Comments | temeres: Nearer five than fifty shades of grey

temeres

Nearer five than fifty shades of grey

Dec 18, 2016 01:12

At least that's the main impression I was left with after our regular Saturday gaming fixture was cancelled so we could all troop off to the cinema. Do I need to tell you what we went to see? And you know what, it was pretty damn good ( Read more... )

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kalypso_v December 19 2016, 04:46:20 UTC

I keep hearing good things about this film - it's a pity it will probably move on before I get round to seeing it. One review said it was pretty much the terrorist's eye-view of Star Wars which made me wonder whether if it had a touch of Blake's Seven.

temeres December 19 2016, 15:26:27 UTC

I wouldn't call it a terrorists' eye view as such, but there are some rebels in it that come really close to being terrorists (and in a quasi-Middle Eastern city too), and we're expected to root for them more than we do for the Empire. So it does sort of invite a degree of empathy for the terrorist. I doubt if B7 was a direct influence, though.

watervole December 20 2016, 18:48:40 UTC

There's a very visible Blake's 7 homage and I'm surprised Neil missed it.
I'm convinced this was intentional - http://watervole.livejournal.com/623221.html

temeres December 20 2016, 20:38:35 UTC

It may or may not have been intentional, but yes, I did miss it. Something to do with being out of fandom for a while, I think...

pantheia December 19 2016, 13:37:10 UTC

Hi. Feels weird to be back. How are you? x

temeres December 19 2016, 15:27:27 UTC

Ish, as usual. Nice to see you back. Expect my next LJ post in about 18 months.