Sci-fi Brilliant but Canceled or little known gems
- Thread starter Gotham Central
- Start date
"My Life and Times" was science-fiction. It got cancelled after filming seven episodes. The last one never aired. It switches from the passed top the future in episodes.
Also, it had some fine scoring from Lee Holdridge (and his theme music is very nice); also, Alf Clausen scored one episode and Don Davis did one, too. I don't know who scored the un-aired final episode.
Also, it had some fine scoring from Lee Holdridge (and his theme music is very nice); also, Alf Clausen scored one episode and Don Davis did one, too. I don't know who scored the un-aired final episode.
Good choice.
Is "My Life and Times" the show that stared the dad from "My So Called Life?" I think he was a old man in a old folks home and he was telling the story of his life to his grand children. I recall the first episode was about what he was doing when the 1989 earthquake hit San Fran when the World Series was also going on in that city. I think another one was set in the future and had to do with him and his son and a train ride. Like "Back to the Future" and "Seaquest" they all were acurate in predicting a MLB baseball team in MIami.
Jason
Island City
Some kind of artificially created virus infects humanity killing many, while turning others into neanderthal types (called "regressives"). The remnants of civilization retreat to an island which they turn into their last outpost of civilization, where they spend their days trying to find a way to salvage the situation and re-take the planet.
Some kind of artificially created virus infects humanity killing many, while turning others into neanderthal types (called "regressives"). The remnants of civilization retreat to an island which they turn into their last outpost of civilization, where they spend their days trying to find a way to salvage the situation and re-take the planet.
I loved that show and was sad when it got the axe so quickly.
Good God, I made the mistake of watching that thing. It was terrible. Had a terrific although unreleased score by Peter Bernstein though. I still hum that theme sometimes.
I liked the character who was part regressive and part normal human. The regressives are neanderthal types who are extremely strong and have enhanced senses, although their minds are primitive and animalistic. So the hybrid guy had normal human intelligence but also the enhanced physique, which was cool.
North Star
Greg Evigan (BJ & the Bear) plays astronaut John North, who develops enhanced powers after being bombarded by a solar flare in outer space. After this event, some kind of latent abilities in the brain are activated inside him whenever his eyes are exposed to sunlight. (As you can imagine, he spends a lot of time with sunglasses on, like Cyclops)
Greg Evigan (BJ & the Bear) plays astronaut John North, who develops enhanced powers after being bombarded by a solar flare in outer space. After this event, some kind of latent abilities in the brain are activated inside him whenever his eyes are exposed to sunlight. (As you can imagine, he spends a lot of time with sunglasses on, like Cyclops)
Airwolf
Actor Jan-Michael Vincent plays Stringfellow Hawke, a former Vietnam combat pilot who steals back a top-secret helicopter that was stolen by Libya's Qadafi, and then flies it for the US govt on various missions.
I have to say that composer Sylvester Lemay did some great music for the show.
Actor Jan-Michael Vincent plays Stringfellow Hawke, a former Vietnam combat pilot who steals back a top-secret helicopter that was stolen by Libya's Qadafi, and then flies it for the US govt on various missions.
I have to say that composer Sylvester Lemay did some great music for the show.
One of the animated comedies I watch, I think it was Rick & Morty, Archer, or American Dad, made some jokes about this one recently.
I think I was 12 when this show came out, and I thought it was hilarious. But I 12. I specifically remember the Homeboys going to some bureaucracy planet or something, and its ring system looked like a paperclip!
When my grandpa was going in and out of hospitals a lot when I was 10, this show was always on Saturday afternoons! I would watch it all the time in the nurse's lounge since I spent so much time there. I remember thinking it was awful. This was a wonderful time for syndicated scifi! I also watched a lot of Where in Time is Carmen San Diego there.
Does anyone remember Aliens in the Family? I think it was also on around this time, around 1995 give or take. I feel like the alien baby was a proto-Stewie for Family Guy.
Someone mentioned Deadly Games in the 2008 era of this thread. THAT was a show I was sad to see get cancelled, right after the lead and his ex-wife seemed to be falling for each other again. Oh man, I miss that show.
Did anyone watch Team Knight Rider?
Automan
Crimefighting superhero from cyberspace created by geeky police investigator who's also a programmer. I loved Cursor, a non-speaking pet sidekick also from the cyberworld, who's kind of mischievous and also a skirt-chaser (he also re-shapes himself into vehicles, which is handy)
Crimefighting superhero from cyberspace created by geeky police investigator who's also a programmer. I loved Cursor, a non-speaking pet sidekick also from the cyberworld, who's kind of mischievous and also a skirt-chaser (he also re-shapes himself into vehicles, which is handy)
Similar threads
