From: owner-space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net (space1999-digest)
To: space1999-digest@buffnet4.buffnet.net
Subject: space1999-digest V1 #405
Reply-To:
Sender: owner-space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net
Errors-To: owner-space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net
Precedence: bulk
space1999-digest Sunday, January 18 1998 Volume 01 : Number 405
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 10:18:54 PST
From: David Acheson <dkach@hotmail.com>
Subject: Space1999: Missing Link
Alphans:
Am I ever late this time. I honestly didn't think I would make it in
time to put my two cents in before MISSING LINK week was up. I have
worked over 50 hours so far and am spending a beautiful Sunday afternoon
at the office. I decided to take a break and add yet another review to
the list.
Overall I would rate MISSING LINK in the same category as EARTHBOUND.
Average to slightly above average. Not one of the best but not a clunker
like I think RING AROUND THE MOON was. Edward di Lorenzo, in my own
opinion, has fared a bit better with this script and Ray Austin 's
direction was greatly improved. I just did not get the feeling that this
was a five or ten minute story stretched to an hour like their earlier
effort. In a way it was too bad di Lorenzo left the project at this
point because we just don't seem to have a fare assessment of his
overall quality. I know some here have also heavily criticized this
episode but that is okay. We all have different tastes! Di Lorenzo's
departure marked the end of the early attempts (in year one) for ITC to
get American writers and directors. He is American isn't he?
What worked best for me in the episode is the study of the Alphans'
reactions to Koenig's near-death situation. We clearly started the
series off with a bunch of strangers who were like lost sheep in the
cosmos after the Breakaway event. Mistakes were made (especially by
Koenig)which made the situation (on a human level if not on a scientific
level)realistic. But after time we would expect a community to be
forged. MISSING LINK shows that this new community has clearly started.
The Alphans see Koenig as their natural leader (for good or bad) and
can't fathom replacing him with someone else so soon into their journey.
Although not in the scripts, I would suspect that after this episode
Koenig and his staff would lay out procedures for a new command
structure - A made-on-Alpha set of rules to replace the ones created on
Earth.
Most memorable scene - the coffee cup falling and Kano yelling at the
girl in Main Mission. Don't ask me why this scene sticks out! I suspect
the coffee wasn't decaf. Paul should have hit the Red Alert alarm to
really make it dramatic. And maybe a few security guards running in with
their lasers drawn. Would launching an Eagle be too much? Smile.
Peter Cushing was great as the alien Raan in my opinion. The story about
capturing Koenig's soul was a bit silly but the idea of us being a
missing link to an alien species was quite interesting for 1970's
sci-fi. Makes sense too if we take into account the later episode THE
TESTAMENT OF ARKADIA. Could the Arkadians be the forerunners of both
Earth and Zenno. Hmmmmmmm............. As for the comments about Raan
being somewhat sinister I believe the comment that di Lorenzo was trying
to make was this: The Zennites may just not be all that different from
humans after all despite their self-acknowledged superiority. Raan gets
jealous and Vana falls in love.
For trivia buffs, Joanna Dunham who played Vana was in the Gerry
Anderson pilot THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW.
The Zennite city was spectacular considering it was a matte painting.
But for 1975 this was a great improvement over the poorly painted cities
seen in the 1960s. Just too bad the logistics wouldn't allow for a
walking tour of the city. I believe with today's effect that would be
possible. Just watch STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION to see such effects.
Before I go I have a question to the list. My cousin claims that the
love music played in this episode (when Koenig and Vana fall in love and
kiss) was music from the movie JOURNEY TO THE FAR SIDE OF THE SUN (or
DOPPELGANGER as it is known in Europe). He says it is in the scene where
the astronauts are sleeping during the long flight to the other planet.
I suspect he is wrong but wanted to see what others on this list say.
David Acheson
______________________________________________________
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: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 10:54:30 -0800
From: South Central <Tamazunchale@webtv.net>
Subject: Space1999: Missing Link/Doppelganger music
He is wrong about the music. I had that music on tape and all the 1999
episodes on cassette tape too. I used to listen to them as a kid. The
music is not even similar, neither in melody nor istrumentation. You
can safely bet on this one.
Mateo
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 11:03:08 -0800
From: South Central <Tamazunchale@webtv.net>
Subject: Space1999: Episode by Episode
Well! This enthusiasm is incredible. Will it last 48 weeks? I think
so! It's lasted over 22 years, hasn't it?!
The episode up for examination and discussion for the week of January
19-25 is another one of my personal favorites: The Guardian of Piri.
