Michael W Lucas Mar 9

Where was I having the #Space1999 discussion?

https://www.basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2026/3/9/how-to-confront-the-horrors-of-the-past

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Show threadMichael W Lucas 

The #Space1999 models were magnificent. The Season 1 sets were cool. Young Lucas felt like Moonbase Alpha could be real.

They put so much love into the sets and props, they forgot to hire scriptwriters. That's why I preferred Trek, even though it felt much less real.

I still have a "Space 1999 by way of Stephen Baxter" book on my project list, if I live long enough.

Mar 9 at 2:56pmWeb
Show threadNeilMar 9
@mwl The theme music for season 1 is outstanding!
Show threadPete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫Mar 9

@mwl
I can 100% agree season 2 was worse in almost every way, especially losing the absolute banger of a theme tune.

I don't think *all* of Space 1999 season 1 was worse than *all* of any Star Trek series (except maybe the best one, Lower Decks)

But I love the roasting in the comic and it is 99% fair.

Show threadDavid is nasty, again, aparently Mar 9
@mwl Young me found a craft book at the library. It had instructions for making a moon base out of shoe boxes and cardboard tubes covered in tinfoil. Getting my own box of tinfoil was a thing. My Eagles were made of Lego. Trying to create launch bay elevators was another thing.
Show threadChris [list of emoji]Mar 9

@mwl

Hmmm. Take a bunch of screenshots from the pilot episode and put them into a slideshow that showcases the aesthetic while broadly outlining the plot, then give it as a writing prompt to a (good) writer who's never seen the show.

Show threadCarl CMar 9
@suetanvil @mwl I enjoyed Space: 1999 for what it was. But man, a modern reboot with a serial story could really be great. The way BSG did. (Space: 1999 really needed a lot more therapy for the "we are never going home!" crisis.)
Show threadMichael W Lucas Mar 9

@raven @suetanvil

Yep!

It also needed a lot less "that might work, but it sounds too hard, so we won't."

Show threadNumber6 Mar 9

@mwl

Was it Asimov who made the remark that it was marked down from "2001" ?

Show threadslashMar 9
@mwl OT: I just rewatched "Court Martial", where Kirk is in court. A favorite scene, where Elisha Cook, Jr. (an underappreciated actor) talks about preferring books to the "homogenized" knowledge of the computer, plays so much differently in the age of LLMs.