UFO film.

Perhaps Straker should be kicked upstairs to General, & someone like Tom
Hanks takes over the SHADO C-in-C vacancy.

That makes sense - except I don't think Tom Hanks is right - not sure who
is though.

By the way - I think people have been rather unkind to your namesake George
Lazenby in regards to Bond films - they see that he did one movie and think
he must have been awful - truth is the movie he did broke the mould in that
Bond got married and it had a tragic ending, hardly George's fault. He was
of course blamed and Sean Connery came back for the next one, but I think
George was better than Sean (not so stiff and wooden), and Roger (not so fey
and camp). Tim was flat, but Pierce is superb.

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> Perhaps Straker should be kicked upstairs to General, & someone like Tom
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No, no, no, no, no!!!! (And much as I LOVE Harrison Ford I'm not sure I see
him in Straker's pants either....)

"Perhaps Straker should be kicked upstairs to General, & someone like Tom
Hanks takes over the SHADO C-in-C vacancy."

I'd just like to say this for the record.

If anyones gonna 'kick' Straker upstairs they'll have to go through me first!

Captain Kirk always loathed the idea of promotion and who can blame him! There have been numerous occasions when holding a senior position has invited more unwelcome attention froom aliens than you could shake a stick at! (Except, sadly, Henderson!)

Personally, I would like to see, if anyone, starring as Commander Straker the georgous and very talented Michael Ironside. If you don't know who this is he has lots of fan sites. You'll soon realise that you do know him after all. Peasants!








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Personally, I would like to see, if anyone, starring
as Commander
Straker the georgous and very talented Michael
Ironside. If you don't know
who this is he has lots of fan sites. You'll soon
realise that you do
know him after all. >>

Mm, I don't know. Ironside made his career portraying
thugs and murderers in a lot of "B" films. He tried to
change his image by taking Roy Schieder's role in
Seaquest DSV and also by being a 'good' but tough
commander in Starship Troopers. But he's always been
regarded as a "heavy."

I personally would like to see Gary Oldman as Straker.
You may protest, but this is an actor who pulled off
being Dracula AND Lost in Space's Dr. Smith on film.
I think he would do an amazing job.

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Bleah. Why are folks suggesting such AWFUL stand-ins to play Straker?
Michael Ironside (old baldylocks - as if he had any charisma!), Gary Oldman
(another truly ugly actor) - who's next - John Malkovitch? Please! Straker
was nice to look at as well as being a charismatic and complicated
leader-type. If we have to consider a younger Straker-like figure, let's
kick Straker upstairs into Henderson's spot (which gives ed Bishop the
chance to still play Straker) and choose someone less ugly and more talented
for the new C in C. Complicated and tough doesn't mean ugly!

Pam

At 07:17 PM 4/13/03 -0300, you wrote:
>Bleah. Why are folks suggesting such AWFUL stand-ins to play Straker?

>Complicated and tough doesn't mean ugly!
>Pam

Oh darn it! I was just about to suggest Ernest Borgnine!

I guess Vic Tayback is out of the picture too then?

I'm telling David L. Lander to skip the audition!

; - )

Thanks for NOT suggesting Ernie Borgnine, (Vic Tayback is dead) or David
Lander as possible Straker fill-ins (vbg)! There has got to be someone who
can act and doesn't get arrested for public ugliness available to a UFO's
movie's new SHADO C in C!!

Pam

> That makes sense - except I don't think Tom Hanks is right - not sure who
> is though.
>

Tom Hanks might actually be a fan of UFO. He definitely was a fan of
Firelball XL-5 as a kid. A few years ago on the old FAB-UFO list somebody
mentioned that Tom Hanks commented about UFO when he saw photos from the
show in somebody's office when he took a tour of McDonnel-Douglas(now
Boeing).


Ron

I loaned a co-worker a VHS copy of the first two eps
of UFO from the DVDs so he could see the show for the
first time. He's a little younger than I and didn't
see it in its first run--and had never heard it. His
comments so far are interesting...

He was suprised that after the rapid-fire collage of
scenes (which he asked, why did they keep flashing
"1980" all the time??) of the theme song, the show
moved very slowly. He said the pilot of Skydiver was
practically robotic--which I have to agree with.

He said that the SFX was nearly identical to the
"Thunderbirds"---then I told him what the connection
was.

(Which brings up a question of my own...Why wasn't
Derek Meddings retained to do the SFX for Space:
1999?)

The purple wigs really had him scratching his head. He
asked if they were 'friendly aliens' assisting SHADO?
And then wondered if they had to remove the wigs to
pay their respects to a national anthem or in
rememberance..? Interesting..

The concept of the aliends harvesting organs struck
him as innovative and pretty grisly, considering the
year it was made, foreshadowing X-File type stuff 20
years later.

Intereesting observations, eh?

JF

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IIRC, he went on to do Bond and Johnson became available.

Anthony
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> (Which brings up a question of my own...Why wasn't
> Derek Meddings retained to do the SFX for Space:
> 1999?)
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> JF

ultramannick wrote:

> The purple wigs really had him scratching his head. He
> asked if they were 'friendly aliens' assisting SHADO?
> And then wondered if they had to remove the wigs to
> pay their respects to a national anthem or in
> rememberance..? Interesting..

ROFL! No, they would not have to remove the wigs - LOLOL! Women are not
required to remove their cover for the national anthem. Besides, that
would be like making a man remove his toupee! <giggle giggle>

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On Sunday, April 13, 2003 7:00 PM, Phil Merkel [SMTP:[hidden email]] wrote:
> At 07:17 PM 4/13/03 -0300, you wrote:
> >Bleah. Why are folks suggesting such AWFUL stand-ins to play Straker?
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> >Complicated and tough doesn't mean ugly!
> >Pam
>
> Oh darn it! I was just about to suggest Ernest Borgnine!

Is he still alive? What about Patrick Stewert?

Steven P. Ross
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I just watched an episode of Boomtown on NBC this evening, and the actor
playing the D.A., David McNorris, was a nearly dead ringer for Eb Bishop to
me....and he could act! Maybe he's the man to fill the boots/nehru jacket
of Staker!


Ken

Hi folks,

I've been following this debate for a while and the thought just
struck me: Why not get Ed harris to play the part of Straker? He can be
Mr Ice Cube when he has to, can act well and has great stage presence.
What's not to like?

Tom Bryant

Now that's interesting about the actor David McNorris on Boomtown - all of
us could get a look at this guy! Pam

NO, NO, NO! NOT Patrick Stewart!!! He doesn't have the intensity or the
looks! Pam

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Word is Boomtown is on the choping block so he may be free soon. I don't know if he has the presence to play Straker. Like most people, I haven't liked Boomtown. It just doesn't grab me.

[hidden email] wrote:In a message dated 4/14/03 10:09:25 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Now that's interesting about the actor David McNorris on Boomtown - all of
> us could get a look at this guy! Pam
> The character is David McNorris. The actor is Neal McDonough.
>
> NBC.com > Cast Biographies > Neal McDonough

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The problem with casting either Ironside or Oldman is they both are type cast
as "villains" in films. The people casting a film will go for actor type
cast as a "hero".

James K.


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