>From: "Robby Garner" <[hidden email]>
>Reply-To: [hidden email]
>To: [hidden email]
>Subject: [SHADO] Re:Questions of Priorities
>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:01:13 -0000
>
>--- In [hidden email], SumitonJD@... wrote:
> >
> > I wouldn't call what they did with the Will Smith version of I
>Robot a
> > update. They kept the basic plot and did a complete re-write of
>the story which
> > originally was just a short story. They pretty much murdered it.
>
>One could say that's what happened with the new Battlestar Galactica
>series, but I actually like the new interpretation better. I would
>expect a new project for UFO to be a fast paced, suspense thriller,
>possibly set in the present.
>
> > I would expect the same from a attempt to do a remake/update of
>UFO. But
> > that's just me. If you don't mind the characters being totally
>changed and
> > locations changed and special effects and explosions in place of
>plot development
> > and character development it should be fine.
>
>I would hope that a re-make of UFO would not have as drastic the
>character changes of Battlestar.
>
>This is a side note, but does anyone remember a poseable action
>figure called, "Action Jackson?" It was an 8" doll and is dressed
>like the interceptor pilots from UFO. At least that is my
>recollection of it. There are some available on ebay. Does anyone
>know if that product had any relation to UFO?
>
>--
>Robby Garner, Program Director
>CyberMecha Studios - Internet Radio Rock Electronic
>http://www.live365.com/stations/robitron
>
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