Space:1999 is being released on DVD. I was discussing Space:1999 with some people the other day. Most of them dismissed it as yet another bad ’70s space show that blatantly disregarded scientific fact. I was barely out of feety pajamas when I watched it, so any convenient warping of physics was not my main concern. I just wanted to be Maya. Not only because she could change into all sorts of creatures, but because when the crew used her, yet again, to get out of a bad situation, she often gave them a look that said “What? Again? You want me to save your butts yet again by turning myself into a gigantic, gurgling, orange mop-creature? OK. Fine.” Well, she may have only pulled that attitude once or twice, but it sure stuck with me. And I’m pretty sure Space:1999 was of a higher caliber than the hokey Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.