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Re: [B7L] Re: Duel
by Natasa Tucev 20 Jun '01

20 Jun '01

Jackie wrote: >Seriously, I don't see Travis as the sort to fraternize with the >non-military. There would be no opportunity for their paths to even >intersect outside of Blake's dissident activities bringing them >together. Pre-loathing, they don't share a shred of commonality. For a while, I toyed with the idea that Blake did spend some time pre-series working for the military. I gave this up, because I think there's no way he'd be able to stand the discipline, but where did he acquire his considerable military skills? Where did he learn to be such an excellent strategist, fight space-battles (Duel and Hostage), improvise weapons and quarter the area looking for the enemy (Duel), build a fire (Time Squad)...? N.

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tv to go
by Alison Page 19 Jun '01

19 Jun '01

I just saw a comedy sketch on 'TV to go' (BBC1) which featured B7. I thought it was quite a good sketch, and that B7 was used in a pretty intelligent way. Four friends are sitting in a pub, reminiscing about the seventies and you think it is just a simple piss-take of people my age ('cola flavoured spangles were the best' etc.) But then one of the friends just takes it too far, going on and on about music, clothes, the school disco 'Dancing to Hot Chocolate'. the others look embarrassed. 'It was me and Susie, me and Susie all the way.' Then the mood darkens 'But she married you, didn't she Charles, and now she's dead' Oops. you realise why they are letting him go on and on about the seventies, without interrupting him. In the next bit of the sketch they are discussing blakes 7, and everyone is joining in enthusiastically. 'Blake' 'And Vila' 'Gan, he was that big strong man' 'And Avon, what was that all about?' 'There was some kind of ambiguous, good/baddy thing going on.' 'And that whole love/hate relationship with Servalan.' 'Blakes 7 was great wasn't it?' So the writer remembers B7 well, and he's using it to dramatise the tensions in the group. Are they being so enthusiastic because they like the show? Or are they pandering to their friend because of his grief? And how appropriate B7 is to that kind of use. And then at the end, the sad seventies man starts talking about Rubik's cubes, and all his friends get up, and leave him sitting alone in the pub, talking to himself. A real rib-tickler, then Alison

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Re: [B7L] Lost Causes
by J MacQueen 19 Jun '01

19 Jun '01

>From: "Sally Manton" <smanton(a)hotmail.com> >'How I Spent My Winter Holidays' ... with Og, Brian the Spider, little >lettuce people and a mummy with a fake eye. Barring the fact that some of the episodes referred to are ones I've seen more than once, it sounds like Sally and Una wish me to turn thirty in prestigious company. Thankyou, ladies! Regards Joanne _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Avon & Nebrox
by Andrew Williams 19 Jun '01

19 Jun '01

Ellynne wrote: >Avon is stuck with Nebrox, his adopted grandfather. Tom Baker once suggested that the Doctor should have a frail old lady as a companion, because it would add to the drama and tension. She'd be hobbling away from the Daleks, for example, unable to move too quickly, and of course the Doctor would be unable to abandon her.

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Re: [B7L] Re: Duel
by Sally Manton 19 Jun '01

19 Jun '01

Kathryn wrote: <But to take the other appendage... another reason *I* like Blake's 7 is that they keep on fighting, even though it *is* a hopeless cause, even though they don't have any great chance of winning.> It's that obstinate, almost bloody-minded but quite wonderful refusal to give *up* hope, even when everything's so hope*less*, that I love. Sure, this springs from the same source as his bull-headedness (even Avon will accept the brick wall of reality if he runs into it hard enough. Blake simply looks for another way to go through brick walls), but that refusal to give up believing in what might be a fruitless, impossible, doomed-to-faulure but nevertheless *necessary* attempt is very important to me, gives the whole thing heart amongst the cynicism (so I'm sentimental, so sue me). <I don't think I could stand unrelieved hopeless doom, where nobody's idealistic or noble at all.> Me too. If it were just "The Dirty Dozen Find a Super Intergalactic Getaway Car and Go Off On a Crime Spree to Beat All" it might be fun :-) but I doubt it would have stuck in my mind all these years. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Re: Duel
by Sondra Sweigman 19 Jun '01

19 Jun '01

Natasa wrote: >Being brave and noble is fine, but in the universe of B7 and with enemies >such as Servalan it obviously doesn't suffice. This is why I appreciate >stories such as Sondra Sweigman's "Choice", in which Blake has to do much >more than just "sacrifice himself heroically" in order to save Avon. Thanks, Natasa. And if anyone wants to find out *how much* more, that story (like Jean Hubb's "Grey Scale", mentioned earlier for its look at moral ambiguity in time of war) can also be found in "The Way Forward: Crusades of Blake", available from me in the US, from Judith Proctor in the UK and from Pat Fenech in Australia. (If you get the idea that we have some unsold copies we're trying to find homes for, you're right :-)) Sondra

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Re: [B7L] Lost Causes
by Sally Manton 18 Jun '01

18 Jun '01

Joanne: <Una may be pleased to know that list includes Animals...> and Una: <Bet you'll love it.> How much do you wanna bet, then? 'How I Spent My Winter Holidays' ... with Og, Brian the Spider, little lettuce people and a mummy with a fake eye. Well, it beats camping ... I guess. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Lost Causes
by J MacQueen 18 Jun '01

18 Jun '01

> > > Oh come on, I'm sure we could between us all come up with Ten Good >Things > > > About Power surely ... I'm beginning to believe that, whenever it is I next take some annual leave, I'm going to *have* to spend some time taking another look at those episodes, like Power, that I've seen only once. Una may be pleased to know that list includes Animals... Regards Joanne _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Lost Causes
by Marian de Haan 18 Jun '01

18 Jun '01

Nina wrote: >As for GunnSar, I thought it was interesting that *he* was the one doing embroidery!< Embroidery may be the common pastime for men in Gunn Sar's society. Marian

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Re: [B7L] Lost Causes
by Pherber＠aol.com 18 Jun '01

18 Jun '01

In a message dated 6/15/01 1:48:57 PM Mountain Daylight Time, Judith(a)blakes-7.com writes: > I'd like to have seen Nina join the crew if I have a choice. She's my > favourite > character from that episode. She's more complex as she's a natural leader ( > she > led the Seska and seems confident that she can get the Homicks to do what > she > plans) but has layers to her charcter. Why does she love GunnSar? That in > itself either says a lot about 'Stockholm Syndrome' or else that there was > more > to GunnSar than met the eye. <smile> Well, she'd have Avon sussed in a New York minute! As for GunnSar, I thought it was interesting that *he* was the one doing embroidery! Nina

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