Disagree completely about the criticism on the endings. The freeze frames and the somber tone were what made the show so unique and the usually neat and tidy Star Trek endings.
The show was essentially sci-fi horror. Looking back it's amazing that a lot of the graphic scenes made it past the tv censors. Different times I guess.
I strongly disagree with your assessment of Bain’s acting. She was playing a cold professional and a widow, under the most dire of circumstances. Her acting is understated on purpose.
@@emperordalek In some ways, Barbara Bain's portrayal of Helena in Season 1 can't help but remind me a little of some character traits associated with Asperger's Syndrome or some other form of high functioning autism spectrum behavior. While I know that's not what she or the show's producers were intending to portray, I always thought it'd be really cool if it had been their intention all along. It would've been soooo ahead of its time considering there wasn't the awareness back in the 70's of this social/developmental disability that there is today. The similarities in the aloof, wooden demeanor is almost scary at times, LOL!
@@emperordalek Actually it's the view of one of the show's producers, Freddie Freiberger, a man whom nobody was enamoured with and whose 'improvements' resulted in Space:1999 being cancelled, so...yeah.
@@robertrobert6823 Yup, working on the second season video now, and he was much more to blame for this show's demise than he actually is for STAR TREK being cancelled. That bring said, his instincts aren't always great...
The show was essentially sci-fi horror. Looking back it's amazing that a lot of the graphic scenes made it past the tv censors. Different times I guess.
In the UK, Space 1999 used to be shown on TV on Sunday mornings ( or was it afternoons?), despite the disturbing content, so a whole generation of school kids were mentally and emotionally scarred by it. Can't argue with the season 1 vs. season 2 thing, though for the record, the episode that scared me the most was 'Space Warp' from season 2.
Thank you for your video and I appreciate your analysis. I have loved Space:1999 unconditionally since 1976. For me, everything in the first season is perfect. I'm such a fan of the series that I can almost find no faults... ;-) The Bain acting was very good, in my opinion. A serious professional with a challenging professional and personal life. I'm happy that RAI co-financed it, making the TV series even better. In Italy the episodes were broadcast in the correct order. My greetings to you from Italy.
Nick Tate was my favorite character in this show. I thought he was really cool and wondered why he wasn't featured more. You answered that. I had no idea about the fan mail and Martin Landau's jealousy. Very interesting.
Dragon's Domain, Trouble Spirit and Mission of Darrians among my top favorites of Space 1999. I truly believe that a Spinoff series could been created from Mission, We could go back 1000 years when Darria was first launched. Each week could feature different segments of Society upon Collosal ship before and after great disaster of Nuclear engines Explosion.
Others have talked about it but I would like to add my voice to put Bain's acting in context. She was playing a doctor, cold, detached, unemotional, in control of her emotions in the face of crisis. I believed she played it smart and played it well. She was more of a Spock than a Dr McCoy, and that was par for the course.
I've mentioned this to others. As Cinnamon Carter in Mission: Impossible, Bain had far more range. Helena Russel was written as a remote, detached character.
@@christiane.g.4142 I recall during interview she gave that didn't like how made Sandra so hyper; she was either screaming for Cmdr or Security. Or she just fainted, a Lot🙁😄
When I was a kid I preferred the 2nd season over the 1st, but as an adult, I prefer the 1st over the 2nd. I still love both seasons though. Each has their place.
Barbara Bain's acting is great. It's understated, but it's awesome. You just need to WATCH her more intently, she does it all with her eyes, many times she looks like she is about to crack. And I simply ADORE that she is calm and rational (especially in crisis situations) like a chief medical officer SHOULD be. I think many are jaded by Deforest Kelley and his scenery chewing performances on Star Trek (The Gale Gordon of outer space).... I think they are comparing Bain to him. And while Kelley was entertaining to watch, for a doctor, he was unprofessional as hell. Some could also be chauvanism.. expecting a woman to scream and cry when the poop hits the fan.... she's a medical doctor, and as such, should not be expected to be the emotional center of the show. Should she be horrified when someone dies? I don't think so, she sees death every day. She's used to it. She's a B*I*T*C*H in every sense of the word, Babe in total control of herself. Interesting you show that scene from The Metamorph, when the Security guard is killed. The first time I watched it (I only saw the show as an adult) I literally yelled out loud at the TV..."What the F&*K is this!! Helena Russell doesn't scream when a security guard dies!!!" Having said all that, I watched the show for the first time as an adult, and if it was viewed for the first time as a kid, I can understand how the subtlety of her performace goes right over a kid's head.
I definitely agree with you that she's a great actress and very subtle. The problem is that she's often too subtle, and that means her performance in the first part of the first season stands in sharp relief to that of the second season. In other words, I agree to disagree! :) Thank you for the feedback!
@@emperordalek I will say that when I saw the show completely remastered from the original negatives in all their cinematic glory, her subtlety comes across more clear, as does everything else, including outlines of Nick Tate's goodies.
The first season of Space:1990 was very cerebral and scientific. People hardly even Smiled or expressed genuine human emotions. The second season total 180 degrees shift where every episode ends with humour or light hearted touch of humanity.
I can't believe I read a comment the other day, on another channel, that had a commentator say he preferred the season 2 intro and music! You gotta be crazy! Season 1 intro is the best! BTW, I've always liked "Breakaway" - very 2001-ish. Season 2....ah, a few decent episodes but far too many bad monster costumes. LoL
Agreed, especially about the monsters, although I would have loved those as a kid. As for the music, a sure sign that I didn't even like that as a kid is that I have no memory of it, and I always remember music. I used to run out of the room whenever DARK SHADOWS came on, even though I love that music now. Thanks for the feedback!
@@fmg8350 Fred Feiberger, the man who killed Star Trek-TOS (Spock's Brain )was executive producer. Gerry and Sylvia Anderson had produced Season One, but their marriage broke down. Feiberger was guy who pushed for more Monster of week Storylines
The show was essentially sci-fi horror. Looking back it's amazing that a lot of the graphic scenes made it past the tv censors. Different times I guess.
Ah, Shane Rimmer, the voice of Scott Tracy in "Thunderbirds", the voice of Dick Spanner in Anderson's "Dick Spanner, P.I.", and the lead in "Space Police," the original pilot for "Space Precinct 2040", not to mention the Anderson series "Joe 90", and "Captain Scarlett."
Shane Rimmer also had a one line speaking role in Star Wars just before Luke Skywalker gets in his X-Wing fighter and fights the battle over the Death Star. He also had a role in the movie White Nights.
S99 ran Saturday evenings where I lived, which was our family "pizza night" at the time. We'd get a huge take-out pizza, and all gather around our only TV (this was 1975), to watch the show. For some reason I've forgotten, my mom and brother also enjoyed the show, whereas I was the only one who liked Star Trek. Anyway, S99 always takes me back to those Saturday evenings munching pizza in our family room. The downside of us enjoying it together was that unlike with TOS, I couldn't record the audio on my little tape recorder, because we were all talking and eating the whole time... ;)
Best episodes of 1999 Year1: "War Games" " Mission of the Darians" The one about the giant automated machine with two giant lateral wheel-like structures that landed on the moon and traps Koenig and Dr. Russell inside, The one about the two warring planets on opposite sides of yellow star that sent warships to land on the wandering moon as it passed by and caught the Alphans in the middle of their war and of course, Dragon's Domain
Yes! The Infernal Machine and The Last Enemy should definitely be added to the list of best 1st season episodes. The 2nd season episode entitled The Taylor about a space trader wanting to "enslave" Maya also reminded me of a variation of the 1st season episode The Infernal Machine. Especially since both Gwent ( the sentient machine/spaceship) and Taylor wanted to keep Alohans as captives. But for totally different reasons, of course.
