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A New Commander Koenig.

Who would you pick for a remake?

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Eagle One 22 Feb 2003 14:06:40	I think Kevn Spacey and Annette Benning would be far more dynamic as Koenig and Russel...
Validus 22 Feb 2003 23:32:22	American Beauty:1999 ? Hmmm. . . . . . . . . .
Cindy 23 Feb 2003 22:02:42	Kevin Spacey and Annette Benning: they are very explosive!!! What do you think about Harrisson Ford: Indiana johns in space...
JackTheFool 24 Feb 2003 16:53:43	Will Smith as Koenig and Jennifer Lopez as Helena.
Validus 24 Feb 2003 21:10:26	Harrison Ford would have been good 15 years ago, but he's too old now. Kevin Spacey might be good, but I always get the feeling that his characters are always on edge- not a good attribute for the Commander of a Moonbase. How about Martin Sheen?
Space1999! 25 Feb 2003 17:12:44	Very true that Koenig seems very edgy as Commander but then again what other leader in sci-fi has had so much to deal with and so few resources or options? I think it would have been a nice touch in the early episodes to have John confide in Victor something to the effect "how the hell are we going to survive?" or "I don't know exactly what I should do?" Certainly the responsibility weighs heavily on John but as leader the other Alphans expect him to be the unbreakable mast in the storm and to give the brave face. Perhaps the most palitable example of how John feels is in Collision Course when he says "good luck" to Alan as the charges are about to explode and then must wipe the tears from his eyes. Then shortly after Victor tells John "it was a human decision, none of us would have decided otherwise". From this it is apparent that they understand the difficulty and strain and NONE of them are seeking to be in command or eager about having to when the situation dictates it. Even when they turn against him in CC it is in the form of consensus and only because they believe John is affected by radiation sickness therefore someone else must take over. We saw this before in Guardian of Piri where a committee reached a decision or in Death's Other Dominion where the decision to leave Alpha was going to be put to a general vote of consensus. John is undoubtably the Alphan's leader as he is the only one who can stand alone against the odds and they respect this and gladly follow. Can you imagine what Alpha would have been like with Commander Gorski at the helm? A self-serving, spineless bureaucrat who would have been way over his head and probably worse for the Alphans than the Breakaway disaster itself.
JackTheFool 25 Feb 2003 18:58:50	No takers for this list? Listen up homeys! Wil Smith as Commander "Jiggy" Koenig Jennifer Lopez at Helena "Bigbutt" Russell Ice Cube as Bob "Cubey" Mathias LL Cool J as Kano J Lucy Liu as Sandra "McBeal" Benes Britney Spears as Maya Eminem as Alan "Eightmile" Carter Alan "Galaxy Quest, Dogma" Rickman as Professor Victor Bergman David Duchovny as Tony Verdeschny "The Bachellor" as Paul Morrow
Cindy 25 Feb 2003 21:40:10	Gilian Anderson as Helena... But she'll have to beleive in aliens!!!
Eagle One 27 Feb 2003 01:26:06	How about Ed O'neil and Katey Segal as John and Helena?
Validus 27 Feb 2003 07:25:26	Married with Moonbase
Loveclassics 18 Mar 2003 06:09:55	Ed Harris would be a GREAT choice. He has a great presence,great personality, . He's a wonderful actor, lot's of experience. He's cute, beautiful eyes, wonderful smile, he's HOT!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah I married an "Ed Harris", they get better with age.
Validus 29 Mar 2003 08:08:05	I added Ed Harris to the list because of his performance in The Abyss and in Apollo 13. Clearly he's good at playing a man in a leadership position. He would certainly be different from Martin Landau, but Martin is...I think we can all agree- unique.
Loveclassics 29 Mar 2003 17:00:17	Yes he's unique that's why he was Gene Roddenbury first choice for Spock.
Validus 16 Apr 2003 09:17:40	Imagine how different that "other" franchise would have been if that had in fact happened. Koenig as a Vulcan? Hmmm..........."facinating."
AntonGorski 19 Apr 2003 04:18:15	With the hype surrounding the new sequel to "The Matrix" these days, how about Australian actor Hugo Weaving (who plays "Agent Smith") as Koenig?
RBAdams 19 Apr 2003 14:58:14	Weaving's tops on the "simmering anger" thing that Koenig had.
Validus 22 Apr 2003 06:33:36	I could so visualize Weaving saying "Doesn't anything work on this base?"
Otis 06 Mar 2004 22:25:12	Hi everybody, night of the walking deaths, the return of the old thread, I like this one. Full of wit, imaginative, brilliant..... just like us ! For me, Russel Crowe or Kevin Spacey. I love the agent Smith, but I don't see Alpha's corridor turned up into kung-fu arena.
Senmut 07 Mar 2004 08:49:47	I think Hugo Weaving, Elrond in LOTR, would be a good choice for Koenig. His scowl is near-perfect. As to Bergman...dunno.
unitystudios 07 Mar 2004 20:15:33	In a remake of Space: 1999, Koenig can be played nicely by a typically unemotional commander as is Martin Landau. I choose Richard Gere for that reason. And I wonder who would score the music and sound effects?!

