Padding and inconsistencies

Sorry John,that does not explain the inconsistencies and continuity errors in the show. UFO still works in spite of these however.

For example in Survival,an Alien walks miles to shoot a single projectile through a window in a leisure sphere,which none of the occupants hears and then tramps all the way back again.
Leaving aside (for the sake of your argument) that the Aliens have lost numerous craft trying to destroy moonbase,it's patently clear why the episodes starts the way it does.

This is about motivating a character and making sure he comes face to face with his friends killer who in turn saves him.Nothing must get in the way of that,not even common sense.From the writers view its a great story and I can tolerate it because I can up with my own personal and elaborate solution to explain it.

But an audience is not ordinarily expected to do that.


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Interesting points here! I am always annoyed by the episode where Straker has a drink of alcohol with Freeman, having stated in an earlier episode that he doesn't drink ( I can accept him drinking at his wedding) It gives the impression that the overall producers weren't really doing their job! It smacks of laziness... or perhaps I'm too anal about things like that.
The programme was aimed at adults, and more care could have been taken withsome aspects. It didn't matter with Thunderbirds when there were inconsistencies; children wouldn't have bothered about those things!

And why did UFO not have a 'bible' so that these sorts of problems would not have occurred. Surely that was a common item to have in any production?
It really was a shame that UFO was the Andersons first non=puppet production. If it had come after Space 1999 then it might have lasted longer. But I STILL love it! and that's the mark of an exciting series, despite its many faults!

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> Sorry John,that does not explain the inconsistencies and continuity errors in the show. UFO still works in spite of these however.
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I feel the party scene in "Ordeal" and the drug trip in "The Long Sleep" are both fine. Neither is key to the plot but both are integral to the atmosphere of the episodes and capture the culture of the time. The party scene is especially fun and helps to highlight Foster's hedonistic personality which in part makes him more vulnerable to capture later in the episode. The dream explanation is of course a cop-out but then might not members of SHADOreally have nightmares about this sort of thing happening?
 
There are inconsistencies in the programme. Some can be explained away. I'msure if members of the public stumbled across SHADO members in uniform thebadge would mean nothing to them and it could just be explained as some sort of military or security organisation. Others are less explicable. I've never undestood why Ed Straker - who is billed as a film executive and may have some sort of public profile - speaks to the head of Dalotek quite openly in his military role in "The Dalotek Affair". However almost all shows have inconsistencies, including those that have a "bible". Writers and producers may indeed deliberately ignore any series guide in order to createa better result on screen in their view. Most of these either pass over viewers' heads or are forgiven by fans. It's only really in the video and DVDage where we can watch episodes again and again that many of these have struck us. I don't find the inconsistencies in UFO much of a problem but
they will be for some people.
 
AB

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Subject: [SHADO] Padding and inconsistencies
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Sorry John,that does not explain the inconsistencies and continuity errors in the show. UFO still works in spite of these however.

For example in Survival,an Alien walks miles to shoot a single projectile through a window in a leisure sphere,which none of the occupants hears and then tramps all the way back again.
Leaving aside (for the sake of your argument) that the Aliens have lost numerous craft trying to destroy moonbase,it' s patently clear why the episodes starts the way it does.

This is about motivating a character and making sure he comes face to face with his friends killer who in turn saves him.Nothing must get in the way of that,not even common sense.From the writers view its a great story and I can tolerate it because I can up with my own personal and elaborate solution to explain it.

But an audience is not ordinarily expected to do that.

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