Oh, yeah, I hate those. Thanks for the heads up. I'm not sure if I'd want the second season, anyway.
The ultimate science fiction TV remake thread
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I've got nothing but warm, nostalgic feelings for Early Edition, but it in no way belongs in a world in which newspapers are rare or unusual. It was a great idea for its time, and that time has passed.
Weird Science, on the other hand...
This seems appropriate for the thread...
http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/11/20/lost-in-space-remake-in-development-at-netflix/
Lost in Space back in development...again.
http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/11/20/lost-in-space-remake-in-development-at-netflix/
Lost in Space back in development...again.
If they're not drowning in their own blood, it's campy and cheesy and fluff.
I don't know. I genuinely enjoyed the first season of BUCK ROGERS, but when you're doing eps about an interstellar beauty pageant, a goofy-looking space vampire, the "Love Boat" in space, and a kid genius played by Gary Coleman, you're certainly skirting the borders of camp.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. Sometimes campy and cheesy and fluff is just what the doctor ordered.
One of the things I liked about BUCK ROGERS was that it was good, unabashedly goofy, unpretentious space opera that knew exactly what kind of show it was. (Unlike the original BSG which always struck me as cheese with delusions of grandeur.)
I'm sorry, Greg, but garbage is garbage (at least BSG '78 failed upward) and Buck Rogers qualifies in spades.
Versions of Buck Rogers I would have liked to see:
1) The first version mentioned at Space 1970 that I posted earlier
2) A great version of the concept created by Lorraine Williams (granddaughter of John F. Dille, owner and syndicator of Buck Rogers) back in the 1980's (1988-1995) for TSR Games called Buck Rogers XXVC
Both of these would be better than what we got on screen (and the second season storyline was a case of too little, too late-they should have done that in season one.)
Logan's Run - the series
Men in Black - done Dragnet/Project UFO style, possibly set in the 50's-60's.
Highlander - because there can be only one (just stop trying to explain stuff, and especially stay out of the future)
MST3k ALL THE WAY! - Because we put our faith in Blast Hardcheese.
Nostalgia isn't reason enough for a reboot, but anybody remember:
Salvage One - Andy Griffith
Quark - Richard Benjamin
The Lost Saucer - Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi
Wacko - with Charles Fleischer
Lidville - Sid & Marty Croft / Charles Nelson Reilly
But I'd also like to see a return of classic Adult Swim:
The Brak Show
Home Movies
Sealab 2020
and...
Harvey Birdman - Attourney at Law!
Men in Black - done Dragnet/Project UFO style, possibly set in the 50's-60's.
Highlander - because there can be only one (just stop trying to explain stuff, and especially stay out of the future)
MST3k ALL THE WAY! - Because we put our faith in Blast Hardcheese.
Nostalgia isn't reason enough for a reboot, but anybody remember:
Salvage One - Andy Griffith
Quark - Richard Benjamin
The Lost Saucer - Jim Nabors and Ruth Buzzi
Wacko - with Charles Fleischer
Lidville - Sid & Marty Croft / Charles Nelson Reilly
But I'd also like to see a return of classic Adult Swim:
The Brak Show
Home Movies
Sealab 2020
and...
Harvey Birdman - Attourney at Law!
Larson's and Steven's Buck Rogers was massively improved by South Park's "Go God Go" and "Go God Go XII."
sum viddeoze 4u:
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT0LXfs2J9w[/yt]
(I think "The Second Coming" is just a lulzy fan short.)
sum viddeoze 4u:
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT0LXfs2J9w[/yt]
(I think "The Second Coming" is just a lulzy fan short.)
I've got that. And I've got the computer trilogy (C64 format
). It was pretty good and would definitely make a good series.Happening.
Mark Lenard guest stars in the second season...
There's a character named after Isaac Asimov, and another reason I enjoy the second season is because of Thom Christopher. He played a good guy in Buck Rogers, but a marvelously evil mob boss years later in One Life to Live (Carlo Hesser).
As much as I generally dislike remaking series, I do agree that the TV series wasn't much to write home about.
A TV series based on the novel would be better, in my opinion. Mind you, if it were really true to the novel, it would also not be suitable for kids to watch.
