tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post5652375161054224162..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: Breakway Day 2015: Visualizing Space:1999 John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-13994350297094890872017-10-20T16:03:36.690-04:002017-10-20T16:03:36.690-04:00I agree with the entire post!I agree with the entire post!Lorenzo Gallushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03923677223355559964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-6113847991123205712015-09-11T18:16:50.573-04:002015-09-11T18:16:50.573-04:00Interesting thoughts regarding Space:1999 sets and...Interesting thoughts regarding Space:1999 sets and props. Agree on the Star Trek franchise look.<br /><br />SGBSGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-71619079611853673802015-09-11T13:32:42.000-04:002015-09-11T13:32:42.000-04:00I've said this before, I like the look of Spac...I've said this before, I like the look of <b>Space: 1999</b>, but I wish that they had spent some time and money putting in electronics; like buttons and displays. To me, now an adult, Alpha looks very bare. Of course, the man-hours required to render and hook-up electrical business costs money... because of the high number of man hours required. (Year Two was a step up in this regard; the producers must have gotten complaints about the lack of electric bits in Year One.) Also: The back-lit walls would drive Alphans crazy after some time; and the Eagles lack external lighting.<br /><br />One thing I noticed having revisited the series these last few years, is the fact that <b>Space</b> didn't do much in the way of props -- after the initial ones, of course. And the series 'didn't do' aliens, outside of facepaint and wigs.<br /><br />But!... I agree the show enjoyed a unique and memorable identity all its own, and I love that -- it's part of the reason I want to occasionally watch an episode. As much as I love the general design work, initial and episode-to-episode, of <b>Star Trek</b>, and I do think it is the gold standard, I admit that it influenced too many of its descendants... directly, franchise-wise, and indirectly. Simply put, and a designer friend of mine feels much the same way, I am sick to death of the 'look of Star Trek'.<br /><br />Bravo to Messrs Wilson and Johnson for rendering visuals of a unique, and often alien, type. The scenic work for eps like "Guardian of Piri", "Mission of the Darians" (forgetting the horrible "exterior" matte painting), and "A Matter of Life and Death", for example, helps elevate and carry <b>Space: 1999</b>. (Keep in mind that a lot of ep-to-ep design work consisted of drapes and tinsel, not to mention the <b>Lost in Space</b>-style black-limbo backgrounds, but we tend to remember the 'best of'.)<br /><br />Again, John. Great stuff, and keep it up.<br /><br />By the way, even though I know lots about the series I admit that I don't know if <b>Space</b> won any 'industry' awards. I think that "Guardian of Piri" must have won a special television design citation.<br /><br />Barry<br />www.barrysmight.blogspot.caBarry Smighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02464450751543573690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-36933762737318886492015-09-11T12:08:58.836-04:002015-09-11T12:08:58.836-04:00Brilliant production designs.
SGBBrilliant production designs.<br /><br />SGBSGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137406272001346149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-88802984610144115372015-09-11T10:47:48.409-04:002015-09-11T10:47:48.409-04:00One of the most clever ideas in the design of Moon...One of the most clever ideas in the design of Moonbase Alpha was the inclusion of the large lit panels in the walls. Their use was both practical and psychological; they filled Moonbase Alpha with a diffuse light that mimicked natural light and the color scheme could change to fit the occasion.<br /><br />Creating the sets of Moonbase Alpha from these panels was practical because the panels could be reconfigured easily to create new rooms or corridors (which designer Keith Wilson pointed out in the book Making of Space:1999).<br /><br />While Space:1999 was an attempt at bringing the technology fetish and cosmic feel of 2001: A Space Odyssey to the small screen, the interior look of Moonbase Alpha is a unique creation even if the exterior of the base is closely related to the moonbase shown in 2001. The interior spaces of Moonbase Alpha were open, bright, and pleasing allowing the citizens of Moonbase Alpha to not go mad in the most extreme of situations.Pierre Fontainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928175455443075350noreply@blogger.com