From: owner-space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net (space1999-digest) To: space1999-digest@buffnet4.buffnet.net Subject: space1999-digest V3 #374 Reply-To: Sender: owner-space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net Errors-To: owner-space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net Precedence: bulk space1999-digest Tuesday, January 18 2000 Volume 03 : Number 374 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:37:48 -0500 From: "THOMAS LOWERY" <t.lowery3@gte.net> Subject: FW: Space1999: Writer by Writer: Here we Go! - -----Original Message----- From: THOMAS LOWERY [mailto:t.lowery3@gte.net] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 6:19 PM To: Mateo Latosa Subject: RE: Space1999: Writer by Writer: Here we Go! Taking my last email into consideration, this is the list that would be followed, in order: Year Writer Episode 1 DAVID WEIR BLACK SUN 1 BOB KELLETT LAST ENEMY 1 JESSE LASKY & PAT SILVER FULL CIRCLE 1 EDWARD DILORENZO RING AROUND THE MOON 1 EDWARD DILORENZO MISSING LINK 1 ANTHONY TERPILOFF EARTHBOUND 1 ANTHONY TERPILOFF COLLISION COURSE 1 TERPILOFF & ELIZABETH BARROWS DEATH'S OTHER DOMINION 1 TERPILOFF & ELIZABETH BARROWS INFERNAL MACHINE 2 ANTHONY TERPILOFF CATACOMBS OF THE MOON 1 CHRIS PENFOLD BREAKAWAY 1 CHRIS PENFOLD GUARDIAN OF PIRI 1 CHRIS PENFOLD ALPHA CHILD 1 CHRIS PENFOLD LAST SUNSET 1 CHRIS PENFOLD WAR GAMES 1 CHRIS PENFOLD SPACE BRAIN 1 CHRIS PENFOLD DRAGON'S DOMAIN 2 CHRIS PENFOLD DORZAK 1 JOHNNY BYRNE MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH 1 JOHNNY BYRNE ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE 1 JOHNNY BYRNE FORCE OF LIFE 1 JOHNNY BYRNE VOYAGER'S RETURN 1 JOHNNY BYRNE END OF ETERNITY 1 JOHNNY BYRNE TROUBLED SPIRIT 1 JOHNNY BYRNE MISSION OF THE DARIANS 1 JOHNNY BYRNE TESTAMENT OF ARKADIA 2 JOHNNY BYRNE METAMORPH 2 JOHNNY BYRNE IMMUNITY SYNDROME 2 JOHNNY BYRNE DORCONS 2 KEITH MILES ALL THAT GLISTERS 2 THOM KEYES TAYBOR 2 LEW SCHWARTZ MARK OF ARCHANON 2 JACK RONDER BRIAN THE BRAIN 2 JOHN GOLDSMITH SEED OF DESTRUCTION 2 PIP & JANE BAKER MATTER OF BALANCE 2 TERRENCE DICKS LAMBDA FACTOR 2 MICHAEL WINDER DEVIL'S PLANET 2 TONY BARWICK ONE MOMENT OF HUMANITY 2 TONY BARWICK AB CHRYSALIS 2 TERENCE FEELY NEW ADAM, NEW EVE 2 TERENCE FEELY BRINGERS OF WONDER 2 DONALD JAMES EXILES 2 DONALD JAMES JOURNEY TO WHERE 2 DONALD JAMES SEANCE SPECTRE 2 FREDDIE FREIBERGER RULES OF LUTON 2 FREDDIE FREIBERGER BETA CLOUD 2 FREDDIE FREIBERGER SPACE WARP > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-space1999@buffnet.net [mailto:owner-space1999@buffnet.net]On > Behalf Of Mateo Latosa > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 1:12 PM > To: Alpha Online > Subject: Space1999: Writer by Writer: Here we Go! > > > Today we begin the WxW thread with a discussion of the philosophical and > thematic elements of BREAKAWAY by GEORGE BELLAK. Discussion will last 5 > days as this is Bellak's only script for Space: 1999. > > 1/17 -- 1/21 > > As this is the day that the Y2 soundtrack will be released, I am all > verklempt, so discuss amongst yourselves. :-) > > Mateo > *********************************************************** > Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List > To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and > in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) > *********************************************************** > *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:31:57 -0800 From: Mateo Latosa <mlatosa@lausd.k12.ca.us> Subject: Space1999: WxW Update and correction! WxW update: THOMAS LOWERY kindly set things in the right order for me: Taking into consideration that Christopher Penfold wrote the filmed version of Breakaway, this is the list that would be followed, in order: > Year Writer Episode > 1 DAVID WEIR BLACK SUN > 1 BOB KELLETT LAST ENEMY > 1 JESSE LASKY & PAT SILVER FULL CIRCLE > 1 EDWARD DILORENZO RING AROUND THE MOON > 1 EDWARD DILORENZO MISSING LINK > 1 ANTHONY TERPILOFF EARTHBOUND > 1 ANTHONY TERPILOFF COLLISION COURSE > 1 TERPILOFF & ELIZABETH BARROWS DEATH'S OTHER DOMINION > 1 TERPILOFF & ELIZABETH