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Griff

Lt. Gar Ellis

Hi All :)

Added a nice picture of Lt. Ellis in the photos section, and an even
higher res version in the files area...

Best to all

Griff

zerg harry

Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

I was thinking about Gabrielle Drake's character and her relationship with her Commanding Officer lately. She was a pretty decent actor as well as good-looking in UFO, wasn't she?

Her character had a pretty uneasy relationship with Straker. There seemed to be some undercurrents of both attraction and resentment in "Close Up" and when he reassigned her to SHADO Earth, where he is, after finding out she might be attached to Bradley in "Computer Affair", I couldn't help thinking he was doing this because he was secretly jealous and possessive.

It's easy to read too much into shows like UFO, but I thought her reactions to him, especially when he finds fault with her rough astronaut schedule and that rather uncomfortable scene where Straker and Gay have coffee and he tells her she's a very attractive girl, all added up to something quite tense and interesting between them.

Is she a bit nasty in that practical joke she and Kelly pull with the zoom-in on her thigh? Or is it just that Straker isn't very good and dealing with the opposite sex?

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Anthony Smith

RE: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

But as Commander Straker said to Colonel Foster;Never judge a situation by
the end of a conversation.
I think in Computer Affair that Mark Bradley and Gay Ellis did have
something special going on.But thats how I read into it,especially when they
were at dinner and drinking that bottle of wine.Did you see how they were
looking at one another.You have to remember that back in the late sixties
and early seventies that was a taboo(black & white couples),where as now
it's spread and socially accepted in todays standards.
I would love to see a U.F.O. series on Sci-Fi and with all the
characters(new actors that resemble the originals and NOT changing they're
genders or race like on Battlestar Galactica)and a continuing lstory line
with Astronaut Bradley and Lt.Ellis inuendoing a love affair.As well as see
my favorite character Commander Straker get back with Mary--I hated her
second husband,he was an a-- and I wish that Ed would of straightened him
out for trying to take over his role as John's father and also not letting
Ed and Mary conversate in private.You could see in her eyes that she still
loved Ed!!
I'm hoping in time producers and the Andersons(Sylvia and Gerry) will be
able to give us true fans what we want,which is a U.F.O. series.
Ant

>From: zerg harry <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: [SHADO] Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.
>Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:30:11 +1000 (EST)
>
>I was thinking about Gabrielle Drake's character and her relationship with
>her Commanding Officer lately. She was a pretty decent actor as well as
>good-looking in UFO, wasn't she?
>
> Her character had a pretty uneasy relationship with Straker. There
>seemed to be some undercurrents of both attraction and resentment in "Close
>Up" and when he reassigned her to SHADO Earth, where he is, after finding
>out she might be attached to Bradley in "Computer Affair", I couldn't help
>thinking he was doing this because he was secretly jealous and possessive.
>
> It's easy to read too much into shows like UFO, but I thought her
>reactions to him, especially when he finds fault with her rough astronaut
>schedule and that rather uncomfortable scene where Straker and Gay have
>coffee and he tells her she's a very attractive girl, all added up to
>something quite tense and interesting between them.
>
> Is she a bit nasty in that practical joke she and Kelly pull with the
>zoom-in on her thigh? Or is it just that Straker isn't very good and
>dealing with the opposite sex?
>
>
> Send instant messages to your online friends
>http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
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thecatnz

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

I couldn't agree more about Mary's 2nd. Poor Ed, he just tried to do
the best he could for both his family and SHADO and it all turned to
custard - he lost his son, and he lost his wife. No wonder he
sometimes showed a bitter side to his crew. Perhaps the Andersons
drew a little fron real life there?

I would also really enjoy seeing a remake of UFO. Who would you cast
as Ed Straker? as Lt Ellis? as Col Foster? Any thoughts on the
matter?

