Man. Space opera. *hearts*

[lyssie]

I think it's time to start hunting replacements for my 20-year-old Blake's 7 taped-off-PBS tapes. Sigh. They're all flippy, now. Which is sad.

Luckily, I know many parts by heart, so the dialog (which is generally lovelyish) is worth it. OH, GAMBIT. <3 <3 <3 <3 My heart forever remains yours.

(and I tried to skip Star One, but, well--and now I'm wondering if they knew they had third series approval)

Also, the Keldor City bit in the beginning of Star One makes me a wee bit teary-eyed

"Show me someone who believes in anything and I will show you a fool."

sigh. Man.

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[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. I'm a hero, too.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

"Be polite and I may let you live."

Man. <3

(I have no brain power anymore)

[redstarrobot.livejournal.com]

You give me a warm feeling right here, around the money belt.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

<3

[antiwesley.livejournal.com]

I've got DVD rips if you'd like them...
I just have to find the discs while I'm cleaning looking for other things. :)

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

I--yes, actually. That would be awesome. =)

(I am reminded that I still have one of your Decalogs around here, btw. I should possibly get it back to you before it gets mysteriously absorbed into the black hole that is my bookshelves)

[antiwesley.livejournal.com]

Duh. I had a brainfart.
I know exactly where it is.
It's a data-disc type rip, and I have all the seasons on one disc...
But I can probably make them normal type TV-type DVD's if need be.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Data-disc works fine. I can always convert it myself, at some point. (I haven't even SEEN some of those episodes in ages!)

[siggy63.livejournal.com]

I loved Blakes 7, until they suddenly put jenna and Cally in long frocks and made them stay on the Liberator all the damn time. Never has a show dissapointed me so much. *sigh*

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

If you gave up then, that's very sad. You never met Dayna or Soolin, who didn't just sit around. (and Jenna and Cally didn't always sit around, either)

And, yes, while it's annoying that they had too large a cast and started short-changing the women, at least we actually had women who weren't abused and raped to become 'strong people', which is something that is used highly in the SF media of today.

The sad thing is that, in some ways, Blake's 7 has far better treatment of women than any given show on the air today.

We've come so very far... not.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

Ack. I'm sorry, and I meant to reply and say so earlier.

I'm on BSG-rebound, when it comes to the treatment of female characters, so just about EVERYTHING seems way better at it. (I'd also say that Gambit, Star One, and Assassin are pretty chock-full of the women doing things)

B7 is very very very full of gender fail a lot of the time (and race fail, too).

So, anyway, this is me apologizing for being snarky and short. I didn't intend to be.

[siggy63.livejournal.com]

No worries, you weren't snarky.

I'm a late commer to BSG I initially hated it but now am a complete convert. I'm waiting for S4 to come out on DVD so I'm spoiler free at the moment.

I still watched B7 but for me it was never as good as the first 2 seasons.
However Servalan was magnificent throughout ;D

[drake57.livejournal.com]

Avon at his snarky best, always my hero.
Wish i still had a Avon icon.