It's depressing isn't it.
General / Off-Topic Gerry Anderson’s classic Space: 1999 is being rebooted with a new cast
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Back then, it all made sense. LOL!
A lot of sci-fi was like that back then. Distance wasn't an issue, and the universe was big, but not as big as we know it is today. Our heroes in the books flew to other planets and solar systems within hours, and no explanation was made.
I suppose they could shoot for the "gritty realism" thing, like the BSG rebbot did so well.
Course, BSG did a good job of not turning into "Space-Soap", like Stargate: Universe did.
I dunno why anybody thought it'd be a good idea to create a sci-fi series all about a bunch of teenage spec-ops soldiers getting angsty about who they were dating.
That's been a issue with a lot of pseudo military shows for a looong time now. I can't count the number of times my eyes have rolled into my head from "soldiers" talking about their "issues" or "emotions" in the field.
There was a ship in Frontier Elite which always made me think of the Liberator. It might have been the Imperial Courier, but I stand to be corrected as that far back is a hazy place. Of course these days many of the designs have changed. Some for the better. Some....... well, sometimes you shouldn’t fix what ain’t broke.
But it’s all in the eye of the beholder and my eye probably views those days with mightily rose coloured glasses. I was fond of Blake’s Seven, but Space 1999 holds a very special place in my heart. Saturday morning I was glued to the tv until Commander Koenig and co had finished their adventures. Even season 2 didn’t diminish my love for this show, although “The Rules of Luton” had a damn good try!
(I actually lived in Luton at the time.) Even today the theme music fills me with the best kind of nostalgia, especially season one, although season twos more rocky upbeat vibes very quickly grew on me. Ahhhh life was a very different place then.
Many years later I visited America for the first time and saw an episode of a StarTrek show we didn’t have here yet. “Deep Space Nine”.
And in the episode, Moon Base Alpha’s chief pilot Alan Carter (would he be Nick Tate? Memory is fuzzy) was playing a crime gang lieutenant. I spent half the episode saying “I KNOW that guy!” and when I worked it out I could hardly believe how different he looked with age.Anyway, enough of my waffling.
Badger out.
I'm almost as excited by this as I am by the new version of War of the Worlds the BBC are making, shame its just an audio drama. However they are great listening on long haul flights.
(I've been away playing fallout 4, good boy dogmeat)
It a shame it just a audio drama, they have their fans, I'm not one of them.
As for a reboot of the show, I don't think you can really reboot it without completely changing nearly every aspect of it but I do have plenty of ideas on how it can be done but if they were implemented, you may as well just call it something else anyway.
As for a reboot of the show, I don't think you can really reboot it without completely changing nearly every aspect of it but I do have plenty of ideas on how it can be done but if they were implemented, you may as well just call it something else anyway.
Chicks dig it.