Best Scifi Series ever, canceled! (OT)

[Perrin]

Hey with the new mandatory Ratings system you could theoretically have almost anything on TV. Look at South Park for example. It may mean that FS would have to be on later at night but thats why they made VCR's and TIVO.

[mac5732]

How about the original Flash Gordon Series way back when... it was quite popular back in the old days, before computers, graphic enhancements, etc.. (the good old days )

mac

[Growltigga]

Yeah, the original Flash Gordon was well swervy - I did particularily like the way someone had stuffed roman candles up the backsides of the rocket ships and then ran a magimix to get the sound effects

[dogscoff]

I'd still love to see a Dan Dare series and/or film, but sticking to the style and spirit of the 50's original, ie rockets full of valves and pipes and things rather than circuitry and computers, and control panels with big levers in primary colours, and blocky robots that look like they've been made out of boxes...

That reminds me. Check out www.robotbastard.com - 40 meg download but well worth it. It's by the same guy as the excellent "Scud: Disposible Assasin".

[Growltigga]

Originally posted by dogscoff:
I'd still love to see a Dan Dare series and/or film, but sticking to the style and spirit of the 50's original, ie rockets full of valves and pipes and things rather than circuitry and computers, and control panels with big levers in primary colours, and blocky robots that look like they've been made out of boxes...

You mean like the Flash Gordon movie?

I love that, I am always trying to slip lines from it into polite business conversation... things like 'Gordon's alive??' or 'Squadron 40! DIIIVVVVVEEEEEEEEE'

[dogscoff]

'Squadron 40! DIIIVVVVVEEEEEEEEE'

Brian Blessed has to be one of the coolest people on the face of the planet, and one of my role models.
How many other people in the Last 100 years can claim to have made a career out of wearing chain mail and shouting?

The coolest thing of all is that he used to be member of parliament, too...

[Growltigga]

I would like to make a career out of wearing chain mail and shouting

"THE PEOPLE OF STOKE ARE REVOLTING, I SHALL BARE MY BROAD BUTTOCKS TO THE BATTLEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE OF STOKE AND ASK THEM TO BULLSEYE THAT'

brilliant, he is absolutely brilliant. I would like to go and get smashed with Brian Blessed, Rory McGrath, Jonathan Woss and Rolf Harris - that would be fun