The Quatermass Experiment
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Live on BBC4 at 8:20 wonder if it will be any good? I can
very remotely remember the black/white versions.
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/quatermass.shtml
edited to add link to bbc
>>> Edited by scared but happy on Saturday 2nd April 19:50
very remotely remember the black/white versions.
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/quatermass.shtml
edited to add link to bbc
>>> Edited by scared but happy on Saturday 2nd April 19:50
scared but happy said:
I can
very remotely remember the black/white versions.
Then spend money. Spend money now.
www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=sr&page=title&r=R2&title=620110
yertis said:
Anyone else remember the '70s version with John Mills as Prof Quatermass?
Eerily prescient in many ways - new age travellers, contract policemen (pay-cops) complete collapse of civilisation, destruction of Wembley Stadium (except I think it got spared at the last minute)
Oh yes I do (hope it's the one). That was hurried together for ITV when they kept going on strike and was a program to bring back viewers.
had a transport pad at the stadium. Killed a dog if I remember. had lots of computers at joderral (sp?) bank with dishes etc.
lay,lay,lay,lay spooky...the memory is returning.
www.internationalhero.co.uk/q/quatmass.htm
The film version Quatermass and the pit
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t me up for weeks 'orrible they were. brrrrrrr yertis said:
Anyone else remember the '70s version with John Mills as Prof Quatermass?
Eerily prescient in many ways - new age travellers, contract policemen (pay-cops) complete collapse of civilisation, destruction of Wembley Stadium (except I think it got spared at the last minute)
I remember it vividly.
Story was that the ancient stone circles ( stonehenge stylee ) were in fact ancient facilities put there thousands of years ago to beam away people to another part of the universe from where they never returned.
Civilisation was crumbling, cities rioting, and the hippies were seeking refuge by gathering in the stone circles and getting loved up. Then bang !, beam of light from the heavens down into the stone circle anfd then everyone vanishes....
The young assistants to Quatermass drove a grey Leyland Sherpa with mesh on the windows.
At the time, I thought it was fantastic and my mum let me stay up to watch it...
toppstuff said:
Anyone else remember the '70s version with John Mills as Prof Quatermass?
Eerily prescient in many ways - new age travellers, contract policemen (pay-cops) complete collapse of civilisation, destruction of Wembley Stadium (except I think it got spared at the last minute)
I remember it vividly.
Story was that the ancient stone circles ( stonehenge stylee ) were in fact ancient facilities put there thousands of years ago to beam away people to another part of the universe from where they never returned.
Civilisation was crumbling, cities rioting, and the hippies were seeking refuge by gathering in the stone circles and getting loved up. Then bang !, beam of light from the heavens down into the stone circle anfd then everyone vanishes....
The young assistants to Quatermass drove a grey Leyland Sherpa with mesh on the windows.
At the time, I thought it was fantastic and my mum let me stay up to watch it...
what was the BBC4 version like? will it be repeated?
968 said:
what was the BBC4 version like? will it be repeated?
All credit to them - its amazing what they can do live now - although there were pre-recorded scenes. Very, very impressive...and enjoyable to watch. Acting very good - and a real sense of performance.
As an experiment in "TV on Trial" it was well worth doing...is TV better today than it was?
Answer: YOU BET IT IS. Whilst watching the play I kept thinking - this is a GREAT storyline - imagine what they could do with it if they made it with modern pre-recorded techniques and special effects. They couldn't do the story full justice sticking to the "live" ethos - and I think the experiment showed that perfectly - whilst still being a triumph for the actors and producers given the limitations they set themselves.
Top TV.
hornet said:I have very hazy memories of that one.
What was the one where they found an alien spaceship buried in the Underground? That scared the living daylights out of me when I first saw it. Think it turned out to be Satan or something!
It terrified me at the time.
There is something deeply scarey about horror films set in the London Underground.
Cheers
Pat
hornet said:
What was the one where they found an alien spaceship buried in the Underground? That scared the living daylights out of me when I first saw it. Think it turned out to be Satan or something!
Quatermass and the Pit. Excellent film - Doctor Who for grown-ups.
I'd much rather watch that than the silly Matrix where they seem to do nothing but run round the walls in slow motion machine gunning each other. SFX do not a film make.
Quatermass and the Pit scared me silly when i was a little girl - my dad suggested i watch it! (hmmmmm...)
