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Where did it go?
Yes, I was a Space 1999 fan, too. I was a kid! I wasn’t asking hard questions about physics like, “How does the moon travel to a new solar system every week?” As an adult, I am a little perturbed by this schema. Not that the series was bad science, but more that the writers and producers just glossed over that little fact. You don’t have to do bad science to have a good sci-fi show. Sharknado gets a pass, just because it’s a shark and a tornado. Dorothy was lucky she only had to deal with one archetypal, meme.
Did the reboot, Space 2099, fail to surface because they didn’t correct that problem? Is there techno babble that could save it? Or maybe a joke?
Producer Gerry Anderson, with his wife Sylvia, produced the first seasons of Space 1999. I was not aware that it was a direct sequel the series UFO, that ran from 1970 to 1973, but you know, I was a fan of that, too. Except for those fighter that only had one missile. And the green aliens. Green aliens belong to Star Trek, right? I wonder how much Star Trek influenced both shows?
I know one thing Captain Kirk would have never done. In one episode, John shot an alien just to see whether or not their weapons could affect their species. Not cool, John, seriously, not cool.
