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[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

Good morning!

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

There are bad days, and there are very bad days.

I don't know this movie. [:(]

[btd64]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

Good morning!

Good morning everyone....GP

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Zorch

There are bad days, and there are very bad days.

I don't know this movie. [:(]

Ski clothing masquerading as space suits - must be a British movie or TV show.

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe

ORIGINAL: Zorch

There are bad days, and there are very bad days.

I don't know this movie. [:(]

Ski clothing masquerading as space suits - must be a British movie or TV show.

Good guess...British TV series Blakes's 7.

[Telemecus]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

ORIGINAL: RangerJoe




I don't know this movie. [:(]

Ski clothing masquerading as space suits - must be a British movie or TV show.

Good guess...British TV series Blakes's 7.

You have Samurai 7, and The Magnificent 7 - then there was the BBC version Blake 7 fighting the evil space empire.

Until season 2 when they got rid of Blake and the boring politics stuff and just had the 7 marauding round space for the next few series! [:D]

If you are a Sci Fi fan this is one of those most iconic series. Vila and Avon riffing off each other, the evil Servalan.

And we all remember the final scene in the final series where they all killed each other ... we think. There are still fans debating what really happened today!

[Telemecus]

So do you think he fought his way out?

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

So do you think he fought his way out?

No, it was a mercy killing after the appalling 4th season. [:D]
There's talk of a reboot, though.

[Telemecus]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

So do you think he fought his way out?

No, it was a mercy killing after the appalling 4th season. [:D]
There's talk of a reboot, though.

There always is. And to be honest it was such a great series it deserves a reboot.

My theory though. The Puppeteer who used to be Servalan's PsyOps expert turns out to have secretly been a rebel. So when they were making the evil Blake clones to kill Blake, he secretly got the clone master to make lots of Good Blake clones who are actually those troopers under their helmets. So in the next moment the great reveal is the good Blakes take off their helmets and pledge allegiance to Avon. Avon is so overcome with their patriotism that he gives up their previous cynicism and agrees to lead the new rebellion. They accidentally find yet another super duper spaceship left behind by a future race (again!) and run off and live happily ever after?

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

So do you think he fought his way out?

No, it was a mercy killing after the appalling 4th season. [:D]
There's talk of a reboot, though.

There always is. And to be honest it was such a great series it deserves a reboot.

My theory though. The Puppeteer who used to be Servalan's PsyOps expert turns out to have secretly been a rebel. So when they were making the evil Blake clones to kill Blake, he secretly got the clone master to make lots of Good Blake clones who are actually those troopers under their helmets. So in the next moment the great reveal is the good Blakes take off their helmets and pledge allegiance to Avon. Avon is so overcome with their patriotism that he gives up their previous cynicism and agrees to lead the new rebellion. They accidentally find yet another super duper spaceship left behind by a future race (again!) and run off and live happily ever after?

Maybe...but could IMIPAK be used to kill the clones?
Blake is a replaceable character; Avon, Vila, Servalan, and Orac are less so. Orac could take over the Federation if so motivated.

[Telemecus]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

ORIGINAL: Zorch



No, it was a mercy killing after the appalling 4th season. [:D]
There's talk of a reboot, though.

There always is. And to be honest it was such a great series it deserves a reboot.

My theory though. The Puppeteer who used to be Servalan's PsyOps expert turns out to have secretly been a rebel. So when they were making the evil Blake clones to kill Blake, he secretly got the clone master to make lots of Good Blake clones who are actually those troopers under their helmets. So in the next moment the great reveal is the good Blakes take off their helmets and pledge allegiance to Avon. Avon is so overcome with their patriotism that he gives up their previous cynicism and agrees to lead the new rebellion. They accidentally find yet another super duper spaceship left behind by a future race (again!) and run off and live happily ever after?

Maybe...but could IMIPAK be used to kill the clones?
Blake is a replaceable character; Avon, Vila, Servalan, and Orac are less so. Orac could take over the Federation if so motivated.

Was IMIPAK the thing that could mark you and then could be used to kill you anytime anywhere across the galaxy? I could see the potential of it to an assasin wanting lots of time to make a get away. But never really understood why it was considered so amazing otherwise? I think they thought something with the mass of a planet could block the trigger signal?

