HS finances

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Surely SHADO would welcome
>every additional penny that it can get into its coffers. They always
>seemed to be fighting Henderson for more cash.

Dave,
So it seems to me. In fact, in my stories, Straker has amassed quite a tidy
fortune himself from all the movies he's starred in. *grin* He dips into it
occasionally when Moonbase needs a new interceptor and such. It just stands
to reason. Anyway, I have a hard time believing a workaholic like him would
run his studio at a loss. What a waste of revenue that would be!
Yours,
Denise


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--- In [hidden email], "Denise Felt" <neesierie@h...> wrote:
> >sigourneysslave@f...
> wrote:
> Surely SHADO would welcome
> >every additional penny that it can get into its coffers. They
always
> >seemed to be fighting Henderson for more cash.
>
> Dave,
> So it seems to me. In fact, in my stories, Straker has amassed
quite a tidy
> fortune himself from all the movies he's starred in. *grin* He
dips into it
> occasionally when Moonbase needs a new interceptor and such. It
just stands
> to reason. Anyway, I have a hard time believing a workaholic like
him would
> run his studio at a loss. What a waste of revenue that would be!
> Yours,
> Denise

Denise

Your thoughts made me wonder what sort of films Straker would approve
+ make (see my earlier posting). It would be interesting to see how
he handled people pitching ideas for films to him - I'm sure he would
be very receptive - not. Maybe he would delegate that side of things.
I imagine he would only be interested in movies along tried + trusted
lines that made money, period.

thomas
>
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Hmm... some of the films pitched to Straker were pretty tame... think of the
Cornwall 'home movie' film shown to Straker in 'Reflections in the Water'...
and he liked it! (or pretended too ;) ...I think he just said that 'cos he
was plainly bored, wanted to keep some of the film execs happy, and had
obviously had his mind busy with other things... I don't think the Cornwall
flick would have done too well at the box office though... reminds me of
some of the terrible old trailers shown before the major features in the
old-style cinemas...

Judging from some scenes from various episodes in and around the film
studios, they seemed to major on period dramas... and also ones with big
hands... ;)

Griff

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Subject: [SHADO] Re: HS finances


--- In [hidden email], "Denise Felt" <neesierie@h...> wrote:
> >sigourneysslave@f...
> wrote:
> Surely SHADO would welcome
> >every additional penny that it can get into its coffers. They
always
> >seemed to be fighting Henderson for more cash.
>
> Dave,
> So it seems to me. In fact, in my stories, Straker has amassed
quite a tidy
> fortune himself from all the movies he's starred in. *grin* He
dips into it
> occasionally when Moonbase needs a new interceptor and such. It
just stands
> to reason. Anyway, I have a hard time believing a workaholic like
him would
> run his studio at a loss. What a waste of revenue that would be!
> Yours,
> Denise

Denise

Your thoughts made me wonder what sort of films Straker would approve
+ make (see my earlier posting). It would be interesting to see how
he handled people pitching ideas for films to him - I'm sure he would
be very receptive - not. Maybe he would delegate that side of things.
I imagine he would only be interested in movies along tried + trusted
lines that made money, period.

thomas
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
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> Dave,
> So it seems to me. In fact, in my stories, Straker has amassed quite a tidy
> fortune himself from all the movies he's starred in. *grin*

I wouldn't mention Straker starring in certain movies to some of the
ladies on this list LOL.

Seriously, I would have thought SHADO would not have given two
hoots about the other military communities bothering about profit
and loss within the ranks of the alien fighters They always seemed
a law unto themselves anywys, answerable to no one else (except,
perhaps, the very highest echelons of the UN and the IAC).

I wouldn't see Henderson complaining if SHADO had money
coming in from filmic enterprises. Less demands on cash he
would want for himself. Unless, that is, he had become so bitter
that he resented Straker's success in any field; that would actually
seem to accord with his behaviour in 'Conflict'. On the other hand,
Henderson does still have a genuine respect for Straker. Certainly
I think that the whole Henderson/Straker relationship was very
complex and one that could have given a whole fertile field for a
new series.


> He dips into it
> occasionally when Moonbase needs a new interceptor and such. It just stands
> to reason.

Yes, I agree that it does.

> Anyway, I have a hard time believing a workaholic like him would
> run his studio at a loss.

Unless he had explicit orders to do so. Straker might not like it,
but he still has sufficient military savvy to know when to knuckle
under and get on with a task you resent and/or hate doing.

Dave.

> Denise
>
> Your thoughts made me wonder what sort of films Straker would approve
> + make (see my earlier posting). It would be interesting to see how
> he handled people pitching ideas for films to him - I'm sure he would
> be very receptive - not. Maybe he would delegate that side of things.

Running SHADO is more than a full time job. So, too, would
running a film studio. I always thought that SHADO would have a
special department set up to run the studios, proposing papers for
Straker to rubber stamp, producing quick summaries and briefings
for him to read each day etc etc. Basically doing the donkey work
in his name, whilst freeing him to run things 'downstairs'.

Dave.

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I agree with Dave. I can't see Straker having much of anything to do with
the studios. Although I like the fanfiction prooving otherwise!! I just
can't see Straker giving anything more than the barest minimum of his time or
his attention to something as unimportant as the film industry when his
talents are needed to save the world from invasion.... I suspect he rubber
stamped alot.



Mary




Running SHADO is more than a full time job. So, too, would
running a film studio. I always thought that SHADO would have a
special department set up to run the studios, proposing papers for
Straker to rubber stamp, producing quick summaries and briefings
for him to read each day etc etc. Basically doing the donkey work
in his name, whilst freeing him to run things 'downstairs'.

Dave.




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