I vaguely remember this as a kid.Does anyone have the DVD , I almost picked it up out of curiosity but would like more info on the series and DVD.

Your wish is my command!

Check out my review of the first two box sets at:

http://review.dvdtalk.com/reviews/Re...w.asp?sku=1578

Cheers!

Hey thanks.

I was nine years old when Space:1999 first aired, and so the release of the episodes onto DVD was something I had been looking forward to. While the quality of the source material is reasonable for a show that's 25 years old, the feel of the material is quite dated now. The element of the show that has held up however, is Brian Johnson's terrific effects work. For those who don't know who that is, Brian Johnson went on to do the effects for Alien in 1979, and Empire Strikes Back, in 1980. The first six of episodes reveal some very ambitious effects work, including the underground Eagle hangar deck, convincing blast-offs, crash landings, and pyrotechnic effects that would become the show's signature. Many of the show's plotlines were utterly preposterous (science advisor, please!), but I enjoyed seeing the episodes again, if only to get that retro-feeling. Makes you long for the good old days when special effects was more of a craft, as opposed to the tinny feel of today's CGI.

Don't forget about the music!! The incidental music behind the show is quite good. It makes the show more of a human-based drama.

Here is an excellent Space: 1999 website you might enjoy.
http://www.space1999.net/alpha/

Check out the Episode Guide and Media Center. You'll love all the special effects and graphics.

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PS to Surfmonkey:
Loved your review but there is a small error. You should have "Earthbound" as the title instead of "Ring Around the Moon". You got them backwards. Small mixup there

Ring Around the Moon
A Triton space probe implants Ted Clifford and causes him to start transmitting classified data from Computer. He dies in the process and Helena is chosen by the probe to replace him. She will die too, unless Koenig can stop the alien probe.

Earthbound
A Kaldorian spacecraft crashlands on the Moon on it's way to Earth. One of the ship's crew is killed when his sleep chamber is forced open in an attempt to revive him. The alien commander agrees to take an Alphan in his place, and Commissioner Simmonds will stop at nothing to ensure it is him.

[Edited by ClassyChassis on 02-10-01 at 08:34 AM]

Yeah, I had three errors slip into the review. I refered to the discs as volumes 1 and 2 when they're really SETS 1 and 2. I mixed up the titles you mention and I said that the Moon left orbit in October of 1999 when any self respecting future historian knows that it departed in September.

Ooops. My bad =)