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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 18:32:49 EST
From: LKJ1999 <LKJ1999@aol.com>
Subject: Space1999: A question John Koenig
In what episode does John say...
Killer that can't be killed !!! Good luck...
Chas P. LKJ1999
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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 18:39:57 EST
From: LKJ1999 <LKJ1999@aol.com>
Subject: Space1999: Guardian of Piri.
Hi All...
I will have My comment's on G-of Piri. Later this week...
By the way. This episode is on My top.5. Favorite episode's from Y-1 1999...
Chas P. LKJ1999
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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)
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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 21:02:30 +0000
From: "Robert Ashley Ruiz" <espresso@dnai.com>
Subject: Space1999: Virtual Eagle You Can Fly
New in the Cybrary:
Aaron Booth's VRML Eagle, available for download in the
Collectibles/Fan Produced Giveaways section.
Very cool. Once you get the hang of this thing -- which took me
awhile the first time I played with it -- it's a blast. You can
actually position it and have it fly right into "the camera."
Read the text next to the download image -- it will help you.
Have fun.
Robert Ruiz (cybrarian@cybrary1999.com)
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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 22:57:33 +0000
From: "Barry Scannell" <bjscannell@m1.sprynet.com>
Subject: Space1999: Looking For Scene 147
Hello All( or Y'all ),
Can anyone send me the text from scene #147 from The Metamorph
script?
Thanks,
Barry
__ ) ___| | |
__ \ _` | __| __| | | \___ \ __| _` | __ \ __ \ _ \ | |
| | ( | | | | | | ( ( | | | | | __/ | |
___/ \__,_|_| _| \__, | _____/ \___|\__,_|_| _|_| _|\___|_|_|
____/
White Left Sleeve #143
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:49:54 -0700
From: Riccardo Iommi <r.iommi@mailcity.com>
Subject: Re: Space1999: A question John Koenig
- ---
"THERE IS ONLY ONE MOTION
AND THAT IS PERPETUAL MOTION"
(Francis Picabia)
>In what episode does John say...
>
> Killer that can't be killed !!! Good luck...
>
> Chas P. LKJ1999
>
End Of Eternity.
Riccardo
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 09:59:54 +0000
From: Petter Ogland <petter.ogland@dnmi.no>
Subject: Re: Space1999: Guardian of Piri
Hi all,
Riccardo Iommi wrote:
> 1) This definitely is one of my top 5 of Y-1 (By the way, here they are:
Black Sun,
> Breakaway, Guardian of Piri, Space Brain, Dragon's Domain)
The list is not too unlike the list posted by Mark, earlier on, is it?
Interestingly, all the episodes on this list, except from BREAKAWAY and
BLACK SUN that most people seem to agree is the epitome of SPACE: 1999,
are written by Penfold.
>From what I've understood, Penfold was quite pleased with GUARDIAN OF PIRI.
SPACE BRAIN he regarded as more of a philosophical episode, more pleased with
the sheer idea of it rather than how it turn out in production. Some people
tend to get a bit distracted by the foam, it seems, others accept or ignore.
The St. George and the Dragon theme in DRAGON'S DOMAIN is an even older
and probably even more worn out subject than the Man vs. Machine in
GUARDINA OF PIRI, but the focus on the psychology of Cellini makes it
quite interesting, I think. The excellent choice of music for this episode
also made it turn out quite well, I feel.
It is remarkable how often the Penfold episodes turn up on the Top Five
lists, and how seldom the Byrne episodes do. Mark had THE TESTAMENT OF
ARKADIA on number six, however, but preferred Penfold's THE LAST SUNSET to
Byrne's similar ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE.
My impression is that while Byrne's episodes seem to revolve around the
same ideas over and over again, being sort of comments to ANOTHER TIME
ANOTHER PLACE, Penfold is more diverse in his approach.
Tonight I'll probably be watching FORCE OF LIFE in order to prepare for
next weeks discussions, and it will be interesting to note whether Edward
di Lorenzo is still credited on this one. My impression is that di Lorezo
had a rather strong impact on Penfold, but very much less so on Byrne. While
there seems to be quite a few links between RING AROUND THE MOON, WAR GAMES
and SPACE BRAIN, episodes like FORCE OF LIFE, END OF ETERNITY, THE TROUBLED
SPIRIT etc. seem to be interesting in quite different things, still interesting
things of course.
