Space 1999 Megaset
by Val Guest, Kevin Connor, Bob Brooks (III), Robert Lynn (II)
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Director: Bob Brooks (III), Kevin Connor, Robert Lynn (II), Val GuestBrand: A&E
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 2496 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-09-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: AAE70522
Studio: A&E Home Video
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- On September 13, 1999, a massive explosion at a lunar nuclear waste dump sends the Moon out of Earth's orbit. Without warning - and with return to Earth impossible - the 311 men and women of MoonbaseAlpha find themselves on a perilous journey to the far reaches of space. Escape into worlds beyond belief with the seminal sci-fi series from producer Gerry Anderson (Thunderbirds, UFO, Captain
Movie Reviews of Space 1999 Megaset
Movie Review: IF YOU WANT MORE REALISTIC SCIENCE BUY STAR TREK
Summary: 5 Stars
Granted Space: 1999 is NO Star Trek. Space: 1999 tried to be legitimate science fiction in year one. Unsuccessful as legitimate science fiction in year one it attempted to morph into cheeseball campy tongue in cheek sci-fi farce in Year 2.
I mean Fred Friedburger genius behind Year 2's fake looking rubber \ latex alien suit wearing monsters is the same dude who brought us much Star Trek 3rd season tripe. Remember these all time low point Star Trek moments Turnabout Intruder and weaker and lamer still Cats Paw or Spock's Brain all brought to us by none other than Fred Friedburger. Brain and Brain what is Brain dialogue taken from the Spock's Brain episode sort of shows Star Trek too was exceptionally good at being just as lowbrow and uninspired as Space: 1999 at times. I must admit in all fairness Space: 1999 suffered from lame episodes far more often. I say this only as a reality check to all who dare laud Star Trek as episodic perfection in the annals of SCI-Fi TV.
Space: 1999 year one was good enough to stand on its own well with any SCI-FI TV of the period including Star Trek. Barry Gray's Year one music was creepy and one dimensional which did not move me. Year 2 music was better if in a cheesy Hawaii Five O sort of way. Year 2 had some good episodes. Space Warp, The Immunity Syndrome, Dorzak, The Bringers of Wonder, Devils Planet, The Metamorph, The Dorcons all leap to mind. The Taybor, A Matter of Balance while not particularly good were funny and marginally engaging.
My favorite Space: 1999 year two episodes The A-B Chrysalis, The Exiles, Space Warp. My all time favorite episode has to be Journey to Where because it above all others with possibly the exception of the Bringers of Wonder kept me fully engaged for the hour. I guess I liked seeing what Earth looked like after the moon blew out of Earth Orbit. Again the actual science used to explain this or any other Space: 1999 episode was laughable at best.
My list of least favorite Space: 1999 episodes are all year two as even the slowest Year One episodes had a real rich serious flavor year 2 totally lacked. My Year two stinkers are All That Glisters with its saturday morning cartoon feature slow plot that should have taken every bit of 15 minutes to milk dry as a sun parched bone after 100 years in the high desert. The Rules of Luton which dispite its lavish on location shooting was a wall to wall snore fest. The Beta Cloud again a typical platic shag rug sporting Friedburger Monster on a one demensional plot inspired romp through Moonbase ALPHA, Space: 1999 has been there done that too many times to count making it was an old lame idea when it was new. Seed Of Destruction was a made for MSK 3000 waste of film award winner, I have seen better production values in a kindergarden school play.
The Lambda Factor was the all time worst of Space: 1999 year 2 fare that just leaves tou scratching your head and wondering what horrbile thing just happened to you. In a dead heat for worst all time Space: 1999 Year 2 episode was Brian the Brain with its combination of bad science, stupid plot twists and a self absorbed murderous robot whose shrill painful voice grates on nerves like fingernails on a chalk board need I say more. Catacombs of the Moon so boring it could successfully put you in a sleep so sound you could sleep through major surgery. New Adam New Eve is more funny that anything because if you try to take this episode seriously at all your brain would fall out.
