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more about #space1999 more comments → Adam Whitehead: Space: 1999 has not aged well at all. The science is insurmountably bad, the acting wooden and the premise hilarious. It had great sets, some good spe... more » Wyldemusick: Paging Rom Moore -- after all, he always mentioned that Space: 1999 was the inspiration for the standard opening credits for the rebooted BSG. more » joetato: The theme to SPACE1999 is still one of my favorite pieces of music, and the Eagle spacecraft they used still hold the title of most realistic looking ... more » joetato: Io1999? Hmmmm. Sounds like fun! more » brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(: Would't it make more sense and be more exciting if it was Space 2099 or Space 2199 instead of Space 1999 The Reboot? Plus who wants to hear about Moni... more » robinrising: I think I'd rather see Space: 1889 made into a TV series. That has the potential to be the greatest TV series ever canceled after four episodes.... more » Bootknife-Jackson: didn't Gerry Anderson (Thunderbirds, etc.) create this little gem? more » Bootknife-Jackson: Make no mistake - 80s nostalgia is almost over, and 90s nostalgia is on its way. We're already running out of 80s culture to obsess over, so we're goi... more » frederic: Also cool: Space 1969 more » Farrell McGovern: Remember, George Lucas told his SFX people that he wanted space explosions that were as good as SPACE:1999's! If you suspend your disbelief in the con... more » Starlionblue: OMG! Flares and firecrackers 1999. The special effects were classic, straight out of Anderson's other stuff like Thunderbirds and UFO. FlashBANG!!!! ... more » twophrasebark: If someone asked me to pitch them on how to use this property, I'd say: Make a comedy about someone trying to use this property. It could be very funny. more » it must be bunnies: Juliet Landau sure got her mother's eyes. I remember watching her as Drusilla on Buffy and wondering why she seemed so familiar. Duh. more » Al Swearengen: "Space: 1999 was never too sure itself of what it was precisely about – people on the Moon get blown out of orbit, weird stuff happens for no discer... more » SpammerOvTheGods: didn't we go through this in another thread a couple of days ago? Oh, well - here's a quick synopsis: Lunar Hadron Collider creates a warp drive that ... more » -
#stealthispitch
Why The World Needs A New Space: 1999
Battlestar Galactica, The Prisoner, Knight Rider, V — all these classic (and not so classic) shows have received 21st century updates. So it's really high time that the cheesiest, strangest, most metaphysical space opera of them all returned: Space: 1999! More » -
#gallery
The Evolution Of Space Cruiser Design: A Gallery
The Romulan mining vessel Narada undulates as it prepares to claim another defenseless planet. Spaceship design has come a long way since the 1960s. Here's a gallery of five different eras in starships, battlecruisers and planet-destroyers, with 150+ images. More » -
#triviagasm
Moonage Daydreamer: The Greatest Lunar Scenes
In honor of Moon, opening today, we went kinda loony (get it?) coming up with our favorite lunar scenes in film and TV. (We restricted the list to our own planet's moon; sorry, Saturn and Endor fans.) Watch them here. More » -
#triviagasm
Dumbest Space Operas Of All Time!
We're all hoping if Star Trek is a blockbuster, it'll bring space opera back to our screens. But space opera hasn't always hit the high notes. Here are some examples of space opera done wrong. More » -
#thestartrekdebt
5 Favorite Star Trek Rip-Offs
Ahead of next Friday's release of the new JJ Abrams take on Star Trek, it's worth taking some time to remember some other movies, TV shows and comics that boldly followed in its warpdrive trail.
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#deusexmachinas
The 5 Types Of Scifi Deus Ex Machinas
The awesome thing about science fiction is that anything can happen — including the occasional incredibly convenient miracle. Sometimes circumstances become so desperate and dire in a science fiction tale that even the "reset button" can't fix them — and that's when the "deus ex machina" shows up. The term, meaning "God from a machine," comes from classical theater, where a wheel-and-pulley deity would literally show up to sort everything out. And in science fiction, god literally can come out of a machine. Bow your head before our taxonomy of the most unlikely miracles in scifi history. More » -
