Re: New Blake's Seven

In article <slrng20a5k.5cj.JennieKermode@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, 
"Jennie Kermode"@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> On 2008-05-06, Rob <dbright@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > No doubt this is already old news to some, but still...
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/25/bskyb.television
> 
>           Actually, this is the first I've heard.
>           Is it another hopeless attempt at a comeback by Paul Darrow 
> (even if he's now accepted that his leading man days are in the past), 
> or is it for real?

This time for real. Last one I heard about was that the new series would 
be a follow on.

http://www.b7media.com/
Audio episodes now, who knows where this will go.
http://www.b7media.com/blake_legacy.html


Shame this never came about.
http://www.b7media.com/news.html

> > "make sci-fi cool ... multimillion-pound remake ... not be a straight 
> > remake of the original but a "re-imagining" ... going for a good, 
> > broad appeal ... walk the same line as Doctor Who ... top, top writers

> > ... big contem****ary themes."
> 
>           I think I'm going to cry.
>           The way this country is going, the original 'Blake's 7' gets 
> more contem****ary all the time.
> 
>                              Jennie

I know. The level of oppression and suppression of the people was 
unheard of then. Now it seems almost prophetic.

-- 
Carl Robson
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