Truly a weighty story and with an alien world that is truly
awe-inspiring (like Missing Link before it). "Leave me with my pain; it
reminds me I'm human." I remember seeing an article with a picture of
Piri in TV Guide as the series was about to debut. It convinced me to
watch.
Enjoy!
Mateo
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 15:20:28 -0500
From: relax@videotron.ca
Subject: Space1999: I'm back!!!!
Hi All!
That crap of EL-NINO thing f..... up everything here in
southern Quebec, i don't know if you heard about this
(CNN covered it a lot last week), we had 4 days in a
row of freezing rain here and all the power lines went
down. Mostly half of the population of Quebec (3 000 000
people) were out of electricity for many days.
On my side i'm recovering up, 12 days without electricity,
12 ENTIRE DAYS, could you imagine that ?
We have surely the cheapest electricity cost in the entire
world (hydro-electricity), it cost me an average of 45.00 u$
per month (500.00 u$ a year) for the whole house, but living
in it 12 days without electricity with outside temperatures
at -15 C to -20C per night i never thougt it was possible.
I had to remove blocks of 3 inches thick of pure ice off
my roof yesterday.
So for now i'm back, and i have more than 200 e-mails to read,
i know that some of you wrote to me, please be patient, i'll
answer you in a few days...
Andre Beauchamp
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:05:14 -0500
From: relax@videotron.ca
Subject: Space1999: Episode by episode THE GUARDIAN OF PIRI
Hi all!
If everything went ok during my personnal
blackout, we should be talking about
the GUARDIAN OF PIRI episode this coming
week.
Before you all watch this episode, i want you
to see a blooper in it, i saw that blooper a few
months ago, after many years watching this episode
without seeing it.
At that time, i sent a note about it on this list,
so i'm sending it again for those of you who want
to see it.
At 28 min. 12 sec. from the beginning of the episode, something funny
is happening. At this point John Koenig is leaving medical center and
Bob Mathias who was offering a drink to the commander.
John is walking in a corridor and you can see many persons packing
stuff around him, then a women comes from left to right with a white
case supported by a clear strap, then (now that's the blooper) the clear
strap brokes and the case hits the floor doing some noise and this
noise seems to disturb Martin Landau who is turning himself around to
see what happened.
FYI : the white plastic case who hits the floor is in fact a
2 inches videotape reel case. I had many of them at my job years ago.
Now today we are using 1 inch reels, they are much thinner and compact.
Andre Beauchamp
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 22:47:15 +0100
From: Ekmar Brand <Ekmar.Brand@t-online.de>
Subject: Space1999: THE MAKING OF SPACE: 1999
Hi all!
I'm looking for the book "The Making of Space: 1999ì by Tim Heald, Ballantine
Books, ISBN 0-345-25265-9-195.
Where can I get this book?
Ekmar
================================================================================
Ekmar Brand
Ferdinand-Toennies-Str. 8
D-23701 Eutin
Germany
Tel.: (+49) 04521-2818
email: Ekmar.Brand@t-online.de
SPACE: 1999 GERMAN CAMPAIGN HOMEPAGE:
http://home.t-online.de/home/Ekmar.Brand@t-online.de/1.htm
(Last update: 18th January 1998)
================================================================================
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 17:20:48 -0500
From: relax@videotron.ca
Subject: Space1999: In the U.K
(sligthly OT)
Hi All (again).
I'm going to the U.K. on march 29 th, attending Gerry's
Anderson convention april 11th and 12th 1998.
I already have the plane ticket and the car rental
contract in my hands.
In this trip, i want to :
Drink a lot of British beer,
visit a lot of castles (England and Scotland),
Doing some treking in those beautiful mountains
in northern Scotland
and see, touch... even smell the most related
things to Space 1999 and UFO.
So for those of you who knows where some scenes
of UFO or Space1999 have been shot, please let me
know, if you have some real props or models in your
possession, if you know places where i can get Space1999
stuff only available in the U.K, please let me know.
I'm leaving Canada alone, so i will have all my time
to visit and see what "I" really want to.
I'm doing this trip first to see the most related things
to the series, and for the convention (and to see at last
Captain Scarlet in person).
Andre Beauchamp
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 17:05:57 EST
From: Artist0161 <Artist0161@aol.com>
Subject: Space1999: O.T. Aol price hike
Any one out there hear anything about AOL jacking their prices up to 39.95 in
march. Supposedly a former employee is saying this is so. I received an E-Mail
about it. Now before anyone out there accuses me of proliferating a hoax or
an internet myth...I am just asking if anyone on the list has any info about
it I am not confirming its validity!, I just want to know if anyone else has
heard anything concerning this. I have contacted AOL about it & they deny that
the rumor is true, the only thing they would say is they are going through a
systems upgrade in march. As for me, if they hike the rates I will find a
different provider.
