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Sallie Loftin

Odd thoughts on UFO as antecedents ...

Completely off the video discussion ... was musing on UFO and today's
sci-fi/fantasy when it suddenly hit me that one of my favorite shows,
that I don't see much of, is really a descendent of UFO.

SG-1 has some amazing similarities:

Totally secret government supported command that has to get project
funding approved.
Jack O'Neill -- Straker
Sam Carter -- Virginia Lake
Tea'lc (i have no idea where that apostrophe goes ...) --- Freeman
Daniel Jackson -- Keith Ford

OK, Jack has a sense of humor, but otherwise, he's very gung ho and
inclined to want to shoot the aliens. Especially the go'auld

And the analog between the go'auld and the aliens .... <chuckle>. of
course, the go'auld take entire bodies .... and yes, i'm aware of fan
fic that crosses the two of these. (at least, i think i've read some
......) but still, it was kind of amazing playing around with this in
my head while I was driving.

So, there is a UFO legacy besides the fan base watching various DVD
offerings and awkward broadcast reruns of the show <g>

ciao

dragon

Clay

Re: Odd thoughts on UFO as antecedents ...

I noticed that as well, and the similarities also carry over to
"Stargate Atlantis."

UFO may have been an obvious inspiration for the "X-COM: UFO Defense"
game that came out in the '80s.

Clay

--- calebschosen <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Completely off the video discussion ... was musing on UFO and today's
> sci-fi/fantasy when it suddenly hit me that one of my favorite shows,
> that I don't see much of, is really a descendent of UFO.
>
> SG-1 has some amazing similarities:
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> Totally secret government supported command that has to get project
> funding approved.
> Jack O'Neill -- Straker
> Sam Carter -- Virginia Lake
> Tea'lc (i have no idea where that apostrophe goes ...) --- Freeman
> Daniel Jackson -- Keith Ford
>
> OK, Jack has a sense of humor, but otherwise, he's very gung ho and
> inclined to want to shoot the aliens. Especially the go'auld
>
> And the analog between the go'auld and the aliens .... <chuckle>. of
> course, the go'auld take entire bodies .... and yes, i'm aware of fan
> fic that crosses the two of these. (at least, i think i've read some
> ......) but still, it was kind of amazing playing around with this in
> my head while I was driving.
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> So, there is a UFO legacy besides the fan base watching various DVD
> offerings and awkward broadcast reruns of the show <g>
>
> ciao
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> dragon
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Marc Douglas

RE: Odd thoughts on UFO as antecedents ...

UFO was an influence on X-Com as the European title of the game is

UFO - Enemy Unknown

Marc D.

The first two were global level sims while the third took place in a city

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Clay
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [SHADO] Odd thoughts on UFO as antecedents ...

I noticed that as well, and the similarities also carry over to "Stargate
Atlantis."

UFO may have been an obvious inspiration for the "X-COM: UFO Defense" game
that came out in the '80s.

Clay

Nelson S.

Visual effects - crashes Re: Odd thoughts on UFO as antecedents ...

In reply to this post by Sallie Loftin

Maybe it is just me, but I've noticed through the years/decades of
watching action-oriented TV shows and movies that many visual effects
of flying vehicles crashing to the ground seem to have been influenced
by the Anderson shows (UFO, Space 1999, Captain Scarlet, etc.).

Specifically, we get a shot of a flying vehicle (say a spaceship) from
the vantage point of the viewer who is at ground level. The spaceship
is coming down almost head-on (or at a slight angle) towards the
viewer. The spaceship crashes and continues plowing through the
ground towards the viewer. Debris, trees and other stuff flies around.
A spectacular special effects show. In the new and current movies,
this crash sequence is almost standard now.

I first noticed these special effects shots on almost all Anderson
shows, then slowly movies and TV shows started copying this manuever.
I don't know if the Anderson FX team were the first to do this
sequence, but I always think that during the mid-1970s, they were the
only ones who were doing it.

Nelson