@@rickjohnston2667 Gwent needs companions because it's creator personality was lonely. Gwent also was visually handicapped. Tabor on the other hand just dirty old Intergalactic Space trader who lusting after beautiful woman.
@@christiane.g.4142 Infernal Machine with Leo Kern. You might remember him from BBC series Rumpole of the Bailey or as one of Number Two's from The Prisoner.
This is my favorite show of all time and Season 1 is by far the superior series. I was lucky to watch it when it first came out and as a kid, the stories kept me enthralled and excited for the next episode. The lack of camp, which I remember from later Lost in Space episodes, appealed to me, even at a young age. Just like you, Carter was one of my first crushes. His appeal was an early indication of my eventual identity. 😀
The music is awesome. The ships are awesome. Good SciFi was rare at the time, so we were hungry for anything. I tried rewatching 10 or 15 years ago, and I stopped because it was ruining my past love of the show. I still hold it dear in my heart.
The worst episode I remember was the one with the alien with eternal life (and bellbottom pants) where Koenig almost gets killed by a crewmen wielding a model airplane!
@@vincentsaia6545The episode titled End of Eternity. The Alphans find a meteorite made of living rock. Imprisoned inside they release Balor, an immortal madman.
@@vincentsaia6545 Balor has power to regeneration living tissue. He caused crew man, one Alphan's pilots to attack Cmdr Koieng almost killing him, then heals his injuries.
OH wow you brought tears to my eyes when the commercial bout hte Eagle came on. I had that for many years I used to always play crash landing and throw it across the room. It never broke somehow. I did break my moms mirror and a lamp she really liked. an yes I got my puerto rican hide more tanned than it was a few times after the crash landing into my moms fake porcelain treasures.
its true, today she is 85 and of course im still 34 :( but i still tell her the lamp that i broke that she went ballistic cost her 3.99 at the salvation army in jersey city NJ. Cheap Puerto Ricans.
I was 12 when this series debuted. It was also around that time when I saw 2001 for the first time on re-release in my hometown theatre in Newfoundland. If I tell you that I was enthralled and never bored by Kubrick's slogging opus, you will believe me when I stress that I loved the slower, more though-proviking milieu of Space 1999's first season. I naturally loved season two, but was nonetheless acutely aware of the huge tonal shift. Even as a then unsophisticated 13 year-old. And so I hold in my heart a special place for this nostalgic touchstone of my youth.
How about fact that most of featured guests Stars were Italians or British of course. And at least 1/3 of episodes featured parallel reality, Space Warps, a giant Space brain and Alien possession of one or more Alphans
@@PeterBrown-mz4nv That episode Scares a lot of people. Even after almost 38 years. But really Scary part this monster didn't register as life form their instruments.
Space: 1999 aired Saturday's in our part of the U.S. That and the TV version of 'Logan's Run' and, yes, even 'QUARK' were my introduction in sci-fi fandom. Before Star Wars hit big in '77. I remember getting my Eagle spaceship toy the Christmas of '76. I wasn't able to get any Star Wars figures until Easter of '78. Also, a '70s aeries that deserves some love is 'Battle of the Planets'. I remember always rushing home from school to watch that one.
I'm actually thinking of doing BATTLE OF THE PLANETS since it's such a big part of my own childhood, but it's going to be a huge undertaking, mainly because of having to talk about GATCHAMAN first. I'd almost rather do QUARK! :)
As a kid, I absolutely loved the first season of Space: 1999. It had a sense of awe and wonder about it, and I think a lot of it had to do with Barry Gray’s fantastic soundtrack music and the amount of light and shadow that contributed to that haunting environment of the show. Another thing I loved was the modular look of the sets including the Eagle spaceship. I completely agree Space: 1999 was a science fiction show that was almost entirely fiction, but with almost no actual science behind it. Here are some things where I disagree or have differences of opinion about the assessment of the show, at least Space: 1999’s first season. First, Barbara Bain is a terrible actress who couldn’t act her way out of a wet paper bag. Sure, many of the scripts were not well written, especially when it came to character development, but even in scenes where the character of Dr. Russell is given the chance to show emotion, Barbara Bain’s acting falls flat like a two dimensional cardboard cutout. I recall a scene in Testament of Arkadia where she’s supposed to be angry at another character and it’s laughably bad. Other laughably bad scenes where she’s supposed to be showing emotion also happen in season 2, which was a campy and kitschy version of season 1. Second, Space: 1999 was made during an era of television where often the only episode that was distinctly any different from the rest was the first episode where characters were introduced to each other, and the premise or conflict that drove the entire show was set. Even the original Star Trek, with the exception of the two separate episodes featuring Harry Mudd, did not have any sense of continuity from one episode to the next one. Third, I have seen 3 versions of episode order for the 24 episodes that make up Space: 1999. The first is the 24 episodes as they appear on the A&E DVD and Blu-Ray sets, where Breakaway is the first episode and The Testament of Arkadia is the last episode. The second episode order has Breakaway as the first episode and The Last Enemy as the final episode. Yet another episode order, which is the one I think works best is the version that has Breakaway as the first episode and Earthbound as the next episode following it because the character of Commisioner Simmonds appears in these two episodes and his fate is sealed and is never seen again after the end of Earthbound.
@@collegeman1988 You have remember this show was not part regular network package, but offered to Independent TV stations. The Series wasn't always aired in production order. Just like Star Trek-TOS sometimes more popular episodes were repeated more than others.
wow ! this is the kind of channel i search for on youtube constantly !! i am a now early 50's Gen Xer and i live to re visit this kind of content....speaking of Dragon's Domain i was one of those kids that actually saw that back in the 70's (actually a re run in the late 70s on CBC or SRC the French Canadian CBC) loved Space 1999 though it seemed to air "off and on" more so in the late afternoons in the summer months and then would be replaced by some other show and come back again in a slightly different time slot...watching now in hindsight i find Victor Bergman to be almost like pre Jean Luc Picard would in looks and acting style ...also i who knew how many of those British guest stars would would go on to play mostly bad guys in the Star Wars franchise ...also Space 1999 (to me) looks like it could exist along side the same universe as Disney's The Black Hole ..if there ever was a reboot of this show my first two picks as the leads would be John Hamm as Koneig and Heather Graham in the Barbara Bain role
Seeing Landau and Banes in that one brief shot with white turtlenecks and royal blue jackets makes realize that they'd have been great as Reed Richards and Sue Storm and still have kept most of these episodes, just as Negative Zone, time travel or space hops. Though we'd probably have gotten a Twiki-esque H.E.R.B.I.E. instead of the Torch and no idea how Ben would've looked, but, dude, can you imagine a scene with Landau and Bixby during a crossover?
War Games was my favorite from this season. Loved your list of recommendations, this is worth a rewatch - especially Piri but for different reasons now, hehe! thanks!
I agree - and it's hard to imagine any kid disbelieving in it, especially with the back of the first record emblazoned with that "Recommended Viewing" commendation from the National Space Institute. I wonder how much they paid to get that on there?
Space 1999 is a happy memory of the seventies ad a 14 year old in. I used to record the audio on my portable cassette recorder. I still have one..."Deaths other 32:25 Dominion".
@@oceanicfeeling3135 I am happy to know I am not only one Recorded Space:1999 upon audio cassettes. My Sisters you make me so angry cause keep asking too many questions ruined recordings
Great video and review. Loved this show as a kid (still do). For me it was always about the Space Eagles and special effects. Even though you can often tell they are models they just have a perfect look and feel about them.
