Gerry Anderson 1929-2012

Justo Miranda said:
I like the idea of updating the series with a more plausible scientific approach:

An experiment on the structure of space-time, which is considered too dangerous to be carried out on Earth, goes wrong because an idiot drops his coffee on the hypertransmutator and in tenths of a second the Moon appears at the other end of the Galaxy with a human colony abandoned to its own scientific resources.

Only the pilot chapter has great development potential: identification of the new location in space by triangulation of known pulsars, identification of the problem to try to reverse the instantaneous translation effect without inertia.

Either they achieve hyperpropulsion or they die when the potatoes run out.

Think, Rodney McKay, think or we will all die!
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In the space 1999 novel Earthfall by EC Tubb [1977],something very similar to that happens with the moon being transported somewhere else [they dont know where as not even the constellations are recognizable] thanks to the interaction of the antimatter from planet meta,the nuclear waste from area 2 and also a protective field professor bergman had built.
The moon does snap back to its correct place after 20 years [apparently they were in another universe] only to find that 200 years have passed on an earth that suffered enormous damage from the combination of the antimatter from a fragment of meta as well as the sudden loss of the moon.
There are survivors but it all looks & sounds pretty medieval,ie koenig & alan carter reporting seeing a castle and something that could`ve been a town.
Space 1999 - Earthfall - E. C. Tubb.jpg
 
Stargazer said:
Actress Barbara Bain, who will forever be Dr. Helena Russell to many of us (and Agent Cinnamon Carter for the others) turned 94 last week! Here is a video of the event.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1741258699895465/?s=single_unit
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She's looking in great shape for 94 (Heh! She's the same age as William Shatner).

On another note if there are any of the Andersons shows given a 21st century reboot I really, REALLY hope that it's UFO.
 
NMaude said:
On another note if there are any of the Andersons shows given a 21st century reboot I really, REALLY hope that it's UFO.
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I'd rather get a sequel than a reboot. What makes those shows such unique memories is that they haven't been soiled or spoiled by the reboot mania. Although reboots may be a great way to introduce newer generations to certain works and franchises, it also never lives up to either the original or the wild expectations of die-hard fans. I'd rather leave UFO and Space:1999 as they are... I'm sure some uninspired modern producer would get a 25-year-old fake blonde with botoxed lips and huge boobs to play Helena Russell because it sells more... Pr. Victor Bergman would be deemed too old and unsexy with his half bald head and replaced by some graying Hollywood beau... and they would get a pretty-faced boyish actor for John Koenig to ensure all the teenage girls swoon... They'd toss in a few AI-generated talking robots to appeal to kids and create more marketable items... Seriously, I'm only half-exaggerating. That's the worst-case scenario if they decide to make a movie out of it. Perhaps a TV series would get more decent treatment. But I won't hold my breath...
 
Stargazer said:
I'd rather get a sequel than a reboot. What makes those shows such unique memories is that they haven't been soiled or spoiled by the reboot mania. Although reboots may be a great way to introduce newer generations to certain works and franchises, it also never lives up to either the original or the wild expectations of die-hard fans. I'd rather leave UFO and Space:1999 as they are... I'm sure some uninspired modern producer would get a 25-year-old fake blonde with botoxed lips and huge boobs to play Helena Russell because it sells more... Pr. Victor Bergman would be deemed too old and unsexy with his half bald head and replaced by some graying Hollywood beau... and they would get a pretty-faced boyish actor for John Koenig to ensure all the teenage girls swoon... They'd toss in a few AI-generated talking robots to appeal to kids and create more marketable items... Seriously, I'm only half-exaggerating. That's the worst-case scenario if they decide to make a movie out of it. Perhaps a TV series would get more decent treatment. But I won't hold my breath...
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Reboots can be awful in many cases, for sure. The attempt to do Lost in Space as a film franchise was pretty dire, despite the cast . A classic case of being market-researched to death (the TV reboot was a wee bit better).

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sczjg6QiJyo&t=1s

Still, the Battlestar Galactica reboot impressed me and it was willing to have mature actors and characters in primary roles. Donnelly Rhodes as Dr Cottle was one of my favourites, stubbing out a cigarette in a bedpan and giving lines like this:

Tigh: Will he make it?
Cottle: How would I know? I'm not a psychic.

(And the new Baltar was a lot more likeable than Zuckerbot, Bozo, or Skum.)

It's said that TV series have the best writers nowadays but really series allow better writing, giving plots time to elaborate and characters opportunities to show their layers. Sometimes.
 
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Brett Davidson said:
Reboots can be awful in many cases, for sure. The attempt to do Lost in Space as a film franchise was pretty dire, despite the cast . A classic case of being market-researched to death (the TV reboot was a wee bit better).
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I did enjoy the TV reboot because I watched it with a fresh perspective as a new version. I knew it couldn't be the same as the original, which looks a little tacky to modern eyes (not all shows age so perfectly as Space:1999...)
Brett Davidson said:
Still, the Battlestar Galactica reboot impressed me and it was willing to have mature actors and characters in primary roles.
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I heard so many good things about that reboot that I recently purchased the entire series + specials at an amazing bargain on Blu-Ray. Really looking forward to getting into that!
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It's said that TV series have the best writers nowadays but really series allow better writing, giving plots time to elaborate and characters opportunities to show their layers. Sometimes.
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I've more often been disappointed by big budget movies than I've been by TV series, especially now that HBO, Netflix and others put a lot of money and talent into the projects. It's like watching hours-long movies in several installments, but without all the flaws of a Hollywood movie that needs to tell an entire story in 2 hours with actors chosen primarily on how bankable they are instead of what they can actually bring to a project.
 
Stargazer said:
I'd rather get a sequel than a reboot. What makes those shows such unique memories is that they haven't been soiled or spoiled by the reboot mania. Although reboots may be a great way to introduce newer generations to certain works and franchises, it also never lives up to either the original or the wild expectations of die-hard fans. I'd rather leave UFO and Space:1999 as they are... I'm sure some uninspired modern producer would get a 25-year-old fake blonde with botoxed lips and huge boobs to play Helena Russell because it sells more... Pr. Victor Bergman would be deemed too old and unsexy with his half bald head and replaced by some graying Hollywood beau... and they would get a pretty-faced boyish actor for John Koenig to ensure all the teenage girls swoon... They'd toss in a few AI-generated talking robots to appeal to kids and create more marketable items... Seriously, I'm only half-exaggerating. That's the worst-case scenario if they decide to make a movie out of it. Perhaps a TV series would get more decent treatment. But I won't hold my breath...
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When a producer states he was “a big fan of a show and wants to reboot it for a modern audience” is a red flag for me. I have zero confidence in a decent reboot of UFO or SPACE:1999. Best to leave them alone.
 

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