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His feelings about the current status on the indies and if he wants to see himself in TNA
: "I mean, I really enjoyed working for TNA and the Ring Ka King project because it was a great crew all around; Jeff Jarrett was awesome. It was definitely a different environment from the WWE and I did do a dark match with them and it went very well, but I will say this: I am happy with what I'm doing because I'm able to have the freedom of my schedule in being able to book myself out there for indy shows. For instance, if I was with TNA right now, I wouldn't be able to do Crossfire, because they don't let their guys do TV gigs anymore. It's definitely something I have interest in, I mean it just comes out to my only passion is wrestling and I've devoted my whole life to it. So, you just have to look at what your options are on the table and, you know, there's not many. You pretty much have it laid out; you can do what I'm doing right now where you can aspire for TNA but the only place you're going to get rich is WWE. So that's just the comparison I make, throwing off TNA a little bit. I would definitely love to be with WWE again possible but it's like a trade-off. WWE is a very stressful job that basically devours your life; you've got to be married to it and it's hard to always enjoy it. So, with what I'm doing now, you can't get rich but you can make a living and you can still perform the art of professional wrestling and just enjoy doing it.
Not all indy shows are the best, obviously, but there's pockets here and there that you can go to, like Crossfire for instance, where you have live and passionate fans; if you have a venue that's built for 2,000 and it's filled, you get the same adrenaline rush as you would, say, for 19,000 people because you have that condensed energy. So, it's a lot of fun to me and I just enjoy doing it so I'm going to keep doing it as long as I can whether it be continuing indy wrestling, Whether it be TNA or WWE or Japan, whatever. But I'm also at other revenue streams, of course."
If being in the ring with veterans like Big Show and Kane at his first Wrestlemania helped
: "One thing about, especially that first run in WWE was that I worked with a lot of guys like that. I worked with Big Show and Kane and Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Hunter. I mean, you would think one would be more nervous, probably, going out to work with those guys but, to be honest, I mean there's just more comfort because they've been in every situation in the book and these guys are, they just; things do go wrong and they will fix it, you know? So, I could always at that point in my career, especially if I was with a guy like Big Show or Kane or Shawn Michaels or someone that was better than me, I could have a good match. I couldn't necessarily lead a guy that at my level or below to a good match. That was something, in my second run that I learned to develop; just through years in the business and it just takes time. I got signed at 19 and was rushed onto the stage within a couple of years so by the time the second run came around it was I had been wrestling for about 8 years and you start to understand what they mean by storytelling more, and not thing of matches in the same terms; not of moves and what not but in being emotionally invested. So, that kind of stuff helped me lead guys in my other run, like I became the guy that could have good matches with guys that had less experience than me and pull good matches out of them, you know?"
Was his first run with the WWE a case of 'too much too soon'
: "It was a number of things, you know what I mean? It was too much too soon in that I was too young and immature that I didn't really appreciate the opportunity that was handed to me because they really had the machine behind me the first time. But, at the same time, I mean I was on course; I would have done well but I did a lot to sabotage myself, as far as I was supposed to win the IC Title at one point and all kinds of things, but I had my personal issues and I had to go to rehab and that was the halting point of my career. So, I wouldn't have had my personal problems, I don't think it would have been 'too much too soon', and I think I would have been able to develop and get better and continue progressing; my career wouldn't have hit such a dramatic halt. And then, after I did hit that halt, it was such a climb from that point thereafter just to get any kind of momentum or faith from the office at the same time. So, I'm not putting the blame onto the WWE for putting me up too quick, I'm just saying it was a combination of me being young, being too immature and being too much too quick (like you said) and then me making bad decisions."
What he feels his best match was and the use of ring psychology in matches
: "You watch, when you get the chance, it was on WWE Superstars but fortunately we got about 15 minutes, watch myself versus Drew McIntyre from 2011. It's like a 15 minute match and I guarantee you, I'd love to hear your feedback on it. But, if you're big on psychology and storytelling, I think you will really appreciate that match because I think that s one of my top matches. That's all stuff I got in my last year, it just takes time to develop and WWE had become such a revolving door that not everyone can be Kurt Angle and get it in a year. But, it does come down to getting past move and spots; thinking in terms of psychology and storytelling; the biggest art in the whole match is just telling, you know what I mean.
Like. being a babyface, being able to convey pain to an audience, and believing yourself so that they also believe. And it's not to say, we hit each other hard; so that it's not hard to believe but that is the art of it. If you're the babyface and you taking a heap, emotionally invest yourself in it and believe that person is beating you down and then bring that into the comeback and that's how you have an organic comeback and not have something that is forced or somebody is just running up and down screaming; it's because they went through that whole heap and they got so emotionally invested that they believed it. And then, when it became time to to give it back to that heel, they give it back, you know what I mean? And that story is told with the face, and I'm sure you guys have heard Vince is big on facials (expressions) and that's why; that's the reason why. You've got to get those emotions but it's just little things; the psychology, the story telling. You've got stuff you just can'; learn within the first year or necessarily the first few years, it takes time."
For more information the upcoming Crossfire Wrestling TV Taping on January 5th, go to Crossfire's website (www.crossfireLLC.vze.com), their Facebook (www.facebook.com/CrossfireWrestling) or through their Twitter page (@CrossfireLLC) to get the latest information, updated card of matches and more. A portion of proceeds from the event will benefit the Make-A-Wish foundation of Middle Tennessee. You can also follow Chris through his personal Twitter (@ChrisMasters310) for the latest information on him and his latest dates and events.
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Taxing guns vs. taxing crime: An application of the "market for offenses model"
AbstractThe interaction between offenders and potential victims has so far received relatively little attention in the literature on the economics of crime. The main objective of this paper is twofold: to extend the âmarket for offenses modelâ to deal with both âproductâ and âfactorâ markets, and to apply it to the case where guns are used for crime commission by offenders and for self-protection by potential victims. Our analysis offers new insights about the association between crime and guns and the limits it imposes on the efficacy of law enforcement and regulatory policies aimed to control both crime and guns.
