Andromeda: Does anyone have this as their favourite show?

[Sindatur]

I thought Keith Hamilton Cobb was excellent as Tyr, one of my all time favorite bad-asses in SciFi.

Steve Bacic as Radu, he's a pretty wooden actor, but, DAMN, he's nice to look at

Most of the females, I thought were pretty good too. The guy who looks a bit like Sean Faris and the Blonde Horror actor that chews gum (Beka's Progenitor, I believe), yea, they weren't charismatic actors, either. James Marsters was pretty good, though, IMHO

 

[Pilot Ace]

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Agreed. And your Sailing the Slipstream is an invaluable reference to the series!

Thanks.

I never knew there was a reference book for the show! Long shot, but anyway possible to purchase a copy these days?

 

[js]

^^^^
Agreed. And your Sailing the Slipstream is an invaluable reference to the series!

Thanks.

I never knew there was a reference book for the show! Long shot, but anyway possible to purchase a copy these days?

It's out of print but I'm hoping at some point to have the time to re-edit and re-release it. If and when I do, I'll post about it.

 

[Pilot Ace]

Thanks.

I never knew there was a reference book for the show! Long shot, but anyway possible to purchase a copy these days?

It's out of print but I'm hoping at some point to have the time to re-edit and re-release it. If and when I do, I'll post about it.

Fingers crossed I see it!

 

[DonIago]

I have to admit I'd be curious to read this just to find out what the hell happened to the plot of the show. I think I must have tuned out sometime after they suddenly had a ton of slipfighters...that they controlled virtually or something?

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

That was in one of the earlier episodes.. Andromeda had a few squadrons of slipfighters, which are alternately manned, remotely piloted or AI controlled depending on the situation. She got rid of most of them when the crew evacuated in the pilot, but they DID establish early on that Andromeda's machine shop could build most anything they required given enough raw materials (including a nova bomb, which was a significant plot of the first season).

I never got the impression that the ship was really hurting for anything except crew, which was bothersome as they didn't really explain when the extra crew started showing up - they just sorta appeared in the third season. Granted the Commonwealth had been re-established by that point, but they didn't make any sort of deal of it, which bugged me. Not as much as the complete lack of uniforms on the flagship of the High Guard by that point (damn you Sorbo), but I digress.

Mark

 

[DonIago]

Why should they wear uniforms? Everyone knows who they are!

 

[Guy Gardener]

Remember they found a hidden planet that still regarded itself as the last Bastian of the old Commonwealth?

It had a fleet, and a trained army/navy, as well as the authority to tell Dylan Hunt what to do, if he still considered himself a member of the original High Guard.

It's were the Steve Basic clone came from.

 

[DonIago]

I seem to recall finding that episode fairly palatable, particularly by Andromeda standards.

Torn on Steve Bacic, because on the one hand it felt like he shows up far too often earlier in the show...but OTOH it's generally kinda cool when he does.

 

[ReadyAndWilling]

I'm just getting back into this show. I finished watching season 1 episode 10 earlier today.

I keep hearing that after the first season it really falls apart. Is this true?

 

[Sindatur]

I'm just getting back into this show. I finished watching season 1 episode 10 earlier today.

I keep hearing that after the first season it really falls apart. Is this true?

Depends upon who you talk to. It changes pretty much every Season, but, I thought all 4 of the first 4 Seasons were pretty decent. It's S5 where it falls apart, IMHO (Though, even S5 has some pretty interesting tie up of the Mythology), it's main problem, IMHO, is tying them down to a Single "desert" Planet, due to budget Cut

 

[Morpheus 02]

Yeah, season 5 was like season 5 of Earth final Ocnflict -- super cheap, and way off from the previous seasons.

Season 4 seemed to go back to where Andromeda was heading in Season 1. Where are you watching it? I wish SyFy would air it!

 

[DonIago]

I'm just getting back into this show. I finished watching season 1 episode 10 earlier today.

I keep hearing that after the first season it really falls apart. Is this true?

I'd say even at its best the show was a bit hit-or-miss, and became moreso...mid-S2 I think it is. Whenever RHW left the show.

 

[Solariabsg25]

I thought Keith Hamilton Cobb was excellent as Tyr, one of my all time favorite bad-asses in SciFi.

Steve Bacic as Radu, he's a pretty wooden actor, but, DAMN, he's nice to look at

Most of the females, I thought were pretty good too. The guy who looks a bit like Sean Faris and the Blonde Horror actor that chews gum (Beka's Progenitor, I believe), yea, they weren't charismatic actors, either. James Marsters was pretty good, though, IMHO

"Andromeda: Into the Labyrinth (#2.9)" (2001)

Tyr Anasazi: What would you like, Jaguar?

Charlemagne Bolivar: The usual. Hundreds of grandchildren, utter domination of known space and the pleasure of hearing that all of my enemies have died in terrible, highly improbable accidents that cannot be connected to me. And you?

Tyr Anasazi: [Laughs] The usual.

I loved the first 4 seasons of the show - season 5 err not so much.

I imagine with a decent budget behind it and tighter scriptwriting, the show could have been truly epic. There was certainly enough scope for a grand galaxy-spanning series.

And a bit of trivia:-

Lisa Ryder (Beka Valentine) played an Android in Jason X, while Lexa Doig (Rommie) played a human in the same movie!

 

[TiberiusMaximus]

I love Andromeda for two reasons. Lexa Doig is both of them.

 

[DWF]

And a bit of trivia:-

Lisa Ryder (Beka Valentine) played an Android in Jason X, while Lexa Doig (Rommie) played a human in the same movie!

Even more interesting is that Lisa was originally cast as Rommie and Lexa as Beka.

 

[publiusr]

I also loved the look of the ships--especially this one http://andromeda.wikia.com/wiki/Bellerophon http://andromeda.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Ships

 

[JD]

I wish the show was available was streaming for free somewhere.

 

[Gotham Central]

I wish the show was available was streaming for free somewhere.

It's on You Tube

 

[JD]

Legally?