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Hi Phil and thanks for positive feedback

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Angelo Finamore
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> >Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:24:43 -0400
> > From: highcotton51@m...
> >Subject: Italian Dealers?
> >
> >Anyone ever had any dealings with a guy named "Massimo" in Milan,
Italy?
> >His ebay name is "Grandenagus".
>
>
> We had a discussion about Mr grand Nagus over on Online Alpha. My
advice,
> especially if he doesn't deliver the goods (Bootleged or not) is
file a
> complaint with EBAY and super neg him in the feedback if this
doesn't get
> resolved in the next 2 weeks.
>
> As for other Italian dealers on EBAY my best dealings have been
with fellow
> SHADO member finamore@s... known to us as Angelo. Always quick
> shipping and good emails. I've never had a problem with him and I
have had
> mail trouble sending money and things to Italy in the past (This
was always this first
> >UFO episode. They were probably trying to be more adult [than the
puppet
> >series] and attract an older male audience [than the puppet
series], but I
> >could do without blatant ass-shots throughout the episode. Alex
Freeman is a
> >bit more of a lech than "swinger" - I could have done without all
his hitting
> >on women. Really, Alex, you're NOT "all that"!
>
> I love all that stuff in Identified. For every ass shot on the
episode
> there had to be some real plotting and planning and camera
placement. The
> whole situation of them filming these....behinds is very amusing to
> me. Being that Alex isn't the best looking guy on the show he
seems more
> of the dirty old man type. Meaning, he's kidding around but
(Theres that
> word again!) is never going to get anywhere. The UFO 1999 (No I
don't know
> if the tape is available) parody did this up as an excellent spoof
and
> that's all I can think of when Freeman hits on Lake in the SST.
>
> Of course this is the sort of thing that gets people fired from
their jobs
> today, (Rightly so I might add) but watching it in Identified and
being a
> fan of the series my mind takes it as a celebration of being human
and
> being alive. If you buy the premise of the show these people are
under
> tremendous pressure to fight off the aliens (And to retain the
format, the
> fight always comes to a draw, we're never winning and neither are
the
> aliens!) and their down time hijinks have more to do with keeping
from
> cracking up under the pressure than it does with how we perceive
the show
> today. IMO btw.
>
> >Also -- would a female head of Moonbase REALLY stop to put on
lipstick moments
> >before going into action? Talk about stereotypes!! And what's up
with the
> >endless phone use in this episode? The smoking on SkyOne was silly
(why would
> >you smoke on a sub???) -- don't recall if they smoked on Moonbase,
but I have
> >the feeling they will be someday. :)
>
> The smoking on the sub and on the moon is really crazy though,
because it
> uses up the resources they have to keep the air clean and
breathable. But
> Gerry Anderson & Co were all heavy chain smokers at the time and
smoking in
> the 1960's and early 1970's didn't carry the social stigma that it
carries
> today.
>
> My parents were heavy chain smokers and I never touched the stuff.
But I
> did get tons of it in my lungs secondhand until I moved out after
22 years
> with them. I wouldn't be surprised if i got lung cancer myself
after all
> that exposure.
>
> But your right, realistically there is no excuse and no reason for
the
> smoking. The Gemini and Apollo astronauts didn't smoke in space
and
> Century 21 knew this and either didn't care or ignored it.
>
> >My one big "ugh" factor is the crux of the episode -- at the end,
we find
> >human organs in the captured alien. They must be abducting humans
for our
> >organs! OH MY GAWD! Well, it's fairly stupid for several reasons:
>
> I give this one to Gerry & Co because these are aliens that can
travel at
> FTL speeds and have a certain level of tech. That they can do this
with
> our organs fits into their powers for this series.
>
> >3) they use bullets (or what appear to be bullets) to kill humans -
- aren't
> >they afraid that they will ruin a perfectly good
heart/liver/intestine, etc.
> >with one of those bullets?
>
> I like the idea of bullets, or whatever projectile is in their
> rifles. (They can use these on the moon too! maybe it's a sort of
rocket
> type propellent bullet) I think it's cheaper to produce bullets
than to
> have some sort of beam weapon. The beam needs a big power source
and the
> UFO's have A LOT of power. Their fragile in other ways though. As
for
> ruining all the organs, there are billions of people on earth, if
they
> shoot a dozen to get one good donor it really doesn't interfere
with the
> supply.
>
> I also thought about the PPG guns in Babylon 5. These weapons were
thought
> out because you couldn't have a projectile weapon on the Space
Station, it
> would cause hull breaches! So the PPG's (Phased Plasma Guns) fire
off a
> super hot bundle of plasma that must REALLY hurt when it hits you!
>
> >Launch Interceptors!
> >Anthony
>
> Don't forget the coolest thing about the episode, Barry Gray's
score! One
> of the best theme songs of any Gerry Anderson series, in my mind
right up
> there with Space 1999 Year One theme and the Secret Service theme.
The
> variations used on this theme are also quite interesting. The
Interceptors
> launch music with it's Morse code like introduction, The skydiver
launch
> music, the reflective slow theme (Usually done on a flute) and the
swift
> exciting music as Ed is thrown from the Rolls Royce in the opening
> scene. Without that, UFO, for me would have been a lesser show.
I've
> never forgotten the music, even when I had only seen one or two
episodes as
> a child. Space 1999 comes close but I think Barry really gave us
his best
> with UFO. (Again I'm deciding between two goods here)
>
> The Zero X theme comes to mind too as a great piece.
>
>
> Anthony, are you coming to NYC to see Gerry Anderson at the Virgin
> Megastore? Anyone else on the list going? I'll be there, I got
permission
> to go ; - ) (Talk about sexism!) and would love to hook up with
people
> from this list and the Online Alpha list!