Space 1999 Final Epde Series Ended With
The remaining three episodes of the intended 22 episode As filming on Year Two came to its conclusion, it became apparent that there would be no third season, and the series ended with the episode The Dorcons. 'The Walls of Hell' had been partially outlined but not scripted. Of the remaining nine episodes of the season, three made it to the production script stage but were left unfilmed, whilst 'Tried and True' and 'War Story' had completed writers draft scripts. 13 episodes of Crusade were produced before TNT canceled the series.
) ' Earthbound ' is the fourteenth episode of the first series of Space: 1999. It would have been like if Buckaroo Banzai existed in real life.Earthbound (. Although in a perfect world, the two would have been the same guy, and he would also have been a world-renowned brain surgeon. I mean Academy Award-winning special effects wizard Brian Johnson.
Earth has constructed a base on the moon, and dumped all its nuclear waste there. Was it just because they liked the name?), Earth has united into one world government (see the problem with basing this show a mere 24 years in the future? The Andersons must have been incredible optimists). Starring: Guy Williams June Lockhart Mark Goddard Marta Kristen Bill Mumy.To sum up what Space: 1999 is about: In the far flung year of 1999 (the show’s pilot was filmed in ’75—why the Andersons felt a need to place this show so close to the present day when Stingray, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet all take place a century in the future baffles me. Created by legendary producer Irwin Allen ('The Poseidon Adventure') and set in the space age 'future' of 1997, this sci-fi series follows an American family, their robot and a stowaway on their space adventures. Alans first appearance on Sesame Street.Lost in Space.
It’s like the Andersons watched 2001 and decided that they didn’t have to explain anything, as long as the sets looked awesome and the special effects were cool. You had episodes where things happen after long stretches of nothing happening, and no one bothers to explain why or how the thing that happened just… um… happened. An explosion disintegrates the moons dark side and hurls it, along with 311 occupants, out of Earths orbit.All that nuclear waste achieves critical mass and spontaneously explodes, hurling the moon into deep space, which means the 311 men and women of Moonbase Alpha must now engage in a daily struggle for survival.Like I said in my first recap, the show is a mess when it comes to its delivery.
And Space: 1999 wouldn’t have gotten a second season at all if Gerry Anderson and Freiberger hadn’t pitched some drastic changes.So here’s how things were different in the second season: Barry Morse, who played Professor Bergman, was gone, although why is not exactly known. Star Trek was doomed to fail because Gene Roddenberry had largely given up and NBC both put the show in a deadly time slot and slashed its budget. Here’s my take on Freiberger: rather than see him as a man who killed TV shows, I see him instead as a guy who managed to squeeze one more season out of a series destined for the chopping block. Freiberger’s name is often preceded by the words “series killer” by Star Trek fans, because he was producer during that show’s third and final season. I don’t know if the show’s failure to catch on was in any way responsible for the marriage breaking down, but it surely couldn’t have helped.Gerry needed help, and he turned to veteran TV producer Fred Freiberger. Also at this point, Gerry and Sylvia’s marriage had deteriorated and they were now separated.
The first was Tony Anholt, who had worked with Gerry on The Protectors. Two actors were brought in to replace the three who left. But to be brutally honest, nothing was being done with those characters anyway. Likewise, they got rid of Prentiss Hancock, who played Paul Morrow, and Clifton Jones, who played computer expert David Kano.
One of the big problems with season one was the high body count. But where the new uniforms came from is (say it with me) never explained.Finally, the biggest change came in the scripts. The women also had a skirt variant. There were also other costumes, like brightly-colored utility jumpsuits and nurses’ uniforms.
Or worse, wondering why you had watched it in the first place.So with new cast members, new sets, new costumes, new scripts, and a new attitude, was the show any better? Well, yeah, a little bit. I think Barbara Bain must have liked this because she’s actually, you know, acting in season two, whereas in season one she’s sleepwalking through most of her scenes.Finally, the show became just a bit more lighthearted and action-oriented, with less of an emphasis on scripts that left you scratching your head and wondering what the hell you just watched. You can see this attitude in the third season of Star Trek, in which you had 26 deaths in season one, 20 in season two, and only ten in Freiberger’s season three.Freiberger also decided it was time that Koenig and Russell’s relationship became less of a tease. It just seemed that Freiberger felt the loss of life was not always necessary to sell drama. I’m not saying people didn’t die during season two, or that they didn’t wreck any spacecraft. And then there were the loss of so many Eagles.
Russell requires a rare element to build it, but Koenig—off-base through most of the story—says they don’t have enough of it because it’s critical for their life support. Mystery solved!In the second season episode “Catacombs of the Moon” (one of the show’s head-scratchers) , there’s a plot thread involving a woman in need of an artificial heart. But when season two begins, rather than the Alphans being reduced to cannibalism, they…Wait a minute… Maybe that’s what happened to the three missing characters. Why would the moon need a dead language specialist?), Koenig is forced to leave behind a huge chunk of Alpha’s supplies with two people on a dead world.
Make this a real issue regarding the needs of the many versus the needs of the few, and whether or not the value of the few is worth it. It’s all good.You know what would have made this a powerful episode? Koenig saying “no”, the woman dying, and the point being driven home about the precariousness of the Alphans’ existence. Is Tony punished for disobeying Koenig’s wishes? Is Koenig angry? Are their life support systems in any way threatened? Naaaww.
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