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цитаты из Blake's 7
VILA: Friends in high places? Can't you put a word in for me?
BLAKE: I'll try and think of one.
VILA: Blake — Kerr Avon. When it comes to computers, he's the number two man in all the Federated worlds.
NOVA: Who's number one?
VILA: The guy who caught him.
VILA: [to Blake] I don't follow you.
AVON: Oh, but you do. And that's the problem.
BLAKE: You have to be careful of the plant life around here. Some of it's carnivorous. Some species even have an intelligence rating.
VILA: That's a comfort. I should hate to be eaten by something stupid.
AVON: [about Vila] And he's useless as he said.
VILA: 'Harmless' was the word I used.
AVON: You couldn't even get that right.
CALLY: My people have a saying: a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.
AVON: Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people.
AVON: It's just a machine, Blake.
VILA: And he should know.
GAN: Well Avon is the expert.
VILA: That's not what I meant.
AVON: No, he was calling me a machine, but since he undoubtedly defines himself as a human being, I shall choose to accept that as more of a compliment than anything else.
AVON: Logic says we're dead!
BLAKE: Logic has never explained what dead means.
AVON: Another idealist, poor but honest. I shall look forward to our meeting with eager anticipation.
BLAKE: Is your anticipation eager enough to come down there with me?
AVON: Not quite. I think I shall contain my enthusiasm here in the warm.
VILA: I've got a weak chest.
AVON: The rest of you's not very impressive.
AVON: Staying with you requires a degree of stupidity of which I no longer feel capable.
BLAKE: No, you're just being modest.
VILA: I'm entitled to my opinion.
AVON: It is your assumption that we are entitled to it as well that is irritating.
[Vila is working on Blake's explosive neckband]
VILA: And if I get it wrong, bang—no head.
BLAKE: I trust you.
VILA: And if it blows up and I'm right behind you—
BLAKE: That's why I trust you.
MEEGAT: [to Avon] All things are known to you. You are truly Lord.
VILA: [to Avon] Counting yourself, that makes two people who think you're wonderful.
AVON: If we don't get drug treatment very soon, we shall die.
VILA: Die? I can't do that!
AVON: I'm afraid you can. It's the one talent we all share, even you.
AVON: For example, imagine that you are standing on the edge of a cliff.
BLAKE: As long as you're not standing behind me.
[after an attack by unknown ships]
VILA: So why did they pick on me?
AVON: I doubt if it was personal, Vila.
VILA: It felt personal. It always feels personal when someone tries to kill me.
BLAKE: Avon, concentrate on Zen. Give priority to the detectors and the navigation systems. And then see if you can get us some scans.
AVON: Is that all? What shall I do with the other hand?
BLAKE: I'll let you know.
VILA: When you get Zen working, ask him to prescribe something for a headache, will you? I've got this shocking pain right behind the eyes.
AVON: Have you considered amputation?
[after Avon saves Blake's life]
BLAKE: That is one I owe you.
AVON: Don't worry. At the right time, I will remind you of it.
BLAKE: No, I don't think it wants to kill us.
AVON: Well, not yet, anyway. It's saving us for something.
VILA: Dinner?
AVON: They have a sentimental value for me.
LARGO: Oh, family heirlooms, eh?
AVON: No, I'm just sentimental about money.
BLAKE: Your sense of timing is as impeccable as ever.
AVON: I have always admired your patience.
BLAKE: She is an alien.
AVON: She is more human than I am.
VILA: That's not difficult.
BEK: [to Vila] With what you drank, you're lucky to remember who you are.
AVON: I would hardly call that lucky.
VILA: Where are all the good guys?
BLAKE: You could be looking at them.
AVON: What a very depressing thought.
AVON: Auron may be different, Cally, but on Earth it is considered ill-mannered to kill your friends while committing suicide.
VILA: Why don't you go?
AVON: You are expendable.
VILA: And you're not?
AVON: No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.
BLAKE: All right, I didn't expect you to welcome the idea. That's why I misled you just a little.
AVON: That's very diplomatically put.
BLAKE: Is my phraseology your only complaint, Avon?
AVON: No, but it is my only surprise.
VILA: I don't want to go.
