From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
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   Lilah Morgan  wrote:   
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   >And now we have Ares' intro, and what an intro it is. He doesn't hesitate   
   >for one moment to let Xena know that he wants her back in the worst way.   
   >Talking about being hard up...for the record, Xena gets to get nekked twice   
   >in this ep, Gabrielle only once. Sorry bard, guess you got your nekked quota   
   >fill in Quill is Mightier. Interesting note, for her 'warrior' outfit that   
   >Ares has for her, it's kinda like her one from the days with Borias. The   
   >hair is even similar. I felt the song was kind of annoying...not Ares' part   
   >though, just some of the thugs' lines. Saying Xena's looks(as in glares and   
   >such, not her appeal) can curdle milk...that's classy...blech. Though it was   
   >interesting to have them sing that Xena's back where friends are true. Um,   
   >what friends? She really didn't have any friends in her warlord days.   
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   >Gabrielle in the Illusian version of Potedaia...a typical version of how   
   >Utopia is a fallacy, because it's not as good at it seems. They don't   
   >hesitate to say that Xena destroyed Gabrielle and she needs to kill her as a   
   >mercy thing. All while talking about how peaceful and BORING village life   
   >is. Of course this totally ignores that Gabrielle left Potedaia in the first   
   >place because she didn't fit in there...she wanted adventure, and to learn   
   >how to be a warrior. Though Gabrielle was a bit innocent of what that meant.   
   >She only saw the heroics, not the bloodshed part. Was nice to see Lilla,   
   >even if she was nasty. Would have been nice to see Willa O'Neal play a bad   
   >guy.   
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   >When it comes to the climax, Xena/Gabrielle's different backgrounds, it was   
   >cool but also confusing with the back and forth-ness. And Gabrielle was   
   >stupid to think she could kill Xena. And Xena finally kills her. And again,   
      
   I think this part was the most obvious homage in the episode, being patterned   
   on the 'Kill the Beast' number from Disney's "Beauty & The Beast".   
      
      
      
   				Ted.   
      
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