HD21?

Hi all,

Last weekend was Fanderson's HD21 event. Anyone here have anything
to report about the UFO content of the day? So far I have heard
that they showed TIMELASH in high definition, and that it was
cropped to a 16:9 aspect ratio. Also I have heard that Gerry
Anderson continues to tell people that a new version of UFO
is in the works (although he has been saying that for years
now, and so far there has been nothing to show for it)

Anyone else?

Marc

Hi Marc,

I went & was impressed by the quality of the restoration. With the 4X3 episodes converted to 16X9, they had to come to a compromise with the on screen credit captions. So instead of the credits running at the bottom of Timelash, they now run across the actors face where before it was a little lower. I still think a 4X3 programme should be left as 4X3 & for HD these series should be curtained (two black bars on each side to fill out the 16X9 space).

When watching Timelash on a giant screen, I noticed something I had never observed before. When General Henderson, Dr Jackson & Foster are talking over Striker in bed, a fly lands on Henderson's coat, sits for a while & then flies away as he moves. I know its a dumb observation, but hey...dirty hosptials still exist in the future!

I also met Paolo Malaguti, a real nice guy. I was pleased he was there, as I could personally show him part of the backlot of the studio. Pinewood still has the giant chess pieces that can be seen in the buggy chase of Timelash. They are stored in a fenced off area of the studio. I can upload some pics if you would like to see them. I found the chess pieces earlier in the month when I was visiting a friend at Pinewood. I didn't realise they were in UFO until we watched Timelash that very same day!

Jim.




----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Martin
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:00 PM
Subject: [SHADO] HD21?


Hi all,

Last weekend was Fanderson's HD21 event. Anyone here have anything
to report about the UFO content of the day? So far I have heard
that they showed TIMELASH in high definition, and that it was
cropped to a 16:9 aspect ratio. Also I have heard that Gerry
Anderson continues to tell people that a new version of UFO
is in the works (although he has been saying that for years
now, and so far there has been nothing to show for it)

Anyone else?

Marc




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Hi all,

By the way, although I don't have any official policy on dealing
with these sorts of things, I have decided to remove James Williams
from the group, and also deleted a couple of his messages from the
archive where he writes as if he is Ed Bishop's son-in-law.

Marc (still baffled by all of this)

> I went & was impressed by the quality of the restoration.

Thanks for the comments! I also saw a comment on the Fanderson group
from someone who was impressed overall, but thought that the night
scenes of the UFO chasing Straker's car looked bad.

> With the 4X3 episodes converted to 16X9, they had to come to a
> compromise with the on screen credit captions. So instead of the
> credits running at the bottom of Timelash, they now run across the actors

Hmm, on the HDTV version of MINDBENDER that someone recorded for me,
the scenes with credits were simply "squished" so that the entire
4:3 frame was elongated to 16:9, making everything look too fat.
Repositioning the credits would be an improvement, but would
require more work during the restoration process.

Marc

In a message dated 9/25/2007 9:36:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[hidden email] writes:

Hi all,

By the way, although I don't have any official policy on dealing
with these sorts of things, I have decided to remove James Williams
from the group, and also deleted a couple of his messages from the
archive where he writes as if he is Ed Bishop's son-in-law.

Marc (still baffled by all of this)




Right thing to do!
Wendy



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> When General Henderson, Dr Jackson & Foster are talking over Striker in bed,
> a fly lands on Henderson's coat, sits for a while & then flies away as he moves.

Yes, you can see this on the DVD's as well, although the fly is smaller than
some of the compression artifacts in the video! This is where Henderson,
Foster, and Jackson are asking Colonel Lake if she can remember anything
about what's happened.

Marc

Marc Martin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> By the way, although I don't have any official policy on dealing
> with these sorts of things, I have decided to remove James Williams
> from the group, and also deleted a couple of his messages from the
> archive where he writes as if he is Ed Bishop's son-in-law.
>
> Marc (still baffled by all of this)

How do you know that we (recent Seattle visit) were REALLY who we said
we were? We could have been disguised aliens!

Just for the record, that type of impersonation on a fan list is a
pretty lame thing to do. Some people get kicks out of tricking others;
usually it's a sign of lack of character or feeling of actual self-worth.

Paul

Hi Jim,

At the HD21, how did the screened "The Metamorph" of Space:1999 look
compared to "Mission of the Darians"?

Thanks,

Ole


--- In [hidden email], "James Fielding" <jfielding71@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> I went & was impressed by the quality of the restoration. With
the 4X3 episodes converted to 16X9, they had to come to a compromise
with the on screen credit captions. So instead of the credits
running at the bottom of Timelash, they now run across the actors
face where before it was a little lower. I still think a 4X3
programme should be left as 4X3 & for HD these series should be
curtained (two black bars on each side to fill out the 16X9
space).  
>
> When watching Timelash on a giant screen, I noticed something I
had never observed before. When General Henderson, Dr Jackson &
Foster are talking over Striker in bed, a fly lands on Henderson's
coat, sits for a while & then flies away as he moves. I know its a
dumb observation, but hey...dirty hosptials still exist in the
future!
>
> I also met Paolo Malaguti, a real nice guy. I was pleased he was
there, as I could personally show him part of the backlot of the
studio. Pinewood still has the giant chess pieces that can be seen
in the buggy chase of Timelash. They are stored in a fenced off
area of the studio. I can upload some pics if you would like to see
them. I found the chess pieces earlier in the month when I was
visiting a friend at Pinewood. I didn't realise they were in UFO
until we watched Timelash that very same day! anything

I didn't watch the Space 1999 screenings, I went on the UFO studio tour instead.


----- Original Message -----
From: alstrup
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 10:38 PM
Subject: [SHADO] Re: HD21?


Hi Jim,

At the HD21, how did the screened "The Metamorph" of Space:1999 look
compared to "Mission of the Darians"?

Thanks,

Ole

--- In [hidden email], "James Fielding" <jfielding71@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Marc,
>
> I went & was impressed by the quality of the restoration. With
the 4X3 episodes converted to 16X9, they had to come to a compromise
with the on screen credit captions. So instead of the credits
running at the bottom of Timelash, they now run across the actors
face where before it was a little lower. I still think a 4X3
programme should be left as 4X3 & for HD these series should be
curtained (two black bars on each side to fill out the 16X9
space).
>
> When watching Timelash on a giant screen, I noticed something I
had never observed before. When General Henderson, Dr Jackson &
Foster are talking over Striker in bed, a fly lands on Henderson's
coat, sits for a while & then flies away as he moves. I know its a
dumb observation, but hey...dirty hosptials still exist in the
future!
>
> I also met Paolo Malaguti, a real nice guy. I was pleased he was
there, as I could personally show him part of the backlot of the
studio. Pinewood still has the giant chess pieces that can be seen
in the buggy chase of Timelash. They are stored in a fenced off
area of the studio. I can upload some pics if you would like to see
them. I found the chess pieces earlier in the month when I was
visiting a friend at Pinewood. I didn't realise they were in UFO
until we watched Timelash that very same day! anything




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> I didn't watch the Space 1999 screenings, I went on
> the UFO studio tour instead.

I guess it's all a question of priorities... :-)

Marc

Ouch! You should be a funny man on the telly :-)


----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Martin
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 11:44 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: HD21?


> I didn't watch the Space 1999 screenings, I went on
> the UFO studio tour instead.

I guess it's all a question of priorities... :-)

Marc




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