New Mike Billington interview!

Hi all,

Here's a new Mike Billington interview, conducted by UFO fan Alasdair Wilkins:

http://home.att.net/~alasdair_wilkins/liveaction/ufo/michaelbillingtoninterview/interviewmb.htm

Marc

er... Marc .... remember those famous and scare words...Houston,we have a
problem!
Marc we have a problem.
The link you give takes you to a AT&T site that tells you that the links
doesn't work because the address is not right because of using different
terms that the person who set it up?
Just thought you'd like to know. Guess I'm the only one up and still wired
from the trip.
And still no one commenting on Flight Path. Sort of make you wonder why you
restarted the episode dicussions?

James K.


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>The link you give takes you to a AT&T site that tells you that the links
>doesn't work because the address is not right because of using different
>terms that the person who set it up

The link I gave works fine from both my home & work computer. I
suspect your e-mail program has a problem, as you've had problems in
the past with long web addresses.

Try accessing the interview from my website's "What's New" page:

http://ufoseries.com/new.html

Same link, but hopefully bypassing your problem.

Marc

[hidden email] wrote:


Huh? I got the interview.

And I found this:

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Q
Perhaps you could give for everyone your final word on the latent
homoerotic relationship between Foster and Straker? In your website you
have
pointed out that you believe it is more of a hero-worship, but in a 1996
interview with the UK magazine “TV Zone” you seemed to hint that you
thought that there was something more to it when you said, “I quite
liked Kill Straker for quite different reasons. It is full of double
entendres and worked beautifully as a self-mockery of a latent
homosexual attraction between Foster and Straker – if I can’t have you
then nobody will.”
A
Well, there is an unexplainable belief that Straker has in Foster. His
trust in him goes far beyond the logic of the plot. I mean why couldn’t
he believe that Foster is a traitor in Court Martial or beyond
redemption in Kill Straker? Why does he recruit him into SHADO so
readily in Exposed? Was it Love at First sight? Think about it!!
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Just FYI .....

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By the way, if anyone is a big fan of Michael Billington and can
somehow make it to the "Cult TV" convention, you should know that
Mike is wanting to "move on" from answering questions about UFO, so
this may be one of the last times to hear him talk about it.

Marc

I find that odd!, It's a shame when actors do this because it's what the fans
remember them for. I appreciate that to some actors UFO was "just a job" and
we shouldn't make comparisons but look how pleasant Ed is with the show, he
is more than happy to talk about it (and Captain Scarlet, heck he even
remembers the opening lines from Scarlet), meet the fans etc.

Each to his own I guess.


Claire


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>I find that odd!, It's a shame when actors do this because it's what the fans
>remember them for. I appreciate that to some actors UFO was "just a job" and
>we shouldn't make comparisons but look how pleasant Ed is with the show, he
>is more than happy to talk about it (and Captain Scarlet, heck he even
>remembers the opening lines from Scarlet), meet the fans etc.

Of course, to be fair, Mike has done quite a *lot* in UFO fandom
these past few years. He's been to several Italian cons, several
Cult TV cons, has a website and answers questions by e-mail, and did
a commentary for the A&E UFO DVDs. Certainly with all that, I can
see how he might want to take a break from it and focus on something
else. Also, I think as fans, we've probably already heard much of
what Mike has to say on the subject, and probably should be more
interested in hearing what some of the lesser heard
actors/actresses/crew members have to say on the subject.

Marc

In a message dated 18/09/02 15:44:14 GMT Daylight Time, [hidden email]
writes:


Point taken Marc, but I for one, have not been able to get to cons because of
health restriction, where he has appeared and therefore have never heard him
speak on the subject. It has only been in recent years that he has wanted to
do UFO cons and things, because for many years when I was with Fanderson we
tried to get him to come on board for cons and the like but he wasn't
interested, so lets hope he's not disappearing altogether again. But like I
said each to their own.

Claire


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