Gerry Anderson Special in TV Zone

> Marc (a bit worried about a lack of UFO fans at this event)

Hi Marc,

I wish I could join this event (it would be great to meet you and
some other UFO fans personally for the first time), but sadly Austria
is a little bit out of range (I need to misuse a SHADO transporter
for this but for I'm not in command... :-) I can only hope somebody
will make some videos or sound recordings...

Instead I will enjoy Ray Harryhausen tomorrow evening because he will
be in Vienna and will talk to the audience about 1 1/2 hours before
EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS will be shown (another great UFO movie)!

But now to my subject: the British magazin TV ZONE printed a special
issue titled "Gerry Anderson Special". It contains a lot of stuff
from Gerry (I count 51 pages) about all his series and the new
CAPTAIN SCARLET/THUNDERBIRDS with a lot of large pictures, sometimes
one photo on two pages!

UFO is presented on six pages. According to the mag the best episode
is "A Question of Priorities", the worst is "Close-Up". Anderson
talks about the new CAPTAIN SCARLET and says: "I think there will be
plenty of opportunity for further remakes." Quote from the mag:
'Including perhaps UFO? Last year the newspapers reported that the
classic alien attack saga had done so well on DVD in Britain and
America that owners Carlton were considering an updated version.
Anderson shrugs. "Well, it's news to me, I know of no film that's
based on UFO being made."'

On page 98 is a short article which states: 'UFO has, reportedly,
done so well on DVD that a remake is in the works for American
television.' Well, like Straker said: "Things are not always what
they seem, Mr Foster."

I think I'll scan some pages and will send it to the files section :-)

Christian

>I wish I could join this event (it would be great to meet you and
>some other UFO fans personally for the first time), but sadly Austria
>is a little bit out of range (I need to misuse a SHADO transporter
>for this but for I'm not in command... :-) I can only hope somebody
>will make some videos or sound recordings...

Well, if Shawn's video recording of the interview turns out, we could
create a DVD-R of the interview and send it out to interested fans. I've
finally had to break down and learn how to create a DVD, because I'm
planning on showing some clips during the interview on the meeting room's
DVD/video setup. I think I've rented (or purchased) every film that
Antonia has ever appeared in, although often her parts are barely
noticeable. The only substantial parts for Antonia in films seems to be
THE BOY FRIEND, PERCY, and MAHLER. Unless someone knows of something else?

Antonia's big claim to fame seems to be in theatrical musicals, but
unfortunately, there are no clips to show from these. The last one
she appeared in was "Mail" in 1988. Here are some photos from that:

http://www.jrockingr.com/mail_scrapbook.htm

After that, she's focused on raising her kids.

Marc

> I wish I could join this event (it would be great to meet you and
> some other UFO fans personally for the first time), but sadly Austria
> is a little bit out of range

Yes, it would seem that the Fanderson conventions in the UK are the
best places to meet other UFO fans in person -- these conventions
usually have a sufficient amount of guests and items on display to
motivate people to travel long distances.

For the San Diego Comic Con, we will probably mostly have people
who were planning on going to the comic con anyway. Not the
hard-core UFO fans, but UFO fans nevertheless...

By the way, over the weekend I finished compiling the clips that
we might (or might not) show during the Antonia interview. I
made a nice compilation clip of Antonia's best scenes from UFO,
and my wife and I debated on where to cut the strip-tease
sequence from "Percy"!

Marc

--- In [hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@u...> wrote:
> Yes, it would seem that the Fanderson conventions in the UK are the
> best places to meet other UFO fans in person --

I'm droolling over the comic con list of events, those of you who are
going, if you are going for the whole weekend might want to check out
some of these panels, I've seen some of these people before at
conventions and they're pretty good!

