From: seanc130@hotmail.com   
      
   "Kestra"  wrote   
      
   >I bought the season 4 box set recently (marked down to $34.95!) and I am   
   >watching the episodes one or two a night, after work....   
   >   
   > So far, I have noticed two interesting guest stars who came to prominence   
   > after 1995 -   
   >   
   > Jack Black in DPO   
   > Jewel Staite as Amy Jacobson in Oubliette. She was -very- young in this   
   > episode - approximately 13. Making her current casting as a senior medical   
   > doctor in a top secret military expedition slightly....unrealistic?   
      
   I just got the XF urge last night and watched 'DPO' as well, along with   
   'Fallen Angel' and 'Firewalker'.   
      
   In addition to Jack Black, Giovanni Ribisi has had some increase in   
   popularity since then. I remember hearing him mentioned frequently a few   
   years back for some movie or something -- don't remember the details.   
      
   Another guest star from an episode I watched last night who isn't really   
   famous, I think, but should be: Shawnee Smith. Comparing her performance in   
   'Firewalker' as a naive young student being mind-controlled by a fungus with   
   (1) her appearance as a courageous and determined young heroine in the 1988   
   version of 'The Blob', and (2) her several hilarious years as ditzy and   
   slutty assistant Linda on 'Becker', it's obvious this woman has amazing   
   range and talent, and deserves a lot more attention.   
      
   What is Jewel Staite on now? I didn't know she was someone of 'prominence'.   
   She must be on a show I don't watch.   
      
   > In many cases the old magic remains; Clive Bruckman's Final Repose was   
   > much, much better than I remembered it; mainly because I'm an adult now   
   > and I get more of the humour than I did at the time - I was only about 15   
   > or 16 when the season aired.   
      
   Who is Clive Bruckman? Wasn't he the host of the British version of 'Whose   
   Line Is It Anyway?'   
   #8^P>~~   
      
   (Psssst: It's 'Clyde'.)   
      
   > Coming up I have Jose Chung's From Outer Space and Syzygy.... I skipped   
   > over <2SHY> ...thought it would be the most dated of all  because it deals   
   > with the internet ... but I will get to it.   
      
   The Internet stuff is indeed very dated in that episode. I don't really   
   notice much of the other stuff you were talking about, with big cel phones   
   and all, but you can definitely tell in '2SHY' that they were on a whole   
   level below the sophistication that modern portrayals of the technology   
   have. It was obvious that it was made in the earliest days of the Net   
   craze -- they're awkward both with the technical details and the dialogue,   
   clearly talking about something that's newfangled and not yet clearly   
   understood by everyone.   
      
   BTW, I find it very interesting that your Season 4 box set apparently   
   contains all the episodes from Season 3.   
      
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   --Sean   
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