Classic BBC Sci-fi Series Blake's 7 To Return On Syfy Channel

Zaiff Urgulbunger writes "According to the BBC, 'Cult classic sci-fi series Blake's 7 is to be remade for the Syfy network, it has been announced. FremantleMedia International said 13 hour-long episodes will be written by Heroes writer Joe Pokaski.' Here's hoping the special effects budget will be higher than for the original series! Also, I'm hoping that the Liberator is of similar design and includes Zen — the ships computer."

Comments

Bring back ORAC!

[SuricouRaven]

The stuck-up, annoyingly smug computer. It's a billion times smarter than the rest of the crew put together, and doesn't try to hide it. A computer so obnoxious, most conversations ended with someone cutting the power to shut it up. I want to see ORAC again.

How many other computers, when asked if they can perform a video analysis task, announce they just did it - but won't share the result, considering such menial number-crunching beneath them?

My emotions as I started reading...

[emag]

Classic BBC Sci-fi Series Blake's 7 To Return

*gasp!* *overwhelming joy*

On Syfy Channel

*neutral* "Oh...."

is to be remade

*anger* "... fuck!"

by Heroes writer

*rage* "NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!"

Maybe I should just import a Region 2 DVD player and the discs from the UK, since it looks like it never got released here in the US.

Re:I'll miss the old school special effects

[fermion]

If they blow the entire budget on fx then all will be lost. Blake's 7 was arguable about Avon and Servilan, the force in which Paul and Jacqueline played those characters. It is kind of like bones and spock. Sure Blake and Kirk were important, but the melodrama kind of made the show, and the fx were of little consequence.

It is going to be interesting to see what SyFy does with it. A lot of their stuff lately is industrial fashion or magics, which does not really lend itself to Blake. Battlestar Galactica is more in line, but they even that included unnecessary magics. The social commentary in Blake is subtle and morality ambiguous, something that is hard to do on and American TV show.

Re:I'll miss the old school special effects

[geekoid]

" It has good stories probably because they didn't have to rely on the effects."
no ,it has a good story becasue it was written well. I could list many, many bad show that also didn't have effects.

"The new Doctor Who now has a good budget, but they have gotten over reliant on the imagery at times. All newer sci-fi has."
yes, it was the over reliant of imagery that had my daughter crying, and me come down with a sudden case of 'hay fever' at the end of the pond story line.