I agree 100%. Space:1999 gets dissed—and deserves it—for many things, but it was at least different. Each week was like a Gothic in space—space was SCARY. The characters acted like adults—I could imagine Landau’s character watching one of Kirk’s histrionic explosions and saying “Calm down.”
It’s at least WEIRD. The other two are so bland.
Until producer Fred Freiberger from ST Season 3 came to Space:1999 Season 2 and tried to turn Koenig into Kirk.
Game over.