18-11-2019, 09:08
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Re: The War Of The Worlds
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Originally Posted by Chris
On the contrary - Blake’s 7 makes useful observations about the logical end point of a totalitarian regime propped up by high technology (and then, like Wells, postulates that an alien invasion, by someone all the more powerful, renders oppressor and oppressed alike, all but impotent ... sorry, season 2 spoiler). The difference between Blake’s 7 and the present adaptation of WOTW is that Blake’s 7 for the most part just shows you the evil, especially in its earlier episodes, before Servalan was allowed to become a pantomime evil queen, and while they had the benefit of the more measured portrayal of Travis by Stephen Grief. The production team on WOTW have tilted towards leaden dialogue and over-cooked looks of horror/sympathy to underscore the political message. They could have been a lot more subtle, but subtle exposition of social and political topics is not a hallmark of British tv drama at the moment, sadly.
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See? You've looked into it far too much for sub texts. It's just entertainment. I love it for the costumes; the blond woman looks likes she's stepped straight out of Abba , in her high heeled boots, and keeps tripping up over the sets
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