Blake's 7 Remake In the Works

bowman9991 writes "Remember the BBC's Blake's 7? Looks like the classic space adventure series is being reworked by Sky One. If they get it right (like the recent Battlestar Galactica revamp), this one has massive potential. 'As part of a drive to invest more in homegrown drama, Sky One has ordered scripts for two 60-minute pilot episodes. If successful, it will be expanded into a six-part series.' Created by Terry Nation, the man responsible for the Daleks in Doctor Who, Blake's 7 ran from 1978 to 1981 and had cult appeal. The effects were average, but the story and characters were compelling."

Comments

It's Servalan

[Reality Master 201]

And she'd have you killed for that.

Re:Good Luck Watching It Outside the UK

[TheRaven64]

It's not being made by the BBC, it's being made by Sky, which is part of Murdock's empire and so will, no doubt, be widely distributed to anyone who wants to buy it (unless it's a cable company that competes with Sky).

Re:can hardly wait

[OriginalArlen]

I must say the practice of picking your Slashdot username from cheesy British science fiction TV of the 70s is totally lame, and betrays a pathetic obsession with nostalgia at the expense of personal development.

Also, Arlen was by far the sexiest female character in the whole show. A lot of women on the B7 slash fanfic list I accidentally ended up subscribed to for a while had different ideas about the most attractive characters on the show, though. Not to mention leather trousers...

Re:Stationed in the UK

[techno-vampire]

I've heard that B7 once had to stop shooting in a quarry because of noise. The director (I think) went over a ridge to find out what was going on and found that Dr. Who was using the same quarry.

Re:The effects were 'average'?

[pipingguy]

They are definitley not to the level of Battlestar, but that's really high-end compared

Yet BG still seems to hire exclusively hungover camera operators with delirium tremens.

Re:can hardly wait

[Ford Prefect]

I must say the practice of picking your Slashdot username from cheesy British science fiction TV of the 70s is totally lame, and betrays a pathetic obsession with nostalgia at the expense of personal development.

Nerd! Neeeeerd! ...

Oh, wait.