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 Survivors S3 Ep12 Power
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| Paula |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:32
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I was waiting for him to meet his end.
Resist the Host
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:35
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Well they obviously didn"t think it was going to end. Pity. I'd have liked to see Iain Cuthbettson flinging his weight around in S4.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Paula |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:35
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That was a strange ending. Sure they have power- so life goes on? I'd have wanted to see the main group home and thriving I guess.
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:36
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Well. The end. Who'd have thought it? Were we still locked down when we started this rewatch?
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Paula |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:36
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Yes, you are correct. It was all set up for another series. That's why it didn't have a definitive ending.
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| Paula |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:37
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Well. The end. Who'd have thought it? Were we still locked down when we started this rewatch? I think so. Resist the Host
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:37
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That was a strange ending. Sure they have power- so life goes on? I'd have wanted to see the main group home and thriving I guess. There have been some audio dramas...maybe Big Finish? Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| Paula |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:39
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Well, this ending is going to bother me all day. Sure they got the power back on and the railways going but still- it's a long climb from that still. They could have gone a few more series but alas, it didn't happen. It was so enjoyable to have you watching with me. Thanks for all the great comments and humor. 'Night.
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| Paula |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:39
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That was a strange ending. Sure they have power- so life goes on? I'd have wanted to see the main group home and thriving I guess. There have been some audio dramas...maybe Big Finish? Yes, BF has done Survivors with some of the original cast. Resist the Host
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:40
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When we started this, I was a bit gloomy about it. My memories of watching Survivors were really dark and depressing. But I have actually really enjoyed watching it...and in great company too.
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 05-10-2022 19:41
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Night. Afternoon. Morning. They're all good! See you Tuesday .
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 07-10-2022 19:54
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Will catch up on your comments Paula and OSP. Would you both be interested in starting up something else on Wednesdays, starting from the first Wednesday of November? How about Fawlty Towers or the Prisoner, unless you have something else in mind? Vote Og.
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| M1795537OCVirn |
Posted on 08-10-2022 08:50
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Will catch up on your comments Paula and OSP. Would you both be interested in starting up something else on Wednesdays, starting from the first Wednesday of November? How about Fawlty Towers or the Prisoner, unless you have something else in mind? Er... please check the 'ideas for non-B7 rewatches' thread as well. "You're not sulking, I hope?"
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 11-10-2022 17:08
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Will catch up on your comments Paula and OSP. Would you both be interested in starting up something else on Wednesdays, starting from the first Wednesday of November? How about Fawlty Towers or the Prisoner, unless you have something else in mind? I am up for a rewatch of either. M'virn has suggested an alternative. Fight it out...  
Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 11-10-2022 18:22
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Will catch up on your comments Paula and OSP. Would you both be interested in starting up something else on Wednesdays, starting from the first Wednesday of November? How about Fawlty Towers or the Prisoner, unless you have something else in mind? I am up for a rewatch of either. M'virn has suggested an alternative. Fight it out... Cheers OSP. I'll add my suggestions to the other thread, so they are all in the same place, as I've already told off for not noticing the other thread 
Vote Og.
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| GradeFourIgnorant |
Posted on 12-02-2023 18:23
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I think it's interesting. Power feels like it's the start of a series setting up a new status quo, and that Long Live the King feels more like a series finale, with the myth of King Greg being used to usher in federation. There's also a nice, unintended, mirroring that in The Fourth Horseman David and Abby sit down to supper by candlelight because they have to, but here the Laird and Mrs. Crombie sit down to supper by candlelight because they want to. |
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| OneSparePart |
Posted on 12-02-2023 19:25
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I think it's interesting. Power feels like it's the start of a series setting up a new status quo, and that Long Live the King feels more like a series finale, with the myth of King Greg being used to usher in federation. There's also a nice, unintended, mirroring that in The Fourth Horseman David and Abby sit down to supper by candlelight because they have to, but here the Laird and Mrs. Crombie sit down to supper by candlelight because they want to. S3 was up and down...not just in the quality of the writing but also in the intent of the story. It was literally and metaphorically all over the place. A 4th series would have been interesting with the writing quality of S1 and S2. The myth that they started to build around Gregg was a good idea but...oh, the pain of getting there. Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!
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| trevor travis |
Posted on 14-02-2023 09:42
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I think it's interesting. Power feels like it's the start of a series setting up a new status quo, and that Long Live the King feels more like a series finale, with the myth of King Greg being used to usher in federation. There's also a nice, unintended, mirroring that in The Fourth Horseman David and Abby sit down to supper by candlelight because they have to, but here the Laird and Mrs. Crombie sit down to supper by candlelight because they want to. Power is a solid enough episode (which is a big plus point, after the drudgery of some other episodes from Season 3), but its problem is that it seems to belong to another series entirely. It just doesn't feel like Survivors - it's got a different tonal quality, while the regulars are either pushed into the background or completely absent. It's like there being a 53rd and final episode of B7 that decides to concentrate on what Arlen did next. Plus Power is insanely optimistic - Terry Nation would have never approved, if he hadn't been heaved aside at the end of the first season. On one point, about all those Scottish people still being alive, the Laird is simply lying. We don't see them and we know from Gone To The Angels you can't run and hide from the Death. And when you come under contact with a carrier you have the same (roughly) 1 in 10,000 chance of everyone else. Survivors was never supposed to have an optimistic ending. IMO Survivors should have ended two episodes earlier, with The Last Laugh and the rest of the regulars realising that Greg will die from smallpox. It would have been a much stronger ending, focusing on a main character. Vote Og.
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