Okay, my own suggestions ...
1. A few increases in the regular/semi-regular cast. As stated, keep Blake in Series 3; having him battered mentally and spiritually by the lead-up to Star One, and now having to deal with the fall-out of the War, the rebellion going on on Earth *and* that little deal with Avon ... it would be marvellous (and there'd be no need to let go of Tarrant, since it would just bring the crew back to the original six). In addition, bring back Bercol and Rontane (if her Supremeness can survive an exploding Liberator, they could survive an exploding Space Command) *or* joban for odd, sly cameos in the 'coup' episodes - scrambling for survival following Servalan's coup, involved - but carefully keeping their hands clean - in Sula's; making a possible appearance as one of those who deposed Servie?
Oh yes, and then there's Jarriere of course.
2. More money, yes, but equally important, more *time* for the scriptwriting process, so that duds could be rejected or rewritten. This in itself could do a lot for the sillier plots, the dodgy timeline (early series 1 is a beauty!!), the actual science and the political background, and also the wonkier characterisation, like Tarrant in 3rd series (a part written with a far older person in mind, and clearly *not* allowed for in the scripts), Soolin in early 4th series (no character at all), or the general 'wimp-the-women' trend (Bob Holmes is wonderful, but I'd have *loved* someone to take a pen to his lines for Jenna and Cally)
3. Either kill off Servalan in Terminal and bring in a new (or previous) villain, or do *something* about the god-awful 'death-to-Servalan-spotters' storyline; the idea that she's killing off anyone who recognises her, while making not the slightest attempt to disguise herself, *while* aiming to return to the political level where an awful lot of post-coup survivors would *have* to recognise the former President ... I find this really really grating (I'm actually very good at suspending disbelief, but there *does* come a point ...)
And for the three episodes ...
1. I'm very fond of Voice from the Past (it's my Animals), but I'd be even fonder of the post-Voice addendum showing the angst-ridden fall-out for Blake and Our Heroes. And have a decent villain. And NO MUMMY SUITS.
2. Cygnus Alpha - do something about Brian Blessed, to make him underplay the role, or get someone else who *would*. It would have made a huge difference IMO if Vargas had been a quieter, more subtle menace (and didn't wear tennis shoes).
3. Power. Something *should* be done about Power, but I don't know what ...
******************* "And as for *you*," Vila repeated, catching hold of the little Avon in the very act of jumping over the Scorpio control panel, "I'll shake you into a Decima, I will!"
He took him off the table and shook him backwards and forwards with all his might.
The little Avon made no resistance whatsoever: only his face grew very small, and his eyes got small and black: and still, as Vila went on shaking him, he kept on growing shorter - and fatter - and rounder - and -
- And it actually *was* - a rat. ********************
As to who *really* dreamed it ...?
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"And as for *you*," Vila repeated, catching hold of the little Avon in the very act of jumping over the Scorpio control panel, "I'll shake you into a Decima, I will!"
He took him off the table and shook him backwards and forwards with all his might.
The little Avon made no resistance whatsoever: only his face grew very small, and his eyes got small and black: and still, as Vila went on shaking him, he kept on growing shorter - and fatter - and rounder - and -
- And it actually *was* - a rat.
As to who *really* dreamed it ...?
ROFLOL! Sally, did you write this? I want more!
Mistral
In message F2604yp8ARf3sllNY3000003502@hotmail.com, Sally Manton smanton@hotmail.com writes
- Cygnus Alpha - do something about Brian Blessed, to make him underplay the
role, or get someone else who *would*. It would have made a huge difference IMO if Vargas had been a quieter, more subtle menace (and didn't wear tennis shoes).
Brian Blessed is perfectly capable of doing quiet menace, as I've just seen during my first viewing of the original Blackadder. Most of the time he's loud and boisterous and, well, Brian, but there are a couple of scenes where he does the quiet menace thing, and does it very, very well. I found myself wishing that someone had sat on him during Cygnus Alpha and made him do the quiet menace thing there.
Julia Jones julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk wrote:
In message F2604yp8ARf3sllNY3000003502@hotmail.com, Sally Manton smanton@hotmail.com writes
- Cygnus Alpha - do something about Brian Blessed, to make him underplay the
role, or get someone else who *would*. It would have made a huge difference IMO if Vargas had been a quieter, more subtle menace (and didn't wear tennis shoes).
Brian Blessed is perfectly capable of doing quiet menace, as I've just seen during my first viewing of the original Blackadder. Most of the time he's loud and boisterous and, well, Brian, but there are a couple of scenes where he does the quiet menace thing, and does it very, very well. I found myself wishing that someone had sat on him during Cygnus Alpha and made him do the quiet menace thing there. -- Julia Jones
Brian Blessed meets Rowan Atkinson - episode of your choice.
What result?
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In message 06739130.6923CE91.4BF51BCE@netscape.net, jacquispeel@netscape.net writes
Brian Blessed meets Rowan Atkinson - episode of your choice.
What result?
That could be interesting, as I'm of the opinion that Avon is descended from (one of the more intelligent members of) the Blackadder clan anyway. Blackadder circa The Great War seems to have pretty much the same view of life as Avon, at any rate.
From: Julia Jones julia.lysator@jajones.demon.co.uk
That could be interesting, as I'm of the opinion that Avon is descended from (one of the more intelligent members of) the Blackadder clan anyway. Blackadder circa The Great War seems to have pretty much the same view of life as Avon, at any rate.
Shame on you for reminding me that when my Amstrad PCW (remember them?) finally died, tucked away on one of the disks was the first - and only - segment of Blackadder: The Last Generation, in which Captain Edmund T Blackadder was destined to set out in his Conflagration class starship and boldly hide in the first uncharted nebula he could find. With all the usual mob - Ensign George (the android), Rear Vice Admiral Melchett, Chief Engineer Percy, Unable Crewman Baldrick... Miranda Richardson was cast as the obligatory telepathic alien and Paul Merton was the ship's computer (ERIC).
But PCWs used their own weird 3" disk format so I can't salvage it for posterity. Pity, eh?
Neil
In message 004801c0d41d$c47de920$e535fea9@neilfaulkner, Neil Faulkner N.Faulkner@tesco.net writes
But PCWs used their own weird 3" disk format so I can't salvage it for posterity. Pity, eh?
Neil, Neil, there are businesses that specialise in transferring data from obscure and/or damaged storage media into something the modern world can cope with.
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