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Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 12:11:30 -0800
From: pietrini@utovrm4tag.it
Subject: GREETINGS FROM ITALY !!!!!
Alpha Moonbase, I'm arriving !!!!
FIRST OF ALL, excuse me for my orrible english.....
I can't believe it !! I have found a mailing list about my favourite
SF TV-movie !!! Hey guys, I tell you that when Space1999 arrived in
Italy (1977) there were Hysteric attacks among the populations: now,
twenty years later, no one has forgotten John, Helena, Victor,
Paul and " Alan, prepare Eagle One" Carter.
Last year Martin Landau won AcademY Award for "Ed Wood" : here in Italy
newspapers wrote "John Koenig wins Oscar" !!! If you ask to a young man:
"When you were a child, what TVmovie did you like ?" well, 99% will
answer "space1999"!
I think S1999 has marked an age, here in Italy : never seen such a success.
I would like to know if S1999 has been a phenomenon in the whole world,
or in a few country only ?
What ? Landau and Barbara Bain have divorced ? it is not real, I hope.....
Well, I salute You ! My favourite episode is ' Il distacco ' (in english
I think it can be translated as ' Break Away' or similar...
EXCUSE ME AGAIN FOR MY TERRIBLE IGNORANCE IN WRITING !!!!!
Loving You all, Alphans !
Andrea Rome, Italy.
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 14:17:39 -0800
From: pietrini@utovrm4tag.it
Subject: ITALIAN NAMES !!!!
Dear Alphans, I'm Andrea And I salute you all !!!!
Here to you some italian titles of the episode
On left,italian titles On right the PROBABLE English title(I don't know!)
IL DISTACCO BREAK AWAY
QUESTIONE DI VITA O DI MORTE QUESTION OF LIFE AND DEATH ( possible ?)
UN ALTRO TEMPO,UN ALTRO LUOGO ANOTHER PLACE, AND ANOTHER TIME
RITORNO SULLA TERRA EARTH BOUND
SOLE NERO A BLACH SUN
ROTTA DI COLLISIONE COLLISION DRIVE (or route or course)
IL GUARDIANO DI PIRI THE GUARDIAN OF PIRI
GREETINGS!!!!!!
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 12:36:33 -0800
From: mpoindexter@class44train.com (Marshall Poindexter)
Subject: Re: GREETINGS FROM ITALY !!!!!
Welcome aboard on-line Moonbase Alpha, Andrea! It's great to have you and
your enthusiasm for the series. Don't worry about your English. Moonbase
Alpha was a multi-cultural place and you seem to know the language better
than some of the actors that played in the actual series, namely, the one
who played Yasko in the second season (sorry for the dig, guys).
It's nice to know that Space: 1999 did incredibly well in the ratings in
*some* countries. (Unfortunately, that wasn't the case over here in the
United States.)
Write LUCKYGEO@aol.com and ask him what position is available for you to
have on Alpha. Each one of us (or as many of us as want to) on this list
has a role as if we were really on Alpha. For example, I'm Chief of
Operations and Claudia Coles is a communications officer. Many slots have
already been taken, but I'm sure George would be happy to work with you,
especially since he is the Moonbase Alpha Director of Personnel Services!
Take care and see you around the list!
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 08:55:59 -0800
From: valhalla@fl4tag.net.au (Highlander the Immortal. THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!)
Subject: Re: Online Profile fact
At 07:52 2/02/96 -0800, Mark Eidemiller wrote:
>I just looked over the Profile, and, much to my surprise, I'm the oldest one
>on the list!! The closest ones to this 40.5-year-old is Lee Pappas (#63)
>and John Allain (#31).
>
>Now I _really_ feel old. If there's anyone out there born before
>the end of April 1955, sound off. Until then, I claim the position of Base
>Elder as well as Base Chaplain.
>
>Now all you kids get back to work!
>
>Take care, all.
>
>Pastor Mark Eidemiller
> Moonbase Chaplain (and unofficial Base Elder)
Remember the old SciFi series whose name escapes me at the moment, when you
reach a certain age, you have to end it:}. Well times almost up Chaplain:}
Base Commander
#23
Forge me a sword, and I want you to try
To sharpen it well when you're done.
For I learned yesterday that I cannot die,
And they say there can be only one.
Forge me a sword, for I need to defend
Against those who'll come seeking my head.
And we'll fight 'till the inescapable end,
That leaves one alive, and one dead.
Forge me a sword, there can be only one,
And too much time already has passed.
For though we all must fall, ere the Game can be done,
I'll be damned if I won't be the last.
