Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site looking.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.tv
Subject: Re: SPACE 1999. - You can't defend it
Message-ID: <281@looking.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Jun-85 00:00:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: looking.281
Posted: Sat Jun  8 00:00:00 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Jun-85 02:30:36 EDT
References: <2051@topaz.ARPA> <576@west44.kcl-cs.UUCP> <577@west44.kcl-cs.UUCP> <238@ucdavis.UUCP> <1193@uwmacc.UUCP>
Organization: Looking Glass Software, Waterloo, Ont
Lines: 15
Xref: watmath net.sf-lovers:7883 net.tv:2981
Summary: 

It's pretty difficult to defend this one, guys.   A show where the
major premise involves the moon getting blasted away from the Earth
at interstellar velocity?  (I worked this out once, and it would take
about 8 lunar masses of matter combined with 8 lunar masses of antimatter
to do this, never mind the G forces!)

Space 1999 had no concept of the nature of the galaxy, the distances
involved and the planetology.  Even Galactica was better (Although not
at handling the nature of the Galaxy).

Worst of all, the show took itself so seriously.  Real successes like
Doctor Who and Star Trek have had levity to keep them going when the SF
fails.  Space 1999 never came close.
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473