Finally there is one episode I must single out as Space: 1999's stupidest episode. Look at the episode titled "The Mark of Archanon" and ask yourself does this guy look like he has a lock on the first Burger King outlet on the Moon. Dude looks like the Burger Kings lost brother. I look at this episode and can not get ovet the idea I expect this guy to suddenly pull a whopper, fries and a coke out from nowhere offering it to me with a silly grin on his face at any moment. As for the Killing Sickness they hoped to contain in this episode I think that malady has already gotten loose to infect fools in Earth's inner cities and much of the world but thats another rant.
Finally one thing Star Trek stole from Space: 1999. Get the Dorcons episode last one of Space: 1999 season 2. Listen carefully to Consort Varda's talk with Commander Koenig as they are talking about his unwillingness to give up Maya without a fight. Consort Varda tells the good Commander, "Resistance Is Futile" the line that became the BORG tag started life in The Dorcons of Space: 1999 fame.
Buy the whole Space: 1999 set the quality is first rate. Once you get over the fact its not Star Trek you'll love it if not for the science for the MS3K type laughs it is full of.
Summary of Space 1999 Megaset
On September 13, 1999, a massive explosion at a lunar nuclear waste dump sends the Moon out of Earth orbit. Without warning--and with return to Earth impossible--the 311 men and women of Moonbase Alpha find themselves on a perilous journey to the far reaches of space...Escape into worlds beyond belief with the seminal sci-fi series from producer Gerry Anderson (Thunderbirds, UFO, Captain Scarlet). SPACE: 1999 features thought-provoking stories, exceptional special effects by Oscar® winner Brian Johnson (Alien, The Empire Strikes Back) and a remarkable cast. This complete DVD set includes all 48 original episodes, digitally remastered from the original 35mm film elements, along with a cool bonus features, extra footage and more!
The legendary cast features Oscar®-winner Martin Landau (Ed Wood, Crimes & Misdemeanors), Emmy®-winner Barbara Bain (Mission: Impossible), Catherine Schell (The Return of the Pink Panther) and a host of international guest stars, including Joan Collins, Brian Blessed, Leo McKern and Christopher Lee.
When it was first broadcast in 1975, there had never been a more lavishly produced science fiction TV series than Space: 1999, a British production whose budget for the first of its two seasons ran an astounding £3.25 million. What keeps us fans enthralled after all these years has only partly to due with the first-rate production values, the plausibly constructed spaceship models, and expert special effects. The tone of the show is one of scientific dispassion, setting it apart from its TV sci-fi predecessors such as Star Trek, whose mood was more convivial. Our heroes here are in dire circumstances that require cool heads as a survival trait. Those circumstances: the 311 crew members of Moonbase Alpha experience a cataclysm that causes the moon to break away from Earth's orbit and travel endlessly through space, turning our heroes into unintentional explorers. No TV series has created a more palpable feel of hard science fiction than this.
Of course the show is not without its detractors; it has been soundly lambasted for its many scientific errors. No less august a figure than Isaac Asimov criticized the show for its premise in the opening episode, "Breakaway," which had nuclear explosions on the "dark side of the moon" somehow propelling it out of Earth's orbit and flying through space without regard to any physical laws. In "Earthbound," aliens traveling to Earth state it will take them 75 years to reach their destination, making one wonder why it didn't take the moon that long to encounter the aliens. While these are serious complaints, fans tend to remember the scientific seriousness of the series and the sense of awe created by the many strange creatures and phenomena that the crew members encounter on their journey through the galaxy.
The Space: 1999 Mega Set collects all 48 episodes broadcast over the show's two seasons, contained on 17 DVDs that include vintage interviews, production stills, TV promotional spots, and interactive menus. All episodes have been digitally remastered, and some material that was not seen in the original U.S. broadcasts has been restored. --Jim Gay
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