FORKNI-L

FORKNI-L Digest - 9 May 2005 to 10 May 2005 (#2005-125)

Tue, 10 May 2005

There are 12 messages totalling 498 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. FORKNI-L Digest - 7 May 2005 to 8 May 2005 (#2005-123)
  2. DragonCon
  3. FK friends
  4. Generating enthusiasm for FK (4)
  5. FORKNI-L Digest - 8 May 2005 to 9 May 2005 (#2005-124)
  6. Ger wins Helen Hayes award (3)
  7. More on Ger at Helen Hayes Awards

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Date:    Mon, 9 May 2005 16:15:59 -0700
From:    Michele C <mobody_62@y......>
Subject: Re: FORKNI-L Digest - 7 May 2005 to 8 May 2005 (#2005-123)

--- Naia Zifu <naia_zifu@b.......> wrote:
>  "happy endings" might've seemed a little cheesy in
>  a show like this.  Maybe they tested their options
>  decided the "Shakespearean tragedy" route worked
>  best, or stayed truer to the tone of the series?


I am one of those that liked the ending.  I have read
many "alternate" ending eps and many of them are
great.  I think what has most people stumped is not
that it ended this way, but ended far too soon.  I
think that maybe we would be more accepting of Last
Knight if it had been aired in season 7 as opposed to
season 3.  By the volume of the fanfic it is pretty
obvious that a lot of people feel that FK had more
stories to tell.  That is the sign of a great series.

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Date:    Mon, 9 May 2005 21:54:59 EDT
From:    KnghtWtch@a.......
Subject: Re: DragonCon

In a message dated 5/9/2005 1:17:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
theknightcallsmyname@y...... writes:
Is anyone here planning to attend DragonCon this year?
This will be my first year there and I'd love to meet
up with other FK fans who'll be there.  I'd also like
to know if there might be any kind of FK-related event
or booth or whatever that might be planned but not yet
listed on the DragonCon site.

I won't be attendoing but my son and his band will be doing a parody on Star
Wars called AreoSeth.  Watch for him.
I just wish I could get him to do something for Forever KNight.  Maybe next
year. [just staying on topic!}

KnightWitch ;-]=


CaddyWhacker{first and foremost}, Die Hard, Ravenette with Enforcement
tendencies.

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Date:    Mon, 9 May 2005 16:16:01 -0400
From:    Cheryl P <fknight420@c.......>
Subject: FK friends

Well friends, stitches out and doing well.  Support gloves while I write
and work.  Night braces while I sleep.  Oh well.  Thanks for all the
kind words.  Stay safe.
Cheryl / fknight420@c.......



Sense what you have,
Don't trade a treasure
for an empty box.
ForeverKnight.5u.com.

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Date:    Sun, 8 May 2005 21:06:34 -0700
From:    Brian <bwaichu@y......>
Subject: Re: Generating enthusiasm for FK

I agree with waiting to watch FK.

I had forgotten a lot of the eps, so it was like watching the show fresh all
over again.  And I have a hard time convincing folks to watch this show.  It's
pretty easy to convince the hard core vampire LARPers to watch it.  But it's
hard to convince folks that do not even watch Buffy or Angel.

What I found interesting about Forever Knight was the difference in the
genders. I had all ways gone to the Visions con in Chicago because I was a big
DR WHO and Red Dwarf fan.  But when the con finally brought in Nigel, I was
shocked to be one of the few guys in attendance.  What is it about FK that so
appeals to women?  12 years later I still do not know.

Brian


--- Amy Hull <amilynh@c.......> wrote:

> Only recently, with the arrival of the DVDs, have I been able to
> watch it with enjoyment, and even then, that enjoyment is bittersweet,
> knowing the path on which these people I came to love so are travelling...and
> where that path ends.


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Date:    Sun, 8 May 2005 20:56:57 -0700
From:    Brian <bwaichu@y......>
Subject: Re: Generating enthusiasm for FK

I think people are more open to shows like Forever Knight today.
I also think the sales of the DVDs will have an impact on what
happens to Forever Knight.

But do the actors want to do a FK show?

Honestly, I would like a show about LaCroix in Rome.  I would like to see a
story develop his back history in depth -- a historic vampire show.

Cheers,

Brian



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Date:    Tue, 10 May 2005 00:05:34 -0500
From:    Margie Hammet <treeleaf@i.......>
Subject: Re: Generating enthusiasm for FK

>Mon, 9 May 2005 09:39:03 -0400  From:Naia Zifu <naia_zifu@b.......>
>
>     I didn't expect Nick and Nat would ever be able to properly get
>together, no, but there's a long way between unrequited love and everyone
>dying.

Thank you.  Exactly.