Highlander
valhalla@fl.net.au
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 07:49:26 -0800
From: Michael & Shannon Campbell (mcampbell@ram44link.net)
Subject: Re: The Simmonds Question
Claudia Coles wrote:
>
> On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Rob wrote:
>
> > At 13:47 2/1/96 -0800, you wrote:
> > > Thanks for the clearups about Simmonds disappearance. Evidently the
> > > SciFi Channel is not showing the episodes in the order they were
> > > shown. I don't see why they are not, though.
> > >
> > > Michael Moncey
> > > Alpha Hisotian
> > >
> > >
> >
> > OK, but at the end of the show, you see John sitting in his chair and Helena
> > comes up and asks, "Who did the computer pick?" Koenig crumples up the
> > paper and says, "Simmonds."
> > Question: Was Koenig saying that as a fact or to avoid the situation? I
> > mean, if the Commish had a little patience, the matrix could have been fixed
> > so that he could go into hibernation. But he didn't...and he died. He
> > could've taken someone else's spot...Kano, Victor (It would be easier to
> > explain Bergman's absence in season 2 ; ) and Koenig just didn't want it to
> > be general knowledge. Ideas anyone?
>
> Yeah Rob, I have one. I always kinda wanted to think that what Koenig
> said was *true* because if it weren't, just think of the cruel form of
> irony he would be playing out for the crew. They just saw one of their
> compatriots (surliness aside) head into space towards what they knew would
> be an agonizing death. Koenig, having at least an ounce of humanity,
> would not, IMHO, try to avoid the situation in the way you described
> because Alpha had already experienced the suffering of a fellow human
> being. If anything, grieving was in order, and it seemed as though they
> were even grieving for Simmonds as they saw him banging away at his space
> chamber/tomb. For Alpha to learn or hear from Commander Koenig that
> Simmonds was picked by the computer, without it being true, would be a
> terrible and cruel thing to say to those on Alpha...especially after
> experiencing what they did.
>
> Great question though. :)
>
> But that's just my $.02 worth
>
> > Rob
> > (Alphan without portfolio)
> > ========================================================
>
> What, no portfolio yet? They're just a buck fifty-seven at the five and
> dime store. :)
>
> respectfully submitted,
>
> yfA,
>
> Comm. Ofc. Claudia
I think that the twist at the end of the episode when Koenig says
Simmonds was the one computer picked was meant to be something like a
Twilight Zone episode. The irony of Simmonds' fate reminds me a little
of the post nuclear holocost TZ episode, "Time Enough at Last", where
the bookwormish Mr. Beavis (admittedly not the dastardly character that
Simmonds is) breaks his glasses after finding enough reading material to
last a lifetime.
Mike
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 09:57:13 -0800
From: Ronald Dudley (dudleyrd@expert.cc.purdue4tag.edu)
David Weiss wrote recently:
> Has anyone with the Technical Manual (which has a chronology in it)
> checked the season 2 episodes against the preferred order?
Answer:
As a kid, I got a copy of the Moonbase Alpha Technical Manual by Geoffrey Mandel
Mandel, and dilligently compared it to reruns. The time line in the
Tech Manual generally, but not always, agrees with Dr. Russel's Status
Reports. I don't know what SIG had on this matter.
As several others wrote yesterday in reference to SIG, Dr. Russel's
spoken dates are sometimes inconsistent, or even absurd. This is understandable
since different screen writers, unaware of eachothers work, could make
up conflicting dates. Similar script timeline conflicts have been written
about another ITC production, The Prisoner.
The worst example of this is The Bringers of Wonder (BoW). Part 1 begins
1912 days after leaving Earth orbit (ALEO), whereas Part 2 begins 2515 days
ALEO! What the heck happened in the intervening 600 days? Apparently,
several other adventures happened! Here are some episodes and their dates ALEO
as given by Dr. Russell that fall between BoW 1 & 2:
Dorzak 2009
Seance Spectre 2012
Devil's Planet 2306
Lambda Factor 2308
Immunity Syndrome 2310
Dorcons 2409
Notice that Immunity Syndrome begins only 2 days after Lambda Factor!
The Alphans schedule got crowded that week!
The tech manual gives ranges of dates for the events of each episode,
and "corrects" the inconsistiencies in Dr. Russel's spoken dates. For example,
BoW Pt. 2 is lumped into the 1912 days ALEO of BoW Pt. 1. Lambda Factor is
moved back to 928 days ALEO. Here is a comparison of Dr. Russel's dates,
for Season 2 as I recorded them, compared to the Tech Manual:
Episode Script Tech Manual
Metamorph 342 agreement
Exiles 403 380
Journey to Where none 429
One Moment of Humanity 515 400
All That Glisters 565 agreement
Taybor none 587
Mark of Archanon 640 agreement
Rules of Luton 892 agreement
New Adam, New Eve 1095 agreement
Brian the Brain 1150 agreement
Catacombs of the Moon 1196 agreement
AB Crystalis 1288 agreement
Beta Cloud 1503 agreement
Seeds of Destruction 1608 508
Matter of Balance 1702 agreement
Space Warp 1807 1032
Apparently, Season 2 is spread out over a ~2170 day period (6 years!),
whereas Season 1 is crammed into a ~340 day period (a different adventure
every 2 weeks!), and in between, the Alphans changed their uniforms and
their Command Center!