THURSDAY
11:30-12:30 Spotlight on Walt and Louise Simonson
12:00–1:30 Spotlight on Roger Dean— Roger Dean
1:00-2:30 Spotlight on Mike Royer
2:30-4:00 Golden and Silver Age of Comics (Note Harry Harrison is on
this panel)
3:00-4:30 Freaks and Geeks— (Cast and producers)

FRIDAY
10:30-12:00 Battlestar and Beyond with Richard Hatch—
(I'm not a big fan of BSG but Richard is a great speaker and if there
is no conflict, worth hearing)
1:00-2:30 The Art of Adapting Comics to the Screen (Stan Lee is on
this panel....STAN LEE!)

1:30-2:30 Thunderbirds Fans United Are Go!—

1:30-2:30 20th Century Fox Presents Tru Calling starring Eliza Dushku—
Television and film star Eliza Dushku (!)
2:30-4:00 Travel Channel Presents: Marvel Super-Heroes' Guide to New
York City—(Stan Lee and Roy Thomas are on this panel!)
2:30-3:30 Disney/Pixar: The Incredibles
3:30-5:00 MirrorMask: Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean—
5:00-6:00 Spotlight on Harry Harrison

SATURDAY
11:00-12:00 Antonia Ellis from Gerry Anderson's UFO—Anyone remember
the 1970 sci-fi TV series UFO (now on DVD and with an upcoming comic
book)? Actress Antonia Ellis (Lt. Joan Harrington) will tell what it
was like to wear her purple wig and silver catsuit on SHADO's
Moonbase. Marc Martin (ufoseries.com) will show a rare short that
should've been an extra on the UFO DVD. Antonia will also be signing
autographs at the FAB Gear booth (#816) Saturday and Sunday. Come
hear this FABulous actress talk about working on a Gerry Anderson
series! Room 1A

(I like this descrption Marc, did you write it or did they? Usually
a SIG gets a little line description that doesn't do the topic
justice.

(This is opposite a huge Stargate SG-1 panel with a lot of the cast!)

look what else is opposite Antonia!

11:30-1:00 The Simpsons Creator Matt Groening offers an exclusive
peek behind the scenes of the world's greatest animated TV show,
accompanied by producers Al Jean, Matt Selman, Don Payne, Michael
Price, Matt Warburton, Bill Odenkirk, and Bonnie Pietila, and
supervising director David Silverman

2:00-3:30 Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars Claudia Black, Ben Browder,
Brian Henson, David Kemper, Rockne O'Bannon, and Thomas P. Vitale

3:00-4:00 Spotlight on Ray Bradbury

3:00-4:15 Paramount: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

4:30-5:30 Sony: The Grudge and Screen Gems: Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Sarah Michelle Gellar will be making her first-ever convention
appearance, along with her co-star Jason Behr

SUNDAY
1:00-2:00 Joss Whedon: Serenity—

> I made a nice compilation clip of Antonia's best scenes from UFO,
> and my wife and I debated on where to cut the strip-tease
> sequence from "Percy"!
> Marc

Have a great time Marc! I can't wait to hear about this show. One
of these years we'll have to vacation in San Diego and go to this
convention, the regular comic, film and SF stuff is worth the trip!

FABGEAR people, are you going to sponser any UFO people at East Coast
conventions anytime soon?

Hi all,

By the way, since people sometimes want to know about
UFO cast members appearances in other films and TV
series, I should probably report here what I've
learned by watching all the movies on Antonia Ellis'
bio:

* Casino Royale -- supposedly she's in this movie
as a dancer. Well, I couldn't find her in this
movie. There is a sequence with several women
dancing, but you can't really make out their
faces, so I assume she must be in this scene.

* Chitty Chitty Bang Bang -- supposedly she's
a double for the lead actress during the dancing
sequences. I couldn't find any sequence where
this was obvious though.

* Twinsanity aka Goodbye Gemini -- you can spot
her for just a second in the background of
a party scene, but that's it. Alexis Kanner
and Mike Pratt have a sizeable roles though.

* Percy -- she's in this for several minutes
as a stripper who does a strip-tease for
a patient in a hospital. She also talks
a bit in a subsequent scene in a bar.

* The Boy Friend -- she has a major role in
this, plus does some dance and singing
sequences. She has a bigger part in this
movie than any other film.