Watched last nights performance. I really enjoyed it, MrRotty wasn't so impressed.
As for Dr Who(slightly o/t) - both my two boys, 9 & 7, are now hooked! Hooray!!!
>> Edited by MrsRotty on Sunday 3rd April 13:02
Watched last nights performance. I really enjoyed it, MrRotty wasn't so impressed.
As for Dr Who(slightly o/t) - both my two boys, 9 & 7, are now hooked! Hooray!!!
>> Edited by MrsRotty on Sunday 3rd April 13:02
Excellent TV. I was idling on irc at the same time as watching it so the first half hour I want paying much attention to it. I'm in two minds as to whether i should 've done this as I found out about the pope's death a good minute before the first blue "urgent announcement on news24" banner arrived, announced on irc with a linked picture of a hurredly photoshopped picture of the pope and terri schiavo on a flying popemobile going into a ray of sunlight (no political correctness on irc).
Our digital video recording PC is on the fritz at the moment and we wished we could record it
Our digital video recording PC is on the fritz at the moment and we wished we could record it
You cannot force people to watch a channel that isn't available to everyone.
I would gladly splash out for a Freeview box and have enquired about doing so on and off for the past six months. So far, my area (which is only 40 miles from London)cannot receive Freeview. I actually phoned the Freeview enquiry number the other day and they confirmed that this was the case. They also could not tell me when it was likely to be available in my area. They said that the provision of the service was nothing to do with them. When I said that it was a bit rich that I might have to pay through my licence fee for channels I can't receive for another 4 to 5 years she said "Complain to your MP"!!!
I would gladly splash out for a Freeview box and have enquired about doing so on and off for the past six months. So far, my area (which is only 40 miles from London)cannot receive Freeview. I actually phoned the Freeview enquiry number the other day and they confirmed that this was the case. They also could not tell me when it was likely to be available in my area. They said that the provision of the service was nothing to do with them. When I said that it was a bit rich that I might have to pay through my licence fee for channels I can't receive for another 4 to 5 years she said "Complain to your MP"!!!
simpo two said:The marketplace in airwaves is likely a tad more sinister than the greedy gordon factor. The ABD's sleuths are looking into what might be happening, and with a dose of conspiracy theory to add spice to the story so far, we have...
Because they want to force everyone away from analogue so the Govt can sell off the wavebands and make another massive windfall like it did from 3G licences...?
MacQuarie, the Australian group who are the parent company of the M6 Toll operators, have bought all the TV transmitters. The government want to introduce road pricing. They'll need a substantial new frequency band to carry all the data. So...
The entire UHF TV band is allocated for broadcasting purposes only on an international basis, and it would be difficult for the UK to go it alone, but then Europe wants road pricing too doesn't it? There's nothing specific on the plans for the spectrum that is freed up, but they seem to be talking about providing information for mobile devices and drivers (which is a form of broadcasting), all tied in with tracking - as part of which they will need to send data back, so that's a nice way round the problem. However there are thoughts that the lower frequency, where current analogue TV is, may not have the bandwidth to cope with every car reporting in every 5 minutes. Apparently operators using the 7GHz bands have been told that their licence fee will increase by 20% year on year. This has other technical issues but doesn't have the prior problem. Coincidence?
Fundamentally the ten year 'wait' talked about in the media for road pricing and maybe external control of vehicle speed is the timescale on which the EU's network of GPS satellites will be operational, so log in to PH in 2015 and see who was right.
Either way Big Brother is at work and seemingly a lot of it is EU based and behind the scenes. I heard a report on the radio about the Pope overseeing and/or participating in some momentous world events during his papacy, including the fall of communism. I checked but the EU hasn't been dissolved, so they got that bit wrong
Bump.
No need for conspiracy theories now - it's clear what the future holds, and who's playing what part in it (see earlier post).
Chrostpher Booker said:
Few issues have become more contentious than speed cameras and congestion charges. Even Labour's manifesto admits they will consider a new system for charging road-users. What no party explains is that
Brussels now plans to take control of all "road use policy" across the EU, through its proposed Road Safety Agency, including speed limits.
Furthermore, among the declared intentions of its Galileo satellite system is a plan for electronic charging for road use of EU roads, including congestion charges; and satellite-controlled automatic "speed limiters", making it impossible for drivers to break the limit even if they want to.
No need for conspiracy theories now - it's clear what the future holds, and who's playing what part in it (see earlier post).
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