I would appreciate any corrections to my date list.
There are some other things in Season 2 episodes that indicate specific
chronological orders. Apparently whoever was in charge of script editing
did a better job at planting "seed dialog" than in checking dates for
consistency:
1. Koenig mentions his mission to Venus in "Exiles",
and is later haunted by ghosts from that mission in "Lambda Factor".
2. In "Rules of Luton" Maya mentions her brother and other Psychons who left
their planet before its destruction, and in "Dorzak", she meets one.
There may have been other "seeds", but I haven't seen very many episodes in
the last 15 years, and have forgotten a lot!
Tricia's Alphan Casualty List is Great! Next time, include the 2 deserters
in "Testament of Arkadia"! While technically not dead, they still represent
a change in the Alphan population by -2.
Ronald Dudley
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 1996 11:38:16 -0800
From: gwr@easy44net.co.uk (Gareth Randall)
Subject: Re: Making of Space:1999? I WANT IT!!!!!
>>- I knew about the videotapes "The making of Space 1999" from
>>FanAnderson. Do you know how can I get it?
>
>Hey, now I would LOVE to know about this one as well.....
I'm not a member of Fanderson, so I can't give you the full details, but
this is what I *do* know...
Fanderson have produced several high-quality videos, among them "AlphaCon"
(a documentary of an early-90s S:1999 convention in the UK, interspersed
with some interesting insights from Gerry A. about the production of the
show), "The UFO Documentary" (pretty self-explanatory!) and "The Making of
Space:1999".
All of them are produced to professional standards; indeed the latter two
have been broadcast on UK satellite television. The S:1999 tape is the most
recent (it was only completed about a month ago) and is truly excellent,
even though it reuses a lot of the specially-shot interview with Gerry which
was carried out for the "AlphaCon" tape (although it includes parts that
didn't make it into "AlphaCon"). There are also new interviews with Martin
Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Zienia Merton and more, plus on-set
interviews with Gerry, Fred Freiberger, Catherine Schell, Landau and Bain
which were shot as promotional material back in the 70s.
There is some nice behind-the-scenes archive footage, including the S:1999
model workshop at Bray Studios, and some out-takes and otherwise "raw"
footage. Where scenes from S:1999 have been used, the quality of the prints
is staggering - much better than laserdisc - and there are some nice
oddities, such as the title sequence for Season 2 *without* the computerised
captions.
Overall it's a great package, but I've only seen the TV version. The tape
that will be/is sold through Fanderson is longer (as much as 20 minutes of
extra material - the TV version lasts an hour). The promos for the TV
version included scenes which weren't shown in the actual broadcast
programme (such as an out-take of Barbara Bain filming her credit shot for
the Season 1 opening titles), so I guess that they'll turn up in the tape.
All Fanderson's tapes are available through the club only, so if you're
interested you'll have to get in touch with them directly. I believe that
full info is in this list's FAQ.
Gareth
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 04:12:27 -0800
From: Joseph Theotime Chiasson (chiasson@is.dal4tag.ca)
Subject: Re: Destructive Child?
On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Claudia Coles wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Feb 1996, Van A Plexico wrote:
>
> > ...In particular I am seeking one of the die-cast metal eagles
> > to replace the one I destroyed as a child...
> >
> > --Asst. Security Chief Van (#107)
>
> Van,
>
> My only question...how could you destroy die-cast metal...as a child yet?
> [ BIG :) ] I see your security attributes were shining through even as a
> tot ;).
I would like to point out, from personal experience, that being die-cast
metal is no protection from a child intent on simulating an eagle doing a
belly-flop in the sand and then blowing up. I personally destroyed many
tanks, jeeps, trucks and sundry items in my youth as I attempted to
re-create the special effects I saw on television and the movies. A
propane torch applied to a centurion tank, for example, adequately
simulates the effect of a laser beam fired from a large, green, slimy
bipedal creature who stands tens of stories high. :)
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 05:01:48 -0800
From: artuik@cdc4tag.it (Simone Monetti)
Subject: ITALIAN BOOKS
The title of the 16 Italian books are:
FIRST SEASON
1 Il distacco (Separation)
2 I naufraghi dello spazio (The wreckeds of the space)
3 I pirati delle galassie (The pirates of the galaxies)
4 Verso il 3000 (Towards the 3000)
5 I giustizieri del cosmo (The executioners of the cosmos)
6 Al di la' del tempo (Beyond the time)
7 L'ultimo tramonto (The last sunset)
8 Gli eredi del passato (The heirs of the past)
9 Guerra nel cosmo (War in the cosmos)
10 I giorni del terrore (The terrible days)
11 Gli esploratorti dell'eternit=E0 (The explorers of the eternity)
12 La grande dominatrice (The big ruler)=20
SECOND SEASON
1 Gli alieni dai mille volti (The 1000 faces of the aliens)
2 Gli stregoni del cosmo (The wizards of the cosmos)
3 Il ritorno degli ibernati (The return of the ibernateds)
4 Rapimento nello spazio (Abduction in the space)
What's more in Italy two albums (fisrt season and second season) of picture
cards exist.
