From: owner-space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net (space1999-digest) To: space1999-digest@buffnet4.buffnet.net Subject: space1999-digest V1 #397 Reply-To: Sender: owner-space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net Errors-To: owner-space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net Precedence: bulk space1999-digest Wednesday, January 14 1998 Volume 01 : Number 397 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 23:19:32 -0700 From: Riccardo Iommi <r.iommi@mailcity.com> Subject: Space1999: A question: Barry Morse Hi Alphans, maybe the answer to the following question may be given by Italian fans only. Some years ago a long bearded Barry Morse appeared in a small cameo in an Italian movie: which is the title? Who the director? And which Mr. Morse's role? Keep an eye on your orbit Riccardo Free web-based e-mail, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailcity.com *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 23:23:36 -0700 From: Riccardo Iommi <r.iommi@mailcity.com> Subject: Space1999: Missing Link Italian version Hi Alphans, someone may be curious about how Italian broadcasters translated the original title Missing Link: the answer is THE SPACE LOVERS! Keep an eye on your orbit Riccardo Free web-based e-mail, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailcity.com *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 01:52:37 -0700 From: Riccardo Iommi <r.iommi@mailcity.com> Subject: Space1999: missing link Hi Alphans, here are a few notes on Missing Link, the first 1999 episode I ever watched (I was only 6 years old). The shot which fascinated me most is Koenig's fight with the monsters (his subconscious? His errors?) and his desperate seeking for help with Victor: in Missing Link we see how the warm scientist has just become a brother figure to Koenig, maybe the reflecting part of his conscience, in contrapposition with the man-of-action part of it. In fact, why didn't he ask for help to Helena? Good psychological game. However, I found the episode a bit too slow in his development, and some confusion emerges (what about Keonig? Who is he? Why was Sandra chosen to bring back the commander, and not Helena or Victor?) In the end, look at Koenig's smile: is he awakening from a nightmare? Keep an eye on your orbit Riccardo Free web-based e-mail, Forever, From anywhere! http://www.mailcity.com *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 02:57:40 PST From: David Acheson <dkach@hotmail.com> Subject: Space1999: Columbia House/C Schell/B Morse Canadian Alphans: In regards to Jonathan Ward's queries about Columbia House Canada, the last I heard from them is that they hope to be able to bring the SPACE: 1999 collection here in the near future. In other words, they do not have it now and may or may not soon. I believe they will wait to see how it sells in the US club before offering it to Canadians. My last message from them was in November 1997. Also I brought up that Space: The Imagination Station was airing MOON ZERO TWO (with Catherina Von Schell)on Thursday night midnight EST. That's tomorrow folks. Since then I have found out that the CBC is airing the 1979 film THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME this Saturday at 2:00 in the afternoon. At least the local Toronto affiliate is - I am not sure if the entire network is airing it. This crudfest was a badly made Canadian film billed as a loose sequel to H.G. Well's classic. Barry Morse is in it. I also believe Sylvia Anderson was involved in some capacity on the production side. David ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 11:13:19 +0000 From: "Petter Ogland" <petter.ogland@dnmi.no> Subject: Re: Space1999: Missing Link rant Hi all, Pat wrote: > I know there are others on this list who really like this episode [MISSING > LINK]. My post will disappoint them. I have to start off saying that this > is notone of my favorite episodes. Overall, I found some scenes to be entirely > laughable, i.e., the spinning camera effect and Koenig's nightmare > sequence with the old hag. I found the camera work excellent in this installment. Creative camera work of this kind seems to be a trademark of Ray Austin. The only one who comes close to it is David Tomblin, I think, perhaps in his THE INFERNAL MACHINE in particular, which includes some rather fancy cinematography. I can't see what should be laughable about MISSING LINK, however, particulary not the spinning camera effect, which was excellent in my opinion. I must admit, on the other hand, that the Koenig's nightmare sequence didn't work all that well with me either, but I didn't think of it as particulary bad, just that it was a bit too theatrical for my taste. As it was rather short, I felt it was ok for illustrating the emotional disturbance as an aftermath of Raan's first experiment. > The scene in which Koeing spins in his > quarters on Zenno saying "I am a man, not an experiment". I laughed. It > didn't ring true to me, for some reason. It reminded me of "The > Elephant Man." I thought this was a rather fine sequence, and by the way, I also liked "The Elephant Man". Come to think of it, the directoral styles of Ray Austin and David Lynch don't seem all that different. Lynch also has this obsession with dreams and nightmares and an very emotional