Ed Bishop First Person Quiz

<<(always a perverse episode, Destruction, I
thought).>>

Perverse? How?

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cmdrstraker2001 wrote:

> Another scene I love is Alec appreciating how Ed is playfully
> tormenting Foster about the 'little man'

Heh heh, yeah. :-)

> > That scene brought up the business of Straker's mother. I
> apologize, I don't know who contributed it, but someone had said does
> Ed deliberately think of his mother to appeal to the humanity in
> Croxley, or is it unconscious, Straker thinking he is about to die.
> Is he worried that his mother will grieve? Is his mother dead and he
> feels he may see her again? Maybe he *doesn't* want to see his mother
> again. And why not think of both his parents? That scene always
> intrigues me.

He's a momma's boy? <ducking> Well, he may be! Maybe his Dad was a
strict military type and little Ed always appealed to his mum. <shrug>

> The filming of the demolished house is absolutely wonderful, the
> scene of Straker contrasted with Alec, looking out the window,
> Straker picking up the compact of Croxley's dead wife, the look that
> my Klingon companion describes, Alec begging Croxley not to shoot,
> the whole buddy thing between Alec and Ed. Alec's more devious mind,
> heh.

LOL! Yeah - good ol' Alec. :-)
Court Martial is another good buddy ep for Ed and Alec - especially when
the big guy shows up at the shop and Ed calmly steps aside and lets Alec
take care of him. LOL!

> It's one of my absolute favorites.

<nod nod nod> mine too.

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Hi all,

We still have a week left on our UFO episode discussions for
the episode E.S.P. Anyone have any more comments they'd
like to make about this episode?

Marc

Well, I finally got around to watching this one again the other day
and came away thinking it is one of the better episodes. Of special
note is the acting by all concerned, which I thought was definitely
above the average (not saying that the acting in every other episode
was bad, mind you).

Croxley himself was very well pulled off. Now there's a character
which could have gone way over the top, but I thought the actor
playing him (whose name escapes me right now) did do a fine job, with
only a few scenes where his sweat seemed to be getting the better of
him. You really do feel bad for the guy, especially when Straker
seems to genuinely want to help him.

Also, I have to agree that the aliens (speaking through him) seem to
be rather disingenuous when they talk about not wanting to harm
humans. I would categorize theft of organs as "harm," but maybe
that's just me.

Brian

Hi all,

Our two weeks for discussing the UFO episode E.S.P. have come and
gone, so it's time to move onto our next episode -- KILL STRAKER!

Anyone have any comments on this episode? Also, if you've got any
comments from the new A&E DVD commentary for this episode, feel free
to add those as well!

Marc

This is sort of my favourite ep - if only because it was the first one I
ever saw [in German] and it was the first one I ever bought on VHS, an old
second hand copy I found on sale in East Ham. I always laugh at the scene
in the armoury - at Mike Billington's face as he gets slapped around the
place. I heard, I think on Fanderson's UFO documentary, that they didn't
tell him it would be as bad as that prior to shooting, but like a true
professional he carried on!

I also used to find amusement in trying to figure out where Foster was
hiding Straker's gun before he confronts him in control sphere, cause that
silver outfit doesn't look roomy enough for pockets!

Jess

> Our two weeks for discussing the UFO episode E.S.P. have come and
> gone, so it's time to move onto our next episode -- KILL STRAKER!
>
> Anyone have any comments on this episode?

One of the remarkable things is the sequence at the end. The one
where Straker really gives Foster a fourpenny one.

Apparently Mike didn't know that Ed was going to do it 'for real' and
was pretty surprised when it happened. However, he kept his head
and kept playing the scene. Good on you, Mike.

Dave.