The album are produced by Panini, and each album includes 400 picture cards.
The albums can still ordered by Panini but they're very expensive!
Simone Monetti
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 15:04:55 -0800
From: ggreg@nwu4tag.edu (ggreg perry)
Subject: 1999 as historical influence
well, at least one of my friends has said to me, and i quote:
"SPACE: 1999 changed my life." he was fifteen years old when he first saw it,
but he just said this to me back in november of 1995, so for a show 20+
years, it still has quite a major effect. as far as it's effect on my
friend, he is now a freelancer SFX/makeup person in hollywood, from st.
louis, mo. he has worked on the last two BATMAN movies, as well as APOLLO
13 and the GUYVER films. he is also lined up for LUC (LA FEMME NIKITA)
BESSON's next film, a $75 million SF epic with bruce willis titled THE FIFTH
ELEMENT, at this time.
so, here's one old show which had a heck of alot of influence, on one guy at
least, beyond found memories and lost youth. he likes everything, by the
way, from star trek to star wars, but his comment about "changing his life"
i've only ever heard him apply to 1999.
even today, after working in the SFX biz for 6 years, and being surrounded
by the highest of hi-tech, wiz bang hollywood gimmickry, he still is
sometimes amazed by some of SPACE: 1999's visual effects, sets, etc.
by the way, i concur with my friend, and if i had any technical skills like
model making or design work, i definitely would be joining him in a career
that was fueled in no small part by the viewing of SPACE: 1999.
ggreg
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 06:59:17 -0800
From: mpoindexter@class44train.com (Marshall Poindexter)
Subject: Re: Episode production list
On 6 February 1996, Terry Lee (terryl@asymetrix.com) wrote:
>Marshall,
>
>Thanks for the production list. Can you send the list for the 2nd season?
>Just to clarify what you send. Is this the order that the shows were
>produced? And is this the order that they were intended to be aired in?
>
>Thanks
>
>Terry
As someone else noted, the episodes weren't produced to be shown in any
particular order as the syndicators at that time wanted to give stations
flexibility in airing them. However, it's generally been accepted that the
production order is the actual order of events for the series (i.e.
Starlog's Technical Manual orders the episodes in a timeline as they were
produced). Here's the order for second season:
25 The Metamorph
26 The Exiles
27 One Moment of Humanity
28 Journey to Where
29 All That Glisters
30 The Taybor
31 The Mark of Archanon
32 The Rules of Luton
33 New Adam, New Eve
34 Brian the Brain
35 A B Chrysalis
36 The Catacombs of the Moon
37 Seed of Destruction
38 The Beta Cloud
39 A Matter of Balance
40 Space Warp
41 Bringers of Wonder, Part 1
42 Bringers of Wonder, Part 2
43 Dorzak
44 The Lambda Factor
45 Devil's Planet
46 The Seance Spectre
47 Immunity Syndrome
48 The Dorcons
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 15:49:11 -0800
From: "Kenneth J. Weatherwax"
Subject: Re: FOR SALE and off-topic re APOLLO 13
>I have a HUGE hardcover book on the history of manned spaceflight available...
>The book is titled History of Manned Spaceflight. It has hundreds of photos
>and is 544 pages long. Written by David Baker PhD.
>Any and all bids will be accepted!!
>Mike Prendergast
Er, I feel sure you meant to say, any/all bids will be _considered_. Unless
you have unlimited copies, that is.
What I want to know, though, is of course: Is it any GOOD? What year is its
copyright? Is it a coffee-table-sized poster book or a fat pocket-dictionary-
sized miniature book?
I assume it covers the Apollo-13 cockup. My specific litmus test question is:
does it gloss, or indeed mention, the S.N.A.P. isotope power source that
reentered with the lunar lander and now lies percolating at the bottom of the
Pacific? 'Cause that's the one thing the movie somehow failed to mention.
BEGIN OFF-TOPIC ASIDE: My dad helped do the ex post analysis on the SNAP.