--- In [hidden email], "Anthony Smith" <belmarbadboy@...>
wrote:
>
> But as Commander Straker said to Colonel Foster;Never judge a
situation by
> the end of a conversation.
> I think in Computer Affair that Mark Bradley and Gay Ellis did
have
> something special going on.But thats how I read into it,especially
when they
> were at dinner and drinking that bottle of wine.Did you see how
they were
> looking at one another.You have to remember that back in the late
sixties
> and early seventies that was a taboo(black & white couples),where
as now
> it's spread and socially accepted in todays standards.
> I would love to see a U.F.O. series on Sci-Fi and with all the
> characters(new actors that resemble the originals and NOT changing
they're
> genders or race like on Battlestar Galactica)and a continuing
lstory line
> with Astronaut Bradley and Lt.Ellis inuendoing a love affair.As
well as see
> my favorite character Commander Straker get back with Mary--I
hated her
> second husband,he was an a-- and I wish that Ed would of
straightened him
> out for trying to take over his role as John's father and also not
letting
> Ed and Mary conversate in private.You could see in her eyes that
she still
> loved Ed!!
> I'm hoping in time producers and the Andersons(Sylvia and Gerry)
will be

> able to give us true fans what we want,which is a U.F.O. series.
> Ant
>
>
> >From: zerg harry <zergharry@...>
> >Reply-To: [hidden email]
> >To: [hidden email]
> >Subject: [SHADO] Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.
> >Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:30:11 +1000 (EST)
> >
> >I was thinking about Gabrielle Drake's character and her

relationship with
> >her Commanding Officer lately. She was a pretty decent actor as
well as
> >good-looking in UFO, wasn't she?
> >
> > Her character had a pretty uneasy relationship with Straker.
There
> >seemed to be some undercurrents of both attraction and resentment
in "Close
> >Up" and when he reassigned her to SHADO Earth, where he is, after
finding
> >out she might be attached to Bradley in "Computer Affair", I
couldn't help
> >thinking he was doing this because he was secretly jealous and
possessive.
> >
> > It's easy to read too much into shows like UFO, but I thought
her
> >reactions to him, especially when he finds fault with her rough
astronaut
> >schedule and that rather uncomfortable scene where Straker and
Gay have
> >coffee and he tells her she's a very attractive girl, all added
up to
> >something quite tense and interesting between them.
> >
> > Is she a bit nasty in that practical joke she and Kelly pull
with the
> >zoom-in on her thigh? Or is it just that Straker isn't very good
and

> >dealing with the opposite sex?
> >
> >
> > Send instant messages to your online friends
> >http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
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> >
>
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Ithiaca Dreamweaver

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

Actually, a re-make of UFO would not be so hard to see done. Heck if Sci-Fi
wanted to do it, all they need to do is contact Devlin and Emmerich and ask
to use the premise of Independence Day for the series. But after the battle,
this would lend some creditibility to the series and hopefully draw both new
and old fans to it.

