if I was making a UFO Movie

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if I was making a UFO Movie

Denise Felt
Neil May <[hidden email]>
wrote:
>If I was making a UFO movie, I would tell the story
>from the beginning and I would use the very best bits
>of 'Identified' and 'Exposed'.

Good idea, Neil!

I wouldn't feature
>Peter Carlin - what was the point of introducing him
>as a main character in 'Identified' and then doing
>nothing with him?

I agree. They never used his character fully in the series, which was a
shame, because it was a great part.

>Before the XV-104 flight,
>Carlin, looking at a photo of Leila, tells Foster that
>she's been missing presumed dead for 10 years. So when
>she turns up at Foster's appartment, the audience is
>thinking "She's supposed to be dead! What if the
>Aliens have taken her over?" whereas Foster is
>oblivious to the danger he might be in - this would
>create suspense!

This sounds like a cool plot twist. Are you going to write this screenplay?

>Finally, I would like to see a UFO movie that captures
>the look and production design of the original as it
>was very distinctive.

Where's a Nehru suit when you need one? *grin*

I would also like to see a lot
>of model-based sfx as the original sfx still stands up
>really well.

I'd be very surprised if any new sfx could look better that Derek and the
boys did it. I'm not a big model fanatic, but I do know what looks real and
what looks like sfx. However, I will admit that they'd have to make it able
to stand up to DVD quality, something the old boys could not prepare for.
Not to mention the big screen. Who's doing superb model work these days?

Yours,
Denise

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Re: if I was making a UFO Movie

SumitonJD
You are comfussing two different actresses. The one who played Carlin's
sister Lelia was played by Edwina Carroll, who mostly played exotic asians
althought she was not, well not asian. She was in such movies as A Town Like
Alice, The Road To Hong Kong, Genghis Khan. And oh yes she played the space
stewardess on the Pan Am moon flight in a film I won't name for health
reasons! The actress who played the head of Operation:Foster was Jean Marsh
who played Rose in Upstairs Downstairs. Not the same actress at all.

James K.


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RE: if I was making a UFO Movie

Steve Silverwood
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> I'd be very surprised if any new sfx could look better that
> Derek and the boys did it.  

I could be getting myself into hot water here, but the CGI they used in
Babylon 5 looked pretty good, might be worth considering in a UFO movie.
Darn near real, except for a few scenes. (The water on Lake Geneva outside
EarthDome looked more like the event horizon on Stargate SG-1 than it did an
actual lake, for instance.)

-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
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