprised that there were
people
runnig around with signs that said "Hardcase Nutballs",
I am sure
the signs must have actually said "Hardcore Nutballs".
The
complete post can be read in its entirety in the Xena Media Review
Archives in
issue XMR #17, Amended Annotations 215.5 (in part
three).
02-22-98. In the same Austin
Chronicle, 02-12-98, interview:
AC: I'd like to ask about the dynamic between you and Lucy and people's perception of you two, versus their concept of the characters. A friend of mine who visited the set and met both of you was impressed by the difference between your handshakes. She said that Lucy Lawless is very polite and demure, and that you would not imagine that she has such a girly handshake. To shake Renee O'Connor's hand, she said, however, you know she's the one that you want in a bar brawl with you!
RO: [Laughter] There's definitely a sense of Xena in Lucy, in the sense that she's a strong woman who won't take less than proper respect from anyone. She is a strong woman. She's so intelligent. I think she'd be a great person to have in a barroom brawl because she'd be more like Gabrielle. She could probably talk her way out of the situation; she's witty in that respect, but if it didn't work out, she could punch 'em. Actually I'm one to stay away from any sort of conflict whatsoever. If it happens, I can deal and hold my own, but I would probably let her handle it! When it comes to the physical, the difference between us physically, Lucy's much more feminine.
AC: Is there something in the contract that says you can't be more formidable-looking than Xena?
RO: Oh, not at all! [laughs] Remember the first season I had this long skirt? The naïve, young Gabrielle! As soon as they put me in a short skirt, the comment from the L.A. office was, "Where did Renee the Robo-Cop come from?" They had no idea that I actually worked out. It was all hidden under the skirt! They questioned the fact that Gabrielle would be muscular. They're used to young women and actresses who are quite feminine, fragile. I'm not like that and I didn't want Gabrielle to be like that.
02-22-98. Steve Sears was on
an AoL Digital Worlds chat on Friday 13th 1998
and stated that he was writing the season ender and he
stated that it was not a comedy. Also, with the
rumours of Callisto's upcoming demise and the
intelligence that Hudson Lieck has two more episodes of
XWP to film (infact, the filming is reportedly
happening in the begining of March), we can perhaps
safely
conjured THAT Callisto is in the season-ender? Let's
hope this season ends with a bang and not a wimper
like it did last season with a mopey Joxer staring at a
fire.
02-10-98. The clip episode
for the third season XENA will be FORGET ME NOT.
02-06-98. From Varise
Sarabande themselves: "The soundtrack to the Xena
episode [BITTER SUITE] is scheduled to be released on
3/24. We are still working on the cover art for the
CD - but so far it looks and sounds great. The CD
should be available at record stores across the U.S."
The
website for that label is Varese
Sarabande.
02-06-98. The second
Aphrodite episode has been identified! It is FISH
SCHTICKS!
02-06-98. And speaking of
Joxer, where do our 11 episodes for season 3 line up?
Joxer has appeared or will appear in (01) BEEN THERE,
(02) KING OF ASSASSINS, (03) PRIESTESS,
(04) QUILL, (05) BITTER SUITE, (06) KING CON, (07) FISH
SCHTICKS, and (08) FORGET ME NOT.
Joxer was not in or will not be in: (01) FURIES, (02)
DIRTY, (03) DELIVERER, (04) GABRIELLE'S HOPE,
(05) DEBT 1, (06) DEBT 2, (07) MATERNAL INSTINCTS, (08)
ONE AGAINST AN ARMY, and (09)
FORGIVEN. That leaves five shows where joxer may turn
up on hree of them: WHEN IN ROME, VALEY
OF NO RETURN, VANISHING ACT, TSUNAMI, and the season
ender. The money is on the season-ender
and ROME being non-Joxer episodes.
02-06-98. At Burbank II Con
(01-18-98), Kevin Smith mentioned that he had some
more appearances on XENA around March.
02-06-98. From Heath
Opper. I also found this announcement on the Bruce
Campbell website from the man himself:
"Hey gang!
Guess what? It looks like the King o' Thieves is
gonna steal about 11 more episodes this year between
the two shows, 'Herc' and 'Xena'. This new assignment
will also include a few more directing assignments
and a pilot for a new show (no, I don't know what it
will be) later this year. As always - stay tuned for
det
ails, but better yet - watch the darn shows!
Best
Bruce 'Auto' Campbell"
02-06-98. From Heath
Opper. This is about the HTLJ's episode ONE FOWL
DAY and it is straight off of the Bruce Campbell
website: "The storyline has changed on 'One Fowl Day'.
It is a direct continuation of 'Porcules'. In 'Fowl'
the
dastardly Discord (Ares mole) is turned into a chicken
by Iolaus. Ares then punishes him (and Auto by
association) in many many many ways ... think chains,
nakedness, and mud. The current project is being
directed by the jovial Michael Hurst." On the website
they also have pictures from the episode with Iolaus
and Autolycus dressed like trees. You can see them at
www.bruce-campbell
.com.
02-01-98. The tentative
titles for the two Bruce Campbell episodes are
"Tsunami"
and "Vanishing Act". At this point we have no idea
whether these are going to be in the third or four
seasons.
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