Remember Space 1999?

[The Squire of Gothos]

I was tempted to start an appreciation thread, I've been going back over my S1 boxset and S2... download set

I still like it. The production and effects were great, especially the inimitable Gerry Anderson models and miniatures.

What always got to me about the show was that it looked so much like the covers of those old SF novels from the 70s (for example) I always loved that look and Space1999 seemed to have it in spades.

The stories often didn't gel well, especially when there seemed to be a lot of shooting for no particular reason. But for a laugh, I forgive it that.

My daughter also likes it, but somehow some wires got crossed and she calls it "Space: Over 9000"

 

[Forbin]

Remember it? Why would I forget it?

 

[Kegg]

What always got to me about the show was that it looked so much like the covers of those old SF novels from the 70s (for example) I always loved that look and Space1999 seemed to have it in spades.

This is exactly why I liked the show and still do. I'm just very partial to its visual aesthetic.

 

[Truth_Seeker]

Why were the Moon landing pictures falsified (it's true)

No, it's not.

This is not the right thread to discuss this, but there are plenty of documentaries on the matter. In most of them professional photographers and scientists explain why those pictures are not genuine.

I'm not saying they didn't land on the Moon.

I'm saying that they falsified those materials to hide something.

 

[Kegg]

I'm not saying they didn't land on the Moon.

I'm saying that they falsified those materials to hide something.

I don't follow. If they landed on the Moon, why fake the pictures? That seems to be an unnecessarily complicated way to do things, and I have difficulty imagining what it is you're supposed to keep hidden about the moon, which is by most accounts just a big lump of barren rock that's about as much fun as the tundra.

Say what you will about conspiacy theorists, but there's an internal consistency to suggesting they faked the pictures because they couldn't land on the Moon.

 

[Truth_Seeker]

I don't follow. If they landed on the Moon, why fake the pictures?

Because they may have seen and shot things that should have remained classified during the Cold War.

That seems to be an unnecessarily complicated way to do things, and I have difficulty imagining what it is you're supposed to keep hidden about the moon, which is by most accounts just a big lump of barren rock that's about as much fun as the tundra.

The moon may be a barren rock, but it would be a perfect place for an advanced alien race to observe humanity's development.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

Why were the Moon landing pictures falsified (it's true)

No, it's not.

This is not the right thread to discuss this, but there are plenty of documentaries on the matter. In most of them professional photographers and scientists explain why those pictures are not genuine.

Then again, there are plenty of scientists and professional photographers who are debunking said documentaries.

 

[Kegg]

The moon may be a barren rock, but it would be a perfect place for an advanced alien race to observe humanity's development.

God no. It's all the hell out of the way in space. You'd need some pretty cool technology to actually observe us from that vantage point - and if so, maybe you could do that from Mars and Venus as well.

And is that what you mean? Roswell on Luna; Arthur C. Clarke's "The Sentinel" is a story of real events?

Because, yeah, that's sort of hard to keep under wraps. You have enormous faith in the US government if you feel they've found alien life over forty years ago and nobody's the wiser. If only Richard Nixon could have used the blanket policy he had about alien contacts during Watergate.

 

[The Comedian]

I don't follow. If they landed on the Moon, why fake the pictures?

Because they may have seen and shot things that should have remained classified during the Cold War.

That seems to be an unnecessarily complicated way to do things, and I have difficulty imagining what it is you're supposed to keep hidden about the moon, which is by most accounts just a big lump of barren rock that's about as much fun as the tundra.

The moon may be a barren rock, but it would be a perfect place for an advanced alien race to observe humanity's development.

So I guess orbital photos of the landing sites don't convince you either?

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc_200911109_apollo11.html

 

[Truth_Seeker]

Then again, there are plenty of scientists and professional photographers who are debunking said documentaries.

Come on, we've all seen those pictures. I don't need to be photographer to notice, that the helmet reflections are all wrong.

 

[Mistral]

I thought this was about Space 1999 and how cool the Eagle looks.

 

[The Comedian]

I thought this was about Space 1999 and how cool the Eagle looks.

I don't think the show ever existed, myself. I think they faked it.

 

[WillsBabe]

I don't think the show ever existed, myself. I think they faked it.

I'm pretty sure Tony Verdechi's ability to brew beer was faked.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Then again, there are plenty of scientists and professional photographers who are debunking said documentaries.

Come on, we've all seen those pictures. I don't need to be photographer to notice, that the helmet reflections are all wrong.

Mythbusters did a show on "fake" Moon landing photos.
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wym04J_3Ls0[/yt]

 

[The Squire of Gothos]

Back on topic, I remembered what I wanted to ask.

There's a German lady in the command centre, no name ever given as far as I remember.

She seemed to get most of her lines in the episode "Last Sunset" (as well as being in the solarium in the Ian McShane episode ).

Who was the actress?

 

[Kegg]

Zenia Merton.

Her character's name was Sandra Benes, and I recall that mentioned quite a bit on the show.

 

[Andrew_Kearley]

No, not Sandra Benes.

The Squire is talking about Tanya Aleksandriya, played by Suzanne Roquette.

 

[Kegg]

Well I bow to your superior Space:1999-ness, naturally.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

Love the show -- barely remember it, unfortunately.

Except for Maya (), and one episode with some derelict ship that had a tenticular creature in it. Scared the bejeebers out of me as a kid!! (The latter, not Maya... )

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[Nerys Myk]

So what are the fans are called? 99ers?