Saturday, February 18, 2012

SPACE: 2099?


Yesterday, a friend emailed me with the news that some crazy producers are planning to remake the 1975-77 SF television series Space: 1999, as Space: 2099.  He attached a link to the Hollywood Reporter where the stellar news was announced...
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/space-2099-television-remake-288601

I sent him an email about my feelings -- thought you'd like to read its contents, which I have included here...

I checked the link you sent me to the Hollywood Reporter. I have mixed feelings about that business plan.  There aren't enough fans of the original to carry the show to ratings success/stability.  So why use a brand name, that is hardly a brand name in the conventional sense of the term, to propel a remake of a, for the most part, not so fondly remembered series?  (When the average citizen thinks of Space: 1999, those who remember it will reminisce as "that show with the 'oi-ding... oi-ding... oi-ding'".) I can't imagine too many new fans/viewers being picked up along the way -- unless they just make a new series, with all the originality that is extant anymore.

You had a good point yesterday about the issue of the moon being blown out of Earth's orbit [the ridiculousness].  Also, the tone would be different now; and the 'tone' was one of the better things about the original show [1st season].

Remember: Most producers aren't very bright; especially the financiers.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

BEST OF BARRY - "THE LOST STARLOST" - ORIGINAL POSTING: SEPT 10, 2007

The Starlost.  It was an interesting, if noble, failure of a science fiction television series. Produced in Toronto, Canada, by NBC in partnership with CTV, the short run show of 16 episodes holds a fascination for some of us.  Me included? Yeah.

Back in 2007, I did some rapid-fire postings on The Starlost.  Number one (of two)...
http://barrysmight.blogspot.com/2007/09/lost-starlost.html

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

STEPHEN HARPER - TIME TRAVELLER

A couple of months ago I was re-watching an A&E Biography on Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, when, during a clip from Leni Riefenstahl's 1935 classic film Triumph of the Will, I suddenly blurted out: "It's Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper!... I knew it!"


(I'm still working on digitizing my archival VHS recordings. Hope to discover more gems such as the one above. Time to watch Triumph of the Will again.)

Sunday, February 5, 2012

TWO NEW WIDGETS ON BARRY

Hello readers.  I was in the Blogspot engineering section and noticed that a few new 'widgets' had been added. After checking them out, I noticed that a couple looked interesting, and decided to put them up...

"Total Pageviews"
At the top on the left-hand side.  You cannot miss it.  (20221 pageviews, as of this posting.)

"Popular Posts"
Towards the bottom on the left-hand side. (I've noticed that any postings done before eighteen months or so ago, basically start from 'ground zero' in the hits department. Several have managed to accumulate some higher numbers, even though they are older posts.)

Friday, February 3, 2012

BEST OF BARRY - "THIS IS SUPER BOWL?" - ORIGINAL POSTING: FEBRUARY 3, 2012

I noticed that a particular posting I did regarding the Super Bowl has been getting some hits in the last couple of days.  Four years ago I saw my first and only Super Bowl game.  I was, as evidenced by my posting about that day, underwhelmed.

Possibly the world's most anti-climactic sporting "event"...
http://barrysmight.blogspot.com/2008/02/this-is-super-bowl.html