Sci-Fi TV Shows that you're pretty sure only you watched.

[RJDiogenes]

I thought of another one that I don't think has been mentioned: Freddy's Nightmares. It was a Horror anthology "hosted" by Freddy Kreuger. I actually didn't like that one much.

There are a few that have been listed here that I remember quite fondly. I wish those Relic Hunter DVDs were cheaper.

 

[auntiehill]

The Sentinel. I loved me some Jim & Blair angst. But hardly anyone else watched it, even though it ran almost 4 years.

Kings. A great allegory in an alternate universe. And it had Ian McShane. Too bad no one watched it.

Wonderfalls. So very few people have heard of this, but hubby and I really loved it. The little talking creatures were hilarious. It made me want to go visit Niagara Falls.

 

[Greg Cox]

My sister and I were excited when Spiderman came on. We were about 7-8 years old at the time. Didnt they edit the series into TV movies?

Yes, the majority of the episodes were paired off and released as syndicated movies, as was also done with Battlestar Galactica, Planet of the Apes, and a few other '70s shows.

They did the same thing with Kolchak: The Night Stalker and, even earlier, The Man from UNCLE.

 

[Andrew_Kearley]

Pathfinders
Quatermass
Timeslip
The Tomorrow People
Sky
Star Fleet
The Omega Factor
Lavender Castle

 

[trekkiedane]

This is currently one of only 3 threads I have subscribed to on the entire board.

Three threads!??!??


I currently subscribe to 1402 threads on this board

 

[sojourner]

What was the pilot (I think it was a pilot) about a scientist who is disabled and he builds an Iron man like suit.. except its the 1970s and the show has no budget so his suit has buttons on the front labelled "walk" and the like*


* or so I remember been a long time.

I remember seeing this, don't recall the name. If I remember correctly, the main body of the suit was a one piece orange rigid armor and the arms and legs looked pretty much like ducting used for clothes dryers. I want to say it has the word Omega in the title, but I can't be sure.

 

[KeepOnTrekking]

Ahh this is my kind of thread. You can pop over to my site to remind you of what you are forgetting. The thing I hear most from people is how someone was reminded of a forgotten favorite.

The List

I see you have all the Japanese tv shows I watched as a kid--Ultra Man, Johnny Sokko, The Space Giants. But I didn't see Spectreman on your list. Did I blink and miss it?

 

[Greg Cox]

Speaking of which, PBS's "Pioneers of Television" show is doing an episode on "Superheroes" tonight, looking back at "Batman," "Wonder Woman," "The Incredible Hulk," etc.

Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.

 

[stj]

The Sentinel. I loved me some Jim & Blair angst. But hardly anyone else watched it, even though it ran almost 4 years.

Kings. A great allegory in an alternate universe. And it had Ian McShane. Too bad no one watched it.

Wonderfalls. So very few people have heard of this, but hubby and I really loved it. The little talking creatures were hilarious. It made me want to go visit Niagara Falls.

I watched The Sentinel first season on Netflix. I watched every episode of Wonderfalls (and Dead Like Me and bought the direct-to-DVD movie.) I own Kings.

But I still forgot all three.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Speaking of which, PBS's "Pioneers of Television" show is doing an episode on "Superheroes" tonight, looking back at "Batman," "Wonder Woman," "The Incredible Hulk," etc.

Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.

They needed to swap Greatest American Hero for Amazing Spider-Man. And I want to have a drink with Lynda Carter someday LOL.

 

[Saga]

I think I am the only one that watched Tron: Uprising.

nah, i'm watching with ya.

 

[Dale Sams]

Sadly, I have seen most of the shows that have been mentioned.

Think I was the only person to have seen The Amazing Spiderman with Nicholas Hammond.

Two other shows that I remember seeing...Star Maidens (with Gareth Thomas before Blake's Seven) and a very odd Australian (?) show called Phoenix 5.

I think I was the only person to see the Dr.Strange movie...and like it.

 

[Saga]

Brimstone. Great show. Probably the one-season show I wished most wasn't cancelled.

The Adventures of Sinbad. Seems like no one remembers it. Really liked the cast. Maeve > Bryn, though having seen Bryn's IMDB pics, she's gotten better with age.

Cleopatra 2525. Jennifer Sky was eye-catching in that outfit, but the series wasn't worth losing Amarice in Xena as the new sidekick. With her on the show as originally intended, maybe they wouldn't have needed so many comedies to cover for the action-limited Xena: Pregnant Princess, which would have averted several of the worst episodes in the series.

