Originally Posted by
Leroy Smith
Be advised, nerd creep in progress.
I believe that was the first PG movie that Disney put out. Pretty dark and raw for them. 10 year old me dug x-wings and phasers like most, but got extra geeked-out and freaked-out by stuff like The Black Hole and Space:1999.
Loved that die cast Eagle Lander I had!
Space 1999 was pretty cool, and really expensive to make for the time.
There was one episode, however, "Dragon's Domain", that made this 7 year old **** his pants. It gave me nightmares for weeks, and probably put some people in therapy.
Looking at the clips now, the FX seems a little cheesy, BUT, it was a seriously messed up story, and pretty wild for broadcast TV. There was a little "viewer discretion advised" bumper before the ep, but what kid pays attention to that?
Almost 40 years later I still remember the shakes that episode gave me.
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