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 Rewatch Downunder Saturday 20th July, C3 Volcano
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:43
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Wait, is there B7 glassware floating around? Not exactly floating, but Obsidian has been tracking it down for years. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:43
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A tiny little through line there that Cally was also from a pacifist society (that was also destroyed... and also destroyed by Servalan's scheming) that could have been the backbone for the whole episode if they had thought about it! That would have worked very well - however, at least they remembered the telepathy. |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:44
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I like the idea that the icky whale space cruiser is a captured Andromedan ship. A canoe for you Mr. Dredd.  I LOVE that space cruiser and want to know why I've not seen any good models of them. Very nice. Where do they come from? New Guinea and surrounding Melanesian islands. Very, very desirable objects. The prows get removed and sell for $$$$$$ on the ethnographic art market.  Thanks. |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:46
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Wait, is there B7 glassware floating around? No, sorry. As Tim Dickinson has done with Watching Blake's 7 and the fantastic MCM furniture used in B7, I've been collating (and collecting) all the info on the MCM barware and other drinkware used in the show. It's mostly very desirable Scandi/Nordic/British glassware.
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| dodgyville |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:46
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Yes, thanks for that link to the website... the article on the Lamps of Blake's 7 is strangely interesting and illuminating
Edited by dodgyville on 20-07-2024 10:47 |
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| AnneArthur |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:47
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OK. I think that summer is due to end tomorrow, and will be declining today, so I ought to get soe use out of the sunlounger before it goes. I do love the discussions this rewatch throws up - I am now aware of crocodile-prowed canoes, for a start (and how much I should charge for one, should I wish to sell it)! See you all next week. |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:47
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Wait, is there B7 glassware floating around? Not exactly floating, but Obsidian has been tracking it down for years. Obsidian, being glass, has a natural interest. Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| dodgyville |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:47
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Good night everyone, have a good week (a storm has just hit here) |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:47
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They were able to resist a lot of "Star Wars" originally but by 1982 I feel they couldn't resist "The Empire Strikes Back" envy when Series D rolled around :( I was just reading about that yesterday. By the time they got to S4, a lot of the new young VFX people had grown up with, and got into the field because of, Star Wars, and they all wanted to make ships like it had. Also too, with their 'kit-bashing' approach, there's a lot of Millennium Falcon bits used in the detail on Scorpio. |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:48
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I like the idea that the icky whale space cruiser is a captured Andromedan ship. Ooh, I do like that I can't claim credit for the thought, but I think it's a great explanation why it's so different from all the other ships we see. Apart from Libby, it's my favourite space craft. Way ahead of Scorpio. It look truly nasty. When Servie does a character swap, the craft she uses isn't nearly as scary. The season 4 ships are very boxy, like the cars of the period. They were able to resist a lot of "Star Wars" originally but by 1982 I feel they couldn't resist "The Empire Strikes Back" envy when Series D rolled around  It was only 1981. Edited by Obsidian on 20-07-2024 10:49 Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:48
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Yes, thanks for that link to the website... the article on the Lamps of Blake's 7 is strangely interesting and illuminating I see what you did there. I find Tim's essays fascinating and, as you say, very illuminating. Lots of discussion of things I would never have thought of, or noticed, and it opens up a whole new area of appreciation for the show. Plus too, he ties each article into an episode review, the clever clogs. |
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| dodgyville |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:49
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oh, I thought Empire was 1980 and Series D was 81 or 82 |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:50
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OK. I think that summer is due to end tomorrow, and will be declining today, so I ought to get soe use out of the sunlounger before it goes. I do love the discussions this rewatch throws up - I am now aware of crocodile-prowed canoes, for a start (and how much I should charge for one, should I wish to sell it)! See you all next week. Go catch some rays AA. Does summer really end tomorrow? Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| dodgyville |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:51
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OK. I think that summer is due to end tomorrow, and will be declining today, so I ought to get soe use out of the sunlounger before it goes. I do love the discussions this rewatch throws up - I am now aware of crocodile-prowed canoes, for a start (and how much I should charge for one, should I wish to sell it)! See you all next week. Go catch some rays AA. Does summer really end tomorrow? I don't want to pull rank but this is the down under thread  |
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| Joe Dredd |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:53
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I've got to fly. Good night everyone! |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:54
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oh, I thought Empire was 1980 and Series D was 81 or 82 Sorry, was losing the thread (literally – the screen was rolling) there. Yeah, SD was 81. They did make it not necessarily Empire, but way-hey, it's a new decade and we have to be novel and try to catch up. That does feel stilted and unnecessary. Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:55
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I've got to fly. Good night everyone! 'Bye JD! Glad you could make it. Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| dodgyville |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:56
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Great line - 'Obsidian, even the name sounds nasty'  No, it doesn't. It sounds wonderful to me: sharp. Is this the episode where you got your username?? If so, cool! |
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| Obsidian |
Posted on 20-07-2024 10:59
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Great line - 'Obsidian, even the name sounds nasty' No, it doesn't. It sounds wonderful to me: sharp. Is this the episode where you got your username?? If so, cool! That and the odd obsidian stone tool that has been in my life (archaeologist). Nice stuff, is obsidian. And definitely sharp. There's always some idiot wants to test out that 8 thousand year-old tool by running it along their thumb...
Don't philosophise at me you electronic moron.
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| dodgyville |
Posted on 20-07-2024 11:06
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51m: Back on the Liberator the gang fly off. AVON: Servalan's options were to take it or to destroy it. Either way, she won. CALLY: I don't think so. She lost, and we lost. Only the Pyroans won. VILA: If that's winning, I'll take losing every time. A solid little mission statement about the moral dilemma of the episode delivered there at the end! If only the episode had actually articulated those different beliefs better earlier it had potential to be a top shelf episode. I hadn't thought about it before, but there's a sort-of continuity of theme with Death-watch, with their different approaches to avoiding armed conflict on a mass scale. That's an interesting point! Deathwatch is much better at world building whereas I never really believe the threat to blow up Obsidian |
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