How many people today know that the lunar landers had that much plutonium
aboard?
How many know that the SNAP had its very own little heat shield just on the
off-chance that some crazy Apollo-13-ish thing happened and the lander had to
reenter Earth's atmosphere? And how many know that that little old heat
shield turned out to be aerodynamically defective -- and that there was an
extremely nonzero chance that the SNAP might have reentered shield-UP instead
of shield-DOWN, thus scattering several times more curies of radiation into the
Earth's atmosphere than all the nuclear explosions and tests ever conducted put
together?
Fortunately, God's coin came up "heads," and the intact SNAP is now percolating
somewhere near the bottom of the Mariana Trench... I'm not an anti-nuke person
by any means, but I still think it was a very political decision on the
moviemakers' part not to mention it.
Space nuclear disaster... when you think about it the whole thing's rather
Space:1999'ish, actually. MAYBE NOT SO OFF-TOPIC AFTER ALL, THEN.
--
-KW
kenw@sierracc.com
+--------------------------------------------------+
| ORCHESTRA: One of the most stinging damnations |
| of current culture I can think of is the |
| massive recent proliferation of personal ads. |
| BALCONY: Excuse me -- society does not owe |
| you a date, ya know. |
| ORCHESTRA: Did I say it did? But dates are |
| like movies -- they didn't use to be such big |
| productions and there used to be more of them |
| every year. You know, John Wayne appeared |
| 64 movies. And _then_ he starred in |
| STAGECOACH. And he wasn't half done with his |
| film career! Tom Cruise'll be lucky to be in |
| thirty films in his whole life. There's |
| something to be said for having more of an |
| opportunity to practice something. |
+--------------------------------------------------+
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 17:23:22 -0800
From: LUCKYGEO@aol4tag.com
Subject: Re: fixes part II - Pushing The Envelope
On Wed, Feb 7, 1996 11:15 AM PST, ccoles@dcez.dcez.com (Claudia Coles) wrote:
>Do you remember when the producers [of Bewitched] switched Samantha's
>husband from actor Dick Sargeant to Dick York [ or was it the other way
>around? It's been a while :) ]. They were two different actors playing
>the *same* role, however, you never once heard an explanation on why
>Samantha's husband looked *mysteriously* different :) . See what I mean
Hi Claudia, hi all!
Okay, I see what you mean, but I don't beg to differ with your comparision.
Originally Ray submitted his "tweak" of explaining a character's
disappearance from the show, not necessarily of the actor who portrays said
character. Off the top of my head, I can think of a few feature films that
replaced the original actors, but retained the original characters. Here are
a few examples:
BATMAN SERIES: Character portrayed: Batman [Michael Keaton --> Val Kilmer]
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER/PATRIOT GAMES: Character portrayed: Jack Ryan [Alec
Baldwin --> Harrison Ford]
2001/2010: Character Portrayed: Dr. Heywood Floyd [William Sylvester --> Roy
Scheider]
STAR TREK: Character Portrayed: Saavik [Kirstie Alley-->Robin Curtis]
and of course...
JAMES BOND SERIES: Character Portrayed: 007 [Sean Connery, Roger Moore, etc.]
Notice that the audience is supposed to accept that the character is still
the same 'person.' Only the actors have been replaced for one reason or
another. (However, in the case of Bond, I would concede that each actor who
portrayed 007 added their own personality to the character.)
Anyway, that's my two cents for the day. ^-^
Geo
Director of Personnel Services [#8]
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 07:11:53 -0800
From: GT3083@siucvmb.siu4tag.edu
Subject: Re:BREAKAWAY
I've been watching the copy of Breakaway a friend made for me when it
aired for days now (it's been so long since I've seen it, I just can't get
enough..:) ), and the body count I noticed was as follows:
Nordstrom becomes affected during the radiation check at the beginning of
the episode, cracks his helmet and dies.
The two Meta probe pilots die later on in the episode, plus Dr. Russell
mentions 9 other deaths.
Collins goes into the first stage during Koenig's radiation check. Since
it appears Dr. Russell has not been able to treat the malignancies once they
appear (or else the body count would not be so high), we can assume he is
also a goner.
During the Area Two flare-up, at least one Eagle with a two-man crew is
destroyed. Scratch two more. Presumably, more Eagles were caught in the
blast, but that is not shown in the episode. No mention is made of how
many Eagles were lost, but given the Sci-Fi Channel's tendency to edit
episodes, it may have been in a cut scene.
So, at least 15 personnel die in the first episode. Can anyone think of
an episode where they top that?
Wasn't someone compiling a casualty list over the entire series' run? What's
the count so far?
