Remaking UFO

The only way I can see UFO being remade is for the fans to
do it themselves,and this as you can imagine is very unlikely.
The biggest problem here is obvious,we just don,t have the necessary skills or experience to pull it off .Secondly,we would still need finance.Anyone out there rich enough to put up the cash for something that would amount to a labour of love,with no guarantee of success.Anyone involved would also have to put in an enourmous amount of time,they would also have to be within reach of one another and be able to realise their area of responsibility art direction,special effects and model making,lighting and photography etc
A couple of things in their favour would be enthusiasm and dedication.They would also operating without the pressures normally associated with a professional endeavour.

Naturally you,d start with a script.Everyone would need to agree the format and story,from this some kind outline/plan could be established as to what resources would be required.Just to point out here that I,m only thinking of a once off episode ,that could be used as a basis for a new series,but would contain the
structure for any following episodes.

Clearly some of this expertise could come from the fan base.No doubt former professionals invovled in the shows would act as consultants and be willing to offer advice if required.
You probably would,nt be able to use professional actors,and clearance for the use of copyrighted music and sound effects would be required.Don,t ask me where all the other talents would come from,I,m just thinking out loud.Naturally you would,nt waste a single penny unless the script could be realised

In the end you might not end up with more than what amounted to a continuation of the last series.But at least it would be an expansion with some new (considered) ideas and stories.

Just a thought. Mark UK





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--- In [hidden email], "Mark Davies" <aonq79@d...> wrote:
> The only way I can see UFO being remade is for the fans to
> do it themselves,and this as you can imagine is very unlikely.

What I have been thinking for a while, the way computer graphics,
computer animation, text to speech, and related technologies are
going, I can see that in the not-so-far future (perhaps 5-10 years?),
some movies will be made entirely by computer and it will be very
hard to tell whether the movie is "real" or computer based.

So we would be able to have new UFO episodes in its full glory
with "actors" that would look just like the real thing and appearing
to be the same age as in the original series (which would be a big
advantage over trying to recreate the series with real actors at
their current age). Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that I am
against using the real actors now, but it just seems to me that most
fans would prefer to see the actors as they looked before instead of
now at their current age.

So what would it need to happen for fans to accept this as the
closest thing to the "real thing"? It would be nice if we had some of
the original writers around, although the style of television shows
has changed so much, maybe a new episode using the "old style" would
look to dorky for the average viewer!

Enough nonsense :-).

David Levine

--- In [hidden email], "David Levine <dlevine2100@y...>"
<dlevine2100@y...> wrote:
> --- In [hidden email], "Mark Davies" <aonq79@d...> wrote:
> What I have been thinking for a while, the way computer graphics,
> computer animation, text to speech, and related technologies are
> going, I can see that in the not-so-far future (perhaps 5-10
years?),
> some movies will be made entirely by computer and it will be very
> hard to tell whether the movie is "real" or computer based.
Forgot to mention, I know that there have been plenty of movies so
far that have been made entirely by computer, but you can still tell
that they are computer-based. And in all (most?) of these movies,
they use real actors for the voices. I haven't seen the latest Star
Wars movie, I know they use a lot of computer graphics, but they
haven't substituted the main actors with "computer graphics" actors,
right?

David Levine

"David Levine <[hidden email]>" wrote:
>
> What I have been thinking for a while, the way computer graphics,
> computer animation, text to speech, and related technologies are
> going, I can see that in the not-so-far future (perhaps 5-10 years?),
> some movies will be made entirely by computer

This has happened already!

> and it will be very hard to tell whether the movie is "real" or
> computer based.
>

This hasn't happened yet, though except for the odd scene not
centered on human characters. I don't think it will happen in
ten years personally. I don't think an animator is ever going
to get a 'synthespian' to convey human emotions naturally and
convincingly. To do so would probably require the skill of an
actor in addition to that of an animator, I suppose.

> > and it will be very hard to tell whether the movie is "real" or
> > computer based.

> This hasn't happened yet, though except for the odd scene not
> centered on human characters. I don't think it will happen in
> ten years personally.

I disagree. It will probably happen sooner than that, but only if
that is a serious goal for a substantial portion of the film
industry, which presently, IMO, it is not. The technology is very,
very close however.

>I don't think an animator is ever going
> to get a 'synthespian' to convey human emotions naturally and
> convincingly. To do so would probably require the skill of an
> actor in addition to that of an animator, I suppose.

I do agree with this. I am doubtful that an animator alone will ever
be able to completely duplicate the subtlety of a real human
performance without some reference to a real human performance;
whether it be digital motion capture or otherwise. The Gollum
creature in the latest Lord of the Rings movie has some
extraordinarily lifelike scenes, but that was still built on the
motion captured data of a live actor's performance - a wonderfully
emotive performance, I might add.