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FORKNI-L Digest - 3 Feb 2001 (#2001-40)

Sat, 3 Feb 2001

There are 3 messages totalling 334 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. Kickstart The Knight February Address Update
  2. "Last Knight"
  3. Right Place, Right Time

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Date:    Sat, 3 Feb 2001 16:28:10 EST
From:    SField8067@a.......
Subject: Kickstart The Knight February Address Update

This is  posted with permission from Lisa and Don. :)
Thanks to you both !

This is the most up to date list.please disregard earlier address lists you
might have.
permission to post this to any list that you have permission to post to.
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Write for the Knight! (this section is for snail mail writers! (VERY
important to keep doing!)

Let’s redouble our efforts and really let "The Powers That Be" know that we
want more Forever Knight!
Do not be discouraged just because its not shown now!! schedules change on
Sci-Fi all the time.
The main idea is to be honest. Tell them your age,
where you live, how long you've been watching Forever Knight and how much
you'd like to see it back on TV. Do not, however, put anything on the
envelope that might indicate you are a FK fan or are writing about the show.
These letters are often considered "fannish" and you run the risk of being
ignored.Be business-like...explain why you're writing and why you think it
will be profitable to have the show back in production. Tell them what kind
of Forever Knight merchandise you have bought, and what you would like to
buy. BUT TELL THEM YOU WANT MORE FOREVER KNIGHT!

For more FK :

Stephen Chao ***** (VERY,very! IMPORTANT #)*****
USA Networks
2049 Century Park E, Ste. 2550
Los Angeles, CA 90067
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Bonnie Hammer**** (VERY,Very! IMPORTANT #)*****
Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Sci-Fi Channel
Sci Fi Channel
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
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Mel Harris***** (VERY,very! IMPORTANT#)******
Chief Operating Officer-Television
Sony Pictures Entertainment
10202 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City,CA 90
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Seagram's is now owned by Vivendi/Universal in France.  Their CEO is Mr. Jean
Marie Messier.  As of Jan 1st, the Seagram's crest will be removed from the
front of the building at Park Ave and 51st Street in New York City. The end
of an era.
This now means we have a new person to target for more of FK.
Vevendi/Universal now owns the rights to USANetworks. So you can now add the
following address to your list of 'people in the know' to write to on behalf
of FK.

Mr. Jean Marie Messier, CEO
Vivendi/Universal Corp.
375 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10152-0192
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(Alot of Forever Knight fans have requested that we try asking another
network about FK, to see if there might be an interest, and so, we have
decided to test the waters...
This month we are adding TNT to the list of Addresses to write to.
Here are the #'s to use.........

tnt@t.......
(and place in the subject line: "To The Attention Of The Vice-President of
Programming")

You also may call TNT's Viewer Comment and Question Line at (404) 885-4538,
however we ask that any phone calls be in addition to letters and e-mails.
For snail mail, send to:
Vice-President of Programming
TNT
1010 Techwood Drive, NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

IMOPORTANT!!!!
KtK's efforts cannot succeed without back-up from the fans....so please, take
that little bit of time and send those snail mail letters in letters in....
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For more FK merchandise:

Marci Gordon
Sony Product Development
TriStar Building, 3rd Fl.
10102 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

800-Trekker
P.O. Box 13131
Reading, PA 19612-3131

For more FK books:

Grace Ressler
Publishing Manager
Sony Signatures
TriStar Building, 3rd Fl.
10202 W. Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

Boulevard Books
The Berkley Publishing Group
200 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016

For FK on video:

Columbia House Video Library
1400 Fruitridge Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47811

For fans in the U.K.:

Customer Relations Department
British Sky Broadcasting PLC
Subscriber Management Centre
P.O. Box 43
Livingston
West Lothion
EH54 7DD
SCOTLAND

The Sci Fi Channel
77 Charlotte Street
London
W1P 2DD
ENGLAND

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PROJECTS  AND WHATS NEW UPDATE:
As you all know by now, we had our latest and very first full size Ad appear
in the "Hollywood Reporter" this past December, and we have had word that it
was indeed seen by TPTB at Sony and was in fact the talk of the entire
building!!
We are in the early planning stages of another auction and have received some
donated items, but would love to have alot more.We use each and every penny
raised to place Ads in the trades papers., and or magazines.We would like to
have this next auction to have a little difference to it.So anyone with FK,
or Lexx, or Sentinel,or Psi-factor,even Friday the 13th,anything,contact:
SField8067@a........

And YES!! we are planning something for Valentines Day...KtK will not let any
holiday go by without using it to try and convince TPTB that FK should
return! but you knew that,right? LOL!
We are sending a beautiful box of Silk Roses to Bonnie Hammer At Sci-fi on
behalf of the fans,and to go along with that in the package will be
print-outs of e-mails from you!!
you can add your wish for FK's return to the schedule by going here...
http://mx7.xoom.com/forever_nick/Forever_Knight/
And scroll down to the "save the knight" section.Then type in your email to
Sci-fi..
I would ask that as many as possible do this in this next week please!!!

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Do we have an Easter project planned? but of course!!!
i will be making an announcemnent about that in a few weeks...
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Please vote for Forever Knight  the Global 100
Charts!! We do know that TPTB are looking at them online, and they are also
sent snail-mail to TPTB, that includes Sci-fi and Columbia Tristar.If you
love this show,please
  vote  for it on this all important chart!
remember you can go back to renew your votes.they are tabulated once a month
. Try to strive to be a High
Level voter too (can vote up to 30 points).
Keep it up and our beloved Knight will be #1!!
Voting Address: http://www.global100.com/item.asp?Item=51259
This past mont FK has again climbed up to the # 6 position, lets make it the
# one show!!!
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There is another way to show TPTB how much you would like the FK
returned....

