Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 +MULTI+2.11; site stc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!mcvax!ukc!stc!pete From: pete@stc.UUCP (Peter Kendell) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers,net.tv Subject: Re: SPACE 1999. - You can't defend it Message-ID: <406@stc-b.stc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 17:41:08 EDT Article-I.D.: stc-b.406 Posted: Tue Jun 11 17:41:08 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Jun-85 02:26:40 EDT References: <2051@topaz.ARPA> <576@west44.kcl-cs.UUCP> <577@west44.kcl-cs.UUCP> <238@ucdavis.UUCP> <1193@uwmacc.UUCP> <281@looking.UUCP> Reply-To: pete@stc.UUCP (Peter Kendell) Organization: STC Telecoms, London N11 1HB. Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.sf-lovers:7949 net.tv:2991 Xpath: stc stc-b stc-a I was a long-term fan of previous Gerry Anderson series like Supercar, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds and Stingray and it always struck me at the time what an achievement it was to make puppets look and act like humans. It took Space 1999 and its predecessor UFO to make me realise that he could also make humans look and act like puppets! (BTW - who remembers Four Feather Falls; or should I look in net.trivia?) -- Peter Kendell ...mcvax!ukc!stc!pete "Me? I never said nuffink!"