That's a good idea! Granted, that's one series I didn't encounter until college, and I wouldn't be able to cover the third season... But on the plus side, I wouldn't have to cover the fourth season, either. ;)
I also enjoyed watching Alan Carter without a shirt. His pants were a bit tight too. I had a few eagles and Main Mission playset. I occasionally chit chat with Pam Rose who was one of the extras during series 2. I have also talked to Cathrine Schell and Prentis Hancock a couple of times thru Facebook.
That's terrific! I've never reached out to any of the cast, though I'd probably ask both Schell and Hancock about their experiences working on DOCTOR WHO. And yes, a shirtless Alan Carter is a thing of sheer beauty, isn't it? Thank you for the feedback, and the sub!
I loved that show and still do! It was way before it’s time. Given better budgets and time to develop with out studio interface it would have been really good.
I loved space 1999 when I was a kid. I got one of the eagles for Christmas. I also needed a new pair of wellies, Rubberboots. So I made sure I got yellow ones just like the ones used in the space suits. And to this day I do have a thing for Rubberboots, if you know what I mean
Oh, right! I always thought it was odd that the toy could do that when I never saw it onscreen...though, come to think of it, that maneuver is described very clearly in the Power Records version, so... I was a dumb kid, let's be clear. :)
Re watching Space 1999 on Blu-ray. For me personally, it still hold's up even though i'm now watching it with 53 year old eye's. Two things about S1999....it scared us as kid's but as far i am aware there was not a single use of a swear word. Say's a lot at how TV standards have fallen.
That commercial was epic! I never knew that other toylines other than Micronaughts used the 3.75 inch mold! I've been meaning to check out this series, but knowing that film duo Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing guest starred makes it worth my wile. Thanks for reviewing this series and the recommendation Emperor Dalek! One 70s show I have in mind btw, is Rod Serling's The Night Gallery.
Oh, I hadn't thought about that one! I've been making my slow way through both the old and new TWILIGHT ZONE series, so that would be interesting to follow up with. I think you'll like the Christopher Lee episode, by the way - one of the rare times he plays a good guy!
just recently watched both seasons of 1999. The 1st season tried to take themselves serious. It could have been better in my opinion if season 2 was kept in same format. All well.
In fairness to STAR TREK the producers hires a private firm to go through every script to make sure everything depicted was scientifically/physically possible.
There's actually a hilarious take on that in one of the NEW ADVENTURES published by Virgin in the 90s, after Benny Summerfield became the main character. She ends up in the afterlife briefly, and there she meets all of her former selves who were killed when she used a transporter. Trust me, it's funnier than it sounds. "Did I really think that hairstyle looked good on me?"
@@emperordalek Big Finish are now doing those stories extremely well. I've only heard 1 or 2 of the Space 1999 episodes so far. I must catch up! BTW: There was a fan-fic 1999 audio drama on TH-cam a few years ago - pretty good for non-professionals. Cheers
I have to say I like season 2 Barbara Bain better than Season 1... it seems like all the characters come to life more in Season 2 like it was one of the notes for Season 1.
good coverage, well done! Agree 100% re: Barry Morse. I'm a season 1 only fan, love the gothic horror vibe & can mostly give the silly science a pass. The modular set design was such a clever trick.. I still geek out at the set for the Voyager probe interior, so cool. My favorite ep. is Mission Of The Darians, it's not just a great thinking sci-fi scenario, but it's also like a dark mirror of what Alpha could become.
Let's do a remake of SPC1999, straight up and more adult and perhaps more layered with distancing reality questions and perspectives in order to open the show to more adult themes and open ended escapes into the mysteries of the cosmos...anyone?
I watched this show in 1975 and 1976 when I was 9 and 10 years old. Did not enjoy it as much as Star Trek. Though, it has some great episodes and some that are just too 2001 for me. Poor Dr. Mathias only got to perform autopsies on the show. They lost more Eagles in two seasons than Voyager lost shuttles in seven seasons; that is an impressive accomplishment. Watched an episode from season one where the Commander was in Eagle 26 at the start of the show. You know that Eagle 26 needs to have a red shirt on since it was crashed shortly. Eagle 2 was sent to the rescue.
I watched it a bit younger than that, and for me the two shows were on the same level, mainly because Power Records did versions of both! But these days, I'm much more in the ST camp. Shame the only ST series from the '70s I can review is the Animated Series, but I'll definitely be doing that one!
The show was essentially sci-fi horror. Looking back it's amazing that a lot of the graphic scenes made it past the tv censors. Different times I guess.
Glad you like it! I have been trying desperately to find a place to put it in in the video I'm working on right now, but since it's a "kid's cartoon," they're not in the habit of bonking each other on the head, surprisingly!
I hadn't even thought of that, but I'm guessing you're right! They didn't specify in any of the sources I'd read citing that comment, but that episode is VERY British in a way that all the others aren't, isn't it?
@@emperordalekIf you haven't reviewed UFO already, I think it would be a good choice for the channel. I believe it was released in 1970, so it does fit in the 70s.
I thought Koenig was a terrible commander. Some may say he was under tremendous pressure. But he was just an ass so many times, flipping out, yelling, etc. The next biggest ass of a "character" was the absolutely lame computer. My Commodore 64 produced better results with less data and without the need for adding machine paper. Kano's love affair with "computer" was very weird.
For the longest time as a kid, I had all of them, except for the KOJAK one, because a) I didn't know then it existed, and b) what kid is interested in KOJAK? If you had the SPACE: 1999 records, though, I think you'll appreciate a bit in the next video, which will be posted...sometime? Thanks for subscribing!
Not to mention the fact that, how could something, as small as our moon, actually escape the gravitational pull of our sun. BTW....I LOVED BOTH UFO and 1999(both seasons....LOVED Vedeschi and Maya)
I know, it's really hard to get past that, isn't it? Were it not for the quasi-mystical rationalization they try to give it in later episodes, none of it would make sense. Still, better than having literal angels and devils accounting for it all like BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, right? :) And yes, I loved UFO as well - shame it aired just a little too early for me to do!
Earthbound is a must watch for me. Chilling, great premise and execution, and the ending gave me nightmares for years! Also, Black Sun is great! A bit slow yes, but it's still an amazing insight into the psyche of the characters as they all slowly begun to realize they've been fed false hope by the commander and are doomed.
Black Sun has been the first black hole on screen as far as I know and almost the last with the following Disney’s The Black Hole until Interstellar which has a lot in common with that episode.
I was hard pressed to limit it to just three Must Watch episodes for this one, since those two really stand out just as much as the ones I picked. In the second season, though, I'm going to have the opposite problem...
@@emperordalek For the second series my favorites could be AB Chrysalis, Journey to Where, The Beta Cloud, The Dorcons, The Exiles, among those I remember well with some good story or action, not only these anyway
I still watch this show and UFO all these decades later. Like you, as a young gayling who didn’t know it at the time, I was strongly attracted to Nick Tate’s hairy chest. He was so hot!
I have, and I rather like it! It gets a bit more in depth than the show did, and we finally get an emotional Helena! You can hear part of their theme later in the video, too.
You miss the point of the first season. The first season wasn’t about shoot ‘em ups like Star Wars. It developed themes like the existence of time and what it meant to be human in space. I think the first season told some really really good sci fi stories.
Could you do a review of series Fantastic Journey. This 1970s Sci-fi Adventure series featured Jarad Martin and Rodney McDowell as part of a group people get lost in Bermuda Triangle. They're time travelers alternative Earth history. Jared Martin is from 2300 Century Rodney McDowell plays a corrupt Scientist from 1960s.
Try again, because I just looked at it, and there are no sync problems on this end. Also, if it's only happening when I'm on camera, just wait - I've been moving to less and less time onscreen (the next video won't feature my face at all), so there shouldn't be an issue. Thanks!