Dennis Campbell
GT3083@Siucvmb.Siu.Edu
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 07:39:00 -0800
From: Ronald Dudley (dudleyrd@expert.cc.purdue4tag.edu)
Today, Feb. 8, Dennis Campbell wrote:
>So, at least 15 personnel die in the first episode. Can anyone think of
>an episode where they top that?
Answer:
In "War Games" probably half of the Alphans were killed.
In "A Matter of Life and Death", the entire Moon exploded, and all but Helena
were wasted.
Of course, these were only deaths in dreams. I think that 2 dream doomsdays
is 2 too many in any television show.
On Feb. 7, Van A Plexico wrote:
>Hey, here's an idea--if no one has done this before (!) --WHO SHOULD
>BE CAST IN THE "NEW SPACE:1999 or SPACE:2999 MOTION PICTURE" ??
I think the the role of Maya, the alien metamorph,
should be played by real-life alien metamorph, Michael Jackson.
My $0.02,
Ronald Dudley
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 08:44:25 -0800
From: "connole_rj_ray (184864)" (connole@lvs-emh.lvs.loral4tag.com)
Subject: FIXES part III
Back by popular demand are editing fixes part III. In this attempt I
will attempt to fix an all time favorite Seance Spectre. Remember the Maya
into a plant episode? This would have been the best episode to present a
real mutiny against Koenig. First off address the morale situation with
a command conference. Allow Saunderson to be the tip of the iceberg and letting
Koenig see how the base is suppressing real hostility towards him. While not
responsible for the dumps exploding he did nix abandoning Alpha while still
in our solar system and no has forgotten that. Koenig could have a flashback
to a few of his big mistakes Piri, Arkadia,etc and doubt his leadership and
ponder stepping down. After Saunderson's first attempt to force finding the
world he senses nearby, Koenig could show good faith by implementing the first
stage of EXODUS to smooth tensions. He missed an opportunity to really diffuse
the issue by bringing Saunderson along with him and Maya. Okay after the ship
malfunctions on the prelife planet we fix the plant thing once and for all.
Since the eagle going Alpha bound by remote redo the oxygen crisis. We
already know that an eagle is stocked with more than two space suits and
backpacks assess the situation in detail. Have Koenig and Maya figure out that
one person can make it back using the stocked packs. Maya can then reveal she
has never tried to mimic vegetation and is afraid to try. When Koenig decides
to sacrifice himself Maya whaps him and knocks him out. She tries a really few
scary attempts and instead of a fern she picks a tree of an alien species which
is very unearthly to behold. After being rescued and revived we move on to the
upcoming collision. We could really shake up the base by an upheaval of protest
to igniting the last dumps to bump the moon away. Koenig and Maya figure a
planned trajectory that will hurl the moon close to a new star system that
looks promising and shows an assortment of planetary bodies that look habitable.
The next fix would be the Koenig Saunderson fight. Not enough of a madman
inspired fight to the death. After the successful detonation and course change
we join Koenig and the newly formed Alphan society. This is an elected body of
persons that will discuss and raise issues that affect everyone on Alpha to
prevent a crisis like the one they just lived through from happening again.
This will put Koenig in touch more with everyday Alpha not just command issues.
Scrap the wildlife slide shows and focus on the new star system approaching.
It could close with a "maybe there" musing by Koenig as reports come in.
Okay, I know that this blows the FF nobody will notice continuity. But this
proves you can find a redeeming aspect in even the worst 1999 story and build
on it.
Ray
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 21:41:44 -0800
From: Levi@spirit4tag.com.au (Graham Levi and Cecilia Levi)
Subject: Re: Chris Drake book on UFO/Space 1999.
Hi Everyone,
This book seems to have been discovered. I bought a copy of
this in April last year. It is "UFO / Space 1999" by Chris Drake and it is
published by Boxtree/ITC. I had it imported from the UK. The information
isn't really that good. The pictures are great. It is worth having - I found
it important to get some info out of it because I don't have the Tech
Manual. It was good for very limited plot synopsis. It informed me of the
episodes missing due to copyright and company in fighting over the rights
and ownership. The interesting variant is that Mr Drake gives us a review of
the characters and their careers and ages. It seems that the folks on Alpha
are a little older than people should assume. Typical career focused group.
It is worth investigation.
Cecilia.
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 04:23:49 -0800
From: Avril Hardy (avril.hardy@ecl.etherm4tag.co.uk)
Subject: Newbie-videos-lots of questions
Well Hi there Alphans,
My name's Avril Hardy (please everyone call me Av) currently residing
in Worthing in the U.K. I'm a Newbie, not only to the Space-1999
mailing list but also to the internet (via work) and the e-mail
system too, so, if I make some real bloopers, someone please let me
know and steer me in the right direction; I need to get to know the
lingo too!!.
I've always been a fan of Space-1999 and didn't realise what a
wonderful following the series had.
