Posted by Pam McCaughey on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/RE-crappy-UFO-eps-tp1495775p1495783.html

I have to say Denise is absolutely "rat own" about UFO's inherent lack of
continuity, which I see as part of the creative integrity problem faced by
the series. Yes, the series had some good eps and showed some real promise,
but was killed due to a lack of care and concern for the characters and the
original premise. As she says: "The main fault lay in no continuity. No
continuous director, no continuous script writer, no continuous anything!
Shows that last for season after season don't just happen. They take
careful planning and organization to appear polished before the critical
public."

The kind of continuity UFO needed might have come from a series "bible" as
Trek and other more modern shows have had. Only if Gerry A. and his cohorts
had vastly improved the story quality would a second season of UFO have been
worth watching. I have never had a quibble with the acting, as others have
had, and for its time, the special effects and miniature work was fabulous
(kudus to the gent who went on to do fab work in this vein for the James
Bond series of films). It had all the hallmarks of worthwhile s-f. Bad
scripts, and poor continuity, as Denise points out, sank UFO as surely as
the iceburg sank the Titanic.

Pam



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