@@TonyWhittemperordalek Looks fine now, must've been an issue with my internet. It's been a bit clumsy today anyway, at least on my PC. Thanks, I'll watch the video later. Looking forward to it.
@@TonyWhittemperordalek Your video was thoroughly enjoyable. A bit too much of the Hanna Barbera head "bonk" noise, but that's just me being fussy, lol. So, I grew up in the 1970s (I was born the year "Batman", "Star Trek", "The Monkees", and "Its' the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" debuted) and watched reruns of this show in Long Island, NY, and found "Space: 1999" fascinating. To this day I prefer the more slow and heady episodes that take their sweet time; I know, snail's pace, but that's what I dig in sci-fi television. I avoid the second season although it has its moments. The first season is good but we need to ignore the screwy science and the preposterous things ... elements which kind of add to the show's charm somehow. You may know that some people on YT are merciless in the comments section under available episodes: "Cobwebs on a ship? Guess the maid resigned", "They arrived on a planted with an acrylic fur factory nearby", etc. When your caption about the Italian pronunciations said "lead coat" I had to chuckle because to me he sounded like he said "A man with a red goat". I, too, found Alan to be appealing. Quite the hunka doodle doo. But honestly if he had Paul's mustache then I would have _really_ crushed on him when I was a tween. Loved the commercial for the toy Eagle ship. I wanted that too but in hindsight that thing would have been enjoyed for a week and then shoved in a corner until yard sale time. As for the show's premise about the moon being torn from Earth: as a kid I somehow missed the first episode but I could figure out what had happened, and then of course I saw "Breakaway" before long. Although for me the show works better psychologically if I look at it as if these people are on a vessel that has its own small ships. You're a little brutal on Bain's performance but I can understand the tendency. But I found her work here interesting because clearly most of the time she is adapting such a cool and often aloof demeanor-- maybe Bain wanted to be truly subdued, not go over the top. Who knows. I do know that back in the day her voice as Helena Russell would be oddly soothing and relaxing to me at times. Today we'd label that reaction as ASMR, although there were no genuine physical tingles for yours truly. Just the slight urge to maybe take a little cat nap. Lastly, are you a fan of the series Kolchak: The Night Stalker? If so, would you consider giving that a review on your channel some day? Same goes for Night Gallery. Thanks very much. I'm going to subscribe and give a bang on the bell.
@@eduardo_corrochio So glad you did! And yes, I'd like to do both those shows, especially KOLCHAK, which I have vivid memories of. I just need to finish the second season of SPACE: 1999, and I was going to do another viewer suggestion, COLUMBO, which is proving...difficult. I may just do a poll of subscribers to see what y'all want next!
@@emperordalek Columbo, wow, that's a lot of program to deal with, isn't it. Superb series. My folks watched that sometimes, and now I am so impressed with its cinematic quality, stellar musical scores, and wry writing. Anyway, a poll of subscribers sounds like a good idea.
The first season is watchable if you turn your brain ogg but the second is unwatchable as the alien woman who joins and in mu opinion van barely act tended to dominate the show
Telling people people which episodes they should skip based on your personal preferences is disingenuous. Full Circle is one of my personal favorites because it examines the very real question - - how much have we evolved since caveman days? Caveman Helena is healer. Caveman Koenig is a leader. Loss , jealousy, anger, rage, revenge ruled us in the past, and in the closing scene points out thee emotions are still a problem for us today. Helen asks John will we evoke past this In the next 10,000 years? The episode leads it up to the viewer to ponder that one. Great story! 1999 doing what 1999 does best: examining the human condition-and giving the viewer something to think about!
Um. You do know how reviews work, right? :D You and every other viewer can do whatever the hell they want, because the opinions expressed in this video are exactly that. If you want to waste your time with Full Circle, enjoy!
The reviewer giving me & others permission to “waste our time” liking episodes he does not is not the response I would expect from a mature and evolved person. I wonder what he might be like in 10,000 years?
Disagree completely about the criticism on the endings. The freeze frames and the somber tone were what made the show so unique and the usually neat and tidy Star Trek endings.
I watched Space 1999 as a 10 year old in 1975 in syndication in NYC. Every week it scared the living crap out of me and I had nightmares.
The show was essentially sci-fi horror. Looking back it's amazing that a lot of the graphic scenes made it past the tv censors. Different times I guess.
I strongly disagree with your assessment of Bain’s acting. She was playing a cold professional and a widow, under the most dire of circumstances. Her acting is understated on purpose.
Noted! However, it's not just my opinion but that of the show's producers as well, so...yeah.
@@emperordalek In some ways, Barbara Bain's portrayal of Helena in Season 1 can't help but remind me a little of some character traits associated with Asperger's Syndrome or some other form of high functioning autism spectrum behavior. While I know that's not what she or the show's producers were intending to portray, I always thought it'd be really cool if it had been their intention all along. It would've been soooo ahead of its time considering there wasn't the awareness back in the 70's of this social/developmental disability that there is today. The similarities in the aloof, wooden demeanor is almost scary at times, LOL!
@@emperordalek Actually it's the view of one of the show's producers, Freddie Freiberger, a man whom nobody was enamoured with and whose 'improvements' resulted in Space:1999 being cancelled, so...yeah.
@@robertrobert6823 Yup, working on the second season video now, and he was much more to blame for this show's demise than he actually is for STAR TREK being cancelled. That bring said, his instincts aren't always great...
I completely agree. Her cold reserve and professionalism added to the superb atmospheric tension of the first season.
This show was called Moonbase Alpha on Swedish television.
I saw Dragons Domain as a kid. Scared the shit out of me. Even more than Bigfoot on the Six Million Dollar Man.
I never got all that scared by Bigfoot myself - and I'm SO glad I never saw Dragon's Domain as a kid! Hearing it on the record was bad enough...!
Ditto. Definitely a "hide behind the couch" episode. Still one of my favorites. Cheers
The show was essentially sci-fi horror. Looking back it's amazing that a lot of the graphic scenes made it past the tv censors. Different times I guess.
In the UK, Space 1999 used to be shown on TV on Sunday mornings ( or was it afternoons?), despite the disturbing content, so a whole generation of school kids were mentally and emotionally scarred by it. Can't argue with the season 1 vs. season 2 thing, though for the record, the episode that scared me the most was 'Space Warp' from season 2.
I loved that show when I was a kid. In that time I lived in Germany and I remember we had a collecting album from Panini.
Thank you for your video and I appreciate your analysis.
I have loved Space:1999 unconditionally since 1976.
For me, everything in the first season is perfect.
I'm such a fan of the series that I can almost find no faults... ;-)
The Bain acting was very good, in my opinion. A serious professional with a challenging professional and personal life.
I'm happy that RAI co-financed it, making the TV series even better.
In Italy the episodes were broadcast in the correct order.
My greetings to you from Italy.
Nick Tate was my favorite character in this show. I thought he was really cool and wondered why he wasn't featured more. You answered that. I had no idea about the fan mail and Martin Landau's jealousy. Very interesting.
Yes, I really liked his character as a kid. He had that Kirk energy that I was looking for in a character.
Kirk always works, even when he's in other shows and isn't Kirk!!
I totally agree. Looking back at the characters now, Alan was a lot like Kirk, and Koenig was much like Captain Sisko of Deep Space Nine.
It's William Shatner syndrome where headliner actor must have 100% of attention and focus of Storyline.
Dragon's Domain, Trouble Spirit and Mission of Darrians among my top favorites of Space 1999. I truly believe that a Spinoff series could been created from Mission, We could go back 1000 years when Darria was first launched. Each week could feature different segments of Society upon Collosal ship before and after great disaster of Nuclear engines Explosion.
