Re: If I was making a UFO Movie ...

James K. at [hidden email] wrote;-

You are confusing two different actresses. The one who
played Carlin's sister Lelia was played by Edwina
Carroll, who mostly played exotic Asians although she
was not, well not Asian. She was in such movies as 'A

Town Like Alice', 'The Road To Hong Kong' & 'Genghis
Khan'. And oh yes she played the space stewardess on
the Pan Am moon flight in a film I won't name for
health reasons! The actress who played the head of
Operation:Foster was Jean Marsh who played Rose in
Upstairs Downstairs. Not the same actress at all.

Neil writes;-

What I have done, in my idea for a UFO screenplay, is
to make the Leila Carlin & Janna Wade characters a
'composite' character, i.e. my 'Leila Carlin' is a
combination of not only the Leila from 'Identified'
but also the Janna Wade character from 'Exposed' too.

I think it would make dramatic sense to do this than
to kill off Leila Carlin in (my) pre-credits sequence
and not to refer to her again and also to introduce
Janna Wade - as she was in 'Exposed' - and then forget
about her. I think I can take the best parts of each
character and make them an even better one!

On the subject of all things composite, I'm thinking
of combining the 'Utronics Flight' scene from
'Identified' with the 'XV-104' scene from 'Exposed' as
I feel it would be a good way of introducing Foster,
Freeman & Virginia Lake all at the same time. A UFO
plans to attack the Utronics plane with Freeman & Lake
onboard (they are en route to Shadair which will take
the Utronics device to Moonbase in my story) but the
XV-104 gets in the way. Foster ignores warnings from
Kofax to get out of the Utronics plane's fligh path as
he's keen to get photos of the UFO. In the ensuing
chaos, the Utronics plane crashes into the sea;
Freeman & Lake survive but the Utronics device sinks
to the ocean floor. Virginia Lake holds Foster
personally responsible for this happening so there is
a tension between them when they first meet - I think
thei would create an interesting dynamic between the
two characters.

Foster's first mission for SHADO is to retrieve the
Utronics device from the ocean floor - but it is a
race against time as to who will reach it first, SHADO
or the Aliens! Leila is injured in the battle and an
Alien is taken prisoner ... Foster and Lake take the
Utronics device to Moonbase. It is only when Leila
turns up at Moonbase unexpectedly - unbeknownst to
Moonbase, she overpowered Jackson when he found her
DNA was the same as the captive Alien - that it
becomes apparent that she is an Alien agent with plans
to destroy Moonbase! The scene is set for an explosive
finale!

I feel I can introduce a lot of the SHADO 'hardware' -
Moonbase, Interceptors, SHADO HQ, Skydiver, Sky One
etc - in the first sequence after the credits, which
takes place 10 years after the events depicted in the
pre-credits sequence; I think the year the movie's set
in could be 2080. I would also want to introduce
elements of SHADO when Foster first joins them, so the
audience sees SHADO for the first time at the same
time that Foster does; I think it'd be cool if we saw
Foster arrive at Harlington-Straker Studios and we
watch in amazement as he watches in amazement as he's
taken underground to SHADO HQ.

Initially, after the credits, SHADO & it's hardware is
shown in a series of fastly-edited scenes, after all,
this would heighten the excitement of the opening
XV-104/Utronics sequence. Once Foster is a member of
SHADO, I think I can afford to ease off the gas pedal
a fraction and show SHADO and it's hardware in more
detail! The main things I'm looking at heightening are
both action and suspense.

Going back to the pre-credits, I may not include
Henderson in the car on the way to Chequers that's
attacked by a UFO. There will be plenty of conflict
between Straker and Henderson in the main guts of the
story, that's a promise!

So, yes, I think I can put together a good 'fantasy'
screenplay treatment for a prospective UFO movie! I
plan to write it some time as a story as opposed to a
screenplay as I am not familiar with how to write in
that discipline. This is something that I think will
be fun to do!

Although the above may sound very Foster-orientated,
let me assure you all, my story will have the ensemble
feel of the series. I will admit my idea is very
Foster-orientated in places but I feel it's important
to tell this type of story through one main character
as opposed to several, as I feel that that approach
could weaken the storyline.

That's enough for now - I actually have a great idea
for an end twist that could finish the story with an
element of ambiguity! I will share that idea with you
in a later email I think!

I'll keep you all posted on any developments!

Neil







__________________________________________________
Yahoo! Plus
For a better Internet experience
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer

Neil,
That is a very interesting story idea. It might not be where or how I or
others would do it but in is an exceptional and original idea! It will be
very interesting to see what you do with it.

James K.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Neil May <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>On the subject of all things composite, I'm thinking
>of combining the 'Utronics Flight' scene from
>'Identified' with the 'XV-104' scene from 'Exposed' as
>I feel it would be a good way of introducing Foster,
>Freeman & Virginia Lake all at the same time. So, yes, I think I can put
>together a good 'fantasy'
>screenplay treatment for a prospective UFO movie!

This sounds really cool! Do it, Neil!

>That's enough for now - I actually have a great idea
>for an end twist that could finish the story with an
>element of ambiguity! I will share that idea with you
>in a later email I think!
>
>I'll keep you all posted on any developments!

Come on! Just a hint? Pretty please????? *grin*
Yours,
Denise

_________________________________________________________________