Comments on: Blake’s 7 – City at the Edge of the World https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-city-at-the-edge-of-the-world Archive television thoughts Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:21:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: James Paul https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-city-at-the-edge-of-the-world#comment-30022 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 19:21:37 +0000 #comment-30022 I do say this Blakes Seven episode, not featuring arch-enemy and regular arch-villain Servalan herself and the federation she represented is a refreshig change and it adds variety to the series.

]]> By: James Paul https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-city-at-the-edge-of-the-world#comment-8827 Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:50:06 +0000 #comment-8827 Colin Baker is awesome as Bayban a shame he was not ever offered the part of Blake Colin is better in Blake,s Seven as Bayban than as Dr Who IMO. I love this episode in trillions of ways it is awesome

]]> By: James Paul https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-city-at-the-edge-of-the-world#comment-8822 Fri, 05 Nov 2021 17:26:03 +0000 #comment-8822 Colin Baker is awesome in B7 as Bayban and IMO he is better in B7 than in Dr Who either as Maxil or as the dr

]]> By: H E Cooper https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-city-at-the-edge-of-the-world#comment-7 Sat, 02 May 2020 15:00:21 +0000 #comment-7 Thanks for the heads up. I have the Dutch DVD set so no extras but I was going to seek down the S4 trailer before I watched it. Think I'll leave it aside now.

]]> By: Anonymous https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-city-at-the-edge-of-the-world#comment-8 Sat, 02 May 2020 14:58:40 +0000 #comment-8 If you're watching the DVDs, don't watch the 'next series' trailers.

Okay, you can watch the S2 trailer on the S1 set. It stitches together lots of brilliant bits with a tension-inducing soundtrack, making B7 S2 seem like the best thing ever. Unfortunately the other two trailers don't stick to this formula. The S3 trailer is done like a movie trailer and is just weak in comparison. The S4 trailer is just a big spoiler and should have never been allowed.

]]> By: H E Cooper https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-city-at-the-edge-of-the-world#comment-10 Sat, 02 May 2020 12:18:00 +0000 #comment-10 I'm glad people are still enjoying me enjoying Blake's 7. There aren't many episodes that have left me a bit 'meh' so I was left slightly low by Harvest of Kairos and this was the perfect antidote. The script felt such a service to Vila.

I'm almost a year into this journey now and I feel I've done fairly well to avoid major spoilers. Though I'm usually quite spoiler-phobic, I haven't minded some minor stuff. Series A was particularly untainted because the DVD menu didn't even show the episode titles. I can't avoid some parts of the internet so it's a case of quickly scrolling past any unfamiliar screenshots that populate my timeline.

]]> By: Anonymous https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-city-at-the-edge-of-the-world#comment-13 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:41:13 +0000 #comment-13 I'm so glad you've posted another review, HE. I'm hanging on your every word and waiting for each article as it's newly minted.

'City' is a terrific episode. As usual Chris Boucher comes up trumps and also brings a particualr character to the foreground, as he did to an extent with Travis in 'Trial' and will do again in a couple of other episodes. He does such a good job in fact that it makes me wish he'd got to write all the 'spotlight on a character' episodes.

I am so glad you are keeping away from spoilers. Please continue to avoid them as much as possible. It's giving me enormous pleasure to watch the episodes for the first time again, vicariously.

]]> By: Andrew P https://visualmutterings.com/blakes-7-city-at-the-edge-of-the-world#comment-14 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 10:06:45 +0000 #comment-14 Hoorah! Knew that you’d love this one! Wonderful isn’t it? Not only all the lovely kind of dialogue that you expect from a Chris Boucher script, but Colin Baker with one of his larger-than-life characters as well *and* a real chance to fully appreciate Vila’s skills.

It is *so* good to see episodes like this still being enjoyed 40 years later! Delighted that they’re still giving such pleasure.

All the best

Andrew

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