turtledove
Second Unit
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ScottRE said:Johnny Byrne was indeed around for the second year, just not as strongly involved. There are some really great and telling interviews online. This site is essential for the 1999 fan:
http://catacombs.space1999.net/
The second year gets a real pasting, but I always enjoyed it.
Me too.
I was 15 when it aired here and I much preferred it to the metaphysical claptrap that I'd seen as Year One although I skipped most of them after seeing a few early ones.
I caught most of Year One in repeats after Year Two ended and I still didn't much care for it. The more straightforward Star Trek type adventure appealed to me and even today my favourite episodes remain in Year two - although I think the very worst the show had to offer was also in Year Two.
But the Bluray restoration gave me a new perspective on year one. For the first time it was easy to see where the budget went. The sets and effects really benefit from the HD and were wasted on 1975 audiences watching probably not perfect prints in PAL or NTSC.
The clarity of the Bluray and the remixed sound conveys a sense of other worldliness like no other show and it's far more detectable than it was in the years watching on vhs and to a certain extent even the original dvd's.
I no longer need a neat and tidy ending or an explanation of everything that happens. It's almost Moonbase Alpha - A Space Odyssey.
I treat both years as completely separate and enjoy both years for totally different reasons.
It remains my favourite Gerry Anderson series