UFO on Family Room HD

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:59:44 -0000
"moonbasegirl" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Very true :-) With analogue "airwaves" there used to be problems
> with "atmospherics" during high pressure spells, where foreign
> television signals would disrupt the picture and sound to the point
> where it was completely unwatchable; sometimes this would affect
> three channels out of four ;-O
>

I remember watching Lou Grant on Dutch TV one afternoon in the early
1980s, in the North East of England. Couldn't get the sound,
unfortunately.

James

sad to hear that Ed Bishop died a few years ago
aged ( I think ) 72
He was a great actor , he had the looks and
a great speaking voice.
Never knew he was that old, but then
if UFO was made in the 60s ! thats a long long time
ago.!



James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:26:40 -0000
"docmed03" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> --- In [hidden email], "Tom & Pam McCaughey" <mccaug@...>

> Dear gentlefolk: well, usually I don't have much to say on UFO
> issues in this forum but this crap about Ed Bishop and Mike
> Billington either being gay in real life or in the series is a
> unbelievably unrealistic.

Firstly: No-one suggested that Ed Bishop was gay, and Michael
Billington himself once commented that the scene between Straker
and Foster in the armoury from Kill Straker was homo-erotic.

While "Sue's" comments were unrealistic, I might point out that
this is also true for most of the overanalytical speculation about
the UFO characters that is posted on the list.

> > I'd also like to remind people that both Ed and Mike
> were parents and one should consider their families before
> rattling off with such unsubstantiated excrement.
> >

An absurd overreaction Pam frankly, and one that smells more than
faintly of homophobia, to be frank.

James






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Dear James et al - like the poster who has been spreading unsubstantiated stories about Ed and Mike, James has jumped, quite erroneously, to the opinion that I am homophobic - get it straight (pun intended!) - I am not nor have I EVER been homophobic. I have alot of gay friends. You neglected to read obviously the spot in my original message that I felt being gay did NOT make anyone less of a person and a person's sexual orientation was nobody's business. That being said - I have seen no scenes in any eps of UFO and since I bought the Megaset and recently watched all 26 eps as recently as 3 weeks ago - I take issue with anyone who says there are inferences of homoerotica. Just wasn't done in the 1960's.This is not a reflection of homphobia on my part - am simply stating a fact - in the 1960's TV shows had an enormous list of issues they could not get into - homosexuality was one of them. It is plausible had UFO been made currently you might see something like that if the producers chose to take the characters in that direction (I watch the L-Word and Queer as Folk, do you?), but back in the 60's censorship would not have permitted it. So get a grip James and read my ENTIRE posting, not just selected bits of it to back up your own supposition that I am homophobic!

Pam the Canuck

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In a message dated 11/30/2007 12:13:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[hidden email] writes:

Gee, Imagine that. A nutter from New Jersey! LOL That accounts for
one (under two aliases). Now if you can help us locate the other
81,265 that are roaming around here maybe we can make this a better
state. :) I can say this because I'm from NJ. :)




:-) So am I! As soon as I am fit for duty, we need to hijack Marc's Mobil
and do some serious blasting!

Wendy - Explosions 'r Us



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Wendy,

Re: Your 'So am I!' response to the comment, 'A nutter from New Jersey!'

So, are you from New Jersey, or are you a nutter? Enquiring minds want to know!

Jeff



[hidden email] wrote:

In a message dated 11/30/2007 12:13:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[hidden email] writes:

Gee, Imagine that. A nutter from New Jersey! LOL That accounts for
one (under two aliases). Now if you can help us locate the other
81,265 that are roaming around here maybe we can make this a better
state. :) I can say this because I'm from NJ. :)

:-) So am I! As soon as I am fit for duty, we need to hijack Marc's Mobil
and do some serious blasting!

Wendy - Explosions 'r Us

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This starts by saying that on Thur 29 Nov 2007, etc, docmed03 wrote:

and then proceeds to feature nothing at all that I wrote. You didn't get Lt Ford to write it, did you?

James Gibbon <[hidden email]> wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:26:40 -0000
"docmed03" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> --- In [hidden email], "Tom & Pam McCaughey" <mccaug@...>

> Dear gentlefolk: well, usually I don't have much to say on UFO
> issues in this forum but this crap about Ed Bishop and Mike
> Billington either being gay in real life or in the series is a
> unbelievably unrealistic.

Firstly: No-one suggested that Ed Bishop was gay, and Michael
Billington himself once commented that the scene between Straker
and Foster in the armoury from Kill Straker was homo-erotic.