Vila - I have a headache
Avon – Have you considered amputation?

Its funny how it was meant to be about Blake and ended up being about Vila and Avon! [:D] I think the Simpson was supposed to be about Bart but ended up being about Homer. And Dallas was supposed to be the Romeo and Juliet of Bobby Ewing and Victoria Pincipal, but just got taken over by JR. It is glorious when the break out character takes over the show!

I thought Cally had some interesting story lines. Some of the later series characters like denerya and del tarrant ... meh

Orac was good. But for any reboot would need a better base unit as would all the computer and artifical intelligence characters.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

So do you think he fought his way out?

No, it was a mercy killing after the appalling 4th season. [:D]
There's talk of a reboot, though.

There always is. And to be honest it was such a great series it deserves a reboot.

My theory though. The Puppeteer who used to be Servalan's PsyOps expert turns out to have secretly been a rebel. So when they were making the evil Blake clones to kill Blake, he secretly got the clone master to make lots of Good Blake clones who are actually those troopers under their helmets. So in the next moment the great reveal is the good Blakes take off their helmets and pledge allegiance to Avon. Avon is so overcome with their patriotism that he gives up their previous cynicism and agrees to lead the new rebellion. They accidentally find yet another super duper spaceship left behind by a future race (again!) and run off and live happily ever after?

Super duper space ship, anything like in Farscape?

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus



There always is. And to be honest it was such a great series it deserves a reboot.

My theory though. The Puppeteer who used to be Servalan's PsyOps expert turns out to have secretly been a rebel. So when they were making the evil Blake clones to kill Blake, he secretly got the clone master to make lots of Good Blake clones who are actually those troopers under their helmets. So in the next moment the great reveal is the good Blakes take off their helmets and pledge allegiance to Avon. Avon is so overcome with their patriotism that he gives up their previous cynicism and agrees to lead the new rebellion. They accidentally find yet another super duper spaceship left behind by a future race (again!) and run off and live happily ever after?

Maybe...but could IMIPAK be used to kill the clones?
Blake is a replaceable character; Avon, Vila, Servalan, and Orac are less so. Orac could take over the Federation if so motivated.

Was IMIPAK the thing that could mark you and then could be used to kill you anytime anywhere across the galaxy? I could see the potential of it to an assasin wanting lots of time to make a get away. But never really understood why it was considered so amazing otherwise? I think they thought something with the mass of a planet could block the trigger signal?

Vila - I have a headache
Avon – Have you considered amputation?

Its funny how it was meant to be about Blake and ended up being about Vila and Avon! [:D] I think the Simpson was supposed to be about Bart but ended up being about Homer. And Dallas was supposed to be the Romeo and Juliet of Bobby Ewing and Victoria Pincipal, but just got taken over by JR. It is glorious when the break out character takes over the show!

I thought Cally had some interesting story lines. Some of the later series characters like denerya and del tarrant ... meh

Orac was good. But for any reboot would need a better base unit as would all the computer and artifical intelligence characters.

Yes on IMIPAK - same episode as the Puppeteer. It had a limited range, never specified.
Blake was predictable. I think the writers ran out of ideas for him.
I wish Jenna had stayed for the 3rd season - she was under used when the Servalan/Travis plots took over.
It was good that their computers had a personality.

[Telemecus]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

ORIGINAL: Zorch



Maybe...but could IMIPAK be used to kill the clones?
Blake is a replaceable character; Avon, Vila, Servalan, and Orac are less so. Orac could take over the Federation if so motivated.

Was IMIPAK the thing that could mark you and then could be used to kill you anytime anywhere across the galaxy? I could see the potential of it to an assasin wanting lots of time to make a get away. But never really understood why it was considered so amazing otherwise? I think they thought something with the mass of a planet could block the trigger signal?

Vila - I have a headache
Avon – Have you considered amputation?

Its funny how it was meant to be about Blake and ended up being about Vila and Avon! [:D] I think the Simpson was supposed to be about Bart but ended up being about Homer. And Dallas was supposed to be the Romeo and Juliet of Bobby Ewing and Victoria Pincipal, but just got taken over by JR. It is glorious when the break out character takes over the show!

