Space 2099
 

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If its true, I hope they base it off the first series, which was far better than the second series.

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Any uniform with flares gets my vote.

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Won't people wearing that uniform get burnt if they go off?

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They have to keep the Eagles. They have to keep the Eagles. I don't think there's ever been a more practical design, as the entire Eagle is constructed from modular parts, making it adaptable and easy to maintain. The Eagle design is as iconic as UFO's Interceptors were. It always looked as if it would actually work.

From a fan who was a fan the first time it was shown, here's hoping they get it right!

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While the guy in charge of the series says he cannot confirm or deny anything about the content, in the interview I read, he advised people to look at the posters (a small one is attached).

If you look in the bottom left hand corner of the poster, there is the head of something that looks distinctly like an updated Eagle.

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I remember watching this in South Africa when I was very young.. Dubbed into Afrikaans I had no idea what they were saying but marvelled at the special effects :rofl:

Even it's name at the time was cool in Afrikaans "Alpha negentien nege-en-neëntig (alpha 1999"

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The new eagle looks a lot wider from this other picture

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I've been watching old eps on You Tube. While the acting is a little dodgy, the costumes look a little dated and the sets look old fashioned (but still oddly futuristic), the model work still looks excellent.

Oh, and I've just found series 1 is available on Amazon on Blu Ray (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Space-1999-C...9754765&sr=1-1)

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It does.

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2099 eh? I wonder if they're going to be as far out with respect to technological progress etc. this time as they were last time. :)

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I'll watch it when it comes on telly, but i wish they had done UFO instead.

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I think UFO would also be fantastic to update.

In regards to 2099, I hope they keep a riff of the original theme tune, that was the coolist theme tune on telly.

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Problem with UFO is that most of the storylines were the same.. At least with Space1999 you had different worlds and craft to visit as the moon went through space.. I suppose though that with the remake it'll have to be a reoccurring wormhole (failed experiment or something like that) the moon would go through otherwise they'd be a bit crushed by the acceleration to light speed and it would have to accelerate/decelerate every solar system the came across :D

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I was watching old eps on Space 1999 on Youtube the other day..

I will say that some of the modelwork still looks excellent, even on a 40 inch screen. However, a lot of the "science" in the series was, at best, a little implausible, and at worst, totally impossible. However, in the early 70s, I think they could get away with that because every Sci Fi series seemed to use wildly inaccurate science.

Now, we've had a few series that have at least tried to introduce correct science (TNG, for all it's faults, was apparently quite good at this), so I think the fans will expect the storylines to be at least vaguely plausible.

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Aren't they currently making a film based on UFO ?