tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post8240885670158159621..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Space 1999 #31: The Rules of LutonSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-11817779005081251382018-03-31T18:01:09.885-03:002018-03-31T18:01:09.885-03:00The war was actually said to have taken place in 1...The war was actually said to have taken place in 1987 and it was the "golden age" following it that led to rapid space exploration. You can listen to the sound bite at MoonBase Alpha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-3980021542563041332015-11-13T17:53:28.736-04:002015-11-13T17:53:28.736-04:00At least he has a recognizable style. Haha!At least he has a recognizable style. Haha!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-51493936313624146902015-11-13T17:22:36.077-04:002015-11-13T17:22:36.077-04:00That American was Fred Freiberger. Yup, the guy th...That American was Fred Freiberger. Yup, the guy that was in charge of season 3 of the original series of Star Trek, and who basically was single handed in getting the show shit canned. He seemed to enjoy infantilising things, was afraid of 'hard' ideas, and liked happy endings. He did this again, with Space: 1999, pretty much ensuring it's demise with simplistic drivel like this episode, which, in the UK, was called 'The Judges Of Luton'. Luton is a town in Bedfordshire, UK, and is, well, ...boring. Sorry. Whatever, Fred Freiberger should never have been let near Space: 1999, let alone put in charge of it. I'm still bitter about this, even now. I liked season 1's darkness, the bleakness of the Alphans' plight - not everything has a happy ending; even Barry Gray's brilliant theme has a sense of foreboding. And then along comes Freiberger, and everything is happy happy joy, joy, joy, and a joke at the end of the episode. (Sigh)Brian Artilleryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01899216893467802910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-36045906875362412322015-02-02T10:21:37.428-04:002015-02-02T10:21:37.428-04:00How correct was he?How correct was he?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-364090092859734282015-02-02T10:13:29.460-04:002015-02-02T10:13:29.460-04:00Apparently it's the result of a US writer seei...Apparently it's the result of a US writer seeing the name while travelling in the UK and thinking it sounded alien-y.Craig Oxbrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-47078681652381274082015-02-01T07:46:04.372-04:002015-02-01T07:46:04.372-04:00The naming of this episode can only be seen as a d...The naming of this episode can only be seen as a deliberate joke by someone, since Luton isn't just a town in Britain, it's a famously *boring* one. It's like if some American show had an incredibly exotic alien planet called Desmoines.LondonKdShttp://londonkds.dreamwidth.orgnoreply@blogger.com