I watched blakes 7 4 1st time and noticed Garak

[Solarbaby]

Is this not in fact Garak? It sounds and acts exactly like Garak would do had he been surgically altered to appear human?

It so uncanny I can;t help but wonder if DS9 producers have based Garak on him?

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A-1-oehHZk[/yt]

 

[T'Girl]

That has to be the most non-violent assault I've ever seen (or not seen).

 

[DWF]

Vila was a coward and a thief, nothing at all like Garak.

ETA: If Garak was similar to anybody on Blake's 7 it was Avon, Avon was allowed to hit a woman, shoot somebody in the back and was sexually ambiguous, for the most part.

 

[MacLeod]

^The real question is though who was the star of B7 in the beginning Blake or Avon.

 

[DWF]

^The real question is though who was the star of B7 in the beginning Blake or Avon.

Blake in the beginning, it took Avon a while to come into his own as a character.

 

[Guy Gardener]

No, he was magnificent from day one.

Villa "Well tell me this, if you're the galaxy's greatest, most intelligent computer criminal, then what are you doing here? on a prison barge half way to a penal colony?"

Avon "Because I made one simple mistake."

Villa "What was that?"

Avon "I trusted other people."

 

[Dukhat]

Is this not in fact Garak? It sounds and acts exactly like Garak would do had he been surgically altered to appear human?

It so uncanny I can;t help but wonder if DS9 producers have based Garak on him?

That is actor Michael Keating, and his character is Vila Restal on Blake's Seven. In no way is he Garak, nor was he an inspiration for the Garak character.

 

[DWF]

No, he was magnificent from day one.

Villa "Well tell me this, if you're the galaxy's greatest, most intelligent computer criminal, then what are you doing here? on a prison barge half way to a penal colony?"

Avon "Because I made one simple mistake."

Villa "What was that?"

Avon "I trusted other people."

But he was still secondary to Blake at that point, it was later on that Avon came into his own.

 

[Lonemagpie]

No, he was magnificent from day one.

Villa "Well tell me this, if you're the galaxy's greatest, most intelligent computer criminal, then what are you doing here? on a prison barge half way to a penal colony?"

Avon "Because I made one simple mistake."

Villa "What was that?"

Avon "I trusted other people."

But he was still secondary to Blake at that point, it was later on that Avon came into his own.

He's actually, IMO, better and more interesting as the guy at odds with Blake than he is as leader. He - both character and actor - has something to spark off, and loses something when he becomes the star.

 

[DWF]

No, he was magnificent from day one.

Villa "Well tell me this, if you're the galaxy's greatest, most intelligent computer criminal, then what are you doing here? on a prison barge half way to a penal colony?"

Avon "Because I made one simple mistake."

Villa "What was that?"

Avon "I trusted other people."

But he was still secondary to Blake at that point, it was later on that Avon came into his own.

He's actually, IMO, better and more interesting as the guy at odds with Blake than he is as leader. He - both character and actor - has something to spark off, and loses something when he becomes the star.

I have to more or less agree with you there, but thanks to Robert Holmes, Avon had some great moments with Vila as well.

 

[MacLeod]

Avon was definantly one of the more memorable characters of the show as was Servelan.

 

[Shatnertage]

I thought Stringer Bell really stole the show, even though he was nominally Avon's #2. Still, he was no match for Clay Davis.

 

[Destructor]

I love Avon and love Blake's 7.

 

[dempsey022]

thanks you