Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/UFO-Movie-in-the-Works-tp1512075p1512102.html

> And I disagree with both of you. If the original format was good, it
> would not have been cancelled.

Heh, heh... well "good" is not necessarily the same thing as "popular".
But it would be nice if a UFO remake was both... :-)

> With the new movie, all of history has been changed from before Kirk's
> birth - so they can now tell new stories with a new cast playing the
> old, beloved characters with no problems of fans saying "but that's
> inconsistent with XXX episode" - it CAN be different because history
> has changed.

The problem I had with this new Trek movie was that it was far advanced
in technology compared to the original series, and you cannot explain
away this difference in technology by some minor change in the timeline.
They really should have done a complete remake with no ties to the
original series, rather than pretend that this was somehow related to
the original Trek universe.

And the same thing goes for UFO -- this should be a complete remake,
keeping the elements from UFO that worked, and changing those things
that didn't work, and NOT a continuation of a 40-year TV show that would
be impossible to stay consistent with.

If it was me, the movie would take place more distant in the future than
just 10 years, but they would never really say what year it is (sort of
like "Gattaca" did), and they would show this relatively new
organization (the new "SHADO") fighting off some Alien attacks, while
the commander (the new "Straker") would have flashbacks to his days
before he had this job. So the movie would be a new version of
containing elements of several UFO episodes -- IDENTIFIED (for some
introductory elements), QUESTION OF PRIORITIES and CONFETTI CHECK A-OK
(for flashbacks of his marriage falling apart due to the secrecy and
long hours plus the creation of SHADO), CONFLICT (for the
Straker/Henderson budget conflicts and big change in their
relationship). However, the "Alien fighting" story should be new, so
the whole thing is not a complete rehash of old episodes.

Marc