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In the midst of Comic-Con madness last week, we learned that SPACE: 1999 will soon be available on Blu-Ray for the first time.
Gauging from past posts on this series, there are quite a few folks out there who still don't know what this show is. But if you do remember it from back in the day, chances are you'll meet this release with great interest - and might even be astonished that it would appear on the format at all.
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The first season of 1999 was dark, somber, and probably as close in vibe to 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY as television will ever get. The second season, retooled by incoming producer Fred Freiberger, lacked the tonal and conceptual distinctiveness that made the first season so special; the series did not return for a third year. The dramatic shift in approach between the two seasons should've been (and probably was) predictable - Freiberger had previously wrangled the third (weakest, and final) season of the original STAR TREK series.
For the moment, the news here is that...amazingly and improbably enough...SPACE: 1999 is on its way to Blu-Ray. We'll definitely follow up this piece with more details in the coming months, but for now Season 1 is already up for pre-order HERE. For all of its imperfections and inconsistencies, 'tis a strangely affecting show - featuring moments and ideas that are just plain cool even by today's standards. It impacted me quite profoundly as a child (it ran between 1975-1977), heavily influencing my interest in astronomy, the space program, and science fiction in general. I never really got into G.I. Joes, but I played with my Eagle Transport every day.
It carried me and it's fragile little occupants to worlds farther than Joe could ever visit - and I miss that toy to this day.
The big question here is: how does the series hold up when looking back on it from a modern vantage point? Are all the warm, fuzzy memories some of carry for it predominantly fueled by the excitement many of us experienced collecting SPACE: 1999 trading cards, or eating sandwiches out of of our shiny John Koenig lunch boxes? Certainly nostalgia plays a significant role in our affection here - there's no denying or escaping that. But I watched both seasons again a few years back, all the way through. You know what? The series still has something to say - most particularly its first season. When it hit the air, we'd never seen a show like this before, and it's probably a very safe bet that we'll never see anything remotely like it again.
They'll be far more discussion about SPACE: 1999 as the Blu-Ray release approaches later this year. Until then, consider taking a look at it - whether you pick up the Blu-Rays, borrow them from Netflix, or...whatever. This said, if you've any interest whatsoever, I'd reccomend holding out for the Blu-Rays - they aren;'t too far away now (if past patterns are any indication, Netflix should have the BRs available as well as standard DVDs). 1999's production design is pretty thick, it's photography rather interesting, and I imagine it'll look pretty grand in HD.
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July 26, 2010, noon CST
Bout fricken time.
by KillaKane
Love those Eagles!
July 26, 2010, 12:01 p.m. CST
Remember when we had a space program?
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Me either, I think it was before my time.
July 26, 2010, 12:03 p.m. CST
Maybe we'll return to the moon by 2725
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
And have a moonbase by 3924
July 26, 2010, 12:03 p.m. CST
Best. TV. Sci-Fi. Theme. EVER.
by Rendell
You know it to be true!
July 26, 2010, 12:09 p.m. CST
Got the first three eps on a DVD
by Kentucky Colonel
I could use a little more. But when oh when is ST:TNG coming to blu ray? Then and only then will I make the switch. And can they please get rid of the annoying blue-haze on the left hand side of the screen?
July 26, 2010, 12:13 p.m. CST
by Arch Nemesis
Yeah, I watched it weekly as a kid when it came out in Ellensburg, WA. Ah, memories. And I had that toy, too, for a small kid that think was huge, Millenium Falcon sized! I also receommend this, btw, I rewatched on old crusty VHS a few years back and it help up. My only beef is releasing them as separate seasons - just release the whole series in one boxset, c'mon.
July 26, 2010, 12:16 p.m. CST
Merchandising as a kid......
by sam jacksons wig
... I remember a space 1999 iced lolly. It was watery green with a burgundy tip in the shape of a rocket, and inside it had a gooey substance not that far in consistency of snot. Tasted better than it looked......
July 26, 2010, 12:17 p.m. CST
This show is indeed boring...
by Rameses
I love most of Andersons stuff , but Space 1999 is tedious at best .Unlike ufo , which was slow moving , but engrossing and had a sexy 60's/70's vibe .Space suffers from a cast of old age pensioners in the leads and no thrills.Agreed the theme rocked though.
July 26, 2010, 12:18 p.m. CST
For a second
by thesinofthesky
I confused this with Space: Above and Beyond. Not interested.
July 26, 2010, 12:20 p.m. CST
A lot of it was really horrifically cheesy.
by Mr Nicholas
July 26, 2010, 12:21 p.m. CST
It gave me SERIOUS nightmares as a child
by JohnRyder
the episode with the space monster and burnt skeletons was probably the scariest thing I saw as a child.
July 26, 2010, 12:24 p.m. CST
I remember the shape-changing alien girl...
by BiggusDickus
She gave me the serious horn.
July 26, 2010, 12:29 p.m. CST
HELD up
by Arch Nemesis
Check out this second season alternate credits music. If I remember correctly they only played it for the second season's end credits, not opening. Really cool tv show themes, nobody writes memorable themes like this for tv shows these days. <p> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqdMmH7UE_s
July 26, 2010, 12:34 p.m. CST
The episode Dragon's Domain is the scariest thing in sci-fi
by Jugs
....evah! Gave me the creeps for years.
July 26, 2010, 12:38 p.m. CST
Holy shit, I didn't even know that Eagle spaceship existed!
by LordPorkington
I only ever had the little die-cast version with the detachable drop-pod. Also, Maya transformed into a monster once and scared the living shit out of me. I'll never forgive Gerry Anderson for that.
July 26, 2010, 12:39 p.m. CST
Spaceships were cool
by 2LeggedFreak
Which you'd expect from Anderson.<P> <P> The big problem was that it was all so po-faced.<P> <P> I used to get a headache watching this programme which had no joy in it at all---a soulless monstrosity.
July 26, 2010, 12:40 p.m. CST
Oh, so THAT is what that damn ship is from.
by Squashua
As a child in the '70s, I'd seen that spaceship design, but I never knew what it was from. Now I know and a mystery I hadn't thought of for decades is finally resolved.
