Crappy Sci Fi
POSTED BY: LivingImpaired
UPDATED: Saturday, July 5, 2008 20:10
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Yes, if Joss hadn't provided the second pilot in time, Fox would have given Dark Angel another half season. And the fans would still be mad because a half season isn't nearly enough time to wrap everything up.
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Originally posted by Hjermsted:
Hey! I loved the last five years of Star Trek: DS9. I think that show is WAY underappreciated. Once Sisko was promoted to Captain and the big story arcs kicked in I thought DS9 came in second only to ST:TNG.
In some respects, the fact that it had an ongoing arc to it made it better than ST:TNG during it's last few seasons. It went to a definite end, while Picard and his gang meandered about the Galaxy looking for anything to pull a show together with.
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Re: Lucas...
Perhaps Lucas should sue himself for copyright infringement for those last two Star Wars installments.
mattro
He certainly should sue himself for coming up with Jar Jar Binks. That certainly earned him a place in the special part of Hell.
Now isn't that...special.
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I'll throw in a couple of nominees for really crappy sci-fi:
1). Buck Rodgers. How may of you remember that one, especially in the last season? The first couple of seasons were O.K. since they were never meant to be taken as anything other than double-entrandre filled fluff. But who the heck thought the reverse Battlestar Galactica plotline would fly?
And let's not even start with the bird guy, a runner up for most useless hero-type next to Aquaman!
2). Battlestar 1980: NO, I do not and will never consider that a season of Battlestar Galactica. I liked that series, and I hated to see it fall to ABC machinations...and I really hated to see what they did with it's name and gear.
3). Beauty and the Beast: Sci-fi or fantasy, you decide. But it had a following for a season or so, it's costoming was topnotch, but it turned into covering for dross very quickly. When they do a version of "It's a Wonderful Life" on something like that, you know the writing is sinking faster than the Titanic! 
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I agree totally on Battlestar 1980. That was a lame attempt. I wonder if the network had anything to do with that?
But I can't agree on Battlestar Galactica. That show rocked, and yes, the reason it rocked was because it was so Star Wars-ish, although I can't see why anyone would beleive it a rip-off. Even it if was motivated by Star Wars, and I think it was, that still doesn't make it a rip-off. And apparently that's a sound legal argument, because Lucas' suit never went through.
DS-9 was good in the beginning, but it just went on too long.
Voyager was probably good, I don't know. I never watched it. It was just too much. I started to wonder if there was ever going to be an end to these Star Trek spin-offs. They should have waited a few seasons. I probably would have watched it, if it had come out later.
Buck Rogers, like Galactica was a show a watched and really enjoyed. I don't know if I would feel the same today, but when I was little, it was good.
Dark Angel was really good. I hated to see that show go. I loved the first season with a passion. The second season suffered horribly from bad writing. I'm not sure it was the writers fault though, because I think Fox was tieing their hands on a lot of things. 9-11 had a profound effect on Dark Angel, because of the whole terrorist theme, and Fox never liked how expensive it was. It's really a shame it couldn't go on longer. There was a lot of potential there, but I just think it was a victim of circumstance.
Farscape just sucks. I know that a lot of you are probably loyal followers, but that show has taken the typical sci fi cliches to such an extreme that it's become more fantasy then sci fi. It just doesn't work. I can't connect to it.
That retarded show about the stupid space vampire. Someone should be fired over that one.
Space: Above and Beyond was awesome. I loved that show and all it's grit. I was so disappointed when it was cancelled.
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LivingImapired - I agree with you BIG TIME on the DS9 opinion. Instead of thrying to be themselves, they tried to be S:AAB, and B5. Plus Ron Moore's obnoxious Marty Sam that pretended to be Worf and upstaged everyone grated on my nerves!
Sci fi that sucks...
Earth: Final Conflict - had EVERYTHING. Good writers, decent actors, a killer premise, and still managed to screw up every time! Loved the set-up, but the execution was awful.
Seaquest:DSV - Season one was pretty solid, but what in hell happened? It went from plausible to silly, replaced the cast with Baywatch, and just kept getting more outlandish the further it dragged.
V, the TV series: The 2 miniseries were great. My sister is addicted still, and has a pretty extensive V collection. The TV series was another matter. When it wasn't confusing, it was way to heavy-handed with the Nazi allegory.
Are cartoons legal to list or are we just bashing the live-action trash?
Co-founder of the Evil Writing Crew - causing hell, one hero at a time!
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Originally posted by Allronix:
Are cartoons legal to list or are we just bashing the live-action trash?
As the founder of this thread, I officially declare that all sci-fi is fair game. TV, movie, cartoon. Although anything made originally for tv would be most on topic.
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Hey, I really liked Battlestar Gallactica even that show "V"!!! Does ne1 remember THAT show? It was great. I'd luv 2 c V series come to SF... 
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Originally posted by Astro599:
Bring Back Dark Angel! I can't say cancel Firefly, because I'm boycotting FOX and I don't watch it, but no show is worth the cancellation of Dark Angel!
I agree with you totally (Astro599)!! Really dugged DARK ANGEL. Iwas so shocked when they weren't showing it anymore...damn!!
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Originally posted by Thegn:
That retarded show about the stupid space vampire. Someone should be fired over that one.
Hey are you talking about that show "LEXX"?? LoL...Well if u r, Yeah, it really did suck!!! LoL
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Originally posted by Astro599:
Bring Back Dark Angel! I can't say cancel Firefly, because I'm boycotting FOX and I don't watch it, but no show is worth the cancellation of Dark Angel!
OK, I dont' have a problem with Dark Angel fans. But that said, if you are boycotting Firefly or any reason, what the frickin heck are you doing at a sit called fireflyfans.net???
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