Michael Keating has died (bigfinish.com)
26 points by speckx an hour ago
card_zero an hour ago
There was some graffiti near me that said "bring back Blake's 7". It appeared in the mid 80s, and lasted about 30 years. It was like a landmark. Eventually they did bring back Blake's 7, and it unfortunately wasn't any good, and the graffiti has faded and vanished now. Farewell, Vila.
dhosek 30 minutes ago
That’s just a perfect story.
saltyoldman 13 minutes ago
PSA: Keat[ing] was an english actor. Michael Keat[on] (batman) has not died.
charlieo88 2 minutes ago
That was my first thought.
endoblast 29 minutes ago
Vila 'There isn't a lock I can't open if I'm scared enough' Restal was one of the finest sci-fi characters on British telly. The caustic exchanges between him and Avon were priceless.
> Michael was asked whether Vila could cope living in a society stripped of all technology [..] His answer was entirely in character: "I'm sure he would survive. As long as he could make fire, keep warm and meet a young lady. He'd learn a lot about the trees on the planet, build a little hut. It would be wonderful."
I'm not sure that is entirely in character. There's a marvellous episode 'The City at the Edge of the World' where Vila is the main focus of the story. He is given more or less the very opportunity described above and he turned it down:
KERRIL Are you coming with me? VILA I can't. KERRIL Why not? It's a chance to be free. You saw that place, it's beautiful. VILA But there's nothing there worth stealing [..] a thief isn't what I am, it's WHO I am.
https://www.hermit.org/b7/Episodes/scripts/City-EOTW.html
Michael Keating also did a cameo in 'Micro Men' which can be watched on YouTube.
Rest in peace.
addedGone 8 minutes ago
cant access the website OP.
MattCruikshank an hour ago
That's a bummer.
I'll admit that, at first, I thought this said Michael Keaton. And oddly enough, Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas. So, there's a whole spiral of madness that my brain went off into.
rz2k an hour ago
I assume it was changed so there wouldn’t be a name collision with Issur Danielovitch’s son?
bragr 43 minutes ago
Yeah looks like Micheal Douglas was using that name professionally about decade before Michael Keaton started his career so union rules would require an alternate name.
dhosek 26 minutes ago
pixel_popping 20 minutes ago
If webmaster is around, maybe let's adjust a bit the dictatorship? Can't browse (no privacy setup for this visit, just VPN)
Sorry, you have been blocked You are unable to access bigfinish.com
Edit: Works with privacy setup (Residential proxy + Spoofed fingerprints).
boca_honey 5 minutes ago
It's really weird you go straight to "dictatorship" when talking about a regular security feature of most websites.
Most people don't use VPNs, nevermind spoofed fingerprints, etc. The problem is on your side.