July 26, 2010, 12:42 p.m. CST
Guess it's time to get a Blu-Ray
by DadTimesTwo
I would beg my parents to let me watch this every Saturday during its original run. I also had the Eagle in the picture above. I remember being confused and disappointed when the second season premiered. It will be interesting to see if the first season at least lives up to my very fond childhood memories of it.
July 26, 2010, 12:43 p.m. CST
HOLY SHIT, those costumes look familiar!!
by Stifler's Mom
Never watched the show, but look at the space suits on the packaging from that toy. I'm guessing George Lucas was a fan.
July 26, 2010, 12:55 p.m. CST
This Episode
by Inexplicable_Nuclear_Balls
Is like taking acid! Well, not really, but our opening will sure try to convince you of that!<p> I had that big Eagle ship as a kid, but I never really watched the show. I used it as an "expanded universe" vehicle for both Star Wars and Micronauts.<p> Speaking of, where the fuck is my Micronauts movie?
July 26, 2010, 12:58 p.m. CST
ditto on Dragon's Domain
by letsfightinglove
saw it as a wee lad and it haunted me for years...
July 26, 2010, 1:04 p.m. CST
Meh, UFO was so much better
by Stalkeye
The premise was somewhat ahead of it's time.Obviously since it pre-dated X-Files and not to mention compelling storylines, character development and mind fucking scenarios.Oh, and of course cool vehicles and hot purple wigged chicks.Space 1999 lacks the gravitas IMO. Kinda liked the shape shifting chick, Myra..is it?
July 26, 2010, 1:05 p.m. CST
Merrick didnt care for GI Joes?
by Stalkeye
July 26, 2010, 1:08 p.m. CST
Dragon's Domain got a lot of us
by Hervoyel
I think you had to be a certain age and have an imagination that was just a bit too active to really carry the full "scar" from that one. I watched a couple of years ago and laughed at it. I was excited to see it again though. Back in the day though I wouldn't sleep with the lights off for a few days after seeing it.
July 26, 2010, 1:11 p.m. CST
Made an impression at age 7...
by Sumatran_Rat_Monkey
This show and Star Trek re-runs helped define my love for science fiction when I was a kid. And that gorgon space monster episode gave me nightmares for weeks!
July 26, 2010, 1:11 p.m. CST
Wake me when Wizards and Warriors
by Dingbatty
is put on disc (officially, not fuzzy bootlegs). Oh, and all the other cheesy yet entertaining 80's genre shows (Manimal, Automan, Misfits of Science, The Phoenix, The Master, Outlaws (time travelling old west cowboys), Masquerade, et al.
July 26, 2010, 1:15 p.m. CST
Here here! Where in the fuck is micronaut's?
by UltraTron
No movie yet? Only the coolest toys ever made next to starwars'. Never read the comics so I have no idea what was going on with them but they all had names with purpose. At least Gilliam put one of the coolest vehicles in time bandits. To this day there are people who don't realize everything in the climactic scene is one of the kid's toys seen in his room at the beginning including the Lego castle.
July 26, 2010, 1:24 p.m. CST
sooooooo no quality control for Blurays these days?
by lostboytexas
Space:1999 HD.... no!
July 26, 2010, 1:31 p.m. CST
Catherine Schnell
by Abominable Snowcone
totally bateworthy, even for this then-six year old.
July 26, 2010, 1:33 p.m. CST
Biggus Dickus
by Abominable Snowcone
Maya. From the planet Psychon. As played by Schnell, whom I regrettably still haven't slept with
July 26, 2010, 1:34 p.m. CST
The theme
by Abominable Snowcone
from the FIRST season rock (the one with the psychedelic guitar). They inexplicably changed it for the 2nd-thereafter to some disco shit. Don't know why.
July 26, 2010, 1:37 p.m. CST
by DrRumpledink
Wrong, man. One of the main reasons to check it out if nothing else is if you are an effects geek.
July 26, 2010, 1:41 p.m. CST
Thanks Snowy - Catherine Schell! I remember!
by BiggusDickus
I just Googled her. Apparently, she's descended from German Royalty! Her father was a Baron who was cleaned out by the Nazis and fled to the US.<p>I still choose to see her as shape-shifting alien totty though, because I am a very shallow little man...
July 26, 2010, 1:47 p.m. CST
Stifler's Mom, the suit design
by DrRumpledink
I thought lucas's based his xwing pilots on the 2001 space suit and I've a feeling the egale toy came out after star wars (space 1999 finished in 1977) and was in fact cashing in with that box art. I could be wrong, but I don't think they were worn in the show.
July 26, 2010, 1:49 p.m. CST
Great! Bad special effects
by Powerring
in high def! Joy! Space: $19.99 is back.
July 26, 2010, 1:49 p.m. CST
Eagle Transport Toy
by Edited_Out
One of the best, most accurate and detailed spaceship toys ever. Wish I still had mine, too!
July 26, 2010, 1:49 p.m. CST
Stifler's Mom, ok I take that back
by DrRumpledink
they are wearing them in the clip above hehe. forget everything I just said
July 26, 2010, 1:56 p.m. CST
I had Space: 1999 Viewmaster discs
by mr.underwater
And even those were pretty boring. Which is odd, because they were all 3D and shit.
July 26, 2010, 2:01 p.m. CST
Best TV model work ever.
by palimpsest
http://www.space1999.net/eagle/ - muck geek schematics joy here...
July 26, 2010, 2:04 p.m. CST
"Much", not "muck"
by palimpsest
Edit function...?
July 26, 2010, 2:07 p.m. CST
the original, millenium falcon design....
by Righteous Brother
looked too similar to the eagle craft, so they had to change its design, to the hamburger shape we know and love today. I caught some hi-def Space: 1999 last year, overlook the fashions, and sometimes dodgy acting, and fight choreography, and there's some real sci-fi there.
July 26, 2010, 2:12 p.m. CST
Watch a show in Blu-Ray that could have been filmed in my garage
by Rhinosaur
July 26, 2010, 2:13 p.m. CST
l had the laser pistol
by freerangecelt
which shot out discs and an Eagle that was on wheels so you could sent it flying across the kitchen floor. Ah, memories. I was 9 when the series first aired.
