> To tell the truth, I hated the old and the new BG.
> The original one was just
> plain dumb and the second one was boring as h**l. So
> it scares me to think
> of what could happen with a so-called remake of UFO
> or a utilization of the
> series ideas a la Mission: Impossible - sorry - but
> Tom Cruise and his
> movies didn't bring alive to me the series at all
> and I hated the very idea
> that Jim Phelps could be made into a BAD guy. That
> was just plain series
> assassination. Most remakes of series and movies are
> crap it seems (look at
> that HORRIBLE miniseries based on the sequel to Gone
> With the Wind - I'm
> sure Margaret Mitchell was rolling over in her
> grave...) and the movie
> version of Lost In Space was no better than BG. I,
> Robot at least made
> little attempt to copy the original story by Asimov
> and did not really bill
> itself that way either. In the final analysis, part
> of me would never even
> bother watching a UFO remake and I have NO intention
> of watching the Star
> Trek movie in the making with Kirk and Spock at
> StarFleet Academy -
> sometimes it's just better to leave the original
> alone and enjoy it for what
> it was. Pam the Canuck
>