Thursday, March 20, 2014

BLAKE'S 7 TO RETURN TO TELEVISION, OH MY

In the last two days I have posted a couple of bits on the old BBC1 science-fiction television series Blake's 7...

THE CULT OF BLAKE'S 7 - BBC 4
http://barrysmight.blogspot.ca/2014/03/the-cult-of-blakes-7-bbc-4.html

PAUL DARROW ON KTEH TELEVISION - 1987
http://barrysmight.blogspot.ca/2014/03/paul-darrow-on-kteh-television.html



Here's something I discovered recently but had forgotten to address...

Blake's 7 returns to TV screens
Cult BBC sci-fi series Blake's 7, dubbed 'The Dirty Dozen in space', is being re-made by Syfy Channel.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9980810/Blakes-7-returns-to-TV-screens.html


While Martin Chilton, Culture Editor (online) for The Telegraph, does a fine job of giving a little makeup and history on Blake's 7, the second paragraph in, where he embeds a quote from the new producers,  'worries' me...

'A 13-part series, described as a "revolutionary reinvention" of the original, is being developed by FremantleMedia International and US cable network Syfy...'

"Revolutionary reinvention"? That is bold. Most shows are crap, and a crap-shoot at best, so to state arrogantly something as being revolutionary is plain nuts. And a bad omen.

"I have a bad feeling about this."

A smart fan today knows to not bother holding his breath.

Siffy?! Oh, no....

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