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thisbluespirit) wrote2021-12-21 01:59 pm
thisbluespirit) wrote2021-12-21 01:59 pm
Happy Birthday...
... to aralias, meneleth, whuffle, rosied, & jaxomsride2 who all share this very special day!
And also of course a very unhappy fortieth Gauda Prime Day to everyone who knows what that means! (I remain as amused as ever that so many of the people above do know - so happy birthday/commiserations! Celebrate as appropriately as you may! Possibly... XD)
I hadn't realised it was 40 years till yesterday! Anyway, in lieu of something more, I've been repointing people to my Why Classic Who Fans Should Watch Blake's 7 post andaralias's similar but different why you should watch blake's 7, f-list.
It is old and creaky TV now, but for anyone for whom that is not a barrier who can get hold of it, it is hands down one of the best TV rides I've ever had, with some of the best characters, and I recommend checking it out. For a short-lived BBC SF show (4x13 50min eps), it's had a very long impact and almost all the current crop of TV SF are in some way its grandchildren - its children being Babylon 5, Farscape and Firefly, who all took important aspects from it. (JMS drops in the odd Avon quote in homage, just to prove it.)
(It also has Ben Steed, but we can talk about that when & if anyone gets to S3.)
Anyway, it is genuinely awesome. I know this is sad and weird of me, but when I reached the end after other Classic Who fans bullied me into giving it a go about 12 or so years ago, I just stood up and clapped. And then was v relieved there was no one else around. But... yes. It was one hell of a ride, and they'd all been right, and I loved it.
aralias, meneleth, whuffle, rosied, & jaxomsride2 who all share this very special day!And also of course a very unhappy fortieth Gauda Prime Day to everyone who knows what that means! (I remain as amused as ever that so many of the people above do know - so happy birthday/commiserations! Celebrate as appropriately as you may! Possibly... XD)
I hadn't realised it was 40 years till yesterday! Anyway, in lieu of something more, I've been repointing people to my Why Classic Who Fans Should Watch Blake's 7 post and
aralias's similar but different why you should watch blake's 7, f-list.It is old and creaky TV now, but for anyone for whom that is not a barrier who can get hold of it, it is hands down one of the best TV rides I've ever had, with some of the best characters, and I recommend checking it out. For a short-lived BBC SF show (4x13 50min eps), it's had a very long impact and almost all the current crop of TV SF are in some way its grandchildren - its children being Babylon 5, Farscape and Firefly, who all took important aspects from it. (JMS drops in the odd Avon quote in homage, just to prove it.)
(It also has Ben Steed, but we can talk about that when & if anyone gets to S3.)
Anyway, it is genuinely awesome. I know this is sad and weird of me, but when I reached the end after other Classic Who fans bullied me into giving it a go about 12 or so years ago, I just stood up and clapped. And then was v relieved there was no one else around. But... yes. It was one hell of a ride, and they'd all been right, and I loved it.
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Ouch. I wouldn't have expected them to try to match a Hollywood production budget. One thing to differentiate yourself from Classic Doctor Who and Classic Star Trek. Something else to try to chase after a Hollywood movie.
I haven't got the link any more because it was on my former tumblr, but one of them (the designer?) was just "Fuck this, David, I'm going home!"
It's all right. You've more than answered the basic question of how aware they were of Star Wars while producing the show.
They're much more of a reversed Trek, really. But
The reversed Star Trek is blatantly obvious from the beginning, not just with their calling their evil authoritarian government a "federation" rather than a dictatorship or empire like Star Wars. The symbol they give their federation is basically the one for the Star Trek federation turned on its side. I think, though, part of why I hate fourth season (and someone else might only like fourth season) is that the series does something of a pivot from Star Trek to Star Wars with the destruction of the Liberator. It isn't just that they go from a larger long distance ship to a smaller freighter operating from a base, though that's part of it, it's also in the AI's of the ships. Zen is more the calm voice of the Enterprise while Slave is more 3PO and his constant worrying about things. I don't just miss Zen's calm voice and Jenna and Cally by fourth season, I miss the freedom of the crew being on a galaxy class ship. It's a different show. Course, I may also giggle inappropriately at how much their guns fourth season look like they bought a bunch of toy versions of Han Solo's blaster and painted them silver. They are so not the more interestingly designed guns from the Liberator.