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Q; Does England have anything like our area 51? And what about Alstra?, Or, one of the deserts as a location for a secret base.? Don't forget what they did with the Stargate program. One more question. Torchwood, I have yet to see the program but what I caught of it on the "Dr. Who" where are they kept? Dee -----Original Message----- From: etdc1999 <[hidden email]> To: [hidden email] Sent: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 6:05 pm Subject: [SHADO] Re: ufo movie synopsis --- In [hidden email], "phydeaux44" <phydeaux44@...> wrote: > > --- In [hidden email], "Howard Davies" <howarddavies2000@> wrote: > > > ...it could be a hidden base anywhere, South America, Alaska, Pacific Island!!!!!, Area 51!.....anymore suggestions??? Yup. England. Mark http://www.eagletransporter.com/forum/ Classic British Sci Fi Hardware Forum -------------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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In reply to this post by James Finch
I feel that a film studio is about the best cover for such a thing. It
would account for such a large number of people & strange equipment, If its some place like Treasure Island that has a studio set there already or here in New York where one of Brooklyn Navy shipyards have been turned over to a production company. It sounds good. Anything waird flying over head could be dismissed as props or something new for a new show. Dee In a message dated 7/24/2009 4:53:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [hidden email] writes: > OK the Hollywood studio thing might be a bit impossible.. OK the Hollywood st > 'cover' was I believe purely a convenience to aid filming, no need to > build exterior sets etc...it could be a hidden base anywhere, South > America, Alaska, Pacific Island!!!!!, Area 51!.....anymore suggestions? A Yes, the original "UFO" concept was to have SHADO HQ hidden away in the middle of nowhere, in a special Pentagon-like building. It was changed to "underneath a film studio" to save money. However, if one is going to do a film remake of UFO, they do need to keep some of the original elements from the TV series. My vote (not that it counts for anything) would be to keep it underneath a film studio.... Marc **************An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222585106x1201462830/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd=Jul yExcfooterNO62) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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In reply to this post by wonnut
Hello Dee,
There are no dessert in the UK unless you count Yorkshire. Just a joke anyway there are a lot of millitary bases in the UK that could work as HQ for Shado, but again they are not very secret and out in the open and prone to the odd military protest. However SHADO could follow the Torchwood model located in Cardiff they are on a time faultline and use a preception filter that cause humans not to see the enterance of Torchwood. by the way if you rearrange the letters of Torchwood you get Doctor Who kind of cool do you think. Best Regards, Howard Lee Tomatovision TV Email: [hidden email] Tel: 773-944-1365 Web: http//www.tomatovision.bravehost.com MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/tomatovisiontv Twitter: http://twitter.com/wire123 To be removed from my personal contact list, please reply to this email with REMOVE in the subject. Please include the body of the email so that I have the correct address to remove --- On Sat, 7/25/09, [hidden email] <[hidden email]> wrote: From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: ufo movie synopsis To: [hidden email] Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 4:05 AM Hi; Q; Does England have anything like our area 51? And what about Alstra?, Or, one of the deserts as a location for a secret base.? Don't forget what they did with the Stargate program. One more question. Torchwood, I have yet to see the program but what I caught of it on the "Dr. Who" where are they kept? Dee -----Original Message----- From: etdc1999 <eagle@eagletranspor ter.com> To: SHADO@yahoogroups. com Sent: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 6:05 pm Subject: [SHADO] Re: ufo movie synopsis --- In SHADO@yahoogroups. com, "phydeaux44" <phydeaux44@ ...> wrote: > > --- In SHADO@yahoogroups. com, "Howard Davies" <howarddavies2000@ > wrote: > > > ...it could be a hidden base anywhere, South America, Alaska, Pacific Island!!!!!, Area 51!.....anymore suggestions? ?? Yup. England. Mark http://www.eagletra nsporter. com/forum/ Classic British Sci Fi Hardware Forum ------------ --------- --------- -------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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<<Q; Does England have anything like our area 51? >>
No. Well...it might have - but nothing on the scale. The difficulty with proposing for fiction purposes something on the Area 51 scale is that Englandis the size of England: it's a tad larger than Minnesota. Also population - England is a crowded country - with a population of around 50 million. At a stretch, Salisbury Plain in southern Wiltshire - an army testing / exercise ground - could, for story purposes, pretend to be a small version of Area 51 but it is only about 100 sq miles in size and there are still majorroads running through it and well populated towns and villages all around it. I think Area 51 is supposed to be around 1000 sq miles and much of the surroundings are mountains and desert? It's just a different scale. SHADO (according to the address on an envelope in one episode) was based inthe notional region of "West Wessex" (if I am remembering correctly). In the late 60s when the script was written this did make sense (deliberate or not) because many UFO sightings and associated phenomena were made around the area of Warminster in Wiltshire. The town falls neatly into the "Wessex"region and is to the north of Salisbury Plain which... is probably why there was so much "unexplained activity" there. <<One more question. Torchwood, I have yet to see the program but what I caught of it on the "Dr. Who" where are they kept?>> Torchwood is set in Cardiff in Wales - which happens to be where most of Torchwood and NuHu is filmed. The Torchwood centre of operations - the Hub - is supposed to be under some of the new, smart redevelopment in the centre of the city. But the secrecy premise is different to that of SHADO and is very tongue-in-cheek. Part of the Torchwood story is that it is a top secret operation that everyone knows about. Little old ladies standing at inner city bus stops will snarl "bloody Torchwood" at the TW cars as they speed along the roads; the local Pizza delivery service knows where Torchwood is, etc. If you are in the US, I believe Torchwood: Children of Earth - is screeningnow or due to be screened - and I really recommend it. The first two series of TW were (to be kind) patchy but CofE is excellent. And quite dark in tone. It isn't BSG... or UFO :-) ...but even so, it is worth watching. |
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In reply to this post by Marc Martin
You're right. Everything else seems to take a back seat to special effects in movies these days. It didn't bother me so much in Iron Man, because that was what I was expecting, and I have much less interest in Iron Man. If the same "effects over substance" occurs in the UFO movie, it will be a huge disappointment to all of us UFO fans.
