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Rewatch Downunder Saturday 14th February A7 Mission to Destiny
Obsidian
Dragging the body on top of the lockers was a bit of an effort also. Who's the weight-lifter on board?
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
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AnneArthur

Obsidian wrote:

Looking happy – NOT. Latest t-shirt. From the cover of Leigh Arnold's Lone Star. 1986.
i.postimg.cc/cCCfhk6J/Happy.jpg


Nice!
 
Joe Dredd

Obsidian wrote:

Joe Dredd wrote:

Obsidian wrote:

Don't mind him. He's from...


This episode is a great source of Levett-y.


Indeed! I wonder if JC and PD cracked up after that "My people have a saying" thing. I would have.


There are some good lines in this episode.
 
Tyce
In that outfit, Avon is a living computer. The embellishment on his outfit on his chest means you could literally “press his buttons”.
 
Joe Dredd

Obsidian wrote:

Dragging the body on top of the lockers was a bit of an effort also. Who's the weight-lifter on board?


If Sara's working alone then it had to be her. It seems a stretch for her to do it. They needed to have something explaining it - "Whoever did it must have used the cargo lifter" or some such.
 
M1795537OCVirn
I had to 'do' the Lake poets at college. I think everyone has to if they live around here. Finding out that Coleridge was as bored of WW as I was definitely helped. This was one of my favourites. On Wordsworth, he wrote:
He lived among the untrodden ways
To Rydal Lake that lead,
A bard whom there were none to praise
And very few to read.


the original was: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...odden-ways
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian

Tyce wrote:

In that outfit, Avon is a living computer. The embellishment on his outfit on his chest means you could literally “press his buttons”.


Boom-boom!

It's like an old radio cassette player for a 70s Valiant – or similar vehicle.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
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AnneArthur

Tyce wrote:

In that outfit, Avon is a living computer. The embellishment on his outfit on his chest means you could literally “press his buttons”.


Blake presses his buttons all the time.
 
Joe Dredd
And a big hello to all our lovely lurkers. Hello!
 
M1795537OCVirn

Tyce wrote:

In that outfit, Avon is a living computer. The embellishment on his outfit on his chest means you could literally “press his buttons”.


At the Tuesday rewatches LittleSue is still trying to find out what they all do.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
AnneArthur

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

I had to 'do' the Lake poets at college. I think everyone has to if they live around here. Finding out that Coleridge was as bored of WW as I was definitely helped. This was one of my favourites. On Wordsworth, he wrote:
He lived among the untrodden ways
To Rydal Lake that lead,
A bard whom there were none to praise
And very few to read.


the original was: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...odden-ways


Grin

We did a lot of Auden at school. Interestingly, he is now my most local poet - he was born three streets from here. It will be his birthday next Saturday, I think.
Edited by AnneArthur on 14-02-2026 10:16
 
Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

I had to 'do' the Lake poets at college. I think everyone has to if they live around here. Finding out that Coleridge was as bored of WW as I was definitely helped. This was one of my favourites. On Wordsworth, he wrote:
He lived among the untrodden ways
To Rydal Lake that lead,
A bard whom there were none to praise
And very few to read.


the original was: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...odden-ways


Yeah. WW had some appeal, but I think you move on after read once.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
https://www.seraglio-design.com/
Joe Dredd
I wandered lonely as a cloud
that floats on high over the jungle
when all at once I spied a crowd
a host of golden daffidungles.
 
Obsidian

Joe Dredd wrote:

Obsidian wrote:

Dragging the body on top of the lockers was a bit of an effort also. Who's the weight-lifter on board?


If Sara's working alone then it had to be her. It seems a stretch for her to do it. They needed to have something explaining it - "Whoever did it must have used the cargo lifter" or some such.


And we see no such 'clue', like "Why hasn't this been put away properly?", or "Why is this standing in the hallway?"
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
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Tyce

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Tyce wrote:

In that outfit, Avon is a living computer. The embellishment on his outfit on his chest means you could literally “press his buttons”.


At the Tuesday rewatches LittleSue is still trying to find out what they all do.

Ha!

I’m gonna have to say it, if there’s a computer problem, I don’t care who turns him off but I get to turn him on OK.
 
AnneArthur
Very seventies, in that Sondheim thinks that perving on Cally is a good excuse for following her. In his place I would have said that I didn't trust her, and wanted to make sure that she was really in the storage hold for the reason she gave.
 
Obsidian

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Tyce wrote:

In that outfit, Avon is a living computer. The embellishment on his outfit on his chest means you could literally “press his buttons”.


At the Tuesday rewatches LittleSue is still trying to find out what they all do.


It's a great outfit, or at least the top is. The M&S black flares are a bit much.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
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Joe Dredd
Perhaps it's Rewind, Play and Fast Forward.
 
Joe Dredd
"But I saw him with a dagger in his hand!"

The same thing happens to Vila in "Games".
 
Obsidian

AnneArthur wrote:

Very seventies, in that Sondheim thinks that perving on Cally is a good excuse for following her. In his place I would have said that I didn't trust her, and wanted to make sure that she was really in the storage hold for the reason she gave.


Not worth giving him a fat lip in response. It's a pathetic excuse.
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AnneArthur

Obsidian wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

I had to 'do' the Lake poets at college. I think everyone has to if they live around here. Finding out that Coleridge was as bored of WW as I was definitely helped. This was one of my favourites. On Wordsworth, he wrote:
He lived among the untrodden ways
To Rydal Lake that lead,
A bard whom there were none to praise
And very few to read.


the original was: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...odden-ways


Yeah. WW had some appeal, but I think you move on after read once.