On 3/31/07, thecatnz <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> I couldn't agree more about Mary's 2nd. Poor Ed, he just tried to do
> the best he could for both his family and SHADO and it all turned to
> custard - he lost his son, and he lost his wife. No wonder he
> sometimes showed a bitter side to his crew. Perhaps the Andersons
> drew a little fron real life there?
>
> I would also really enjoy seeing a remake of UFO. Who would you cast
> as Ed Straker? as Lt Ellis? as Col Foster? Any thoughts on the
> matter?
>
> --- In [hidden email] <SHADO%40yahoogroups.com>, "Anthony Smith"
> <belmarbadboy@...>
>
> wrote:
> >
> > But as Commander Straker said to Colonel Foster;Never judge a
> situation by
> > the end of a conversation.
> > I think in Computer Affair that Mark Bradley and Gay Ellis did
> have
> > something special going on.But thats how I read into it,especially
> when they
> > were at dinner and drinking that bottle of wine.Did you see how
> they were
> > looking at one another.You have to remember that back in the late
> sixties
> > and early seventies that was a taboo(black & white couples),where
> as now
> > it's spread and socially accepted in todays standards.
> > I would love to see a U.F.O. series on Sci-Fi and with all the
> > characters(new actors that resemble the originals and NOT changing
> they're
> > genders or race like on Battlestar Galactica)and a continuing
> lstory line
> > with Astronaut Bradley and Lt.Ellis inuendoing a love affair.As
> well as see
> > my favorite character Commander Straker get back with Mary--I
> hated her
> > second husband,he was an a-- and I wish that Ed would of
> straightened him
> > out for trying to take over his role as John's father and also not
> letting
> > Ed and Mary conversate in private.You could see in her eyes that
> she still
> > loved Ed!!
> > I'm hoping in time producers and the Andersons(Sylvia and Gerry)
> will be
> > able to give us true fans what we want,which is a U.F.O. series.
> > Ant
> >
> >
> > >From: zerg harry <zergharry@...>
> > >Reply-To: [hidden email] <SHADO%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >To: [hidden email] <SHADO%40yahoogroups.com>
> > >Subject: [SHADO] Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.
> > >Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:30:11 +1000 (EST)
> > >
> > >I was thinking about Gabrielle Drake's character and her
> relationship with
> > >her Commanding Officer lately. She was a pretty decent actor as
> well as
> > >good-looking in UFO, wasn't she?
> > >
> > > Her character had a pretty uneasy relationship with Straker.
> There
> > >seemed to be some undercurrents of both attraction and resentment
> in "Close
> > >Up" and when he reassigned her to SHADO Earth, where he is, after
> finding
> > >out she might be attached to Bradley in "Computer Affair", I
> couldn't help
> > >thinking he was doing this because he was secretly jealous and
> possessive.
> > >
> > > It's easy to read too much into shows like UFO, but I thought
> her
> > >reactions to him, especially when he finds fault with her rough
> astronaut
> > >schedule and that rather uncomfortable scene where Straker and
> Gay have
> > >coffee and he tells her she's a very attractive girl, all added
> up to
> > >something quite tense and interesting between them.
> > >
> > > Is she a bit nasty in that practical joke she and Kelly pull
> with the
> > >zoom-in on her thigh? Or is it just that Straker isn't very good
> and
> > >dealing with the opposite sex?
> > >
> > >
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Marc Martin

Re: UFO remake / photos

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Ithiaca Dreamweaver wrote:
> Actually, a re-make of UFO would not be so hard to see done. Heck if Sci-Fi
> wanted to do it, all they need to do is contact Devlin and Emmerich and ask
> to use the premise of Independence Day for the series.

Hmmm, considering that I didn't even *like* INDEPENDENCE DAY all that much,
I don't think that this would be a good way to "remake" UFO. Better to
try to capture the "essence" of the original series, although I'm not
sure you'll be able to get anyone to agree on what specific elements
are required to accomplish that.

By the way, although there haven't been any new photos uploaded recently
to my "new pictures" page, I *am* working on it... I received about 50
two and a quarter inch color transparencies the other day, and am in the
process of scanning them all so I can send them back to their owner,
and then I'll go through the process of fixing them up and uploading
them...

Marc

moonbasegirl

Re: UFO remake / photos

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:

>By the way, although there haven't been any new photos uploaded
>recently to my "new pictures" page, I *am* working on it... I received
>about 50 two and a quarter inch color transparencies the other day,
>and am in the process of scanning them all so I can send them back to
>their owner,and then I'll go through the process of fixing them up and
>uploading them...

Is this an 'April Fool', by any chance? ;-)

If it is true, you have your work cut out! Thanks Marc; I'm looking
forward to seeing them :-)

Sarah

Marc Martin

Re: 2.25" transparencies

Administrator

In reply to this post by Marc Martin

> By the way, although there haven't been any new photos uploaded recently
> to my "new pictures" page, I *am* working on it... I received about 50
> two and a quarter inch color transparencies the other day

By the way, for those of you who have never seen a 2.25"
transparency, these appear to be the original format
that most UFO publicity photos were shot, and are much larger
than regular 35mm film. Here is a comparison, with some "normal"
film on the top row, and the 2.25" transparencies in the rest:

http://ufoseries.com/temp/transp.jpg

The transparencies also have a lot of "dead space" around the
edges, giving you the freedom to crop the picture any way you
want.

Marc

Marc Martin

Re: UFO remake / photos

Administrator

In reply to this post by moonbasegirl

> Is this an 'April Fool', by any chance? ;-)
>
> If it is true, you have your work cut out!

