On the Brigadier and Blake's 7

[thisbluespirit]

Various links to things that have pleased me over the last day or two:

(And, yes, one of these links actually does combine both, so there!)

dbskyler has a post of fanvid recs for Brigadier/Nicholas Courtney tributes. This is a good thing. (Almost all my flist are friends with each other these days, but there may be some who aren't, so the link is here in case.)

There's finally a new prompt up at dw_straybunnies. It is of course Brigadier-related. (How could it not be?)

b7friday had last week's prompt as Sarkoff in tribute to a memorable one-off character played by T P McKenna (who has also passed away of late) and following the news about Nicholas Courtney, kalypso_v saw fit to write this ficlet. (All ages, 400 words.) All you need to know is re B7 is that this is in the future. Sarkoff is an anti-Federation President with an interest in Earth history. The Federation are nasty. As usual, in B7, the good guys are losing, but wait... Who's this? (ETA: I didn't properly explain that it is lovely, and made me smile very, very much.)

Also I found, courtesy of aelfgyfu_mead this comparison chart for Star Trek and Blake's 7

It is so true, it made me grin rather a lot. (Although I think these days Janeway would probably question 8. And 22.)

*sniggers again at 18, 19 and 12. And 16. And 8.*

Comments

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Well, 22 can be questioned before Janeway, as Kira might not have been a part of the federation, but she managed to outdo them all!

[thisbluespirit]

I rather suspect from how old this 'comparison chart' seems to be that it was done before both DS9 and Voyager. But the contrast made me laugh, because certainly the B7 stuff is utterly true. Especially 12. Oh, the lack of a budget... :lol:

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! Even from the two Blake's 7 episodes I've seen, 12 seems to be completely true! :D And the rest, too. :)

[thisbluespirit]

love = carelessness = death

:lol: Oh, dear... :-)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

There is no link to dbskyler's vid rec post...

Here: http://dbskyler.livejournal.com/96721.html

[thisbluespirit]

Whoops, and thanks. I've put it where it ought to be in the post as well. :-)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

[john_amend_all]

I take it you've seen the theory that B7 and Trek both originate from the same Federation? The difference being that Trek is propaganda made by the Party, and B7 is propaganda made by the Resistance. That would certainly explain 12.

[thisbluespirit]

Well, not that specific one (because if B7 is supposed to be Resistance propaganda, it would be rubbish propaganda - in it rebellion is not necessarily better than the Federation, and they never win... :lol:) but it is a thing impossible not to think of. My opinion is that they exist in parallel universes, and the B7 version is like the Infernoverse version for Star Trek. The stuff like 'going beyond negative emotions' vs 'population is kept passive via drugs' are impossible not to compare. However, there are pretty much no real aliens in B7 and teleportation is regarded as a marvel - the Liberator crew have it and nobody else does... And nobody in Star Trek dresses like Servalan.