#thestarlost — Public Fediverse posts

@lxskllr
Somehow this poster made me think instead of John Colicos guest starring appearance, with Barry Morse (of Space 1999 fame) in the appalling 1973 ‘The Starlost’ episode ‘The Goddess Calabra.

How an episode credited to Ursula LeGuin, on a show conceived by Harlan Ellison and with Brian Aldiss as science consultant could be so truly bad is one of the enduring questions of this show.

It’s still a cult classic though.

#JohnColicos #TheStarlost #70sSciFi

https://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-starlost-50th-anniversary-goddess.html

@MirrorAyako @allstartrek @kcarr2015

@lxskllr
Somehow this poster made me think instead of John Colicos guest starring appearance, with Barry Morse (of Space 1999 fame) in the appalling 1973 ‘The Starlost’ episode ‘The Goddess Calabra.

How an episode credited to Ursula LeGuin, on a show conceived by Harlan Ellison and with Brian Aldiss as science consultant could be so truly bad is one of the enduring questions of this show.

It’s still a cult classic though.

#JohnColicos #TheStarlost #70sSciFi

https://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-starlost-50th-anniversary-goddess.html

@MirrorAyako @allstartrek @kcarr2015

@lxskllr
Somehow this poster made me think instead of John Colicos guest starring appearance, with Barry Morse (of Space 1999 fame) in the appalling 1973 ‘The Starlost’ episode ‘The Goddess Calabra.

How an episode credited to Ursula LeGuin, on a show conceived by Harlan Ellison and with Brian Aldiss as science consultant could be so truly bad is one of the enduring questions of this show.

It’s still a cult classic though.

#JohnColicos #TheStarlost #70sSciFi

https://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-starlost-50th-anniversary-goddess.html

@MirrorAyako @allstartrek @kcarr2015

@lxskllr
Somehow this poster made me think instead of John Colicos guest starring appearance, with Barry Morse (of Space 1999 fame) in the appalling 1973 ‘The Starlost’ episode ‘The Goddess Calabra.

How an episode credited to Ursula LeGuin, on a show conceived by Harlan Ellison and with Brian Aldiss as science consultant could be so truly bad is one of the enduring questions of this show.

It’s still a cult classic though.

#JohnColicos #TheStarlost #70sSciFi

https://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-starlost-50th-anniversary-goddess.html

@MirrorAyako @allstartrek @kcarr2015

@lxskllr
Somehow this poster made me think instead of John Colicos guest starring appearance, with Barry Morse (of Space 1999 fame) in the appalling 1973 ‘The Starlost’ episode ‘The Goddess Calabra.

How an episode credited to Ursula LeGuin, on a show conceived by Harlan Ellison and with Brian Aldiss as science consultant could be so truly bad is one of the enduring questions of this show.

It’s still a cult classic though.

#JohnColicos #TheStarlost #70sSciFi

https://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-starlost-50th-anniversary-goddess.html

@MirrorAyako @allstartrek @kcarr2015

I am always happy when I read #NewWarriors. Since this is the first time reading these comics, it's just makes the experience even better #Nova #NovaPrime #TheStarlost #Xandar #Firelord #AirWalker #Rage #NightThrasher #Silhouette #Justice #Firestar #Speedball #Marvel #DarickRobertson #FabianNicieza

@agenderfox

That’s a lot of Trek! I have watched it all as it came out with the exception of a few episodes in 1966 before the neighbour kid pushed me to try it in TOS season one. So, I am always impressed by younger newcomers who systematically binge to catch up.

Understand your love of ‘The Magicians’. :packetcat_smile:

I’d like to recommend however that you give ‘The Ark’ a try if you haven’t been already. Its second season finale just ran on Syfy US last week, and will be on Peacock as of this week. ‘The Ark’ is a Dean Devlin creation that appeals to a lot of Star Trek, Stargate and classic sci-fi television fans. Like 90s Star Trek, it’s getting better as it goes on. Hopefully, it will be renewed for more seasons.

Outside the US, it’s available in many countries but across a diversity of services. Check out the hashtags below to see if you might have it.

I am in the process of setting up a new group chat bot account for ‘The Ark’ that interested people in the fediverse will be able to follow.


There’s also interest in a group rewatch/watch and discussion here. I’ll be setting up a schedule in a few weeks. Input will be welcome!


@StarTrekChat #AllStarTrek #HopePunk #ScienceFiction #Space1999 #TheStarlost #StarShips 
#TheArk #StarTrek #Stargate #StargateSG1 #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SciFiTV #TV #SyFy #CTVScifiChannel #Sky #NowTV #USANetwork #Peacock #fubo #Spectrum #Wow #MagentaTV #CanalPlus #Universal #Entertainment #CTVSciFi

@serge

Dean Devlin’s 20th century sci-fi television homage ‘The Ark’ is bringing us its S2 finale ‘Fortunate’ tonight!

