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There is so much more to talk about when it comes to Elijian beliefs & how they\u2019re intertwined with the show, but I\u2019ll just make 2 more points. First, my belief is that had #Xena Warrior Princess continued on several more seasons, we would have seen her story move more into a gothic sensibility, something more resembling the roots of the Evil Dead series. We kind of see something like this in the 6th<\/sup> & final season of #HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys. The most recent RenPic series to date, Ash Vs the Evil Dead, is a bit like how I imagine it, except with more elaborate cosmology after Paradise Lost, & other sources. The Olympians would still play a role, but would look different. I think the God of Love causes a paradigm shift in human affairs, & this reverberates with them, because as people change, so do gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exactly how do I imagine that? That\u2019s a story for a different time, but I see a colorful future for a revival, if it happens. A more colorful Olympus, & as a Valley Mom rather than a Valley Girl, I\u2019d love to see Alexandra Tydings return as a wiser Queen Aphrodite!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, I\u2019d like to talk about the Elijians\u2019 pacifism. I\u2019m fairly certain that doesn\u2019t sound appealing to anybody, but I disagree. A lot of the action on #Xena is nonviolent in nature. Most of the Indiana Jones movies are nonviolent. Violence is only a small part\u00a0of action, & suspense. I\u2019ll talk more about this next week, but my research into the roots of violence, & the treatment for it, was key to my understanding of Livia\u2019s nature, her backstory, & her recovery. This whole project is like an illustration of her journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To end this week\u2019s topic, I\u2019ll post a music video that to me represents the ideals of the Elijian movement. I needed something I could listen to everyday that invoked their community, its simplicity & its majesty. It\u2019s an orchestral piece that comes from the 1985 movie\u00a0 Witness, starring Harrison Ford as a big city detective who\u2019s protecting an Amish eyewitness to a murder. He goes to their village, & doesn\u2019t seem to fit in, nor does he seem welcome. One day, a couple marries, & the community gathers to build them a barn, in just a few \u00a0 hours, by working together. Ford is asked to join in, & since he\u2019s a carpenter in real life, he does rather well. As the day progresses, he bonds with the others, & starts to realize their simple way of life makes a lot of sense after all.
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Maurice Jarre wrote the score,\u00a0 with synthesizer for the scene, but he also wrote a version for full orchestra, which I think sounds much more like how #Xena composer Joseph LoDuca would arrange it. Australian director Peter Weir used Pachelbel\u2019s Canon in D as the temp track for Jarre\u2019s score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, I\u2019ll post the link to the scene itself, the most famous one from the film, if you want to see it in context, with a light synthesizer arrangement. Then I\u2019ll post the orchestral version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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