July 26, 2010, 2:23 p.m. CST
I've still got a couple of the transport toys
by Lone Fox
One with a box 'shuttle' undercarriage, and one with magnetic canisters. Landautastic!
July 26, 2010, 2:28 p.m. CST
This will be bullshit
by white_vader
if they pull the same re-cropping shit they did on the Thunderbirds Blu-rays. Fuck them. I'm going to wait and see on this - and then wait and see if they go back and do Thunderbirds the RIGHT way. OAR all the way.
July 26, 2010, 2:31 p.m. CST
Space: 1999 vs UFO
by Mazzer
I saw Space: 1999 during its first run in England, and I have to agree with some of you guys... I lost interest after the first few episodes, despite being a HUGE sci-fi fan. I distinctly remember Landau and Bain acting as if they were sleepwalking through the episodes; showing no signs of normal human emotions, but expressing awe at the weird stuff going on around them.<p> Now UFO, on the other hand, THIS is the Anderson live-action show that I'd like to see on Blu-ray (assuming they shot everything on 35mm.) The acting was great, the human stories were for grown-ups, yet it encapsulated that fabulous 60s/70s groovy view of the future that was so deliciously cheesy. Bring it on!
July 26, 2010, 2:40 p.m. CST
by Mazzer
I read that they produced both 4:3 and 16:9 HD transfers for Space: 1999, but I don't know which they'll use on the Blu-ray. Personally, I'm more concerned how well the framing/composition holds up on shows rather than the rigid OAR of broadcast argument. Space 1999 remastering has apparently opened up more horizontal areas of the frame than were shown on TV, so thwey may go 16:9.
July 26, 2010, 2:43 p.m. CST
I saw this show.... It was sheeeet!
by DarfurOnTheRocks2
July 26, 2010, 2:48 p.m. CST
that theme tune is the BALLS
by savagedave
July 26, 2010, 2:51 p.m. CST
That show was funny
by RPLocke
Has anyone actually seen it? OMG, it's got good visuals, but the plots are Lost in Space silly.
July 26, 2010, 2:54 p.m. CST
On Amazon.com...
by Mazzer
...they say November 2 release, and in 4x3 ratio (but they've been wrong before :-)
July 26, 2010, 3:03 p.m. CST
by GAWK_THE_PUBES
Was the first TV chick I ever jacked to. I remember that fuck Tony always trying to get in her pants and it pissed me off. My parents used to go out to dinner on Saturday nights when they were trying to save their marriage and I would be left alone in the dark watching this. The monsters scared the shit out of me, especially since we lived way out in the country and if you screamed for help no one would hear you.
July 26, 2010, 3:07 p.m. CST
For a sec I thought...
by blackwood
This was about SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND. Which I really liked when I was young.
July 26, 2010, 3:08 p.m. CST
I'm sure glad we got the moon back a few years ago!
by Yotz Von Frelnik
"September 13, 1999" ... how quaint.
July 26, 2010, 3:08 p.m. CST
Kentucky Colonel
by RPLocke
TNG will never be on Blue Ray because the effects were shot on videotape and would have to be redone.
July 26, 2010, 3:16 p.m. CST
Space 1999 season 1 is still awesome
by laguna_loire
And its easy to tell the difference between seasons 1 and 2 - 1 had the cool theme and great plots, 2 had a shite theme, a stupid woman that changed into animals, and token "monster" of the week!! And who the fuck thought "the rules of Luton" was a great title for an episode?
July 26, 2010, 3:27 p.m. CST
Best thing I ever heard said about this was...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
..."Gerry Anderson, known for his series starring puppets, such as Thunderbirds, produces a show starring actual people who act and move like puppets." Still, I cut my sci-fi eye teeth on this show as a wee tyke, so I still have a soft spot in my heart for it. When you're six, you just accept that in 1999, everyone uses nookyoolar power (apparently to fuel their CD players so as to listen to all their Smash Mouth and Chumbawamba albums, but I digress) and store all their leftover nookyoolar waste on the Moon. One day, all that waste blows up and WHAM(!) the Moon is a spaceship! Worked for me back then just as it worked for my Dad as a kid that Superman could just stand on his head and move the Earth. Anyway, I doubt I'll buy the Blu-Ray set, Space:1999 is better in my hazy childhood memories than it could ever be watching it again after so long and is best left right there in my memories where it belongs. One last thing, loved how the Moonbase apparently had an entire staff of architects, interior designers and fashion designers, as well as legions of construction workers and seamstresses in order to totally redesign all the base's exteriors, interiors and uniforms while everyone was still stranded in interstellar space between seasons 1 and 2.
July 26, 2010, 3:32 p.m. CST
1st season=good, 2nd season=suck
by Meta
But I already have the A&E DVD box set. So what is going to be better about it on blue ray than a 1080p upconvert?
July 26, 2010, 3:38 p.m. CST
Gawke-awesome story!
by leo54304
All of us have stories to tell and am glad we can do so here. My horror was watching In Search of and they were doing the amityville horror. Had a semidark stairway and you could a rocking noise coming from one the upstairs rooms. Camera climbed stairs to room where a baby doll was in the rocking chair making the noise. Camera zoomed to dolls face with eyes closed which then slowly opened revealing glowing red pupils. Scared the shit out of me for a week.
July 26, 2010, 3:39 p.m. CST
Remeber Barbara Bain in opening credits
by leo54304
Walking rapidly thru empty halls. Always thought it was because she had to go the bathroom.
July 26, 2010, 3:40 p.m. CST
John Bryne did some art on the 1999 comic
by leo54304
One of his first assignments. Had one of them. Even back then you knew he had talent.
July 26, 2010, 3:43 p.m. CST
Maya in the opening credit shown stretched
by leo54304
like a cat with a come thither look. Gave Julie Newmar a run for her money with that pose at the time for me.
