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I loved Space 1999. 1999 was SO far away when I was a kid in the 1970's.

dekhn 3y ago
I didn't love it (or Star Trek) but I was really looking forward to going to space in 1999.
JKCalhoun 3y ago
Loved the look. The whole premise that the Moon is heading into deep space because of a nuclear explosion that went off on one side is hard to stomach. (Kid me had no problem with it of course.) Maybe something like "When World's Collide" they could have had some Nemesis-like object pass through the Solar System and capture the Moon or send it flying away. (I mean, they would probably still be scooting through the Oort Cloud for both seasons though.)
- mark_undoio 3y ago
  I like to think that it's essentially Star Trek Voyager's situation but they've just got the entire moon instead of a spaceship.
  - munchler 3y ago
    Don't forget Lost In Space and Battlestar Galactica. All essentially the same premise.
    - mark_undoio 3y ago
      True! What seems a little unusual about Space 1999 was their lack of control over where they went. In Voyager they have some agency, in BSG they're searching for something, etc. Stargate Universe seems a bit closer in the sense that (for large parts) they can't control their spaceship and just have to go explore and get back on board quickly.
- shiroiuma 3y ago
  It's indeed a ridiculous premise, but no less ridiculous than the more-recent book and movie "The Martian", where a wind storm on Mars is the initial event that triggers all the following drama. (The atmospheric pressure on Mars is 1/200 that of Earth's; there's no way any kind of wind storm there would have any significant effect on people.)
  - KineticLensman 3y ago
    Yeah, but one you get past the windstorm, the majority of the film has a superb engineering / science focus. Really plausible, right up until the last ten minutes.
  - hackeraccount 3y ago
    I know it's hard to rate these things but I'm still reluctant to agree that both plot devices were equally ridiculous.
- hota_mazi 3y ago
  This is still vastly more believable than the Moon encountering a new planet every episode. Even if it was traveling at near light speed, it should take thousands of years before they encounter another planet. And if they were traveling that fast, they would barely see these planets for a fraction of a second before continuing on their journey :-) But well, great scifi show back then.
  - em-bee 3y ago
    at light speed, the next solar system is 4-5 years away. but yes. although we can assume that what they ran into were all rogue planets because i don't remember seeing any stars. who knows what's out there that we haven't detected yet. still remains the problem of everything needing to be pitch black all the time. i think even without finding any other planets they had a magic light source on the moon.
    - hota_mazi 3y ago
      You're assuming the Moon is traveling toward that specific system... It's going in a random direction, and probably in a straight line. Statistically, even at light speed, they would probably only encounter another system every few millions of years or so.
      - em-bee 3y ago
        you are right of course. i am assuming the most optimistic outcome that is physically possible, no matter how unrealistic. because if we go by statistics we'd have to scrap most movies that are about an unrealistic (but possible) event.
golergka 3y ago
It's even farther now!

I didn't love it (or Star Trek) but I was really looking forward to going to space in 1999.

Loved the look. The whole premise that the Moon is heading into deep space because of a nuclear explosion that went off on one side is hard to stomach. (Kid me had no problem with it of course.) Maybe something like "When World's Collide" they could have had some Nemesis-like object pass through the Solar System and capture the Moon or send it flying away. (I mean, they would probably still be scooting through the Oort Cloud for both seasons though.)

mark_undoio 3y ago
I like to think that it's essentially Star Trek Voyager's situation but they've just got the entire moon instead of a spaceship.
- munchler 3y ago
  Don't forget Lost In Space and Battlestar Galactica. All essentially the same premise.
  - mark_undoio 3y ago
    True! What seems a little unusual about Space 1999 was their lack of control over where they went. In Voyager they have some agency, in BSG they're searching for something, etc. Stargate Universe seems a bit closer in the sense that (for large parts) they can't control their spaceship and just have to go explore and get back on board quickly.
shiroiuma 3y ago
It's indeed a ridiculous premise, but no less ridiculous than the more-recent book and movie "The Martian", where a wind storm on Mars is the initial event that triggers all the following drama. (The atmospheric pressure on Mars is 1/200 that of Earth's; there's no way any kind of wind storm there would have any significant effect on people.)
- KineticLensman 3y ago
  Yeah, but one you get past the windstorm, the majority of the film has a superb engineering / science focus. Really plausible, right up until the last ten minutes.
- hackeraccount 3y ago
  I know it's hard to rate these things but I'm still reluctant to agree that both plot devices were equally ridiculous.
hota_mazi 3y ago
This is still vastly more believable than the Moon encountering a new planet every episode. Even if it was traveling at near light speed, it should take thousands of years before they encounter another planet. And if they were traveling that fast, they would barely see these planets for a fraction of a second before continuing on their journey :-) But well, great scifi show back then.
- em-bee 3y ago
  at light speed, the next solar system is 4-5 years away. but yes. although we can assume that what they ran into were all rogue planets because i don't remember seeing any stars. who knows what's out there that we haven't detected yet. still remains the problem of everything needing to be pitch black all the time. i think even without finding any other planets they had a magic light source on the moon.
  - hota_mazi 3y ago
    You're assuming the Moon is traveling toward that specific system... It's going in a random direction, and probably in a straight line. Statistically, even at light speed, they would probably only encounter another system every few millions of years or so.
    - em-bee 3y ago
      you are right of course. i am assuming the most optimistic outcome that is physically possible, no matter how unrealistic. because if we go by statistics we'd have to scrap most movies that are about an unrealistic (but possible) event.

golergka 3y ago

It's even farther now!