> 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.
>
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