Your Five-Year Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It
February 6, 2023 4:14 PM Subscribe
So well done.
(Now do it like UFO!)
posted by doctornemo at 4:47 PM on February 6, 2023 [5 favorites]
(Now do it like UFO!)
posted by doctornemo at 4:47 PM on February 6, 2023 [5 favorites]
City on the edge of forever.
Edith Keeler must die
(But Spock and Cinnamon with husband Rollin contact the Committee of Temporal tropes and reports that Edith Keeler is really Nicole and her only crime was falling in love with a starship captain and a professional spy.
posted by clavdivs at 4:59 PM on February 6, 2023 [5 favorites]
Edith Keeler must die
(But Spock and Cinnamon with husband Rollin contact the Committee of Temporal tropes and reports that Edith Keeler is really Nicole and her only crime was falling in love with a starship captain and a professional spy.
posted by clavdivs at 4:59 PM on February 6, 2023 [5 favorites]
(Now do it like UFO!) OMG YES. For any young'uns who've never seen - please do watch.
And may the gods eternally bless Lalo Schifrin.
posted by davidmsc at 5:10 PM on February 6, 2023 [6 favorites]
And may the gods eternally bless Lalo Schifrin.
posted by davidmsc at 5:10 PM on February 6, 2023 [6 favorites]
The opener of UFO's younger sibling "Space:1999" had:
1) A "Star Trek" like space adventure theme,
2) A "UFO" style opening segment that explained the entire theme of the show in a few quick seconds, and,
3) A "Mission: Impossible" like montage of episode teaser shots coupled with a fast-paced muscular soundtrack.
posted by xigxag at 5:28 PM on February 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
1) A "Star Trek" like space adventure theme,
2) A "UFO" style opening segment that explained the entire theme of the show in a few quick seconds, and,
3) A "Mission: Impossible" like montage of episode teaser shots coupled with a fast-paced muscular soundtrack.
posted by xigxag at 5:28 PM on February 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
So UFO was going on in the 80’s? Space 1999 was in 1999? Where was I when all this space stuff was going on? Oh, and 2001? Who were all these techno-optimists who saw these futures in what is our past? Maybe you shouldn’t put any dates anywhere so people in the future won’t be so disappointed…
posted by njohnson23 at 5:58 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by njohnson23 at 5:58 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
1) They used the revamped effects shots.
2) They called it "Star Trek T.O.S."
★★★☆☆
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 6:47 PM on February 6, 2023
2) They called it "Star Trek T.O.S."
★★★☆☆
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 6:47 PM on February 6, 2023
Oh no, this is a rabbit hole.
Star Trek: The Next Generation x Full House
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine x Cheers
Star Trek: Voyager x Friends
posted by chrominance at 6:57 PM on February 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
Star Trek: The Next Generation x Full House
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine x Cheers
Star Trek: Voyager x Friends
posted by chrominance at 6:57 PM on February 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
Also wow, are the UFO credits really where Hideaki Anno took inspiration for the opening to Neon Genesis Evangelion? I can see why, they're so slick and stylish!
posted by chrominance at 7:03 PM on February 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by chrominance at 7:03 PM on February 6, 2023 [3 favorites]
The opener yt of UFO's younger sibling "Space:1999" had:
An absolutely bangin' musical theme.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:20 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
An absolutely bangin' musical theme.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 7:20 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
(Now do it like UFO!)
I think you might mean
(Now [1980] do it [metafilter] like UFO [UFO])
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 7:28 PM on February 6, 2023 [4 favorites]
I think you might mean
(Now [1980] do it [metafilter] like UFO [UFO])
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 7:28 PM on February 6, 2023 [4 favorites]
Who were all these techno-optimists who saw these futures in what is our past?
It's not just optimists. Blade Runner was in 2019, Soylent Green was last year, and the list of awful shit that's already happened in the Cyberpunk universe is looooong.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 7:43 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
It's not just optimists. Blade Runner was in 2019, Soylent Green was last year, and the list of awful shit that's already happened in the Cyberpunk universe is looooong.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 7:43 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
I thought that they'd do something with Spock actually being Paris (shown here with a familiar co-star)
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:36 PM on February 6, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:36 PM on February 6, 2023 [2 favorites]
Excellent!
