"Space 1999" reboot in the works

POSTED BY: whozit
UPDATED: Friday, February 24, 2012 03:49
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IMNOTHERE

Friday, February 17, 2012 8:50 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
But somehow... Space 1999 (as well as UFO, Lost In Space, and a bunch of other SF shows) doesn't seem to warrant such changes or additions...

No mystery:

S:1999, UFO* and the other Andeson shows had movie-class special effects, which lingered over take-off and landing sequences and the intricate details of the engineering. Trek was all about moving the plot along: the FX did the job but they never lingered on them. They even invented the transporter to avoid having a landing sequence.

In Thunderbirds, Anderson invented intricate Heath-Robinson contraptions to get the puppets to the vehicles without going through doors. Roddenberry would have just cut to a 3-second stock exterior shot of TB2 and then to the pilots sitting in the cockpit.

Re-doing the FX in Star Trek is like taking a Van Gough and replacing the battered old frame with a tasteful new one.

Re-doing the FX in a Gerry Anderson show is like taking a Van Gough, keeping the old frame and replacing the nasty splodgey picture of the big daisies with a nice sharp digital photo.

(* Interceptors prepare for immediate launch!!! DUM dum dum dum dudududm DUM dum dum dum dudududm...)

CLJOHNSTON108

Sunday, February 19, 2012 7:28 AM

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Originally posted by ImNotHere:
(* Interceptors prepare for immediate launch!!! DUM dum dum dum dudududm DUM dum dum dum dudududm...)

Ohhh, man! Thanks for reminding me!

Even when Gerry made the transition to live-action, he still had 'em sliding down chutes!

(Also, notice how the Interceptors flew in silence in the first episode!)

IMNOTHERE

Monday, February 20, 2012 12:20 PM

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Originally posted by cljohnston108:

Even when Gerry made the transition to live-action, he still had 'em sliding down chutes!

Makes sense - saves the cost of having to build a full-sized version of (at least part of) the vehicle exterior and/or some dodgey compositing. They didn't make FX like that on 70s British tv without a few super-scrimper dodges. (c.f. Doctor Who and Blakes 7 for example).

Space, Above and Beyond pulled a trick from the Gerry Anderson book with the Hammerhead cockpit, too.

Anyway - thanks for the Anderson launch sequence fix....

TRAVELER

Monday, February 20, 2012 9:03 PM

It is nice to be reminded of shows I enjoyed. If they had the internet back then I would be a 1999er. Browncoat works out fine too.

This is just a shameless bump for one of my favorite shows.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
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