Mel Saxby wrote:
Truth to tell, I rather like Sand, mainly for its atmospheric sets, not to mention Avon's horror at Orac's declaration of love. I also rate
Sarcophagus
highly, though I know a lot of fans hate it. I can only say, I loved it
when
I first saw it. I remember trying to work out what the dreamlike opening sequence meant, in relation to the rest of the episode. The writer, Tanith Lee, was something of a fan herself I believe, and produced a fine fantasy novel with openly acknowledged avatars or Vila and Avon. I bought it in paperback in 1980 from a small independent shop called Fantast (Medway). Anyone else heard of it?
Do you mean 'Kill the Dead'? I bought it recently after hearing about it on the Lyst and enjoyed it very a lot--much more in fact than 'Sarcophagus' or 'Sand', neither of which would appear among my favourites.
Returning to B7, favourite episode lists are extremely subjective. I think it depends on the elements of the episodes in question which the individual focuses on as significant. I'm rather fond of Moloch, though I know it can hardly be classed as a top piece of writing. I remember a long-ago Horizon club questionnaire on S3 where in my reply I mentioned
the
scene between Avon and Dayna concerning the dead mouse and the apple. That scene just happened to be a favourite of mine. Moloch is not a 'great' episode, but it still entertains me in lots of ways. I generally try to
look
for the good points in an episode before the bad.
I agree. There are scenes I like a lot from 'Moloch' (Vila and Servalan) and 'Power' (Pella and Vila) while I dislike intensely other parts of these eps, esp. those showing Ben Steed's sexism. I must say I can't think of much to like about 'Harvest of Kairos', although some of it is unintentionally very funny. 'Animals' on the other hand is the only B7 ep I fast-forwarded.
Nico