Hi Karl,
Congrats on joining the group!
I'm assuming that you had photos attached to your message. To the best of my knowledge, they aren't allowed for some reason (but there IS a files section).
Interesting observation about the MMM toy in Henderson's office! As MMM was my favorite toy as a child, and I had about 90% of the MMM items released in the line in my collection until a few years ago, I'm dying to know if you recall which episode(s) of UFO it appeared in. :)
Jeff
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Subject: [SHADO] Sets and Props
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Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2014, 3:20 AM
Hello,
New here, I'm Karl. 54. Theatre tech and musician. Loved
the show in the day, my fav as a kid. Had the serious crush
on Lt Ellis many of us probably suffered through. Recently
banged through the DVD set (4 days) after having not seen
the show for 40+ years... and was totally reminded of why it
was my fav. It stands the test of time. Even to a guy who
works in theatre, film, and media. I'd never seen it in
color though, and had no idea the moonbase wigs were purple.
Very delightful.
As a media person in my adult life I often view things from
a production standpoint. Props, sets, lighting, camera
angles and POV's, continuity. On first view through I
only caught two continuity errors. There are probably more
but I wanted to try and enjoy it, not pick it apart as a
jaded adult. The experience was a delightful emotional and
sensory time machine. Calm warm fuzzies.
But... I did want to mention a couple of things that have
probably already been mentioned by ardent fans or observant
viewers. Item one I thought cute (maybe even a bit of humour
by the set dressers or scenic designers). In Hendersons
office in the Astrophysics building. Notice the toy on the
shelf with the red arrow pointing at it ? (I added the
arrow) Its a Mattel Major Matt Mason space toy repainted
silver, minus the astronaut figure... which would have been
a dead give away.
The second bit of fun I noticed... George Lucas used a video
editing switcher as the main control panel of the Death
Star. Turns out Gerry (of course) did that first. Nice to
know the Ampex VR-1000 gets put to good use in the future
for recording telemetry. Looks pretty good with a coat of
red paint on the front panel. This is supposed to be Mission
Control at NASA, but based on the number of VTR and video
switchers in the room I am suspecting they re-dressed the
video editing suite at Pinewood for the scene. Hey... a
budget is a budget and ya gotta cut corners when you can.
These are not knocks, they are salutes... in theatre or film
we do what we can with what we have to work with. I'm
wondering what other wonderful stuff those of you who have
been here for awhile may have noticed. I'm looking
forward to reading and learning, hopefully sharing.
I sense I am in good company.
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