> 2) Kano fighting for saving his own face is really great: everyone on Alpha
is against
> him, but he insists protecting his computer (which he considers a sort of
brother);
> at last, when he realizes that the machine is killing the humans, he chooses
the
> extreme sacrifice. Look at the changing in his moods when he faces Koenig
alone:
> good job, mr. Jones!
I remembered when first watching the scenes where Kano faces Koenig, I felt it
a
bit stilted, as it seemed neither of the actors were being too sure of how to
make the scene work, but on repeated viewing I find it better and better. Some
of the stilted dialogue, empty gazes and feeling of people who are not
totally commited to what they are doing seem to enhance the feeling of
embarrasment over the situation.
While I still believe that the seemingly militant directorial style of Charles
Crichton may have had an impact on the actors by making them more nervous than
necessary, this is how it appears to me anyway, the nervousness and
lack of total commitment, so apparent in many of the Austin episodes,
does sometimes fit well with the intellectual aspects in the Penfold
scripts, I feel.
Overall I feel GUARDIAN OF PIRI to be of Chrichton's better achievements, if
not even perhaps his best, and a very good achievement by Penfold too.
> 3) It's difficult to see Bergman happy like a child, and Koenig knows that
well.
> But how about treating the Piri matter throwing off any scientific approach?
Bergman,
> a Nobel Prize? In Koenig's clothes, I would've been a bit confused too!
I like the scenes where Bergman shows his child like enthusiasm for Piri
while all the other seem deeply worried. Koenig seems genuinely surprised
by Bergman's attitudes, and though he would like to join in on Bergman's happy
thoughs, but he can't figure out why Bergman is so enthusiastic about the
computer reports when all know that Computer does not seem to be perfectly
reliable in this matter.
Both Landau's and Morse's acting are outstanding in this sequence, I think.
> 4) Catherine Schell is really nice, although I recognized her as Maya only
years
> after Piri aired for the first time!
I'm surprised that Catherine Schell hasn't been able to do more films than
she has. While she is astonishingly beautiful, according to my taste anyway,
she's obviously not "just another pretty face". In my opinion her acting
abilities are remarkable, both in this episode and as Maya later on.
When casting for Maya, it has been said that they decided on Catherine Schell
after watching her work in a PINK PANTHER film. How strange, when they had
already casted her as the Servant of the Guardian, and therefore should have
some experience with her as an actress.
On the other hand, the role of the Servant is one that almost makes for serious
drama, while Year Two and Maya was much more tongue-in-cheek, I suppose,
and perhaps they wanted to know if she was capable of acting ridicolously also.
> 5) Good work also by mr. Phillips with is nerve-broken reply to Helena:
seeing Mathias
> angry is somewhat extraordinary!
>
> 6) Poor doctor Mathias gets stunned for the Nth time!
>
> 7) Mr. Landau would be awardable just for the solitude scenes: great!
I agree about Martin Landau's performance. No matter how serious or how
silly the plots were written, Landau seemed always to be in top form.
Personally I like situations where he is able to bring out more of the human
sides to Koenig, like how he is living on pills after the others have aborted
the moon.
The Servant interacts with Koenig on three occasions during the episode.
On the second occasion, when she appeares on Moonbase Alpha, the meeting
between Catherine Schell and Landau generates magic, as I see it. She
looks beautiful as ever, and deliver her arguments with thought, seeming
to care for Koenig and convince him that life on Piri actually is the
best way of life there is.
Koenig, on the other hand, is totally worn out, confused and desperate.
Not being able to attack the Servant because of her fragile appearance and
beutiful charms, he fists through a monitor.
Was there anything Koenig could have done in order to prevent the exodus
from taking place? Was exodus after all such a bad thing? Perhaps the Alphans
where happy on Piri? They certainly behave that way.
I believe this must have been some of the things he could have been
reflecting on while eating pills and drinking water in solitary.
In Muir's book he draws parallells to Homer's "The Odyssey" where the
crew, in one of the adventures, are being distracted by the singing of
the beautiful Sirens. Beauty and charm may not always be what it appears
to be. Shakespeare lets Hamlet say something like "A man may smile
and smile and still be a villain" about his father-in-law, King Claudius.
Petter
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 11:36:53 +0100
From: Roberto Baldassari <baldas@tin.it>
Subject: Space1999: Travel Tube Schedule
Robert Ruiz wrote:
>Somehow I doubt the schedule that was actually on the show is
>going to conform to the ideas of the writers of the Moonbase
>Alpha Technical Notebook.
