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danny_galaga:


yeah, it seems like it didnt get as big a screening as dr who. of course being only four series might have something to do with it.

i think in the context of its time, it was a show that a lot of us here would have loved if we were adults. i was around ten when it was on so the fact that it was sci fi intrigued me, but i dont think i ever saw one complete episode because it was on later at night.  so to watch the whole lot now as an adult was very interesting.

there was one episode where Avon quickly decides he has to kill Villa to survive (he is very quick on the 'either we all die, or YOU die' rational). he isnt happy about it, but he sets about the task straight away. Villa cottons on and of course has to hide. That was brilliant acting in my opinion, Avons resolve and Villas fear.

Of course the special effects sometimes makes you laugh, which wasnt the producers intention.

patrickl:
Maybe the series was considered too "dark" by stations in the US?

Level42:

--- Quote from: patrickl on May 04, 2008, 03:11:52 am ---Maybe the series was considered too "dark" by stations in the US?

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And yet this is the key to the greatness of the series. It's a bunch of people brought together by fait. The only thing they have in common that they are criminals (except Blake himself maybe) and that they are fleeing from a life-time sentence on an obscure planet. All the characters are so different. And that makes a strong team. (In real-life too :) )
Avon was the most intriguing character IMHO and very well played by Paul Darrow IMHO.

Of course the special effects are sometimes funny and clumsy, especially by today's standards. The BBC didn't have budges like the Hollywood series. But this also brings a bit of room for your fantasy to work :D

Shmokes, try to get the first series on DVD and see if you like it. Don't expect Star Wars or Star Trek, but a more down to earth, dark, "realistic" approach.

danny_galaga:


definitely very dark by standards of the day. Blake gets fitted up on child molestation charges for instance. thats pretty hard core for sci fi (or anything) on tv back then...

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