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 Rewatch Downunder Saturday 23rd December D13 Blake
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 19-12-2023 12:17
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Start time 8.30 pm Downunder, 09.30am (GMT) UK The mass rewatch of BLAKE is on Thursday 21st at 7.34pm (GMT), but since that start time would make it 05.45am Downunder, they have decided to rewatch it at their usual time on Saturday, although they're not sure how many will be available to join in. Blake...the bleakest possible conclusion, unless it was all a dream...or the guns were set on stun, or they were all clones...or...look, Servalan wasn't even there - although she would appreciate the irony of a storyline like this at Christmas. Surely this can't be the end?? "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:30
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Since the start, this, or something like it, was the inevitable end.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:32
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I'm going to wait 'til the usual time to see if anyone joins me. Then I'm watching it myself. Oh come, all ye faithful, Here in Australia...
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:36
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Hi, sorry I'm late - postman couldn't get parcel through the letterbox. Hoiw's you?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:36
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The time has come, the Walrus said... I can see lurkers but no takers. Of we go into the wide blue yonder, riding high into the Sun... Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:36
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Have you started?
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:36
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Hi, I'm here, on time for once - I'm just at the end of the credits. |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:37
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Hi, sorry I'm late - postman couldn't get parcel through the letterbox. Hoiw's you? Hi MsVirn. Did you do the last rewatch at all? How are things going at your place? I'm at the end of my very frayed tether but expect I'll get there. Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:38
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Have you started? Yes. Hi AnneA. Glad you could join us. I was beginning to think I'd be droning on by myself for 55 mins. Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:39
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Since last week I made the stupid mistake of walking into town for some Christmas shopping - and that has absolutely knocked me for six. No energy at all - and a horrible black depression, which is worse than everything, and which is extremely hard to hold off. Hoping that this rewatch does the trick! |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:39
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I love the take-off sequence.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:39
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The contempt in Avon's voice when speaking of Blake is quite something. |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:40
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I love the take-off sequence. It is brilliant. |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:40
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The time has come, the Walrus said... to speak of many things of shoes and ships and sealing gel and Kerr Avons and kings And why the ship is burning hot and how the crew get their wings... |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:40
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It's damp and far too warm, trying to cook and look after guest and everything else. Have never yet rewatched the whole thing - 1981 was too traumatic - so probably will stop watching at some point and just chat with you. Hi, Anne! "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:41
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Hoping that this rewatch does the trick! I'm sorry to hear that, Anne. This may not be the best episode for that... Hello everyone! |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:41
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The time has come, the Walrus said... to speak of many things of shoes and ships and sealing gel and Kerr Avons and kings And why the ship is burning hot and how the crew get their wings... Is that last line a seasonal reference to 'It's a Wonderful Life'? I don't really see this lot as angels - Avon sent to earth to stop me committing suicide would be something to behold! |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:42
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I suppose I should say in the light of that last comment that I am not actually feeling suicidal.  |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:42
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Since last week I made the stupid mistake of walking into town for some Christmas shopping - and that has absolutely knocked me for six. No energy at all - and a horrible black depression, which is worse than everything, and which is extremely hard to hold off. Hoping that this rewatch does the trick! That doesn't sound good AnneA, but I know what you mean. I've had a couple of days of terrible depression and I'm being treated for depression and have been for decades (not successfully until the last few years, you understand)! Told my shrink and she understood completely. It's going around. I do hope this helps. Watching B7, even when unsettling makes me feel good. Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:42
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Since last week I made the stupid mistake of walking into town for some Christmas shopping - and that has absolutely knocked me for six. No energy at all - and a horrible black depression, which is worse than everything, and which is extremely hard to hold off. Hoping that this rewatch does the trick! Sorry, wrong episode! But chatting to us miught do the trick. What's so depressing? No job, no money, Mum doesn't know you... so? Edited by M1795537OCVirn on 23-12-2023 09:43 "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:43
