SPACE:1999
I used to love this show. I haven't seen it since it's original run. I remember so little about the individual episodes that if I were to watch them today, it would be like seeing them for the first...
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Barry Morse is indeed still alive and a working actor. Pretty incredible for someone who was part of early British live television experiments in the late 1930s. He has an autobiography coming out...
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I really enjoyed the first season but thought it kind of tumbled into formula once Maya was introduced for year two... I loved the special effects as a kid, though, and had a number of Eagle models on...
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I was pretty disappointed in the series, although before it aired I was very excited about it. I'd read the first couple paperbacks that came out in the summer of '75 and enjoyed them. I'd also sent...
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Not the best developed plots or characters, but the models and effects were always pretty cool, and there were some very impressive guest stars. I have a number of these on VHS, but have been on the...
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Quote:tentacled Lovecraftian monster in a derelict ship graveyard This is my one & only memory of the series, besides the merchandising. Between that and the salt vampire on "Trek", I'm surprised...
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I keep screaming at Barbara Bain - "Lighten up, woman! Smile, godammit!"
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The special effects were indeed very nifty, using Brian Johnson as the FX supervisor, he'd left producer Gerry Anderson's team to go off and work on 2001 A Space Odyssey, and returned to the fold...
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The only episode I really liked besides the pilot was "WAR GAMES', which featured the near-total destruction of Moonbase. An alien race wanted to show the Moonbase crew what would happen if they tried...
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The show was well produced, but the premise was so idiotic that I always had trouble with it. A nuclear explosion sends the moon hurtling through space so that it reaches a new solar system every week...
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