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    From Quadibloc@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Mon Jan 9 06:50:03 2023
    On Monday, January 9, 2023 at 7:33:15 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 19:51:59 -0800 (PST), StarDust <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    7 episodes, 1 hr long were produced then production was stopped.
    Not sure why?

    Maybe because space melodrama and bad effects were losing favor? This
    was only a couple of years before 2001 was released.

    Actually, it's quite a mystery why this show did not run longer, as it was
    very popular in Germany.

    Was it because it would have been more expensive to make episodes
    next year, when color TV would be introduced in Germany?

    Was it because the militaristic nature of the space fleet conflicted with sensitivities concerning Germany's past?

    There has been considerable speculation. There are also parallels
    between the series and Star Trek. The budget was tight, so ordinary
    objects were used as props. The Captain was in hot water for not
    always following orders. It was set in a future where individual nations
    on Earth no longer existed.

    On the other hand, sexual tension was handled with subtlety in
    the show, and it was a minor character - who tended to get shot
    down - who was portrayed as a womanizer.

    More significantly, there was only one alien race referred to in
    the show, and that race was a deadly menace at war with humans.

    John Savard

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Chris L Peterson on Mon Jan 9 15:11:14 2023
    On Monday, January 9, 2023 at 7:35:36 AM UTC-8, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Mon, 9 Jan 2023 06:50:03 -0800 (PST),
    On Monday, January 9, 2023 at 7:33:15 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 19:51:59 -0800 (PST),
    wrote:

    7 episodes, 1 hr long were produced then production was stopped.
    Not sure why?

    Maybe because space melodrama and bad effects were losing favor? This
    was only a couple of years before 2001 was released.

    Actually, it's quite a mystery why this show did not run longer, as it was >very popular in Germany.

    Was it because it would have been more expensive to make episodes
    next year, when color TV would be introduced in Germany?

    Was it because the militaristic nature of the space fleet conflicted with >sensitivities concerning Germany's past?

    There has been considerable speculation. There are also parallels
    between the series and Star Trek. The budget was tight, so ordinary
    objects were used as props. The Captain was in hot water for not
    always following orders. It was set in a future where individual nations
    on Earth no longer existed.

    On the other hand, sexual tension was handled with subtlety in
    the show, and it was a minor character - who tended to get shot
    down - who was portrayed as a womanizer.

    More significantly, there was only one alien race referred to in
    the show, and that race was a deadly menace at war with humans.

    John Savard
    I still lean towards the issue of bad acting and bad sets. It was a
    decade or two out of date when it aired, and the market was changing.

    Actually, the acting was professional, but maybe was not enough demand for this type of films.
    Back then youngsters were more into western, cowboys movies, as the US flooded the world market with them!

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Mon Jan 9 15:08:18 2023
    On Monday, January 9, 2023 at 6:50:05 AM UTC-8, Quadibloc wrote:
    On Monday, January 9, 2023 at 7:33:15 AM UTC-7, Chris L Peterson wrote:
    On Sun, 8 Jan 2023 19:51:59 -0800 (PST),

    7 episodes, 1 hr long were produced then production was stopped.
    Not sure why?

    Maybe because space melodrama and bad effects were losing favor? This
    was only a couple of years before 2001 was released.
    Actually, it's quite a mystery why this show did not run longer, as it was very popular in Germany.

    Was it because it would have been more expensive to make episodes
    next year, when color TV would be introduced in Germany?

    Was it because the militaristic nature of the space fleet conflicted with sensitivities concerning Germany's past?

    Would have been fun if a few V-2 rockets were used for shooting down those Alienskies?
    The TV series was made in East-Germany, so the sexual tension among the crew was toned down too much, I think!
    Female crew behaved like robots!

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  • From StarDust@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 9 15:25:12 2023
    I still lean towards the issue of bad acting and bad sets. It was a
    decade or two out of date when it aired, and the market was changing.

    Sci-Fi Cinema in the 1960s
    https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000095855/

    Of course, American movies had a much larger budget than an East-German Sci Fi flick, so they were much better made in color!
    Like the Planet of the Apes, I remember to blow my mind!

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