In Blake’s 7 the whole cast of heroes are misanthropes in a crapsack universe who low-key hate each other but do what they can to make the best of it, with varying results.
The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is about a bunch of inveterate losers in a smug universe who would generally rather be doing anything at all apart from their adventures.
Red Dwarf is a fun tale of screwups in space struggling to accomplish anything meaningful in six seasons (followed by more seasons of diminishing returns.)
(The Brits seem to be pretty good at this sort of thing.)
He said that he and his mates liked American war movies better than the British ones, because the British movies were almost always about the officers and the American ones were usually about the enlisted men.
In Blake’s 7 the whole cast of heroes are misanthropes in a crapsack universe who low-key hate each other but do what they can to make the best of it, with varying results.
Farscape is this, more or less, and a mix of british , american and australian attitudes (and cast)
In Blake’s 7 the whole cast of heroes are misanthropes in a crapsack universe who low-key hate each other but do what they can to make the best of it, with varying results.
The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is about a bunch of inveterate losers in a smug universe who would generally rather be doing anything at all apart from their adventures.
Red Dwarf is a fun tale of screwups in space struggling to accomplish anything meaningful in six seasons (followed by more seasons of diminishing returns.)
(The Brits seem to be pretty good at this sort of thing.)
You reminded me of a comment Michael Caine made.
He said that he and his mates liked American war movies better than the British ones, because the British movies were almost always about the officers and the American ones were usually about the enlisted men.
Farscape is this, more or less, and a mix of british , american and australian attitudes (and cast)
Very true! I loved Farscape, and not enough people know about it any more.