AVON: You surprise me.
VILA: I don't feel well. I'm going to be a big handicap.
AVON: I'm used to that.
VILA: Paradise that is not.
AVON: Perhaps Blake knows something that we don't.
VILA: There aren't even any people down there.
AVON: So it has at least one aspect of paradise.
TYNUS: So that's the way it is?
AVON: Well, let's just say I did you a favour and now I'm collecting.
VILA: Nice. When Avon holds out the hand of friendship, watch his other hand. That's the one with the hammer.
VILA: Nerves getting a little frayed?
AVON: There are a quarter of a million volts running through that converter. I make one false move, I'll be so crisped up what's left of me won't fit into a sandwich.
VILA: I'm a vegetarian. Thanks for the offer, though.
BLAKE: Looks as though the Federation have developed a shield themselves.
CALLY: Yes, well, they got very very close before we saw them.
AVON: That is the most depressing aspect of the whole affair. I was rather hoping to sell them the idea.
BLAKE: All right, Avon, get kitted up. You too, Vila.
VILA: Good, terrific. I'm really looking forward to this. Danger, excitement, sudden death. I can't wait.
VILA: You're quite sure you need me?
BLAKE: Certain.
AVON: Doesn't it make you feel good to be wanted?
VILA: I've been a wanted man all my life. What I need now is to be unwanted.
AVON: It would be stupid to be shot up by our own allies.
VILA: Not only stupid—painful.
VILA: There's a sliding section in the roof—they're launch doors [he opens and closes them]
BLAKE: Why don't you do that again? Maybe they didn't hear you.
VILA: [opening a safe] Watch this—it should open like a dream [the safe door explodes]
BLAKE: More like a nightmare.
VILA: Ah, don't leave me here, at least leave me a torch. I don't like the dark. I like to see what I'm scared of.
[Avon shoots an Andromedan]
LURENA: What are they?
AVON: Unfriendly. Which is fortunate, really. They'd be difficult to love.
MELLANBY: Blake and the Liberator? I've been hearing reports for the last couple of years. You were magnificent.
AVON: Not from where I was sitting.
VILA: Easy! Take it easy! I hate personal violence, especially when I'm the person.
JENNA: You wouldn't be trying to get rid of me, would you?
AVON: I have to get rid of Blake first. You're next on my list.
[Avon saves Blake from an explosion]
BLAKE: Thank you... why?
AVON: Automatic reaction, I'm as surprised as you are.
BLAKE: I'm not surprised.
AVON: I'll tell you a fact of life, Blake! Change is inevitable!
BLAKE: Why else do we fight, Avon?
SERVALAN: I'm going to be honest with you.
AVON: That should be mildly disconcerting.
SERVALAN: You are infinitely corruptible. You'd sell out anybody, wouldn't you?
AVON: I don't know, I never really had an offer I felt was worthy of me.
AVON: Are you any good with locks?
DAYNA: No, but then neither are you, by the look of it.
AVON: You should never judge by appearances.
DAYNA: I don't, I judge by results, and you're not getting any.
DAYNA: Avon, why do you keep everything to yourself? Why so secretive?
AVON: Perhaps I'm shy.
TARRANT: Naturally I heard something of what Blake and the rest of you were doing.
AVON: We tried not to keep it a secret.
CALLY: All right, but keep in touch. Heroic rescues can be embarrassing if you're not actually in danger.
VILA: Why don't I ever win?
AVON: Being a born loser may have something to do with it.
VILA: Are you sure you can dock this thing?
TARRANT: I hadn't really considered it.
VILA: What?
TARRANT: I thought we'd be dead by now.
CALLY: Vila, we thought we'd lost you!
AVON: But every silver lining has a cloud.
VILA: I'd say you got that wrong, except I know you didn't.
AVON: The trouble with the people of Auron is that they all suffer from a superiority complex.
VILA: You should get on well with them then.
AVON: You know Orac's main drawback?
DAYNA: He's too useful to destroy.
AVON: Irritating, isn't it?
CALLY: [to Avon] We've talked about it and discovered we care what happens to you.
TARRANT: Within reason, of course.
DAYNA: We're as surprised about it as you are.
