scifi TV series ripe for a reboot
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I'll add my vote for series done right the second time around: Sliders, Earth: Final Conflict (but keep the first season) and Space: 1999. And I'm still fond of the premise of UFO.
A show that hasn't been mentioned yet but had an interesting premise and some pretty enjoyable episodes: Seven Days. Fixing bad events by going back seven days into the past...
A show that hasn't been mentioned yet but had an interesting premise and some pretty enjoyable episodes: Seven Days. Fixing bad events by going back seven days into the past...
This thread is so old, last time I posted I was Frankenvorta! 
This thread is so old, last time I posted I was Frankenvorta!
Oops! Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to the timestamps. Didn't mean to resurrect an old corpse...
But I did find the link initially on the TrekToday main page, I think. Strange...But it did lead me to some interesting stories on the Wired.com site.
Sliders - dial back the silly stuff, make it more dramatic.
Space Academy/Jason of Star Command - Combine the two shows into one. Bring back any original cast of Space Academy still available as instructors in the new series. In the Commander Gampu role have either the Chris Gentry character or Jason. Perhaps both can figure in - Gentry runs the Academy side of the house, Jason in the shadows running the more special ops oriented Star Command portion of things. Bring Loki back as a sort of "Obi-Wan" type wise advisor/mentor to the new students. Hour long episodes mixing action/adeventure with reasonably accurate science and technology. Perfect for one of the broadcast networks, or something like ABC Familiy or the Sci-Fi Channel.
Time Tunnel - go with the premise of the unsold 2003 pilot.
Space Academy/Jason of Star Command - Combine the two shows into one. Bring back any original cast of Space Academy still available as instructors in the new series. In the Commander Gampu role have either the Chris Gentry character or Jason. Perhaps both can figure in - Gentry runs the Academy side of the house, Jason in the shadows running the more special ops oriented Star Command portion of things. Bring Loki back as a sort of "Obi-Wan" type wise advisor/mentor to the new students. Hour long episodes mixing action/adeventure with reasonably accurate science and technology. Perfect for one of the broadcast networks, or something like ABC Familiy or the Sci-Fi Channel.
Time Tunnel - go with the premise of the unsold 2003 pilot.
I've been hearing about this and I'm curious to see it. Can it be found anywhere?
Stargate is the obvious candidate, but I'll bet that MGM goes theatrical release with that - it won't be a reboot of the series specifically, but begin with a "reimagining" of the original film instead. 
Stargate is the obvious candidate, but I'll bet that MGM goes theatrical release with that - it won't be a reboot of the series specifically, but begin with a "reimagining" of the original film instead.
A theatrical release is a safe bet, but my guess is that they'll appropriate ideas from both the television series and the movie in order to have more fertile ground for potential sequels.
Stargate is the obvious candidate, but I'll bet that MGM goes theatrical release with that - it won't be a reboot of the series specifically, but begin with a "reimagining" of the original film instead.
A theatrical release is a safe bet, but my guess is that they'll appropriate ideas from both the television series and the movie in order to have more fertile ground for potential sequels.
They're in a "Star Trek" box now with Stargate. no matter what they do, they're gonna piss off a large segment of the fanbase.
It'll be too much like the original movie, or not enough like SG1, or "why didn't they use anybody from Atlantis, or "why did they reference Universe", or whatever.
Yep, thanks. I just watched it. Interesting. I'd have been curious to see how this played out.
The Star Trek "box" didn't hurt Abrams' movie one bit, so if that's the only restraint on Stargate, they're in good shape.
They should just go back to the drawing board with Stargate. Keep the Egyptian angle and the stargate system. Maybe keep the parasitical aliens and military angle. Start over with everything else.
Precisely. Too much credence is given to the "large segment of the fanbase." And when it came to Abrams' movie, that supposed fanbase was really only a vocal minority that couldn't help but troll threads related to the movie they supposedly hated.
Space: 1999 was done right the first time around.
And it's already been rebooted once, in 1976. And that was a disaster. No need to tread that path again, methinks.
That really is a gross generalization of people representing genuine dissent.
Box office doesn't lie.
Space: 1999 was done right the first time around.
And it's already been rebooted once, in 1976. And that was a disaster. No need to tread that path again, methinks.
Don't get me wrong, I have fond memories of Space: 1999. The visual effects were generally pretty amazing. But even as a teen watching it in the 70s, I knew the science was attrocious and some of the acting a little dodgy. And I got sick of the "only-the-Commander-can-see-what's-going-on-so-everyone-thinks-he's-crazy" episodes, which happened even more in the 2nd series.
It was a fun concept, but it would need a major overhaul to make it in today's TV climate. YMMV, of course.
A Stargate remake is, IMO, a lot like the Buffy remake supposedly in the works. It just seems silly to remake something that ended less than 10 years ago, especially since the latest incarnation just ended earlier this year.
I'm not saying a Stargate or Buffy remake wouldn't work, but give the original some time to disappear before you make it happen.
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