ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

This immensely popular and highly successful syndicated series was more fun than a barrel full of Mesopotamian monkeys!

The show runners presented us with a program that boldly switched back and forth between gut-wrenching drama and wild, slap-stick comedy from week to week — with many episodes which blended the two extremes seamlessly.

The result was a series which resembled a four course dinner. They were comprised of tasty appetizers, a main course with hearty side dishes, and delicious desserts!

The two stars — Lucy Lawless and Renée O'Connor — portrayed a heroic team who were dedicated to battling evil during these ancient times, despite the risks to themselves.

Xena: Warrior Princess became one of the top-rated syndicated series of all time, and it ran for six seasons. It actually concluded with a shocking final episode which remains both controversial and moving in terms of the way it dealt with it's main character's final fate!

Netflix currently only offers season 1 and parts of season 2.

However, Amazon offers the box set of the complete series for only $44.99. That's all 134 episodes — which is amounts to only 34¢ per episode!

I just ordered this Treasure Trove of Fantasy Adventures, and it will arrive on Monday, June 7th. I'm looking forward to spending a week in the Olympian version of Binge Watching Heaven!

Just to provide a teaser as to how imaginative this series is, here's a clip which offers an example of how wild these stories could get.

I'm certainly looking forward to watching THIS episode!

_ Xena And Gabrielle Wake Up From Their 25 Year Sleep!


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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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Today I watched a very amusing episode of Xena called Warrior . . . Priestess . . . Tramp which features the third "Xena lookalike" character in the series, expertly played by the talented Lucy Lawless.

The interesting thing about this character is that she was written so that Miss Lawless could speak all the character's dialog with her native New Zealand accent!

Normally Lucy alters her speech as Xena to give no hint whatsoever that she has a distinctive accent.

But this new character cuts loss with dialog rich with Lucy's Auckland upbringing — and the result stuns Xena fans like me who never knew that Lucy Lawless' normal voice was very different from that of the Warrior Princess!

Watch the video at the link below to see Lucy demonstrate a thick Aussie accent, which scotpens informed me is somewhat similar to the way folks in New Zealand talk!

Lucy Lawless on Australian accents
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)