And Then There's That Other Show I'm Obsessed With...

I've just been checking out the new official Blake's 7 website (an unfortunate flash-based monstrosity that unwisely favors cosmetic slickness over ease of navigation). It seems that the much-anticipated[*] TV-movie project is now going to be a 4-part miniseries. Assuming it gets off the ground at all, that is, as it looks like they're still having trouble getting the money together. They're hoping to have it out by sometime in 2005, though.

Apparently the premise is that Avon (somehow) managed to survive the shootout on Gauda Prime and has been languishing in a prison for 25 years, only to (somehow) end up becoming a reluctant figurehead for a new group of rebels. Which actually seems to me like an idea with some promise, vague as it is... But the sheer number of ways in which it could be handled badly certainly gives me pause, especially given the track records of some of the people involved.

At any rate, Paul Darrow (Avon) is definitely going to be the only original cast member in the thing. Sigh. I think I'd feel at least 50% better about the possibilities if only they'd have seen fit to bring back Vila...


[*] Albeit often with dread.