Sep. 30th, 2013 03:03 pm
The Way Back
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I've decided to use my day off to start watching Blake's 7. I'm not entirely certain what I was expecting but I was not expecting a dystopia this intense. I know that the scriptwriter being Terry Nation probably should have tipped me off but...
Everyone keeps dying! Everyone! I think, "Okay, these will be the main supporting..." BAM DEAD! "Okay, but this nice lawyer and his wife will surely..." BAM DEAD! "But surely Blake is going to escape/take over the prisoner transport/something before the end of the episode...?" BAM! Okay, not dead, but that was not the most hopeful of series premier endings.
And yet... I am wanting to watch more and see what happens.
Also, Vila had best not be BAM!-Deaded anytime soon, because I want him to be regular (he was still alive at the end, so I feel that means he must be, also, I vaguely recall him being on
lost_spook's Blake's 7 sum-up sheet). But yes, I like him. He's fun, and that little bit of humour was badly needed right then.
Everyone keeps dying! Everyone! I think, "Okay, these will be the main supporting..." BAM DEAD! "Okay, but this nice lawyer and his wife will surely..." BAM DEAD! "But surely Blake is going to escape/take over the prisoner transport/something before the end of the episode...?" BAM! Okay, not dead, but that was not the most hopeful of series premier endings.
And yet... I am wanting to watch more and see what happens.
Also, Vila had best not be BAM!-Deaded anytime soon, because I want him to be regular (he was still alive at the end, so I feel that means he must be, also, I vaguely recall him being on
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Says nothing more for fear of spoiling you - but, yes, keep on watching! I was shocked by how dystopian it was (but if you go and put Terry Nation, Chris Boucher and David Maloney together, it's probably inevitable). That is the very bleakest episode. Probably.
*dances you with B7 excitement*
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:-)
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And yet... I am wanting to watch more and see what happens.
This is making me LOL so hard, because. And because B7. And reasons.
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(don't spoil me though! I am doing my best to not accidentally be spoiled!)
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Plus, the opening titles/theme tune are imho ace. ;D
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The opening sequence is fun. Is the ship a model, or a cartoon, or a surprisingly good example of early CGI? I like the music. It's very dramatic and reminds me of early computer game music.
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