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WhoIsNumberNone

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4. Very heavily influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey
Sun May 20, 2012, 05:34 PM
May 2012

Everything from the way it looked to the the explanation of unbelievable weirdness as "Dude... it's outer space".

On a side not, I'd been wondering for several years if they were ever going to try and re-launch this franchise. For the title my money was on Moonbase Alpha.

Another of the Andersons' offering from the same time period which makes Space 1999 look like Shakespeare is UFO. It was a pretty decent premise, but very poorly executed with acting on par with the marionettes on Thunderbirds (Which the Andersons also produced) and the stories which were usually bad. The best part about it today is to see how people in 1969 envisioned the far-flung year 1980: Electric cars, moon bases, real-life Thunderbird vehicles, and futuristic one-piece polyester suits.

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SPACE 2099 [View all] wyldwolf Feb 2012 OP
Hmmm...interesting. Dr. Strange Feb 2012 #1
I remember loving that show as a kid YankeyMCC Feb 2012 #2
I remember it coming on opposite the Six Million Dollar Man wyldwolf Feb 2012 #3
Very heavily influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #4
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