* Mahler -- she's in this for a 5 minute sequence
which is rather hard to describe (and according
to Antonia, often cut from broadcasts). She's
dressed up as a female Nazi-type in
a bizzare Ken Russel silent-movie representation
of Mahler converting from being Jewish to
Catholic.

* 10 -- she's part of the birthday party for
Dudley Moore in the beginning of the movie.
You can only really see/hear her for a
few seconds when they are singing happy birthday.

Marc

> (I like this descrption Marc, did you write it or did they? Usually
> a SIG gets a little line description that doesn't do the topic
> justice.

I wrote everything but the last line of the description ("FABulous").
I don't know who wrote that...

> (This is opposite a huge Stargate SG-1 panel with a lot of the cast!)
> look what else is opposite Antonia!

And there's a big Star Wars panel which starts at noon, immediately
after our panel, so we may have some people leaving early...

> SUNDAY 1:00-2:00 Joss Whedon: Serenity&#8212;

This is the *one* thing I want to attend -- hopefully Antonia
will be busy signing autographs and I won't be needed for
anything during this time...

Marc

Phil wrote:

> FABGEAR people, are you going to sponser any UFO people at East Coast
> conventions anytime soon?

Hi Phil-
No plans at the moment, but that could change.
We'll have some other goodies at San Diego, though - including some
original Space: 1999 costumes on display in the booth courtesy of
legendary modelmaker (Close Encounters, Star Trek films, just about
every SF movie in the last 30 years) and collector Greg Jein. We might
even make Greg sit and sign a few autographs at some point, if he's willing.
I hope to see more UFO listmembers there! Stop by booth #816 and say hello.
Anthony
http://fabgearusa.com

I'm watching an episode of "Yes Dear" on CBS right now and I believe the characters are going to The San Diego Comic Book convention!

I was half listening so I'm not 100% sure this early into the episode but they are going to a comic convention and it is in San Diego. West coasters might want to check it out to get in the mood if your going!

: - )

> > SUNDAY 1:00-2:00 Joss Whedon: Serenity&#8212;
>
> This is the *one* thing I want to attend -- hopefully Antonia
> will be busy signing autographs and I won't be needed for
> anything during this time...

> Marc


Go for it Marc! But no Ray Bradbury????

Hi all,

I just got the new 2nd volume of the Thunderbirds TV series soundtrack from
Silva Screen, and I noticed 2 tracks that were later reused for UFO:

* the "Dalotek Affair" cha-cha that's heard when Foster
and Freeman are in the restaurant

* tense music heard which I think is either heard in
MINDBENDER or THE SOUND OF SILENCE... (?)

Anyway, I'm off to San Diego tomorrow, although I'll still have email
access. I hope to meet some of you there!

Marc

Hi all,

I also just got the new MGM "Thunderbirds 6" movie soundtrack CD -- this
has one track of interest to UFO fans... at the beginning of the episode
COURT MARTIAL, Straker picks up a tiny radio and turns up the volume. The
music that was playing on the radio is heard in it's full glory on this CD!
For those of you who already have the fan-produced Thunderbirds movie
soundtrack CD, this new CD has about 2 tracks that's I've never heard
before.

BTW, I purchased both of these CDs at: http://buysoundtrax.com/

Marc

>
> * tense music heard which I think is either heard in
> MINDBENDER or THE SOUND OF SILENCE... (?)

Hi Marc,

yes, the cue on track 23 (Coralville Surprise/The Bank Job) is used
in MINDBENDER, when Beaver James is waiting next to the elevator
before he catches Colonel Lake.

And thanks for pointing my nose to the THUNDERBIRD 6 soundtrack! I've
ordered it at once with Screen Archives Entertainment:

http://www.screenarchives.com

> Anyway, I'm off to San Diego tomorrow

I envy you for this, Marc. I hope it will be a full success!
Give my regards to Antonia from an Austrian UFO fan!
Oh, stop it! I'm not that important to be mentioned :-)

Anyway, enjoy it!
(And keep us informed :-)
Christian