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Futsie
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B7 is a TV show?!? 
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the masters of cheese
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| white afro in space wrote: |
Yes, you're right. I'm not one to talk anyway given that I refuse to watch the S1 episode, Cygnus Alpha, because Brian Blessed offends my sensibilities of good taste.  |
 i do love brian....but im not sure how good an idea it was to have him in that role!!but i love him  |
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Mary Lou Jensen
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:36 am Post subject: |
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| Futsie wrote: |
| B7 is a TV show?!? |
Hehehehe *hug hug hug hug*
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Mary Lou Jensen
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| Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| the masters of cheese wrote: |
| white afro in space wrote: |
| Yes, you're right. I'm not one to talk anyway given that I refuse to watch the S1 episode, Cygnus Alpha, because Brian Blessed offends my sensibilities of good taste. |
i do love brian....but im not sure how good an idea it was to have him in that role!!but i love him |
I love his voice and I have a feeling he gives good hugs.
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Ron
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| Lucifer Sam wrote: |
I voted for Season 2. It's still got the original cast, but with more interesting clothes. Also, I like the whole Star One story arc, in fact the 2nd season concentrates best on what it might be like to lead a rebellion against a corrupt authoritarian Federation.
The major drawback of Season 2 is Travis II. In my mind, I try to forget he's supposed to be Space Commander Travis and is actually a separate character altogether. |
It's an interesting point about how to reconcile Travis I and Travis II in the whole Series, but I try to accept the fact of the two different actors. I just convince myself that he went from the cruel but more rational Travis bit by bit to the desperately revengeful Travis in Trial, because of Servalan. The events at the end of Project Avalon and Servalan telling him Maryatt was dead in Deliverance driving him more and more crazy.
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MagnusGreel
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| Mary Lou Jensen wrote: |
| I love his voice and I have a feeling he gives good hugs. |
I have a feeling he kills the unwary with his hugs.
Season two is like season one, same center, same sense of purpose, only with greater life and daring and energy. Season three has the first stretch of bad episodes, or so it seemed to me on my most recent viewing. After Terry Nation started s3 off well, it fell into the purposeless, time-filling Volcano-Dawn of Gods-Kairos stretch. Dawn of the Gods is especially alarming. It's as if the people who created and understood B7 lost control of it for awhile.
I love s4. Low points in this or that episode's premise are more than made up for by the deterioration in the crew's fortunes and sense of purpose (as happens in real revolutionary movements), and the increasing expertise of the effects people in creating better and more numerous visuals. They were getting so much better so fast, at showing credible hardware, action and a fast-moving science fiction plot, pushed on by those visuals, that it's just too frustrating to think what s6, say, might have looked like. |
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meegat39
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:51 am Post subject: |
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| white afro in space wrote: |
Funnily enough, my favourite seasons match the order I first saw them in - 3,4,1,2
I always imagined my order would reflect the number of misfiring episodes that made up the season - demonstrated by season 2 being last. But season 1 doesn't have that many misfiring episodes. There is more to it than that. Season one is, for me, not as 'vibrant', for want of a better word, as seasons 3 and 4. |
I totally agree with your order and your comments!! I am a massive fan of all the seasons, but three has the most excitement for me and four the most episodes I want to rewatch. Two the most episodes to avoid. One is awesome, just because it is. |
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Ron
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| MagnusGreel wrote: |
...Season three has the first stretch of bad episodes, or so it seemed to me on my most recent viewing. After Terry Nation started s3 off well, it fell into the purposeless, time-filling Volcano-Dawn of Gods-Kairos stretch. Dawn of the Gods is especially alarming. It's as if the people who created and understood B7 lost control of it for awhile. |
Sarcophagus is a strange one with all the dressing up and mysticism from writer Tanith Lee, but I still like the drama in it about Cally!
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thunda
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Season 2 - Captured the spirit of the series concept
Season 1 - Started off good then turned into Star Trek
Season 3 - Turned into Space : 1999
Season 4 - Except for Blake it doesn’t even feel like Blake’s 7
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thunda
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Ranked according to my preferenes:
Season 2
Shadow
Star One
Trial
Redemption
Killer
Pressure Point
Weapon
Horizon
Countdown
Hostage
Voice From The Past
Gambit
The Keeper
Season 1
Seek..Locate..Destroy
Duel
Project Avalon
The Way Back
Cygnus Alpha
Time Squad
Space Fall
Bounty
Breakdown
Deliverance
Orac
The Web
Mission To Destiny
Season 3
Harvest of Kairos
Rumors of Death
Death-Watch
City at the Edge of the World
Ultraworld
Sarcophagus
Terminal
Powerplay
Children of Auron
Aftermath
Dawn of the Gods
Moloch
Volcano
Season 4
Blake
Orbit
Stardrive
Gold
Games
Headhunter
Power
Sand
Warlord
Rescue
Assassin
Traitor
Animals
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Ron
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| Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| thunda wrote: |
Season 2 - Captured the spirit of the series concept
Season 1 - Started off good then turned into Star Trek
Season 3 - Turned into Space : 1999
Season 4 - Except for Blake it doesn’t even feel like Blake’s 7 |
I don't feel that Season 4 is so different but I also chose it last. Nevertheless Orbit and Stardrive and others are dramatic. There's a lot going on at times between 'Blakes 7' themselves and it's Avon that's getting more desparate. Sand reminded me of Doctor Who when they were out on the surface of the planet. Just chose Traitor to watch tonight because of that great setting - it really looks like another world! Robert Holmes put in lots of characters this time and I quite like that.
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