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by bsder 208 days ago
> The actual plots of Space1999 were pretty laughable

And sooooo slooooooooow.

Given the fact that is was such an expensive (for the time) show, I really, really want to know how it is that they couldn't cough up for a writer that could produce something engaging rather than completely forgettable.

I mean it's not like SciFi was new at that point. Flash Gordon, Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, etc. were more than a decade old and even Star Trek was more than 5 years old.
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rcarmo 208 days ago
For the time, it was OK. Audiences needed the time to digest some of it.
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bsder 208 days ago
Erm, exactly? Space 1999 was "OK for the time" at its best.

You never got the equivalent of "The City on the Edge of Forever" or "Balance of Terror" or ...

Space 1999 had resources and star power. It should have kicked ass and taken names. And it just ... didn't.

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