Over 20 years later, a seven minute film was created called message from moonbase alpha. A nice bonus on the space 1999 set is a second series episode reedited to have a series one credit sequence and score. The 45 best animated movies of the 21st century so far tag. You linked to the imdb page but didnt bother looking at its discussion pages. Certainly, each episode will be a new challenge or discovery, but the way that these events are handled will have longer term effect and implication on our characters and their environment. Recorded in france in 1994, this extended interview with martin landau provides a fascinating insight into his background and body of work, including his role as commander john koenig in space. Its not a sequel, its a remake, starting with a new audio drama version of the original pilot episode breakaway and first episodes. Custom built eagles custom build, space 1999, sci fi ships. I personally think something along the lines of finding a gigantic buried alien spacecraft on the moon and the alphans accidentally triggering the interdimensional jump drivethink robotech when the sdf1 used the space fold drive in the earths atmosphereand. There are 12 compilation movies made for super space theater plus the first two space. Sure, but i actually think that the battlestar concepts are more solid than those underpining space. Maybe something will happen to the earth and the moon becomes humanities lifeboat while we try to recover. Only the last is based on a nongerry anderson title itcs the champions.
If they ever remake the series, they should keep the same character names the overall look and feel of season 1 and get the. The only thing i remembered about space 1999 before buying this series was that i loved the show and the cool space vehicles that were on the show. The show is being remade by a team that includes the same. The show is being remade by a team that includes the same studio that brought you the v remake, and theyre calling it space. A neutron star passes through the solar system near earth and, due to its immense gravity, whips the moon out of earths orbit along. For a while, polygram owned the movie rights to space. Itv studios america and hdfilms announced plans for a reimagining of gerry and sylvia anderson s famed franchise of the 1970s, then called space. Notable at the time for being the most expensive show ever produced for british tv, season one is full of adventure, while season two quickly introduces metamorph maya and never slows down. Back in the 1970s, gerry and sylvia anderson created the syndicated scifi series space. Not only does the series have the strong original run of space. In the opening episode, set in the year 1999, nuclear waste stored on the moons far side explodes, knocking the moon out of orbit and sending it, as well as the 311 inhabitants of moonbase alpha, hurtling uncontrollably into space. We need a new space opera and maybe this can be it. During the original run, many american stations cut key scenes from the episodes in order to fit time slots.
Ive been on something of a space 1999 kick recently and have a number of projects planned, starting off with having a shot at the three heavy weapons used in the series the armour piecing laser from alpha child and last sunset, the laser rifle seen in numerous episodes of both seasons, and the rocket gun from season 2. Gerry andersons space 1999 returns news big finish. Character progression and story telling can now have meaningful long arcs and significant impact. We all look to bsg for the blueprint of how to remake tv series and theres no real comparison between the two. Weve often wondered what you would call a remake of space. For several years, fans of the original series have been working on an unauthorized project called space. There was only 1 season of 32 episodes so when you mentioned season 1 and 2 i thought you were referring to the remake. They even had joshua jackson earmarked for the role of paul foster. There was an episode with these aliens that used some kind of mind control to hide their real appearance ala they live and those things completely freaked me out i still get queasy when i think about them and ive never seen them since the show was on the air.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Spazio 1999 is a british and italian sciencefiction television programme that ran for two seasons from 1975 to 1977. But the production has been unable to secure funding. Kerock, haggis and tatties, the lensman and 4 others like this. Behind the scenes at big finishs recording of the reimagined space. Constantly i was saying to myself ah yeah, i remember that. With so many delightfully knowing touches that will make you grin. This runs for thirteen minutes and is an absolute gem. It was created by gerry anderson and sylvia anderson with reg hill, and produced by the andersons and lew grades century 21 productions for grades itc entertainment company. When the first two episodes were edited into the tv movie, alien attack, several additional scenes were filmed using nonregulars. Full season and episodes free online streaming fast high quality legal movies and tv television shows. The original, among other scifi works, helped cement a love of science early on. She owned a small bed and breakfast for a number of years in the. In each, two or more episodes are edited together to make a 95 minute feature, with sometimes very heavy editing changing the story.
