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FAB 51

New Fanderson fanzine

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Martin 16 Dec 2004 20:59:05	Fanderson's FAB 51 is out Keith Wilson is announced as a new guest to the two September 2005 conventions (including Destination Moonbase Alpha ). There's another page from the first Look-In comic strip The most interesting read is the interview with Look-In/ annual writer Angus Allan. He remembers meeting visiting the Space 1999 set several times, and how friendly Martin Landau was. The rest of the history about TV 21 and Look-In comics is a very good read too. There's a report of Robert Vaughan's talk at the National Film Theatre, in which he mentions meeting Martin Landau and Barbara Bain before they flew to start filming Space, and warning them that the 24 episodes would take 3 years to film (they did!). Non-1999 related, there's more on Capt Scarlet, Thunderbirds and a very good technical article on making Fireball XL5. On a completely non-1999 related note, the New Captain Scarlet website is up (this is Gerry Anderson's latest series). Nice Flash site, (the geek is me also approved the use of XHTML and sIFR) Martin
DX-SFX 17 Dec 2004 03:19:00	Just had a look at the new trailer and here's my opinion for better or worse. I think it looks like a video game. With the original you sometimes found yourself forgetting they were models and puppets (well models anyway). There's no danger of realism getting in the way with the new one which is a shame because half of the hypnotic appeal of the original (and the other series) is that it looked "real". A lot depends on how adult the stories are but I predict it will do modestly well in the UK for the first half dozen episodes and then viewing figures will drop off. In Japan it will probably do well but then most things Anderson over there do but how good they consider the cgi is debatable. I like Crispin Merrells music but it's a bit tedious when it just blankets the whole program. I hope the episodes don't reflect the trailer in this respect. Barry Gray's strident underlining of the genuinely dramatic moments in the original lend contrast where a constant background track just becomes noise. There may be a big push in respect of merchandising but I don't see it having legs but in todays market place and the policy of making a short term killing, it might achieve what it's set out to do....just. We'll see. OK, I have my flak jacket on. Fire away.
DDL 22 Dec 2004 19:02:43	Where's the interview?

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Martin
16 Dec 2004 20:59:05

Fanderson's FAB 51 is out

Keith Wilson is announced as a new guest to the two September 2005 conventions (including Destination Moonbase Alpha ).

There's another page from the first Look-In comic strip

The most interesting read is the interview with Look-In/ annual writer Angus Allan. He remembers meeting visiting the Space 1999 set several times, and how friendly Martin Landau was. The rest of the history about TV 21 and Look-In comics is a very good read too.

There's a report of Robert Vaughan's talk at the National Film Theatre, in which he mentions meeting Martin Landau and Barbara Bain before they flew to start filming Space, and warning them that the 24 episodes would take 3 years to film (they did!).

Non-1999 related, there's more on Capt Scarlet, Thunderbirds and a very good technical article on making Fireball XL5.

On a completely non-1999 related note, the New Captain Scarlet website is up (this is Gerry Anderson's latest series). Nice Flash site, (the geek is me also approved the use of XHTML and sIFR)

Martin

DX-SFX
17 Dec 2004 03:19:00

Just had a look at the new trailer and here's my opinion for better or worse.

I think it looks like a video game. With the original you sometimes found yourself forgetting they were models and puppets (well models anyway). There's no danger of realism getting in the way with the new one which is a shame because half of the hypnotic appeal of the original (and the other series) is that it looked "real". A lot depends on how adult the stories are but I predict it will do modestly well in the UK for the first half dozen episodes and then viewing figures will drop off. In Japan it will probably do well but then most things Anderson over there do but how good they consider the cgi is debatable. I like Crispin Merrells music but it's a bit tedious when it just blankets the whole program. I hope the episodes don't reflect the trailer in this respect. Barry Gray's strident underlining of the genuinely dramatic moments in the original lend contrast where a constant background track just becomes noise. There may be a big push in respect of merchandising but I don't see it having legs but in todays market place and the policy of making a short term killing, it might achieve what it's set out to do....just.

We'll see.

OK, I have my flak jacket on. Fire away.

DDL
22 Dec 2004 19:02:43

Where's the interview?

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