tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post2693467149753494419..comments2024-03-28T14:49:36.133-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Breakaway Day 2017: "Space Brain"John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-8420350344536091022020-07-06T13:30:42.708-04:002020-07-06T13:30:42.708-04:00Dis the suds all day long if you like, but that en...Dis the suds all day long if you like, but that entire sequence thrilled me as a kid. The acting, pacing and music all created a truly tangible menace. Even after the series ended and it wasn't being rerun in New York for another 10 years, those images stayed with me. When I caught up with the series again at 2 am in the summer, I was thrilled with this episode. It did not falter under the broken glasses of nostalgia. To this day, this episode remains a favorite not in spite of the soap suds but BECAUSE of them. BTW, this episode got me to discover Holst. Amazing episode! Thanks to you and Robert Wood, I've gone back and started revisintg the series to look for the little details that bring out the meanings. I also have a greater appreciation for War Games that takes it out of the "ugh just a dream?" disappointment.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03013528092908857360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-77343366992681301982018-05-21T01:23:03.268-04:002018-05-21T01:23:03.268-04:00I too have always enjoyed "Space Brain",...I too have always enjoyed "Space Brain", even with the soap suds. Believe it or not this is not the last of the Space Brain.<br /><br />Christopher Penfold added the Space Brain to his adaptation of John Christopher's The Tripods (1984-85) for the BBC. One of the non corporeal beings that gathers information for the Space Brain plays an important part in Penfold's version.<br /><br />By having the Space Brain in both Space:1999 and The Tripods, one could almost say that both shows unofficially exist in the same universe. <br /><br />Rob<br /><br /> Robalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04802107436177637616noreply@blogger.com