Sci-Fi shows that let you down....BIGTIME!
POSTED BY: OPPYH
UPDATED: Thursday, November 3, 2011 23:14
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Patrick Stewart with hair kind of looks like James Marsters.
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70's TV FOREVER
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I know this may be jumping the gun a bit, but I'm putting Terra Nova at the top of my list.
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Battlestar Galactica. That final scene completely destroyed any sense of satisfaction. (I know that it's nitpicking but the whole "we are descended from aliens that agreed to give up space travel instantly even though they couldn't agree on anything a week earlier and apparentely Bob Dylan has visions of the past" plot "resolution" was a piece of shit)
"I really am ruggedly handsome, aren't I?"
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I feel almost like this should be two separate threads: Shows that let you down at the beginning and shows that let you down as they progressed.
X-FILES, for example, was an amazing show to start, but I don't think Carter ever expected it to go past, say, three seasons. One of the strongest beginnings in television history eventually became a muddled mess that was barely watchable without a scorecard.
At the other end of the spectrum is, say, DOLLHOUSE, which took one of the most dismal, disappointing first few episodes and turned it around into something that was eventually a few steps north of decent (although it never achieved the consistent quality of Joss's other works).
I find myself pretty consistently disappointed by superhero shows. NO ORDINARY FAMILY had a better first episode than THE CAPE, but I was done with both of them by the third or fourth episode. HEROES was, from the start, a tease where almost every episode was a lackluster mess capped by an amazing cliffhanger that drew me back the next week for 42 more minutes of mediocrity ending in two minutes of greatness.
I was very disappointed by the new BSG and STARGATE: UNIVERSE. Both were just so unrelentingly dreary. Now, I'm not saying that every sci fi scenes needs to be wacky fun, but after seeing the brilliancce with which folk like Whedon and Abrams can stir a few smiles into even the direst situation, I find myself bored by any sci fi show that can't evoke a periodic grin. And the less said about CAPRICA the better.
On the Star Trek front (since many people have mentioned some of the series), I have never been a big fan (my favorite series is DS9, since it's as close as you can get to Star Wars in the Star Trek universe--and at the time it came out, there just weren't many options). Because of that, I think I enjoyed ENTERPRISE more than most. Because it was a prequel, I was able to enjoy it without having to worry about a few decades' worth of continuity (although I imagine I missed a few inside jokes). Not necessarily the strongest beginning, but I thought it really found it's stride with multi-episode arcs.
But I digress...
Another one that really disappointed me was ANDROMEDA. I had heard a fairly decent amount of positive stuff about it, but when I finally got around to seeing a few episodes, I found that the limited budget was too much for the semi-interesting character and plot ideas they were trying to showcase.
www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."
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yes i agree the last episode of bsg sucked.i did love the series and wont condem it for that.
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Originally posted by lwaves:
Babylon 5: Crusade
After the 5 year epicness of the original show how could they go so wrong? A show that genuinely deserved it's cancellation.
I really wonder how that show would have turned out without the massive interference from TNT.
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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Originally posted by dmaanlileiltt:
Battlestar Galactica. That final scene completely destroyed any sense of satisfaction. (I know that it's nitpicking but the whole "we are descended from aliens that agreed to give up space travel instantly even though they couldn't agree on anything a week earlier and apparentely Bob Dylan has visions of the past" plot "resolution" was a piece of shit)
Couldn't disagree more. The Starbuck thing was meh, but I thought they wrapped up the opera house thread perfectly and that there was no better or more timely and relevant way to bring the series to a close.
As for big time let downs...
Heroes (the minute they didn't blow up NYC)
Lexx (what a terd coated terd with terd filling)
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I pray for one last landing,
on the globe that gave me birth.
Let me rest my eyes on the fleecy skies
and the cool, green hills of Earth.
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Originally posted by dmaanlileiltt:
Battlestar Galactica. That final scene completely destroyed any sense of satisfaction. (I know that it's nitpicking but the whole "we are descended from aliens that agreed to give up space travel instantly even though they couldn't agree on anything a week earlier and apparentely Bob Dylan has visions of the past" plot "resolution" was a piece of shit)
Couldn't disagree more. The Starbuck thing was meh, but I thought they wrapped up the opera house thread perfectly and that there was no better or more timely and relevant way to bring the series to a close.
Right there with ya. It wasn't perfect (aside from the Starbuck thing, having Anders lay out 3/4th of the secrets while sitting in bed was rather anti-climactic), but it was still damned good.
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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