Uncomfortable on so many levels. Actually the first scenes between Dayna and Justin are well acted, I think - or would have been if this had been a drama aiming to be disturbing by dealing with someone's childhood crush on an authority figure, with hints of abuse. Not exactly what I want from B7 though. And, of course, once Servalan gets involved in the plot everything goes down the drain very quickly, including any serious themes.
And as if that's not enough there's the horrible bullying scene on the Scorpio, the way they all join in against Vila. It makes me queasy to watch. Though at least Vila does not come across as particularly submissive. They can make him do what they want, but they can't make him think that he deserves it.
VILA [to Tarrant]: I don't see why I should be punished for your guilty conscience. *gives Avon a grim look*
It's starting to become more obvious to me why Avon acts so permanently pissed off at Vila (there's hardly any humour in the way he treats him here, but a lot of glowering at him instead.) Vila seems to be the only one who actually gives Avon significant opposition at this point, and furthermore makes exactly the kind of arguments that we would have expected from Avon himself, earlier in the show. I wonder if Avon had expected him to be more supportive, or at least less argumentative?
Tarrant in particular seems to have become so meek that I have to wonder if he's quite well, or if maybe he hasn't recovered fully yet from whatever injuries he sustained on Terminal.
That aside, the "looking for scientists to join them" is an interesting initiative, showing the systematic way that Avon tries to go about organising a resistance movement, compared to Blake. Given that his ideas mostly seem more constructive (at least compared to the old "blow things up and run" method) it really is quite ironic that S4 turns out the way it does.
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Slave. Gotta love a computer that occasionally goes "Er..."
Hmm, the Adrenalin & Soma combination wasn't something that they invented on the Liberator, then?
The mutoids have been upgraded: now with hair capable of movement!
AVON: *breaks through door, kicks over chair, slips on floor* (did I catch PD trying not to laugh, there...?)
I do like the upgraded mutoids, but then, I love all mutoids!
I suspect Vila is the only one with a cnsistently enough written character to be able to challenge, everyone else has space fever.
On checking, the episode was written for Cally, which is less icky. Would have been better with her, or Soolin - and it might have explained her cool nature toward men? Hmm. Wonder if anyone has written a fix it for that?
And as if that's not enough there's the horrible bullying scene on the Scorpio, the way they all join in against Vila. It makes me queasy to watch. Though at least Vila does not come across as particularly submissive. They can make him do what they want, but they can't make him think that he deserves it.
VILA [to Tarrant]: I don't see why I should be punished for your guilty conscience. *gives Avon a grim look*
It's starting to become more obvious to me why Avon acts so permanently pissed off at Vila (there's hardly any humour in the way he treats him here, but a lot of glowering at him instead.) Vila seems to be the only one who actually gives Avon significant opposition at this point, and furthermore makes exactly the kind of arguments that we would have expected from Avon himself, earlier in the show. I wonder if Avon had expected him to be more supportive, or at least less argumentative?
Tarrant in particular seems to have become so meek that I have to wonder if he's quite well, or if maybe he hasn't recovered fully yet from whatever injuries he sustained on Terminal.
That aside, the "looking for scientists to join them" is an interesting initiative, showing the systematic way that Avon tries to go about organising a resistance movement, compared to Blake. Given that his ideas mostly seem more constructive (at least compared to the old "blow things up and run" method) it really is quite ironic that S4 turns out the way it does.
Other:
Slave. Gotta love a computer that occasionally goes "Er..."
Hmm, the Adrenalin & Soma combination wasn't something that they invented on the Liberator, then?
The mutoids have been upgraded: now with hair capable of movement!
AVON: *breaks through door, kicks over chair, slips on floor* (did I catch PD trying not to laugh, there...?)
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I suspect Vila is the only one with a cnsistently enough written character to be able to challenge, everyone else has space fever.
On checking, the episode was written for Cally, which is less icky. Would have been better with her, or Soolin - and it might have explained her cool nature toward men? Hmm. Wonder if anyone has written a fix it for that?
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