Oh, hey, more news on the Blake's 7 reboot...and it sounds terrible.
So, there are now 'details' about the newest Blake's 7 revival.
And any vague interest I had is pretty much gone. Because, seriously, what. (no, really, what. Who thought this sounded like a good idea?)
The year is 2136, Blake wakes up on one side of the bed. He reaches for the other side. There’s nobody there. As reality sets in, this handsome ex-soldier sits up, and looks at a photo of his wife Rachel. Beautiful. Deceased.
...handsome. Seriously? Like, I love Blake as he was, and he was kinda hot. But he wasn't... handsome. This sounds like they'll get some 'popular' hunky dude to come in, which is totally ALL WRONG. Gan needs to be the hunk, goddamn (and speaking of Gan, how come no one remembers HE'S the one with the dead wife? THAT IS WAY MORE GRITTY than this shit)
And can we talk about how Blake's vendetta was TOTALLY personal, especially with Travis around? No dead wives needed, there.
Also, since when is Blake a SOLDIER? wtf.
Also? ffs, Blake's 7 is not Up with laser pistols.
This description is everything that is wrong with science fiction these days. Everything is 'gritty' (because dead wives are way grittier and more personal than brainwashing) and shiny and pretty (because he's handsome and his wife is beautiful. ugh. gag me with a spoon even if Tricia Helfer is his dead wife whom he has halucinations of, ok, that might be entertaining, especially if James Callis is Blake, shut up, I know that's not even remotely possible)
A revolutionary reinvention of the long-running BBC series made in the late 1970s, Blake’s 7 tells the story of seven criminals - 6 guilty and 1 innocent - on their way to life on a prison colony in space, who together wrestle freedom from imprisonment. They acquire an alien ship which gives them a second chance at life and become the most unlikely heroes of their time.
If by 'revolutionary', you mean 'run of the fucking mill'.
And what six criminals? Avon, Gan, Jenna and Vila = four. Cally wasn't a prisoner (though if caught, she would have been, and can we talk about how HER backstory is way grittier than 'dead wife'? HER COMRADES DIED ALL AROUND HER). Zen was certainly not a prisoner, and Orac technically didn't arrive for nearly a whole series.
(also, Blake being accused of being a child molester? Also grittier than a dead wife)
But. But. I think my FAVORITE PART is how they're 'heroes'. THEY ARE NOT HEROES. THEY ARE TERRORISTS. Goddamn. Admit that that is way more fucking gritty than 'heroes' and dead wives, you assholes.
...Joe Pokaski and Martin Campbell have worked tirelessly with the Georgeville TV team to create an amazeballs reboot
What. No. No. I can't even, as the kids say.
And any vague interest I had is pretty much gone. Because, seriously, what. (no, really, what. Who thought this sounded like a good idea?)
The year is 2136, Blake wakes up on one side of the bed. He reaches for the other side. There’s nobody there. As reality sets in, this handsome ex-soldier sits up, and looks at a photo of his wife Rachel. Beautiful. Deceased.
...handsome. Seriously? Like, I love Blake as he was, and he was kinda hot. But he wasn't... handsome. This sounds like they'll get some 'popular' hunky dude to come in, which is totally ALL WRONG. Gan needs to be the hunk, goddamn (and speaking of Gan, how come no one remembers HE'S the one with the dead wife? THAT IS WAY MORE GRITTY than this shit)
And can we talk about how Blake's vendetta was TOTALLY personal, especially with Travis around? No dead wives needed, there.
Also, since when is Blake a SOLDIER? wtf.
Also? ffs, Blake's 7 is not Up with laser pistols.
This description is everything that is wrong with science fiction these days. Everything is 'gritty' (because dead wives are way grittier and more personal than brainwashing) and shiny and pretty (because he's handsome and his wife is beautiful. ugh. gag me with a spoon even if Tricia Helfer is his dead wife whom he has halucinations of, ok, that might be entertaining, especially if James Callis is Blake, shut up, I know that's not even remotely possible)
A revolutionary reinvention of the long-running BBC series made in the late 1970s, Blake’s 7 tells the story of seven criminals - 6 guilty and 1 innocent - on their way to life on a prison colony in space, who together wrestle freedom from imprisonment. They acquire an alien ship which gives them a second chance at life and become the most unlikely heroes of their time.
If by 'revolutionary', you mean 'run of the fucking mill'.
And what six criminals? Avon, Gan, Jenna and Vila = four. Cally wasn't a prisoner (though if caught, she would have been, and can we talk about how HER backstory is way grittier than 'dead wife'? HER COMRADES DIED ALL AROUND HER). Zen was certainly not a prisoner, and Orac technically didn't arrive for nearly a whole series.
(also, Blake being accused of being a child molester? Also grittier than a dead wife)
But. But. I think my FAVORITE PART is how they're 'heroes'. THEY ARE NOT HEROES. THEY ARE TERRORISTS. Goddamn. Admit that that is way more fucking gritty than 'heroes' and dead wives, you assholes.
...Joe Pokaski and Martin Campbell have worked tirelessly with the Georgeville TV team to create an amazeballs reboot
What. No. No. I can't even, as the kids say.