Posted by charel196 on Feb 14, 2001; 4:43pm
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Re-UFO-2-ideas-tp1491365p1491366.html

--- In SHADO@y..., "Pam McCaughey" <editor@a...> wrote:
> I tend to agree with James on the colonization theme - it's all over
the
> place - from The Invaders, to Dark Skies, First Wave, Earth: Final
Conflict
> et al. Let's give it a rest. Not only that, the aliens may not WANT
to live
> here - UFO always portrayed them as having probs surviving in our
> atmosphere, etc. How many times have countries during the colonial
periods
> of the 16th, 17th, 18, and 19th centuries gone into other nations,
taken
> what they wanted (because they were more technologically advanced),
and
> shipped all the stuff they took home. Think the Spaniards in Mexico
and
> South America, the British and French in Canada, the Japanese in
China.
> Remember Mel Fisher's discovery of the Spanish galleon Atocha? What
did he
> find? Tons of New World gold, silver, emeralds, etc - removed by the
> conquistadors and shipped home for usage in Spain itself.
>
> In my own story, soon to appear in the SHADO Library ("Orion"), I've
kept
> the human organs angle plus the aliens trying to steal some of
earth's
> natural resources, certain types of human medical technology,
anything at
> all that could be useful to them, etc. The aliens in UFO are after
all,
> humanoid, and this makes them (in my ever so humble opinion) a bit
more
> sinister, in that they may soon be able to "walk among us"
undetected,
> stealing, kidnapping, doing whatever they want at will - making it
even
> harder for SHADO to battle them. Ugly aliens are great for shock
value
> alright, but they soon become boring - after all the 1950's and
early 1960's
> had their share of BEMs (bug-eyed monsters) in s-f films and TV
shows. Trek
> and UFO were among the first TV shows to give the aliens more than
just
> fearsome appearances - they gave them motives and meanings for their
bad
> behaviour.
>
> This is OT, I know, but James - do you recollect which eps of Trek
was
> canned due to the S&M connotations? Is it the one in which Kirk and
Uhura
> share the first Tv interracial kiss? Just curious as to whether I've
seen it
> myself or not.....
>
> Pam


Hi Pam
Probably the GAMESTERS OF TRISKELLION episode with the crew being
whipped in chains and the fetching young lady in the silver bikini.
Also,welcome to Thomas...we keep bumping into each other,huh?
Charles