I wouldn't necessarily call it endless -- there are only so many variations
of "they're coming to get us" you can have. But I do agree that the format
as presented was not that narrowly defined. One of my favorite episodes is
the one with Straker getting married. Also, Sub-Smash is a decent entry. The
emphasis in those two (IIRC, I haven't seen them in a long time) wasn't on
the aliens so it was a welcomed change, but perhaps not one that could have
sustained the series for any great length of time, either. Of course, as I
write this, I think of the X Files, they did manage to produce about 9
seasons or so -- with widely varying topics. So perhaps there was a lot of
undiscovered territory left in UFO, too.
Any series takes a bit to get on its feet -- I think UFO was hitting its
stride when it was cancelled.
On the other hand, becareful what you wish for though.... :)
Anthony
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From: "Gareth Bevan" <
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> I'd actually disagree with that. Although the format was perhaps narrow,
in
> almost every episode you have a different slant on it, pushing it out (and
> sometimes beyond) the format's boundaries. For example, you have flasback
> episodes, human interest episodes, stories about dying children... The
scope
> that the series covered and could have covered if it had continued is
> endless.
>
> >From: "Mark Davies" <
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> >
> >The problem with UFO (if indeed there is a problem) is that it
> >had a narrowly defined format.This, perhaps proved too restricting to the
> >script writer.
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