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Warning: Longish Post
Well this certainly was a great thread and I am glad it was started and picked up on.
Just a few lurker thoughts of my own:
I also preferred the early shows with the Alec Freeman character. I thought his character lent a great deal of credibility to the show.
He came across as Mr. everyman who was now plopped into an unthinkable situation who did his best to use is former training as an aid.
A probable former special forces agent who later went on to do black ops investigate work, he was now realistically dealing with a before unheard of phenomena.
He was a great foil for Straker. The scenes of them mutually brainstorming on the fly in an effort to out think the alien threat were among the best. The fact that Shado didn't always win was also a great twist.
I also loved the few occasions where Alec would quickly shift into Mr. tough guy at the drop of a hat. It really gave you a sense of his background and that he was once and very much still could be one you not want to fool with.
Regarding children's shows I think we can mostly agree that we first became interested in science fiction as children. Whether it was the allure of the rockets and hardware or the aliens / monsters I know few people who were suddenly 100% swayed into this genre as adults. Then as we grew and matured that original interest expanded to involve the character and social issues and ramifications involved that were created.
Regarding it being a children's show. I can only say I first watched it as a child so I don't have an adult opinion of my initial reaction to the show. I simply thought it was a "gas".
Lost in Space which was mentioned as an example of a show directed at children actually did make a faint effort in the first season to try and draw in an older audience. It was actually aimed as a family hour show. The idea was a show leaning toward the younger audience but with enough meat for the older viewers to stay interested.
The on going "continued next week" saga at the end of each show was an attempt to create family participation where children and parents, or young adults would sit down and be interested enough to see "what happens" next, as in next week. The original seasons show did have some meat in them but the followings season took a head first nose dive into the cheese factory with an incredible cringe worthiness factor.
Over and Out
Best
John D
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