Would love to be running watch parties for this show if there were more than a handful of us here who were regular viewers. Perhaps we can get something going for a rewatch cycle?

https://www.syfy.com/the-ark/season-2/videos/a-tragic-accident-the-ark-s2-e12-sneak-peek

@StarTrekChat #AllStarTrek #HopePunk #ScienceFiction #Space1999 #TheStarlost 
#TheArk #StarTrek #Stargate #StargateSG1 #SciFi #ScienceFiction #TV #SyFy #CTVScifiChannel #Sky #NowTV #USANetwork #Peacock #fubo #Spectrum #Wow #MagentaTV #CanalPlus #Universal #TheIngloriousTreksperts #IndependenceDay #Godzilla

After seeing The Ark’s season 2 penultimate episode* this week, I’m hoping that NBCUniversal greenlights a third season.

It’s a rare low budget Syfy Original that has a second season better than its first.

I’ve already posed the question ‘Why aren’t you watching this?!!’ to Star Trek and Stargate fans who keep saying they’re hankering for an aspirational, upbeat classic sci-fi show and are less concerned with expensive production values or perfect scientific explanations.

If you like Dean Devlin products like Stargate, Godzilla (1998), Independence Day, or listen to ‘The Inglorious Treksperts, I’d be very surprised if this isn’t your thing.

I’d argue that if you liked 60s and 70s sci-fi shows such as Space 1999, The Starlost, Ark II, and the original Battlestar Galactica, you’ll find much to enjoy with this one.

With a bit of digging, I was able to find that it has a broader international distribution than many realize, it’s worth tracking down in your market!

And if you happen to have checked out The Ark since I last posted, I’d love to hear what you think.

*Edited: I keep thinking the season is done as I’m just not thinking of 12 episode seasons anymore.

@StarTrekChat #AllStarTrek #HopePunk #ScienceFiction #Space1999 #TheStarlost
#TheArk #StarTrek #Stargate #StargateSG1 #SciFi #ScienceFiction #TV #SyFy #CTVScifiChannel #Sky #NowTV #USANetwork #Peacock #fubo #Spectrum #Wow #MagentaTV #CanalPlus #Universal #TheIngloriousTreksperts #IndependenceDay #Godzilla

@Doctor_Roo
@theresmiling

@raumpatrouille

Wow. Space Patrol Orion!

I want to know more!

I did not know this existed nor its marionette predecessor Space Patrol. (Nor that the marionette version was released as Planet Patrol in the US. Not sure it ever got to Canada, that was pre cable.)

Does anyone know if there is a version out there with French dub and subtitles? Or just English subtitles?

The early to mid 1960s really were a period of experimentation with science fiction television production everywhere. I can see why this live action version became so beloved with cult status in Germany.

I like the strong presence of women in command (which US network NBC wasn’t ready for in TOS). I can also see how fans of this show in Germany and France would seen Star Trek as similar and be a natural audience for the Trek franchise.

Looking it up, I can see now that some of the experimental video techniques in the 1975 Canadian show ‘The Starlost’, which integrated minaturized sets with live action soundstage overlays in camera, have a direct predecessor in Space Patrol Orion. Would be interested to know what German fans would think of ‘The Starlost.’

#1960s #SciFi #1960sTV #SpacePatrolOrion #CommandoSpatialOrion #TV #Television #TheStarlost #SpacePatrol #PlanetPatrol

@Doctor_Roo
@theresmiling

@raumpatrouille

Wow. Space Patrol Orion!

I want to know more!

I did not know this existed nor its marionette predecessor Space Patrol. (Nor that the marionette version was released as Planet Patrol in the US. Not sure it ever got to Canada, that was pre cable.)

Does anyone know if there is a version out there with French dub and subtitles? Or just English subtitles?

The early to mid 1960s really were a period of experimentation with science fiction television production everywhere. I can see why this live action version became so beloved with cult status in Germany.

I like the strong presence of women in command (which US network NBC wasn’t ready for in TOS). I can also see how fans of this show in Germany and France would seen Star Trek as similar and be a natural audience for the Trek franchise.

Looking it up, I can see now that some of the experimental video techniques in the 1975 Canadian show ‘The Starlost’, which integrated minaturized sets with live action soundstage overlays in camera, have a direct predecessor in Space Patrol Orion. Would be interested to know what German fans would think of ‘The Starlost.’

#1960s #SciFi #1960sTV #SpacePatrolOrion #CommandoSpatialOrion #TV #Television #TheStarlost #SpacePatrol #PlanetPatrol

@Doctor_Roo
@theresmiling

@raumpatrouille

Wow. Space Patrol Orion!

I want to know more!

I did not know this existed nor its marionette predecessor Space Patrol. (Nor that the marionette version was released as Planet Patrol in the US. Not sure it ever got to Canada, that was pre cable.)

Does anyone know if there is a version out there with French dub and subtitles? Or just English subtitles?

