Career Move

gotta say for a young actress its a good
career move to get into a sci fi series.

Gabriel was already well established in TV
but Im sure her role in UFO brought her
a lot more fans and.... lets face it
... a cult status !

What is it about sci fi TV
dr who, star trek etc... that they eventually
become cult TV ? with an army of life long fans !

I guess Jane Fonda got the same status with
Barbarella.. the cult sci fi movie

"Gabrielle".  "Gabriel" if she had a sex change.  ; )

--- On Thu, 4/2/09, Tim <[hidden email]> wrote:

From: Tim <[hidden email]>
Subject: [SHADO] Career Move
To: [hidden email]
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gotta say for a young actress its a good
career move to get into a sci fi series.

Gabriel was already well established in TV
but Im sure her role in UFO brought her
a lot more fans and.... lets face it
... a cult status !

What is it about sci fi TV
dr who, star trek etc... that they eventually
become cult TV ? with an army of life long fans !

I guess Jane Fonda got the same status with
Barbarella.. the cult sci fi movie
















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Nooooo! you couldn't do that!



That'd be like converting a Ferrari into a Hummer



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"Gabrielle". "Gabriel" if she had a sex change. ; )

--- On Thu, 4/2/09, Tim <[hidden email]
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From: Tim <[hidden email]
<mailto:lovetoloveyou%40hotmail.co.uk> >
Subject: [SHADO] Career Move
To: [hidden email] <mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 6:30 PM

gotta say for a young actress its a good
career move to get into a sci fi series.

Gabriel was already well established in TV
but Im sure her role in UFO brought her
a lot more fans and.... lets face it
... a cult status !

What is it about sci fi TV
dr who, star trek etc... that they eventually
become cult TV ? with an army of life long fans !

I guess Jane Fonda got the same status with
Barbarella.. the cult sci fi movie

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That's why Gene Roddenberry was able to get away with a lot of things he put
into Star Trek that he would have been crucified for if he'd placed it in a
contemporary, US setting. The same for Rod Serling in Twilight Zone. Or
Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner.



Some of the more controversial episodes of UFO would not have seen the light
of day had the subjects that caused the controversy been canvassed in a
realistic contemporary milieu.



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Hemmings, R.K.
Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 10:15 PM
To: '[hidden email]'
Subject: RE: [SHADO] Career Move



Tim wrote:

>What is it about sci fi TV
>dr who, star trek etc... that they eventually
>become cult TV ? with an army of life long fans !
>
> I guess Jane Fonda got the same status with
>Barbarella.. the cult sci fi movie

Good question. My take is that (some, usually older) sci-fi
often *requires* you to think, unlike the endless trivial soaps
(and I include most Hollywood films under that banner) which
seem to act like George Orwells' "Soma for the masses."
I have found that most of the people I've met who "don't like
sci-fi" don't like having to think about things in general,
either. ;)
Sci-fi is also a superb way for writers to explore the
human condition, without risking their audience being led
away from the point by their own (current) cultural programming.

Best,
--
Rob





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