No, this is not an April Fools... and I had my work cut out for
me anyways, because I predict that this "new photos" project
won't be over for at least another 200 photos...

Marc

moonbasegirl

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

In reply to this post by zerg harry

--- In [hidden email], zerg harry <zergharry@...> wrote:

>Her character had a pretty uneasy relationship with Straker. There
>seemed to be some undercurrents of both attraction and resentment
>in "Close Up" <snip>

I think the intention of the script was to imply there was
*something*, although in the finished episode it didn't really work -
whatever it was :-/

>when he reassigned her to SHADO Earth, where he is, after finding
>out she might be attached to Bradley in "Computer Affair", I
>couldn't help thinking he was doing this because he was secretly
>jealous and possessive.

Ah, but once the *final* report came in, he didn't hesitate to have
them return to their original assignments, even though he was right.

>It's easy to read too much into shows like UFO, but I thought her
>reactions to him, especially when he finds fault with her rough
>astronaut schedule and that rather uncomfortable scene where Straker
>and Gay have coffee and he tells her she's a very attractive girl,
>all added up to something quite tense and interesting between them.

I think the idea was to demonstrate the feeling of inequality between
men and women in the "workplace", although enevitably it gets
confused with sexual tension.. ;-) In the UFO novel that covers
this episode, Paul Foster's thoughts are to wonder whether there *is*
something between them, although his conclusion is that both are far
too inhuman; if memory serves Gay Ellis is 'the snow queen' and
Straker 'the human icicle'...?! ;-D

>Is she a bit nasty in that practical joke she and Kelly pull with
>the zoom-in on her thigh? Or is it just that Straker isn't very good
>and dealing with the opposite sex?

No, she's *nasty* - from my female orientated Straker-admiring POV;
as is Kelly, in trying to show up the Commander, although the manner
in which Straker handles the situation shows he's way above worrying
about such petty trifles and concentrates only on the lesson to be
learned :-)

Sarah

James Gibbon

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

In reply to this post by zerg harry

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:30:11 +1000 (EST)
zerg harry <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I was thinking about Gabrielle Drake's character and her relationship
> with her Commanding Officer lately. She was a pretty decent actor as well
> as good-looking in UFO, wasn't she?
>

In all honesty, I wouldn't say so, no, since you ask. Anything but. She
more or less reads her lines like a railway station announcer.

James

Jim Main

Re: UFO remake / photos

In reply to this post by moonbasegirl

So Am I!!!

Jim Main
--- moonbasegirl <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> --- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...>
> wrote:
>
> >By the way, although there haven't been any new
> photos uploaded
> >recently to my "new pictures" page, I *am* working
> on it... I received
> >about 50 two and a quarter inch color
> transparencies the other day,
> >and am in the process of scanning them all so I can
> send them back to
> >their owner,and then I'll go through the process of
> fixing them up and
> >uploading them...
>
>
> Is this an 'April Fool', by any chance? ;-)
>
> If it is true, you have your work cut out! Thanks
> Marc; I'm looking
> forward to seeing them :-)
>
>
> Sarah
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

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Anthony Smith

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

In reply to this post by moonbasegirl

Do you think that Kelly sabotaged the teloscopic lense when his
appropriation was behind the new coffee machine??He wanted $50,000 --I
believe he knew that the product wasn't finished o that he personal;ly
sabotaged it before it was installed into the satellite that was headed to
the planet where tha Aliens were coming from.Gay was a guinea pig for his
experiment and Kelly made Ed look like a fool when all the hoopla occurred
with "being able to tell a girl from a certain distance".Starker is no fool
and by far the genius of the show!But thats my opinion.
Thank you Moonbasegirl for your input--it is on the money though!!!!
Ant