VILA: Not to mention, embarrassed.
VILA: We are going to be able to get back, aren't we? I shouldn't like to have to spend the rest of my life here.
AVON: Don't worry. It wouldn't be a long one.
VILA: My head's killing me.
TARRANT: You should learn self-defence.
AVON: You really believe in taking risks, don't you?
TARRANT: Calculated ones.
AVON: Calculated on what? Your fingers?
AVON: [to Vila on teleport] I told you to stand by, not lie down.
TARRANT: What would Servalan want with a penal colony?
AVON: Who knows? Perhaps she wants to compare notes with some other genocidal maniacs. Or take a refresher course in basic brutality.
GROSE: The Liberator? That's Blake's ship.
AVON: He liked to think so.
VILA: Well, how can you enjoy yourself staying here?
CALLY: Well, maybe it's got something to do with the fact that you won't be.
AVON: I presume you have no tedious scruples about cheating and lying?
TARRANT: None at all.
AVON: Oh, good.
DAYNA: Don't you ever get bored with being right?
AVON: Just with the rest of you being wrong.
DAYNA: You were supposed to be keeping an eye on Tarrant.
VILA: I saved his life once. Am I supposed to make a career of it?
TARRANT: It's just a Wanderer class planet hopper. Mark II by the look of it. Obsolete, but functional.
AVON: I want it flown, not catalogued.
[after Vila cracks Dorian's gun locker]
DAYNA: I worked for nearly a year on a gun like this. I never did get it right.
VILA: Just goes to prove what I've always said. Stealing's quicker.
DAYNA: Don't tell me you're tired already.
TARRANT: All right, I'll keep it a secret.
SOOLIN: [about Vila] Doesn't have much time for Tarrant does he?
AVON: Ah well, Tarrant is brave, young, handsome. There are three good reasons for anyone not to like him.
AVON: Slave! What is our life support capability?
SLAVE: One hundred and fifty-five hours, Master.
SOOLIN: Oh! By the time the oxygen runs out, we'll be bored as well as dead.
VILA: You know, they say all your life passes in front of you when you're about to, about to... y'know. It's what's happening to me now. All my past life....
AVON: That's one misfortune we don't have to share.
VILA: We've been trying to contact you for an hour. What the hell have you been doing, taking a nap?
AVON: [over comms] I've been doing what we came for. How about you?
VILA: Oh nothing much, I've been shot at, trodden on, nearly captured twice and now I think they're trying to blow me up. A fairly average day, you know.
VILA: I never could stand the sight of blood.
DAYNA: The feeling is probably mutual.
TARRANT: Being shut in here with you is rather like being locked in a cage with a panther—a black cat with large golden eyes and long silver talons.
SERVALAN: Oh, Tarrant. I'm just the girl next door
TARRANT: If you were the girl next door, I'd move.
SERVALAN: Where would you move to, Tarrant?
TARRANT: Next door?
EGRORIAN: Natural leaders are rarely encumbered with intelligence. Greed, egotism, animal cunning, and viciousness are the important attributes. Qualities I detect in you in admirably full measure.
AVON: I didn't come here to be flattered.
EGRORIAN: Now, then, Avon. What would you say if I offered you mastery of the galaxy?
AVON: Oh, I would say thank you.
DAYNA: It's going badly.
VILA: Hardly surprising. Avon's idea of diplomacy is like breaking someone's leg then saying, "Lean on me."
VILA: We know what we've got planned. Running away is what we've got planned.
DAYNA: A strategic withdrawal is what we've got planned.
VILA: There's a difference?
TARRANT: Oh, yes. A strategic withdrawal is running away—but with dignity.
VILA: So lay in a course and let's get the dignified hell out of here!
SOOLIN: If you want to survive on this planet you have to assume that everyone is out to get you.
VILA: I always assume that wherever I go.
AVON: The fire was stupid. Putting Vila on guard was suicidal. What's the matter, is staying alive too complicated for you?
1
VILA: Friends in high places? Can't you put a word in for me?
BLAKE: I'll try and think of one.
2
VILA: Blake — Kerr Avon. When it comes to computers, he's the number two man in all the Federated worlds.