Jeff --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Marc Martin <[hidden email]> wrote: From: Marc Martin <[hidden email]> Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: UFO movie To: [hidden email] Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 11:48 AM > Agreed that Hancock was bad. But I found Iron Man surprisingly good, as > far as comic book adaptations are concerned. One problem I had with these movies (and many movies these days) is that they simply have way too many special effects in them, and not enough attention is paid to other things (like story, character development, etc.). So I don't think it bodes well that a UFO movie is going to be directed by someone whose prior experience is doing special effects for these sorts of movies. Marc [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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--- In [hidden email], wonnut@... wrote:
> > I feel that a film studio is about the best cover for such a thing. It > would account for such a large number of people & strange equipment, > > >The whole idea of the film studio with the headquarters underground is appealing because it's just what the original series had. If it had to be in the United States they can turn an old military base to a major film studio. I always thought Brookley Field in Mobile Alabama would be a perfect SHADO operation. Close Encounters of the Third Kind was filmed in one of the hangars. The location has easy access to air, rail, road and sea. It easyto imagine it as a major film studio. Susan |
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In reply to this post by James Finch
Anything is possible, as long as they write it in the script ;)
Didnt they put the Men in Black in the achorage of the Brooklyn Bridge? Bruce -----Original Message----- From: tippyd2002 Sent: Jul 26, 2009 11:19 PM To: [hidden email] Subject: [SHADO] Re: ufo movie synopsis --- In [hidden email], wonnut@... wrote: > > I feel that a film studio is about the best cover for such a thing. It > would account for such a large number of people & strange equipment, > > >The whole idea of the film studio with the headquarters underground is appealing because it's just what the original series had. If it had to be in the United States they can turn an old military base to a major film studio. I always thought Brookley Field in Mobile Alabama would be a perfect SHADO operation. Close Encounters of the Third Kind was filmed in one of the hangars. The location has easy access to air, rail, road and sea. It easy to imagine it as a major film studio. Susan |
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In reply to this post by Howard Lee
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 09:36:42 -0700 (PDT)
Howard Lee <[hidden email]> wrote: > Hello Dee, > > There are no dessert in the UK unless you count Yorkshire. I've just had some cheesecake, and I'm in Derbyshire. |
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In reply to this post by carlyjw_france
I always understood that Harlington - Straker Studios was on the edge of London (slough no less i think)
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--- In [hidden email], "carlyjw_france" <carlyj.ward@...> wrote:
> > <<Q; Does England have anything like our area 51? >> > well all i can say is until the the current administration SHADO would have found it very easy to operate and i think the greatist thing about not having a freedom of infomation act ( which the UK should repeal ASAP!) is total deniabilty....so do i think the UK has an Area 51 or Wherehouse 13 , i say yes on the grounds i am qouted anoymously <grin>(sorry posting after long night shift lol) |
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In reply to this post by Marc Martin
> Is it looking better? First we had writers who had never written > anything before, now we have a director who has never directed > anything before! must...not...make...Obama...joke... Crap, too late! Paul |
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In reply to this post by Michael
phydeaux44 wrote:
> I concur with my Learned Associate. To me, "UFO" in Southern California just isn't "UFO". Plus, aliens walking around dressed in helmeted red space suits, carrying weird-looking devices and breathing green liquid would probably have little impact on people in Southern California - just another San Fernando Valley flake. Hey! I just unintentionally came up with a PR stunt for the movie! Paul |
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