Despite the leaden acting and artsy-obscure plots (at least in the first season), one of the things that made Space: 1999 so wonderful was the model work. Light years removed from the crudities of Star Trek TOS, the spacecraft and other goodies on S:1999 were always marvelous to see.
To that end, here’s a nice gallery page by one of the lead model makers on the show, Martin Bowers. Shiny!
(via BoingBoing)
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I an not afraid – I was a huge fan. Liked the model work and the overall show (until that horrid attempt to change things by introduceing a shape-shifter). I was sure we’d be flying through space by 2004, but of course, I was but a child back in the 70’s.
Okay, Dave. This is the third time you’ve ended a post with the adjective “shiny.”
Just what the frack do you mean by that? The first time you used it was for a DVD, and the cellophane on the case was shiny, so I assumed you were commenting (humorously) on that. The second time, it made no sense, and I dismissed it.
Here it is again! Does it mean something other than “bright in appearance”? Is it the same as “keen,” “cool,” and “nifty”?
A web search shows that “shine” is “money,” but that won’t work. Hmmm… “Shiny and bright” is Cockney rhyming slang for “all right.” Could this be slang for a slang term?
I swear, I just can’t understand anything you kids say these dys!
“Shiny” is a synonym for “fine, nice, keen, cool, nifty, delightfully spiffy,” as used in the Firefly ‘verse.
As, for example, defined here .
Aha! I don’t watch it, so I didn’t know.
As to the list of expletives on that site, it seems to be riddled with errors.
They include “feldercarb,” but I always heard this as “felgercarb.” Guess I’ll have to pull out the DVDs. And why omit “frack” (which I used above, and which may be spelled “frak,” for all I know)?
Lobo says “bastich” (often preceded by “fraggin'”), not “bastiche” (Is he French?).
And “puuduu” does not mean what they say! If you read the subtitles, you’ll see that it translates as “fodder,” although it certainly seems to be used the other way on the web.
I also don’t agree with their interpretation of “tanj.” It seems analogous to “damn” (if you’ll pardon my Anglo-Saxon).
Oh, well. Probably best not to waste too much effort picking apart a site that’s just trying to help people out. I’ll just wind up making a “twip” (Batman Beyond) of myself.
Yeah, I agree with your review of the site’s content. But it does have “shiny.”
I’m not sure that Firefly would be your cuppa (and it’s no longer on the air, though coming as a movie to a theater near you next April), though I’d recommend rending the DVDs just on general principles.