Happy Breakaway Day to all who observe it.
In fictional time: 25 years ago today -- on September 13, 1999 -- the Moon was blown out of Earth's orbit, flinging it and Moonbase Alpha into the vastness of space. Alpha's crew's adventures were detailed in two seasons of SPACE: 1999 (September 4, 1975 – November 12, 1977).
I loved that they used the sets and spaceships from the way much more exciting and sexy and just all around way better (LOL...)
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@TheAbbotTrithemius Well, SPACE:1999 came out of a failed attempt to do a second season of UFO. So ...
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I did not know that! I wonder why...
Perhaps it was just too awesome to do a 2nd season?
I was a kid watching these things in rerun and Space 1999 seemed more serious.Is it worth a rewatch?
@TheAbbotTrithemius There's a YouTube video about the transition from UFO to SPACE:1999. I don't recall the particulars.
SPACE:1999 has not aged well. But the concepts it tried to tackle, particularly in the first season, make it worth a re-watch in my opinion.