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Gerry Anderson's UFO

POSTED BY: CLJOHNSTON108
UPDATED: Friday, April 3, 2009 06:30
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:37 PM

I adored this show back when I was 7, and my science fiction club has the DVDs in their lending library, so I decided to revisit...
http://www.ufoseries.com/

Man, what an amazing show this was!

Scenes that I found boring as a kid I now find gripping, thanks to writing and acting that is far better than it might've been on a strictly "kiddie show".

My jaw is on the floor with Derek Meddings' miniature work: So much "real world" detail!
And the set design is better than anything I've seen on television!
This had far better production values than Space: 1999, IMHO.

Some good discussion about it here...

UFO episode reviews... [spoilers] - The Trek BBS
http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=78406

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"Spry for a dead fella!"

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 3:51 AM

CHRISISALL

I loved this show. I'll have to own it on DVD someday soon. It was a little advanced for me when I was 10...

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 6:05 AM

CHRISISALL

It appears, CL, that you and I are the only Straker fans hereabouts....

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 10:43 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
It appears, CL, that you and I are the only Straker fans hereabouts....

Yeah, it would appear so, huh?
Maybe I should post some pics...

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 10:51 AM

CHRISISALL

CL, you are dangerously close to making me sell my Heroes DVDs so I can buy the UFO mega set!!!!

The not kidding Chrisisall

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 11:43 AM

CLJOHNSTON108

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
CL, you are dangerously close to making me sell my Heroes DVDs so I can buy the UFO mega set!!!!

The not kidding Chrisisall

I've got some inheritance money coming, and that's the first thing I'm gonna be spending it on!
(BTW, my name's Chris, too)

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:23 PM

TRAVELER

Who could forget Lt. Gay.

Gota love those purple wigs on the moon base.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:39 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Gawd, but I loved that show!

And had pretty much forgotten all about it, and never even imagined it would EVER be released on video or DVD. I thought I was about the only one on Earth who had ever watched it!

Gotta track down that DVD set one day.

Mike

just lying smiling in the dark
shooting stars around your heart
dreams come bouncing in your head
pure and simple everytime
now you're crying in your sleep
i wish you'd never learnt to weep
don't sell the dreams you should be keeping
pure and simple everytime

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:43 PM

KWICKO

Son of a...

I had no idea it was the same people who did Thunderbirds... I loved those as a kid, too. It doesn't hold up well to the test of time, though, from what I've seen.

Mike

just lying smiling in the dark
shooting stars around your heart
dreams come bouncing in your head
pure and simple everytime
now you're crying in your sleep
i wish you'd never learnt to weep
don't sell the dreams you should be keeping
pure and simple everytime

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Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:57 PM

TRAVELER

The Andersons would follow "UFO" with "Space 1999". Their early work with puppets gave them the experience to produce the special effects used on both these shows.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

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Friday, April 3, 2009 6:30 AM

CHRISISALL

Quote:
Originally posted by Kwicko:

Gotta track down that DVD set one day.

For under $40:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0000AZKJ8/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UT
F8&condition=new

The Shadowed Chrisisall

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