Sci-fi Brilliant but Canceled or little known gems

'Children of the Stones' a weird story about a father and son who visit a small village that they discover exists outside of time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_the_Stones



Another odd kids show was 'Chocky' a disembodied alien scout who's taken up residence in a young boy's head in order to observe humanity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocky_(TV_series)

 

This one I remember watching.

They made three series (Chocky, Chocky's Children, Chocky's Challenge) .

Never read Wyndham's book so don't know if there was any of his material in the 2nd and 3rd series.

Star Cops took me a couple of attempts to get into. It sadly was a victim of those tv production strikes that plagued English tv shows in the 70s and 80s.

Though it one ever talks to Chris Boucher about the series don't mention the theme song

 

This will probably not resonate with too many people here since its a norwegian mini serie from the 70's but its a little known gem ("gem" for Scandinavian sci-fi nerds) for sure.
So if you collect obscure sci-fi..


Blindpassasjer - (stowaway) 1978
3 episode mini serie.
Plot:

While the five crew members (and a litle dog) on board the spaceship Marco Polo have been cryosleeping, a mysterious shape is captured on one of the surveillance monitors.

When they wake up they discover that one of them have been killed and replaced by an identical clone,
they are all in danger as something murderous is living among them in the shape of a crewmate, but who is it??


The serie is avaliable for free viewing from the NRK website (Norwegian broadcast agency )
3 episodes 37minX3
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/blindpassasjer/ffil00007178/sesong-1/episode-1
Its pretty bad compared to Alien wich came a year later. Its nostalgia to me tho, i was 11years old and it scared the hell out of me.

 

I’ve had the DVD set of the 2007 show for about 8 years or so now. I got through about 3 discs and then lost interest as the writing and acting were really bland.

 

Firefly and Space: above and beyond are shows that I think had real potential If they had gotten a chance

 

I enjoyed Taken and The Lost Room, and loved Defiance.
Another one that I really enjoyed that I don't think many people are familiar with is Dominion. It was a sequel to the movie Legion, which I've still never actually watched, and took placed on a post-apocalyptic Earth after the Archangel Gabriel and an army of lower angels attempted to wipe out humanity. The series follows a soldier in the city of Vega, formerly known as Las Vegas, who learns that he is humanity's savior, and he ends up joining forces with the Archangel Micheal, who sided with humanity against Gabriel, and now lives in Vega. I was frustrated that the show ended with the second season finale, because it introduced some huge twists for a third season that never got.

 

I enjoyed The Lost Room overall, though I recall having some problems with it that I cannot specifically remember at the moment. I'm not sure about its status as something canceled or whether it had just run its planned course.

Yeah. That one got me interested, and I was disappointed to see it go before any kind of resolution.

 

The Lost Room was intended to be just a miniseries, although I think it was another one that had the possibility to continue if it was a big hit.

 

That would be my assumption, yeah. So, right, I guess it's pretty clear that it wasn't "canceled" per se.

 

Odyssey 5. I only saw a few episodes when it was on HDNet, I liked it. Manny Coto created it.

Quark. A funny show that was on one of the major networks and lasted only a few episodes.

Yeah, whatever happened to this one?

 

You know one show not mentioned that I like quite abit was "The 4400" about people abducted by aliens at various points in time and they were all returned on the same day. We then find out many of them have powers.

Also what about "Lost in Space"? It doesn't feel like a little-known gem but I wonder if younger people are familiar with it like older people are.

You also had that Jessica Alba show called "Dark Angel" or something like that. She was genetically engineered and now she works for a bike service in a world were a EMP pulse knocked out the power and now America is kind of in ruins because the economy was destroyed. I gave up on it, maybe to soon and I think I should go check it out again someday.

Also was "Crusade" mentioned, yet? The spin-of of "Babylon 5." It was a okay show with a really good lead because it starred Gary Cole. It also has Jin from "Lost" in it and techno mage who was a fun character. I also like the science guy who when I think off I first think of him watching , alien porn.

Also one show I loved was "Weird Science" which was based on the movie. Two nerds create a sexy girl on the computer and of course she rejects them but also becomes their friends and help make their lives, much better. Lee Terguson, remembered more from "OZ" was a even better Chet than Bill Paxton was in the movie. You should especially watch their "Twilight Zone" episode.

Also you have a show you might find on Youtube called "DO Over" about a grown man who gets shocked and finds himself back in his younger self, still in high school.

Jason

 

Odyssey 5
Firefly
Wonderfalls
Jeremiah
Space: Above and Beyond
Life on Mars (UK)
Alphas

It has apparently been available in Region 1 since August 26, 2014.

 

Personally, I loved Caprica.

 

I have vivid memories of the Gerry Anderson pilot The Day After Tomorrow starring Brian Blessed and Nick Tate of Space: 1999 fame. It would have been an interesting show if it had sold, I think.

 

Great show, I loved the Betties. Another fun farce was Wizards and Warriors. Like a Mel Brooks version of Dungeons and Dragons.

 

You want to know a show I have always been curious about and that is "My Mother the Car." I got to see that show someday just to see what it was like.

Jason

 

How did I forget this one!

Oh yeah, I have the memory of a goldfish with Alzheimer's. But Odyssey 5 was awesome

 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy BBC TV series from 1981, which adapted both H2G2 and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - the faux computer graphics of the Guide were amazing. I expect the sequels to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe would have blown the BBC budget for SFX.

 

I think Flashforward was way better than it got credit.