BARROWS INFERNAL MACHINE > 2 ANTHONY TERPILOFF CATACOMBS OF THE MOON > 1 CHRIS PENFOLD BREAKAWAY > 1 CHRIS PENFOLD GUARDIAN OF PIRI > 1 CHRIS PENFOLD ALPHA CHILD > 1 CHRIS PENFOLD LAST SUNSET > 1 CHRIS PENFOLD WAR GAMES > 1 CHRIS PENFOLD SPACE BRAIN > 1 CHRIS PENFOLD DRAGON'S DOMAIN > 2 CHRIS PENFOLD DORZAK > 1 JOHNNY BYRNE MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH > 1 JOHNNY BYRNE ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PLACE > 1 JOHNNY BYRNE FORCE OF LIFE > 1 JOHNNY BYRNE VOYAGER'S RETURN > 1 JOHNNY BYRNE END OF ETERNITY > 1 JOHNNY BYRNE TROUBLED SPIRIT > 1 JOHNNY BYRNE MISSION OF THE DARIANS > 1 JOHNNY BYRNE TESTAMENT OF ARKADIA > 2 JOHNNY BYRNE METAMORPH > 2 JOHNNY BYRNE IMMUNITY SYNDROME > 2 JOHNNY BYRNE DORCONS > 2 KEITH MILES ALL THAT GLISTERS > 2 THOM KEYES TAYBOR > 2 LEW SCHWARTZ MARK OF ARCHANON > 2 JACK RONDER BRIAN THE BRAIN > 2 JOHN GOLDSMITH SEED OF DESTRUCTION > 2 PIP & JANE BAKER MATTER OF BALANCE > 2 TERRENCE DICKS LAMBDA FACTOR > 2 MICHAEL WINDER DEVIL'S PLANET > 2 TONY BARWICK ONE MOMENT OF HUMANITY > 2 TONY BARWICK AB CHRYSALIS > 2 TERENCE FEELY NEW ADAM, NEW EVE > 2 TERENCE FEELY BRINGERS OF WONDER > 2 DONALD JAMES EXILES > 2 DONALD JAMES JOURNEY TO WHERE > 2 DONALD JAMES SEANCE SPECTRE > 2 FREDDIE FREIBERGER RULES OF LUTON > 2 FREDDIE FREIBERGER BETA CLOUD > 2 FREDDIE FREIBERGER SPACE WARP > So, today we begin the WxW thread with a discussion of the philosophical and thematic elements of Black Sun by David Weir. Discussion will last 5 days as this is Weir's only script for Space: 1999. 1/18 -- 1/22 Mateo *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:57:06 -0500 (EST) From: moonbubba@webtv.net (moon bubba) Subject: Space1999: goodbye goodbye... Message Sender: Majordomo-Owner@buffnet4.buffnet.net From: Majordomo@buffnet.net Date: Tue, Jan 18, 2000, 6:49pm To: moonbubba@webtv.net Subject: Majordomo results - -- unsubscribe space1999 Succeeded. *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:06:59 -0800 From: Mateo Latosa <mlatosa@lausd.k12.ca.us> Subject: Re: Space1999: Y2 Soundtrack Track Listing I wrote earlier about which pieces I most want to hear. Looking at the track listing for the Y2 CDs on the Fanderson site, these are my expectations: Robert Farnon's piece from New Adam, New Eve (How Beautiful is Night). - -----IS ON IT > 1. The sad music from Space Warp when the Maya-creature is in the Eagle cockpit - -----LOOKS PROMISING 2. The music used when Helena records her Status Report in One Moment of Humanity discussing Tony's suspect instability - -----LOOKS PROMISING > 3. The music used when Helena and Tony sit down to eat upon arriving on Vega in OMOH; - -----LOOKS PROMISING > 4. The eerie choral music used during Koenig's walk on Planet D; - -----DOUBTFUL > 5. The declaration of love music used in The Beta Cloud - -----LOOKS PROMISING > 6. The Metamorph episode title theme - -----LOOKS PROMISING > 7. The spooky marimba theme used in ?, can't remember where, just > remember the music; - -----NO WAY OF KNOWING Others have spoken about the fight scene in TBOW with Ben Vincent defending Koenig. That piece appears to be on the CDs. Mateo *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:32:51 -0500 From: "THOMAS LOWERY" <t.lowery3@gte.net> Subject: Space1999: WxW: BLACK SUN I met as well start off by saying that this episode is NOT on my list of favorites for many reasons. Black Sun is a fine example of character interaction and development, achieving this with a series of thoughtful, quiet scenes: the beginnings of Paul and Sandra's relationship (which, outside of two episodes, was never fully developed); the disclosure that Victor has a mechanical heart; Tanya alleviating her loneliness by joining Paul, who apparently spends some of his time playing guitar, and other elements that create a level of interest and concern in the viewer for the characters. I also love the concept of SciFi spirituality, what STARLOG dubbed the Mysterious Unknown Force. However, it is often the case that, in the weak episodes of 1999, viewers of a more casual nature where not able to pick up on what the writer