Others have talked about it but I would like to add my voice to put Bain's acting in context. She was playing a doctor, cold, detached, unemotional, in control of her emotions in the face of crisis. I believed she played it smart and played it well. She was more of a Spock than a Dr McCoy, and that was par for the course.
I've mentioned this to others. As Cinnamon Carter in Mission: Impossible, Bain had far more range. Helena Russel was written as a remote, detached character.
I liked this show quite a bit and own it on DVD. I also really liked UFO and was sorry they didn't allow Anderson to make a 2nd season.
I agree with your comment about UFO, but had that gone to a second series, Space 1999 may well not have happened.
As a 10 and then 11 year old boy, i admit i was in love with Zenia Merton as Sandra
@@christiane.g.4142 I recall during interview she gave that didn't like how made Sandra so hyper; she was either screaming for Cmdr or Security. Or she just fainted, a Lot🙁😄
When I was a kid I preferred the 2nd season over the 1st, but as an adult, I prefer the 1st over the 2nd. I still love both seasons though. Each has their place.
I agree! Thank you for the feedback!
Season 1 was fantastic. Season 2 stunk to high heaven
My feelings exactly!
I'm the opposite. Hated the 2nd season but now I love it.
Barbara Bain's acting is great. It's understated, but it's awesome. You just need to WATCH her more intently, she does it all with her eyes, many times she looks like she is about to crack. And I simply ADORE that she is calm and rational (especially in crisis situations) like a chief medical officer SHOULD be. I think many are jaded by Deforest Kelley and his scenery chewing performances on Star Trek (The Gale Gordon of outer space).... I think they are comparing Bain to him. And while Kelley was entertaining to watch, for a doctor, he was unprofessional as hell. Some could also be chauvanism.. expecting a woman to scream and cry when the poop hits the fan.... she's a medical doctor, and as such, should not be expected to be the emotional center of the show. Should she be horrified when someone dies? I don't think so, she sees death every day. She's used to it. She's a B*I*T*C*H in every sense of the word, Babe in total control of herself. Interesting you show that scene from The Metamorph, when the Security guard is killed. The first time I watched it (I only saw the show as an adult) I literally yelled out loud at the TV..."What the F&*K is this!! Helena Russell doesn't scream when a security guard dies!!!" Having said all that, I watched the show for the first time as an adult, and if it was viewed for the first time as a kid, I can understand how the subtlety of her performace goes right over a kid's head.
I definitely agree with you that she's a great actress and very subtle. The problem is that she's often too subtle, and that means her performance in the first part of the first season stands in sharp relief to that of the second season. In other words, I agree to disagree! :) Thank you for the feedback!
@@emperordalek I will say that when I saw the show completely remastered from the original negatives in all their cinematic glory, her subtlety comes across more clear, as does everything else, including outlines of Nick Tate's goodies.
@@brockreynolds870 Now that last bit we can definitely agree on! 😆
The first season of Space:1990 was very cerebral and scientific. People hardly even Smiled or expressed genuine human emotions. The second season total 180 degrees shift where every episode ends with humour or light hearted touch of humanity.
I can't believe I read a comment the other day, on another channel, that had a commentator say he preferred the season 2 intro and music! You gotta be crazy! Season 1 intro is the best! BTW, I've always liked "Breakaway" - very 2001-ish. Season 2....ah, a few decent episodes but far too many bad monster costumes. LoL
Agreed, especially about the monsters, although I would have loved those as a kid. As for the music, a sure sign that I didn't even like that as a kid is that I have no memory of it, and I always remember music. I used to run out of the room whenever DARK SHADOWS came on, even though I love that music now. Thanks for the feedback!
@@fmg8350 Fred Feiberger, the man who killed Star Trek-TOS (Spock's Brain )was executive producer. Gerry and Sylvia Anderson had produced Season One, but their marriage broke down. Feiberger was guy who pushed for more Monster of week Storylines
The show was essentially sci-fi horror. Looking back it's amazing that a lot of the graphic scenes made it past the tv censors. Different times I guess.
Space:1999 season 1 was great !
Agreed!
I loved how they seemed to have an unlimited supply of eagles
Ah, Shane Rimmer, the voice of Scott Tracy in "Thunderbirds", the voice of Dick Spanner in Anderson's "Dick Spanner, P.I.", and the lead in "Space Police," the original pilot for "Space Precinct 2040", not to mention the Anderson series "Joe 90", and "Captain Scarlett."
He also acted in the DOCTOR WHO story THE GUNFIGHTERS and read the audiobook of the novelization in character - it's absolutely hilarious.
Shane Rimmer also had a one line speaking role in Star Wars just before Luke Skywalker gets in his X-Wing fighter and fights the battle over the Death Star. He also had a role in the movie White Nights.
S99 ran Saturday evenings where I lived, which was our family "pizza night" at the time. We'd get a huge take-out pizza, and all gather around our only TV (this was 1975), to watch the show. For some reason I've forgotten, my mom and brother also enjoyed the show, whereas I was the only one who liked Star Trek. Anyway, S99 always takes me back to those Saturday evenings munching pizza in our family room.
The downside of us enjoying it together was that unlike with TOS, I couldn't record the audio on my little tape recorder, because we were all talking and eating the whole time... ;)
Best episodes of 1999 Year1:
"War Games"
" Mission of the Darians"
The one about the giant automated machine with two giant lateral wheel-like structures that landed on the moon and traps Koenig and Dr. Russell inside,
The one about the two warring planets on opposite sides of yellow star that sent warships to land on the wandering moon as it passed by and caught the Alphans in the middle of their war and of course, Dragon's Domain
Yes! The Infernal Machine and The Last Enemy should definitely be added to the list of best 1st season episodes. The 2nd season episode entitled The Taylor about a space trader wanting to "enslave" Maya also reminded me of a variation of the 1st season episode The Infernal Machine. Especially since both Gwent ( the sentient machine/spaceship) and Taylor wanted to keep Alohans as captives. But for totally different reasons, of course.
@@rickjohnston2667 Gwent needs companions because it's creator personality was lonely. Gwent also was visually handicapped. Tabor on the other hand just dirty old Intergalactic Space trader who lusting after beautiful woman.
@@christiane.g.4142 Infernal Machine with Leo Kern. You might remember him from BBC series Rumpole of the Bailey or as one of Number Two's from The Prisoner.
This is my favorite show of all time and Season 1 is by far the superior series. I was lucky to watch it when it first came out and as a kid, the stories kept me enthralled and excited for the next episode. The lack of camp, which I remember from later Lost in Space episodes, appealed to me, even at a young age. Just like you, Carter was one of my first crushes. His appeal was an early indication of my eventual identity. 😀
I especially liked Nick Tate as Alan Carter in the episode, War Games. He was fantastic in that episode.
You could tell it was a UK-European co-production: most of the episodes were cryptic to the point of incomprehensible.
Wot, no mention of Fireball XL-5?
UFO was just Captain Scarlet without the puppets.
Space 1999 actually looked more like Moon Zero Two.
The music is awesome. The ships are awesome.
Good SciFi was rare at the time, so we were hungry for anything.
I tried rewatching 10 or 15 years ago, and I stopped because it was ruining my past love of the show.
I still hold it dear in my heart.
The worst episode I remember was the one with the alien with eternal life (and bellbottom pants) where Koenig almost gets killed by a crewmen wielding a model airplane!
@@vincentsaia6545The episode titled End of Eternity. The Alphans find a meteorite made of living rock. Imprisoned inside they release Balor, an immortal madman.
@@vincentsaia6545 Balor has power to regeneration living tissue. He caused crew man, one Alphan's pilots to attack Cmdr Koieng almost killing him, then heals his injuries.