I'm currently reading through the FAQ (which I find everso, everso,
everso interesting and helpful - thanks Ande) and the mail I've
received (boy am I going to be busy!!). Once I've reached the end,
which won't be log now, I'm sure I'll have a whole stream of
questions to ask; meanwhile here are a few I hope someone can answer
for me:
I've recently bought the film videos "Cosmic Princess" (The Metemorph
& Space Warp) and "Journey Through The Black Sun" (Black Sun &
Collision Course) as I missed them on the TV recently ("rats!!!").
However, guess what, they've bee cut or so I believe (Metamorph has
definitely) so I'm after the TV version which shows: John Koenig, Dr.
Russell, Alan Carter and Co. bieng held in a cell; Alan tries to run
out and gets hit by the force field and when Koenig tries to help, is
shunned by Alan (this being the cut piece).
Secondly, in Collision Course there is a scene where Dr. Russell and
Victor decide John Koenig is suffering from Radiation Sickness, this
is also referred to by Koenig earlier on the Black Sun. Dr. Russell
then calls for 2 security guards to meet her in the medical centre;
the next scene is of Koenig drugged up and asleep in bed??. Have
they cut this section ie. has anyone ever seen Koenig struggling with
the security guards, or was it left to the viewers imagination and
where was it decided that Koenig was suspected of having radiation
sickness - was this a 'cut' as well? Does anyone know?
If either of these parts have been cut, I really would like the
versions with them in, again can anyone help?
Assistant Security Chief Van (Alphan #107) wrote on 1st Feb.'96 that
he had loads of tapes. Van, do these tapes contain the 2 episodes
I'm after and what format are they in please, I'm dying to get hold
of them!!.
Finally, or this may end up as "The Life and Times of a Space-1999
Nut), I too am trying to get hold of "The Making of Space:1999" (full
version) and "Alphacon" also books, tech manuals, publications,
anything really. I've not seen much around in the U.K. but then
maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Can anyone help please?
Your fellow Alphan
Av
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1996 13:54:38 -0800
From: Sfcafeguy@aol4tag.com
Subject: Space: 1999 Stun Gun Actual Prop Replicas
The following was in a private response that I sent to GGREG and I got to
thinking that others of you might like to know this as well:
Here’s the info you need to order the Space: 1999 stun gun (a casting of an
actual prop) for $55.00 + $4 shipping to:
Scott G. Heathcote
P.O. Box 2292
Fullerton, CA 92633
(714) 994-3393
This is, I was told, a cast model of an actual prop stun gun. When it
arrived, my particular stun gun had the barrels attached wrong (there are
four different sizes and they should be applied largest at the bottom to
smallest at the top [according to freeze frames of several episodes]). These
were easy to remove and reattach properly, however, (if I can do it anybody
can).
These are actually made by Clint Young, but Clint’s phone number that I have
is wrong and you can order through Scott (they partner up to sell wares at
sci-fi conventions in southern California). Other items they have that are
cool are the original Star Trek Tricorder ($175), Communicator ($59.95
plain/$199 with lights and sound), and Phaser ([specify season 1 (gray pistol
body) or season 2 (black pistol body)] $75 plain/$125 with sound effects/$29
hand phaser only). These are EXCELLENT and TOTALLY CONVINCING reproductions
in every way, though a bit pricey. They also have ST/TNG props that are less
convincing due to the use of decals for buttons and readouts.
The Space: 1999 stun gun is good but looks like what it was, a prop (buttons
and things are molded into the body and all of one piece except for Stun/Kill
switch which slides forward and backward).
Give Scott a call if interested, and also ask to be put on his mailing list.
Scott can also provide EXCELLENT copies of all episodes (except The Bringers
of Wonder, I believe), though a full set of each season will cost you $170
and as I was told by Ggreg, many people on this list are willing to provide
the same for free.
Anybody know of any quality reproductions of the comlock?
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 10:09:14 -0800
From: DVEZINA@socrate.droit.usherb4tag.ca
Subject: Derek Wadsworth... among 1999 other things!
Hi!
First of all, let me apolpgize for my long silence. I have
unsubsribed fora couple of days in order to let the spam thing sttle
down and then I had trouble re-subscribing again. Afterwards, I have
been oh-so-busy I felt like the Moon going through a space warp! ;-)
Fortunately, I did not have any "Mentor! Get off Psychon"
nightmares... :-)
One of my friends lent me his copy of Manfred Mann and rare Earth's
"The Roaring Silence", their 1976 album which features Bruce
Springsteen's "Blinded By The Light". As I previously said here, I
suspected that Derek Wadsworth was in the credits. He was indeed. He
was responsible for the winds/strings, etc. Why is it of interest?
Because he is the composer of the Season 2 theme, which I love a lot.
