New - scan of 1973 article on Straker's car

Hi all,

Danny Doyle has provided me with another scan from an issue
of the UK "FAB 208" magazine, this time from an October 1973
issue, with the subject matter being Straker's car:

http://ufoseries.com/magazines/fab208car.jpg

Marc

Hello all,
November issue of SFX has it's fair amount of UFO content. First, there is
lengthy article about ITC, it's people and projects, wich has a lot of UFO
related material: a few top lists (UFO is placed 5th on the best titles
list, and Lieutennant Ellis is sexiest of the ITC ladies). Also, there is a
bw picture of Moonbase personell that I never saw so far. Other than that,
there is article in which a few people watches movies and episodes with a
common subject, this time subjesct being cats, so "Cat with ten lives" gets
a coverage with a few screengrabs and "funny" comments. I didn't buy the
issue, just flicked through it, so there may be more, but I'm not sure.
All the best,
Branko

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> Hello all,
> November issue of SFX has it's fair amount of UFO content.

Thanks for that info, Branko!

I just ordered the November issue from the SFX website,
although their description of the issue didn't mention
anything about ITC or UFO...

Marc

Glad to be of asistance. If you look closer to the content of the current
issue of SFX i copy-pasted from their site, you will find the part about ITC
and the Couch Potato about cats : )
All the best,
Branko

LOST SEASON THREE
As season two of the baffling castaway drama draws to a close on Channel
Four, we speak to the producers about what we can expect from the third
season.

SPIDER-MAN 3
Everything you need to know about Spidey's third big-screen outing, coming
your way in 2007.

JAMES BOND
Casino Royale's gone for the realistic approach - bah! But we want space
lasers and stuff! Anyhow, never mind that. We asked you to vote for your
favourite Bond stuff from forty years of the franchise and the results are
in!

STEPHEN BAXTER
The hard SF writer discusses his side-step into historical fiction, with a
new series set in Roman times.

ITC
Remembering the TV company behind old favourites like The Prisoner, The
Champions and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).

TIME MACHINE
In our regular retrospective slot, we look back at the original Jurassic
Park.

COUCH POTATO
The team assemble on the sofa for an evening of cat-themed entertainment.
Most of the pussy gags were unprintable, obviously...

SPOILER ZONE
It's your ultimate US TV episode guide! Inside our special sealed section
this issue: reviews of the latest episodes of Blade, The Dead Zone, Eureka,
The 4400, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate SG-1.

JUMPING THE QUARK
This month: was there a defining moment when Angel went rubbish?

BOOK CLUB
Read the classics of SF and fantasy literature with us, every month. This
issue: Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles.

PLUS!


Stargate SG-1's producers talk about the show's shock cancellation.
On set on the Beeb's new adaptation of Dracula.
Afterlife creator Stephen Volk discusses the new season.
Horror writer James Herbert on his new haunted house book.
The 4400's Jacqueline McKenzie.
The Grudge 2 star Amber Tamblyn.



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Hi All :)

Does anyone know anything about the rock music that is playing when Paul Foster
arrives at Tina Duval's apartment?

Best to all :)

Griff


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Griff -- the rock music that Tina Duval is listening to is "My Life
Aint Easy", by The Equals:

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:plcm961ohep3

Marc

Hi all,
During the second part of the 70's I was fascinated with many things, and
among them, Amicus' productions of "The Land that Time Forgot" and its
sequel "The People that Time forgot", based on the books by Edgar Rice
Burroughs. I haven't seen the movies in a long time and recently acquired
them on DVD. Time has taken it's toll... BUT... Among the impressive cast of
the second movie - including Sarrah Douglas ("Superman" I & II, "V"),
Patrick Wayne (Sinbad ant the Eye of the Tiger) and an actor from Star Wars
- there was Shane Rimmer (you all know who he is) in a meaningful role.
After watching the movie, I decided to watch the trailer for the movie, and
there he was: narating the trailer, you couldn't mistake his distinctive
voice - Ed Bishop!!!
All the best,
Branko Vekic

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Well spotted Branko! :-D Are you able to provide a sound clip?

Ed did so many voiceovers after UFO; his wonderful voice earned his
living doing these and commercial radio advertising, enabling him
to "pick and choose" his acting roles. With so many more obscure
movies and TV series becoming available on DVD, maybe more of these
will be 'found'?

On EdBishopFans group a member recently found a video of Ed's
appearance from 'Top of the Pops' from 1981. I could post the link
here if anyone's interested, although obviously anyone is welcome to
join!

Hope you'll forgive me the 'plug' for EBF Marc.... ;-)


Sarah



--- In [hidden email], "Branko Vekic" <brave66@...> wrote:

>During the second part of the 70's I was fascinated with many
>things, and among them, Amicus' productions of "The Land that Time
>Forgot" and its sequel "The People that Time forgot", <snip>

>After watching the movie, I decided to watch the trailer for the
>movie, and there he was: narating the trailer, you couldn't mistake
>his distinctive voice - Ed Bishop!!!