was trying to say, especially when the answers do not come easily (people are generally lazy thinkers and need answers to all the questions at the end of episodes - like they usually do in programs like Poirot or Columbo). But even to a great admirer of 1999 like myself, there are certain things that do not make any sense. One: IF the MUF was protecting the Alphans, why did it allow Mike Ryan to die? Two: IF the Bergman force field protected the base, then why was there no damage to the moon itself? Three: Why does this MUF live inside the Black Sun? Or, is the Black Sun THE MUF? Four: If this force is the same one that guides MBA on its odyssey, then why is it so evasive? Five: Why do Koenig and Bergman age? Six: David Weir, along with everyone else connected with 1999, obviously never bothered to check his scientific accuracy count! Black Sun? Sound in a vaccum? These are only some of the questions this episode leaves unanswered. Both Chris Penfold (who was involved with 1999 during its earliest days and, along with Gerry Anderson, can be credited with a considerable amount of what we saw in the manner of style, pitch and tone) and Johnny Byrne (1999's most poetic writer) have stated there was NO story arc for 1999 - they just did things as they went along. This being the case, there is no reason to think that this being is the MUF guiding the Alphans during Year One of 1999. As John Muir says in his book, "Exploring Space:1999", a mystery is a wonderful thing, but there needs to be a chain of clues in order to give the viewer SOME way of solving the mystery. FORCE OF LIFE is a fine example of leaving "some" clues, and placing the job of using the clues to come to a logical answer YOURSELF. But Black Sun does not meet this criteria enough to be considered one of the best episodes of 1999. I am aware that both fans and cast members alike (Landau, Bain, Merton and Morse all have said they liked Black Sun - but mostly for its character moments) enjoy this episode. But this one more than any other gave the series a bad rep during its original run. Using a scale of 1-10, my score: 5 Tom Lowery *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:31:00 -0600 From: "Mark Meskin" <plastic.gravity@newrock.net> Subject: Re: Space1999: goodbye What was it he said about quitters? - ---------- > From: moon bubba <moonbubba@webtv.net> > To: space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net > Subject: Space1999: goodbye > Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 05:57 PM > > goodbye... > > Message Sender: Majordomo-Owner@buffnet4.buffnet.net From: > Majordomo@buffnet.net Date: Tue, Jan 18, 2000, 6:49pm To: > moonbubba@webtv.net Subject: Majordomo results > -- > unsubscribe space1999 > Succeeded. > > *********************************************************** > Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List > To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and > in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) > *********************************************************** *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:15:30 -0800 From: "Edward Seifert" <echoone@home.com> Subject: Re: Space1999: goodbye Take your toys, go home and dial 1-888-WaaaaaaWaaaaaaa!! - ----- Original Message ----- From: moon bubba <moonbubba@webtv.net> To: <space1999@buffnet4.buffnet.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 3:57 PM Subject: Space1999: goodbye > goodbye... > > Message Sender: Majordomo-Owner@buffnet4.buffnet.net From: > Majordomo@buffnet.net Date: Tue, Jan 18, 2000, 6:49pm To: > moonbubba@webtv.net Subject: Majordomo results > -- > unsubscribe space1999 > Succeeded. > > *********************************************************** > Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List > To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and > in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) > *********************************************************** *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:16:25 -0800 (PST) From: "Mona.L.Delitsky" <mld@spec.jpl.nasa.gov> Subject: Space1999: here's my