I just wanted to settle this subject once and for all. There. I won't
bother you with this anymore... ;-)
BTW, yeah, I do see some sort of Internet thing going on throughout
Moonbase Alpha. it would be part of the computer system and would
give access to technical data, library, rec roomgames, chat rooms,
discussion groups and so on. Leaders of the base like Keonig and
Helena could use this net for formal or not so formal information to
be given to every Alphan.
So long as they not have alt-koenig-die-die-die as a newsgroup,
they're OK, I guess! ;-)
Daphne
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 07:40:27 -0800
From: Mark Eidemiller (Mark_Eidemiller@pgn4tag.com)
Subject: Space travel and temporal loss
>>> Anthony (anthonyd@zeus.argo.net) 02/24/96 08:10pm
> Yes, Space:1999's premise is unplausible...but any more so than
>humans traveling at faster than light speeds? With human/alien
>alliances? And Earth doesn't "age" after the Enterprise leaves at Warp
>speed??? Come on guys!
Good point, Tony.
The only difference I see between the Trek Warp angle and the
movements of Alpha-Moon is that Trek's Warp drive might be sending the
ships through some sort-of spacial "tunnel" between points (I offer in
cross reference the mentions in Star Wars to setting hyperspace
coordinates before going into light speed, and the Babylon 5 practice of
jumpgates to get from Point A to Point B) with minimal temporal loss at the
originating point.
Alpha isn't powered. No warp drive it can control. It's got to follow the
current, so to speak. And the if the current takes it through a black hole
or other spacial anomaly, there is no predictable way it will affect them,
or the universe around them.
Or then, it just might be some plot twist from an unknown Space: 1999
script writer looking for an angle.....
Thoughts?
Pastor Mark Eidemiller
Moonbase Alpha Chaplain
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 08:04:56 -0800
From: Amardeep_Chana@xn.xerox4tag.com (Chana,Amardeep)
Subject: RE: Space travel and temporal loss
This is another area we just have to take with a -large- grain of salt.
If the moon was really moving fast enough to encounter a new star
system every few weeks then planets would zip by faster than they
could even see them, let alone send an eagle down to investigate!
At the speed of light, even our nearest star is more than 4 years away.
There is a lot of space in space. Got to love sci-fi...
Amardeep
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 20:27:08 -0800
From: Claudia Coles (ccoles@dcez.dcez4tag.com)
Subject: RE: Space travel and temporal loss
I like that one Amardeep..."There is a lot of space in space." :) Ain't
that the truth, especially when it comes down to our beloved show Space:
1999 - heck, you just gotta love it. But then again, "love is blind" :).
How else would so many of us fall head over heels over the show? <Big G>
See ya.
respectfully submitted,
yfA,
Claudia
C.O. - Moonbase Alpha
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 05:07:58 -0800
From: Amardeep_Chana@xn.xerox4tag.com (Chana,Amardeep)
Subject: Landau embarrassed about SPACE: 1999?
>Just one question...
>
> How embarrassed has Martin "Look at my shiny new Oscar" Landau got
>to be about this show? From what I understand he grudgingly talks about his
>MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE days in interviews, but he refuses to discuss Space:1999
>at all. I think that's a trip!
Probably just leftover bad feelings from the days of FF.
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 07:23:48 -0800
From: mpoindexter@class44train.com (Marshall Poindexter)
Subject: Re: S1999 board game
On 28 February 1996, Jim Sullivan (jsullivan@internet.kronos.com) wrote:
> Speaking of toys...
>
> Does anyone remember the Space:1999 board game? Your object was to
> get your Eagles to the opposite side of the board, while each die roll
> turned the board so that your pieces were never in the same location
> each turn.
>
> I still have it but am missing the box and half the pieces.
I remember the game, Jim. I played it until the edges of each "Eagle" game
piece were frayed beyond recognition. I think the object of the game was to
return your Eagle to your color Moonbase. Am I right? You'd move along a
path of stars and planets by a roll of a die. I'm sure my parents still
have it in the house where I grew up. Unfortunately, that's 2,000 miles
away from me right now.
I seem to remember the box had scenes from Year 1 on it, with a huge
picture of an Eagle on a launch pad taking up most of the boxtop.
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 15:02:00 -0800
From: Bill Greer (bgreer@tri44con.net)
Subject: Re: Re[2]: S1999 board game
I'm sitting here looking at my Space:1999 board game. It does indeed have
year one photos on it. According to the instuctions printed on the inside of
the box top:
"You become a commander and launch your fleet of "eagles" into space. You guide
your eagles through the ever-changing space trying to land them on your target
planet. Strategy and chance determine whether your fleet of eagles completes
its mission first."
Object: Be the first commander to land all your eagles on your target planet.
Bill