From: davideml@bellsouth.net
I watched the deleted scenes from 5-04 "Animal Attraction." To recap,
this is the Western
episode. X&G find a horse caught in a bear trap. Talia is sheriff. Joxer has
told Gabrielle he
loves her. Amarice and Armon have the love/hate thing going, and Xena finds
out she is pregnant.
A LOT of deleted scenes between Gabrielle and her horse while she is
trying to get him to
accept her. Longer scenes of Joxer and Armon getting the massage and talking
about women. Ditto,
Amarice talking about Armon to X&G. And conversations between Xena and Talia.
One funny thing -- Gabrielle was telling Armon to buy candy for Amarice.
Cut to a shot of Xena
sampling a piece, throwing up, then telling the vendor she's had enough. (I
guess you had to see
it.).
Many scenes of Joxer being a pain in the ass trying to ingratiate
himself to Gabrielle.
I often wonder if the directors realize there is more material than
can possibly make to
the final cut. It seems like if everything was used, the show would be two
hours long (certainly a
GOOD thing!!!)
This wasn't one of my faves by a long shot. I only rated it a 6.5.
"David E. Milligan" wrote in message
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> 5-22 Season Five Disks
>
>
>
> The Season Five set has ten disks -- nine DVDs and one CD.
"Motherhood" was the first
> selection on Disk 8.
>
> The second was Gabrielle's new clothes. Reneé was modeling her new outfit -
the one she was
> wearing after she ditched the India outfit. The bra was basically the same
but with strings or
> cords hanging off the back where it was criss-crossed and tied. Obviously
they were removed since
> we never saw them.
>
> The bottom was almost the same. Reneé, in an earlier commentary
said they were really
> shorts with the flap covering the front and back. The one here had a wider
flap. And her boots
> were almost knee high.
>
> Mostly she was kind of running and jumping around, doing side
kicks, etc., just trying
> to see how the new outfit worked. She was inside on a set, and then outside.
Also, her hair was
> very long and very blond. I guess it had to be a wig since her hair was cut
at the end of Season
> Four.
>
> The third selection showed how the "monsters" and other props were
created - the wings
> for the demons and angels in "Fallen Angel," and the face molds for the
demons (Callisto and
> Xena).
>
>
>
> The Ninth Disk showed the behind-the-scenes for a few scenes of the 100th
episode - "Seeds of
> Faith." It showed the confrontation between Ares and Gabrielle after Eli was
killed, and Ares
> almost killing Gabrielle when Xena's Chakram broke off the end of his sword.
>
> And they worked on the scene where Xena is about to kill Ares with
the Dagger of Helios
> until she sees Eli's reflection and decides to let Ares live.
>
> With all the setting up, and getting the lighting just right, and
the fight scenes
> figured out, it's a wonder anything actually got filmed. (And it kind of
takes the magic out of
> it, seeing how the action starts and stops.)
>
> It must have been pretty cool because almost everyone was wearing a coat or
jacket. And whenever
> a scene was over, Reneé's assistant was there with a heavy robe for her.
>
> Also on this disk are the director's cuts for certain scenes from
"Motherhood" and "Animal
> Attraction." So far, I've only watched the one for "Motherhood". There was a
comparison of what
> we saw and what the director actually filmed.
>
> For example, there was the one where Gabrielle stabbed Eve, all three times.
And after Xena
> figured out it was the Furies, she killed one with her sword, then threw her
Chakram and it
> killed the other two. Then on Olympus, Ares told Athena Xena killed them and
it was then that she
> declared all out war.
>
> Also, she was mad that Aphrodite was there and didn't kill Eve. As Ares
said, she had time to
> kill her twice. Athena vowed to make Aphrodite suffer for eternity for her
betrayal.
>
> And there were extended scenes of the fight in the tavern.
>
> At the end, Ares is talking to Xena and she tells him he has a one in a
billion chance with her.
> And she says so the IS a chance. And then he walks off after trying and
remembering he can't
> teleport.
>
> It's too bad we didn't get the option of watching the original or watching
the episode as it was
> intended.
>
> I'll try to get to "Animal Attraction" in a day or two.
>
>
>
> Disk Ten is a CD offering Chronicles, Trivia, Biographies, Extras, and
Legends.
>
> Chronicles contains (a) Scrolls, which is a recap of the eps. (b) Mortals -
almost everyone in
> XWP who not a god. (c) Gods - all the gods. (d) Creatures - including
Crustacea's kids, harpies,
> dryads. (e) Treasures - including Ambrosia and both Chakrams.
>
> Trivia, of course are trivia games, ten questions at a time.
>
> Biographies are of all the actors, directors and writers.
>
> Extras is a couple of production drawings and story boards for each episode.
>
> Legends include almost everyone and everything in the Xena-verse, but the
actual people, myths
> and creatures, and not the ones on the show.
>
>
> --
> David
> http://geocities.com/daviderl31/LucyLawless.htm
> http://geocities.com/daviderl31/xena.htm
> http://geocities.com/daviderl31/GabPics.htm
> http://geocities.com/daviderl31/ROC.htm
> http://geocities.com/daviderl31/XenaEpisodeCritiques
>
>
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