Liberator Homage
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- Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024
- I just had a yen to model the iconic Liberator starship from the old BBC scifi series, Blakes 7. The model and animation were created entirely with Blender 2.79, and the video was put together with Movavi Video Editor. Engine sounds from SoundDogs.com.
I grew up with Blake's 7 and the Liberator is still my favourite sci-fi ship, it's just perfect.
Really, a beautiful ship. I think it is something about the balance in the design. The visual weight of the nacelles is perfectly balanced by the globe like element. Also, it fulfils some sort of a desire for a star ship to look startling. It is something different from the run of ships that runs from 2001 through Silent Running to Space 1999 to Star Wars (which share something of an evolving "look". The Liberator has different visual DNA.
I love the 70’s SCI FI, because of its simplicity. No CGI, no actors wanting millions. All actors did what they did because they wanted to.
The Liberator is just a timeless design - apart from the anglepoise lamps. The whole alien concept of the ship still looks awesome in the 21st Century and the look of the flight deck, the guns and even the teleport bracelets still captivate me over 40 years later.
I watched the show on BBC1 as a child and yes my Christmas was ruined in 1981! 😱
I LOVE THE LIBERATOR IT HAS THE MOST UNUSUAL BUT BEAUTIFUL DESIGN OF STAR SHIPS
There is no ship like the Liberator it is iconic and unique, there is no mistaking that silhouette.
Liking very much. Thanks for showcasing your Liberator and for the good information about Terry Nation and his team including Roger Murray-Leach.
I don't care who designed it or what the critics thought, it's a brilliant design and I certainly hope if a new movie or series is ever made they don't touch the design
Hear hear!
Having a set designer come up with the design may have been the best idea. I remember hearing that there were two set designers for the first Alien film, one for the Nostromo, and another for the crashed alien spacecraft on the planet surface deliberately so that both would appear distinctly different from each other.
The Liberator in the second episode does look distinctly different to the Federation ship, and appears from the onset to be much more advanced than the Federation ships, so it achieves its purpose there.
As an aside, I wondered the first time I saw JMS's Excalibur - the "destroyer" class whitestars from Babylon 5/Crusade, if there had been some homage to Blake's 7 Liberator.
Certainly possible - the Drazi Sun Hawk had a very Liberator-like stern!
Damn. BBC needs to remake this series, loved this show.
👍👍👍🇦🇺
The greatest battleship ever built. Compare it to everything else since 1977 in series' or film, with the crew, Zen and Orac, they would have stood no chance. Egos killed it, shame.
My favourite Space vehicle of all time...great job!
Best sci-fi space craft ever
Good to see The Liberator with some CGI effects that the ship deserved.
Fantastic homage to one of the best sci-fi ships ever created. I loved this show and I have pre-ordered the Blu-Ray of the first season which hopefully should ship next month.
Thank you very much:)
LOVE IT!!! Thanks so much for posting. So great to see the old iconic ship looking 'unwobbly' & clear! lol... tht final flyover was superb! :)
They need to update blakes7 and redo series 4 to allow the liberator to survive. It never should have ended. Best UK sci fi we had.
Agreed! And what turned out to be the last episode ("Blake") was deeply unsatisfying as a finale.
@@0cyrhoe Agreed he would never have betrayed Avon or Villa. The planet hopper and Slave were a mistake it just did not work. Liberator should have regenerated after the explosion. The ships greatest asset was regeneration. It just did not make sense. I was so dissapointed in the 80s when Blakes 7 ended. The series should have been made into a film it would have been a box office success now. It was far better than DR Who or Tommorrows people which were about the only english SCI FI around that i enjoyed.
Beautiful.
That’s my childhood.
Amazing.
Thank you so much:)
So cool.
Nice. It was a lovely design.
I loved the design of The Liberator
Far better than the unbalanced top heavy look of Enterprise - D
When Terry Nation came up with ideas in Sci-fi was always going to be good, The BBC had a great team in those days, people that the BBC no longer approves off, can't have Socialist like Terry Nation having anything to do with the BBC now days, Terry Nation was also part of the Dr Who, story writers team, he was also behind the Survivors, which a remake was being done and then suddenly got cancelled for no reason at all. We need more people like Terry Nation
There's a RUclips video that says why the Survivors remake was cancelled. It might still be around. Apparently the BBC had high hopes for it, but that's all I can remember, sorry.
