Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site voder.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!hao!hplabs!nsc!voder!kevin From: kevin@voder.UUCP (The Last Bugfighter) Newsgroups: net.tv,net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: Space: 1999 Message-ID: <625@voder.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 20:44:55 EST Article-I.D.: voder.625 Posted: Fri Jan 11 20:44:55 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 14-Jan-85 03:34:25 EST References: <173@tekred.UUCP> <113@entropy.UUCP><225@calmasd.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 32 Xref: watmath net.tv:2295 net.sf-lovers:5606 > Space: 1999 wasn't really that bad. I actually enjoyed some of the programs. > > Cheryl Nemeth *** Damn it Helena, DO SOMETHING! *** No it wasn't, of course there was nothing else on at the time. Unfortunately, what I thought was the best of all their episodes was the one I think was entitled 'War Games' in which Moonbase Alpha gets attacked by what appears to be an earth attack fleet and gets totally wiped out. They then wake up and find it's all a dream being caused by the planet they're approaching. Loads of special effects. The only thing I really had a hard time with, other than the fact the moon must have been traveling at hyper-speed or falling into space warps right and left) was the alien women character in the second season who could change her shape into anything. I can't remember her name (something like Myra) but she was played by Catherine Schnell. I just cannot accept that a 110-120 pound person can change into a 200lb panther and then into an insect! Something about conservation of mass and energy. If mass and energy are truly the same then a 300lb monster would have no energy left and a tiny fly would have so much it probally couldn't contain it. I did like the designs of the Eagle Transporters and the Hawk attack ships, I thought they looked quite realistic and the concept of the cargo modules made sense, although you probally had to be carefull about fancy manouvers if you wern't carrying a cargo section as it must have strengthend the entire framework. -- Kevin Thompson {ucbvax,ihnp4!nsc}!voder!kevin "It's sort of a threat, you see. I've never been very good at them myself but I'm told they can be very effective."