This Friday on 'UFO' ep 19 'Close Up'
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madp — 9 years ago(October 10, 2016 01:31 PM)
by michaellevenson1
Guys the landscape on youtube viz. UFO has changed a bit.
I just checked and I have to agree with you: the situation is alarming. Thanks for the warning. I'm trying to download it from other sources. -
michaellevenson1 — 9 years ago(October 10, 2016 04:43 PM)
That's why I suggested speeding this up.
At present the episodes we need are still there.
Type in UFO tv series badboyxxx61 or the full title to get to either four part versions, foreign subtitles version, or 42 minute speeded up versions.
I have dvd player that can adjust the speed from normal play to 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 times the speed. Someone obviously uploaded at faster speed , they're ok to watch if only as a last resort. -
JohnQ1127 — 9 years ago(October 10, 2016 07:11 PM)
What a strange episode. I don't mean strange in a weird bizarre way, I mean it was strange that there was very little plot or story. It seemed like they just wanted to have an excuse to show all these cool models. I think it has to be the episode with the most model use. It might have been a bigger deal back in 1970 but it's not that big a deal anymore. I guess the concept of a "fax" machine was a big deal back in 1970 but it seems a bit laughable now that they're in awe of the device.
Basically Straker want to create a probe to follow a UFO back to its planet in order to get high resolution photos. There's also a very minor sub plot about the guy that developed the telescopic camera attachment. Literally 1/2 hour to 40 minutes go by before we get into any kind of actual plot or story. The first 1/2 hour is the typical U.F.O. appropriation battle with General Henderson, mixed in with a bunch of model shots of various spacecraft. There's some pointless sub scenes for some reason. There's a superfluous NASA scene. Then there's a lengthy scene in space installing the camera.
The Probe follows the UFO to the alien planet and takes the photos. The photos are then faxed back to Earth. Straker thinks they struck gold but Kelly informs them without proper calibrations of magnifications and distance, the pictures are mostly worthless. WTF??? What was the point then? Couldn't they have cleared all that up before they launched the craft? I felt cheated watching this episode.
Random Thoughts/Questions:
*What was the point of that episode? It felt like an excuse to get all these cool models on the show.
*Brimfin brought up a good observation that it was like a "Day in the Life" of SHADO.
*I seriously felt like this episode was going to break into a soft core porno during several moments. That scene with Lt. Ellis and Straker was odd and creepy. Then it seemed like they suddenly put Lt. Ellis in the shortest skirt possible. Then at the end It looked like Straker was going to take that camera and stick it right up Lt. Ellis crotch for a full magnification.
*How the heck could that probe go all the way to the alien planet in such a short amount of time? Wouldn't that take years??
*It's pretty amazing how patronizing a man could be towards an adult woman back in 1970.
*I don't really understand the value of taking a bunch of photos of the alien planet.
*The whole ending of Straker's philosophical musings about "inner space" is interesting but it felt completely tacked on. I guess they felt like they had this great zinger at the end but there was no set up.
*You literally could have taken out the first 1/2 hour of the episode and lost nothing.
There's just nothing here, it was boring. Maybe the models and special effects were a bigger deal in 1970. There's not really an idea for a story or a compelling plot. All they have is that tacked on ending about "inner space" which would have been an interesting idea to develop. I give it a 3/10. -
JohnQ1127 — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 07:17 AM)
Will you be catching up with the previous episode" Cat with ten lives" ?
Yeah, I was busy last weekend and couldn't watch "Cat with Ten Lives". I'll catch up. Friday and Saturdays aren't great for me. Mondays are usually my best day to take the time to watch these episodes. -
madp — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 10:54 AM)
by JohnQ1127
Friday and Saturdays aren't great for me. Mondays are usually my best day to take the time to watch these episodes.
So this is why your comments usually get here late. If I were you I'd start checking the current week's episode on Monday ahead of everyone, so that when the weekend came, the review would be posted along with everyone else's in the same discussion. You can find the episode order in the initial post on this board.
Anyway, we're looking forward to your comments on the cat episode! -
JohnQ1127 — 9 years ago(October 11, 2016 02:16 PM)
So this is why your comments usually get here late. If I were you I'd start checking the current week's episode on Monday ahead of everyone, so that when the weekend came, the review would be posted along with everyone else's in the same discussion. You can find the episode order in the initial post on this board.
Yeah, that was my initial plan. I was going to watch & review on Monday before the Friday episode. The concussion I had back in July threw me off schedule for 4 episodes. I finally got caught up in September. Another problem I've had is with the overall quality of the show. I guess It seemed like it was a much better show back in the early 1970's when I was 7 years old.
Watching some of these shows and reviewing them feels like doing Algebra homework back in high school. I'll have a free hour or two during the week and I'll find a dozen things I have to do or I'd rather be doing than watching U.F.O.
I'll try and be more vigilant and get these reviews in by Friday. I can't believe we still have 7 more to go.
