Posted by Pam McCaughey-2 on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Identified-tp1497333p1497336.html

Hi Anthony and all:

First off, I felt A had some really good critiques of the eps and the series
in general and his views reflect mine that UFO gathered a cult following
based more on its potential than its reality. GA had a chance to so
something special and he permitted poor scenarios and bad writers to ruin
the show.

As for the sterotypes of male and female behaviour pointed out (i.e. Alec's
womanizing and Gay Ellis' lipstick app) pure crap. He's right. It was even
poor taste and unrealistic by 1969-70 standards. Being an ardent non-smoker,
I share A's view on the idiocy of lighting up on a sub or on a Moon Base
where keeping the right balance of breathable air is vital. The aliens using
projectile firing weapons is equally stupid. We'd been imagining the idea of
lasers or even Trek's phasers for years, so why did GA allow his aliens to
be so technically backwards?

I like to write UFO fan fic. The reason? The 26 extant eps are mostly very
poor. maybe 6 eps pass muster with me. It is UFO's potential that attracted
me, and it's lack of established "canon" (unlike Trek which has basically
established everything, including what kind of undies StarFleet personnel
wear!) means I can be creative, AND correct all those dumb mistakes myself
in my own writing. I've noticed alot of other UFO fan fic writers are doing
the same: addressing the mistakes of series and trying to either make sense
of them, or dispensing with them altogether.

I cannot fault A for what I consider to be a right on the money critique!

Pam