NOVA: Who's number one?
VILA: The guy who caught him.
3
VILA: [to Blake] I don't follow you.
AVON: Oh, but you do. And that's the problem.
4
BLAKE: You have to be careful of the plant life around here. Some of it's carnivorous. Some species even have an intelligence rating.
VILA: That's a comfort. I should hate to be eaten by something stupid.
5
AVON: [about Vila] And he's useless as he said.
VILA: 'Harmless' was the word I used.
AVON: You couldn't even get that right.
6
CALLY: My people have a saying: a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.
AVON: Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people.
7
AVON: It's just a machine, Blake.
VILA: And he should know.
GAN: Well Avon is the expert.
VILA: That's not what I meant.
AVON: No, he was calling me a machine, but since he undoubtedly defines himself as a human being, I shall choose to accept that as more of a compliment than anything else.
8
AVON: Logic says we're dead!
BLAKE: Logic has never explained what dead means.
9
AVON: Another idealist, poor but honest. I shall look forward to our meeting with eager anticipation.
BLAKE: Is your anticipation eager enough to come down there with me?
AVON: Not quite. I think I shall contain my enthusiasm here in the warm.
10
VILA: I've got a weak chest.
AVON: The rest of you's not very impressive.
11
AVON: Staying with you requires a degree of stupidity of which I no longer feel capable.
BLAKE: No, you're just being modest.
12
VILA: I'm entitled to my opinion.
AVON: It is your assumption that we are entitled to it as well that is irritating.
13
[Vila is working on Blake's explosive neckband]
VILA: And if I get it wrong, bang—no head.
BLAKE: I trust you.
VILA: And if it blows up and I'm right behind you—
BLAKE: That's why I trust you.
14
MEEGAT: [to Avon] All things are known to you. You are truly Lord.
VILA: [to Avon] Counting yourself, that makes two people who think you're wonderful.
15
AVON: If we don't get drug treatment very soon, we shall die.
VILA: Die? I can't do that!
AVON: I'm afraid you can. It's the one talent we all share, even you.
16
AVON: For example, imagine that you are standing on the edge of a cliff.
BLAKE: As long as you're not standing behind me.
17
[after an attack by unknown ships]
VILA: So why did they pick on me?
AVON: I doubt if it was personal, Vila.
VILA: It felt personal. It always feels personal when someone tries to kill me.
18
BLAKE: Avon, concentrate on Zen. Give priority to the detectors and the navigation systems. And then see if you can get us some scans.
AVON: Is that all? What shall I do with the other hand?
BLAKE: I'll let you know.
19
VILA: When you get Zen working, ask him to prescribe something for a headache, will you? I've got this shocking pain right behind the eyes.
AVON: Have you considered amputation?
20
[after Avon saves Blake's life]
BLAKE: That is one I owe you.
AVON: Don't worry. At the right time, I will remind you of it.
21
BLAKE: No, I don't think it wants to kill us.
AVON: Well, not yet, anyway. It's saving us for something.
VILA: Dinner?
22
AVON: They have a sentimental value for me.
LARGO: Oh, family heirlooms, eh?
AVON: No, I'm just sentimental about money.
23
BLAKE: Your sense of timing is as impeccable as ever.
AVON: I have always admired your patience.
24
BLAKE: She is an alien.
AVON: She is more human than I am.
VILA: That's not difficult.
25
BEK: [to Vila] With what you drank, you're lucky to remember who you are.
AVON: I would hardly call that lucky.
26
VILA: Where are all the good guys?
BLAKE: You could be looking at them.
AVON: What a very depressing thought.
27
AVON: Auron may be different, Cally, but on Earth it is considered ill-mannered to kill your friends while committing suicide.
28
VILA: Why don't you go?
AVON: You are expendable.
VILA: And you're not?
AVON: No, I am not. I am not expendable, I'm not stupid, and I'm not going.
29
BLAKE: All right, I didn't expect you to welcome the idea. That's why I misled you just a little.
AVON: That's very diplomatically put.
BLAKE: Is my phraseology your only complaint, Avon?
AVON: No, but it is my only surprise.
30
VILA: I don't want to go.
AVON: You surprise me.
