Lumsdal
Good , But It Is Overrated By Some
GetPapa
Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible
Humbersi
The first must-see film of the year.
lenpreston
I recall the show "Star Legend" where a young lady named "Gina" was questioning the competence of Gampu, and actually managed to make the old guy doubt himself.She also insisted that they could get "all the Zoleum we need" by ignoring Gampu's warnings and doing it her way. So, in violation of orders, Gina just opens that Zoleum collector wide open. After doing so, she lounges like a slinky cat on a lounge chair and takes a cat nap.(Sexy little thing, that Gina!) Anyway, she is overcome by Zoleum fumes and Gampu has to put on the old spacesuit and pull her out of there, saving her life. After she regains consciousness, she realizes how wrong she has been and apologizes.That Gina filled this young kids head with some fetching fantasies, let me tell you. Now where do I order that sucker?
StuOz
Short lived space series starring Jonathan Harris.In childhood I felt that, in Space Academy, Jonathan Harris was just too unlike his Dr Smith character and I struggled to warm to 1970s Harris...I was a kid stuck in the 1960s! But it was not all bad news, in childhood, I remember being thrilled by some of the low budget alien planets seen in Space Academy.I discovered that the "special effects" guy in charge had no effects experience before Space Academy!Do you also remember Filmation's Ark 11 series? The bus-like vehicle in that series looks like a spacecraft in Space Academy.Space Academy deserves a DVD rental...mainly for the mild Lost In Space connection and the cool always used "Filmation music cues" that fill the series.
paul51
I remember watching this in my PJs around age 5 but for some odd reason I thought I remembered it running on Saturday late afternoons rather than Saturday mornings. A lot of things I only remember bits and pieces of from that period of time.Of this show, I only remember a few things with any certainty. One is me thinking "hey, the mean guy from Lost In Space is on the show" and "hey, Scotty is on this show". I also remember thinking why the engine on their ship looked like a television set with an orange screen. And the kids all having some special powers---they'd all get in a circle holding hands and chanting "concentrate, concentrate".I can remember being well entertained by this show. I'm sure it was cheesy as hell, but hey...what in the 1970s wasn't?
montanasings
Space Academy could have surpassed expectations IF it had been allowed more air-time to develop the plots and characters. The potential for this show is astounding. With the ensemble cast and the 'name' value for Mr. Harris, this show could have taken many directions. As a soap opera, a thriller, focus on science/education or pure science fiction/Tom Corbett style galactic-good-guy-show, this series is now seen as 'campy'. Why? Financial backing was limited; vision was short sighted. Pity. This show made its mark in several areas with their special effects and live-action spin-off to name a few.If this show had been suggested today, I do not think it would have been made. This is sad; special effects technology alone would make this series outstanding. Space Academy was cut short in its prime; the actors and writers relegated to public obscurity unless supporters, the viewers, keep it alive. Thankfully, the decision to re-run the first year and allowing it to air in England, gave the few who did see it a good show that was just not allowed to live up to it's potential.
