Ahh, Mrs Muller, the woman with no name. Well, she has a name, Vena. it's on IMDB, it's in the stage directions, but no one ever uses it.
That aside, this episode has so much to love. Sulky Slave is amazing. Vila and Tarrant stuck on Scorpio, and Tarrant with a semi consistent hero-ish personality. Avon having a burst of humanity! And a giant zombie-esque robot. Marvellous! As is the need to revert back to non computerised everything. Kind of B7: Amish. Orac's rapid cycling personalities ate most entertaining.
Orac wanting to be switched off to protect his human companions is unusual. Surely he'd be ready for the overthrowing? On the other hand, maybe he likes being the brains among the stupid ones and kows he'd be outstripped by further innovation very quickly.
Least convincing moment: Vena murdered by the Heimlich manoeuvre. Followed by Avon's "pain" putting the head on.
I enjoy Tarrant and Dayna being clever together, and their game of tag with Muller is lovely.
Now, if you were a very cunning robot, why would you explain the plot when you could just be killing people or threatening to kill them? The android is a bit thick (and a slow runner).
We see a lot of the base here. I am wondering how Soolin copes; she's lived there is what seemed to be a pretty unpleasant relationship, these folk are taking over what used to be her home (sort of) and she's choosing to stay there although it must hold bad memories. The character has so much unfulfilled potential.
The "yes master" at the end fills me with glee. It's a perfect line.
I didn't miss Servalan at all this week. I'm bored of a Federation that is all "pure evil" with no story arc.
Orac wanting to be switched off to protect his human companions is unusual. Surely he'd be ready for the overthrowing? I suppose Orac values his autonomy too. And given how annoyed he often is when the humans interrupt him, perhaps he thinks the business of world domination would simply take up too much of his precious time... And of course, I don't trust Orac at all, so there is the question of what said "domination" would actually entail, once the android had got what it wanted (i.e. Orac.) ...I wonder if Orac can lie, btw? We know that he can deceive, but can he tell an outright, factual lie? And also, does removing the key really switch Orac off? I've always assumed that it just switches off the human-computer interface (seeing as how he seems to consider it as being "interrupted" when the key is inserted.)
This ep raises many questions about Orac!
The "yes master" at the end fills me with glee. It's a perfect line. Yes! But I admit I enjoyed Avon losing control and yelling SHUT UP!! just as much...
I didn't miss Servalan at all this week Servalan can be great when she is at the centre of the plot, but there really are a lot of episodes that would have benefited greatly from not having her shoehorned in just Because.
That aside, this episode has so much to love. Sulky Slave is amazing. Vila and Tarrant stuck on Scorpio, and Tarrant with a semi consistent hero-ish personality. Avon having a burst of humanity! And a giant zombie-esque robot. Marvellous! As is the need to revert back to non computerised everything. Kind of B7: Amish. Orac's rapid cycling personalities ate most entertaining.
Orac wanting to be switched off to protect his human companions is unusual. Surely he'd be ready for the overthrowing? On the other hand, maybe he likes being the brains among the stupid ones and kows he'd be outstripped by further innovation very quickly.
Least convincing moment: Vena murdered by the Heimlich manoeuvre. Followed by Avon's "pain" putting the head on.
I enjoy Tarrant and Dayna being clever together, and their game of tag with Muller is lovely.
Now, if you were a very cunning robot, why would you explain the plot when you could just be killing people or threatening to kill them? The android is a bit thick (and a slow runner).
We see a lot of the base here. I am wondering how Soolin copes; she's lived there is what seemed to be a pretty unpleasant relationship, these folk are taking over what used to be her home (sort of) and she's choosing to stay there although it must hold bad memories. The character has so much unfulfilled potential.
The "yes master" at the end fills me with glee. It's a perfect line.
I didn't miss Servalan at all this week. I'm bored of a Federation that is all "pure evil" with no story arc.
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I suppose Orac values his autonomy too. And given how annoyed he often is when the humans interrupt him, perhaps he thinks the business of world domination would simply take up too much of his precious time... And of course, I don't trust Orac at all, so there is the question of what said "domination" would actually entail, once the android had got what it wanted (i.e. Orac.) ...I wonder if Orac can lie, btw? We know that he can deceive, but can he tell an outright, factual lie? And also, does removing the key really switch Orac off? I've always assumed that it just switches off the human-computer interface (seeing as how he seems to consider it as being "interrupted" when the key is inserted.)
This ep raises many questions about Orac!
The "yes master" at the end fills me with glee. It's a perfect line.
Yes! But I admit I enjoyed Avon losing control and yelling SHUT UP!! just as much...
I didn't miss Servalan at all this week
Servalan can be great when she is at the centre of the plot, but there really are a lot of episodes that would have benefited greatly from not having her shoehorned in just Because.
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