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From: daar@kcl-cs.UUCP (ZNAC426)
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Subject: Re: Space 1999, UFO, et al
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Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 16:00:59 EDT
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In article <2512@topaz.ARPA> JAFFE@RUTGERS.ARPA writes:
>From: orstcs!richardt (richardt)
>Regarding SPACE 1999: I stomached one episode at the age of nine.  The
>only reason that I watched the second half was that it gave me an excuse
>not to do something less pleasant(?), though I can no longer imagine what that
>could be (??).  I watched 10 minutes of another episode a few years later,
>on the off chance that I had misjudged the series.  I was totally correct
>in my initial evaluation of the show (???).  It doesn't even qualify as grade 
>'B'!  I might give it an 'F' to prevent bodily injury (????). Speaking in
>time travel tenses, the show /was not/will not/is not worth the film it
>was circulated on, much les the production costs!!!(?????)
>
	These episodes you saw must have been two of the bummers. Probably
the anti-matter ones and in this case I must agree that they are not worth
the film they are on. However can you really judge a whole series by 10 minutes
of one? If I had seen S.T. the banal motion picture before the series would I
have labelled it all as rubbish/garbage? Of course not (although the film was).
I wasn't too turned on by the first Trek I saw which was THE ALTERNATIVE FACTOR
and thought where's the appeal in this *#!# . This says to me that first
impressions are very important but can change with time. I am finding it very
difficult to watch V now and if it wasn't for the first few I wouldn't bother.

	What is funny is that some people insist that the show was a disaster
and 'never came close' when in fact it made money and a second series was
made, indicating that there was interest. The rest, saddly, is history.

					D. or is it?

	("The Brain's gone.....") McCOY from SPOCKS BRAIN.