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So my time draws short, Mrs Kyoto's return looms, and I'm marking these final carefree days with a Xena Warrior Princess marathon.

What an odd odd show.

Starting the with the hideous mixed metaphor in the opening credits its tone is all over the place.

I mean one week we have a farce where Lucy Lawless plays a virgin, a priestess and Xena (who are all identical) the next... Xena murdering Gabrielle's kid and then savagely beating Gabrielle and dragging her behind a horse.

Or one week a homage of the Producers, followed by a graphic crucifiction.

It's just.... odd.

And there oughta be law against hawt chicks either cutting their hair or getting tattos. And especially both.

No Xena fans huh?

The late 90's fantasy one?

I recall watching the show, but haven't seen it recently enough to even remember even the most rudimentary plot points.

I never watched Xena, but I am a big fan of Mrs. Lawless. She was the best thing about Spartacus after Andy Whitfield died, and she's very serviceable on Parks & Rec.

 Monster Rain wrote:
I recall watching the show, but haven't seen it recently enough to even remember even the most rudimentary plot points.

Leather dress and some round hoop weapon if I recall correct

 purplefood wrote:
The late 90's fantasy one?

Is there any other?



I watched the show a bit as a kid. My grandfather liked it, but I never really got into it. I don't foresee myself watching it any time soon.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
No Xena fans huh?

Not here, no. But tbh, I wasn't a fan of Hercules, either.
There just wasn't enough pew-pew in them for me.

Not even the chin with a personality could make me like the show (Bruce Campbell).

Although I do have friends who loved that show (but also liked supernatural - to this day, I still don't know WHY we're friends - it's certainly not because we liked the same tv shows )

Lucy Lawless <3

That show was seriously trippy as I recall. The other "live action adventure shows" like The Adventures of Hercules and Beast Master were all weird like that.

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Monster Rain wrote:
I recall watching the show, but haven't seen it recently enough to even remember even the most rudimentary plot points.

Leather dress and some round hoop weapon if I recall correct

And Amazon yells! Ki-yai-yai-yai-yai!

And lesbian subtext!

Lots of lesbian subtext.

Come Gabrielle let us take a mudbath together.

 Hordini wrote:

 purplefood wrote:
The late 90's fantasy one?

Is there any other?

I've been rewatching the sci-fi shows from around the same time...
Surprisingly good some of them so I might rewatch this as well.

I prefer lesbian supertext myself.

I missed the last season or two, but otherwise saw the rest. One of those shows I need to get around to rewatching someday.

And wait... Did someone just imply that they do not like Supernatural?! That shows Awesome!

No, I did most definitely NOT imply that I disliked supernatural.

I'm slipping.

To end the rumours, I hereby state that I very intensely disliked that show. I'm not fond of "supernatural" ghost story shows at the best of times.

And don't get me started on sherlock. Benedict Cumberbatch gaks me to tears.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:


And lesbian subtext!

Lots of lesbian subtext.

Come Gabrielle let us take a mudbath together.

Yeah, the lesbian subtext was taken as a given when it came to Xena

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Monster Rain wrote:
I recall watching the show, but haven't seen it recently enough to even remember even the most rudimentary plot points.

Leather dress and some round hoop weapon if I recall correct

And Amazon yells! Ki-yai-yai-yai-yai!

And lesbian subtext!

Lots of lesbian subtext.

Come Gabrielle let us take a mudbath together.

Can't go wrong with lesbian subtext between two hawt women!

It wasn't subtext - subtext is subtle...

At the end IIRC - they just ended up having a kiss.

I used to like Hercules, but I liked He-man so thats not surprising...

Random note. The girl who played Xena's sidekick in her series played Hercules's wife in the short movies that came before the launch of his series.

Not to forget the Meaning of Ancient Greece christmas episode, and the ancient Greece wild west episode

PredaKhaine wrote:
It wasn't subtext - subtext is subtle...

At the end IIRC - they just ended up having a kiss.

I used to like Hercules, but I liked He-man so thats not surprising...

I could never get into Herc, maybe it was the gay subtext.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

PredaKhaine wrote:
It wasn't subtext - subtext is subtle...

At the end IIRC - they just ended up having a kiss.

I used to like Hercules, but I liked He-man so thats not surprising...

I could never get into Herc, maybe it was the gay subtext.

- I never thought about it that way

Its just about 2 dudes who are friends, getting out and about, doing good for the community, having manly fights...in vests...

There is even a Simpson's Lucy Lawless Action Figure.

Ah, I used to watch that show all the time when it was first on TV, along with Hercules (Kevin Sorbo is tha man!). I've been meaning to go back and watch through both of those, but been sidetracked by other shows and video games.

Are they both still on Netflix?

PredaKhaine wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

PredaKhaine wrote:
It wasn't subtext - subtext is subtle...

At the end IIRC - they just ended up having a kiss.

I used to like Hercules, but I liked He-man so thats not surprising...

I could never get into Herc, maybe it was the gay subtext.

- I never thought about it that way

Its just about 2 dudes who are friends, getting out and about, doing good for the community, having manly fights...in vests...

Those vests last for about 5 minutes before everyone is topless writhing around in the time chest to chest with other men.
That show was hilarious...

I love Xena! I used to catch the show when I could. I never did watch a single season in its entirety... had too much stuff going on (school,work, and church)... but when I could catch it I was very much entertained.

And lets not get started on Xena fanfics....... aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh yyyyyyeeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh

It's just such a weird show to watch in a binge.

It's like Adam West Batman meets Lynda Carter Wonder Woman meets Buffy's moral dilemma and character deaths.

You can whiplash going from Joxer the Mighty to Gabrielle being crucified.


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 AduroT wrote:
Random note. The girl who played Xena's sidekick in her series played Hercules's wife in the short movies that came before the launch of his series.

Even more random, Xena was going to be a one-off character and not played by Lucy Lawless.

Instead she got her own show and ran for 6 years.

Not too shabby.

Does that make her the most successful guest star in history?

No, it just makes her Lucy Lawless. The produces could do nothing else in the face of her Chuck Norris eqsue awesome.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
No, it just makes her Lucy Lawless. The produces could do nothing else in the face of her Chuck Norris eqsue awesome.

How would the world cope if they had a child?

Autolocus the King of Thieves was the best.

Joxier the Magnificient was good too.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Monster Rain wrote:
I recall watching the show, but haven't seen it recently enough to even remember even the most rudimentary plot points.

Leather dress and some round hoop weapon if I recall correct

And Amazon yells! Ki-yai-yai-yai-yai!

Actually the "Amazon yell" is a ululation that is used to express strong emotions. You mostly find it used in the Middle East now during weddings, funerals, or other times of celebration. The sound is more a "La" or "Li" sound repeated rapidly and ended with the "li" while fading out the vowel. It is not proper to do this without shielding you mouth; this keeps spit from flying and to keeps people from seeing your tongue waggling.

I watched it here and there but never got in to it.