What old sci-fi show would you like to see re-done?
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UPDATED: Sunday, November 12, 2006 23:19
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On the whole I`d much rather have original new series rather than a rehash of old stuff.
Still, Blakes 7 might work. The BBC has had a lot of success with the new Dr Who and they have recently done new versions of the old classic SF serials `The Quatermass Experiment` and `A for Andromeda` so maybe they will think about it.
I seem to recall that a few years ago, Blakes 7 creator Terry Nation was trying to interest various backers in a follow on series. Wonder what happened to it?
On the subject of Buck Rodgers, remember that the late `70`s series was itself a remake of a much older 1940`s Serial/Radio series/Comic Strip/1930`s SF novel. There was an attempt to start up a new Buck Rodgers franchise back in the early `90`s which never came to anything, the whole idea looks a little tired if you ask me.
Anybody think remaking the original Star Trek series would be a good idea?
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Originally posted by Rabbit2:
Anybody think remaking the original Star Trek series would be a good idea?
I believe J.J. Abrams has the same idea, only in movie form, but it could lead to a new series.
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I wonder what actors would be good for the roles?
Anyone have any good suggestions to play Kirk, Spock, McCoy or the others?
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Sounds like a show I vaguley remember called "Far Out Space Nuts", featuring Bob Denver of Gilligan's Island and another guy who kind of looked like the skipper. They were supposed to be preparing for a rocket launch and loading the supplies. The skipper type dude says "Dinner" and Denver loads the dinner. He says breakfast, and Denver loads the breakfast. He says "Lunch", but Denver thinks he says "Launch", and hits a button and the rocket takes off and they get lost in space. A wierd sci-fi comedy from the 70's where the writers had to be on something!
Honk was my hero!
Here's one I wish they'd remake: Ark II.
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I'd like to see a full re-boot if Highlander, given how rediculously screwed-up the current franchise has become....
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Quote:Which, coincidentally, comes out on DVD tomorrow: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=6181
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Here's one I wish they'd remake: Ark II.
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Here's one I wish they'd remake: Ark II.
The only thing I remember from that show was the jetpacks and the Ark. Cool motorhome.
Didn't robby the robot show-up on that show?
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Thanks for the info, Cybersnark! yet another thing for my Amazon wishlist.
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Didn't robby the robot show-up on that show?
Indeed he did.
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Here's an old sci-fi show for you to ponder. I myself can barely recall this one but I stumbled across the wikipedia entry for it and it sparked some faint memories from childhood.
The show was called "Otherworld". It ran in the USA on CBS from Jan-March of 1985. It was highly promoted but the general public just wasn't ready for a surreal show since those were the days of the standard situational comedy. It would take 5 more years for another mainstream surreal show (Twin Peaks) to finally break the standards in 1990. (There's another that could be re-done too) But alas for Otherworld, it was buried and forgotten. Here is a link to the Wiki article about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherworld_%28TV_series%29
The plot of the series was that a family of 5 was on holiday in Egypt and took a tour of the great pyramid. When they exited they somehow found themselves in another world alike to earth but also vastly different. As a little boy I was captured by this idea and watched every episode before it was canceled. But after it went off the air I quickly forgot about it (as kids do). Then in 1992 when Stargate the movie came out I recalled the show from 1985 but by then I had forgotten all about it save only for some fuzzy memories. I wondered then, and still do now, if the writers for stargate had copied some ideas from Otherworld.
Maybe someone else remembers this show. It died a quick death and has been long forgotten.
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Sounds interesting, but I have no recollection of it. But I wasn't watching too much tv then, because I was working two jobs, my wife was pregnant and due to give birth just shortly after that show premiered.
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