That is very much how I feel about this episode. It was much more enjoyable when I didn't know whodunnit and whydunnit.
 
Obsidian

Joe Dredd wrote:

Perhaps it's Rewind, Play and Fast Forward.


Exactly what it looks like to me. The radio cassette player in the boyfriend's Valiant.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
https://www.seraglio-design.com/
Obsidian

AnneArthur wrote:

Obsidian wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

I had to 'do' the Lake poets at college. I think everyone has to if they live around here. Finding out that Coleridge was as bored of WW as I was definitely helped. This was one of my favourites. On Wordsworth, he wrote:
He lived among the untrodden ways
To Rydal Lake that lead,
A bard whom there were none to praise
And very few to read.


the original was: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...odden-ways


Yeah. WW had some appeal, but I think you move on after read once.


That is very much how I feel about this episode. It was much more enjoyable when I didn't know whodunnit and whydunnit.


I try to forget the ins and outs and then wait for the enjoyment of watching Avon decking Sara.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
https://www.seraglio-design.com/
Joe Dredd
All the women have hair down to their eyebrows whereas the men are balding.

Obsidian wrote:

The M&S black flares are a bit much.


There's a few outfits throughout the series that fail a bit as you go down, but they say Grand Moff Tarkin was wearing slippers thoughout his scenes in 'Star Wars' so I suppose it's okay.
 
M1795537OCVirn

Obsidian wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

I had to 'do' the Lake poets at college. I think everyone has to if they live around here. Finding out that Coleridge was as bored of WW as I was definitely helped. This was one of my favourites. On Wordsworth, he wrote:
He lived among the untrodden ways
To Rydal Lake that lead,
A bard whom there were none to praise
And very few to read.


the original was: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...odden-ways


Yeah. WW had some appeal, but I think you move on after read once.


Agreed, but our lecturer was brilliant. Had us hooked on WW at the first session - she asked where
'the inward eye' came from, and of course none of us knew. It's in his famous 'Daffodils' one, for goodness sake. Once I knew that's what he was on about, WW made a lot more sense,
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Joe Dredd

AnneArthur wrote:

It was much more enjoyable when I didn't know whodunnit and whydunnit.


I like that they keep doing the equivalent of having all the suspects gather in the library.
 
Obsidian

Joe Dredd wrote:

All the women have hair down to their eyebrows whereas the men are balding.

Obsidian wrote:

The M&S black flares are a bit much.


There's a few outfits throughout the series that fail a bit as you go down, but they say Grand Moff Tarkin was wearing slippers thoughout his scenes in 'Star Wars' so I suppose it's okay.


But the lace-up black leather shoes with them are a bit naff also.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
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M1795537OCVirn

Joe Dredd wrote:

All the women have hair down to their eyebrows whereas the men are balding.

Obsidian wrote:

The M&S black flares are a bit much.


There's a few outfits throughout the series that fail a bit as you go down, but they say Grand Moff Tarkin was wearing slippers thoughout his scenes in 'Star Wars' so I suppose it's okay.


Hes a Grand Moff - he's allowed. I wouldn't fancy trying to tell him not to. Or anything really.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Joe Dredd
I like the new FX but the viewscreen grid they use is boring.
 
Tyce
Sara would’ve been better to go with Blake, even if Blake hadn’t blown up the ships surely the people that she was meeting up with would’ve killed her when they found out she didn’t have the neutotope.
 
M1795537OCVirn
There's a lot of slapping in this episode, and precious little tickle. Hope the next one is a bit more uplifting. Oh wait ...never mind.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Joe Dredd

Obsidian wrote:

But the lace-up black leather shoes with them are a bit naff also.


Absolutely. I think having riding boots as de rigueur works well for SF.
 
Obsidian
Really Blake. No qualms about blowing up people who aren't going to find what they were looking for anyway.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
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M1795537OCVirn

Joe Dredd wrote:

Obsidian wrote:

But the lace-up black leather shoes with them are a bit naff also.


Absolutely. I think having riding boots as de rigueur works well for SF.


Depends what you're riding, I suppose.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian

Tyce wrote:

Sara would’ve been better to go with Blake, even if Blake hadn’t blown up the ships surely the people that she was meeting up with would’ve killed her when they found out she didn’t have the neutotope.


Exactly. One loss, but Blake goes the whole hog.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
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Joe Dredd

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Depends what you're riding, I suppose.


Roughshod over sensibilities, perhaps?
 
M1795537OCVirn

Tyce wrote:

Sara would’ve been better to go with Blake, even if Blake hadn’t blown up the ships surely the people that she was meeting up with would’ve killed her when they found out she didn’t have the neutotope.


But who were 'those people'? I think Servalan might have been involved, given how much that neutrotope was worth. And the chance of taking over the whole planet, of course.
"You're not sulking, I hope?"
 
Obsidian

Joe Dredd wrote:

Obsidian wrote:

But the lace-up black leather shoes with them are a bit naff also.


Absolutely. I think having riding boots as de rigueur works well for SF.


Even Chelsea boots would have been better. They're just short riding boots, really.
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Obsidian

Joe Dredd wrote:

M1795537OCVirn wrote:

Depends what you're riding, I suppose.


Roughshod over sensibilities, perhaps?


He's very cheerful about it.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
 
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Joe Dredd
Well, there we have it. The B7 equivalent of Cludeo.
 
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