UFO movie

Hi all!

Considering a possible UFO movie practically, I assume what we would
regard as precedents would be such British ex-TV series as THE SAINT
and THE AVENGERS.
I suppose that we, the enthusiastic UFO fans, would like to watch a
movie just looks like the 27th episode of the original series, but
facing the facts of Hollywood, that might not come true...
The feature film of THE SAINT was something entirely different from
the original, I thought.
THE AVENGERS one was much better. They used the same theme music and,
to my delight, Patrick MaCnee from the original show appearred again,
though he was invisible...

Kaoru

I've heard alot of disapproval of the movies The Avengers, The Saint and
also the remake of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), so those comments do not
auger well for a remake of UFO if someone making it isn't tuned into what
the fans want.........Pam

Hi Pam,

Yes, you are right.
Hollywood would never make a remake movie of UFO what we really would
like to see, I'm afraid
However, anything is better than nothing.
As far as a possible UFO movie would be entitiled 'UFO', the motif
should be a classified war between the aliens and SHADO, at least, I
think.
And when the war breaks out?
In the original series, in the 1980s, ten years after that time.
Now in the 21st century, in the 2010s or in the 2020s?
We already have International Space Station, and by the 2020s, there
will be an International Luner Base known in public.
So SHADO have to protect both of them from the Ufos on the sly.
Otherwise, will they depict the lost history in the 1980s?

Kaoru

"MCCAUG" <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>I've heard alot of disapproval of the movies The Avengers, The Saint and
>also the remake of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased

Pam,
I saw the Avengers movie and was appalled at its stupidity. The series was
miles above it in comparison! I also saw the Saint movie, and although it
differed greatly from Roger Moore's series (which I watched religiously), I
loved it as a movie. I haven't seen the other movie mentioned, but the
person who brought these movies up has a point. A UFO movie won't be like
the original. It just won't. Whether it stands as a good movie in its own
right or is just a pathetic copy is in the lap of the gods, but anyone who
expects to see the same old same-old isn't facing reality.
BTW, thanks for the synopses of your UFO stories. I'll upload them onto the
site this week.
Yours,
Denise

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Hi Denise and all: as I've said before, I didn't go to see re-makes of old
series (i.e. Lost in Space, M:I, The Saint, The Avengers - R&H was a made
for TV movie I think) because I just KNEW the approaches to these shows were
off too wildly from the orginals - the producers weren't interested in
catering to the fans who loved the original programs at all - which I think
is flushing over half your potential audience down the crapper. That's what
scares me about seeing UFO re-done. Even the first TOS movie sucked and they
had an Academy Award winning director at the helm - one who'd even done SF
before (The Day The Earth Stood Still I think). Pam

thomas wrote:
> surely gene hackman would be a fantastic henderson

I agree to your opinion.
And if Gene Hackman plays Gen. Henderson, I wish Denzel Washington
could be a Commander in Chief of SHADO.
There would be a cool 'conflict' between them aboard the Skydiver.

No one but Ed Bishop can play the established role of Straker, I
believe.
Then I would like to have a drastic change in the way of thinking
about casting the same role.
I hope Ed Bishop would play another important roll such as, for
example, the president of the United States who assists SHADO
operations.

Kaoru

Hackman would make a great Gen Henderson but I rather doubt he'd do a
science-fiction project (altho he did dress up in drag for The Birdcage,
right?). Pam

Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington having a confrontation on as sub
as Henderson and Straker?
Kaoru, haven't you seen Crimson Tide, its been done already. We
want to see fine actors in the UFO movie and both Hackman and Washington are
first class all the way. But we don't want it to be made up of these actors
replaying scenes they have done in other movies and just changing their names
to those of character from UFO
Imagine, the courtroom scene in Courtmartial with Foster played by
Jack Nicholson and Dr. Jackson played by Tom Cruise.
Jackson: I want the true Col. Foster!
Foster: The true? You can't handle the truth!

Very compelling once you get over Cruise playing Jackson(could be a
Oscar nomintation if he could pull it off) but far from original matter with
the scene being stolen from A Few Good Men.
Just because we like someone in other film or scenes from that films
is no reason to have them in the UFO film or try to use scenes from that film
in the UFO movie.

James K.


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Are you suggesting Hackman for the role of Lt. Ellis or one of the other MoonBase agents?

MCCAUG <[hidden email]> wrote:Hackman would make a great Gen Henderson but I rather doubt he'd do a
science-fiction project (altho he did dress up in drag for The Birdcage,
right?). Pam

This is your Brain on drugs!

>Are you suggesting Hackman for the role of Lt. Ellis or one of the other
Moonbase agents?

Any questions?


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> Hackman would make a great Gen Henderson
> but I rather doubt he'd do a science-fiction
> project (altho he did dress up in drag for
> The Birdcage, right?). Pam

But Hackman *did* an SF movie in 1968/69 which was called MAROONED
(alongside Gregory Peck) in which he was one of the three astronauts
who get into trouble when only two of them could survive because of
the fact that there is not enough air for three people to return. A
rather quiet but nevertheless good movie (IMO).

Christian

"Christian J." wrote:

> But Hackman *did* an SF movie in 1968/69 which was called MAROONED
> (alongside Gregory Peck) in which he was one of the three astronauts
> who get into trouble when only two of them could survive because of
> the fact that there is not enough air for three people to return. A
> rather quiet but nevertheless good movie (IMO).
>

Was the other astronaut James Caan? I vaguely remember that I
think.

Actually Marooned was James Francisus, David Janssen, and Richard
Crenna as well as Gene Hackman and Gregory Peck.
And Hackman has done Sci-Fi. He did the Superman films. If you don't
count those as Sci-Fi he did do a movie called Shadow On The Land about the
United States being taken over by and a resistance force being organized to
fight it.

James K.


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Hackman also portrayed an alien in an episode of "The Invaders", as well as
doing a fabulous bit as a blind hermit in "Young Frankenstein".

Michael


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> Was the other astronaut James Caan?
> I vaguely remember that I think.

No. James Caan was in COUNTDOWN in 1968 co-starring Robert Duvall,
which was about the race who will send the first man on the moon -
Americans or Russians. (The latter wins - in this case :-)

Christian

Hi all - I stand corrected about Stuporman and the other SF movies Hackman
did - thanks for reminding me! So that means he might not be adversed to
doing more SF.....Pam

> Hackman also portrayed an alien in an episode of "The Invaders", as well as
> doing a fabulous bit as a blind hermit in "Young Frankenstein".
>
> Michael
Any idea whether 'The Invaders' might make it to DVD?
Andy

>Any idea whether 'The Invaders' might make it to DVD?
>Andy


I don't know, Andy, but that's one series I certainly wouldn't mind seeing
on DVD. I have rather fond memories of it.

Michael

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I don't see why The Invaders shouldn't make it to DVD shortly. UFO and Trek
and a plethora of other classic SF shows certainly have made successes that
way. I have two video tapes of The Invaders I bought at a now defunct
Canadian store called Eaton's several years ago. I bought the pilot eps and
one extra but there were copies of many other eps there at the time. I was
just short on money and couldn't buy them all.....Pam