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Futility, anarchy, and death... so I escape from Modernism study by watching Blakes 7? Hah.

I love it when they screw up and everything goes horribly wrong. Mostly because they do so in logical twisty ways that have emotional continuity. The whole thing with Control and Blake believing his own press was excellent.

... okay, I also like the Big Stagey Acting!!! Because it's like Large Print for the body language impaired. But there's subtle in there too.

I'm watching the one with Travis on trial now. Shouty!Travis doesn't bring a whole hell of a lot of subtle to it. I'd love to give the big speech to a bunch of actors to see what they do with it.

Servalan :-)
I think she looks better in the military looking outfits than the ones with a fabric shortage.

The Federation has a subtlety shortage too. All the stuff we see is about massacres and executions and rigged trials. But there's hints there are still people who believe the whole thing is on the level. How? What does the Federation look like from their point of view? Are they just drugged stupid? And the deaths kind of draw attention from the drugging and all the bits more subtle than massacre. I mean, if the drugging is evil in and of itself then they could be fighting that, but no, it always has this added killing people thing so there's never any doubt.

I keep trying to invent an interstellar government that works. Is a bit tricky, but much fun. Would you want a lot of Earth type diversity out there? Would a mess of planets that might go to war amongst themselves but had a whole lot of self determination really be better than a centralised system that stomps on the corners? Is there a good compromise? Big politics questions.

... I should probably study politics. If I want to make stuff up about it.

Right. have to stand up to change discs. Must put laptop down.

'Blake' is deeply, deeply depressing.

You think Not Fade Away was bad?

Imagine if Buffy turned up and staked Angel, because he pulled that crap with the Circle of the Black Thorn but when she arrived to call him on it he chose the words "I set all this up" as the perfect way to explain.

That ending... is such a mixture of *facepalm* and utter tragedy... Actually tragedy is *facepalm* taken to the ultimate extreme, really, the whole mess playing out with everyone's personality leaving them only one way to react.

But... when the guy with the gun says "Stand still" it is a good idea to assume he *really really means it*.

*facepalm*



I hadn't seen that last season before. The last ten minutes of a couple of episodes, and all of 'Orbit' repeatedly (which I always find funny in an evil laugh way, but which really is very depressing too from a serious angle). They spent the whole season having every single thing go wrong and every plan be futile, and Avon wasn't exactly sane to start with, and he totally lost it in such a cold way... I mean its fun from one point of view, they never that I noticed broke premise or character to get to the utter depression, but from another... ouch!


I like my version of Blake taped off UK Gold better... actually I can't remember exactly how it went. I think it was "Blakes 7 will be back next week", and then you're left to wonder *how* exactly. But it could have been "Blakes 7 will be taking a break next week", and then is more a question of "No shit!"


I usually laugh at the everybody dies bit. I mean, okay, evil laugh of badness, and I shouldn't. But this time I was far more 'wah!' because I watched them all the way down and it was... You know, they tried, and they only screwed up in ways that seemed perfectly sensible at the time, and... Everybody dies!

Deeply depressing.

Today I have been mostly watching Blakes 7
season 4

it is as always a fun mixture of dystopias, twisty plot, snarky character interaction, and utter *facepalm*

(War of the sexes? With a little moral at the end about running out of people? In a 'verse with CLONING? *facepalm* Though to be fair the planet was cut off and going low tech. It was just still a really irritating story.)

Also, Avon needs slapping. Almost as much as he gets slapped, come to think. I mean, snarky fun, yes, but dear lord am I glad he ain't a real person I'd have to put up with.



I'm also getting terrible urges to copy the eyeshadow. And possibly some of the costumes. (Shiny!)

I keep on leaving the B7 DVD menu in the machine looping because I find the ship hum soothing.

Blakes 7 end of season 2 = Angel in the alley end of s5

I love that ending. Just heading into the fight, no logical hope, doing it anyway.


previous comments might have suggested I don't like Blake. Which, kind of true. But I love him around as a character because he makes such interesting stories. Also Blake&Avon are just... zingy. Sparks. Stuff. Avon doesn't make much sense unless you figure he's really *intense* about Blake. Love, Hate, whatever, some serious focus there. So much fun.


now waiting for the post to bring the next season.
*sigh*

am watching Blakes 7 season 2

on the one hand, its reminding me of all the reasons it is kind of difficult to be a fan of this show
like, the plots.
oh noes! Liberator will be destroyed! We shall all give up and be doooomed!
but look, Liberator isn't the only ship in the universe with a glowy arse! Why did we not think of that before! Ship go boom not us!

and the part where Gan stays behind to fight so the others can get away. so they get about 20 yards away and stand around to watch him fight. And, using the never mentioned magic power, he makes the guards to forget all use of such strange things as boomsticks and to jump at him inefficiently one at a time. Gan smash!
dear lord this show desperately needed a decent fight choreographer.

And the *clothes*. I mean in many ways they are fabulous, of course. Sleeves bigger than his head! Tiny mini skirt intermittently covered by billowy see through white skirt! Big huge robes! 2 inch heels, on the blokes. Fabulous silver high heels and skin tight body suits on the bad girls, of course. And all the 'leather'. Not a very forgiving material. Avon really needs to stand up straighter. I'm pretty sure he wasn't as fat as that top made him look when he slouched. Probably.
But he's wandering around in studded black leather being fabulously snarky as always. Got to love that.

And thats the other hand. It somehow adds up to easy to love, and really great fun. And okay, part of that is because I'm constantly rewriting it in my head. It makes me think stories, so I like it. But its just fun to watch.

I've just started watching my Blakes 7 DVD set.
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