While "Sue's" comments were unrealistic, I might point out that
this is also true for most of the overanalytical speculation about
the UFO characters that is posted on the list.

> > I'd also like to remind people that both Ed and Mike
> were parents and one should consider their families before
> rattling off with such unsubstantiated excrement.
> >

An absurd overreaction Pam frankly, and one that smells more than
faintly of homophobia, to be frank.

James





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----- Original Message -----
From: Tom & Pam McCaughey
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: Billington/Straker Gay?




<..... Dear James et al - like the poster who has been spreading unsubstantiated stories about Ed and Mike, James has jumped, quite erroneously, to the opinion that I am homophobic - get it straight (pun intended!) - I am not nor have I EVER been homophobic. I have alot of gay friends. You neglected to read obviously the spot in my ......>
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"Now listen....I want to make this perfectly clear -
I am not Gay,
nor have I EVER been Gay....
I love my Wife...."

....Senator Larry Craig (R - Idaho)






Sorry Pam, but the wording & parallel was just too
good to resist!....

Don't be mad.... :-)


Dave H.


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----- Original Message -----
From: Tom & Pam McCaughey
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: Billington/Straker Gay?



Dear James et al - like the poster who has been spreading unsubstantiated stories about Ed and Mike, James has jumped, quite erroneously, to the opinion that I am homophobic - get it straight (pun intended!) - I am not nor have I EVER been homophobic. I have alot of gay friends. You neglected to read obviously the spot in my original message that I felt being gay did NOT make anyone less of a person and a person's sexual orientation was nobody's business. That being said - I have seen no scenes in any eps of UFO and since I bought the Megaset and recently watched all 26 eps as recently as 3 weeks ago - I take issue with anyone who says there are inferences of homoerotica. Just wasn't done in the 1960's.This is not a reflection of homphobia on my part - am simply stating a fact - in the 1960's TV shows had an enormous list of issues they could not get into - homosexuality was one of them. It is plausible had UFO been made currently you might see something like that if the producers chose to take the characters in that direction (I watch the L-Word and Queer as Folk, do you?), but back in the 60's censorship would not have permitted it. So get a grip James and read my ENTIRE posting, not just selected bits of it to back up your own supposition that I am homophobic!

Pam the Canuck

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--- In [hidden email], JS <jks@...> wrote:
 
> Very recently the BBC technical standards drones decided that Super
16 wasn't sutable for originating HD images. There has been much  
uproar about this amongst cinematographers and others and there may
be some re-thinking, but for the moment BBC dramas are being shot  
either on Standard Def PAL Digibeta or on HD.


Thanks John for the replies :-)

So anything shot on 35mm/16mm film has to be converted into digital
for transmission/DVD release, but both the Digibeta and HD
are "filmed" directly onto a digital format - in other words, they
don't use film?

Why the uproar? :-)


Sarah

I LOVED Wendy's Explosions R Us!!!!!! No Dave, I'm not insulted in the least - nothing like a GOOD laugh - even on me! Hope the poster having the surgery will recover quickly and feel great! And, Wendy - you're from New Joisey as Bugs Bunny would say! Pam the Canuck

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--- In [hidden email], wenrose222@... wrote:
>
>  
> In a message dated 11/30/2007 12:13:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> airtime25@... writes:
> <snip>

:) I can say this because I'm from NJ. :)
>
>
>
>
> :-) So am I! As soon as I am fit for duty, we need to hijack Marc's
Mobil  
> and do some serious blasting!
>  
> Wendy - Explosions 'r Us
>
Much success with the surgery Wendy. Hopefully you'll be back on duty
very soon!
Lorraine and Charlie

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:06:32 -0400
"Tom & Pam McCaughey" <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Dear James et al - like the poster who has been spreading
> unsubstantiated stories about Ed and Mike, James has jumped, quite
> erroneously, to the opinion that I am homophobic - get it straight
> (pun intended!) - I am not nor have I EVER been homophobic. I have
> alot of gay friends. You neglected to read obviously the spot in my
> original message that I felt being gay did NOT make anyone less of a
> person and a person's sexual orientation was nobody's business.

I didn't neglect to read that. The problem is, I didn't neglect to
observe the general tone of your email either, nor the part where
you described the suggestion made by the poster as "unsubstantiated
excrement".

I do not personally subscribe to the idea that any UFO scene was
intentionally homo-erotic, but neither am I blinkered enough to
suppose that this is an "unbelievably unrealistic" view.

James