I thought Cally had some interesting story lines. Some of the later series characters like denerya and del tarrant ... meh

Orac was good. But for any reboot would need a better base unit as would all the computer and artifical intelligence characters.

Yes on IMIPAK - same episode as the Puppeteer. It had a limited range, never specified.
Blake was predictable. I think the writers ran out of ideas for him.
I wish Jenna had stayed for the 3rd season - she was under used when the Servalan/Travis plots took over.
It was good that their computers had a personality.

That is the problem for a character without faults ... boring. He was always fighting for justice against the evil federation. Just like Superman, and they had to invent Kryptonite to make him interesting. The others were just convicts who by accident got mixed up in the freedome struggle. They had no reason to act superior and that made them interesting.

Avon – Auron may be different Cally, but on Earth it is considered ill-mannered to murder your friends while committing suicide.

Can you remember one memorable line from Blake?

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus




Was IMIPAK the thing that could mark you and then could be used to kill you anytime anywhere across the galaxy? I could see the potential of it to an assasin wanting lots of time to make a get away. But never really understood why it was considered so amazing otherwise? I think they thought something with the mass of a planet could block the trigger signal?

Vila - I have a headache
Avon – Have you considered amputation?

Its funny how it was meant to be about Blake and ended up being about Vila and Avon! [:D] I think the Simpson was supposed to be about Bart but ended up being about Homer. And Dallas was supposed to be the Romeo and Juliet of Bobby Ewing and Victoria Pincipal, but just got taken over by JR. It is glorious when the break out character takes over the show!

I thought Cally had some interesting story lines. Some of the later series characters like denerya and del tarrant ... meh

Orac was good. But for any reboot would need a better base unit as would all the computer and artifical intelligence characters.

Yes on IMIPAK - same episode as the Puppeteer. It had a limited range, never specified.
Blake was predictable. I think the writers ran out of ideas for him.
I wish Jenna had stayed for the 3rd season - she was under used when the Servalan/Travis plots took over.
It was good that their computers had a personality.

That is the problem for a character without faults ... boring. He was always fighting for justice against the evil federation. Just like Superman, and they had to invent Kryptonite to make him interesting. The others were just convicts who by accident got mixed up in the freedome struggle. They had no reason to act superior and that made them interesting.

Avon – Auron may be different Cally, but on Earth it is considered ill-mannered to murder your friends while committing suicide.

Can you remember one memorable line from Blake?

I saw Paul Darrow at a sci-fi con in 1985. He was very polished as a speaker.

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Zorch

ORIGINAL: Telemecus

ORIGINAL: Zorch



Yes on IMIPAK - same episode as the Puppeteer. It had a limited range, never specified.
Blake was predictable. I think the writers ran out of ideas for him.
I wish Jenna had stayed for the 3rd season - she was under used when the Servalan/Travis plots took over.
It was good that their computers had a personality.

That is the problem for a character without faults ... boring. He was always fighting for justice against the evil federation. Just like Superman, and they had to invent Kryptonite to make him interesting. The others were just convicts who by accident got mixed up in the freedome struggle. They had no reason to act superior and that made them interesting.

Avon – Auron may be different Cally, but on Earth it is considered ill-mannered to murder your friends while committing suicide.

Can you remember one memorable line from Blake?

I saw Paul Darrow at a sci-fi con in 1985. He was very polished as a speaker.

If he was very polished, was it with high gloss, semi-gloss, or just a dull finish?

[RangerJoe]

Saved by the corona virus test but not from Covid-19!

Vikings' Cameron Smith says he'll have heart surgery for condition turned up by virus test

https://www.startribune.com/covid-19-te ... fresh=true

One wonders about the physical that he has received.[&:]

[RangerJoe]

Be careful of Eagles in Minnesota Viking land:

Eagle attack on North Shore thwarted by resort chef
The eagle was believed to be injured when a resort guest got too close.

https://www.startribune.com/eagle-attac ... fresh=true

Don't feed the wild life, they get hooked on welfare and get upset if they don't get it.

[RangerJoe]

Then from Cloud Cockoo land, too much hockey playing?

Court clears way for Olympic star Mark Pavelich to leave high-security state hospital
Assault charges pending as Mark Pavelich moves to less restrictive facility.

https://www.startribune.com/court-clear ... fresh=true