>
>Also funny that the schedule still said "Main Mission" during
>Series 2, but then again, why not?
Whatching some shots from year one it's seems that schedule was created and
used for season one. They changed the colored areas on the Alpha plan in
the second season but the schedule remains the same.
Along with the British spellings (another year one feature) there are some
misspelling too: HANGER Areas SOLA Energy Plant!
```
Roberto Baldassari - baldas@tin.it - Mantova - Italy (o o)
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It's not the thing you fling, it's the fling itself!
(Chris-in-the-morning, Cicely, Alaska)
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Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 10:00:35 -0000
From: Simon Morris <simes01@globalnet.co.uk>
Subject: Space1999: Re: Alpha Technical Data Center Publications
Hello All
Like Robert Ashley Ruiz, I have today also received a set of all of Keith
Youngs available SPACE 1999 blueprints and I can only agree 100% with
Roberts comments. I placed the order some considerable time ago and all I
can say is,its been well worth the wait.
There is indeed so much material that it will take days or even a couple of
weeks to absorb it all. In fact,I shall probably have to buy a special
ring-binder to keep it in as it certainly won't all fit into the original
binder that STARLOG supplied with their Tech Notebook.
Anyone considering ordering should not hesitate,but beware that it
apparently takes Keith considerable time to prepare each order.So you have
to be VERY patient....but its worth it.
Simon Morris
simes01@globalnet.co.uk
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 07:47:48 +0000
From: "Robert Ashley Ruiz" <espresso@dnai.com>
Subject: Space1999: Re: Travel Tube Schedule/Space: 2099
Roberto wrote:
> Whatching some shots from year one it's seems that schedule
> was created and used for season one. They changed the colored
> areas on the Alpha plan in the second season but the schedule
> remains the same. Along with the British spellings (another
> year one feature) there are some misspelling too: HANGER Areas
> SOLA Energy Plant!
Are you saying they changed the colored areas graphic above the
schedule some time during Series 1 from the original and then
AGAIN for Series 2?
You can see the first one in the Cybrary's Exhibits/Roberto
Baldassari Alphan Graphics Exhibit/Travel Tube page. Click on
"similar graphic" in the first paragraph and compare that image
from Breakaway with the others on the page. This one in
Breakaway didn't last the entire first season (though I believe
it lasted longer than just Breakaway), so if they changed it
again for the second season, that would be the third change. I
had assumed they changed it (simplified it) some time in Series
1 and left it that way for the remainder of the series.
The next time you're watching Another Time, Another Place
freeze frame on the closeup of Keith Wilson's map of Earth with
North America as its focus. It's very inventive when you study
it -- shaded areas, "weather pattern" (or whatever) lines,
horizontal dots, vertical dots, etc., and it shows how
inventive he is, but with a signature style that creeps into
most of his work.
Since Nick Tate and Brian Johnson have both stated that
PolyGram has been in discussions about reviving Space: 1999 in
some form, I sure hope they bring back Brian Johnson and Keith
Wilson to pick up where they left off. Somehow for me that's
more important than even bringing back the original actors.
Since PolyGram is discussing it right now, it would be a great
time to hop over to the Campaign site and sign the guest book
and get PolyGram's addresses to write a letter showing your
support. Campaign site is at:
http://www.mediom.qc.ca/~dvezina/acamp2.htm#camp
Reading the guest book entries can give you ideas to help write
your letters if you're interested.
Robert Ruiz (cybrarian@cybrary1999.com)
San Francisco, California USA
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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 07:59:38 +0000
From: "Robert Ashley Ruiz" <espresso@dnai.com>
Subject: Space1999: Fun Feature
One other thing in Aaron Booth's VRM Eagle. There is an option
to let the Eagle continue in motion. If you select this you can
click and drag the Eagle (say at the back by the engines) and
then quickly drag the mouse in the direction you want to spin.
When you let go, the Eagle will continue in motion, seemingly
spinning out of control, or, if you drag slowly before you
release (in other words, just give it a gentle nudge rather
than a fast spin), seemingly drifting through space rather
eerily as if abandoned.
This option can be turned on by clicking your right mouse button
and selecting OBJECTS, then clicking the box in the OBJECT
ROTATION that says "Rotate Objects Automatically."
Play with the other options avaialable with the right mouse
button as well.
Once again, the VRML Eagle is in the Cybrary in the
Collectibles/Fan Produced Giveaways page.
Robert Ruiz (cybrarian@cybrary1999.com)
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