OH wow you brought tears to my eyes when the commercial bout hte Eagle came on. I had that for many years I used to always play crash landing and throw it across the room. It never broke somehow. I did break my moms mirror and a lamp she really liked. an yes I got my puerto rican hide more tanned than it was a few times after the crash landing into my moms fake porcelain treasures.
its true, today she is 85 and of course im still 34 :( but i still tell her the lamp that i broke that she went ballistic cost her 3.99 at the salvation army in jersey city NJ. Cheap Puerto Ricans.
I was 12 when this series debuted. It was also around that time when I saw 2001 for the first time on re-release in my hometown theatre in Newfoundland. If I tell you that I was enthralled and never bored by Kubrick's slogging opus, you will believe me when I stress that I loved the slower, more though-proviking milieu of Space 1999's first season. I naturally loved season two, but was nonetheless acutely aware of the huge tonal shift. Even as a then unsophisticated 13 year-old.
And so I hold in my heart a special place for this nostalgic touchstone of my youth.
I always loved how all of the outer space life forms they encountered had British accents.
How about fact that most of featured guests Stars were Italians or British of course. And at least 1/3 of episodes featured parallel reality, Space Warps, a giant Space brain and Alien possession of one or more Alphans
@@PaulHFleming Yep!
@@PeterBrown-mz4nv I liked how one reviewer points out that Season One of Space:1999 also seem fixation with Brain damage.
@@PaulHFleming Yeah, that's a good one!
@@PeterBrown-mz4nv That episode Scares a lot of people. Even after almost 38 years. But really Scary part this monster didn't register as life form their instruments.
Space: 1999 aired Saturday's in our part of the U.S. That and the TV version of 'Logan's Run' and, yes, even 'QUARK' were my introduction in sci-fi fandom. Before Star Wars hit big in '77. I remember getting my Eagle spaceship toy the Christmas of '76. I wasn't able to get any Star Wars figures until Easter of '78. Also, a '70s aeries that deserves some love is 'Battle of the Planets'. I remember always rushing home from school to watch that one.
I'm actually thinking of doing BATTLE OF THE PLANETS since it's such a big part of my own childhood, but it's going to be a huge undertaking, mainly because of having to talk about GATCHAMAN first. I'd almost rather do QUARK! :)
As a kid, I absolutely loved the first season of Space: 1999. It had a sense of awe and wonder about it, and I think a lot of it had to do with Barry Gray’s fantastic soundtrack music and the amount of light and shadow that contributed to that haunting environment of the show. Another thing I loved was the modular look of the sets including the Eagle spaceship. I completely agree Space: 1999 was a science fiction show that was almost entirely fiction, but with almost no actual science behind it.
Here are some things where I disagree or have differences of opinion about the assessment of the show, at least Space: 1999’s first season.
First, Barbara Bain is a terrible actress who couldn’t act her way out of a wet paper bag. Sure, many of the scripts were not well written, especially when it came to character development, but even in scenes where the character of Dr. Russell is given the chance to show emotion, Barbara Bain’s acting falls flat like a two dimensional cardboard cutout. I recall a scene in Testament of Arkadia where she’s supposed to be angry at another character and it’s laughably bad. Other laughably bad scenes where she’s supposed to be showing emotion also happen in season 2, which was a campy and kitschy version of season 1.
Second, Space: 1999 was made during an era of television where often the only episode that was distinctly any different from the rest was the first episode where characters were introduced to each other, and the premise or conflict that drove the entire show was set. Even the original Star Trek, with the exception of the two separate episodes featuring Harry Mudd, did not have any sense of continuity from one episode to the next one.
Third, I have seen 3 versions of episode order for the 24 episodes that make up Space: 1999. The first is the 24 episodes as they appear on the A&E DVD and Blu-Ray sets, where Breakaway is the first episode and The Testament of Arkadia is the last episode. The second episode order has Breakaway as the first episode and The Last Enemy as the final episode. Yet another episode order, which is the one I think works best is the version that has Breakaway as the first episode and Earthbound as the next episode following it because the character of Commisioner Simmonds appears in these two episodes and his fate is sealed and is never seen again after the end of Earthbound.
@@collegeman1988 You have remember this show was not part regular network package, but offered to Independent TV stations. The Series wasn't always aired in production order. Just like Star Trek-TOS sometimes more popular episodes were repeated more than others.
Dragons Domain, broke my brain as kid.
wow ! this is the kind of channel i search for on youtube constantly !! i am a now early 50's Gen Xer and i live to re visit this kind of content....speaking of Dragon's Domain i was one of those kids that actually saw that back in the 70's (actually a re run in the late 70s on CBC or SRC the French Canadian CBC) loved Space 1999 though it seemed to air "off and on" more so in the late afternoons in the summer months and then would be replaced by some other show and come back again in a slightly different time slot...watching now in hindsight i find Victor Bergman to be almost like pre Jean Luc Picard would in looks and acting style ...also i who knew how many of those British guest stars would would go on to play mostly bad guys in the Star Wars franchise ...also Space 1999 (to me) looks like it could exist along side the same universe as Disney's The Black Hole ..if there ever was a reboot of this show my first two picks as the leads would be John Hamm as Koneig and Heather Graham in the Barbara Bain role
My dear late Father directed several episodes and I remember him saying that Barbara had two facial expressions… surprised and surprised…..
@@Joe_1sr9 And exceedingly MILD surprise at that! That's hilarious - thank you for sharing this!
Seeing Landau and Banes in that one brief shot with white turtlenecks and royal blue jackets makes realize that they'd have been great as Reed Richards and Sue Storm and still have kept most of these episodes, just as Negative Zone, time travel or space hops. Though we'd probably have gotten a Twiki-esque H.E.R.B.I.E. instead of the Torch and no idea how Ben would've looked, but, dude, can you imagine a scene with Landau and Bixby during a crossover?
War Games was my favorite from this season. Loved your list of recommendations, this is worth a rewatch - especially Piri but for different reasons now, hehe! thanks!
You are correct about the premise. However at the time most of us were oblivious to the actual science.
I agree - and it's hard to imagine any kid disbelieving in it, especially with the back of the first record emblazoned with that "Recommended Viewing" commendation from the National Space Institute. I wonder how much they paid to get that on there?
Space 1999 is a happy memory of the seventies ad a 14 year old in. I used to record the audio on my portable cassette recorder. I still have one..."Deaths other 32:25 Dominion".
@@oceanicfeeling3135 I am happy to know I am not only one Recorded Space:1999 upon audio cassettes. My Sisters you make me so angry cause keep asking too many questions ruined recordings
Great video and review. Loved this show as a kid (still do). For me it was always about the Space Eagles and special effects. Even though you can often tell they are models they just have a perfect look and feel about them.
You should cover Blake's 7, a great british sci-fi show from the late 70's.
That's a good idea! Granted, that's one series I didn't encounter until college, and I wouldn't be able to cover the third season... But on the plus side, I wouldn't have to cover the fourth season, either. ;)
I also enjoyed watching Alan Carter without a shirt. His pants were a bit tight too. I had a few eagles and Main Mission playset. I occasionally chit chat with Pam Rose who was one of the extras during series 2. I have also talked to Cathrine Schell and Prentis Hancock a couple of times thru Facebook.
That's terrific! I've never reached out to any of the cast, though I'd probably ask both Schell and Hancock about their experiences working on DOCTOR WHO. And yes, a shirtless Alan Carter is a thing of sheer beauty, isn't it? Thank you for the feedback, and the sub!
@@Halflife2-y2m You could bounce a quarter off Alan Carter's derriere. And those were days before body sculpting became a fad. Hairy chests abound...
This show is tied at first place with star trek on my own favorite list.
I loved that show and still do! It was way before it’s time. Given better budgets and time to develop with out studio interface it would have been really good.
