Blake's 7 Series 3 - Acceptable in the 80's?

[Gnorris73]

I've been watching the show through from the beginning, my first time as an adult, and was really impressed with the show - right up until the episode this video kicks off with, 'Harvest of Kairos'. It is by far the most unintentionally hilarious tv episode I've ever seen. The 'rapey' guy is comedy gold.

"Woman. You're beautiful."

[rcottam]

Inspired! Well done! Great editing, very subtle sometimes, very audacious at others! This is a work of love and it shows. Thanks for putting the time in to do this - it could possibly spawn new interest in the enigma that was Blake's 7.

[ewaf88]

Well edited. I've always liked well timed cuts that flow with the music.

[philly0768]

Excellent soundtrack to a great video, well done!! I used to love this show when I was about 13 years old!

[MrAlexeiGil]

this video is a question and the answer is yes

[isuru1976]

That space craft looks like a syringe..;)

[angloyank]

All-righty then.

[angloyank]

Al-righty then.

[ColonelAstrid]

Avon was da man

[TheBadPupp]

Loved it. Was missing one Character in the montage. You forgot Commander Travis

[SciFiFangirlsFTW]

@TheBadPupp He wasn't in Series 3.

[TheBadPupp]

@TheBadPupp Thank you my mistake

[ldlmedia]

It's Sweaty Raphael!



[sfsfhfshfs]

Oh yes very good, excellent compilation AAA

[Coillscath]

1:43 the camera must've been bumped between the setup and Tarrant moving on set for the teleport, hahaha.

[LKGoodnight]

This video is awesome! )))

[CYBERDOODY]

Fighting sequences in Blakes 7 were awesome

[rosefnjt]

For this mp3 goto everymp3rip doht cohm.

[Nautilus1972]

How many times did Avon have the chance to kill Servalan and then get off with her instead?

[SciFiFangirlsFTW]

Excuse while I squee away to nothing.

This is possibly the greatest fanvid EVER.

[Allronix]

Wonderful song to show off the sheer levels of marvelous cheese! I discovered this series in the nod-nineties, courtesy of fanfic recs. You bet it was "acceptable in the eighties!" Oh, but Servalan is still one of the most savvy and clever villains of all time, the show's tone inspired just about everything on the air today (which is not necessarily a good thing), and the video was very well-edited.

[ZZTopRockman]

AVON LOVE <3

[RevengeOfTheAbyss]

Haha, nice flip.

[VidarHD]

veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery nice!

[BuhoLoco40]

This video was well done. Nicely synced.

[deedia]

this is more 70's than 80's

[SciFiFangirlsFTW]

@deedia Acctually, there were two seriesof Blakes 7 in the 70's and two in the 80's. However, if you read the title of the video, this is just Blakes 7 SERIES 3, which most definately WAS the 80's. OK? It helps to read. ;-)

[Alphan]

pure 70's . NOT 80's.

Man Servalan is hot.

[mikser]

@Alphan True but it did run until 1981. Its interesting to see how the show's style reflects the fashion of the New Romantics such as Ultravox or Soft Cell.

[cherryunlimited]

i love this so much, i want to marry it.

[cherryunlimited]

i declare here without hyperbole that this is The Best Thing i have Ever Seen in my Life.

[jasoncottles1]

who need s reality shows?

[RevengeOfTheAbyss]

Its good to be alive.

[Psychocybinator]

lol, He looked like he was trying to blow her up with that kiss. It didn't work though...

[CaptEoNinja83]

Wow, how many women did Avon smooch? He's quite the player! I think it's the outfits.

[TVwriter23]

@zephranna01 like any human

[crbennett1965]

This is marvelous! Very well selected clips and very good timing. I'd forgotten what a wonderful disco ball Zen used to be. I very much miss this show. It had to be so much fun to bring to life.

[TVwriter23]

@zephranna01 Texas. Sorry if you see this two other times. I posted, but it never came up. Is anyone else having these problems on the YT format?

