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UFO Vol. 3 Confetti Check A-Ok & Sub-Smash [VHS]

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Growing up in San Diego Ca friend Russel V. and I saw all episodes and for many years wonder what happened to the show .All the episodes showed realistically the emotions s\and family stuggles of the main characters d,definetly a show far ahead of its time.

Sincerely Joel Wirth

"Confetti-Check A-OK" is another of the good "character driven" episodes that made this series one of my favorites. It shows how SHADO was funded and started at the same time Straker got married. As Shado got more stronger, his marriage got progressively weaker. The episode asks would you sacrifice all your happiness and personal life for an organization. It also shows that we could be under alien attack and the bureaucrats would be arguing over the budget!!

This is an odd video release. One excellent episode and one dreadful episode. First the bad one, "Confetti Check A-OK". This is a rare episode without a UFO in it! This one's a real stinkeroo! Now let's talk about the good one, "Sub-Smash". This is a submarine drama akin to the recent blockbuster movie U-571. The saucer-hunters learn the aliens now have a craft that can fly AND function as a submarine. Commander Straker assembles the best possible sub crew to search for it but are ambushed and the crippled sub sinks to the bottom. Can SHADO raise the sub to the surface before the crew's air is depleted?

Both episodes on this tape provide excellent charater development. Only the second (SubSmash) shows decent model footage.