and creative way of filming. > The writers didn't explore the > experimentation/exploitation theme as efficiently as they could have. > They touched on it, and switched the storyline to the Koenig loves (or > pretends to love) Vaana. Maybe they were trying to get across that > exploitation can take many forms, but it could have been done better. > I also didn't believe that Koenig really fell in love with Vaana that > quickly, as the novelization states. He was using her to irritate Raan > into sending him back to Alpha. Look at the way he smiled and reached > for Helena after he awoke on Alpha. I view this differently, but whether Koenig was in love or not is an interesting question. If he were simulating he would have to do this in a very convincing way as the Zennites were capable of reading his mind. After having watched this episode several times I'm now under the impression that he was actually in love. He was doomed to spend the rest of his life on Zenno, so perhaps this was the best he could make out of it. It is particulary interesting when Sandra enters, I think. Koenig is still under the impression that it is all a dream, and that he is not able to return to Alpha. When he finally decides to return he does not seem to bear too many harsh thoughts for the Zennites. Quite to the contrary it seems. > There were some good things. The Eagle crash and rescue scene were > superbly done. I agree, and also seem to remember that this crash was voted the best Eagle crash in the whole series by many on poll on this list some time ago. > The dim lighting on the alternate Alpha gave the > atmosphere/sense that something was terribly wrong. The misspelling of > Koenig's name on the monitor was the telltale sign that all was not > right. Extravagant direction by Austin in the sequence, I feel, he seems to be a master of such moody sequences. This sequence and similar sequences in THE TROUBLED SPIRIT were far superior to what Crichton (GUARDIAN OF PIRI) or Tomblin (FORCE OF LIFE) managed to do, the way I see it. > Barry Morse was superb. Delivering his speech about saving > himself was so out of the Victor character, you knew he had such a > mastery over the Victor character that he could deliver those lines > flawlessly. Nick Tate, Prentiss Hancock , and Clifton were very > passionate, and appropriately worked up. For some reason the acting really seem to excell in the Austin and Katzin installments. I feel BREAKAWAY, BLACK SUN, RING AROUND THE MOON and MISSING LINK are far superior to the other episodes we have disucused so far in this respect. In the Crichton and Tomblin episodes the acting seem much more formula. In the episodes mentioned above I sense the characters are much more unpredictable and alive. This aspect alone makes MISSING LINK and the others worth watching I think. > Carter by this time, has > become almost fanatically loyal to Koenig as Commander, and doesn't seem > to think anyone can fill his shoes. In di Lorenzo's previous effort, RING AROUND THE MOON, Carter seemed rather annoyed by Koenig. I think this 180 degree turn seems very fit for the type of character Carter seems to represent, emotionally driven, popular but extremely dependent on his superiors. I can't remember if there were any confrontations between Carter and Koenig in EARTHBOUND. There was a minor controntation in ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE, as Carter couldn't understand why Koenig hesitated the landing party, but the kind of suspicion regarding Koenig's ability to make the right choices, perhaps most explicitly elaborated on in BLACK SUN and RING AROUND THE MOON, did not seem to be present. > Peter Cushing did well, but I couldn't help note a very sinister > undertone to his performance. I was almost reminded of his portrayal > of Governor/ Grand Moff Tarkin, as he deliveres some of his lines. I > almost expected him to say "The Alphans are a dead race, Commander, and > you, are the last one." Peter Cushing is one of my favourite actors. I just saw him cast as Osric in Sir Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" (1948). He certainly developed quite a lot since then, but did a remarkable role there as well, much better than Robin Williams in the 1997 Brannagh version, I think. Regarding the presence of Peter Cushing I feel just like Brian exclaimed about Christopher Lee in EARTHBOUND. Just the fact that they casted Cushing makes the episode enjoyable in itself. Petter *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:04:04 +0000 From: "Petter Ogland" <petter.ogland@dnmi.no> Subject: Re: Space1999: Missing (the boat) Link Hi all, Mark wrote: > Pat hit many of the the points about this pile o crap. Top 3 worst episode. > Only Ring are the Moon and Rules of Luton were worse. Oh dear! On my list MISSING LINK rates one of the top 5 best episodes I believe, together with RING AROUND THE MOON and others. RULES OF LUTON is not one of my favourties, however, although I think it gives some insight to how Fred Freiberger was thinking about Sci-Fi, not too unlike his two other scripts. > Everyone is SO out > of character. Its funny, I didn't remember this episode from my childhood, > and when I fist read the synopsis for it, I thought, Hey what a great > script idea. Then I saw it..ugh. The blurb I read filled my mind with > Koenig being found