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Post by The Doctor on Mar 21, 2017 18:35:43 GMT
Phil remembers capital letters at the start of sentences.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Mar 21, 2017 18:37:13 GMT
Phil remembers capital letters at the start of sentences. -Ralph Yes but I am not Phil, I can only be an inferior imitation! |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 21, 2017 18:42:00 GMT
Bah. I banish you to the Xenon Galaxy.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Mar 21, 2017 18:42:57 GMT
Bah. I banish you to the Xenon Galaxy. -Ralph I will send the papier mache ants after you! |
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Post by Benn on Mar 21, 2017 19:47:44 GMT
Phil remembers capital letters at the start of sentences. -Ralph Yes but I am not Phil, I can only be an inferior imitation! Banish him to the Xerox Galaxy then? |
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 21, 2017 19:50:21 GMT
Good Lord.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 22, 2017 15:18:07 GMT
I think t is quite well known that I had big issues with this episode so Matt's fate is now sealed. I know you are all panicy with Phil off this week, so here is a VINTAGE SCI-FI TV BLOG by Back-Up Phil BLAKES 7 WATCH THE HARVEST OF KAIROS by blue (backup phil) shift i love blakes 7 and i love the harvest of kairos. looking at it today you would think that the giant papier mache ants might somehow look shit, but actually they look fantastic and grittily realistic. i got so scared when i saw the giant ants that i cried and ran away and hid. i like the baddy because he is a manly man. he is all "grr i am a manly man" even though he looks a bit girly, and he kisses servalan and she is all "swoon". the writer ben steed clearly understands women 100% and he is an excellent writer with a really varied selection of stories. i also liked that tarrant was the main character and everyone liked tarrant and servalan thought he was the main threat. lesser people might think they just replaced blakes name with tarrant, but really ben steed knew that tarrant was the hero. avon just sat in a corner and sulked becuase he didnt have as good a hair as tarrant because tarrant was the best. all in all i would vote harvest of kairos 11/10 as it is the best piece of television ever next week: dawn of the gods |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 22, 2017 19:13:18 GMT
Thus the downfall of Blueshift is assured.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 2, 2018 13:55:11 GMT
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Blake's 7
Jan 3, 2018 23:38:14 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 3, 2018 23:38:14 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 4, 2018 22:27:34 GMT
I wonder what would have happened if they'd kept the tone of the first couple of episodes, still probably among the darkest of TV SF.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 8, 2018 20:05:59 GMT
BF had a recent sale so a few Blake's 7 related things I had wanted to read too. One was a 90 mins chat with Jacqueline Pearce which is extremely frank, especially once she gets the booze going. She has exactly one B7 anecdote. It is...not what you would expect!
Started on Paul Darrow's autobiography (the audiobook version). A doom laden start as he tells us that 100 years from now everyone will be dead and no one will care. Cheery start, Paul!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 8, 2018 20:26:09 GMT
I wonder what would have happened if they'd kept the tone of the first couple of episodes, still probably among the darkest of TV SF. Andy The first two episodes are indeed incredibly grim stuff. Would it have lasted as long? I'm not sure - on the one hand, it wouldn't have been fun evening escapism. But on the other hand, it would have fitted in with the general tenor of the times - the Cold War, an oil crisis, worries about overpopulation leading to a burned out Earth... It could have made for quite a startling thing. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 8, 2018 21:06:24 GMT
What I have heard of the Big Finish stuff is that they have managed to straddle the line between the two extremes. Some episodes are mad nonsense and some are Proper Drama.
-Ralph
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Blake's 7
Jan 8, 2018 21:08:50 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 8, 2018 21:08:50 GMT
Nation's previous project, Survivors, managed three seasons of relentless jaw dropping bleakness so it might have worked, but I'm thankful for the influence Chris Boucher had on B7 after Nation got it going.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 8, 2018 21:13:23 GMT
On this note I recommend the old fan produced drama THE LOGIC OF EMPIRE:
I had the tape back in the day. Wonderfully doomladen ending.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 8, 2018 22:03:40 GMT
Oh yes! Logic of Empire is terrific stuff. The ending still gives me chills just thinking about it. Brutal, but with an inexorability to it. Well worth a listen to for anyone who hasn't heard it.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 8, 2018 22:13:02 GMT
It's a classic.
It's very TMUK in it's bleakness!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 9, 2018 8:14:25 GMT
Forty years ago today: "What a fiasco. You could take over the ship, you said, if I did my bit. Well, I did my bit, and what happened? Your troops bumble around looking for someone to surrender to, and when they've succeeded, you follow suit" blakesevendays.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/a2-space-fall.html |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 16, 2018 12:17:39 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 23, 2018 7:52:04 GMT
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Blake's 7
Jan 23, 2018 19:50:38 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 23, 2018 19:50:38 GMT
When Cally was a badass.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 30, 2018 10:44:20 GMT
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Blake's 7
Jan 30, 2018 20:35:04 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 30, 2018 20:35:04 GMT
Decimas!
Zygon children!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 30, 2018 20:58:27 GMT
Not the show's finest moment!
-Ralph
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Blake's 7
Jan 30, 2018 21:03:54 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 30, 2018 21:03:54 GMT
How dare you!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 30, 2018 21:06:17 GMT
It is the worst episode.
-Ralph
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Blake's 7
Jan 30, 2018 21:13:47 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 30, 2018 21:13:47 GMT
That is a bold claim for Blake's 7. Really? The Web the worst episode?
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Post by legios on Jan 30, 2018 21:59:23 GMT
It is really a straight-up knife-fight between The Web and Harvest of Kairos for that slot I'd say. Although, I'd happily split the difference and call them the two worst episodes and leave it at that...
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 30, 2018 22:11:10 GMT
Volcano & Dawn of the Gods are pretty **** too, while Moloch is ..... not right. And Deathwatch would be **** too if it wasn't for Avon going to visit his sick friend.
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