The last couple of days I've been working through my newly-arrived DVDs of the final season of Blakes 7. Yes, the wobbly sets and dodgy special effects are still there, but considering the tiny budget, one can hardly complain - and it's the story and characters that you watch it for (yes, I still want to be Avon when I grow up, why do you ask?) The influence on later shows like Babylon 5 (league of non-aligned planets, anyone?) and Firefly (a bunch of renegades on a spaceship fighting an evil federation which uses pacification drugs...) is clearer than ever. Plus you get one of the greatest endings to a TV series ever...
MySpace and Blakes 7
The last couple of days I've been working through my newly-arrived DVDs of the final season of Blakes 7. Yes, the wobbly sets and dodgy special effects are still there, but considering the tiny budget, one can hardly complain - and it's the story and characters that you watch it for (yes, I still want to be Avon when I grow up, why do you ask?) The influence on later shows like Babylon 5 (league of non-aligned planets, anyone?) and Firefly (a bunch of renegades on a spaceship fighting an evil federation which uses pacification drugs...) is clearer than ever. Plus you get one of the greatest endings to a TV series ever...
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A Weekend in Tab-land (Part the Second)
Despite copious drinks of water,
frayer and I were still somewhat the worse for wear¹ when we emerged from the hotel on Saturday. We…
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A random poll...
This came from a discussion the other day about which are the best and ... er ... least best Pixar movies. To help answer that question, here's a…
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Eee two the aye pie plus won
Now that I've started moving back in, some more kitchen pics. At last, a home for my alcohol collection! And now for something completely random:
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