MANTICHORUS'S BLOG
"I was aiming for his head" -- Blake's7 & Firefly
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 10:25 AM
The hero is cornered, about to die when, BANG! The crew member who seems the most self-serving at times shoots the villain just in the nick of time."Good shot." The hero compliments.
"I was aiming for his head." The other replies.
No, not The Train Job , but a Blake's 7 episode, Orac , written and broadcast in 1978.
In this case, the titular hero, Roj Blake, is almost shot by Commander Travis, who has a blaster in his left arm (which he fairly blames Blake for), when Kerr Avon shoots Travis in said hand.
When I saw this first over the summer, my reaction was, understandably "Huh."
So, is this just a coincidence, or did Joss and Tim make an homage in The Train Job to another cult sci-fi show?
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