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Posted 10/31/1999 [November Newsletter]
Birthdays for November are as follows:
11/1 - Maeve (PC#3)
11/1 - Titania (PC#45)
11/1 - Morgana (PC#79)
11/2 - Norma Kaye (PC#111)
11/4 - Cassandra (PC#42)
11/5 - Nicole (PC#89)
11/12 - Leilani (PC#94)
11/13 - Spirit Dancing (PC#29)
11/13 - micky (PC#35)
11/13 - Elisabeth Molly (PC#92)
11/15 - Flynn MacLair (PC#20)
11/19 - Easterly (PC#100)
11/26 - Katchoo aka Kelci (PC#72)
11/28 - Laura (PC#31)
11/28 - Elizabeth (PC#32)
11/29 - Jennah B. (PC#68)
11/30 - Whipped Cream Goddess (PC#81)
Don't forget to wish your clan sisters a Happy Birthday this
month! If your birthday is in November and I missed you, or
if your birthday is wrong on this list, please email me to
confirm that I have it recorded right. :)
Copies of Strange World, a canceled series Peter guest starred
in, are now available! For more information, check out the
Strange World Unofficial Fan Club at http://www.bflg.com/strange/.
Check under "Resources" at the bottom of the page. :)
* * *
If you haven't checked with the PWFC, here's the latest:
- Peter will not be attending The Gathering 5
- Peter is confirmed for a episode of The Outer Limits. [Snipped
for copyright reasons.]
- Peter has officially confirmed that he will be appearing
as Methos in Highlander: World Without End, the 4th Highlander
movie, to start filming soon.
* * *
Cold Feet, the new show Peter was scheduled to guest star
in, is being canceled! If it is canceled, Peter will lose
another potential reoccurring guest spot. If you decide to
email them, please tell them how you like the show and not
Peter Wingfield. The object here is to keep the series on
air, not to mention an actor who only had one guest appearance
and may not be back. Here is the email from NBC:
Thank you so much for your kind email about COLD FEET, our
show. We're glad you've been watching. Unfortunately, NBC
is on the brink of cancelling it. They'll be making their
decision any day now. But the good news is that there's something
you can do!
Send an email to the following address: coldfeet@nbc.com
Email them as soon as possible. Tell all of your friends
to email too. Let them know how much you like COLD FEET, and
how sorry you would be to see it gone. They really do read
these emails, and responses from viewers like you really do
make a difference!
Thank you for all of your help, and keep watching the show
(it's on this Friday, 10/29, at 10PM).
Because e-mail can be altered electronically, the integrity
of this communication cannot be guaranteed.
* * *
There's also a new campaign to spread interest in the Methos
Chronicles. Please do not send email to me regarding it; I
am simply distributing the letter for anyone wanting to participate.
"Less than 24 hours after ending the 1997-98 season with
a "to be continued" cliffhanger, UPN canceled the series,
a move that motivated fans to launch a seven-month "SOS" (Support
Our Sentinel) campaign. The group bought ads in USA Today
and Daily Variety, and flooded UPN with phone calls, letters
and e-mail until the network relented and put The Sentinel
back into production."
I recently pulled this off a Sentinel fan site and had to
sit back in chagrin. Here is a group of dedicated, loyal fans
who had managed to do for their show what we didn't do for
ours. Truly the sad facts are that other than a letter writing
campaign, we have not done much to see an inception of the
show we all want to see: The Methos Chronicles.
In the year and a half that has passed since Highlander:
TS has ended, there has been much griping and complaining
that Panzer-Davis Productions hasn't even tried to put together
a show for Methos and Joe. But I have to ask if that is really
the case. Has Panzer truly given up on a Methos Chronicles?
Panzer-Davis gave us HL: The Raven and some said they were
only trying to placate us. Granted the show wasn't the best
around, but it did show promise. If it had had greater fan
support, it could have incorporated other Highlander players,
mainly Methos and Joe. It was a good base to start from, and
now with its cancellation has turned into a horribly missed
opportunity. After this many of the fans went on the defensive,
pulling support and seeming to forget the promises we, as
a fan base had made to the principle players of the show.