Watching the episodes again was like watching them for the first time but with a twist. Set some 25 years into the future, humans had established a research center on the moon and had been. On september, 1999, magnetic energy builds to cause an explosive chainreaction of the waste, blasting the moon out of earths orbit and off the plane of the ecliptic, out of the solar system. If taking a scifi television series from the 20th century and reworking it for a modern audience could work for. Will there ever be a tv series reboot of space 1999. Jan 29, 2014 space 2099 is more serialized in story than space. These two later films, cosmic princess and journey through the black sun, were released in 1982. The inhabitants of moonbase alpha are unable to return to earth and must survive on their wandering moon as it is displaced further into unknown space by freak space warps. Updated daily the best new movies and tv shows on netflix. There was an earnest effort afoot to remake the ufo series. Space 1999 remake featuring real time isometric 3d for the first time ever on an oric, high definition soundtrack and sound effects, full length intro sequence, and advanced gameplay.
In february 2012, a new series, to be called space. Williams splice gaumont, copperheart entertainment, dark castle entertainment, senator. Itv studios america and hdfilms have teamed to develop space. Gerry andersons classic series ufo had a lot going for it. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. We dont need another thunderbirds or ufo project to affirm his place in the annals of science fiction greats. It was one of the biggest cult british space opera shows of the 1970s. Heres an upbeat update on that long, longdelayed space. Jan 29, 2008 over 20 years later, a seven minute film was created called message from moonbase alpha.
Space 1999 allows you to control your favourite characters from the tv hit series in an exclusive and original adventure. I once rated space 1999 as an 8 out of 10 above the 7. Weve already had one failed effort to revive it as a series, and the on again, off again movie was off again as of 2014. However, big finish recently announced a reboot of the series in audio form. Set in a by now retrofuture 1999, the series features a.
Sep 04, 2015 a little something i cobbled together for a space. The original 1970s series starred martin landau and barbara bain as crew members on moonbase alpha. Stacy dorning in space 1999 scifi oldschool yorgo angelopoulos science fiction. After an explosion occurs in one of the toxic waste dumps, the moon is propelled. I assume any reimagining of space 1999 is not going to go down the wandering moon route. Eagle one is still circling, but it may end up landing with a recent news flash on the refreshed version of space. They are readily distinguishable from the earlier british edited films by. It was a fitting end to a series for which i hold much affection, despite its issues and shortcomings. Star wars episode 1 the phantom menace came out th october 1999, exactly 1 month after the moon leaved the earth orbit.
Ufo is a 1970 british science fiction television series about the ongoing covert efforts of a government defence organisation to prevent an alien invasion of earth. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comic con sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Planet of the apes flight of the icarus fantasy movies, sci fi movies, movie. Polygram developed gerry andersons previous series, thunderbirds, as a movie and in 1998 had preliminary discussions with nick tate and brian johnson about a space. Brian johnson, who worked on the original series, alien1979, empire strikes back1980 et. Im sure i read somewhere the energy needed to deorbit the moon is in the same ball park as the energy needed to totally vapourise it. In trek we know fed space, klingon space, romulan space, know the dominion is this side of the galaxy, the borg on that side, etc, etc. Apr 17, 2007 in all seriousness, however, i think the idea of a space.
Space 1999 a british science fiction tv series which ran from 1975 to 1977 when i was a kid i really thought it would be like that in 1999 especially as my dad was into the space race so we watched all the televised rocket launchings. Over the years, remakes have been touted again and again space. Space 1999 a british science fiction tv series which ran from 1975 to 1977 the realistic scifi show. This weeks clone wars was the best star wars movie in years. Watch space 1999 free tv series full seasons online tubi. Perhaps in this way, with season twos greater emphasis on fantastical and monstrous alien threats, freiberger had. Along for the ride are the permanent settlement moonbase alpha and its 300 or so denizens. The crew of moonbase alpha must struggle to survive when the force from a massive explosion throws the moon out of orbit and into deep space. Also, battlestar was ugly and cheesy, whereas space. The actor, catherine schell, who portrayed the alien shapeshifter character maya on the series is very much alive. Space 1999 was already a serious scifi show that tackled series issues not always successfully but you cant have everything. Itv studios america and hdfilms announced an agreement today for the development of space.
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