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)
