Thread: Space Chicks: 1999

Trust me... You will just have to see for yourself!

Wow.

I'd always wanted to see this, as Keith Wilson was art director, but... wow.

Wasn't as bad as I'd been led to believe, but... wow.

It was nice to see familiar Space faces, sound effects, and furniture.

Honestly, it is no worse than some of other sci fi of that time. It reminds me of Buck Rogers in tone and feel.

How sad that Keith Wilson passed. I don't know if he'd have had any influence on Space 2099 but I think he was offered something for the Moonbase Alpha Legacy project. He was a genius and truth be told, his work on the Alpha sets had more than a passing influence on Star Wars and Star Trek the Motion Picture.

As an aside, Star Maiden's "Breakaway" mechanism is quite plausible! Planet Medusa is ejected into interstellar space following a close encounter with another celestial body. The planet then drifts through space for "generations" (=actually tens of thousands of years, since it hails from Proxima Centauri) before finally arriving in our solar system. It's a highly unlikely scenario, but unlike Space:1999's Breakaway it is not scientifically impossible.

Do you think the same plot could work in Space:2099, BTW? (sans camp 1970s "femi-nazism", obviously!) What if the Space:2099 "Breakaway" episode begins with the Moon entering another solar system and there is a brief explanation that our natural satellite was ejected from our solar system by the rogue planet Meta countless generations ago? From this point on, all the action takes place in this new star system as the Alphans explore & colonize its planets...

MARCU$

Could have been a Year One 1999 episode!! Interesting pilot!

Originally Posted by Mike Campbell

Honestly, it is no worse than some of other sci fi of that time. It reminds me of Buck Rogers in tone and feel.

How sad that Keith Wilson passed. I don't know if he'd have had any influence on Space 2099 but I think he was offered something for the Moonbase Alpha Legacy project. He was a genius and truth be told, his work on the Alpha sets had more than a passing influence on Star Wars and Star Trek the Motion Picture.

Honestly I remember seeing this show on PBS many many years ago. Heck I saw Benny Hill as well on PBS too at about the same time over here in upstate New York. This was back in the 70's. It was ok but once again it was about sexism and etc. It was ok to watch as a teenager of that era. I am not sure if it was only one season or two.

Originally Posted by Mike Campbell

How sad that Keith Wilson passed. I don't know if he'd have had any influence on Space 2099 but I think he was offered something for the Moonbase Alpha Legacy project. He was a genius and truth be told, his work on the Alpha sets had more than a passing influence on Star Wars and Star Trek the Motion Picture.

Oh lordy... I must be living in a cave down here in Melbourne, Mike by reading your post I've only just found out of Keith's passing. Well, he has left us an amazing legacy from which to remember him. I will never forget Starlog Magazine's article on the origins of " SPACE JOURNEY: WHERE?" in the 1970's and how I poured over his preliminary sketches of Alpha's interior and his other designs for hours at a time.

Belated; However Rest in Peace Keith Wilson, your designs have helped color my life.

Thanks for the link to Star Maidens, Captain Zantor. I read the novelisation (yes we down under spell it with an 's' not a 'z') in the late 1970's...it featured a fabulous picture of the Star Maiden's city on the cover. I can't remember the story I read though I was aware that we never got the show in Australia.

What a fabulous Space 1999y-ish visual and auditory tributey thingy it is. It's absolutely visually delicious from the point of view of someone who would do anything to see another 1999-ish set designed by Wilson. It has a Season 2 feel for me, though that could be the sound effects and how about about Gareth Thomas (Roj Blake) being present (still feel he was a really wooden actor).

Nice link!