>From: "moonbasegirl" <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: [SHADO] Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.
>Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:35:36 -0000
>
>--- In [hidden email], zerg harry <zergharry@...> wrote:
>
>
> >Her character had a pretty uneasy relationship with Straker. There
> >seemed to be some undercurrents of both attraction and resentment
> >in "Close Up" <snip>
>
>I think the intention of the script was to imply there was
>*something*, although in the finished episode it didn't really work -
>whatever it was :-/
>
>
> >when he reassigned her to SHADO Earth, where he is, after finding
> >out she might be attached to Bradley in "Computer Affair", I
> >couldn't help thinking he was doing this because he was secretly
> >jealous and possessive.
>
>Ah, but once the *final* report came in, he didn't hesitate to have
>them return to their original assignments, even though he was right.
>
>
> >It's easy to read too much into shows like UFO, but I thought her
> >reactions to him, especially when he finds fault with her rough
> >astronaut schedule and that rather uncomfortable scene where Straker
> >and Gay have coffee and he tells her she's a very attractive girl,
> >all added up to something quite tense and interesting between them.
>
>I think the idea was to demonstrate the feeling of inequality between
>men and women in the "workplace", although enevitably it gets
>confused with sexual tension.. ;-) In the UFO novel that covers
>this episode, Paul Foster's thoughts are to wonder whether there *is*
>something between them, although his conclusion is that both are far
>too inhuman; if memory serves Gay Ellis is 'the snow queen' and
>Straker 'the human icicle'...?! ;-D
>
>
> >Is she a bit nasty in that practical joke she and Kelly pull with
> >the zoom-in on her thigh? Or is it just that Straker isn't very good
> >and dealing with the opposite sex?
>
>No, she's *nasty* - from my female orientated Straker-admiring POV;
>as is Kelly, in trying to show up the Commander, although the manner
>in which Straker handles the situation shows he's way above worrying
>about such petty trifles and concentrates only on the lesson to be
>learned :-)
>
>
>Sarah
>
>

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James Gibbon

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:23:58 -0400
"Anthony Smith" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Do you think that Kelly sabotaged the teloscopic lense when his
> appropriation was behind the new coffee machine??He wanted $50,000 --I
> believe he knew that the product wasn't finished o that he personally
> sabotaged it before it was installed into the satellite that was headed
> to the planet where the Aliens were coming from.

I don't think the writers had that in mind, no. After all it would have
been a pretty serious crime for Straker to have missed. I think there'd
have been at least a dark knowing smirk from Kelly at the very end, too.

James

davrecon-3

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

In reply to this post by zerg harry

....Don't forget how in "Queston of Priorities", it was really Kelly, who was hiding in the bushes and PUSHED Straker's son out in front of that automobile as well!....

----------------------------------------------------

----- Original Message -----
From: Anthony Smith
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:23 PM
Subject: RE: [SHADO] Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

Do you think that Kelly sabotaged the teloscopic lense when his
appropriation was behind the new coffee machine??He wanted $50,000 --I
believe he knew that the product wasn't finished o that he personal;ly
sabotaged it before it was installed into the satellite that was headed to
the planet where tha Aliens were coming from.Gay was a guinea pig for his
experiment and Kelly made Ed look like a fool when all the hoopla occurred
with "being able to tell a girl from a certain distance".Starker is no fool
and by far the genius of the show!But thats my opinion.
Thank you Moonbasegirl for your input--it is on the money though!!!!
Ant

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Marc Martin

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

Administrator

davrecon wrote:
> ....Don't forget how in "Queston of Priorities", it was really Kelly,
> who was hiding in the bushes and PUSHED Straker's son out in front of
> that automobile as well!....

Yes, and you can see that a lot better on the new widescreen HDTV
version...

What? April Fools Day is over? Darn... :-)

Marc

moonbasegirl

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

In [hidden email], "Anthony Smith" wrote:

> Do you think that Kelly sabotaged the teloscopic lense when his
> appropriation was behind the new coffee machine?? <snip>

It was probably Kelly's assistant (Masters?) after all, he travelled
with it to Moonbase and would have had the opportunity..and
motive? :-/

I could never see how or why Kelly would ask Lt. Ellis to do the
honours in his 'demonstration' when there's enough suitably equipped
female operatives already in SHADO HQ! However... if Lt. Masters
knew Straker asked Gay to visit him on her next earth furlough, they
could have arranged it with Kelly's unwitting compliance in order to
pull off that double whammy on Straker's ego...

davrecon wrote:

>Don't forget how in "Queston of Priorities", it was really Kelly,
>who was hiding in the bushes and PUSHED Straker's son out in front
>of that automobile as well!....

