‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’ Review

“A Very Entertaining, Though (Seemingly) Unoriginal, Voyage Of The Starship Enterprise” Let me say for the record I am not a Trekkie.  While more people are probably into the work of Gene Roddenberry I preferred Gerry Anderson and shows like “Space: 1999,” “UFO.” and “Space Precinct.”  That ’s not to say that I didn’t respect […]

The Gerry Anderson Legacy Continues!

When Gerry Anderson died in 2013 I assumed that also meant that not only would there be no more series like “UFO,” “Space: 1999” or “Space Precinct” but without his leadership there wouldn’t even be an Anderson Entertainment. It seems that I am wrong because the company’s web site not only went live recently and […]

‘Space Precinct’ Movie In The Works?

“Space Precinct,” arguably one of Gerry Anderson’s more controversial series, mainly due to the $1.5 million per episode cost, which made it the most expensive show in Britain at the time.  Yet, despite all the money spent, the ratings were only average, which I suspect had more than a little to do with the terrible […]

ITV Reboots Anderson’s “Thunderbirds”

When Gerry Anderson died last September,  I not only was saddened, but felt somehow betrayed.  I am not arrogant to believe that his health is any of my business, but knowing would have clarified for me why it is that he left the Pinewood Studios lot, and the selling of the memorabilia that he had accrued […]

The Latest ‘Space: 2099’ News!

For quite a while now I was wondering what was going on with “Space: 2099,” the reboot of Gerry Anderson’s “Space: 1999,” because I haven’t heard any news on that front for four or five months.  I was  worried that it suffered the fate of the UFO reboot, which appears to be caught somewhere in […]

Starcrash

Some may consider the image circled in red as ‘stealing’ – it’s the front section of an Eagle transporter, from Gerry Anderson’s “Space: 1999″ – which from a certain perspective is understandable. Though, if you look even closer, there’s innovation involved. When you’re working with a limited budget, sometimes necessity is the mother of invention. […]

Competing Space: 1999 Reboots

I have always assumed that the question of whether or not there would be a reboot of Space: 1999 was more a question of when, than if because, if television or feature films have taught us anything, it’s that updating something that already exists is easier than spending the time, money and effort to actually […]

Space: 2099 Is A Go!

Space: 1999 is being rebooted, if Deadline is accurate.  I don’t know if Gerry Anderson will be involved, though I hope that he is.  Anyone that has followed my blog knows that I have been following this project, in its various forms, since its inception, and I am glad to hear that there will potentially […]

Futurama: 1999

I like all things “Space: 1999,” which is why when I saw this ship from the “Futurama” movie “Bender’s Game” I had to post it. That grey spacecraft is an Eagle, the ubiquitous transport craft from the groundbreaking Gerry Anderson series.