Well, I'm working at home for the week, and even though I'm working, I feel like I'm not doing anything. Since the intense silence of my empty apartment drives me batty, I leave the TV on for some background noise.

Much to my pleasure, today I found the the Oxygen Channel has been showing reruns of Xena: Warrior Princess in the morning. Man, I love this show! It definitely rates up there in my top 5 TV shows of all time. First of all, I love strong female characters, and second, I've been crazy about Greek Mythology ever since I was little.

Xena was a great show. There was always great costuming, great fight scenes, and great stories. Drama, action and humor, all mixed into one. Although there was a lot of cheeseyness, just like Buffy, there were some really dramatic moments in this show that were underrated. The relationship between Xena and Gabrielle was beautiful, even though it was a bit ambiguous.

I also loved how they incorporated different historical stories/figures into the plots of the episodes, like Caesar, Hercules, Hippocrates, and in today's episode, the biblical figures Isaac and Abraham. The story went to say that Abraham was being given some sort of hallucinogenic drug, through which his other son was speaking to him as 'God' to kill his heir, Isaac. Of course, Xena gets rid of the bad son, but is she in time to save Isaac from being sacrificed by his father? No!!!! But whaddyaknow...a mystery voice comes from the heavens right when Abraham is about to kill Isaac and tells Abe that his faith is enough. Was it Xena or Gabrielle's doing? No. But who could it be? *cue mysterious music here*

Gotta love the cheese that is Xena. She's the best.

Posted by Yano at January 14, 2004 04:07 PM

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