VILA: I don't feel well. I'm going to be a big handicap.
AVON: I'm used to that.
31
VILA: Paradise that is not.
AVON: Perhaps Blake knows something that we don't.
VILA: There aren't even any people down there.
AVON: So it has at least one aspect of paradise.
32
TYNUS: So that's the way it is?
AVON: Well, let's just say I did you a favour and now I'm collecting.
VILA: Nice. When Avon holds out the hand of friendship, watch his other hand. That's the one with the hammer.
33
VILA: Nerves getting a little frayed?
AVON: There are a quarter of a million volts running through that converter. I make one false move, I'll be so crisped up what's left of me won't fit into a sandwich.
VILA: I'm a vegetarian. Thanks for the offer, though.
34
BLAKE: Looks as though the Federation have developed a shield themselves.
CALLY: Yes, well, they got very very close before we saw them.
AVON: That is the most depressing aspect of the whole affair. I was rather hoping to sell them the idea.
35
BLAKE: All right, Avon, get kitted up. You too, Vila.
VILA: Good, terrific. I'm really looking forward to this. Danger, excitement, sudden death. I can't wait.
36
VILA: You're quite sure you need me?
BLAKE: Certain.
AVON: Doesn't it make you feel good to be wanted?
VILA: I've been a wanted man all my life. What I need now is to be unwanted.
37
AVON: It would be stupid to be shot up by our own allies.
VILA: Not only stupid—painful.
38
VILA: There's a sliding section in the roof—they're launch doors [he opens and closes them]
BLAKE: Why don't you do that again? Maybe they didn't hear you.
39
VILA: [opening a safe] Watch this—it should open like a dream [the safe door explodes]
BLAKE: More like a nightmare.
40
VILA: Ah, don't leave me here, at least leave me a torch. I don't like the dark. I like to see what I'm scared of.
41
[Avon shoots an Andromedan]
LURENA: What are they?
AVON: Unfriendly. Which is fortunate, really. They'd be difficult to love.
42
MELLANBY: Blake and the Liberator? I've been hearing reports for the last couple of years. You were magnificent.
AVON: Not from where I was sitting.
43
VILA: Easy! Take it easy! I hate personal violence, especially when I'm the person.
44
JENNA: You wouldn't be trying to get rid of me, would you?
AVON: I have to get rid of Blake first. You're next on my list.
45
[Avon saves Blake from an explosion]
BLAKE: Thank you... why?
AVON: Automatic reaction, I'm as surprised as you are.
BLAKE: I'm not surprised.
46
AVON: I'll tell you a fact of life, Blake! Change is inevitable!
BLAKE: Why else do we fight, Avon?
47
SERVALAN: I'm going to be honest with you.
AVON: That should be mildly disconcerting.
48
SERVALAN: You are infinitely corruptible. You'd sell out anybody, wouldn't you?
AVON: I don't know, I never really had an offer I felt was worthy of me.
49
AVON: Are you any good with locks?
DAYNA: No, but then neither are you, by the look of it.
AVON: You should never judge by appearances.
DAYNA: I don't, I judge by results, and you're not getting any.
50
DAYNA: Avon, why do you keep everything to yourself? Why so secretive?
AVON: Perhaps I'm shy.
51
TARRANT: Naturally I heard something of what Blake and the rest of you were doing.
AVON: We tried not to keep it a secret.
52
CALLY: All right, but keep in touch. Heroic rescues can be embarrassing if you're not actually in danger.
53
VILA: Why don't I ever win?
AVON: Being a born loser may have something to do with it.
54
VILA: Are you sure you can dock this thing?
TARRANT: I hadn't really considered it.
VILA: What?
TARRANT: I thought we'd be dead by now.
55
CALLY: Vila, we thought we'd lost you!
AVON: But every silver lining has a cloud.
VILA: I'd say you got that wrong, except I know you didn't.
56
AVON: The trouble with the people of Auron is that they all suffer from a superiority complex.
VILA: You should get on well with them then.
57
AVON: You know Orac's main drawback?
DAYNA: He's too useful to destroy.
AVON: Irritating, isn't it?
58
CALLY: [to Avon] We've talked about it and discovered we care what happens to you.
