Mel Saxby wrote:
>
> Nico wrote:
>
> Tony Attwood may be putting out a special edition of 'Afterlife', and
> perhaps a sequel.
>
> Aarggh!! No offence to Tony Attwood, but I thought 'Afterlife' was
> absolutely horrible, and bore very little relation to either
> characters or
> series as most fans viewed them even at the time. It might have been
> interesting as an original novel, without Avon and Vila, but
> as B7 it failed
> very badly. I bought it with high hopes, years ago when it
> first came out,
> and was deeply disappointed No trace of how Avon might be dealing with
> shooting his best friend in a tragic misunderstanding, or the
> loss of his
> crew. No sense at all of the man who stood protectively over
> Blake's body at
> Gauda Prime. I didn't expect a total emotional wallow, but
> some indication
> of feeling would have been nice. It just didn't work at all for me.
I've never read it, and have heard bad things, but I wouldn't mind checking
it out. What I found so interesting, and why I posted it, was what Tony said
about the original plans Terry Nation had - that Vila and Avon survived and
were to go on to a new series if S5 failed to go ahead. Wish I'd known what
the new series was to be about. And how they'd have handled Avon's feelings
as you said, and Vila's too - at being despised and almost killed by Avon,
sneered at afterwards, led into a near death trap, and watching Avon murder
Blake, whom he liked, and who respected him and treated him better than the
others did. Why would he have stayed with Avon? Fear of retribution if he
deserted (which Avon would see as betrayal)?
Nico
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