Forever Knight may have had a good ending for those who like tragedy or
those who saw it primarily as a tragic romance.  Frankly, for me there's
just too darn much tragedy in the real world these days.  Besides, if
something is going to be a tragedy, shouldn't there be some useful point to
the tragedy?  Wasn't the point of Romeo and Juliet that the death of these
two young people was brought about because of their families' feud?  Their
own families contributed to the death of children they loved.



Bring 'em back alive!
Margie (treeleaf@i.......)
Cousin of the Knight ~ N&NPacker
CotK Site -- http://lavender.fortunecity.com/evildead/879/

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Date:    Tue, 10 May 2005 02:32:41 EDT
From:    KnghtWtch@a.......
Subject: Re: Generating enthusiasm for FK

In a message dated 5/9/2005 10:58:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
bwaichu@y...... writes:

shocked to be one of the few guys in attendance.  What is it about FK that so
appeals to women?  12 years later I still do not know.


I think it's more than just appealing to women.  My husband loves the shows
and the character/actors we've met.  He is always remarking about the great
writing in the show.  I think that's it's main draw.

KnightWitch ;-]=

CaddyWhacker{first and foremost}, Die Hard, Ravenette with Enforcement
tendencies.

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Date:    Tue, 10 May 2005 05:25:03 -0400
From:    Naia Zifu <naia_zifu@b.......>
Subject: Re: FORKNI-L Digest - 8 May 2005 to 9 May 2005 (#2005-124)

    I loved that probably more than any of his other monologues, though he
always does have a way with words ^_^ .  But in that ep, he was speaking
from the POV of a father who was losing his most-beloved "child", which
gives it even more weight.
    I have to wonder how LaCroix would go on without Nick. . . which would
be a really good spinoff in itself. . . like an FK sequel that gets into
LC's head and explores his life, emotions, and motives the way FK did for
Nick.  It would be interesting to see how quickly something like that might
change people's opinions on the character, the same way FK made us
sympathetic to Nick despite the atrocities committed in his past.  LC
probably saw himself as being a good "parent", and felt justified in all he
did because he was doing what he thought was best for his "child".


> Besides, would you *really* have wanted to miss Lacroix's "Life is a
> peach" speech? <g>


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Date:    Tue, 10 May 2005 10:07:33 -0400
From:    Mary Combs <combsm@e.......>
Subject: Ger wins Helen Hayes award

Last night, Ger won the Helen Hayes Award for outstanding lead actor in a
resident play, for his performance as Cyrano at the Shakespeare Theatre in
D.C. last year.
Here's the relevant text from the piece in today's Washington Post:
There's a nice picture from the play on the Post's website.
Mary

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washingtonpost.com
Ties & Tales: Winners Double Up for Hayes Prizes

By Nelson Pressley
Special to The Washington Post
Tuesday, May 10, 2005; C01

        [Article removed for copyright reasons]


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Date:    Tue, 10 May 2005 08:08:21 -0700
From:    Amanda Berendt <debrabant_foundation@y......>
Subject: Re: Ger wins Helen Hayes award

Woo Hoo!!!!  I'll have to say congrats when I see him in a couple of weeks in
NYC!!!
-Amanda

Mary Combs <combsm@e.......> wrote:
Last night, Ger won the Helen Hayes Award for outstanding lead actor in a
resident play, for his performance as Cyrano at the Shakespeare Theatre in
D.C. last year.



"This thing... man... whatever it is...evil may have created it, left its mark
on it, but evil does not rule it.  So I cannot kill it."  - Gabriel Van Helsing
http://www.darksideoftheglass.com

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Date:    Tue, 10 May 2005 08:31:08 -0700
From:    Adina Montgomery <adinaruth@e.......>
Subject: Re: Ger wins Helen Hayes award

All I can say is it's about damn time Ger was recognized for his talent!!
Woo hoo!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Combs <combsm@e.......>

Last night, Ger won the Helen Hayes Award for outstanding lead actor in a
resident play, for his performance as Cyrano at the Shakespeare Theatre in
D.C. last year.Here's the relevant text from the piece in today's Washington
Post:
There's a nice picture from the play on the Post's website.
Mary

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Date:    Tue, 10 May 2005 12:00:05 -0400
From:    Mary Combs <combsm@e.......>
Subject: More on Ger at Helen Hayes Awards

"Cyrano" translator  Barry Kornhauser's hometown (Lancaster, Pa.) paper had
a reporter at the Helen Hayes Awards.
Here's the piece.
Mary
________________________
LancasterOnline.com
Kornhauser's play wins by a big nose
'Cyrano' claims four awards in D.C.

By Rebecca J. Ritzel
Intelligencer Journal

Published: May 10, 2005 9:11 AM EST

        [Article removed for copyright reasons]


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