tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3296002945059482316..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Space 1999 #12: Guardian of PiriSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-2365869812442961922015-01-13T15:24:34.416-04:002015-01-13T15:24:34.416-04:00To date, it's definitely a slower-paced show. ...To date, it's definitely a slower-paced show. Each episode clocks in at 52 minutes and could do with a trim. At the modern equivalent of 42 minutes, it would probably be more exciting.<br /><br />It's also quite uneven, and I find myself giving it a Medium-High right after a Medium-Low. No actual Highs as yet though.<br /><br />For Maya, since she's my best memory of the program from when I was a kid, sure, I can keep a little list going.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-34186962564850411372015-01-13T14:23:02.822-04:002015-01-13T14:23:02.822-04:00I remember watching this as a kid (not this episod...I remember watching this as a kid (not this episode so much as the series). I remember the high expectations, that it would be a solid successor to "Star Trek". But more than anything, I remember this show being so damn TALKY: nothing ever much happened, it was like watching "I Clavdivs". But at least "I Clavdivs" sometimes had boobs.<br /><br />Even as a kid I had a little taste, and I found "Lost in Space" demeaning and insulting. But at least things happened. Yes the "things" that "happened" were as often as not people in vegetable costumes, but at least that was something. It got really, really hard to justify why I would watch "Space: 1999" when I could be doing literally anything else.<br /><br />In retrospect I can clearly see the problem was "Thunderbirds": Gerry Anderson's training was filming puppets, not people. All of a sudden he's got a show that can/should focus on people, and he's not sure what to do with that.<br /><br />Anyway, the point is, this is roughly where I soured on "Space: 1999" in its initial run: several episodes in and it didn't seem to be getting any better. People love to criticize the second season for being dreck, and to be sure it it's hardly Shakespeare, but at least it tried to address the problems of the first season. You need go no further than the opening credits: instead of a close-up of Martin Landau standing there as kettle drums try to make it seem majestic, he's spinning around and shooting a thing with his thing. The jacket looks good too.<br /><br />Eventually we'll get to Season 2, and I know not to expect much in the way of "High" ratings. But when we get there, could you make a tally of all the things Maya turns into? Future historians will thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com