New UFO series

I recall an attempt was made a number of years ago to produce an
updated series. Unfortunately this project had to be shelved due to a
lack of funding as it was believed that the potential audience would
be quite small.

In light of the recent release of the series on DVD I was wondering
if the time is right for someone to explore the possibilities of a
new series?

--- stingray_au2002 <[hidden email]> wrote:
I was interested in to read a recent suggestion that
now, what with the 'UFO' series now released on DVD,
it might be a good idea to do a new series. The last I
heard on a new 'UFO' series was at the Eclectic 21
Convention at Leicester's Holiday Inn in May 2001 when
Ed Bishop announced that a German production company
were interested in him reprising the role of Ed
Straker in a new series if they could buy the rights
from Carlton. I for one would welcome a new series &
think it would be a good idea if they either started
it from scratch & remade the original series - this is
what is going to be done with 'Battlestar Galactica'
carried on the original series with Straker
reactivating SHADO when Earth is faced with a new
alien menace. I always thought it would be a good
twist if the aliens from the original series were
actually from Earth's future & were trying to undo the
pollution that was causing their future race to die
but in doing so were actually bringing the disease
from the future into the present. A reimagining
suitable for 'Planet Of The Apes' perhaps but maybe
not 'UFO'?
A new series - I'd prefer a motion picture personally!
- should reflect the kitsch production design of the
original - how about Tim Burton directing? SFX would
be an improvement on the - albeit excellent -
originals but I wouldn't want to see a CGI overload;
you can still do some good stuff with models! 'UFO'
is my favourite SF TV series but, unlike 'Star Trek'
which I don't think is as good, it's not as well known
these days so I don't think you could just pick it up
from where it left off with the original cast like
'Star Trek:The Motion Picture' - it's too long since
it was last on. I feel that something like 'Men In
Black' has stolen mercilessly from 'UFO' but is
nowhere near as good as well.
I'm interested in writing a 'UFO' story which could be
developed as a screenplay. I'm keen to put in the
first two scenes of the 'Identified' episode & a
sizeable chunk of 'Exposed' but have a problem with
what to do with the Carlin character from the 1st
scene as the Foster character developed more in the
series - I even thought of killing off Carlin in the
first scene, not killing off Leila Carlin & making her
Janna Wade who eventually turns out to be Virginia
Lake! I'm thinking now of doing more of a
007/Mission:Impossible spin on the original with
Foster as a Bond/Ethan Hunt style agent but still
keeping the ensemble feel of the original series & not
just making them supporting characters.
I'd be interested in knowing people's thoughts on a
new series and/or my spin on the original & I hope I
haven't upset too many fans of the original with some
of my radical ideas!

Neil May
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As two the the ideas(?) about a new UFO series I can only say, the use of
certain ...er...weeds for smoking and certain pharmacological products for
recreational use are apparently not only dangerous to the health of the user
but also the creative process as these ideas(?) prove.

Stick with the original idea. Every remake that has tried to redo the
original Idea has sucked big time(imho).

But that is just my opinion.

James K.


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