July 26, 2010, 3:47 p.m. CST
Dragons Domain! Hell, yeah!
by The Reluctant Austinite
The"Dragon's Domain" episode scared the Hell out of me with that Lovecraftian thing sucking in people and spitting out their bones! I welcome a revisiting of "Space: 1999" which was a much more cerebral sci-fi show than "Star Trek" as I remember it. I never expect this stuff to competely hold up for today's audiences. I'm sure kids today would be bored silly by it. Those kids are also making Justin Beiber a kizillionaire, so screw 'em.
July 26, 2010, 4:06 p.m. CST
Dragon's Domain
by I am not a number
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to mention this episode. Seems to be the one episode everyone remembers, and it was certainly my favorite. I thought it was cool the way the monster would just chuck out the smoking remains of its victims. I recall the majority of the episodes being really tedious and having a lot of bad science. I think there was an episode where they found Jesus or something as well. Weird. I also recall one where the captain and Maya are put on trial by a bunch of plants because they ate some berries, and having to fight off three monsters; and one episode that had them being attacked by soap suds that were supposed to be so dense that they crushed people. Granted, it has been about 25 years since I saw these episodes, so I'm probably mixing things up.
July 26, 2010, 4:13 p.m. CST
Filmed in 1.33:1 ratio
by palimpsest
Using a mix of 16mm (studio work) and 35mm (model photography). There's been some HD remaster trials with cropping to 16:9 shown on TV in the UK. Details and screenshots here: http://bit.ly/cu5x94
July 26, 2010, 4:23 p.m. CST
by J-Dizzle
Boin chicka boin boin boin chicka boin boin boin chicka boin boin boin
July 26, 2010, 4:23 p.m. CST
Whoa! I used to have that toy!
by impossibledreamers
July 26, 2010, 4:29 p.m. CST
I never had the Eagle-1 but it was cool.
by ToMonicker
I used to see the Eagle-1, out of the box at the local AAFES because the kids would remove them so much from the packages. I also remember seeing the UFO Interceptor, and thinking it was from the same show or something, since I never saw those shows back then. I didn't see SPACE:1999 until I was an adult, and frankly, I never impressed me enough to seek it out beyond what I'd seen.
July 26, 2010, 4:31 p.m. CST
DRAGON'S DOMAIN on YouTube
by Sir Loin
Here ya go, let the nightmares return: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tbXhu09m5s<P>MAN that one freaked me out as a kid like many of you!
July 26, 2010, 4:46 p.m. CST
Dragon's Domain ...
by ganda1f
Holy crap, that was a huge turning point in television for me. It was the first time I saw something that struck me as both awesome and terrifying. <br><br>My young mind soaked up that episode like booze - it hurt going down, but left me feeling a bit giddy and excited afterwards.<br><br>Dragons Domain and a Dr. Who episode where people were fed to a wood chipper were the point at which I began recognising scary could also be great.
July 26, 2010, 4:49 p.m. CST
Soap Suds
by GAWK_THE_PUBES
My friend used to get some Science Digest type of thing in the mail every month and they had a page in it that showed a still from an upcoming S:1999 and it was the soap sud scene, with people falling over each other to get out of the way, hahaha. I thought it was funny that a science type monthly would even cover a show like S:1999. Wow, I even had a S:1999 laser pistol, it wrapped around the front of your hand and shot water out. This article has opened my brain and forced me to remember what it was like to be 10 years old again, now I'm 45 with gray pubes.
July 26, 2010, 4:50 p.m. CST
Those costumes...
by AmbroseChaseWillRise
are from Star Trek the motion picture. Or did 1999 come out first? Hmmmmmmm.
July 26, 2010, 4:57 p.m. CST
I have this on DVD...
by banditmania
...Blu-Ray isn't going to help, except to see the wires the space ships hang on. Very Boring, needs naked Moon Maidens.
July 26, 2010, 4:59 p.m. CST
by Grandpa Bunche
I'll grant you "Dragon's Domain," but other than the Derrick Meddings miniatures and the overall design of it, this show was a solid bore, and I grew up as a Gerry Anderson fan but still couldn't stand this.
July 26, 2010, 4:59 p.m. CST
by AmbroseChaseWillRise
Don't forget the stuntmen.
July 26, 2010, 5:12 p.m. CST
surprised it hasnt been remade as 2099
by ahdvd
Considering all the other re-made/re-envisioned shows out there, and to be honest, it's the kind of show that a re-make might actually be good.
July 26, 2010, 5:19 p.m. CST
Aint it 1970s news
by RPLocke
We're up to date on your Space 1999 and ESB news.
July 26, 2010, 5:23 p.m. CST
Great sets; Horrid plots
by jbs9200
I loved Space 1999.<p> That said, the show made not one F'ing bit of sense. First of all the moon traveling though space at FTL speed was a non-starter. Secondly, every plot was some 70s drug influenced "mind expanding" BS, about how we were just about to go beyond the human condition. <p> All that said, the sets and FX were fantastic and looked like space should look, with that gleaming plastic white 70s aesthetic. The same white building materials we saw in various states in "2001", "THX", and "Star Wars". Simply put, Moon Base Alpha was the type of moon base you wanted to live in. Plus Martin Landau kicks ass.<p> However, I see absolutely no reason to have this on BluRay. For a show filmed in the 70s DVD resolution is closer to the original.
July 26, 2010, 5:25 p.m. CST
Still disappointed SciFi didn't run this in 1999
by jbs9200
I am still disappointed SciFi missed an obvious opportunity and didn't run this show in a one day marathon (or at any time) back on Dec 31st, 1999.
July 26, 2010, 5:29 p.m. CST
Dragon´s Domain
by conbarba
My Ultimate Childhood Nightmare. I am still scared by it. Messed my whole life. Awesome!
July 26, 2010, 5:31 p.m. CST
Yay! We'll get to see the puppet strings in HD!
by tangcameo
hehe Actually I loved it as a little kid in the 70s. And after the show aired, whenever there was a full moon, I would look up and stare at it for a while, making sure it wasn't drifting away.
