BtVS Pilot ? B5: Casting Shadows
Does anyone know anything about an alternative version of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer
pilot episode ? I've been given a tape purporting to be such an item. My limited Buffy
knowledge has enabled me to spot that the Willow is different but apart from that.....
Any info appreciated. Quality isn't great - anyone remember the Yesterday's Enterprise
and Best of Both Worlds tapes I had circa 91 - but I'm willing to bring it down if we want
to put it on
I've also read B5: Casting Shadows (The 1st of the Technomage books) Highly recommended
as are the previous 2 B5 trilogies. It's weird reading stuff about a bunch of characters
you know are dead: 2 on the first 2 pages, 1 later (BIG shock when they started talking
about the first, big cheer when the 2nd showed up and an unexpected surprise followed by a
familiar question when we find out who else is around at that time - all are linked to
Jeanne Cavelos' previous B5 novel the excellent Shadow Within) The book is the
background to the Technomages leaving and Galen's role in that. It finishes in early
2259 and we know where there were by the beginning of Feb that year.... The later books
follow the technomages from there so I can only assume that we've got the Cerberus,
Matthew Gideon, dodgy Hybrid Earthforce ships etc to come soon, with the promise of more
Crusade related material later....
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Philip Ayres
payres@
www.netcomuk.co.uk/~payres
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pilot episode ? I've been given a tape purporting to be such an item. My limited Buffy
knowledge has enabled me to spot that the Willow is different but apart from that.....
Any info appreciated. Quality isn't great - anyone remember the Yesterday's Enterprise
and Best of Both Worlds tapes I had circa 91 - but I'm willing to bring it down if we want
to put it on
I've also read B5: Casting Shadows (The 1st of the Technomage books) Highly recommended
as are the previous 2 B5 trilogies. It's weird reading stuff about a bunch of characters
you know are dead: 2 on the first 2 pages, 1 later (BIG shock when they started talking
about the first, big cheer when the 2nd showed up and an unexpected surprise followed by a
familiar question when we find out who else is around at that time - all are linked to
Jeanne Cavelos' previous B5 novel the excellent Shadow Within) The book is the
background to the Technomages leaving and Galen's role in that. It finishes in early
2259 and we know where there were by the beginning of Feb that year.... The later books
follow the technomages from there so I can only assume that we've got the Cerberus,
Matthew Gideon, dodgy Hybrid Earthforce ships etc to come soon, with the promise of more
Crusade related material later....
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Philip Ayres
payres@
www.netcomuk.co.uk/~payres
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