How bad is Andromeda?

[theenglish]

Of Andromeda or SeaQuest?
How much of Andromeda actually come from Gene Rodenberry? I had always assumed it was based off of an outline or series bible he wrote, with the whole plot and characters, and main alien races, and all of that kind of stuff laid out. But now from the comments I've seen around the boards, it sounds like it really had nothing to do with Rodenberry beyond the basic idea of a guy waking up in the future to find his society has collapsed, and that almost everything about it actually came from Robert Hewitt Wolfe.

That's pretty close. Wolfe publicly stated that he and Majel Barrett worked on the show and developed the background.* The show had an official webpage and board to post on. Official information about the world of the show was published there.

*I do know that was likely part of a legal contract.

 

[theenglish]

Yep, so much Sci-fi was under respected and messed around with back then in order to try and please demographics or try get bigger ratings. A lot of these shows had solid opening seasons and then went off a cliff.

The biggest example of that, for me, was the V series--which had an excellent start up until around Christmas break.

 

[Neb Lleb]

True, except Sliders actually got pretty good again once The Sci-Fi Channel revived it for seasons 4-5. There were some problematical decisions with cast changes and such, but the writing was good again.

Um... [looks at "Requiem"]

Amazing. You are 100% wrong. I mean, nothing you've said has been right!

 

[Christopher]

Um... [looks at "Requiem"]

I'm not defending "Requiem," but obviously even a good season has a mix of good and bad episodes. The same season that gave us "Requiem" also gave us David Gerrold's superb "New Gods for Old." I'm certainly not saying seasons 4-5 were perfect, but even at their worst, they were nowhere near the unwatchable incompetence of the back half of season 3.

 

[Neb Lleb]

I'm not defending "Requiem," but obviously even a good season has a mix of good and bad episodes. The same season that gave us "Requiem" also gave us David Gerrold's superb "New Gods for Old." I'm certainly not saying seasons 4-5 were perfect, but even at their worst, they were nowhere near the unwatchable incompetence of the back half of season 3.

Um, yeah no. They're just as bad, if not worse. One good episode in a sea of sludge is still one good episode.

 

[Mudd]

The first year is ambitious and has some novelty to it.

The show was always a day late and a dollar short.