[TVwriter23]

@zephranna01 Not where I grew up

[ginbottle3]

Servalan; played magnificently by Marc Almond.

[Nautilus1972]

Excellent!

[SonOfFurzehatt]

I should like to watch that again.

[Dramliza]

I wanted to be Servalan :)

[SonOfKwisatzHaderach]

Has anyone stopped to consider how prophetic the series & writings of the late & Very Great Terry Nation were ? Cameras everywhere, control through a police state. Suppression of decenters.... (and much more that is hidden from the public) ... NuLabour Government anyone...? NOW, I know we are all here for FUN, and I can already hear people saying "bugger off with your conspiracy theories", sure, I'll leave that up to you.... But if you ARE curious go to: theantiterrorist channel you-tube

[wayne39]

Servalan was one sexy lady!!!

[RevengeOfTheAbyss]

Guards! Take this primitive to the punishment cells! hahahahahhahahahahaa....

[potus170142]

Excellent work! I'm particularly fond of all the double takes. I'm going to be like Avon when I grow up.

[douglasrenkbrook]

Brilliant good job loved it!

[Twornpoobar]

02:07 The first ever Blue Man Group

[DoctorDodge]

I haven't even got up to Series 3 yet and even I find it addictive to watch! In fact it was partially this vid that got me to start watching the series in the 1st place!

The other reason? Avon and his awesome, deadpan one liners!

[TheBONGONLY]

whatta load of cheap garbage....

[TheLeaveMe]

creative

[AUTORECOVERYUK]

Great video well done. How i miss the 80's when men were men and women had nice sexy figures not the size zero stick insects of today. Shows like this and space 1999 were so exciting but after all this time real life still aint like this in the space race. Which is a shame . Great memories of a great era.

[RogueBrit]

For a low budget it was ambitious I loved it :)

[completelycrazed]

I think Blakes 7 is perfectly acceptable...hope to be receiving the job lot for Christmas from her indoors....

[Saiaton]

Hmmm? Acceptable then for women to fight and be sexual on a par with men but not now, or an incredible misunderstanding of the PC that started to set in around then that started to frown on that kind of earlier openness?

[da100thmonkey]

ha ha great edit

funny - but acceptable? thank f**k I was a nineties grunge kid!

[berlinmitte10117]

Hmmm - half of this series was made in the late-70's but hey, it's still great

[AlbinoCaterpillar]

She means Series 3 only.

[jdrukman]

Great editing job.

[samfnz]

I must have watched this 50 times. Cracks me up every time - and I don't think I realised at first just how superb the editing is. Magnificent.

[MichaelHeroin]

I'm so addicted to this, I actually now know all the words and dance around pretending to be on Blakes seven when I watch it.

LOOK WHAT YOU DID!

[AlbinoCaterpillar]

I know Joseph's Coat back to front, left to right and wrapped around a pencil because of the same reason (except I pretend to be Colin Baker).

[MrWombatPPC]

Woman Your Beautiful. !! haha.. Only in the 70's - 80's.

[jesuscora]

Is it an orgasm in 1:50?

[spazzy69]

If Avon is anywhere in the vicinity, it probably is.

[spazzy69]

Brilliant!  Moar!!!

[fireiciclespark]

What a great video.

[Elektra97]

I'm in hell and it's full of Avon's... lol.

Great vid. :-)

[typefourty]

I think this is my favorite B7 video. :)

[LongLiveHumour]

Damn you, I can't stop watching this.

[voodoograndma]

Fantastic.

[chart3]

I just got into this series a couple of months ago having just completed series/season 1. Thanks for posting this clips with that great song. No wonder my 80's generation is so screwed up, lol.

[noneuclidean]

I miss this fantastic show.

Note at 1:50 that she looks frighteningly like Paul Reubens for a moment.

[1adadada]

great vid!!