The truth of this is that without Bill Panzer, we wouldn't
have the few things that we still do in the Highlander universe.
It's through his love and belief that we still have the conventions,
after all, he is the one putting money into them and has the
final decision on whether or not to book them. Now he's busting
his kahoona's to get us a movie. Make no mistake about it,
he is doing the movie for US, the fan base. Highlander movies
have shown, without a doubt, to be poor box office.
Recently, before the ink was even dry on the contracts, there
was an unsubstantiated rumor that the characters of Joe and
Methos were going to be in the HL4 movie, but without Jim
and Peter reprising the roles. The news hit the net and spread
like wild fire. In short order, there was a large group of
people labeling Panzer a traitor and calling for a letter
writing campaign threatening to boycott the movie, all without
really knowing what was going on. Hollywood is a tough place
to do business, and without the whole story it could have
been disastrous to threaten him with the lack of support for
the project. What if Panzer decides he's had enough of the
flaming letters he has gotten over Highlander and never works
on it again?
Add in the fact that we have so much infighting going on
in our own lists, and it's amazing that we still have the
support of Panzer and Group. And never doubt that Panzer is
supporting us. He is in everything he does in regards to Highlander.
Shouldn't we do the same?
Read again the above quote from the Sentinel site. In a very
short time, these dedicated groups of fans were able to accomplish
what we have only dreamed about. Their show is back on. Ours
is foundering and dying slowly.
We have a decision to make. Do we let Methos and group die?
Or do we get organized and do what the Sentinel fans did?
If we truly believe that Methos Chronicles could be a doable
option for Panzer, lets do something about it. If not, then
we need to let it rest in dignity. And for the detractors
out there, it's simple: go your own way quietly, please.
For the majority, Highlander fans are a great group of people
with a common goal. We loved the chemistry we witnessed between
Joe and Methos, and we want to see them on their own. Adrian
made his decision, but we know that Jim and Peter would love
to continue in the Highlander venue. They are both extremely
fine actors who made us suspend disbelief, allowing us to
get caught up in their world of make believe. That takes talent.
We owe a lot of our friendships to the men and women who
made us love Highlander. Its time to put our best foot forward.
Time to show our loyalty and support. Time to make it known
that we want this world to continue. Time to launch the campaign
to end all campaigns. Time to give Methos Chronicles life.
We have to act now, before it's too late.
On November 5th, I will be on the Highlander Cruise. At that
time, I would like to be able to personally hand Mr. Panzer
as many hard copies of email I can. I will devote the entire
time left from now until the boat sails to printing out as
many emails I get from all of you. Let's show Panzer, Wingfield
and the rest that we still care deeply for them and that we
really are dedicated to a new show.
Send me your emails. They don't have to be literary works
of genius. A simple, "I'm interested in seeing Methos Chronicles
brought to life" would suffice. But if the muse strikes, then
please be eloquent or funny or whatever. Just send something
positive to me that I can pass on.
I can be reached at rowan_r@hotmail.com or rowan67@wizard.com.
I would truly like to impress Mr. Panzer with a large volume
of mail collected in a short time that proves we are still
out here.
Rowan Reid
* * *
Ten people contributed in the Methos Acronym Contest. The
winners are Rebecca (PC#50) and Canadian Girl (PC#91). The
next Asylum contest is being planned as we speak, and the
prize for the next contest is already chosen, that is, if
all goes smoothly. If everything works according to plan,
the prize for the next contest will be a mouse pad signed
by Peter Wingfield himself! Here's hoping. ;)
Can you even guess how many members of the Asylum there are
now? Does it scare you how many clan siblings you have???
125! Wow!
The Asylum has been made over! What? Again?! Yup, graphics
and layout on every page have been modified. Hopefully, it
will be easier to navigate now. Go check it out. :)
Join us next month for more clan updates. Same clan time.
Same clan channel.
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