I remember bits and pieces of that show.  I don't recall much of the
story, but I remember loving the space-ships, which always impressed me.

On Sat, 4 May 2002, Gary Nunn wrote:

>
> As much as I hate to break out of the real world and list politics topics, I
> thought I would throw this out....
>
> My brother just gave me a DVD set of one of my favorite classic science
> fiction shows, Space: 1999.
>
> It strikes me at how cheesy some of these episodes are, but boy does this
> DVD bring back some great memories.  Some of the special effects were truly
> horrible, but the model building for this show was outstanding, even by
> today's standards.
>
> I met Martin Landau, Nick Tate and Gerry Anderson (the creator of Space
> 1999) at a convention in Columbus Ohio almost 25 years ago. Martin Landau
> and Nick Tate were very popular and very difficult to approach. But even
> after all of these years I still remember how friendly and humble Gerry
> Anderson was. He walked around the convention rooms and talked to anyone
> that wanted to talk to him. I approached him and asked him if I could have
> my picture taken with him, and his reply was "I would be honored". As a 14
> year old, I was quite impressed by his friendly manner. Now, at 37 years
> old, and having met a handful of other celebrities, I am still impressed by
> this mans manner and how kind he was to a 14 year old.
>
> The first season of Space: 1999 was my favorite, and the second season
> totally sucked. :-) I think my favorite episode was "Another Time, Another
> Place".
>
> Ahh, the old days....
>
> >End reminiscing mode/..
>
>
> ___________________________________________
>   Gary L. Nunn
>   Delaware Ohio
>
>    "When there is no enemy within, the
>     enemies outside cannot hurt you."
>                   -African proverb
>
>

Marvin Long
Austin, Texas

"Never flay a live Episiarch."  -- Galactic Proverbs 7563:34(j)

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