I started a thread about the old series UFO a while back after digging up my old copies of the novelizations from it, and as a result discovered that the DVD set is actually quite affordable and purchased it forthwith. I began watching it with a friend who also saw it as a kid and the experience has been quite rewarding so far. I was in 5th and 6th grade when I watched UFO in its first run, and though I only saw a few episodes it has always been among the fondest of my sf/f memories – but watching shows you treasured as a kid can be an iffy thing as a adult, as those of us with a few yarns behind us know all too well… [Boomerang has proven that to me quite vividly lol, but that’s another thread. 
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So after approaching UFO with both hope and fear, I am happy to come back damned impressed so far… it has its cheesy-60s-70s vibe of course, and the costumes are alternately sexy, interesting, goofy, and just plain bizarre. The women’s purple wigs and catsuits on Moonbase are infamous [let’s just say I want to be posted there...
] but it goes beyond that, from microminiskirts that Bill Theiss must have loved to high-collared jackets that make most of the male leads look like unfrocked priests and the mesh shirts on the submarine crew which show the men’s nipples and chest hair… though the one female crewmember onboard seems to be wearing a tan top underneath her mesh, oddly enough… 
The loving attention to the modelwork is of course expected in an Anderson production – has there ever been any vessel as simultaneously cool and utterly fracking ridiculous as Skydiver lol? – and several are quite cool and justly famous in fan circles.
The show is actually quite dark in many ways, and as far from the kid vibe of Thunderbirds as possible… and deserves deeper discussion, which is why I’m starting a thread discussing the episodes I’ve watched and will be watching. Since there are only 26 episodes
it won’t be that long a project.
OK, the first bunch will be up soon, I’ve watched more than half so far. In the meantime, here’s Lt. Ellis changing to keep you occupied:
]So after approaching UFO with both hope and fear, I am happy to come back damned impressed so far… it has its cheesy-60s-70s vibe of course, and the costumes are alternately sexy, interesting, goofy, and just plain bizarre. The women’s purple wigs and catsuits on Moonbase are infamous [let’s just say I want to be posted there...
] but it goes beyond that, from microminiskirts that Bill Theiss must have loved to high-collared jackets that make most of the male leads look like unfrocked priests and the mesh shirts on the submarine crew which show the men’s nipples and chest hair… though the one female crewmember onboard seems to be wearing a tan top underneath her mesh, oddly enough… The loving attention to the modelwork is of course expected in an Anderson production – has there ever been any vessel as simultaneously cool and utterly fracking ridiculous as Skydiver lol? – and several are quite cool and justly famous in fan circles.
The show is actually quite dark in many ways, and as far from the kid vibe of Thunderbirds as possible… and deserves deeper discussion, which is why I’m starting a thread discussing the episodes I’ve watched and will be watching. Since there are only 26 episodes
it won’t be that long a project.OK, the first bunch will be up soon, I’ve watched more than half so far. In the meantime, here’s Lt. Ellis changing to keep you occupied:
Those ashtrays freak me out. Every time someone lights a fag on the moon I get the collywobbles. Honestly, all that infalted furniture and fake atmosphere, it's not a good combination!