[brainwires]

Good Stuff.. Gr8 wrk.. Kudos to Blake's 7

[SPeacock]

Happy Birthday, Paul Darrow :)

[hylasdrowned]

What, no clips from Power? "It's your strength, Pella...and no matter how you use it, a man's will always be greater."

[SPeacock]

That episode's from Series 4. This video focuses on Series 3.

[zzeesonja]

Cool video!!! i like Avon he's my favorite second in command in sci-fi. He wasn't some mindless yes man.

[LisaLisaSE]

Avon was always snogging someone, usually Servelan. Very nice looking woman Jacqueline Pierce was and not many can carry off hair that short.

[BeautyofMercury]

Very Awesome, nice work with the beat!

[UnitG2]

Best fanvid. Period. Thanks Carol and Calvin.

[timelordfromhell]

fantastic editing! very funny :) just perfect for series 3

[Sclemtak]

Great Video!,Great series!..Loved it.

[hartmusc]

Yes, great editing. Worth watching to the end.

[stashyjon]

man great bit of editing, and love Blakes 7

[TVwriter23]

I was born in 1980 does that cout for the love.lol

[fires2008]

yeh! why cant we do this in the 2000's?

[TVwriter23]

Well one all of the cast would have to look like little kids.lol

[SPeacock]

WE LOVE AVON!! :)

[TVwriter23]

We mos def need shows like this again.lol

[thatjimguy]

the ending was great

[thatjimguy]

...but I gotta say some of that hand to hand combat might just be worse than Kirk vs Gorn.

[XYOUNGWOLFX]

Space invaders had nothing on this or even Doctor Who except for Tom Baker no one messes with tom and Leala that bitch was one tough woman constantly in a state of pms.

[XYOUNGWOLFX]

Acceptable? goddanm right! it makes me want to drop acid and chill out watching this weird shit

[zzclarda1]

WOW...Bring back the 80,s and Blakes 7

[TVwriter23]

These shows were fun. Shows today need to also cast older people. I"m tired of seeing kids all of the time. And they don't always have to look like freaking models.

[fucheduck]

@TVwriter23 I was so young then... If men were men, Holiwood would go under the ocean(where it should be). lol

[tumadoireacht]

that degrading and primitive act in the control room- i should like you to do it again-reads like a john mccain joke

[zwsite]

One of my favourite YouTube videos - never fails to make me smile. Great work.

[typefourty]

Cool. Would be great to see an extended version of this song.

[desmoove]

Great vid!

[eyeheartdrwho]

man i <3 this video!

Ican't stop watching it plus it's added to my favourites!

lovage xx

[Schartau]

Hey, awesome! 5*

[JSYBen]

Fantastic. A video that's actually edited to go with the song, not just the song played over about 5 clips. Great stuff.

[TheUTubeTeamSucks]

I have to say that was brilliant! The song went well wuth the clip and you synced it superbly with the footage. 10/10. There's quite a few of these kind of things where someone cobbles together clips of a show with a song and they turn out rubbish, but this was manifique ! Big Blakes 7 fan too as well, so it was doubly good !

[Corbydallas]

Woman! You're beautiful! Love this so much, chiz Shaun. Ok man I'll rewatch Blakes 7 with you anytime. :)

[crycraven]

MrsKerrAvon is back as Crycraven...and I STILL love this! xxx

[MrsKerrAvon]

This never fails to make me laugh...and you may notice a new dance craze sweeping Cambridge, called 'The Avon Chop'. All thanks to your amazing editing! More please!! xx

[rorypayton]

SO well put together.. I love this!

Nicely done.

[CPhillips92]

Ben Steed, who wrote the episode from which the "primitive act" bookending this vid comes (The Harvest of Kairos) was a bit of a male chauvinist. It's a recurrent theme in his B7 episodes, most obviously here and in "Power" in season 4, where Avon's male physical strength is asserted to be the source of his ultimate superiority over the women opposing the crew.

[sammypalme]

super-ace, even the unbelievably camp moment at 38 seconds!

[HappiWho]

Fantastic!

