Monthly Archives: December 2010

Season one is the foundation. The childhood and the current state of Xena and Gabrielle forms a major part of it and little is said about the dark Xena. For the record, those are the post Lyceus, pre Gabrielle years. … Continue reading →

S1 episode 23 Lyceus and the Old One is obvious in its content. The original Xena: Warrior Princess stressed the importance of Xena’s younger brother but did not flesh him out or explore their relationship in depth. I believe that … Continue reading →

The portrayal of Amazons in Xena: Warrior Princess, perpetuated in fan fiction, is incorrect – try martial society. They are a mirror version of Sparta and that is the only way they could survive in an Ancient Greece. It is … Continue reading →

I am strongly influenced by opera, theater, and classics. The trend in TV and movies has been toward one liners and mindless action. I refuse to head in that direction. No one will remember Transformers in few years, but there … Continue reading →

Dying is a cheat, a plot device for hack writers with no imagination. That is why the main characters on Xena: Warrior Princess kept dropping like flies, only to be brought back in ever more outrageous ways. In one case … Continue reading →

What does it mean exactly? It is not as simple as same story, different dialogue. There are 4 original rewrites out of 30 episodes in the first season. Now, some episodes could not be saved and one was moved to … Continue reading →

It is a question of balance. You don’t want to be pedantic about it; you want a good mix of accuracy and liberties. The original Xena: Warrior Princess is well known for mixing myth, history and time periods. That is … Continue reading →