The early to mid 1960s really were a period of experimentation with science fiction television production everywhere. I can see why this live action version became so beloved with cult status in Germany.

I like the strong presence of women in command (which US network NBC wasn’t ready for in TOS). I can also see how fans of this show in Germany and France would seen Star Trek as similar and be a natural audience for the Trek franchise.

Looking it up, I can see now that some of the experimental video techniques in the 1975 Canadian show ‘The Starlost’, which integrated minaturized sets with live action soundstage overlays in camera, have a direct predecessor in Space Patrol Orion. Would be interested to know what German fans would think of ‘The Starlost.’

#1960s #SciFi #1960sTV #SpacePatrolOrion #CommandoSpatialOrion #TV #Television #TheStarlost #SpacePatrol #PlanetPatrol

@Doctor_Roo
@theresmiling

@raumpatrouille

Wow. Space Patrol Orion!

I want to know more!

I did not know this existed nor its marionette predecessor Space Patrol. (Nor that the marionette version was released as Planet Patrol in the US. Not sure it ever got to Canada, that was pre cable.)

Does anyone know if there is a version out there with French dub and subtitles? Or just English subtitles?

The early to mid 1960s really were a period of experimentation with science fiction television production everywhere. I can see why this live action version became so beloved with cult status in Germany.

I like the strong presence of women in command (which US network NBC wasn’t ready for in TOS). I can also see how fans of this show in Germany and France would seen Star Trek as similar and be a natural audience for the Trek franchise.

Looking it up, I can see now that some of the experimental video techniques in the 1975 Canadian show ‘The Starlost’, which integrated minaturized sets with live action soundstage overlays in camera, have a direct predecessor in Space Patrol Orion. Would be interested to know what German fans would think of ‘The Starlost.’

#1960s #SciFi #1960sTV #SpacePatrolOrion #CommandoSpatialOrion #TV #Television #TheStarlost #SpacePatrol #PlanetPatrol

@Doctor_Roo
@theresmiling

@raumpatrouille

Wow. Space Patrol Orion!

I want to know more!

I did not know this existed nor its marionette predecessor Space Patrol. (Nor that the marionette version was released as Planet Patrol in the US. Not sure it ever got to Canada, that was pre cable.)

Does anyone know if there is a version out there with French dub and subtitles? Or just English subtitles?

The early to mid 1960s really were a period of experimentation with science fiction television production everywhere. I can see why this live action version became so beloved with cult status in Germany.

I like the strong presence of women in command (which US network NBC wasn’t ready for in TOS). I can also see how fans of this show in Germany and France would seen Star Trek as similar and be a natural audience for the Trek franchise.

Looking it up, I can see now that some of the experimental video techniques in the 1975 Canadian show ‘The Starlost’, which integrated minaturized sets with live action soundstage overlays in camera, have a direct predecessor in Space Patrol Orion. Would be interested to know what German fans would think of ‘The Starlost.’

#1960s #SciFi #1960sTV #SpacePatrolOrion #CommandoSpatialOrion #TV #Television #TheStarlost #SpacePatrol #PlanetPatrol

@twipped I have seen Another World.

And I enjoyed it for what it was, for the optimism and for some of the strong acting. I also very much liked that they managed to make sense of everything in S2 and stick a landing.

I didn’t see the plots as all that similar though.

I saw both more as different 21st century creators takes of a collection of 1970s humanity-on-its-last-legs-in-space trope shows, none of which lasted long, and made for tv movies. These would include #TheStarlost, #Space1999, #BattlestarGallactica, #ArkII etc.

I’ll grant that both feature young and raw officers trying to keep a ship and crew intact, but otherwise, I feel they are going in different directions. I’ll be interested to see whether you find them quite so similar after viewing S2 of the Ark.

#AnotherWorld #Netflix #TheArk #Syfy #SciFi #ScienceFiction #70sTelevision

@mycotropic @TheSpaceshipper Yes, I watched it first run on CTV!

And I recently I recently bought the remastered DVD set which has interviews and BTS footage on how it was made.

I have been looking for someone to rewatch with and discuss.

#TheStarlost #70sSciFi

Just saw news that Ed Ames has died at age 95. This is obviously not what he's best known for, but here he is as Mr. Smith in the Starlost episode "Mr. Smith of Manchester" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LBvIZXSvyY #EdAmes #TheStarlost

Time for a proper #introduction!

I'm Tom, I'm a computer programmer, happily married, and I live in northeast PA, USA.

#webcomics - I draw Station V3, at http://www.stationv3.com (since 2003!)

#scifi - Reading & watching. I enjoy shows like #startrek, #doctorwho, #blakes7, #space1999, and even #thestarlost. Finally watching #babylon5.

#music - Rock, especially 60s and 70s. Listening and collecting, especially on #vinyl and #8tracks. I also play #bass and #clarinet (but not bass clarinet!)