by an alien race after his Eagle crashed and then the > doctors slowly coming the realization that Koenig is really an ancient > ancestor of theirs. This sounds nice. I suppose this could have made fine premise for an interesting episode too. > What we got was pure garbage. Raan's little mind > games with Koenig make no sense at all, ... It made perfect sense to me, in fact one of the most meaningful episodes in the series as I see it. Lots of interesting ideas being discussed in this one, I feel, just like BREAKAWAY, BLACK SUN and others, an episodes that continues to be interesting during repeated viewing, perhaps, just like RING AROUND THE MOON, an episode that even improves by repeated viewing as there is so much happening. Some of the best episodes are like symphonies, I feel. During the first hearing one often just catches some of the surface themes and structures, while upen repeated listing, new ideas and structures are revealed. MISSING LINK is definitely such an episode, for me at least. By the way, what are your favourite episodes, Mark? Perhaps I like some of the things you like, although you don't seem to share my enthusiasm for what I consider to be definitive highlights of the series. Petter *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 08:18:18 -0800 From: Terry Lee <TerryL@asymetrix.com> Subject: Space1999: RE: Help Needed I Don't think this made it to the list so I am resending. Terry >---------- >From: Terry Lee >Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 1998 8:29 AM >To: 'Space:1999 Mailing List (submit)' >Subject: Help Needed > >Can anybody help this person? > >Thanks > >Terry >terryl@asymetrix.com > >______ > >From sined@netrover.com Mon Jan 12 21:30:48 1998 >Newsgroups: alt.video.tape-trading >Subject: Looking for the Space 1999 pilot >From: "Denis Leclerc" <sined@netrover.com> >Date: 13 Jan 1998 05:30:48 GMT > >I'm looking for the Space 1999 pilot. If you can help, please contact me >at: > >sined@netrover.com > >Denis > > > *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 10:39:32 -0600 From: "connole_rj_ray (184864)" <raymond.jo.connole@lmco.com> Subject: Space1999: FWD newsgroup for sale items Here are two posts I saw on USENET today for those interested. I know nothing about the sellers though. - -----Original Message----- From: Eurothug <eurothug@aol.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.marketplace Date: Monday, January 12, 1998 2:38 PM Subject: Palitoy space 1999 figures F/S >Hi ! > >I have loose but mint PALITOY 'Space 1999' figures ALIEN and ZANTOR ! >Super rare only released in England. >Price $90 + postage each ! > >eurothug@aol.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -----Original Message----- From: FaceMan99 <faceman99@aol.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.marketplace Date: Saturday, January 03, 1998 2:52 PM Subject: FS: Space: 1999 Items >Here is a list of some Space: 1999 items I currently have for sale. >*All prices include US shipping. >**If you are outside the US please let me know so I can recalculate shipping. > >2 Space: 1999 puzzles put out by HG Toys. Each puzzle consists of 150 pieces. >Boxes have some minor wear (dent in the upper right of the 2nd puzzle). Puzzle >#1 and #3 of series. > >$12 each or $20 for both > > >4 Space: 1999 paperbacks by Pocket Books. All are in good used condition. > #2 Moon Odyssey > #4.Collision Course > #5 Lunar Attack > #8 Android Planet > >$10 for set > > >All 7 full color Space: 1999 Comics by Charlton. All are in Very good to >excellent condition. > >$30 for set > > >5 large black and white Space: 1999 Comics by Charlton. All are in very good >condition. Included are issues 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7. > >$30 for set > > >UFO/Space: 1999 book from England. Covers UFO and Space: 1999 extensively, >with characher bios, episode guides, and tons of photos. > >$20 > >Please Contact: FaceMan99@aol.com - -- ////////////////////////////////////// Ray Connole Lockheed Martin Vought Systems P.O. Box 650003 Dallas, TX 75265-0003 mailto:raymond.jo.connole@lmco.com \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:21:15 EST From: StarParty <StarParty@aol.com> Subject: Re: Space1999: Columbia House/C Schell/B Morse In a message dated 98-01-14 06:01:02 EST, David wrote: << I have found out that the CBC is airing the 1979 film THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME this Saturday at 2:00 in the afternoon. At least the local Toronto affiliate is - I am not sure if the entire network is airing it. This crudfest was a badly made Canadian film billed as a loose sequel to H.G. Well's classic. Barry Morse is in it. I also believe Sylvia Anderson was involved in some capacity on the production side. >> Here's what Barry Morse has to say about this movie: "I did this regrettable, quite horrifyingly bad remake of that lovely H.G. Wells' story 'The Shape of Things to Come' in Canada. But it was all done, as often happens, on a peanuts budget. As the man once said, 'If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.' Some cynical old friend of mine said that once." Tony *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 *********************************************************** ------------------------------ End of space1999-digest V1 #397 *******************************