Posted by Alan Lewis on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/what-about-ufo-tp3939792p3941370.html

Why? I’m not talking about individual US citizens, but how the US film and TV industry perceive their customer base, domestic and by extension foreign.

 

The original French Nikita, and the US remake? Fawlty Towers, anyone? Where the main character was removed...! Starship Troopers? Battle Los Angeles?

 

The Walking Dead was a very, very welcome break from the mould. Credit where credit is due, especially the opening scene. Cloverfield, where many people ‘didn’t get it’.

 

I really can’t see Hollywood being able to make UFO. I want to be wrong.

 

 

From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Bruce Sherman
Sent: 26 April 2012 04:25
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [SHADO] what about ufo

 

 

it was pretty stupid to say

From: Darth Garlic
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:58 PM
To: [hidden email] <mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com>  
Subject: RE: [SHADO] what about ufo

Please stop with the whole "dumbed down so that US audiences 'get it'" - Its insulting and inaccurate. I for one an not stupid because I am an American and I believe an apology is in order.

--- On Wed, 4/25/12, Alan Lewis <mailto:zen18531%40zen.co.uk> wrote:

From: Alan Lewis <mailto:zen18531%40zen.co.uk>
Subject: RE: [SHADO] what about ufo
To: mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 7:34 PM

It isn't going to happen. They don't have the funding.

Steve Alten's 'Meg' is far more 'current', arguably has a larger 'fan base',

can point to book sales as an indicator of popularity. And is still 'in

development' as far as a film goes. Alten publishes monthly updates, and for

the past few years has been stating that shooting will start 'soon'.

And if UFO ever is made, it will more than likely be a Hollywood

production... which means rewriting of characters and plot to become

politically correct and appeal to 'viewer segments'; will be set in the US;

will value CGI over acting, story line and suspense; and will be dumbed down

so that US audiences 'get it'. Oh, and will either have a "happy ending" or

a dumb-ending that spoon-feeds a sequel, rather than the open-ended nature

of the original series. UFO simply doesn't fit to a movie format. Its too

big, too long, and too wide in scope.

From: mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com [mailto:mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marc

Martin

Sent: 26 April 2012 00:10

To: mailto:SHADO%40yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [SHADO] what about ufo

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012, at 10:48 PM, Dean wrote:

> what about ufo if there going to be a new space 1999 how about ufo too

Well, supposedly UFO is to going to be made into a big budget movie with

the possibility of two sequels!

However, the company that is planning to do this has been pushing back

the start date again and again, so who knows if anything will ever

happen with that. The last indication I saw that this was still in the

works was a March 10th Facebook post from New Deal Studios that

said:

"Project still moving forward."

Marc

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