Hello!
I put the whole trailer in a DVD quality at:
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/507235/?rel=1161767615
Hope this helps,
All the best,
Branko


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--- In [hidden email], "Branko Vekic" <brave66@...> wrote:


> I put the whole trailer in a DVD quality at:
> http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/507235/?rel=1161767615


I clicked on the link but couldn't work out how to play it! :-(
Help! What do I click on to to be able to view? :-)

Thanks Branko :-D


Sarah

>> I put the whole trailer in a DVD quality at:
>> http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/507235/?rel=1161767615
>
>
> I clicked on the link but couldn't work out how to play it! :-(
> Help! What do I click on to to be able to view? :-)

It's a BitTorrent link, and you may not be familiar how to
use that. I tried using my BitTorrent client to download
this file, and it *is* downloading, but at the current rate
it may take 6 months to download the complete file... :-)

(if I do ever download the complete file, I'll turn it
into a smaller Quicktime movie downloadable via the web)

Marc

--- In [hidden email], "moonbasegirl" <shaded2cinders@...>
wrote:
> Ed did so many voiceovers after UFO; his wonderful voice earned his
> living doing these and commercial radio advertising, enabling him
> to "pick and choose" his acting roles.  

Was anyone but me shocked at the complete change in his voice when he
did the commentary on "Sub Smash?" If I hadn't known who it was, I
never would've recognized him. My wife and I watched this episode
just last week, and she agreed with me. Granted he was older, but
that distinctive quality seemed completely gone. Was he in good
health at the point he recorded it? He seemed mentally fine, at least.

> Was anyone but me shocked at the complete change in his voice when he
> did the commentary on "Sub Smash?"

A lot of people have commented on this in the past. One theory is
that he wasn't feeling well on the day it was recorded, or they
had fed him a huge lunch just prior to recording and he was kind
of sleepy. I know that something was wrong, because I met Ed
months after this was recorded, and his voice sounded fine to
me.

Another thing to consider is that if you are listening to the
A&E (USA release) version of that commentary, it has been slowed
down by 4% to take into account the difference in the episode
speed between the UK and US version of the episode. His
voice does sound a little more lively on the UK version of
the commentary.

Marc

> A lot of people have commented on this in the past. One theory is
> that he wasn't feeling well on the day it was recorded, or they
> had fed him a huge lunch just prior to recording and he was kind
> of sleepy. I know that something was wrong, because I met Ed
> months after this was recorded, and his voice sounded fine to
> me.

Also, watch this Quicktime clip -- it features Ed Bishop
recorded around the same time as that DVD commentary
(2000):

http://ufoseries.com/movieClips/mrThund7.mov

He does certainly sound older in this clip, but perhaps
not as bad as he sounded in the commentary?

Marc

His commentary was recorded for the UK edition and ported to the US
DVDs - which slows it down due to the different recording speeds.
Haven't we covered this pretty extensively? Maybe it should be added
to the FAQ at your site, Marc.
A

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

> It's a BitTorrent link, and you may not be familiar how to
> use that.  

No idea at all... :-/ I'm sorry Branko! :-}


> (if I do ever download the complete file, I'll turn it
> into a smaller Quicktime movie downloadable via the web)


Thanks Marc - I hope it works! :-)


Sarah

Hello all,
I am sorry if I complicated things for you, but it seemed the best thing to
do at the moment - I don't know how to transfer DVD's to quicktime, and then
if I had a quicktime ready, I wouldn't know what to do with it then, again,
put it on torrent.

So: you should install BitTorrent (download from
http://www.bittorrent.com/download.html) or some other program that handles
torrents, and then click to the torrent on the page you already clicked.
after that, everything goes automatically - You just wait (but it can be a
bit long).

More about the subject from our beloved Wikipedia at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

Sorry if this is a bit OT

And All the best,
Branko

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> I am sorry if I complicated things for you, but it seemed the best thing
> to do at the moment - I don't know how to transfer DVD's to quicktime, and
> then if I had a quicktime ready, I wouldn't know what to do with it then,
> again, put it on torrent.

That's okay... we'll get that turned into a quicktime movie soon
enough... :-)

And thanks for noting that the Hi-Def versions of Space:1999 are
available
on Demonoid! I note that the file sizes for these are about 1.5 GB,
which
is about the same as the file sizes on a DVD containing 4 one-hour
episodes.
However, these files use MPEG-4 encoding, which is more efficient than
the MPEG-2 encoding used on DVDs...

It would indeed be interested if some High-Def versions of UFO show up
as a torrent... (since I have no other way to see a High-Def TV show
right now other than on my computer)

Marc

Okay, I've downloaded the trailer for "The People That Time Forgot"
(narrated by Ed Bishop), and have turned it into a small Quicktime
movie:

http://ufoseries.com/forgot.mov

Thanks Branko!

(sounds like some of those explosion sound effects are from UFO, too!)

Marc

while this isn't exactly UFO related like the names of the movie in the subject, or its prequel Land that time forgot. I also like 'At the earths core' and 'The last dinosaur' growing up ;).


If anyone familiar with At the earths core, can you connect it to UFO? :)

Bruce



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