Artist0161@aol.com
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 17:05:14 -0600
From: Mark Meskin <plastic.gravity@newrock.com>
Subject: Re: Space1999: O.T. Aol price hike
Jump ship anyway! I'm only paying 12 bucks a month now from a local ISP.
I used to have AOL(bout 2 years ago) and have never regreted
leaving.(Please, lets not start an AOL vs ISP war)
You'll save money, and get a jump in speed too.
- -Mark
- ----------
> From: Artist0161 <Artist0161@aol.com>
> To: space1999@buffnet.net
> Subject: Space1999: O.T. Aol price hike
> Date: Sunday, January 18, 1998 4:05 PM
>
> Any one out there hear anything about AOL jacking their prices up to
39.95 in
> march. Supposedly a former employee is saying this is so. I received an
E-Mail
> about it. Now before anyone out there accuses me of proliferating a hoax
or
> an internet myth...I am just asking if anyone on the list has any info
about
> it I am not confirming its validity!, I just want to know if anyone else
has
> heard anything concerning this. I have contacted AOL about it & they deny
that
> the rumor is true, the only thing they would say is they are going
through a
> systems upgrade in march. As for me, if they hike the rates I will find a
> different provider.
>
>
>
> Artist0161@aol.com
> ***********************************************************
> Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
> To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
> in the body put unsubscribe space1999
> ***********************************************************
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 18:26:22 EST
From: LKJ1999 <LKJ1999@aol.com>
Subject: Space1999: OT: DVD player
Hi All...
Who on this list has a DVD player. Or thinking of getting DVD anytime soon???
Chas P. LKJ1999
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 16:12:17 +0000
From: "Robert Ashley Ruiz" <espresso@dnai.com>
Subject: Space1999: New in the Cybrary
I've just added the Space: 1999 Publications Reference Guide by
Martin J. Willey to the Cybrary (see What's New?). This is an
online guide to Space: 1999 publications or articles in books,
fanzines/newsletters, magazines, and newspapers across the
globe since the series' premiere. Martin did an excellent job
on this, as always.
Looks best with Internet Explorer, though similar with Netscape
Navigator.
In the magazine section there's a subsection called
"Unidentified." If you see any article there that you know
which publication it appeared in, please contact Martin at:
martin.willey@exgb01.exch.eds.com
and we'll revise it.
Thanks,
Robert
Robert Ruiz (cybrarian@cybrary1999.com)
San Francisco, California USA
Cybrarian of the Space: 1999 Cybrary at:
http://www.cybrary1999.com
***********************************************************
Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
in the body put unsubscribe space1999
***********************************************************
------------------------------
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 17:03:25 -0800
From: Terry Lee <TerryL@asymetrix.com>
Subject: RE: Space1999: In the U.K
Andre,
Part of the convention will be a tour of the area where several U.F.O.
and Space:1999 episodes were shot.
Terry
terryl@asymetrix.com
>----------
>From: relax@videotron.ca[SMTP:relax@videotron.ca]
>Sent: Sunday, January 18, 1998 2:20 PM
>To: Space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net
>Subject: Space1999: In the U.K
>
>(sligthly OT)
>
>Hi All (again).
>
>I'm going to the U.K. on march 29 th, attending Gerry's
>Anderson convention april 11th and 12th 1998.
>I already have the plane ticket and the car rental
>contract in my hands.
>
>In this trip, i want to :
>
>Drink a lot of British beer,
>visit a lot of castles (England and Scotland),
>Doing some treking in those beautiful mountains
>in northern Scotland
>
>and see, touch... even smell the most related
>things to Space 1999 and UFO.
>So for those of you who knows where some scenes
>of UFO or Space1999 have been shot, please let me
>know, if you have some real props or models in your
>possession, if you know places where i can get Space1999
>stuff only available in the U.K, please let me know.
>I'm leaving Canada alone, so i will have all my time
>to visit and see what "I" really want to.
>I'm doing this trip first to see the most related things
>to the series, and for the convention (and to see at last
>Captain Scarlet in person).
>
>
>
>Andre Beauchamp
>***********************************************************
>Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List
>To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and
>in the body put unsubscribe space1999
>***********************************************************
>
***********************************************************
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 #405
*******************************