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Dylan's 7...um, I mean Andromeda.

Haus about we all give each other a big lovely huggle?

10:57 / 25.03.02

So, is anyone watching this unbelievable slice of space-cheese? I understand it is phenomenally popular in America....

And would it be fair to say that Tyr and Dylan love each other very much?

Cat Chant

12:14 / 25.03.02

I haven't been watching it regularly, but it does cheer me up to think that this time round Avon made damn sure he was being played by a ripped/buff hunk o' man with no need for those high-heeled boots, and Blake went for a strong-jawed floppy-haired hero figure rather than a curly chubby Taff. Bless.

Cally was prettier before she was Trance, though. And Jenna seems to have remained almost exactly the same, though with a little bit of added gay.

gridley

12:17 / 25.03.02

actually, as much as Tyr and Dylan love each other, I was far more impressed by Tyr and James Marsters (Spike). That was the kind of obvious flirting that puts lex and clark to shame.

good show... so far...

Haus about we all give each other a big lovely huggle?

12:39 / 25.03.02

I saw the last half of that episode after struggling through a blizzard with lovely Ria from Harvard to Comm/Mass, covered in snow and freeeezing. Perked me up no end.

Deva - I was thinking Cally was Rev - alien mystic, but of course he is a pacifist, and thus:

Dylan = Blake
Tyr = Avon
Rev = Gan (not as good a match, really)
Trance = Cally (I'm afraid I like her better now, but that's because she reminds me of Nightcrawler. I am officially a hopeless case. Also because she has endangered the ship *already*! And it's only episode 3! And she didn't even get mind-controlled!)
Bekka - Jenna (obviosuly)
Harper - Vila (Equally obviously)
Andromeda - Zen

So where is ORAC? Tyr can't really be Avon unless he carries around a big box, forgetting that it has the power to shrink...

Cat Chant

12:53 / 25.03.02

quote:Originally posted by Derelict Haus on Cottontail Street:
Rev = Gan (not as good a match, really)

Don't they both wear robes? (David Jackson wanted Gan to wear robes all the time, but he wasn't allowed - hence tenaciousness of transvestite Gan in fanon.)

This is now officially silly. I *have* to do some work.

Edited: PS: Are you saying Tyr's box isn't big enough for you?

[ 25-03-2002: Message edited by: Deva ]

gridley

19:05 / 27.03.02

actually, now that the Andromed has both a hologram and an avatar, we could say the hologram = zen and the avatar = orac...

Tom Coates

21:00 / 27.03.02

Oh come on - it's at least as much to do with Farscape as it is with Blake's Seven! There's the woman with the funny coloured skin, there's the living ship, the one recognisable identifiable character dumped with lots of dodgy aliens of limited morality... Etc. etc.

gridley

18:18 / 01.04.02

I see your point on a purely character level, Tom, but keep in mine the overall plots of the three shows.

Blake's 7 and Andromeda are both overwhelmingly about a groub of revolutionaries trying to some extent to overthrow the current corrupt galactic government.

The Farscape crew isn't really all that interested in taking down the Peacekeepers. Farscape is basically Wizard of Oz: they just want to get back to their homes alive.

Trijhaos

18:30 / 01.04.02

I haven't been following Andromeda as much as I would like to, but I don't remember the crew trying to overthrow the current corrupt government.

Unless its gone in a completely different direction in the past two weeks or so, the crew of the Andromeda want to bring a big galatic government back, not overthrow one.

ONLY NICE THINGS

23:22 / 01.04.02

Ah yes, but the intentions of both Blake and Hunt are to restore a model of interplanetary civilisation. In Hunt's case this means reestablishing the Commonwealth, as it was a genuinely benign government (although it would be interesting, albeit unlikely, if it turned out that this was simply not the case). In Blake's case he is striving for the removal of the influence of the corrupt and autocratic federation, allowing (as far as one can tell) greater autonomy for planets currently under its aegis. In both cases they are attempting to impose a political plan, the only difference being that in Hunt's case the greatest danger is posed by the absence of regulation caused by the collapse of the Commonwealth, whereas Blake sees the Federation *as* the danger.

Trijhaos

23:48 / 01.04.02

It would be interesting if the Commonwealth wasn't as benevolent as Dylan makes it out to be. Because he lived during the time the Commonwealth was in control, he could have an idealized vision of the whole thing. For the crew of the Andromeda, the Commonwealth is history, legend, and all that. It may look better than what they have now, but what happens when/if the Commonwealth is restored? What if the Commonwealth is just as bad as all the planetary governments, just on a grander scale?

I think that'd be the interesting thing to do, but sometimes when watching Andromeda I get this "Hercules in Space" vibe. Dylan is going to do what's good for the people, and if in the end the Commonwealth ends up being corrupt, he's going to work at bringing it down.

Unfortunately, I am not too familiar with Blake's 7; it was a wee bit before my time.

gridley

13:45 / 06.04.02

The Commonwealth being not so perfect could actually work in Andromeda but it would have to have been subtlely flawed, not obviously so. With this as the case, Dylan Hunt could be struggling to recreate the platonic ideal of his Commonwealth and not the literal failure that actualy existed.

(also, I was forgetting that both Blake's Seven and Farscape begin with a bunch of kooky prisoners seizing control of a bizarre ship far more powerful than what their captors had.)

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