Crappy Sci Fi

POSTED BY: LivingImpaired
UPDATED: Saturday, July 5, 2008 20:10
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WYTCHCROFT

Friday, June 27, 2008 11:01 PM

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Originally posted by LivingImpaired:
We've been talking for a while about shows that get it right. But shows that get it wrong can be equally enlightening. I'd like to propose the following shows:

Space Above and Beyond - too depressing.

Star Trek DS9 - Started OK, but turned into Space Above and Beyond in the later seasons.

Sliders, once it went on Sci Fi - like X-files, it was forced to continue long after it had jumped the shark. It was just painful to watch.

Sliders - weird it has fans... such a terrible show - and a rip of Dr Who beyond litigation!

the horrible irony being that the new verion of Dr Who (post-sliders) has clearly been influenced in turn - especially season 2.

as for the crappy? every fracking bit of Stargate SG1, just a wretched and horrible show.

voyager. hate that one too.

through the years most sci-fi on tv has actually been really bad (compared to books and comics) - which is why Firefly was such a revelation to me. Good work carried on by BSG.

RALLEM

Saturday, June 28, 2008 12:00 AM

I liked Lost in Space and have episode of it on my web site along with Firefly. I will admit that the earlier black and white shows were better because they were more serious in the Science Fiction side of the story, and while the later stories had their good points they where mostly nothing more than a commentary on time with a dose of comedy for ratings.

http://swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

TRAVELER

Saturday, June 28, 2008 12:57 AM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
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Originally posted by traveler:
Hello TheNightman:

I have to agree with you on Buck Rodgers. It went from a mediocre show to pile of .

The costumes alone were terrible. Who ever designed those outfits should be place in front of a TV and forced to watch their own creation till the end of time.

This was not Science Fiction, but a travesty.

And the bird guy. Thanks for reminding me. Now the nightmares will begin again.

Traveler

I take slight exception to your opinion of the show. Yes, a lot of it was cheezy, and yes some of the costumes were silly, and yes Hawk's character was a bit over the top...however there was also a lot to be admired about the show :
Pamela Susan Shoop's costume as Tangy in Vegas In Space...you have a problem with that?
Markie Post's costume as Joella in The Legion Of Doom...you have a problem with that?
"B" movie bad-guy William Smith's costume, hair and harem of young beauties in Buck's Duel To The Death...great stuff!
Famous actor and political activist Tim Robbins' epic portrayal of a slave overseer working for Jack Palance as Kaleel in Planet of the Slave Girls...how memorable was that?
Other great guest appearances by :
Cesar Romero
Ana Alicia ( Battlestar babe as well )
Ann Lockhart ( Battlestar babe as well )
Frank Gorshin
Gary Coleman
Dorothy Stratten
Raymond Biery
Julie Newmar
Sid Haig
Vera Miles
Ann Dusenberry
Anne Jeffries
Michael Ansara
Peter Graves
Buster Crabbe
Sam Jaffe
Richard Lynch
and too many more to name.......
I watched all the episodes as they originally aired from 1980-1981. I can tell you that for some of us who were disappointed when Battlestar got cancelled in 1979, having Buck on the tube was almost as good. I met Gil Gerard & Erin Gray this past January at Megacon in Orlando. Erin was friendly & awesome, upbeat and fun. Gil seemed a little bitter. He really didn't want to talk much about the show, and I thought to myself why the hell is he here in the first place.

I surrender! See I'm holding a white flag. I'm on my knees

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

MEGARUIN

Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:46 PM

sg1 must have had something longest running show on us television

as for the crappy? every fracking bit of Stargate SG1, just a wretched and horrible show.

through the years most sci-fi on tv has actually been really bad (compared to books and comics) - which is why Firefly was such a revelation to me. Good work carried on by BSG.

blah blah woof woof

JONGSSTRAW

Monday, June 30, 2008 6:35 PM

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Originally posted by traveler:
Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Quote:
Originally posted by traveler:
Hello TheNightman:

I have to agree with you on Buck Rodgers. It went from a mediocre show to pile of .

The costumes alone were terrible. Who ever designed those outfits should be place in front of a TV and forced to watch their own creation till the end of time.

This was not Science Fiction, but a travesty.

And the bird guy. Thanks for reminding me. Now the nightmares will begin again.

Traveler

I take slight exception to your opinion of the show. Yes, a lot of it was cheezy, and yes some of the costumes were silly, and yes Hawk's character was a bit over the top...however there was also a lot to be admired about the show :
Pamela Susan Shoop's costume as Tangy in Vegas In Space...you have a problem with that?
Markie Post's costume as Joella in The Legion Of Doom...you have a problem with that?
"B" movie bad-guy William Smith's costume, hair and harem of young beauties in Buck's Duel To The Death...great stuff!
Famous actor and political activist Tim Robbins' epic portrayal of a slave overseer working for Jack Palance as Kaleel in Planet of the Slave Girls...how memorable was that?
Other great guest appearances by :
Cesar Romero
Ana Alicia ( Battlestar babe as well )
Ann Lockhart ( Battlestar babe as well )
Frank Gorshin
Gary Coleman
Dorothy Stratten
Raymond Biery
Julie Newmar
Sid Haig
Vera Miles
Ann Dusenberry
Anne Jeffries
Michael Ansara
Peter Graves
Buster Crabbe
Sam Jaffe
Richard Lynch
and too many more to name.......
I watched all the episodes as they originally aired from 1980-1981. I can tell you that for some of us who were disappointed when Battlestar got cancelled in 1979, having Buck on the tube was almost as good. I met Gil Gerard & Erin Gray this past January at Megacon in Orlando. Erin was friendly & awesome, upbeat and fun. Gil seemed a little bitter. He really didn't want to talk much about the show, and I thought to myself why the hell is he here in the first place.

I surrender! See I'm holding a white flag. I'm on my knees

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

Hey Traveler.... I think my "defense" of the show was almost as much over the top as the show itself. I don't accept your "surrender" because you and I have never been in conflict. If Gil Gerard, Buck Rogers himself, says the show was lame, who am I to say otherwise.

MSB

Monday, June 30, 2008 8:22 PM

Hey I kind of like Sliders...maybe that's just 'cause I like Jerry O'Connell

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CHRISISALL

Monday, June 30, 2008 8:57 PM

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Originally posted by Kiki:
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I agree with you totally (Astro599)!! Really dugged DARK ANGEL.

It was second only to Firefly as the greatest contemporary SF show on TV...Third if you count Star Trek TOS. That first season was the cat's a*s!!!

Here's drek for ya: Earth 2. What a cool concept, great actors...terrible writing.

And Earth: Final Conflict was something that made even Andromeda's final season look good.

452isall

TRAVELER

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 11:11 PM

Hello Jungstraw:

I actually watched Buck Rodgers until the last season when they made such drastic changes to the show. I never understood the reason for it. when the mey up with some small aliens that would form a circle and chant "Think fix! Think fix!" I finally said enough.

I know I went to far. I have to control my emotions, they will be the ruin of me.

http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler

PEULSAR5

Thursday, July 3, 2008 2:43 AM

I recently netflixed the first disc of Starhunters, and could only watch 3 episodes before i sent it back and dropped the others from my QE.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, July 3, 2008 7:02 PM

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Originally posted by traveler:

I actually watched Buck Rodgers until the last season when they made such drastic changes to the show.

It was fun nonsense, then they turned it into psuedo-science fiction BS.

Hawkmyassisall

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