tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post6919620325761695121..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Sky One cancel BLAKE'S 7 remakeAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-55252093414820174942010-08-06T06:29:55.429+00:002010-08-06T06:29:55.429+00:00I've rewatched Blake's 7 a few months ago,...I've rewatched Blake's 7 a few months ago, after loving it when I was a kid. It seems really cheesy now and I was embarassed to see that scenes and entire episodes were very different from what I remembered from my childhood.<br /><br />It would be interesting to see how a reinventing of the concept would work in this day and age, but I am afraid that it would turn into a kind of V_2009 which is clearly outdated or into one of these adolescent series where everybody looks good and has a cause and the plot doesn't make any sense at all.<br /><br />I mean, we are talking about Robin Hood in space, for crying out loud :)Sideritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900117719824630437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-34809879928085189842010-08-05T23:01:43.432+00:002010-08-05T23:01:43.432+00:00Certainly my preference would be for them to cast ...Certainly my preference would be for them to cast Paul Darrow in the new series. My choice would be as the Federation President (who is mentioned in the original but never appears before his reported off-screen demise). It would be a great shout-out to the original show, like casting Richard Hatch in the new BSG.<br /><br />That said, the last word was that Paul Darrow had parted company with B7 Productions over disagreements over the future direction of the project, so he might not be so keen to do that.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-49781358250574729012010-08-05T22:34:25.363+00:002010-08-05T22:34:25.363+00:00Watched the original on UK Gold when I was a kid a...Watched the original on UK Gold when I was a kid and absolutely loved it. Is definitely a remake which I see a huge amount of potential for, even though some of the cast in the original such as Paul Darrow were absolutely brilliant in their roles. The story is very compelling and with a bit of a bigger budget (so we escape gravel pit world #32) could be great. <br />Personally I'm a bit less optimistic when 360 degree marketing speak gets introduced. If you can't talk clearly I always feel like you're obscuring something.Shouting Into The Voidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269264530135356884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-25590719374561523942010-08-05T21:05:16.477+00:002010-08-05T21:05:16.477+00:00I was listening to JMS' commentary to Signs an...I was listening to JMS' commentary to Signs and Portents a few days ago, and he did mention Blake 7 - thanks to your blog I now know what he was talking about.:)<br /> <br />Anyway, it does sound like a really interesting project, and I hope they succeed in making it.<br /><br />LRKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-18143463194349153492010-08-05T20:45:47.749+00:002010-08-05T20:45:47.749+00:00Hi Adam
I bumped in to your site while looking for...Hi Adam<br />I bumped in to your site while looking for info about Chung Kuo.<br />I haven't checked you site yet but I definitely will use as a ref. for other books to read.<br /><br />I noticed that David Wingrove wrote on your blog and I was wondering if you have any way of contacting him?<br /><br />I am an artist who is interested in working on a comic version of his books and would like to ask him a few questions about it.<br /> If you can help me that would be great, if not thanks nevertheless!<br /><br />I have a blog as well, if you'd like to see some of the sci-fi art I do you can drop me a comment at<br /><br />www.frankell.blogspot.com<br /><br />and<br /><br />www.frankellstoryboards.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />cheers dude<br /><br />Frankell B.Frankellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483612877943862601noreply@blogger.com