The Jack of All Trades.

The Outer Limits (II). On Showtime. Even to 2000. And then on Sci-Fi Channel. How many subscribed back to Showtime then to see Stargate SG-1, The Outer Limits, and The Legacy?
Harsh Realm.

Dark Skies. Forgotten original companion series to The Pretender & Profiler on NBC Saturday nights. X-Files-esque conspiracy series intended to last 5 years set in a different decade each season from the 1960s- 2000s.

Sleepwalkers. Yes, I actually saw the only 2 episodes it aired nationally before being yanked.

i watched all those. i thought Brimstone and Dark Skies were pretty good back in the day. i don't think i've seen them in years though.

 

[Christopher]

Speaking of which, PBS's "Pioneers of Television" show is doing an episode on "Superheroes" tonight, looking back at "Batman," "Wonder Woman," "The Incredible Hulk," etc.

Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel.

And it's apparently a new episode, which is odd, since Robert Culp and Stephen J. Cannell both passed away in 2010. So they must've done those interviews quite a while ago.

It was an okay special, but it had a few errors. Mainly it perpetuated the myth that Batman comics were normally serious and the TV show took a different approach by lightening up. In fact, the comics were only dark and serious for the first year or two, becoming lighter and more kid-friendly as soon as Robin was introduced in 1940, and through most of the '50s and '60s they had become quite goofy, colorful, and fanciful. The TV show was actually quite a faithful translation of the way the comics were done at the time.

Also, they showed a picture of Julie Newmar's Catwoman to represent Lee Meriwether.

 

[Chris3123]

The unfairly forgotten Sanctuary...
FlashForward...
The 4400...

I watched these.

7 Days - Same story. -Except, I still wait for someone to come forward and admit they watched it.

I watched it. Cool show.

Dark Skies. Forgotten original companion series to The Pretender & Profiler on NBC Saturday nights. X-Files-esque conspiracy series intended to last 5 years set in a different decade each season from the 1960s- 2000s.

I watched it. Starred a pre-Voyager Jeri Ryan.

Deadly Games. Man fights bosses from a video game he created, all of whom were based on people he hated.

Ha, yeah I remember that show. The premise was so ridiculous, but I kept watching anyway.

The main villain was Christopher Lloyd.

The Jackal. Turned out he was based on the guy's dad.

Sanctuary
Virtuality
Defying Gravity

Watched these, though I haven't seen the last few episodes of Defying Gravity.

Kings. A great allegory in an alternate universe. And it had Ian McShane. Too bad no one watched it.

I enjoyed it too. You don't see many shows in that specific genre.

 

[JoeZhang]

What was the pilot (I think it was a pilot) about a scientist who is disabled and he builds an Iron man like suit.. except its the 1970s and the show has no budget so his suit has buttons on the front labelled "walk" and the like*


* or so I remember been a long time.

I remember seeing this, don't recall the name. If I remember correctly, the main body of the suit was a one piece orange rigid armor and the arms and legs looked pretty much like ducting used for clothes dryers. I want to say it has the word Omega in the title, but I can't be sure.

Yes that is it! Anyone able to name it?

 

[Melakon]

In the United States (UK folks will recognize some of these):

Supercar ("Opening roof doors.")
Fireball XL5 ("OK Venus?" "OK Steve." "Right, let's go.")
Stingray (loved the battlestations drums)

Thriller (Boris Karloff, mostly horror)

Way Out (Roald Dahl, tried to capitalize on Thriller)

Men Into Space (around 1959, when I was 8 and just getting into scifi. "With William Lundigan as Col. Edward MacCauley")

The Starlost (so bad, Harlan Ellison took his name off it)

 

[RJDiogenes]

^^ I have both Thriller and Starlost on DVD. Thriller is fantastic, The Starlost is about at the level of Plan 9, but both are entertaining.

Three threads!??!??


I currently subscribe to 1402 threads on this board

I didn't know we had that many.

I subscribe to one.

 

[Melakon]

^ I should have mentioned I saw all but Supercar and Stingray in first run. And not sure Starlost counts, as all 3 were syndicated in U.S.

 

[trekkiedane]

Three threads!??!??


I currently subscribe to 1402 threads on this board

I didn't know we had that many.

I subscribe to one.

I think the oldest one is from the move to vBulletin!