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Have never yet rewatched the whole thing - 1981 was too traumatic - That's interesting M1, I'm also sorry to hear that - though it sounds like it was more the year than the episode? |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:44
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These bounty hunters are a bit on the useless side.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:44
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Although if Avon feels like dropping in to show me how my life has made the world a better place, I wouldn't say no . . . |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:45
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Have never yet rewatched the whole thing - 1981 was too traumatic - That's interesting M1, I'm also sorry to hear that - though it sounds like it was more the year than the episode? Mostly I'm just furious that Servalan never showed up. I know she was out of contract, but really... "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:45
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Since last week I made the stupid mistake of walking into town for some Christmas shopping - and that has absolutely knocked me for six. No energy at all - and a horrible black depression, which is worse than everything, and which is extremely hard to hold off. Hoping that this rewatch does the trick! Sorry, wrong episode! But chatting to us miught do the trick. What's so depressing? No job, no money, Mum doesn't know you... so? All that, plus post-Covid exhaustion adding emphasis to all the above. |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:46
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Is that last line a seasonal reference to 'It's a Wonderful Life'? I don't really see this lot as angels - Avon sent to earth to stop me committing suicide would be something to behold! Imagine if the movie was about Avon instead of George Bailey. "If it wasn't for you, the Andromedans would have conquered the galaxy... Servalan would have the tachyon funnel... there wouldn't be planets full of babies from Cephlon and Auron..." etc. |
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:46
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Although if Avon feels like dropping in to show me how my life has made the world a better place, I wouldn't say no . . . 1. You write some good stories. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:46
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Hi JD. So glad you join us. In time to see why Soolin is a tightly wound spring.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:46
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These bounty hunters are a bit on the useless side. Aren't they just? |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:47
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Although if Avon feels like dropping in to show me how my life has made the world a better place, I wouldn't say no . . . It's an entertaining thought. Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:47
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Is that last line a seasonal reference to 'It's a Wonderful Life'? I don't really see this lot as angels - Avon sent to earth to stop me committing suicide would be something to behold! Imagine if the movie was about Avon instead of George Bailey. "If it wasn't for you, the Andromedans would have conquered the galaxy... Servalan would have the tachyon funnel... there wouldn't be planets full of babies from Cephlon and Auron..." etc. Ha! There's a fanfic right there. I might just write it. |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:48
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Although if Avon feels like dropping in to show me how my life has made the world a better place, I wouldn't say no . . . 1. You write some good stories. Thank you. |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:48
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Hi Obsidian, good to see you too. I hope this episode & chat also cheers you up. Great British Blake Off - "Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run." |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:48
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"The pattern of infinity" - great line. |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:49
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Avon is NOT a psychopath, though he probably feels like one. He's got a bad case of the hump too. They've all got serious battle fatigue, him and Vila most of all. Blake has it as well. Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:50
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I managed to see "Julius Caesar" (1970, Gielgud, Charlton Heston) earlier in the week. Michael Keating is in it, looking much like he's just stepped out of The Sunmakers (though that's, what, four years later?). Master S Pacey is in it too, as a young chubby(ish) cheeked lad (Lucius). |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:51
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Is that last line a seasonal reference to 'It's a Wonderful Life'? I don't really see this lot as angels - Avon sent to earth to stop me committing suicide would be something to behold! Imagine if the movie was about Avon instead of George Bailey. "If it wasn't for you, the Andromedans would have conquered the galaxy... Servalan would have the tachyon funnel... there wouldn't be planets full of babies from Cephlon and Auron..." etc. Ha! There's a fanfic right there. I might just write it. I'd love to read it! Why did the Mexican push Arlen off a cliff? Tequila! |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:51
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"The pattern of infinity" - great line. One day I will finish my story about it. January is beginning to look full. I thought of trying to finish it for the Advent Calendar but there was no way. Instead you got a silly PD pic. It's terrible when you're ready to finish something but other things are nagging. Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:53
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And now we have Tarrant being heroic. Yay! |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 23-12-2023 09:53
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Orac is wearing his seatbelt. Clunk click, every trip. (Does anyone's seatbelt actually go clunk?) |
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