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 Nov 3 2006, 12:18 PM
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 Special Cookie  Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228  |
The series was surely guilty for my interest in space exploration...
I remember that it was broadcast when I couldn´t even read, but when I heard the music I would leave all the toys and come running to the living room screaming completely euphoric "It's MinóMinó!!!", Space 1999 in portuguese is an hard expression for a 3 years old kid to say...Espaço Mil Novecentos e Noventa e Nove...  Never forgot it and when the internet arrived one of the first things I went looking for was the theme...How I love that groovy theme...  And those Eagles... And Maya... And those freakin-something-like-algae monsters... It brings some very good memories... Here goes... The opening sequence And a very looong wikipedia article... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Nov 3 2006, 12:56 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
Oh man...Friday and I'm in a nostalgia mood...
We were in 1981, and even today that music gives me the shivers...It's in portuguese, the lyrics go on something like this... Up there, there are endless plains There are stars that seem to run There's the Sun and the day rising And we here without stopping on a turning Earth Up there, there's a satin sky There are comets, there are endless planets Galileu had a dream like this There's a ship in space rising step by step Up there it can be the future Joy, let's jump off the world and laughing, united in an embrace (or a hug if you wish  )Let's tell a story Once upon a time the Space... lalalalalala Up there there are no sentinels anymore Simphony all made out of stars A house with no doors or windows It's to reach out an arm and you are in Space! Does ANY of you remember this? -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Nov 3 2006, 01:28 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1729 Joined: 3-August 06 From: 43° 35' 53" N 1° 26' 35" E Member No.: 1004 |
I was also a fan of the series when I was a child, although I confess that I was terrorized by episodes like "the dragon's domain"
Here in Italy there was an exhibition of spaceship models, costumes etc and teather showings of the series on 13 September 1999 |
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Nov 3 2006, 02:02 PM
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Yes, Gerry Anderson's Space 1999 was good... but my interest in space was already at a high level.
The show that first TOTALLY got me hooked on space travel was one of Anderson's first space-related series: Fireball XL-5. I watched this as a small kid in the early 1960s and that opening sequence just totally blew me away every time. (And note how after launch, looking out the cockpit, the view changes from bright sky to black space. That gave me such a yearning to go into space!) Check out the opening on YouTube at this link. And the closing song is still a favorite and very clever theme! XL-5 opening/ending |
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Nov 3 2006, 02:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 129 Joined: 25-March 05 Member No.: 218 |
QUOTE (Paolo @ Nov 3 2006, 08:28 AM)  I was also a fan of the series when I was a child, although I confess that I was terrorized by episodes like "the dragon's domain" Although I was already grown up, I thought Dragon's Domain was well done and creepy. The haunting music used during his lonely return trip (I think it was Albinoni's Adagio) was a stroke a genius.
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Nov 3 2006, 02:37 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (RedSky @ Nov 3 2006, 02:34 PM) Although I was already grown up, I thought Dragon's Domain was well done and creepy. The haunting music used during his lonely return trip (I think it was Albinoni's Adagio) was a stroke a genius. There's a promo here... EDITED: And yes it was Albinoni's Adagio...This is a gold mine...
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Nov 3 2006, 03:47 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Man...THAT brought back some memories! Thanks, Ustrax!
1999 was sporadically available in syndication on my local station in Montana when I was a kid...it was always a treat when I could find it. I really like British SF series & movies from this era...come to think of it, it seems like it was almost all Gerry Anderson's stuff. Remember UFO? Also, did you ever see Journey to the Far Side of the Sun? Good times, good times... 
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 3 2006, 03:54 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 3 2006, 03:47 PM) Man...THAT brought back some memories! Thanks, Ustrax! 1999 was sporadically available in syndication on my local station in Montana when I was a kid...it was always a treat when I could find it. I really like British SF series & movies from this era...come to think of it, it seems like it was almost all Gerry Anderson's stuff. Remember UFO? Also, did you ever see Journey to the Far Side of the Sun? Good times, good times... Special delivery for Mr. nprev! UFO I couldn't find nothing on youtube from the Journey to the Far Side of the Sun... RedSky, although I was not around to see those series, there was still supermarionation in my childhood... My favourite was this one...I built and rebuilt that x-bomber over and over with Lego pieces... Great nostalgia moments!
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Nov 3 2006, 04:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4280 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
Remember those series (1999, UFO) during my childhood too.
What's also interesting is that those movies were shown as the (not so) far future --and 10, 20, 30 years *is* far feature for a kid, don't forget that-- and, well, where are 1980 (UFO) and 1999 right now?
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Nov 3 2006, 04:13 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Ustrax, you are the MAN!!!
Thanks so much; that theme gave me the chills. The rather attractive purple-haired female Moonbase personnel also produced a physiological effect... ...apparently, this series was more influential in my life than I had realized! Journey to the Far Side of the Sun was released in American theatres around 1972. I saw it as a Saturday kid's matinee (sp?) around then, and then once later on TV sometime in the 80s. Apparently, it was originally released under the name Doppelganger in the UK, and I found a clip for the trailer (kind of a slow-loader, so be patient): http://videodetective.com/default.asp?fram...ublishedID=3609 And as long as we're on the subject, here are two other great British SF flicks of the time: Quatermass and the Pit (Five Million Years to Earth in the US). Crack in the World -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 3 2006, 04:31 PM
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I was also a fan of the show, as you can tell from my avatar.
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Nov 3 2006, 04:32 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
Other UK blasts from the past...
The ever-wonderful BLAKES 7 (aaah, Orac, now there was a REAL computer!), the "what the *** was that about?" STAR COPS, and the wonderfully-awful STAR MAIDENS... was there ever a cheesier, more dreadful sci-fi show? Made BUTTON MOON look like FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON... 
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Nov 3 2006, 04:34 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
And of course...This gentleman and this special words...
When I saw that I almost shouted Hallellujah! I used to think in those exact terms and thought I was the only one...
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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Nov 3 2006, 04:40 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8789 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Yeah...sure do miss Carl. Wish that he'd lived to see the MERs.
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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Nov 3 2006, 04:44 PM
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Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (nprev @ Nov 3 2006, 04:40 PM) Yeah...sure do miss Carl. Wish that he'd lived to see the MERs. Yes...I was 7 when Cosmos was transmitted here and I was addicted to it... My favourite episode was the one about travelling at the speed of light... Can't recall the title...I'll search for it... EDITED: Here it is!
-------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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