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| blondgod 06 Nov 2007 10:16:02 |
Another Time, Another Place | ||||
| cricket 06 Nov 2007 13:11:08 |
Black Sun | ||||
| Huntsman 07 Nov 2007 01:01:50 |
Matter of Balance. Sorry! I meant to say a Matter of Life and Death... |
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| jesus1999 07 Nov 2007 04:23:46 |
Another Time, Another Place  |
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| Wirral Bagpuss 07 Nov 2007 17:14:22 |
Oh without a shawdow of a doubt, it has to be Black Sun !!! Great episode that !!  |
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| mk9hawk 07 Nov 2007 21:26:20 |
Are we talking overall? Year 1 or Year 2? The episode that is both seasons has to be Full Circle. Year 1 only? Collision Course Year 2 only? All That Glisters |
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| Wirral Bagpuss 07 Nov 2007 23:20:43 |
Well i'm a year one fan, but if we are including year 2 there is no overall one epsiode that stands out for me but there are epsiodes i like for different reasons. I guess the Lambada Factor is probably my favourite as that comes close to being a Year One episode as does the Seance Spectre. |
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| mk9hawk 08 Nov 2007 02:44:15 |
I was just trying to avoid the BEM's and MUF's with my selections, though I readily admit to have stepped into the latter with Collision Course. Honestly, though, this is like asking which is your favourite child. I enjoy both seasons and would find it hard to come up with that defining, definitive episode for either season. Of course, in the 'Freiburgerization' of Space, Beta Cloud ranks (pun intended) high as to the intended vision for Year 2, albeit the abortive one. |
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| gba_cmdr 08 Nov 2007 03:11:33 |
Good question.... It changes for me any time I give it too much thought... Right now, I'd go with Black Sun. Facing and conquering the unknown - with some human ingenuity (force field) and a good dose of the "MUF" - that was Space:1999 in a nutshell and that nutshell was given life in Black Sun. |
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| moonbasealpha_s1 08 Nov 2007 11:47:31 |
Heh heh heh...agreed...though, I would characterize it as more Y2 than Y1
EXCELLENT choice...Agreed... |
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| Martin 08 Nov 2007 20:18:42 |
Dragon's Domain. Works on several different levels- story, ideas, character, visuals... And accessible to non-fans. |
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| captphil 08 Nov 2007 23:35:02 |
Do you feel the same way about End of Eternity? Not so much for the visuals but as a basic horror story which could stand apart from Space 1999 if you ever had to pick one episode to play for a non fan. |
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| mk9hawk 09 Nov 2007 01:27:21 |
Yes, either of these could have been episodes of Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone. What would have made DD more of a Space episode would be if the original story line was kept with Carter tackling the dragon. With Cellini, it just becomes another horrorfest....though there are some nice touches in this story. |
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| alienation 12 Nov 2007 00:19:27 |
It has to be the Black Sun for me, but I started watching year two because I loved Maya, yet The Black Sun moved me the most. There were so few black hole stories at the time, and it was a favorite subject of mine as a child. | ||||
| alienation 12 Nov 2007 00:30:14 |
I must confess, since someone else mentione Full Circle, that it is a guilty pleasure that I wouldn't confess that I rewatch more then the other eps to anyone but my closest friends. But I do have a secret spot for it, but I think it's the raw sexuality and the Alphans running around in skimpy animal hide costumes that draw me. Especially Sandra. | ||||
| AlphaISIS73 12 Nov 2007 21:36:13 |
hmmmm...I'd have to say the Black Sun and Collision Course would be the eps that define the show IMO....the years don't matter...it's the concept that does. | ||||
| Space1999! 13 Nov 2007 18:21:42 |
I'm going to be different and say Voyager's Return. Why you say? Well it encompasses so many themes seen in other episodes of Series One all in this one episode and represents both the best and worst that mankind has to offer as a species in this universe. Firstly, how mankind has inadvertently caused an environmental and societal disaster (killing millions in the Sidon system alone and perhaps other systems too!) because of the Queller Drive's programming error which causes the drive to cut in too early around populated areas (echoes of the nuclear waste disaster in Breakaway where we saw the tragic results of the unintended consequences of human action). Secondly, another direct encounter with an alien race, this one determined to make sure that mankind can't again purposely or not inflict such genocide on other innocent, unsuspecting races... this actually being an honourable and forward-thinking response by an advanced cilivilization even if their answer is actually just as inhumane as what the Queller Drive did... to wipe an entire species out of existence without first understanding why they did what they did or how it happened. Thirdly, a lonely and tortured soul in the form of Ernst Queller who, similar to Tony Cellini, is given a chance at redemption and personal retribution (the first one for the things he caused, the other for something he was unable to prevent) even if it means giving up their lives in return. Fourth, there is an interesting dicotomy that exists in that Queller is both Jim Hay's mentor and also the person ultimately responsible for both his parents death (and Paul's father too) when the drive kicked in too early on a test of Voyager Two... how can a person ever truly make up for something like that but giving up their life in order to help or save that other person? Lastly, the simple solution for the Alphans was to merely blow up Voyager One before it presented a deadly threat to all of Alpha yet they didn't because they knew that the info that the Voyager had accumulated could prove instrumental to their own personal survival. Yet, that very decision by John meant having faith in the very person who was putting all of them at risk in the first place... Queller! Overall Voyager's Return is an episode that has really grown on me over time for its overall story, and acting excellence and is arguably the most layered and complex Space: 1999 story of the ENTIRE series! My final point is to consider both the great underlying moral subtext in the story which makes it painfully clear how good intentions can both be the road to hell as well as to heaven and also raises the question regarding the moral responsibility of science to not merely do things just because it can but to consider the full risks and implications of its actions to itself and, most importantly, others. I took this message to heart when I first saw this episode in 1975 and still consider it to be both the ultimate conflict and challenge that the Medical and Science professions face today... to advance the well-being of humankind while NOT being the very cause of sickness or death while trying to do so!  |
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| Martin 13 Nov 2007 20:20:02 |
How about Earthbound? It's a great example of a Space 1999 formula story- encountering unknown aliens, unclear whether they are friend or foe, then the real danger is human. A great ending that everyone remembers. As a fan you can watch it again and still enjoy it, someone who doesn't know it should appreciate the story and how the characters are established, |
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| alienation 13 Nov 2007 20:51:31 |
One other dimension of Voyager's Return is the fact that episode was made around or just before the actual Voyager spacecraft was built and launched. It is interesting to me to see a sci-fi take on a real event. | ||||
| captphil 14 Nov 2007 03:12:54 |
I think one of the problems with Earthbound for new viewers is the relatively weird format and premise of the show. You've got a wandering moon flitting around the universe with no real explanation for why it's doing that. Early on there are two sets of arriving aliens at the seemingly random traveling moon. If you've been watching from the beginning and deciding whether or not to keep watching, Earthbound could drive away those viewers who were looking for a "reason" behind the odyssey of MBA. On the other hand, it is the "anti-trek" episode of Space where Christopher Lee isn't a vampire but a peaceful space hippie who admires the female form in stasis! |
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