July 26, 2010, 6:10 p.m. CST
How about the Sweeney on Bluray...
by Kontarsky
July 26, 2010, 6:26 p.m. CST
www.space2099.com may interest you
by dacheeze
www.space2099.com may interest you if you love the original
July 26, 2010, 6:29 p.m. CST
I had a metal Eagle Transport once ...
by ReportAbuse
About 6" long or so. Made by Corgi, the UK toy company that made all kinds of cool and authentic looking movie and tv stuff.
July 26, 2010, 6:34 p.m. CST
A moonbase first appeared in "UFO" ...
by ReportAbuse
It was staffed by those hot purple-haired chicks. You can see a direct carryover from that to the moonbase in Space 1999. Did the aliens of "UFO" ever appear in Space 1999? That would've been neat. They could've referenced their earlier appearance by mentioning that back in the '80s (of the Anderson universe) there was a secret organization set up to deal with them and it was part of the reason for establishing Moonbase Alpha, but then the aliens stopped showing up after a while and nobody knew what happened to them ... then have our heroes encounter their home world and find out more about their origins, what happened to them, etc. Woulda been a cool episode.
July 26, 2010, 6:34 p.m. CST
Fun, but terrible.....but enjoyable!
by ZodNotGod
This show was good for some awesome eye candy if nothing else because they damn sure were never interested in characterizations. The effects were great for the time and today look great; far better than anything The Next Generation shit out, even though I like TNG.
July 26, 2010, 6:36 p.m. CST
UFO however was fucking cunt.
by ZodNotGod
Awful. Right down to the bitch with the stupid purple hair.
July 26, 2010, 6:55 p.m. CST
DVD release
by pk68
Well their have been two companies that have released the Space 1999 DVDs. I ran across a site once that had a comparison of the two. One was much better looking than the other. Question is which one will be out on Blu Ray?
July 26, 2010, 7:01 p.m. CST
John Byrne...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
...He did do some of those old Space:1999 comics adaptations, didn't he? I think Charlton put those out. Yeah, Byrne's stuff really rocked, especially in the 80's, early 90's. But the dude is a real brittle, curmudgeon type. I remember if you posted on his old blog (this was back before they were even called "blogs", but I don't know what else to call it) that he took exception to, he'd fuckin' eviscerate you. On the positive side, I still prefer his version of Superman's origin.
July 26, 2010, 7:03 p.m. CST
Funny thing about Space:1999...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
...in the 70's they thought the 90's would look like the the old sci-fi version of "the future". So it's ironic that the 90's in real life actually ended up looking like a slightely updated version of the 70's!
July 26, 2010, 7:07 p.m. CST
Space 1999 Vs. UFO...
by JayLenoTookMyJob
...Yeah, I do wish the female staff of Moonbase Alpha had worn those silver lamé minidresses like the staff of the moonbase in UFO. First season it was all unisex jumpsuits, then in the second the women dressed like Delta Airlines flight attendants, both equally fail.
July 26, 2010, 7:12 p.m. CST
by BringingSexyBack
The ship looks like a lizard.
July 26, 2010, 7:51 p.m. CST
I had the Eagle One and it was badass!
by boba_rob
I remember playing with that alot and it fit right in with my Star Wars toys. The coolest part was that you could remove the rear thrusters and the front cockpit and make a smaller shuttle. In fact, I still have one or two of those thruster cones laying in boxes of toys in my Fathers attic.
July 26, 2010, 7:57 p.m. CST
thought this was about to spaceD
by strykebr
the standard def. would be the same as the blu with it being so old 2 me
July 26, 2010, 8:05 p.m. CST
Who cares, where's my 'Space Precinct'?
by SmokingRobot
I had such a crush on officer Castle.
July 26, 2010, 8:10 p.m. CST
If galactica can be updated can 1999?
by leo54304
Don't know if anyone posted this idea, if so sorry. Wouldn't want to use 1999 as title but the concept is still a good one and with the right creative team would make a good sci-fi series.
July 26, 2010, 8:23 p.m. CST
The Eagle!
by CaptainWalker
If you liked Sci-Fi from that era, this will give you freakin GEEK_GASMS. This is some very good photoshop work.http://www.scifiairshow.com/
July 26, 2010, 8:45 p.m. CST
Harry should play "Dragons Domain" at BNATron!
by The Reluctant Austinite
Wouldn't the "Dragons Domain" episode of "Space:1999" make a cool theater experience between features at BNAT 12? I'm just going to call it Butt-Numb-A-Tron this year cuz you know "Tron: Legacy" is going to be a sure thing.
July 26, 2010, 8:57 p.m. CST
Dragon's Domain is good...
by Gislef_crow
...but there are a few other 1st season gems. The show really lived or died by its guest stars. Earthbound has Christopher Lee and Roy Dotrice and a nice TZ ending. Kevin Stoney in The Last Enemy. Leo McKern in The Infernal Machine. And even Peter Cushing in The Missing Link. When they stuck to "hard" science, it wasn't too bad, either. The Infernal Machine, Earthbound, The Last Enemy, War Games, and Voyager's Return. It's the hippy-dippy stuff like Black Sun (ooh, a female God), Matter of Life and Death, Another Time Another Place, Ring Around the Moon, and more are the ones that drag the show down.
July 26, 2010, 9:01 p.m. CST
Sci fi airshow
by ReportAbuse
Wow, that rocks! I know they're probably just plywood and balsa, but man that must've taken a frak load of work to build all those mock-ups. I will definitely be going there soon to see some of those things.
