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pointy100-2

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Wondered what bits of UFO people who saw it initially as children
found most scary. I recall the remoteness of the houses in episodes
such as The Square Triangle and ESP and to be unbearable tense and I
could never understand why people would want to live so far from
neighbours! After all, it seemed to just invite Aliens to come
calling. I always thought Gerry Anderson's various productions
including Thunderbirds and Joe 90 built up the tension in the basis of
such lonely dwellings very well. The long winding tree-lined roads and
the very spooky brief glimpses of UFO's in the canopy. As a child I
just couldn't bear it!!!

David

Sallie Loftin

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I guess I wasn't a "child" per se when UFO arrived on
my horizen .. I was 17/18 and i loved the isolated
places. Mind you, the yard around my house was filled
with plants: weeping willows, cannas, banana trees and
a six foot woven "redwood" fence, so we were kinda on
the isolated side even in the 'burbs. I think I found
the human-looking aliens with the unknown and
apparently unknowable desire for replacement organs,
and Straker's completely ruthless attitudes about as
scary as anything. (we won't mention wanting to take a
2x4 to General Henderson occasionally -- *chuckle*)
but then, as i said, i was a little older and i was
completely space happy -- and sci-fi happy.

dragon

--- pointy100 <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Wondered what bits of UFO people who saw it
> initially as children
> found most scary. I recall the remoteness of the
> houses in episodes
> such as The Square Triangle and ESP and to be
> unbearable tense and I
> could never understand why people would want to live
> so far from
> neighbours! After all, it seemed to just invite
> Aliens to come
> calling. I always thought Gerry Anderson's various
> productions
> including Thunderbirds and Joe 90 built up the
> tension in the basis of
> such lonely dwellings very well. The long winding
> tree-lined roads and
> the very spooky brief glimpses of UFO's in the
> canopy. As a child I
> just couldn't bear it!!!
>
> David
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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>
> [hidden email]
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lazenbyland

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I was about 6 when I first caught UFO. For me it was the relentless
noise of the UFO's. Still sends a bit of a shiver down my spine today

bryan legg

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I guess the scariest moment for me was the episode with the blind lady. I don't have my UFO episode guide with me. I was sooooo afraid he was going to kill her or eat her bird. Aliens are after all alien and the bird might have been a delicacy. I also wonder if the Alien would have harvested her organs if she had been younger.

Sallie Loftin <[hidden email]> wrote:I guess I wasn't a "child" per se when UFO arrived on
my horizen .. I was 17/18 and i loved the isolated
places. Mind you, the yard around my house was filled
with plants: weeping willows, cannas, banana trees and
a six foot woven "redwood" fence, so we were kinda on
the isolated side even in the 'burbs. I think I found
the human-looking aliens with the unknown and
apparently unknowable desire for replacement organs,
and Straker's completely ruthless attitudes about as
scary as anything. (we won't mention wanting to take a
2x4 to General Henderson occasionally -- *chuckle*)
but then, as i said, i was a little older and i was
completely space happy -- and sci-fi happy.

dragon

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Branko

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>
>Wondered what bits of UFO people who saw it initially as children
>found most scary. I recall the remoteness of the houses in episodes
>such as The Square Triangle and ESP

ESP was quite scary, I agree, but the episode I had to stop watching for a
few moments becouse it was too horrible for me was Sub-Smash, when Nina
Barry got stuck in the tube... That was too tense for 8 years old in 1975.
Also, that was the last of 17 episodes shown in then-Yugoslavia, with
"Destruction" being showed twice instead of one other episode with which
they "technical problems"...
All the best,
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jeanster911

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Even though I never saw UFO when I was a child, I'm going to answer
this question. The part that scared me was in "Ordeal" when the
aliens put the space helmet on Paul Foster and filled it with that
green liquid. I thought he was going to drown.

~Jeanster

pointy100-2

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--- In [hidden email], bryan legg <bslwrsf@y...> wrote:
> I guess the scariest moment for me was the episode with the
blind lady. I don't have my UFO episode guide with me. I was sooooo
afraid he was going to kill her or eat her bird. Aliens are after all
alien and the bird might have been a delicacy.

I simply LOVE this idea! "Why do they come?"
"To pig out on budgies"

Excellent.

David

James Gibbon

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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:37:58 -0000
"pointy100" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> I was sooooo afraid he was going to kill her or eat her bird.
> Aliens are after all alien and the bird might have been a
> delicacy.
>

Being an alien's got nothing to do with it really .. humans eat
birds after all! Not raw usually, admittedly.

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bryan legg

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Jeanster, the funny thing about that is James Cameron copied it for Abyss. LOL. Just kidding. I have no idea if he copied it or if he used knowledge from his brother who is in naval research. I knew as an adult he would be ok because I had seen the same thing on Abyss.

jeanster911 <[hidden email]> wrote:Even though I never saw UFO when I was a child, I'm going to answer
this question. The part that scared me was in "Ordeal" when the
aliens put the space helmet on Paul Foster and filled it with that
green liquid. I thought he was going to drown.

