>"Mark Davies" <
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wrote:
>As a seperate area for discussion,has anyone tried objectively to put into
>words why they like UFO so much?
>Is it because it was so unique,its imaginative format or perhaps the
>combination
>of glamour and 007 gadgetry (not to mention the girls).For me I think it
>was the
>way in which it infused all of the elements known to exist about UFO,s up
>until then (the folklore of Flying Saucers) and weaved them into very
>interesting storylines (storytelling has always fascinated me).And it set
>the entire world in
>a contemporary enviornment.
Mark,
I've been with this group for just over a year now, and the field seems to
be about evenly divided between those who love UFO for its great models and
special effects and those who love it for the characters. (Although there
is an occasional stray one who can't decide between Skydiver and Paul
Foster, so there you have it!) As a fellow storyteller, I love UFO for the
characters. Anderson introduced us to some absolutely *human* people in
UFO, and their lives very quickly came to matter a great deal to us. Set
against the mysterious and deadly aliens, these characters became even
larger than life. I've lived with Straker, Foster, and Co. in my
imagination since I was 11. And they still intrigue me. It has been said
that UFO was the precursor of X'Files, and in a way, I suppose that's true.
X'Files also was insightful, intelligent, and had some really sexy lead
characters. *grin*
But Anderson didn't stop there. He added those great models (which I
thought at 11 were real) and special effects, and put them all in a setting
that was visually beautiful. Never has science fiction been treated so
well. Which may perhaps be why fans of UFO still love it after all these
years.
Yours,
Denise
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