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Stardate 07.17.2017.A: In Memoriam

7/17/2017

 
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Space:1999's Martin Landau Passes Away


I've mentioned before that Gerry Anderson's Space:1999 is one of those mid-1970's Science Fiction series that -- to be perfectly honest -- I'm still discovering.  I grew up in a little town in the middle of nowhere, and all we had for cable back then was antennas.  (Kids, you can Google that so as to better appreciate how few choices your parents and grandparents were afforded back then.)  Sadly, Space:1999 was one of those imports I could never find routinely on with the few syndication channels available to me, and I've been gradually been working my way through the show's first season on Blu-ray as time permits.

​Still, Landau's was a familiar face to me, as I did have a chance to watch his work via Mission:Impossible as well as his other guest appearances on any number of programs.  For what it's worth, I thought he always turned in characters worth watching: they were interesting, though occasionally flawed, but gave the viewer something to think about if not root for.  I was thrilled that he found work later in his career in The X-Files' first theatrical film as I thought he would be a great addition to that franchise, though that one visit was all writers afforded him.

​He's gone now, but -- as I said above -- I still get to see what he had to offer as I'll continue on with the Space:1999 set.  Hopefully that second season (though I've heard it's vastly inferior) will eventually see the light of day, and I'll be able to get to know Commander Koenig to the fullest ... as all SciFi fans of a certain generation should.

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