Mmm, Sally Knyvette
This could be good, if well done. As pointed out previously, the new Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who series for the most part blew away the cynical naysaying of the old fans - Galactica is one of the finest dramas (sci-fi or otherwise) made in recent years ... and although a real hardcore of fans may have a problem with elements of new Who, the kids love it!
I don't know if anyone else here has heard the B7 audio dramas made last year? They were produced by the same media company involved in the proposed Sky remake. Well done, with a fine cast of actors. Colin Salmon as Avon? OK, he's not Paul Darrow but what an actor! Oh, and Blake and Servalan were both Scottish!
My only problem with the audio version was that as a "re-imagining" it wasn't radical enough!
In answer to
Blast's question about what made B7 worth watching ... I can see both sides of the argument. At its worst it was a high-camp space opera with wobbly effects and occasionally wobbly acting. Maybe that's what some people liked about it! At its best it was a serious sci-fi drama with some great characters and a great back story.
The very first episode is possibly the best example of that. Blake is a former political activist who has had his memories wiped, his character "adjusted" and placed back into society. A cell of freedom fighters makes contact with him and his memories start to resurface, only for a meeting to be raided by Federation troopers. Blake is arrested, the others massacred. The administration then put him on trial. Not for his acts against the Federation ... but for "charges involving children". Pretty strong stuff for a teatime science fiction show!
The series also frequently posed the question of where the line lies between a freedom fighter, and a terrorist. Still relevant.
And ... what a final episode! I've watched it several times and it still leaves my jaw on the floor.
... Should I be embarrassed that this is one of my longest ever posts?
