As with Battlestar Galactica and other science fiction shows, the home video boom of the Eighties led to various TV episodes being repackaged and distributed on VHS and syndicated to independent television stations as feature films. Gerry Anderson's groundbreaking live-action sci-fi series
UFO was among those programs; in 1980 two episodes were edited together and released as
Invasion: UFO. The art above was created for that release.
Earlier than that, though, in the 70s, several compilation features were derived from the series and released in Italy. The art above was used to promote one of these movies,
UFO Prendeteli Vivi.
I don't know who the artists were who painted these illustrations, but as a fan of the series, it's fun seeing this artwork
I remember when I paid big bucks for a VHS of "Invasion: UFO", thinking that I'd never have any other chance to see the show I loved once more. Thank ghod for DVD!
ReplyDeleteI've got several of the giant Italian posters - wish I could afford to frame them!
ReplyDeleteAnd of course now they're talking about doing a remake....
ReplyDeleteThat first poster, featuring the Moonbase chicks, is awesome! Any remake had better use the TV show theme, is all I can say.
ReplyDeleteI too hope that they use the original music.one it was cool,and two,For those whom the show is remembered fondly,It will bring back the great memories ,making it seem like old home week{an exelent example can be found in hawaii 5o,loved the original,worried about the new,but when I heard the famillier theme I gave it a chance and fell in love all over again. Oh,one more thing,I saw a picture of Alan Rickman as Alek Freeman{unfortunatly I never wrote down the site],anyone else seen this{he would be perfect!].
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