Isle of Bliss

[manche]

And I heard somewhere that this actress should have played the character of Maeve, it is the truth?

[maeve3000]

I thing it was Jacq who mention it once.
Monika Schnarre who played Alana at the Adventure of sinbad wanted to get the role of Maeve.
when I can remember right it was also mention (not know of from jacq)
that this actress was pretty imaginary.
Then later she wanted to play Bryn....
BUT well she is complete not the right type for play Bryn. sure also not for Maeve.

at least she got at the TV show Beastmaster the role of a sorcress with a eagle on her side. Wonderd always if they got that idea from the advenrure of sinbad sure the eagle belong to the beastmaster as the tiger and Kodo and Bodo (always wanted two of my own) BUT the eagle in combination with a sorcress is new for a beastmaster.


the episode Isle of bliss I like at most the last scene. DOUBAR is such a big kid

[Doubar]

maeve3000: LOL! Actually I wondered about the same thing - whether the sorceress in Beastmaster was inspired by AoS. ;D I bet they'd never admit it though, even if it were true. xP

the episode Isle of bliss I like at most the last scene. DOUBAR is such a big kid

Aye. *pats Doubar's head affectionately*

manche: I wouldn't be able to tell for sure, but I, too, have heard of the rumour and that often enough to believe it to be true. I didn't know though she also auditioned for Bryn. Never heard of that before and admittedly can't really imagine that she did. She had been in the show as Alana already - there would have been no way she could have been introduced as Bryn because while minor characters quite often were played by re-occuring actors, things would have been different with a crew-member. *shrugs*

[manche]

I like that this episode is centered on Doubar, I always liked when a certain member of the crew was in the centre of events, and these episodes were great in the most of these cases. We talked about episodes which were centered on Rongar, Firouz and Doubar, for Maeve similar episodes were The still life and The Ties that Bind, which episodes in the season two were centered on Bryn (maybe A Gryffin's Tale, I would say)?

The last scene was really great there, Doubar and Rongar were playing with these kids and the rest of the crew was watching it with smiles on their lips. The great friendship of the whole crew was greatly presented in this episode.

[Doubar]

Oh, I love this ep, too. And that's not only because I like and play Doubar. Indeed it's great when not only our main hero gets to be in the lime light and when we learn more about the others, too.

"The Isle of Bliss" showed more than any other ep how vulnerable Doubar really is, and how he can be deceived. He always acts all tough and grumbly, liking women as much as every sailor does. But here it becomes clear that he's actually a real gentlemen and even shy when he really is interested in a woman and that woman also shows feelings for him. Thanks to this ep I think Bryn and he would be an adorable couple, though actually I think Doubar would be beyond sweet with any woman who honestly loves him.

Now concerning a Bryn-centred ep: hm, now that's true indeed. There wasn't really one or was there? She was a main character in A Gryffin's Tale and Beast of the Dark. But we didn't necessarily learn something about her there. Maybe though she would have had her own ep in S3, just like Rongar had his in S2?

[manche]

I agree with you, Doubar was shown there as a real gentleman and his character was described here wonderfully. We had some hints of this in some earlier episodes (his behavior towards Maeve at the beginning of the Beast Within implied that he is a real gentleman with a little old-fashioned opinions only) but this was simply great. Someone would not expect similar features inside of this sailor, but he would be totally wrong. We can make comparison with Firouz, before the meeting with Velda we would not expect something similar in his character as well.

The idea of an adorable couple Bryn/Doubar sounds nicely and i also think that every woman would be happy with Doubar along her side.

[Eleana]

I am rewatching this episode just now and just saw something soooo funny !
Look at Rongar's face the whole time when Maeve is arguing with Sinbad, specially at the beginning when Sinbad talk about her "feminine intuition"...

He's very expressive.

[manche]

Oh, Rongar's facial expression was amazing in many cases. And he definitely had the great expression during watching the scene. I also like the Sinbad's comment towards him after leaving of Maeve. "Women." And it is only my impression or Maeve with Sinbad do not have any problem with Rongar watching this scene, but i have serious doubts if they would feel so comfortable if there was instead of him Firouz, Doubar, or any of the next crewmembers?

[Eleana]

Yeah, well, the character can't speak so the actor had to be very expressive but that's it... he don't speak so sometimes I tend to forget he's even there... *facepalm*

So I think for this very reason, because he can't really tease them vocally, they probably felt more at ease with him, yes

[manche]

Did not you feel a little sorry for Doubar when Maeve said to Sinbad that Alana certainly wants something from him and asked why she is not attracted by men like Sinbad? I know that she did not mean it offensively in any way, but it sounds a little that she thinks that a good-looking woman cannot express some interest about Doubar without some ulterior motives.

[Doubar]

I'm afraid it could be interpeted as that, yeah. On the other hand, she might be referring to Alana's personality and the way she holds herself. Though yeah, even then Maeve basically says that Doubar's not that great of a catch... >.>

[manche]

Yes, I agree that it was more aimed at Alana as a person (Maeve did not believe her since the first moment). I think that if a woman was attracted by Doubar and Maeve would believe her motives that she would not say anything like this. I think that she did not mean it badly but someone could interpret it as underestimating of our first mate.

Or she said it under the influence of her emotions. She could be frustrated by a fact that anyone from the crew (maybe with the exception of Dermott) did not share her suspicion of Alana at this time.

[Doubar]

I suppose it was a mix of both. Because, yeah, somehow I can't imagine Maeve would ever say something like this if it were about a woman who obviously is truly in love with Doubar.

[manche]

Jan 21, 2016 16:11:51 GMT -5 Doubar said:

I suppose it was a mix of both. Because, yeah, somehow I can't imagine Maeve would ever say something like this if it were about a woman who obviously is truly in love with Doubar.

Yes, I could imagine that she would be happy for Doubar. Or I was imaging how she would like Velda if she was in the second season and meet the love interest of Firouz. She would be happy for him, undoubtedly. Velda did not certainly have any ulterior motives and the all crew liked her, why Maeve should be an exception?

[Doubar]

Exactly! Plus, when it comes down to it the crew are her second family and she truly loves them as well. So it would seem unlikely she'd ever not be happy for any of them who found the true kind of love.