Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Re-Digest-Number-1099-tp1500798p1500804.html

> I've heard Marc and others say that UFO needs to be updated for todays
>movie audiences. That is what been wrong with other movies made of classic
>series. Hey let's punch up the script and redo the characters make them more
>edgy and comtempory, make them funnier(read that as make them walking jokes).
>In point of fact this is the last thing that should be done to a movie version
>of any classic series. If it ain't broke don't fix it. UFO isn't broke.

Yes, but compare when UFO was released in 1970 vs. today. For
example, back in 1970 there was some genuine enthusiasm for the
future, space exploration, improvement of mankind, and that spirit
shows in UFO. It seems like these days, visions of the future are
pretty grim, and I suspect that a new version of UFO might have to
embrace something like this, or look ridiculous. (unless of course
you're proposing setting this new movie back in 1970, which is an
interesting idea)

Also, think about SHADO's purpose -- they spend billions of dollars
on this huge, super-secret organization just to protect a handful of
people who are being killed for their organs. Is today's public
going to think it really worth the huge expense to try to protect a
few people? It seems like the threat needs to be made bigger to
justify such an organization (although I'll grant you that the threat
in the episode DESTRUCTION rose to the occasion, but this was the
exception on UFO, not the rule)

Marc