TARRANT: Within reason, of course.
DAYNA: We're as surprised about it as you are.
VILA: Not to mention, embarrassed.
59
VILA: We are going to be able to get back, aren't we? I shouldn't like to have to spend the rest of my life here.
AVON: Don't worry. It wouldn't be a long one.
60
VILA: My head's killing me.
TARRANT: You should learn self-defence.
61
AVON: You really believe in taking risks, don't you?
TARRANT: Calculated ones.
AVON: Calculated on what? Your fingers?
62
AVON: [to Vila on teleport] I told you to stand by, not lie down.
63
TARRANT: What would Servalan want with a penal colony?
AVON: Who knows? Perhaps she wants to compare notes with some other genocidal maniacs. Or take a refresher course in basic brutality.
64
GROSE: The Liberator? That's Blake's ship.
AVON: He liked to think so.
65
VILA: Well, how can you enjoy yourself staying here?
CALLY: Well, maybe it's got something to do with the fact that you won't be.
66
AVON: I presume you have no tedious scruples about cheating and lying?
TARRANT: None at all.
AVON: Oh, good.
67
DAYNA: Don't you ever get bored with being right?
AVON: Just with the rest of you being wrong.
68
DAYNA: You were supposed to be keeping an eye on Tarrant.
VILA: I saved his life once. Am I supposed to make a career of it?
69
TARRANT: It's just a Wanderer class planet hopper. Mark II by the look of it. Obsolete, but functional.
AVON: I want it flown, not catalogued.
70
[after Vila cracks Dorian's gun locker]
DAYNA: I worked for nearly a year on a gun like this. I never did get it right.
VILA: Just goes to prove what I've always said. Stealing's quicker.
71
DAYNA: Don't tell me you're tired already.
TARRANT: All right, I'll keep it a secret.
72
SOOLIN: [about Vila] Doesn't have much time for Tarrant does he?
AVON: Ah well, Tarrant is brave, young, handsome. There are three good reasons for anyone not to like him.
73
AVON: Slave! What is our life support capability?
SLAVE: One hundred and fifty-five hours, Master.
SOOLIN: Oh! By the time the oxygen runs out, we'll be bored as well as dead.
74
VILA: You know, they say all your life passes in front of you when you're about to, about to... y'know. It's what's happening to me now. All my past life....
AVON: That's one misfortune we don't have to share.
75
VILA: We've been trying to contact you for an hour. What the hell have you been doing, taking a nap?
AVON: [over comms] I've been doing what we came for. How about you?
VILA: Oh nothing much, I've been shot at, trodden on, nearly captured twice and now I think they're trying to blow me up. A fairly average day, you know.
76
VILA: I never could stand the sight of blood.
DAYNA: The feeling is probably mutual.
77
TARRANT: Being shut in here with you is rather like being locked in a cage with a panther—a black cat with large golden eyes and long silver talons.
SERVALAN: Oh, Tarrant. I'm just the girl next door
TARRANT: If you were the girl next door, I'd move.
SERVALAN: Where would you move to, Tarrant?
TARRANT: Next door?
78
EGRORIAN: Natural leaders are rarely encumbered with intelligence. Greed, egotism, animal cunning, and viciousness are the important attributes. Qualities I detect in you in admirably full measure.
AVON: I didn't come here to be flattered.
79
EGRORIAN: Now, then, Avon. What would you say if I offered you mastery of the galaxy?
AVON: Oh, I would say thank you.
80
DAYNA: It's going badly.
VILA: Hardly surprising. Avon's idea of diplomacy is like breaking someone's leg then saying, "Lean on me."
81
VILA: We know what we've got planned. Running away is what we've got planned.
DAYNA: A strategic withdrawal is what we've got planned.
VILA: There's a difference?
TARRANT: Oh, yes. A strategic withdrawal is running away—but with dignity.
VILA: So lay in a course and let's get the dignified hell out of here!
82
SOOLIN: If you want to survive on this planet you have to assume that everyone is out to get you.
VILA: I always assume that wherever I go.
83
AVON: The fire was stupid. Putting Vila on guard was suicidal. What's the matter, is staying alive too complicated for you?
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