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Eagle One
22 Feb 2003 14:06:40

I think Kevn Spacey and Annette Benning would be far more dynamic as Koenig and Russel...

Validus
22 Feb 2003 23:32:22

American Beauty:1999 ? Hmmm. . . . . . . . . .

Cindy
23 Feb 2003 22:02:42

Kevin Spacey and Annette Benning: they are very explosive!!!
What do you think about Harrisson Ford: Indiana johns in space...

JackTheFool
24 Feb 2003 16:53:43

Will Smith as Koenig and Jennifer Lopez as Helena.

Validus
24 Feb 2003 21:10:26

Harrison Ford would have been good 15 years ago, but he's too old now. Kevin Spacey might be good, but I always get the feeling that his characters are always on edge- not a good attribute for the Commander of a Moonbase. How about Martin Sheen?

Space1999!
25 Feb 2003 17:12:44

Very true that Koenig seems very edgy as Commander but then again what other leader in sci-fi has had so much to deal with and so few resources or options?

I think it would have been a nice touch in the early episodes to have John confide in Victor something to the effect "how the hell are we going to survive?" or "I don't know exactly what I should do?"

Certainly the responsibility weighs heavily on John but as leader the other Alphans expect him to be the unbreakable mast in the storm and to give the brave face. Perhaps the most palitable example of how John feels is in Collision Course when he says "good luck" to Alan as the charges are about to explode and then must wipe the tears from his eyes. Then shortly after Victor tells John "it was a human decision, none of us would have decided otherwise".

From this it is apparent that they understand the difficulty and strain and NONE of them are seeking to be in command or eager about having to when the situation dictates it. Even when they turn against him in CC it is in the form of consensus and only because they believe John is affected by radiation sickness therefore someone else must take over. We saw this before in Guardian of Piri where a committee reached a decision or in Death's Other Dominion where the decision to leave Alpha was going to be put to a general vote of consensus.

John is undoubtably the Alphan's leader as he is the only one who can stand alone against the odds and they respect this and gladly follow. Can you imagine what Alpha would have been like with Commander Gorski at the helm? A self-serving, spineless bureaucrat who would have been way over his head and probably worse for the Alphans than the Breakaway disaster itself.

JackTheFool
25 Feb 2003 18:58:50

No takers for this list? Listen up homeys!

Wil Smith as Commander "Jiggy" Koenig
Jennifer Lopez at Helena "Bigbutt" Russell
Ice Cube as Bob "Cubey" Mathias
LL Cool J as Kano J
Lucy Liu as Sandra "McBeal" Benes
Britney Spears as Maya
Eminem as Alan "Eightmile" Carter
Alan "Galaxy Quest, Dogma" Rickman as Professor Victor Bergman
David Duchovny as Tony Verdeschny
"The Bachellor" as Paul Morrow

Cindy
25 Feb 2003 21:40:10

Gilian Anderson as Helena... But she'll have to beleive in aliens!!!

Eagle One
27 Feb 2003 01:26:06

How about Ed O'neil and Katey Segal as John and Helena?

Validus
27 Feb 2003 07:25:26

Married with Moonbase

Loveclassics
18 Mar 2003 06:09:55

Ed Harris would be a GREAT choice.

He has a great presence,great personality, .
He's a wonderful actor, lot's of experience.

He's cute, beautiful eyes, wonderful smile, he's HOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah I married an "Ed Harris", they get better with age.

Validus
29 Mar 2003 08:08:05

I added Ed Harris to the list because of his performance in The Abyss and in Apollo 13. Clearly he's good at playing a man in a leadership position. He would certainly be different from Martin Landau, but Martin is...I think we can all agree- unique.

Loveclassics
29 Mar 2003 17:00:17

Yes he's unique that's why he was Gene Roddenbury first choice for Spock.

Validus
16 Apr 2003 09:17:40

Imagine how different that "other" franchise would have been if that had in fact happened. Koenig as a Vulcan? Hmmm..........."facinating."

AntonGorski
19 Apr 2003 04:18:15

With the hype surrounding the new sequel to "The Matrix" these days, how about Australian actor Hugo Weaving (who plays "Agent Smith") as Koenig?

RBAdams
19 Apr 2003 14:58:14

Weaving's tops on the "simmering anger" thing that Koenig had.

Validus
22 Apr 2003 06:33:36

I could so visualize Weaving saying "Doesn't anything work on this base?"

Otis
06 Mar 2004 22:25:12

Hi everybody,
night of the walking deaths, the return of the old thread,
I like this one. Full of wit, imaginative, brilliant..... just like us !

For me, Russel Crowe or Kevin Spacey. I love the agent Smith, but I don't see Alpha's corridor turned up into kung-fu arena.

Senmut
07 Mar 2004 08:49:47

I think Hugo Weaving, Elrond in LOTR, would be a good choice for Koenig. His scowl is near-perfect. As to Bergman...dunno.

unitystudios
07 Mar 2004 20:15:33

In a remake of Space: 1999, Koenig can be played nicely by a typically unemotional commander as is Martin Landau. I choose Richard Gere for that reason. And I wonder who would score the music and sound effects?!

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