~Jeanster

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mark turner

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was definitely the aliens who gave me the creeps...I would've been about 11 years old, easily creeped out and these guys with the green liquid in their helmets, who were eerily quiet and never spoke, and just had the soulless stare, had me sleeping with the lights on a FEW nights!...but still they had the cool spacecraft, which redeemed them a little bit for me...

pointy100 <[hidden email]> wrote:--- In [hidden email], bryan legg wrote:
> I guess the scariest moment for me was the episode with the
blind lady. I don't have my UFO episode guide with me. I was sooooo
afraid he was going to kill her or eat her bird. Aliens are after all
alien and the bird might have been a delicacy.

I simply LOVE this idea! "Why do they come?"
"To pig out on budgies"

Excellent.

David

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Denise Felt

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--- In [hidden email], mark turner <markman2112@y...> wrote:
> was definitely the aliens who gave me the creeps... these guys who
were eerily quiet and never spoke, and just had the soulless stare, had
me sleeping with the lights on a FEW nights!

I agree, Mark!
I was a "tween" (very young teen) when I first watched UFO, and the
aliens and their silence stayed with me long after the show was over
for the night. And since we saw UFO in our town at 10:30pm on Saturday
nights, you can believe I didn't get a lot of sleep on the weekends!
Yours,
Denise

Straker, somehow it's always about you.

Charlie & Lorraine-2

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Hi, interestingly Gito Santana (the alien) said in his recent fanderson
interview that he had on occasion become scared when seeing himself as the
alien on film :)
Lorraine

Denise Felt wrote:

> --- In [hidden email], mark turner <markman2112@y...> wrote:
> > was definitely the aliens who gave me the creeps... these guys who
> were eerily quiet and never spoke, and just had the soulless stare, had
> me sleeping with the lights on a FEW nights!
>
> I agree, Mark!
> I was a "tween" (very young teen) when I first watched UFO, and the
> aliens and their silence stayed with me long after the show was over
> for the night. And since we saw UFO in our town at 10:30pm on Saturday
> nights, you can believe I didn't get a lot of sleep on the weekends!
> Yours,
> Denise
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>

gitosantana

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Hi there all you sincere ufo fans....

i am so sorry if i frightened you lot .......it was such a long time ago and you must have been '' just kids''......did n't mean to scare anyone .....was just the character i was playing at that time.
i am so glad there are still lots of fans about in the world today..although all grown ups now with kids of your own.

in Italy I am known as their Friendly Alien to all Italian Fans.

good night and good luck

gito santana

--- In [hidden email], Charlie & Lorraine <airtime25@...> wrote:

>
> Hi, interestingly Gito Santana (the alien) said in his recent fanderson
> interview that he had on occasion become scared when seeing himself as the
> alien on film :)
> Lorraine
>
> Denise Felt wrote:
>
> > --- In [hidden email], mark turner <markman2112@y...> wrote:
> > > was definitely the aliens who gave me the creeps... these guys who
> > were eerily quiet and never spoke, and just had the soulless stare, had
> > me sleeping with the lights on a FEW nights!
> >
> > I agree, Mark!
> > I was a "tween" (very young teen) when I first watched UFO, and the
> > aliens and their silence stayed with me long after the show was over
> > for the night. And since we saw UFO in our town at 10:30pm on Saturday
> > nights, you can believe I didn't get a lot of sleep on the weekends!
> > Yours,
> > Denise
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Denise Felt

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Gito,
I don't know if I can think of you as a "friendly" alien, but to me your face will always be the image that comes to mind whenever I hear the word "alien." Even after years of watching and rewatching the "Alien" quadrilogy. Go figure. I guess what we learn as kids really does stay with us, doesn't it?
Yours,
Denise

--- In [hidden email], "gitosantana" <gitosantana@...> wrote:

>
> Hi there all you sincere ufo fans....
>
> i am so sorry if i frightened you lot .......it was such a long time ago and you must have been '' just kids''......did n't mean to scare anyone .....was just the character i was playing at that time.
> i am so glad there are still lots of fans about in the world today..although all grown ups now with kids of your own.
>
> in Italy I am known as their Friendly Alien to all Italian Fans.
>
> good night and good luck
>
> gito santana
>
>
>
> --- In [hidden email], Charlie & Lorraine <airtime25@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, interestingly Gito Santana (the alien) said in his recent fanderson
> > interview that he had on occasion become scared when seeing himself as the
> > alien on film :)
> > Lorraine
> >
> > Denise Felt wrote:
> >
> > > --- In [hidden email], mark turner <markman2112@y...> wrote:
> > > > was definitely the aliens who gave me the creeps... these guys who
> > > were eerily quiet and never spoke, and just had the soulless stare, had
> > > me sleeping with the lights on a FEW nights!
> > >
> > > I agree, Mark!
> > > I was a "tween" (very young teen) when I first watched UFO, and the
> > > aliens and their silence stayed with me long after the show was over
> > > for the night. And since we saw UFO in our town at 10:30pm on Saturday
> > > nights, you can believe I didn't get a lot of sleep on the weekends!
> > > Yours,
> > > Denise
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>

Straker, somehow it's always about you.