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Blake's 7, Vol. 09 - Horizon / Pressure Point [VHS]

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This is one of my favorite Blakes 7 tapes! "Horizon", where they happen on a primitive world being strip-mined and enslaved by the Federation, contains one of the most-quoted Avon lines of the series..."I'm not expendible, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going!" "Pressure Point" is one of the pivotal episodes, where the first of the crew actually dies (but you have to watch it to find out which one.)

The next vol. of Blake's 7 entitled Horizon and Pressure Point

Epsiode entitled Horizon
Blake and the others have come to what they know as the edge of Federation space thier they find a lone planet called Horizon. They spot a deep space Federation transport ship heading for Horizon. Blake wonders what the Federation wants out here in the middle of know where. Nither Zen nor ORAC can figure out why so Blake decides to find out. There he finds Federation soldiers working with a primative people. Some seem to be mining something while others seem to be reaping the rewards of being freinds with the Federation. Blake has to find out the truth behind Horizon or die trying.
The next episode entitled PRESSURE POINT
Blake has just made course corrections to Earth. There he intends to rip out the very heart of the Federation the computer known as Control. Gan points out to blake and the others that control is the one place in the Federation where no one has broken into. blake doesn't care he want's to end this war with the Federation and to do that he must destroy control. A group of rebels operating on earth are meeting with Blake and the others. Servalan and Travis have been watching this group for sometime to spring on Blake and the others. Can Blake win? Can the Federation be stopped in one dangerous gamble? After watching this epsiode the of Blake 7 will never be the same again.

Volume 9 of "Blake's 7" on video contains two more episodes of this classic British sci-fi series. These episodes continue the saga of Blake, a rebel who is waging an interplanetary war against the oppressive Federation.

In "Horizon" (the first episode on the tape), Blake and his crew travel to the distant planet Horizon, where the natives are being ruthlessly exploited as slave labor by the Federation. A struggle emerges involving Blake's crew, the visiting Federation official, and the native leader who has been turned into a Federation puppet. I can't help but view this episode as an ironic commentary on England's own colonial past in Africa and India.

In "Pressure Point," the next episode, Blake plans a daring strike on Earth, the heart of the Federation. This is a grim and suspenseful episode. This installment also offers a tantalizing glimpse into the background of Blake's nemesis Servalan.

These episodes contain many of the elements that make B7 such a compelling saga: intriguing characters, intelligent dialogue, and low-budget inventiveness. Essential viewing for fans of great sci-fi sagas.

More classics of a classic series!

"Horizon" features an original and frightening aspect of what happens when the entire crew (but one) are captured and sent into slave labor. The one remaining is Avon, who has from the start wanted to keep out of harm's (and Blake's vigilante-like) way. Avon saves them in the end.

Another refreshing part is Ro, who rules planet Horizon - who is actually a puppet by some Federation people who are there only to mine the planet's resources. Ro and his mate come across as real people, not just stick figures, and that adds GREATLY to an already superb story.

"Pressure Point" is sadly predictable in terms of the old "Let's advertise an empty room as being our control center" even though such tactics do work in real life, even to this day. What is unpredictable is the death of one character. It's not the strongest death scene every made for the series or ever made, period, but it suffices for what it needs to do. This story features a wealth of strong characters and typical Federation brutality which surely must have tempted British censors!

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