nervouspete wrote:
I never really warmed to Blakes 7 to be honest, but I did quite like the first couple of episodes. To be honest, I must have caught some of the duffers or something. I remember getting annoyed at the sheer debilitating low budget of it all.
Blakes 7 does look cheap, but you have to look past that I'm afraid. It was made at a type of hyper-inflaition in this country. For example, despite budget increases by 1979 Doctor Who had 40% less money in real terms than in 1976. BBC budgets simply were not increasing with inflaition.
The series also has it's fair share of duff episodes. Having re-watched Season 4 recently, I liked it more than I did the first time round.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LnZnKSJ7pvQ - Scorpio crashes into the woods where they filmed Gladiator and the new Harry Potter. Paul Darrow also demonstrates that his acting ability also extends to staggering around.