tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post6044402200369489588..comments2024-03-20T06:35:39.421-07:00Comments on hidden experience: The Owl ServiceMike Clelland!http://www.blogger.com/profile/11369575898695154728noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-55182860494451694952013-08-07T09:46:12.506-07:002013-08-07T09:46:12.506-07:00Wow... just took a gander @ The Owl Service... c...Wow... just took a gander @ The Owl Service... curious & spooky... Jameshttp://www.tormance.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-90651331620194471092013-07-27T08:20:21.261-07:002013-07-27T08:20:21.261-07:00I haven't finished watching this -- I had to t...I haven't finished watching this -- I had to take it in relatively small chunks, and am re-watching some of them a couple of times before moving on to the next.<br /><br />It's interesting and impressive, spooky. My general reaction is, "They made this for *kids*?"<br /><br />Thanks to all for all of the suggestions for older interesting YA TV shows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-35983088914233560512013-07-26T19:04:00.183-07:002013-07-26T19:04:00.183-07:00My wife came back from a trip to the UK yesterday ...My wife came back from a trip to the UK yesterday and for a gift she got me a STONE OWL. <br /><br />As we are riffing on TV shows in general - Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World had a huge impact on me. <br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke%27s_Mysterious_World<br /><br />Wyndham's Chocky is well worth a read, as are many of his other books.gheron93noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-53141022817964810672013-07-24T15:15:31.450-07:002013-07-24T15:15:31.450-07:00No, I missed Mysterious Cities of Gold! Dammit, I&...No, I missed Mysterious Cities of Gold! Dammit, I'll need to remedy that ;)Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-76103796229624646372013-07-24T14:06:23.269-07:002013-07-24T14:06:23.269-07:00Haha, they showed Once Upon a Time... Man in the U...Haha, they showed Once Upon a Time... Man in the UK when I was a kid. The title credits went through all of human history with a Bach soundtrack. Surreal French coolness.<br /><br />Never saw the follow-up, looks great fun.<br /><br />Did you ever see Mysterious Cities of Gold? Ostensibly an adventure cartoon it had a subplot featuring ancient high technology and all manner of weirdness - such as 'Olmecs' who looked like aliens & a solar-powered plane the characters flew round in (the show was set in the 16th Century).<br /><br />Oh, and it had one of those annoyingly singable theme songs:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcH_ZTF6smY<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-8900613721082950062013-07-24T10:22:47.114-07:002013-07-24T10:22:47.114-07:00Well, since we're discussing TV programs that ...Well, since we're discussing TV programs that exposed children to fringe ideas, there was one cartoon show I really liked when I was growing up here in Mexico: <i>nce Upon a Time: Space.</i><br /><br />http://youtu.be/vN2wLbNYnHI<br /><br />http://youtu.be/qVnFYjoi5vo<br /><br />This was a sequel program to Once Upon a Time: Man, which was a history show that won a lot of educational awards, yet it didn't stop them from speculating about the loch Ness monster, nor about a future time in which humanity would be forced to seek a new planet to live in, after we destroyed Earth due to pollution & nuclear wars.<br /><br />Following on that open-mindedness, Once Upon a Time: Space explored a lot of 'Ancient Astronaut' topics, like the Nazca lines or the idea that many myths about gods coming from the sky had been inspired by a paleo-contact with interplanetary explorers, who helped seed the roots of our civilization.<br /><br />Needless to say, it had a HUGE impact in me :)Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-52955986186708921442013-07-24T09:51:37.294-07:002013-07-24T09:51:37.294-07:00Heh, glad someone has seen! This is another one, f...Heh, glad someone has seen! This is another one, from New Zealand this time and shown in the UK. Called Children of the Dog Star it was a series very much 'inspired' by Robert Temple's Sirius Mystery:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOHAr9wR86E<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Dog_Star<br /><br />It kind of amazes me how so many shows were made with quite sophisticated ideas, yet still accessible to a young audience. Imagine trying to pitch drama aimed at 12 yr olds these days about non-corporeal intelligences advancing human science through a covert program of telepathic education. The suits would be sitting there glassy-eyed going 'And how many explosions will there be?'...<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-21896890883997828832013-07-24T08:08:10.406-07:002013-07-24T08:08:10.406-07:00Dude, I saw that Chocky show on Mexico! I remember...Dude, I saw that Chocky show on Mexico! I remember it, and I liked it! <br /><br />The alien entity teaches the kid how to do Math in binary numbers, and makes fun of his dad's 'primitive' car ;)Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-7644889120048986192013-07-24T04:06:23.973-07:002013-07-24T04:06:23.973-07:00Another bizarre series was Chocky shown on ITV in ...Another bizarre series was Chocky shown on ITV in the 1980s. Based on John Wyndham's story it was about a young lad who has an imaginary friend. Only its not really an imaginary friend but a disembodied alien consciousness inhabiting his mind. Throw in government agents and a bit of hypnotic regression and you have quite an interesting mix.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocky<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocky_%28TV_series%29<br /><br />First episode here: <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GEICZux9Jg<br /><br />They made several series with a similar theme. Wyndham tended to write rather a lot about kids developing mind powers as a new stage in human evolution, often involving aliens (Village of the Damned was based on one of his stories).<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-71211607751363519822013-07-23T21:57:58.248-07:002013-07-23T21:57:58.248-07:00Jesus, that 'Boy from Space' kid is CREEPY...Jesus, that 'Boy from Space' kid is CREEPY! something about his spindly legs & arms is quite upsetting o_0Red Pill Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14738203580562140501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-40225945237540548152013-07-23T19:15:23.251-07:002013-07-23T19:15:23.251-07:00Thanks Mike for the BBC series - I hadn't hear...Thanks Mike for the BBC series - I hadn't heard of this one before. (And thanks, Anonymous and gheron93 - I hadn't heard of *those* series before, either!) (I'm a sucker for BBC series...)<br /><br />Synchronistically, the night before I saw your post on my Blogger updates, I found a link to this July, 2011 UK article, and immediately thought of you: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-14111152<br /><br />Pretty eerie! I never heard of this in the States, but, apparently, it's not uncommon in the UK.<br /><br />Best,<br />Dia<br /><br /><br />Dia Sobin (Araqinta)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03398194511342193439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-19951012816499213082013-07-22T18:17:21.634-07:002013-07-22T18:17:21.634-07:00Children of the Stones is another fantastically od...Children of the Stones is another fantastically odd 1970s British TV show.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWMjegykSSg<br /><br />gheron93noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-24006597996244742342013-07-22T13:49:17.743-07:002013-07-22T13:49:17.743-07:00Hi Mike,
Another very weird kid's show from t...Hi Mike,<br /><br />Another very weird kid's show from the UK was The Boy From Space. Part of a learn to read programme for infant school pupils it contained some very odd 1950s Contactee-type imagery.<br /><br />And the alien voices! Any British person over the age of 35 will have this burned into their brain.<br /><br />This is the full version, but sadly the sound is out of sync. A search for 'Boy from Space' should have all the episodes come up on Youtube:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTQlTSPTQuMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com