George Lucas' 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Andor 1977.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 11:53 PM on February 6, 2023 [2 favorites]
George Lucas' 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Andor 1977.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 11:53 PM on February 6, 2023 [2 favorites]
1980 (God damn it, where's the blink tag when we need it?!?)
When I was a kid, UFO was my first sci-fi TV show. My father died when I was four, and my mother and I lived with her parents for a few years, where there were some pretty strict rules. One was that I didn't touch the TV. I could watch things with them, but they mostly just watched the news, Sunday afternoon ball games, and Lawrence Welk.
Once my mom remarried and we moved into our own place, I started exploring TV, and somehow UFO made it to syndication in my neck of the woods. It came on Sunday around noon, a little slice of something for me between the church shows and the sports. I loved that stupid show with all my heart.
And it was uncanny how, in 1970, it so perfectly predicted what the world would look like just 10 years later, right down to the velour jumpsuits, fishnet shirts, and purple wigs for women (but only on the moon).
posted by Naberius at 7:20 AM on February 7, 2023 [4 favorites]
When I was a kid, UFO was my first sci-fi TV show. My father died when I was four, and my mother and I lived with her parents for a few years, where there were some pretty strict rules. One was that I didn't touch the TV. I could watch things with them, but they mostly just watched the news, Sunday afternoon ball games, and Lawrence Welk.
Once my mom remarried and we moved into our own place, I started exploring TV, and somehow UFO made it to syndication in my neck of the woods. It came on Sunday around noon, a little slice of something for me between the church shows and the sports. I loved that stupid show with all my heart.
And it was uncanny how, in 1970, it so perfectly predicted what the world would look like just 10 years later, right down to the velour jumpsuits, fishnet shirts, and purple wigs for women (but only on the moon).
posted by Naberius at 7:20 AM on February 7, 2023 [4 favorites]
Guest starring Ricardo Montalbán.
posted by Artw at 8:01 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 8:01 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
Star Wars x MacGyver is still my absolute favorite because of how well done the editing is and how much the theme music just works with the content.
I know Andor is really good and lots of people like it, but I would watch the crap out of a Star Wars television series that had an intro like that.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 8:21 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
I know Andor is really good and lots of people like it, but I would watch the crap out of a Star Wars television series that had an intro like that.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 8:21 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
And may the gods eternally bless Lalo Schifrin.
There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On
posted by kirkaracha at 11:24 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On
posted by kirkaracha at 11:24 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Goin' On
Carol Kaye, Max Bennett - electric bassposted by mikelieman at 1:33 PM on February 7, 2023
...and purple wigs for women (but only on the moon).
Wait, the purple haired women aren't the aliens in UFO?
I guess I must dive into an internet rabbit hole and learn everything there is to know about this TV show, beyond what I have only seen as a reference in memes. See you in a couple days.
posted by AzraelBrown at 2:46 PM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
Wait, the purple haired women aren't the aliens in UFO?
I guess I must dive into an internet rabbit hole and learn everything there is to know about this TV show, beyond what I have only seen as a reference in memes. See you in a couple days.
posted by AzraelBrown at 2:46 PM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
Costumes by Sylvia Anderson!
posted by Artw at 2:59 PM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 2:59 PM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
and purple wigs for women (but only on the moon).
You should come to Baltimore when the Ravens are playing.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 3:25 PM on February 7, 2023
You should come to Baltimore when the Ravens are playing.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 3:25 PM on February 7, 2023
Wait, the purple haired women aren't the aliens in UFO?
Don't be silly. They were just ordinary human women assigned to Moonbase whose service uniform happened to include a purple wig. Obviously.
posted by The Tensor at 3:27 PM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
Don't be silly. They were just ordinary human women assigned to Moonbase whose service uniform happened to include a purple wig. Obviously.
posted by The Tensor at 3:27 PM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
Don't be silly. They were just ordinary human women assigned to Moonbase whose service uniform happened to include a purple wig.
Its practical!
posted by Artw at 3:53 PM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
Its practical!
posted by Artw at 3:53 PM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
Funny because Leonard Nimoy was in both.
posted by hypnogogue at 7:49 PM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by hypnogogue at 7:49 PM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
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