A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES

Hello All!

Sadly I was ill last week (had a terrible backache), couldn't walk
properly and therefore had to stay in bed :-( And I've got no PC at
home :-(( So I have to read all the postings later. But at least I
could watch telly...

Checked in today to give my opinions about one of my beloved eps:
A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES (in German it's called DER FREMDE, that
means "The Alien" or "The Stranger"). The first ep I ever saw in my
life. And only the last quarter of it and in black and white and on a
small telly - but I loved it! (And still do. 8-))

* IMO this episode should been watched after CONFETTI CHECK A-OK,
because that would explain some reactions in this ep, especially when
Mary says to Ed in the hospital: "You always had to leave..."

* After Straker and his son watched the shooting and throw down an
object, both have the same kind of smiling. And look again when they
drove in the car and smile to each other. Obviously Barnaby Shaw was
a good choice for playing Strakers son :-)

* BTW: Ed as loving father is great (I bet on it that some ladies on
this list will agree :-))

* The radar screen shows two lines going incessantly from the upper
right to the lower left - what's the use of this?

* When Straker arrives at the hospital you can see how uncomfortable
it is to get out of a car with these gull wing doors: Straker has to
bend over deeply. (And if you watch closely you can see the pole on
the left which holds the wing door open.)

* When the UFO has crash-landed in the sea there are some shots from
IDENTIFIED to be seen (the red boiling water e.g.).

* The scenes with the Alien and the old blind Lady are the ones which
I like the most. That's e.g. what I like so much on the series.
Just wonderful! 8-))

* Oops! Just a moment! Why are there so much lamps switched-on in an
house of a BLIND woman? To make it more comfortable for possible
visitors? Like the Alien is? :-)

* When Mary beseech Ed to don't let Johnny down this time, this
part of the scene was cut in the german version.

* This is one of the eps were you can see a diver near Skydiver for
scale comparisons - and one can see that Skydiver must be pretty
small.

* I wonder if this is the only transporter with mobiles available to
SHADO. There should be a lot of them stationed all over the world
(therefore at least one in England too), otherwise they are not very
effective.

* SID tells that the "second UFO is re-sighted". How did he know that
this is the one from before?

* Have you seen this? The UFO is able to shot a simple person far
away from the sky! What a shot! On the other hand we see them missing
bigger targets from a closer range (like in CAT WITH THEN LIVES, when
they attack Moonbase). Maybe the best shooter of the Aliens was
killed in this ep? 8-

* The complete tragic ending of this ep is cut in the german version!
Instead we can see Straker driving to the hospital and hear a voice-
over from the Doctor who tells Straker that the medicine has arrived
in time (!), which becomes confusing when you watch the german
version of MINDBENDER (TOEDLICHE TRAEUME - see there). So if you can,
avoid the german version!

So far for this time!
CU Christian

>* IMO this episode should been watched after CONFETTI CHECK A-OK,
>because that would explain some reactions in this ep, especially when
>Mary says to Ed in the hospital: "You always had to leave..."

I prefer watching A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES before CONFETTI CHECK A-O.K.
I think it's good to watch QUESTION early in the series, because it
adds depth to Straker's character, which is desperately needed since
he's been rather unlikable in the early episodes. Also, CONFETTI has
so little science fiction content that I wouldn't want to put it too
early, because it may scare some of the audience away. I'd rather
make sure the audience is "hooked" before showing them CONFETTI, and
certainly showing QUESTION is a good way to get them interested
in watching CONFETTI...

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Marc Martin, [hidden email]

[hidden email] wrote:

> Hello All!

Hey, Christian!

> Sadly I was ill last week (had a terrible backache), couldn't walk
> properly and therefore had to stay in bed :-( And I've got no PC at
> home :-(( So I have to read all the postings later. But at least I
> could watch telly...

Ugh! Sorry to hear you've been hurting. <hug>

> * After Straker and his son watched the shooting and throw down an
> object, both have the same kind of smiling. And look again when they
> drove in the car and smile to each other. Obviously Barnaby Shaw was
> a good choice for playing Strakers son :-)

LOL! Wonder how hard they searched for a boy who was juuuuuuuust right
....

> * BTW: Ed as loving father is great (I bet on it that some ladies on
> this list will agree :-))

Heh heh .....

> * The radar screen shows two lines going incessantly from the upper
> right to the lower left - what's the use of this?
>
> * When Straker arrives at the hospital you can see how uncomfortable
> it is to get out of a car with these gull wing doors: Straker has to
> bend over deeply. (And if you watch closely you can see the pole on
> the left which holds the wing door open.)

Can you? Need to watch. Even with two weeks per ep, I haven't been
watching them all. <sigh>

> * Oops! Just a moment! Why are there so much lamps switched-on in an
> house of a BLIND woman? To make it more comfortable for possible
> visitors? Like the Alien is? :-)

LOL!

> * I wonder if this is the only transporter with mobiles available to
> SHADO. There should be a lot of them stationed all over the world
> (therefore at least one in England too), otherwise they are not very
> effective.

Yeah, really ... :-(

> * Have you seen this? The UFO is able to shot a simple person far
> away from the sky! What a shot! On the other hand we see them missing
> bigger targets from a closer range (like in CAT WITH THEN LIVES, when
> they attack Moonbase). Maybe the best shooter of the Aliens was
> killed in this ep? 8-

LOL!

> * The complete tragic ending of this ep is cut in the german version!
> Instead we can see Straker driving to the hospital and hear a voice-
> over from the Doctor who tells Straker that the medicine has arrived
> in time (!), which becomes confusing when you watch the german
> version of MINDBENDER (TOEDLICHE TRAEUME - see there). So if you can,
> avoid the german version!

Now, THAT is weird .... too tragic for a German audience?
Editing is one thing, but you shouldn't be allowed to completely change
the whole concept of a show like that ...

Thanks, Christian! Hope you're feeling better now!


<<
Greetings.

I've noticed that a couple of people wrote that Alec Freeman missed the
boat by not homing in on Ed's personal situation. But I believe that
his
given assignment was to run the SHADO operation during Straker's
visitation
day, and not to function as Ed's personal muse and confidant.

Jeff Kuzma
>>

Yes, but Alec is usually the intuitive one and very protective of his
friend, Ed, so it is kind of out of character for him to be so totally
off the mark like this ...


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