You're wrong - it was Lt. Masters. Gay Ellis was driving the car...

>;-D

Sarah

Marc Martin

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

Administrator

> I could never see how or why Kelly would ask Lt. Ellis to do the
> honours in his 'demonstration' when there's enough suitably equipped
> female operatives already in SHADO HQ!

It sounds like you would have preferred the original script, which
had Ayshea doing the demo at the end.

Marc

zerg harry

Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

Some fascinating responses. I'm sure there's a fan fiction story in this, probably centered around Straker checking Kelly out and trying to find out if it was some kind of sabotage, and perhaps featuring Straker quesioning Ellis about her involvement and getting more hints at their love/hate Commander/Subordinate relationship.

I'm sure she did read her lines like a railway station announcer since she was a kind of Moonbase announcer, really, most of the time. But line delivery isn't all of acting. There's body language and eye contact, etc. And I felt her uncomfortable reactions to Straker, the way she dropped her eyes and looked away when he contradicted her comments about "a certain risk" and the hurt look when he says "we'll have to go over it (her schedule) together ofcourse" and the whole coffee scene, it was very good acting...it made me feel uncomfortable watching it, it was so awkwardly real at times.

Was Ayshea really meant to be the one in the script? Well, maybe the Director changed it to add more to the character interplay. I gather the Director didn't think much of the original script.

BTW, did anyone see the first episode of the new Doctor Who season? It was set on the surface of the Moon and the visual FX gave me a huge rush of recognition for that reason, reminding me very much of UFO and Space:1999 with their lunar bases. Man, I'd love to see a new UFO with a really slick set of moonbase visual FX.

Z H.

Marc Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I could never see how or why Kelly would ask Lt. Ellis to do the
> honours in his 'demonstration' when there's enough suitably equipped
> female operatives already in SHADO HQ!

It sounds like you would have preferred the original script, which
had Ayshea doing the demo at the end.

Marc

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Re: Gay Ellis's relationship with Cmdr Straker.

In reply to this post by thecatnz

I'll admit, Cmdr. Ed Straker was only human, and yet, he was trying to do what could only be considered a super-human task.

Were I to remake UFO, I would cast Arliss Howard as Cmdr. Straker, with Brent Spiner as Col. Paul J. Foster, perhaps Jack Laufer as Col. Alec Freeman, and for Lt. Ellis, maybe, just maybe, Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Those are my choices, I wish to hear from you.

thecatnz <[hidden email]> wrote:
I couldn't agree more about Mary's 2nd. Poor Ed, he just tried to do
the best he could for both his family and SHADO and it all turned to
custard - he lost his son, and he lost his wife. No wonder he
sometimes showed a bitter side to his crew. Perhaps the Andersons
drew a little fron real life there?

I would also really enjoy seeing a remake of UFO. Who would you cast
as Ed Straker? as Lt Ellis? as Col Foster? Any thoughts on the
matter?

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wrote:
>
> But as Commander Straker said to Colonel Foster;Never judge a
situation by
> the end of a conversation.
> I think in Computer Affair that Mark Bradley and Gay Ellis did
have
> something special going on.But thats how I read into it,especially
when they
> were at dinner and drinking that bottle of wine.Did you see how
they were
> looking at one another.You have to remember that back in the late
sixties
> and early seventies that was a taboo(black & white couples),where
as now
> it's spread and socially accepted in todays standards.
> I would love to see a U.F.O. series on Sci-Fi and with all the
> characters(new actors that resemble the originals and NOT changing
they're
> genders or race like on Battlestar Galactica)and a continuing
lstory line
> with Astronaut Bradley and Lt.Ellis inuendoing a love affair.As
well as see
> my favorite character Commander Straker get back with Mary--I
hated her
> second husband,he was an a-- and I wish that Ed would of
straightened him
> out for trying to take over his role as John's father and also not
letting
> Ed and Mary conversate in private.You could see in her eyes that
she still
> loved Ed!!
> I'm hoping in time producers and the Andersons(Sylvia and Gerry)
will be

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