Posted by Paul Carroll on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Fan-made-films-tp1499063.html

It isn't necessary to have a big budget and a studio's backing to
make
some good films in a specific genre. One of the best examples of
this
was the film 'Duality', which was made in the Star Wars Universe.
The
effects in that film were quite good and the story was probably
better
than the first two Star Wars Films (1 & 2, I mean).

Likewise, I just ran into a film that was made ala the first Star
Trek
series. I haven't completed downloading the film yet, since I'm
downloading a 350M file and I'm on a 26k baud line. But I did watch
a
couple of minutes of it last night and it was quite impressive, when
compared with the old series. The sets and effects were quite
comparable. As to whether the story will hold up or not, I don't
know, but it IS an example of what can be done:

http://homepage.mac.com/starshipexeter/

The problem with UFO, in my opinion, would be that it would be more
difficult to find a group of enthusiasts in one location that could
devote themselves to making something like an episode. But it
wouldn't be that hard to make an episode that had just a few people
in
it and just special effects for the rest. It DOES seem in the realm
of the possible.

As for Anderson passing UFO off to some other director or studio, I
just don't see that happening. My guess would be that he would want
to keep much more control over what happens.