vote Hi All, 'Black Sun' is my all-time favorite Space:1999 ep. The best they did !! It has great spiritual moments that do not ever get maudlin, and since humans don't really know what would happen inside a black hole, I think the events that occur to Bergman and Koenig are reasonable, as well as mystical. When they are inside and the being speaks to them, it is reminicent of that Star Trek episode where time slows down for Kirk so he can communicate with beings that live at vastly different speeds from us. Time has slowed down to a crawl for Koenig and Bergman and that's why they can communicate with the being inside the Black Sun for a short time. There is alot of general accuracy in the events that take place; at least time dilation is present for K and B. I like the guitar bit with Paul, and Tanya asking, Garbo-like, if she can share the music with him. Also, the guys playing poker for high stakes is pretty funny. - - Mona *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 17:24:59 -0800 From: "Edward Seifert" <echoone@home.com> Subject: Space1999: Year 2 Cd track listing from Fanderson Check this out: Space:1999 Theme [Derek Wadsworth] Year Two Main Theme Year Two Main Theme (Mono TV Version) Year Two Main Theme (Alternate Version)* Year Two Alternative Main Theme* Year Two End Titles Year Two End Titles (Original Version)* Year Two End Titles (Alternate Version)* Year Two Alternative End Titles* Year One Commercial Break Sting 1 Year One Commercial Break Sting 2 The Metamorph [Derek Wadsworth] Strange Light Rendezvous in Space Welcome to Psychon Directive Four The Death of Psychon We're All Aliens We're All Aliens (Extended Version) The Exiles [Derek Wadsworth] A Swarm of Space Bees The First Capsule The Exiles A Kiss from Helena/The Power Room Golos Make Me a Pretty Nose One Moment of Humanity [Derek Wadsworth] Immobilised Vega Alone on Alpha The Strongest Passion A New Desdemona One Moment of Humanity The Taybor [Derek Wadsworth] Alpha Ahoy! The Emporium Fair Trade Transaction Complete* Sore Loser Pop Source* The Rules of Luton [Derek Wadsworth] Memories of Psychon (composed for One Moment of Humanity) New Adam New Eve [Robert Farnon] How Beautiful is the Night (Marlowlynn Recorded Music Library) Space Warp [Derek Wadsworth] What's Happened to Alpha? Light Years Away Space Animal on the Loose* Message from the Dead Showdown at Copernicus Perfectly Relaxed The Bringers of Wonder [Derek Wadsworth] Kill Koenig! (composed for Space Warp) * includes material recorded for the series but unused in the final edit *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:29:29 -0500 From: "Phil Merkel" <captphil@unix.asb.com> Subject: Space1999: "Albinoni's Adagio" With all the Y2 CD talk this little tidbit crossed the old inbox. I subscribe to the Renaissance email list, Renaissance was a Progressive Rock band in the 1970's with such great hits as Carpet of the Sun, Ashes are Burning and Northern Lights. They also covered Albinoni's Adagio in a song titled Cold is Being. A pretty depressing song actually. Well Albinoni's Adagio has been covered again, here is the article from the Renaissance email list. Date: 17 Jan 2000 16:03:20 -0000 Subject: Adagio Lara Fabian, a belgian singer living in Canada, has recently released an album "Lara Fabian" and a single "Adagio". Both are doing very well in the charts. In France, the album has reached the number 1 position while the single made the top 5: http://www.ifop.fr/ifop/actualit/topalb/topalb.htm http://www.ifop.fr/ifop/actualit/top50/top50.htm. It happens that "Adagio" is a sung version of "Albinoni's Adagio". It's just a shame that nearly no one, among those who buy these records, has never heard of Renaissance and "Cold Is Being". Jean-Luc Delcoux *********************************************************** Online Alpha - The Space: 1999 Mailing List To unsubscribe: send email to majordomo@buffnet.net and in the body put unsubscribe space1999 (or space1999-digest) *********************************************************** ------------------------------ End of space1999-digest V3 #374 *******************************