Re: Digest Number 380

What was the title of last Sundays ep on SciFi please? I missed it and want
to try and get a tape. Thanks Carole


was meant for Jay privately. A
> FEW TAPES FROM THE UFO SERIES.THE TAPES ARE 19.95 EACH.YOU GET TWO-THREE
> EPISODES ON EACH TAPE.I FOUND THE QUALITY OF THE TAPES TO BE VERY
GOOD.THIER
> PHONE NUMBER IS(212) 677-6309.YOU CAN ORDER ONLINE AT
WWW.CINEMACLASSIC.COM
> THEY HAVE ELEVEN TAPES AVAILBLE FOR PURCHASE.THESE TAPES ARE FOR PLAY ON
U.S.
> VHS.
> GOOD
LUCK, Straker
> > action figure and one of the alien. Darn it! I can't remember where I
saw ...
>
> I made a Poser CGI model of a UFO series alien. It is at
> http://www.buckrogers.demon.co.uk/3d/alienga.zip and also in the Poser
Free good opposite
> reaction - "Hey guys - can I go with you?" Just depends on how aliens are
> depicted. UFO depicted them with high menace and mystery - we never heard
> them talk, we rarely saw them face to face, Their skin was tinged green,
> they wore those weird eye protectors that had little dots in the centre,
> etc. I'm sure today the aliens would be wearing better suits than the red
> ones with the chains, hee hee.
>
> In Trek, many alien races were presented - some good, some not so good.
Some
> looked distinctly alien and scary. I think one of the neatest things about
> the UFO aliens was that they could have passed for one of us - minus the
eye
> protectors and the green skin - now THAT'S scary - a fifth column
invasion! to
> recall photos from either Project Foster or Project Ellis.....I must check
> out the site www.ufo.it etc. Could be interesting. I ordered my Imai model
> from Monsters in Motion last year. I admit it too is still in the box, so
> don't feel guilty on that! I'm just as bad. My husband collects car and
fire anywhere.
> I did find a few on Amazon.com, but those offered did not include my
> favorite episodes, so I held off. Then my son and I started going to Star
> Trek conventions and guess what? I found UFO videos at the buyers'
tables!
> In fact, this last con I went to specifically to buy the set. I wasn't
able
> to get the full set that I'd seen last year, because the dealer hadn't
> brought it with him. But another dealer had a set that included all but 2
> of the episodes for a lot cheaper than the original set. So I got it!
Now
> all I have to do is find the other dealer out in Vegas and pick up the
last UFO
> series to compare them. Although where they were headed with their
aliens,
> I'm rather glad they didn't get a second season. Just too weird for my
> liking!
>
> I loved the different personalities of SHADO personnel. They tried to
make
> them human in the show, and in some cases they did very well. I too wish
> the women had been fleshed out a bit more. But when the command team is
all
> male, what are you going to do? I've noticed as I've been rewatching
after
> a 25 year lapse that they tried to pair Straker up with nearly every one
of
> the females on the show at one time or another. It was almost
embarrassing
> to watch! Perhaps that's why I always saw him as desired by his female
> operatives over the years. In the back of my young teenage mind, I must
> have caught on to their scheme.
>
> Other things I've noticed as an adult include losing Peter Carlin as the
> teen focus and replacing him with Paul Foster. It was a good move, but
not
> because Peter's character lacked personality. It was just that he's too
> quiet and a lot more like Straker than any of the others. With an
ensemble
> cast like that, you really can't have two people so much alike. And Paul
> makes a better foil for Straker's cool demeanor. But I have always
thought
> that Straker intended Peter to take over SHADO one day.
>
> And I just love Lew! He's so 50's good-looking. The square jaw, the
heavy
> brow, the whole tall, dark and handsome thing. I always wanted to get to
> know him better.
>
> But Alec Freeman has long been one of my favorite characters on the show.
> He's so perfect as Straker's conscience! And he gets some of the best
> lines. And I enjoy how they make him understand Straker better than
anyone
> else, but at the same time, never be quite sure what he's doing and why.
It
> added great depth to both characters to do things that way.
>
> I've been surprised reading some of the fan fiction to find that so many
> fans view Jackson as villainous. I never saw him that way. He's just
> obsessed with his work--- which is different. And I never felt that he
> actively disliked Straker. Although the commander's opinion was never
left
> in doubt. I would have thought that a man of his intellect would find
> Strker fascinating, both as a case study and as a leader. But he's
> ambiguous enough on the series that he's open to many interpretations. My
> favorite scene with the two of them is at the end of "Court Martial."
> Straker's small smile that he gives the doctor is one of the most
beautiful