The "this episode" opening montages seem most directly inspired by the very similar rapid-paced opening titles for the Mission: Impossible series.
You know, I hadn't thought of that! I know the Anderson's used them on a lot of their shows, though, so I wonder which predates which?
@@emperordalek Thunderbirds and MI were launched one year apart from each other (September 1965 - September 1966).
@@MarkFoster321789 Thank you!
@@emperordalek You are welcome!
I loved space 1999 when I was a kid. I got one of the eagles for Christmas. I also needed a new pair of wellies, Rubberboots. So I made sure I got yellow ones just like the ones used in the space suits. And to this day I do have a thing for Rubberboots, if you know what I mean
This and season two analysis is some of the best content of this show i have ever seen.
And yes Nick Tate.....good grief.
The spinning light looks straight from TOS' Day of the Dove!
At 14:50.... I guess they did that ONCE, when Tony Cellini jettisoned the cockpit on the Ultra probe.
Oh, right! I always thought it was odd that the toy could do that when I never saw it onscreen...though, come to think of it, that maneuver is described very clearly in the Power Records version, so... I was a dumb kid, let's be clear. :)
Re watching Space 1999 on Blu-ray. For me personally, it still hold's up even though i'm now watching it with 53 year old eye's.
Two things about S1999....it scared us as kid's but as far i am aware there was not a single use of a swear word.
Say's a lot at how TV standards have fallen.
Great video. Thanks for this. Off I go to watch ep 2 :)
That commercial was epic! I never knew that other toylines other than Micronaughts used the 3.75 inch mold! I've been meaning to check out this series, but knowing that film duo Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing guest starred makes it worth my wile. Thanks for reviewing this series and the recommendation Emperor Dalek! One 70s show I have in mind btw, is Rod Serling's The Night Gallery.
Oh, I hadn't thought about that one! I've been making my slow way through both the old and new TWILIGHT ZONE series, so that would be interesting to follow up with. I think you'll like the Christopher Lee episode, by the way - one of the rare times he plays a good guy!
Alan's inclusion at the end of the pilot as a series regular was a very last-minute thing, apparently.
Remember loving that show being 8 years old and later that year a friends brother got one of the eagle space ships and being so jealous
I was, too! My family was way too poor to afford those!
Very enjoyable & entertaining review. Well done & thank u.
Thank you for the feedback!
You did season 1 Space: 1999 justice, I dislike this show (and still do), but still you nailed it. Thanks for insight - Well done!
Thank you! It is a bit of an acquired taste, I will admit!
just recently watched both seasons of 1999. The 1st season tried to take themselves serious. It could have been better in my opinion if season 2 was kept in same format. All well.
In fairness to STAR TREK the producers hires a private firm to go through every script to make sure everything depicted was scientifically/physically possible.
About Star Trek transporters. It's not that they sometimes kill people. They kill people every time, then they create a 100% accurate facsimile!
There's actually a hilarious take on that in one of the NEW ADVENTURES published by Virgin in the 90s, after Benny Summerfield became the main character. She ends up in the afterlife briefly, and there she meets all of her former selves who were killed when she used a transporter. Trust me, it's funnier than it sounds. "Did I really think that hairstyle looked good on me?"
@@emperordalek Big Finish are now doing those stories extremely well. I've only heard 1 or 2 of the Space 1999 episodes so far. I must catch up!
BTW: There was a fan-fic 1999 audio drama on TH-cam a few years ago - pretty good for non-professionals.
Cheers
I have to say I like season 2 Barbara Bain better than Season 1... it seems like all the characters come to life more in Season 2 like it was one of the notes for Season 1.
Spock’s Brain, Space Brain, Brian the Brain…I see a pattern here…
You know how hard it is for me not to bust into a hearty "Brain and brain, what is brain?" right now?
good coverage, well done! Agree 100% re: Barry Morse. I'm a season 1 only fan, love the gothic horror vibe & can mostly give the silly science a pass. The modular set design was such a clever trick.. I still geek out at the set for the Voyager probe interior, so cool. My favorite ep. is Mission Of The Darians, it's not just a great thinking sci-fi scenario, but it's also like a dark mirror of what Alpha could become.
Sandra was stringing along three or four guys altogether. 🤣
She started going by Sahn in the second season to make them all think she had an identical twin somewhere on the base. :)
@@emperordalek that explains so much 🤣
Let's do a remake of SPC1999, straight up and more adult and perhaps more layered with distancing reality questions and perspectives in order to open the show to more adult themes and open ended escapes into the mysteries of the cosmos...anyone?
Unbelievably, Dragon's Domain went out at around 3 or 4 in the afternoon....on a Sunday, I believe. 😱
@@stephendavis5530 i am from Midwest, that episode Dragon's Domain aired Saturday about 6pm my region
I wonder why Alan lost every fist fight he was
Huge Gerry Anderson fan great review one of my favorite Gerry Anderson tv shows😊
The siddewnce being the rebooted battles target galactic was good
34:01 Brian Blessed comes back as Maya's dad in season 2.
I liked both seasons' theme music, but I liked the first one better
I watched this show in 1975 and 1976 when I was 9 and 10 years old.
Did not enjoy it as much as Star Trek. Though, it has some great episodes and some that are just too 2001 for me.
Poor Dr. Mathias only got to perform autopsies on the show.
They lost more Eagles in two seasons than Voyager lost shuttles in seven seasons; that is an impressive accomplishment.
Watched an episode from season one where the Commander was in Eagle 26 at the start of the show. You know that Eagle 26 needs to have a red shirt on since it was crashed shortly. Eagle 2 was sent to the rescue.
I watched it a bit younger than that, and for me the two shows were on the same level, mainly because Power Records did versions of both! But these days, I'm much more in the ST camp. Shame the only ST series from the '70s I can review is the Animated Series, but I'll definitely be doing that one!
There is a connection. Brian Johnson. Ever noticed that Clavious Base and Moonbase Alpha have the same circular shape?
I did see it as a kid. Nightmares for years.
The show was essentially sci-fi horror. Looking back it's amazing that a lot of the graphic scenes made it past the tv censors. Different times I guess.
Sure getting a lot of milage out of that 'bonk!' effect. LOL, & it never fails to make me laugh!
Glad you like it! I have been trying desperately to find a place to put it in in the video I'm working on right now, but since it's a "kid's cartoon," they're not in the habit of bonking each other on the head, surprisingly!
I actually think it was because UFO was English domestic rather than US domestic :)
I hadn't even thought of that, but I'm guessing you're right! They didn't specify in any of the sources I'd read citing that comment, but that episode is VERY British in a way that all the others aren't, isn't it?
@@emperordalekIf you haven't reviewed UFO already, I think it would be a good choice for the channel. I believe it was released in 1970, so it does fit in the 70s.
Oof. Do I have to? :D
I feel old....
Yeah , God forbid we have to actually think. On some episodes.
There was technically one year of the Facts of Life in the 70s!
Oh, god, please don't make me... That first season is so awful!
@@emperordalek but, but, Molly Ringwald! 😜
Enjoyed this - thank you
I thought Koenig was a terrible commander. Some may say he was under tremendous pressure. But he was just an ass so many times, flipping out, yelling, etc. The next biggest ass of a "character" was the absolutely lame computer. My Commodore 64 produced better results with less data and without the need for adding machine paper. Kano's love affair with "computer" was very weird.
I have some of the Peter Pan/Power Records releases. Mostly "Star Trek" and "Space: 1999."
For the longest time as a kid, I had all of them, except for the KOJAK one, because a) I didn't know then it existed, and b) what kid is interested in KOJAK?
If you had the SPACE: 1999 records, though, I think you'll appreciate a bit in the next video, which will be posted...sometime? Thanks for subscribing!
