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- @3{SPACE PRECINCT - WOOD & STRINGS?
- @4}by zYLAX / PTK
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- Firstly, I don't mean this review as
- any disrespect to Gerry Anderson
- himself. This guy's done a lot for
- the otherwise shyte British Sci-Fi
- scene, with his excellent Thunderbirds
- and the like.
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- Anyone whose seen an episode of Space
- Precinct will have found that it's...
- well it's not as good as it was hyped
- up to be. You may think I'm
- condemning it before I've even given
- it a fair chance but, believe me, it
- truely is dire.
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- As the title suggests, Space Precinct
- is based around a police station set
- in space. Well, a planet named Altor
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- at any rate. Yeah, and it's got all
- the flying cars, funny alien faces and
- shit as well. The main character is
- Lieutenant Patrick Brogan who is
- portrayed by Ted Shackleford of Knot's
- Landing fame. This was the first
- mistake! I'll never know how this guy
- managed to TAKE OFF from the
- programme. I have never had the
- misfortune to watch Knot's Landing but
- I know enough to realise it's nowhere
- near the same mould of Space Precinct.
- If you want an example of this guy's
- acting ability, take a look at his
- shocked expression in Space Precinct
- (don't worry he does it at least once
- in every episode), it's so fake and,
- to put it bluntly... hilarious!
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- Most of the series is set in a place
- called Demeter City, which has
- obviously been influenced in design by
- Blade Runner. This is where the
- second mistake is made - the special
- effects. When you're making Captain
- Scarlet, if the flying car crashing
- actually looks like a model car
- crashing. It's okay, coz the whole
- show is about wooden models and
- marionettes. On the other hand, if a
- flying car in Space Precinct looks
- like a model when it's crashing, it
- destroys the illusion. Especially,
- since you've seen the same car moments
- earlier, look completely different!
- On a more positive note, I thought the
- pyrotechnics were done well though
- (that's the explosions to all you
- thickies out there!).
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- Fortunately, Space Precinct is never
- going to reach season two.
- Personally, I don't class Space
- Precinct as a complete waste of space.
- The idea was there, it's just the
- execution all went wrong. (A bit like
- this mag really, ain't it!)
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- Finally, I know this whole article has
- been on the negative side, but I'm not
- dismissing Space Precinct completely.
- If it's on TV, then I'll probably
- watch it. All I'm saying is that it's
- very average.