Thought Up By wonderful devoted fans such as yourselves.....

It's called "Operation Postcard Overload" as was told to KtK, "When
we all send letters to Sci-Fi/USA, we get postcards back, so why not send
postcards to them?" Its easy! Postcards are everyplace! How about postcards
representing the places you live? England, Austrailia, Germany, USA, all the
different states......
FK fans are all over the globe! Lets show TPTB that the World wants it
back!!!

Send the cards to:
Bonnie Hammer and Stephen Chao (addresses above)
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http://www.ktk.op.nu  (the official Kickstart The Knight Website)
This is where to go for all the latest happenings in the world of
FK! updated as often as possible.We have recently added fantastic Wallpaper
,so please be sure to stop over and check them out under the "computer
goodies" section! you will be glad you did! :)
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 Anyone that is would like to make phone calls........
(212)-408-9100-for Sci Fi
(212) -413-5000-programming dept.
(note these are New York #'s......)
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And dont forget that KtK has a newsletter"The Crusader" we all try very hard
to make this the most complete one stop shop of FK news, updates on the
stars, etc..
We also very much like to include those of you online in each issue.If you
have articles, puzzles, poems, short storys, announcements,new websites etc.
please contact me at: SField8067@a.......
our
If you would like to subscribe for free online e-mail; knightwave@a.......
it will automatically be sent to via e-mail :)
off line ordering info and back issues that you can read can be found on the
official Ktk website.
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Remember :0 Kickstart The Knight continues as long as we know we have the
support of the fans....Lets make sure that this year we get what we want!!!

Wishing everyone a Fantastic Valentines Day!!
Susan Ellen Field
SField8067@a.......
KtK Fearless Leader  :)

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Date:    Sat, 3 Feb 2001 15:35:19 -0600
From:    "B. Stone" <STONEB@g.......>
Subject: "Last Knight"

After reading McLisa's account of the making of "Last Knight", I was
inspired to  watch the last scene of "Last Knight" and read the end
of _Romeo and Juliet_ again to 1) imagine how it would have been if
LC stepped into the sun and 2) to figure out exactly what part of
_R & J_ would have been used for the voice-over.

  At first, I could not imagine LC losing his grip to the extent of
wanting to put an end to himself.  After all, he says "he could never imagine"
how anyone would want to give up the precious gift of life.  But then I began
to suspect that these were the words of a person desperate to save the one
friend he had on earth so as not to be left alone.  I think he still cannot
quite imagine wanting to give up life until Nick tells him that he is his
"closest friend".  That is, I believe, the straw that breaks the camel's
back.  For so many years, Nick has run from him, rejecting both him and his
gift of eternal life.  To finally hear that Nick forgives all and loves him
as his closest friend at the very moment Nick wordlessly begs to be helped to
leave this world forever, is just too much.

        See what a scourge is laid upon your hate
        That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.
            -one of the Prince's last speeches from _Romeo & Juliet_

Were these the words chosen for the voice-over?  Do any of us know?

Other possibilities include:

        A glooming peace this morning with it brings
        The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head.

which would make it a bit difficult for a vampire as old and powerful as
Lacroix to do himself in, and

        Seal up the mouth of outrage for awhile
        Till we can clear these ambiguities.

which does not have quite the same impact, although there have been and
surely will be again many times that these two lines would come in handy here,
on our list.<g>
        B. Stone
        stoneb@g.......

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Date:    Sat, 3 Feb 2001 13:57:24 -0800
From:    Klytaimnestra <lbowman@c.......>
Subject: Right Place, Right Time

on 2/3/01 12:30 PM, extremis wrote:

> is
> it possible that all those times Nat wanted Nick to
> bring either her or someone else across, that Nick
> took these requests as small betrayals?

Interesting thought!  I tend to feel them as small betrayals myself, because
I think that Nat *should* have been committed to a cure.  That's what the
patient wanted and what she'd said she'd try for.  OTOH, her first attempt
to get Nick to bring someone across - Richard - was perhaps forgivable
because it shows the audience just how powerful the temptation to
immortality, even for someone as strong-minded as Natalie, would be when
someone she loves is threatened and when she doesn't really realise what it
entails.

But then she keeps slipping up.  She asks on her own account when she thinks
the meteor is about to hit the earth; and in fact is so panicked she's
willing to get someone else to do it (doesn't that count as infidelity?)
(as an aside - what makes her think that Spark is going to keep his word? He
didn't look exactly trustworthy to me.) Then there's the time she uses
vampire blood on the boy.   Then there's the time she asks him to bring her
across rather than letting her die in LK.  She just doesn't have Nick's
commitment to mortality.  She doesn't have the experience of immortality
that drives him, of course.

Would Nick experience that as a betrayal, though?  I do, because it's not
what I want Natalie to be.  To Nick, it would surely mean that he would know
that when it came right down to it, he couldn't be sure he could count on
her. But if he knew this, and accepted it as a normal 'mortal' weakness,
then it wouldn't be a betrayal.  It would be a forgivable, if regrettable,
part of her character.

Of course the ideal Natalie would have been a lot more like Joan of Arc.
But the ideal Natalie might not have loved him or worked so hard for him or
been his friend, either.

K
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Klytaimnestra             lbowman@c.......
Fanfiction at http://members.home.net/lbowman

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