@@chrisparkes2179 You mean the connection of germ warfare against the public by their own Governments, and then what happens in 2019
Beautiful xx
I love that green glow in the depths of the intakes, really adds to the alien-ness if the design.
Thank you! It was a bit of artistic liberty, but it made a nice highlight:)
I think Gene Roddenberry would of approved.
One his requirements for the Enterprise design, was for the viewer to know it was the Enterprise from whatever angle.
And to never have any 'fins'.
I didn't know that! Yes, I think Liberator qualifies:)
After the end of series 3, it occurred to that knowing the limitations of Zen, the way the ship was badly damaged, including Zen's functions, the reason Zen apologised was because he had in fact come up with a solution, but it could not be implemented with any of the crew on board.
Once Villa left, Zen free to allow the engines to be engaged, and action which would have killed the crew.
Considering the destruction of the large planetoid near by, the eventual resurrection of Liberator would have been achieved.
Always wondered if that would have happened in a potential series 5
As an aside. also of interest the way Zen uses "I" to refer to himself when damaged.. "I am Sorry... I have failed you"
Si.I.D. did the same thing when he was damaged. "I have been hit... I have been hit.... I have been......hitt....."
Love those little snippets in character development
The best ship in space
"You can not defend yourselves from our mighty galactic invading force." "We're alright, thanks." "We have seen your pathetic ships. You stand no chance." "We found one of these things." "Where the... Sorry to bother you. We'll be off."
Zen, ahead standard by six!
Confirmed.
I saw one of the original models once, it was about 4 foot long surprisingly.
Brilliant
The mother of a gunstar
Now there's a ship I haven't heard mentioned for a year or two:)
Wonder what a 21st century Liberator would look like.
If you enter "Liberator blakes 7" on DeviantArt, some artists have posted some interesting variants. Please make sure to include 'blakes 7' in the search field though, or you'll get some very NSFW results!
The show wasn't the same without Zen and the Liberator.
I agree, although I did like the Scorpio too.
@@0cyrhoe No, it's not a patch on the Liberator.
I think it is the most beautiful spaceship EVER created in ANY series or movie.
I am watching the episode now when zen dies and I know that even at 56 years of age, i will hold back the tears.
zen? you didn't fail them.
It was all avons fault in my opinion.
Long live the liberator❤️👍
I have a nice concept image of the Liberator from its home world landing.
I've never pictured Liberator landing. That would be cool.
I really wish someone would update the FX on that show and re release it.
It would be pretty good. I've heard several rumours of revival plans over the years but alas, nothing concrete.
@@0cyrhoe NEVER REVIVE IT!
they'd fuk it up. The lead characters would be a black trans woman or some shit like that
@@shaz2761 they couldn't stop themselves ! I think it's some variant of OCD .
@@shaz2761 One way to could do it would be to give it the same treatment they gave Star Trek TOS - keep the acting, but replace/update the special effects.
@@0cyrhoe yeah, that's what I want them to do.
What did they mean " It was too eastern in design?"
Beats me - I guess at extreme distance, facing upwards, in bad light, you could mistake it for Aladdin's palace in Agrabar? ^_^
I preferred the 2nd ship, the Scorpio.
Yes, I liked that too. I must see if there's some good reference somewhere.
Not even close, stopped watching Blake when the Liberty got destroyed
The budget for the special effects was £50? What did they do with the money that was left over from this?
All expenses trip to Vegas, I'd imagine:) Fortunately for the Beeb, the fx and modelling were all done by enthusiasts willing to contribute their own time, and in some cases, materials.
@@0cyrhoe Some of the models were good. I always quite liked the "London" prison transport. Some are terrible (the alien ships that appear after the attack on Star One?). The filming sometimes does not make the best of them.
@@simonjones7727 I like the London too (although perhaps not its sound fx!). My favourite ship was the Space Princess from the episode 'Gold'. No, the Star One battle was really too ambitious for such a small budget.
The £50 went into tea and biscuits, the rest was made from recycled washing up bottles, toilet cleaners and empty bog rolls!
WHITE!!! The damn ship is white not dingy grey!!!
The model actually _is_ white:) The lighting is dim:)
I don't rhink the design has dated at all ....
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