dunsany (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dunsany) wrote,@ 2009-01-09 23:37:00 |
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Past, tense
When I was a kid, I loved sci-fi shows (well, I still do). I remember there was this British show that was like Star Trek that was kind of NASA-ish... Space 1999.
The one distinct memory I have of that show that still I carry to this day was of a nightmarish alien monster with a big glowing eye and tentacles. The monster somehow sucked people into it's mouth and the spat their horribly digested bodies. As an adult, I thought back and realized that it was just a child's imagination writ large and it couldn't have been that scary. They'd never show something that on television. And yeah, as a kid, I'm sure I just made it worse in my head over the years. Stupid campy 70's television.
Then I ran across this clip on YouTube.
I was wrong. This was, and still is as scary as ever.
When I was a kid, I loved sci-fi shows (well, I still do). I remember there was this British show that was like Star Trek that was kind of NASA-ish... Space 1999.
The one distinct memory I have of that show that still I carry to this day was of a nightmarish alien monster with a big glowing eye and tentacles. The monster somehow sucked people into it's mouth and the spat their horribly digested bodies. As an adult, I thought back and realized that it was just a child's imagination writ large and it couldn't have been that scary. They'd never show something that on television. And yeah, as a kid, I'm sure I just made it worse in my head over the years. Stupid campy 70's television.
Then I ran across this clip on YouTube.
I was wrong. This was, and still is as scary as ever.