July 26, 2010, 9:04 p.m. CST
Space: 1999 Eagle replicas - still floating around
by justmyluck
A UK company called "Product Enterprise" produced a line of die-cast replicas of the Transporter/Medical-Rescue/Cargo/Lab/VIP Eagles from 12-to-24 inches in size; starting back in 2004. These were physically manufactured in China and also imported through a company called Aoshima in Japan (fully legit, with the 24-inch replicas being endorsed by Gerry Anderson). These replicas were a little too heavy/expensive to be considered 'toys' but are sturdy and impressive, with all the outer framework and carriage detail. They were about $80-100 each at the time, and are about as damn fine a replica you could find without building a resin & brass kit yourself. The UK company seems to have turned into "Sixteen 12" collectibles and re-issued the Eagles again in a limited run (which seems to be sold out). Check on eBay for 'Product Enterprise Eagle' if you're wanting an Eagle to display...they're very accurate, even at the 12-inch size. http://shop.ebay.com/?_nkw=Product+Enterprise+Eagle http://www.sixteen12.com/s1999_eagle.html http://www.hlj.com/product/AOS09095
July 26, 2010, 9:18 p.m. CST
I also had that ship
by awardgiver
kicked serious ass. Especially when you took the front and the rockets to make that small shuttle. The books and records were nice too, from Power records. A review coming soon on http://assmints.com/blog/
July 26, 2010, 9:49 p.m. CST
Technical stuff from the BBC
by s0l
Case Study from the BBC's Post Production team that Re-Mastered the footage for conversion to HD. Interesting read: http://bit.ly/cWabSH
July 26, 2010, 9:51 p.m. CST
I see I'm not the only one that got nightmares from Dragon's Dom
by Yamato
Scared the crap out of me. The eagle, by the way is still the best sci-fi (and I mean sci-fi, not fantasy) ship ever made.
July 26, 2010, 10:21 p.m. CST
You knew when you heard the theme song...
by GeneralKael
...that people are going to die in droves. I remember when I was a kid thinking that if there were lyrics for the theme, it would be something like "Doomed! Doomed! Soooo Doomed...Doomed! We're...all gonna die! We are so Doomed!!" Just insert doomed where the high brass notes hit. Really, has there ever been a show where the heroes were so totally screwed? Even with Galactica they could navigate. And man, even the NICE aliens were creepy bastards who didn't help very much. I haven't seen it in a while but it seemed to me like EVERYONE was out to get them. Seriously, the only episode I remember that gave me a good feeling at the end was the one where they go to the extinct planet and the Aliens(ghosts of them or something?) convince two of the Alphans to stay and do the Adam and Eve thing. Does anyone remember any other episode that had a happy ending? Dragon's Domain gave me nightmares as well. I still think it's one of the scariest things I've ever seen.
July 26, 2010, 11:16 p.m. CST
Why isn't the show on SyFy...
by crankyoldguy
...instead of those crappy, truly bad monster flicks they run. ugh.
July 26, 2010, 11:23 p.m. CST
Space: 2099
by The Merk
They've been working on re-editing, correcting continuity/effects errors and pacing. It's an interesting project, but there are issues that just can't fixed, but it does show that the show could be re-imagined and updated. While I love the show, it's more for the concept and production design than the actual storytelling.
July 26, 2010, 11:58 p.m. CST
Thanks Mazza and Palimp
by white_vader
Yes, but there's a difference between the usual shooting "safe" in 4:3 where you shoot wide to account for old-fashioned overscan and there's a text-safe inner border, or shooting wide to allow for other aspect ratios. It happened with film-to-tv where you'd compose for 1.85 (American) or 1.66 to 1 but leave the header and footer on a 35mm frame clear so you wouldn't lose info on telly (still disrupts the composition but at least it's better than pan & scan) hence the occasional boom mike dip, but it generally never went the other way around. <p> So I will wait & see. Like I say, what they did with Thunderbirds sucked. I'll check that link though. Thanks guys.
July 27, 2010, 1:01 a.m. CST
My penis had a mad crush on Catherine Schell / Maya...
by DickBallsworth
Eyebrows and all.
July 27, 2010, 2:11 a.m. CST
by board shitlez
Your penis has eyebrows?
July 27, 2010, 4:29 a.m. CST
The Eagle Transporter.
by Gabba-UK
The most plausible and realistic spaceship design in Sci-fi history ever. Fact.
July 27, 2010, 5:25 a.m. CST
by colonel foster
I love Space 1999. It was around 1975 and I was very excited to be sitting down ready to watch this weeks UFO [the show was being repeated after being away for 4 years... I was 5 when I first watched it...TERRIFYING!!!] and some bloody show called Space 1999 was on.. WHAT!!! I sat down, very dissapointed and was carried away by Breakaway. I wanted to be Alan Carter and fly Eagles..I also began to realise that this show was from the same stable as UFO... I was totally hooked. Having said that UFO is my total favorite series...EVER! Does anyone know anymore about the film that New Deal/pacific Transmedia and Matthew Gratzner are putting together? Apparently filming starts in November with Joshua Jackson and locations include England and Costa Rica?? Any news much appreciated by all the members of FANDERSON!! Cheers.
July 27, 2010, 6:20 a.m. CST
SPACE: 1999 vs UFO
by The StarWolf
Uh, SPACE $19.99 was what happened when the planned second season of UFO (a far superior series in my opinion) fell through due to CBS pulling out of the deal. They'd already designed new sets and figured "let's come up with a series to use them on." 1999 had terrific model work, yes, but a lot of the stories were pretty pathetic. Not to mention the basic premise simply doesn't hold up. In the pilot they clearly state the acceleration the moon is hit with, and the duration of that acceleration. Given this, we can easily calculate that the moon would still be trying to get out of our solar system by the end of the first season. And don't get me started on those silly laser pistols which looked like staple guns. If you're a fan, though, look up SPACE: 2261 where fans took the 1999 opening format, but used scenes from BABYLON 5 instead. It's a hoot.
July 27, 2010, 6:33 a.m. CST
Space 1999 = Awesome
by Madmarek
It's one of the most atmospheric and dark sci-fi shows ever made. Plus the Eagles are my all time favourite space ship design!
July 27, 2010, 8:23 a.m. CST
You know, not everything from the past is good
by corplhicks
Some shows were good like that guy who steals the ship to fly home but ends up awake alone screaming as his ship flies tiwards earth as he will die before he gets there As the cryo unit didn't work for him. Some were good but However most episodes sucked.
July 27, 2010, 9:29 a.m. CST
Eagle was lame compared to Ski Diver 1
by Stalkeye
A submaring that launches a jet fighter from below was one of the best vehicles from UFO (Next to the gulf wing cars)but The Eagle, looked like a bloated Lego contruction. As far as I can remember, the fucking thing didnt have any weapon systems.<p>Like I said, Lame!