@@emperordalek I still have my Power Records records. :)
Not to mention the fact that, how could something, as small as our moon, actually escape the gravitational pull of our sun. BTW....I LOVED BOTH UFO and 1999(both seasons....LOVED Vedeschi and Maya)
I know, it's really hard to get past that, isn't it? Were it not for the quasi-mystical rationalization they try to give it in later episodes, none of it would make sense. Still, better than having literal angels and devils accounting for it all like BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, right? :)
And yes, I loved UFO as well - shame it aired just a little too early for me to do!
Earthbound is a must watch for me. Chilling, great premise and execution, and the ending gave me nightmares for years!
Also, Black Sun is great! A bit slow yes, but it's still an amazing insight into the psyche of the characters as they all slowly begun to realize they've been fed false hope by the commander and are doomed.
Black Sun has been the first black hole on screen as far as I know and almost the last with the following Disney’s The Black Hole until Interstellar which has a lot in common with that episode.
I was hard pressed to limit it to just three Must Watch episodes for this one, since those two really stand out just as much as the ones I picked. In the second season, though, I'm going to have the opposite problem...
@@emperordalek For the second series my favorites could be AB Chrysalis, Journey to Where, The Beta Cloud, The Dorcons, The Exiles, among those I remember well with some good story or action, not only these anyway
OMG was the voice on that toy commercial that of Brian Blessed??
If it had been a UK commercial, I might have said yes, but I think Blessed can do a better American accent than that.
I still watch this show and UFO all these decades later. Like you, as a young gayling who didn’t know it at the time, I was strongly attracted to Nick Tate’s hairy chest. He was so hot!
Have u tried space 1999 big finish?
I have, and I rather like it! It gets a bit more in depth than the show did, and we finally get an emotional Helena! You can hear part of their theme later in the video, too.
@@emperordalek yeah controversially i think i might prefer mark bonnar as Koenig as well
@@tomgarb6302 He's certainly not as shouty as Landau, is he?
I loved space brain lol
You miss the point of the first season. The first season wasn’t about shoot ‘em ups like Star Wars. It developed themes like the existence of time and what it meant to be human in space. I think the first season told some really really good sci fi stories.
What point did I miss? I said much the same thing about the first season in this video.
@32:10, Yep, I was about 8 or 9 when I saw that episode the first time. It scared the shit out of me. To be honest, I don't want to watch it again.
I felt the same way watching it this time, but it really is such an effective episode - obviously, since we're both too afraid to watch it! :)
Could you do a review of series Fantastic Journey. This 1970s Sci-fi Adventure series featured Jarad Martin and Rodney McDowell as part of a group people get lost in Bermuda Triangle. They're time travelers alternative Earth history. Jared Martin is from 2300 Century Rodney McDowell plays a corrupt Scientist from 1960s.
I tried watching this but after ten seconds something peculiar started happening with the editing or sync. Shall I press on? Just curious. Thank you.
Try again, because I just looked at it, and there are no sync problems on this end. Also, if it's only happening when I'm on camera, just wait - I've been moving to less and less time onscreen (the next video won't feature my face at all), so there shouldn't be an issue. Thanks!
@@TonyWhittemperordalek Looks fine now, must've been an issue with my internet. It's been a bit clumsy today anyway, at least on my PC. Thanks, I'll watch the video later. Looking forward to it.
@@TonyWhittemperordalek Your video was thoroughly enjoyable. A bit too much of the Hanna Barbera head "bonk" noise, but that's just me being fussy, lol. So, I grew up in the 1970s (I was born the year "Batman", "Star Trek", "The Monkees", and "Its' the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" debuted) and watched reruns of this show in Long Island, NY, and found "Space: 1999" fascinating. To this day I prefer the more slow and heady episodes that take their sweet time; I know, snail's pace, but that's what I dig in sci-fi television. I avoid the second season although it has its moments. The first season is good but we need to ignore the screwy science and the preposterous things ... elements which kind of add to the show's charm somehow. You may know that some people on YT are merciless in the comments section under available episodes: "Cobwebs on a ship? Guess the maid resigned", "They arrived on a planted with an acrylic fur factory nearby", etc.
When your caption about the Italian pronunciations said "lead coat" I had to chuckle because to me he sounded like he said "A man with a red goat".
I, too, found Alan to be appealing. Quite the hunka doodle doo. But honestly if he had Paul's mustache then I would have _really_ crushed on him when I was a tween.
Loved the commercial for the toy Eagle ship. I wanted that too but in hindsight that thing would have been enjoyed for a week and then shoved in a corner until yard sale time.
As for the show's premise about the moon being torn from Earth: as a kid I somehow missed the first episode but I could figure out what had happened, and then of course I saw "Breakaway" before long. Although for me the show works better psychologically if I look at it as if these people are on a vessel that has its own small ships.
You're a little brutal on Bain's performance but I can understand the tendency. But I found her work here interesting because clearly most of the time she is adapting such a cool and often aloof demeanor-- maybe Bain wanted to be truly subdued, not go over the top. Who knows. I do know that back in the day her voice as Helena Russell would be oddly soothing and relaxing to me at times. Today we'd label that reaction as ASMR, although there were no genuine physical tingles for yours truly. Just the slight urge to maybe take a little cat nap.
Lastly, are you a fan of the series Kolchak: The Night Stalker? If so, would you consider giving that a review on your channel some day? Same goes for Night Gallery. Thanks very much. I'm going to subscribe and give a bang on the bell.
@@eduardo_corrochio So glad you did! And yes, I'd like to do both those shows, especially KOLCHAK, which I have vivid memories of. I just need to finish the second season of SPACE: 1999, and I was going to do another viewer suggestion, COLUMBO, which is proving...difficult. I may just do a poll of subscribers to see what y'all want next!
@@emperordalek Columbo, wow, that's a lot of program to deal with, isn't it. Superb series. My folks watched that sometimes, and now I am so impressed with its cinematic quality, stellar musical scores, and wry writing. Anyway, a poll of subscribers sounds like a good idea.
Frieberger killer of good shows
Barbara Bain rocks the cavewoman costume better than Barbara Bach!
The first season is watchable if you turn your brain ogg but the second is unwatchable as the alien woman who joins and in mu opinion van barely act tended to dominate the show
Straker was only insane in one episode
Thank you! I was about to point that out.
I lov3d this and UFO
Ch 3!✌️
the first season is big
Sucked when Morse left
Sweet Anderson cannot do live action as his big seies have failed which are ifo,space 1999 and space precinct. He should have stick with puppets
They trashed the series with season 2, being monster of the week.
Good god season 2 was shit, such a shame as season 1 really done something different and adult with tv sci fi which is so rare
Telling people people which episodes they should skip based on your personal preferences is disingenuous. Full Circle is one of my personal favorites because it examines the very real question - - how much have we evolved since caveman days? Caveman Helena is healer. Caveman Koenig is a leader. Loss , jealousy, anger, rage, revenge ruled us in the past, and in the closing scene points out thee emotions are still a problem for us today. Helen asks John will we evoke past this
In the next 10,000 years? The episode leads it up to the viewer to ponder that one. Great story! 1999 doing what 1999 does best: examining the human condition-and giving the viewer something to think about!
Um. You do know how reviews work, right? :D You and every other viewer can do whatever the hell they want, because the opinions expressed in this video are exactly that. If you want to waste your time with Full Circle, enjoy!
The reviewer giving me & others permission to “waste our time” liking episodes he does not is not the response I would expect from a mature and evolved person. I wonder what he might be like in 10,000 years?
Nah, not playing this game with you. Buh-bye!
All syfy needs suspension of belief
But not suspension of intelligence and common sense.