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Post by burrunjor on Jun 23, 2021 22:40:27 GMT
Thinking of watching this gem again soon.
B7 is one of the best genre series ever made. It was such a good laugh, yet also ahead of its time in so many ways, with Avon still being one of television's greatest anti heroes. It definitely deserves more love.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2021 10:07:31 GMT
I haven't watched the whole thing for about five years. I do remember liking Tarrant and Soolin a lot and digging the Tanith Lee episodes. I bought a few novels written by her as I was so impressed by her work on the series.
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Post by burrunjor on Jun 24, 2021 10:11:35 GMT
I haven't watched the whole thing for about five years. I do remember liking Tarrant and Soolin a lot and digging the Tanith Lee episodes. I bought a few novels written by her as I was so impressed by her work on the series. The Tanith Lee episode about the alien taking over Cally is one of the best episodes of the entire series. It's so cheesy, over the top, hammy, yet quite sinister and even sad in some places. The ending where the alien slowly rots away is rare example of a well done effect in B7 LOL. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2022 22:16:35 GMT
Duel, Pressure Point, Power Play , Sarcophagus, Rescue Sand and Blake are my favourite episodes. I really need to watch it again as I haven't watched it for ages. Blake's 7 is better than the Hinchcliffe era in my opinion.
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Post by iank on Jan 25, 2022 23:02:09 GMT
I could never get into this show somehow.
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Post by rushy on Apr 16, 2022 20:05:32 GMT
I've been a running a blog on Blake's 7 for the past two years - all my detailed thoughts on the show are there survivingblakes7.blogspot.com/The short summary would be that I adore it, I love how it combines the pace and wit of Classic Who with the format of NuWho. I find it fascinating how much it changes over time. I think all the series are great, though the fourth is my personal favourite and the third is my least favourite. The only character I dislike is Dayna (which is more to do with Josette Simon's acting than Dayna herself - she is fine in the audios). Paul Darrow's novels are some of the most hilarious reading I've ever gone through. |
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Post by rushy on Apr 18, 2022 22:13:03 GMT
Just posted a new audio clip on my Big Finish Blake's 7 channel:
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2022 2:11:18 GMT
It should never be rebooted in my opinion especially since we are in the insane sjw era leave this classic untainted .
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Post by rushy on Apr 29, 2022 13:05:30 GMT
It was already rebooted in the audios - the B7 Productions version is an RTD-inspired remake.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2022 15:23:25 GMT
Ah ok hope it was good
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Post by UncleDeadly on Apr 29, 2022 15:50:05 GMT
These two concepts cannot comfortably co-exist...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2022 16:12:35 GMT
True look at how he made Tennant's doctor a full on narcissist
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Post by rushy on Apr 29, 2022 18:21:01 GMT
It's hard to tell since it was cancelled only three episodes in. But I didn't hate it. Derek Riddell as Blake was a particularly inspired casting choice, I could imagine him surpassing Gareth Thomas if the show lasted longer. |
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Post by rushy on May 5, 2022 0:49:36 GMT
Random fun fact: there are four official/semi-official continuations of Blake's 7.
1. "Aftermath", a 1984 novel by Tony Attwood (writer of "Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma"). Attwood worked directly with Terry Nation, who hoped to use the novel as an outline for a potential Series E.
2. The "Lucifer" novel trilogy (2013 - 2015) by Paul Darrow. His work was partially based on an unfilmed miniseries that Nation was planning in the 1990s as a comeback for the show.
3. "The Logic of Empire", a 1998 audio drama legitimised by the involvement of Paul Darrow and Jacqueline Pearce. Darrow may have even held the rights to Blake's 7 at the time.
4. "Kaldor City" (2001 - 2012), a series of Doctor Who/Blake's 7 crossover audio dramas created by Chris Boucher (script editor of Blake's 7). It officially only features Carnell from the Series B episode "Weapon", but Paul Darrow stars as Kaston Iago, who is strongly implied to be Avon operating under a new identity after the events of the series.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2022 16:54:15 GMT
Random fun fact: there are four official/semi-official continuations of Blake's 7. 1. "Aftermath", a 1984 novel by Tony Attwood (writer of "Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma"). Attwood worked directly with Terry Nation, who hoped to use the novel as an outline for a potential Series E. 2. The "Lucifer" novel trilogy (2013 - 2015) by Paul Darrow. His work was partially based on an unfilmed miniseries that Nation was planning in the 1990s as a comeback for the show. 3. "The Logic of Empire", a 1998 audio drama legitimised by the involvement of Paul Darrow and Jacqueline Pearce. Darrow may have even held the rights to Blake's 7 at the time. 4. "Kaldor City" (2001 - 2012), a series of Doctor Who/Blake's 7 crossover audio dramas created by Chris Boucher (script editor of Blake's 7). It officially only features Carnell from the Series B episode "Weapon", but Paul Darrow stars as Kaston Iago, who is strongly implied to be Avon operating under a new identity after the events of the series. I read "Afterlife" by Attwood. He also wrote the programme guide I believe. It's a very strange book and I found it slightly disappointing that they brought back Tarrant for five minutes before he's eaten by wild animals on Terminal. It's a fun "what if" book though. I never cared for the first Lucifer novel and I'd say Afterlife was a better continuation. |
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