July 27, 2010, 10:36 a.m. CST
Rules of Luton
by Abominable Snowcone
That's the one where Koenig and Maya have to fight the three monsters on the survival planet. I'd have been like, "Yeah, whatever" and had sex with Maya all day and night
July 27, 2010, 11:55 a.m. CST
Recently rewatched both seasons...
by ushaped
Grew up with the show, here in Canada it ran in 1974 and 1977. I also had the Eagle 1 toy (loved playing with that, made lots of the other ships from Lego) Season 1 has some good SF stories, lots of weirdness (a good thing!) but it is very slow storytelling. Season 2, not as good theme song, Catherine Schell's Maya (a plus), Tony (a minus), more mundane "adventure" stories and even more reliance on alien races with funny haircuts, makeup and stuff stuck to their faces. Still enjoyed it but it was not possible to do more than 2 at a time.
July 27, 2010, 11:59 a.m. CST
Also had the SHADO tank from UFO
by ushaped
Loved how the back flipped over to reveal the gun. Thunderbirds toys too. Gerry Anderson was a big part of growing up in early '70s Canada. http://www.theoldtoyguide.com/diecast/dinky/dinky-ufo-shado-2-mobile-353.html
July 27, 2010, 12:03 p.m. CST
Brian Johnson
by ushaped
Worked on the effects for 1999 also was effects supervisor for Empire Strikes Back. Eagles were good, Millenium Falcon = best
July 27, 2010, 12:10 p.m. CST
Captain Scarlett(FTW!!) had cool vehicles too.
by Stalkeye
From those fighter planes piloted by Female Spectre Agents (Rhapsody,Harmony and Destiny)to the tank like car.Now that was a great series and very violent for a children's show.The CGI series was even better. (Too bad it's no longer available on the cable networks.)<p>never cared for Terrahawks or 1999 but that's just my tatses.
July 27, 2010, 1:01 p.m. CST
Costumes in TRON
by Abominable Snowcone
I'm concerned with how they're able to take a shit.
July 27, 2010, 1:32 p.m. CST
Brian Johnson from AC/DC worked on "Space;1999"?
by The Reluctant Austinite
July 27, 2010, 3:47 p.m. CST
Best Themes, Worst Scripts
by Jonesy
Wish Gerry Anderson had got as much talent writing his scripts as he did for the Model makers and Theme tune writers. He stop developing writing talent them after Four Feather Falls
July 27, 2010, 5:04 p.m. CST
Weaponless Eagles?
by The StarWolf
Stalkeyes - It is true the Eagle transports had no weapons in the first season, but they were transports, they weren't supposed to be armed. Look at the Hercules or the Galaxy transports the army uses. They're usually unarmed. In $19.99 fighting was left to specialized craft such as the Mk IX Hawks. But, by the second season, they had retrofitted a nose-mounted heavy laser on some Eagles.
July 27, 2010, 6:04 p.m. CST
Loved the show!
by poopville
This was the biggest landmark in my sci-fi nerd childhood, between Trek and Wars. Loved how the ships and hardware looked believable, like logical extentions of the machinery NASA was using at the time. It seemed so exciting to my young mind that I might have the chance to live or work in space. 1999 wasn't that far off after all. Well the future didn't quite turn out the way these shows predicted but I remember well the excitement they used to bring me every week. Watching them now, the nostalgia is still there but it makes me wonder... did people just not know much about science in the 70s? Was it aimed at children? Some of the moral questions the show raised are still interesting but the science is pretty silly at times. I'm guessing these Blu-Rays will allow us to see the strings on the Eagle's even more clearly than the DVDs did! Flaws in the effects aside, the set design, lighting and photography was and still is really striking. On season one at least.
July 27, 2010, 6:22 p.m. CST
Dragon's Domain
by poopville
Just read back over these and saw I'm not the only one with stand-out memories of this episode. The main thing I remember is that my grandparents seemed to dislike the show and this happened to be the one that was on when I invited them to watch it with me and see why I liked it so much. I had no idea we were going to be watching this tentacle-monster eating people and spitting out burned corpses! I'd never seen ANYTHING like that before at my age. My grandparents were actually shielding their eyes. From then on, I was banished to watching Space: 1999 on a tiny black and white TV in the basement. It wasn't until the VHS tapes came out some years ago that I was able to finally see the show in color!
July 27, 2010, 7:08 p.m. CST
The whole family gathered around the TV
by ObiBen
to watch that show in '76 (we had to turn the dial first:click-click-click-click). I kept dreaming of a spacesuit, an Eagle and a Maya of my own! Good times.
July 27, 2010, 7:18 p.m. CST
Dragon's Domain
by ObiBen
Made me fill my jammies. And the other one where (SPOILERS) the caveman instantaneously rots into a putrid skeleton at the end of the episode, and the one where Koenig gets his face mashed into bloody pulp with a metal toy biplane, and, of course, the one where the moonbase director asshole wakes up in his sealed hypersleep cabin just after liftoff for a century long trip. Thinking about it, there was a lot of scary and twisted shit going on in the first season!
July 27, 2010, 9:49 p.m. CST
Season 1 the best
by Dr_Willoway
Season 1, the show was written for thinkers and it was awesome. It holds up well even though it is very much steeped in the memes of the 70' Season 2 pandered to a lower denominator. I would love to see a movie made from it by a fan of Season 1. I guess they would have to call it Moonbase Alpha though.
July 31, 2010, 12:38 p.m. CST
Space:1999 The Best
by Spacefan123
Well worth seeing in Hi Def. Agree that the first season was the cerebral one, and Year 2 was made to be more like Star Trek, so it lost its originality. There is a web site of Canadian TV professionals working to update the show by enhancing the very good 70s effects with some additional CGI. They are renaming the show Space:2099. So far those who own the legal rights to Space:1999 haven't agreed to allow the show this updated life, but the Space:2099 web site shows examples of the improvements... There are lots of Space:1999 fans out there, and another convention dedicated to the show was held this year. I think it was the 17th or 18th Space:1999 convention held in the United States.
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