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fangrrl_squees) wrote2007-11-21 11:54 pm
fangrrl_squees) wrote2007-11-21 11:54 pm
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Watching a Viewer - Or Is That Weird?
Oh, this is fun!
A person on my f-list1 is watching Blakes 7 for the very first time. She's started posting her reactions to the early episodes, her thoughts about the characters, hopes for ditto and all that, and it's magic. I'm trying really hard not to jump all over her journal with "OMG! You're going to love it when this happens, but watch out for when that occurs and... and..." and be, probably, quite annoying.
Well, okay, I went a little bit crazy in her vicinity, but not too much, I hope.
Anyways, I'm quite keen to hear the reaction of a first-timer who'o already seen a lot of what came after B7 (not a little of it inspired by that show, consciously or otherwise2) and, of course, thirty years after it first hit the airwaves3. There was a lot to B7 that was quite ground-breaking at the time, but I suppose now it's going to come across as laughably dated - and derivative, too in the way that D&D players think that Tolkien was derivative of Gary Gygax - I've seen it happen. So, yeah, I'm wondering what her reaction will be, to various aspects - from the handling of female characters, to the occasional bouts of moral ambiguity and, of course, spaceships that are clearly made from detergent bottles with sparklers stuck on the back.
It should be interesting to compare her thoughts to my long-held notions, y'know? A bit of a refresher course, in it's way - I hope.
(and, er, if you're reading this, oh aforementioned LJer... no pressure. Really! Just keep blogging, 'kay?)
1 - who shall remain nameless as they might not approve of my talking about their TV habits on my journal
2 - *cough*Farscape*cough*
3 - Jesus Christ. Thirty years? Really? Ow...
A person on my f-list1 is watching Blakes 7 for the very first time. She's started posting her reactions to the early episodes, her thoughts about the characters, hopes for ditto and all that, and it's magic. I'm trying really hard not to jump all over her journal with "OMG! You're going to love it when this happens, but watch out for when that occurs and... and..." and be, probably, quite annoying.
Well, okay, I went a little bit crazy in her vicinity, but not too much, I hope.
Anyways, I'm quite keen to hear the reaction of a first-timer who'o already seen a lot of what came after B7 (not a little of it inspired by that show, consciously or otherwise2) and, of course, thirty years after it first hit the airwaves3. There was a lot to B7 that was quite ground-breaking at the time, but I suppose now it's going to come across as laughably dated - and derivative, too in the way that D&D players think that Tolkien was derivative of Gary Gygax - I've seen it happen. So, yeah, I'm wondering what her reaction will be, to various aspects - from the handling of female characters, to the occasional bouts of moral ambiguity and, of course, spaceships that are clearly made from detergent bottles with sparklers stuck on the back.
It should be interesting to compare her thoughts to my long-held notions, y'know? A bit of a refresher course, in it's way - I hope.
(and, er, if you're reading this, oh aforementioned LJer... no pressure. Really! Just keep blogging, 'kay?)
1 - who shall remain nameless as they might not approve of my talking about their TV habits on my journal
2 - *cough*Farscape*cough*
3 - Jesus Christ. Thirty years? Really? Ow...
Farscape
Don't worry, neither am I. Blake's 7 IMHO is far superior to Farscape... there was a sci fi series set on a space station too I can't remember the name of right now that was filmed in the Isle of Man... what was it called? :P
Re: Farscape
"It's Blakes 7, with muppets." Said I, and wandered off, only occasionally to return. ('cause, y'know, Claudia Black is very easy on the eyeballs)
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I just...what????
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