Well Done! :)

[desperatehouse]

nice work.thanks

[AnEclecticMusicFan]

Brilliant vid and music combo - now where did I put those spangles...

[tpwombat]

Thank you soo much. Seeing this just made my evening =)

Lot of work there getting the beat right on the character movements, very very nice =)

Brilliant.

Also thank you to mrrugsunshine. I will never be able to look at Servalan the same way again. You git =)

[mrrugsunshine]

Featuring a pre-op Marc Almond

[darrelluk]

brilliant :-)

[transtemp]

Love it.

[LOZTINA]

Kool AS

[Midlandsgoat]

Great tight editing loved the bit at 0.25/26

Great choice of music

[PopeMarmalade3rd]

It's amazing how you can make a whole series for £5.75p LOL! I used to love it as a kid.

[CPhillips92]

What I loved the most was that all alien worlds in the galaxy looked startlingly like Dorset. Just visualise standing on the edge of a majestic ocean on a faraway planet, and marvelling at its grey skies and shingle beaches, or braving the ferocious hostility of a granite quarry. Best ep for this is Deathwatch, where the two combatants fight in a synthesized mega-arena of, err, what looks like some knackered old factory in south London.

[unhurtredux]

this is a thing of pure glee. love it!

[SJAtributes]

brilliant vid!

[nemopriest]

Those silver men! They crumbled! I wanna see that episode again to find out what happened.

[blades33]

Totally awesome!

[meredithgracek]

Servelan rocks and this video rocks!!! The 80's cheesy effects were great! Makes me want to start a fan made Blakes 7 with cradboard sets and cheesy video footage.

[choox]

very cool man !

[buffykidd1971]

fantastic! well done

I tell ya, I think servalan was extremely pretty, and looking back on it now, with her and annie lennox they were my first crush.. it isn't noonly men who loved em ya know

[spadesghost]

annie was .. rather hotly androgyne, agreed.

but so was bowie

[orac101]

Brilliantly done!

[ninthcouncil]

Perfect! Very nicely done.

[Fetz17]

Brilliant, just brilliant!

[deadpool2099]

Blake's 7 shows consisted of about 8 real cool sci-fi episodes split up into 4 series, with two at the beginning of each series and two at the end.....in between were 9 or so episodes of rubbish!

[sammypalme]

not a million spatials from the truth deadpool! but a lot of top stuff in between too like rumours of death, city at the edge of the world, pressure point, sand... But it's a fairish point nonetheless. Anyway - a great compliation this, albeit for a show that was half made in the 70's! anyone got logic of empire on their hard drive by the way?!

[sammypalme]

ok, only 80's footage tho.. (oops)

[deadpool2099]

Ok..yea SAND was a good mid season 4 ep. I guess im thinking of season's 3 where they seemed to just be space hopping without any real plan (or script haha!) Still I watch them over on DVD so they must have some appeal.

[CPhillips92]

Season 3 is in many ways the most meandering and pointless, yet I think it's my favourite overall, and I couldn't quite tell you why. It does feature the special effects nadir, though: the hilariously awful pantomime-standard creatures in Harvest of Kairos. And Dawn of the Gods is just atrocious.

[MintSource3000]

Servalan for president

[sealsong]

Most acceptable!:) Love it!

[ambereine]

Very, very funny and just perfect. Thanks, you little genius, you.

[MrAsvids]

Absolutely superb.

[blakesspace]

Great job!

Love the song.

[JimHewittWhite]

I think I'm falling in love with gawdblesshim. Only one other Blake's 7 fanvid has made me laugh this much...

[pryorj2011]

I love Blake's 7! I didn't even care when the show suddenly became more about Avon's love life than fighting the Federation! That song fits perfectly and it even looks like they're dancing to it in some spots!

[SciFiAssasin]

I hate you. That was so good. :)

[kaycatlady65]

Great fun. The song is so appropriate. But I still love this programme so much and suspect I am probably in a timewarp or something!