ron@wjvax.UUCP (Ron Christian) (02/09/85)
I don't have the original article, so I'm following up
to the followup. The name of the series wasn't included
but it was obvious from the description that you were
talking about Harlan Elison's Starlost. Done on video
tape about 1974 or so. (At least, I think I was in first
or second year collage when it was on.) I watched it
religiously. Some of the segments were pretty good, some
were pretty bad. Sorta like Dr Who.
The plot was sort of a diluted version of Heinlein's 'Universe',
the ship-that's-a-world-unto-itself-and-lost-yes-lost. (To
quote one reviewer.)
I read somewhere that Elison (A Boy and His Dog) started
it going, got fed up with the changes the tv people were
making, and quit.
Kehr Dullieh (sp??) (From 2001 and recently 2010) played
the lead. The other guy was a blacksmith and carried around
a little crossbow pistol, which was fired only once in the
entire series. By accident. I can't remember the girl's name,
either. Didn't Douglas Trumbell (2001, Silent Running) do
the models or something? And didn't Ben Bova (the editor of
Analog) take over the direction after Elison quit? Anyway,
there was a lot of high power SF people involved. The series
should have been better than it was. Still, if it was on now,
I'd watch it. It'd be a hell of a lot better than Kit the
talking car.
"May ... I ... HELP ... you?"
--
Ron Christian (Watkins-Johnson Co. San Jose, Calif.)
{pesnta,twg,ios,qubix,turtlevax,tymix}!wjvax!ron