UFO: The Cat With Ten Lives
I have avoided writing about this show before and I'm going to be upfront about the reasons to clear the air at the beginning of this post. One of the reasons is that I think it is entirely fair to say that this show is something of a hot mess, but I have been unsure how to say that and also make it clear that I think it is great. It has some really enthusiastic fans, but I think is somewhat neglected in the blogosphere for this same reason. A show commissioned in the wake of the relative failure of Joe 90, by a man famous for puppet shows for children, yet with real actors and intended for adults, is never going to be comfortable for the public. Add that it's set a bare ten years into the future and is therefore futuristic in the most blatantly seventies stylistic way possible, and it's not going to sit well with future generations. Thus far it's just a show which takes some effort to appreciate, but add in that it is definitely a hot mess and there's a whole layer...