Friday, September 06, 2013

Next Friday is Breakaway Day 2013


Next Friday: the blog's yearly celebration of Space:1999 and Breakaway Day! The Future (and Next Friday) are Fantastic!
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  1. Barry Smight6:08 PM

    Looking forward to your celebration, John.

    To satiate your readers til then, I've been doing a little of the same thing for Space: 1999...

    http://barrysmight.blogspot.ca/2013/07/the-making-of-space-1999-book.html

    http://barrysmight.blogspot.ca/2013/07/the-space-1999-original-soundtrack-lp.html

    http://barrysmight.blogspot.ca/2013/07/ring-around-bathtub.html


    There are a few more; of course, one can just do an internal search for 'space: 1999' on the blog: www.barrysmight.blogspot.ca

    It's a shame a third season wasn't produced, which would have made the show rerun on television much more than it was. You'd be surprised, or maybe you wouldn't be, how many people have never heard of the show; or at best, utter, "I think so". And I'm not talking about young people.

    I realize you are a much bigger fan of Space: 1999 than am I, but I still think this show should be promoted more -- as far as I'm concerned, it's better than most recent SF series'.

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    1. SGB7:22 PM

      Agree, SPACE:1999 season three should have been made in 1978, unfortunately, I.T.C. Lew Grade apparently instead used the budget on their film Raise The Titanic. Syndication of Space:1999 would have been more successful had it ran longer than 48 episodes.

      SGB

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  2. SGB6:23 PM

    It always reminds me as a boy watching the series premiere episode "Breakaway" of SPACE:1999 September 1975. Also, for obvious reasons, September 13th is Barbara Bain's birthday.

    SGB

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  3. David Brand8:31 PM

    I just got the Blu-ray and I'm watching the special features now. Was this is the first network TV show to feature a female incarnation of God? How's that for a Cult TV Faces of Jon? God(s)!

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  4. Barry Smight8:24 AM

    I remember anticipating and sitting down for "Breakaway" on Monday, September 1st. I could not wait for the English-language version which would premiere on CKVR the following Saturday (10:30am), so I watched it on CBLFT (French CBC flagship station) in a language I'm hardly fluent. That was a Labour Day screening, so I had something to inspire me to get up for school the next morning.

    As the series ran I became a little disappointed, but I made sure to keep watching (including airings on CHCH at 6pm, Sundays). I should mention that I was 14 years of age when Space: 1999 premiered, and was getting more 'critiquing' in my old age. I liked the look of the show -- although that would change as I got older -- but the stories were a little off to this 14 year old 'Judith Crist'.

    I liked the series enough to renew my viewing for the 2nd year: CBC ran ads in the summer of 1976 (they picked up the series for full-network status for Year Two) and I remember being a bit excited and liking the upgrades. (CBC pulled a fast-one by re-running "Breakaway" as the Year Two kick-off.)

    As I've been prone to utter at times like this: The memories....

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