That was a fun show. And every time I see something in the news that mentions all the junk up in orbit, I can't help wondering why nobody decided to do something to clean it up.
I see from the comments on YouTube that none of those people are Star Trek fans. That's Jeffrey Hunter as Jesus.
I remember liking the original SALVAGE ONE tv-movie, but thinking that turning it into a weekly series was a bit of a stretch . . . .
And, to be honest, I hardly saw any of second season of BUCK ROGERS because I was in college by then and not watching much TV at all.
And, to be honest, I hardly saw any of second season of BUCK ROGERS because I was in college by then and not watching much TV at all.
^^ I have only vague memories of Salvage, but I remember liking the pilot, and I remember liking an episode where they go looking for an unknown species of dwarf monkeys and find Big Foot instead. Or something.
Hmm. That does sway me toward getting it....
Actually, it would be a good property for HBO or one of those channels.
Yep. I recognized him, and I assume (but can't confirm) that it's footage from King of Kings, but I can't say that I recognize all the source footage. Clever and amusing idea.
The new WESTWORLD series is supposed to be very "adult" in terms of sex and nudity. If it succeeds, maybe LOGAN'S RUN would be a good companion piece.
^ Good thinking!
Here's something I didn't know about the Logan's Run series, from Wikipedia:
Here's something I didn't know about the Logan's Run series, from Wikipedia:
Yeah, I think anything on HBO will be like that-- which makes me wonder what their Foundation series will look like. The Logan's Run novel had plenty of sexuality, but Foundation was pretty lacking in that regard. Westworld, as I recall, was pretty PG, but the concept surely lends itself to erotic content.
Wow, I don't remember that. Hard to remember back that far, but I don't think I saw that one in theaters, so I would have seen an edited TV version. It was on the air just recently, but I only saw the last five minutes or so. I should probably get the DVD.
I've got that. And I've got the computer trilogy (C64 format
I would like to add, minus the rocket ships-they look like flying phalluses, as Ray Bradbury said about the ships in the TV adaptation of The Martian Chronicles. I'd suggest making it with shuttles, and larger ships like in 2001: A Space Odyssey, or in the RPG Jovian Chronicles (and with similar designs.)
In our minds, reboots and revivals always seem like a good idea. That's because we know what it needs for it to be good for us.
A few people have mentioned Blake's Seven and I was going to mention my favourite shows that I would like to see again.
Doomwatch
Sapphire and Steel
Star Cops
But then I remembered the BBC's reboots of Day of the Triffids and Survivors, both totally awful. Even a British classic like Thunderbirds has been rebooted twice and both absolutely diabolical. Frakes had never even heard of Thunderbirds when he was offered the chance to direct the Thunderbirds film, for God's sake!
Ant the least said about the American reboot of The Tomorrow People, the better.
A few people have mentioned Blake's Seven and I was going to mention my favourite shows that I would like to see again.
Doomwatch
Sapphire and Steel
Star Cops
But then I remembered the BBC's reboots of Day of the Triffids and Survivors, both totally awful. Even a British classic like Thunderbirds has been rebooted twice and both absolutely diabolical. Frakes had never even heard of Thunderbirds when he was offered the chance to direct the Thunderbirds film, for God's sake!
Ant the least said about the American reboot of The Tomorrow People, the better.
Two films that might be adapted as series:
The Quiet Earth- the protagonist not only finds himself transported to a nearly abandoned Earth due in part to the energy grid experiment, but is in a far distant place on Earth from where the divergence took place. He has to find his way back there and while traveling encounters tantalizing clues of what actually went wrong from other facilities that were working on the project and the odd random person who also knows something of it. Possibly more of an adventure oriented remake.
Random Quest- instead of necessarily or immediately focusing on the love focus, Trafford is shown focusing on the changes inherent in the parallel England he has traveled to, tries to reckon when the point of divergence took place and why, with the help of a scientist character like Larnstein from Quest for Love. At the same time, it increasingly becomes clear that he isn't going to be randomly sent back home but has to find a mechanism to do so in his new environment. The romantic element could be introduced at some point as a factor that severely complicates his efforts, or just gets left out of the story altogether.
The Quiet Earth- the protagonist not only finds himself transported to a nearly abandoned Earth due in part to the energy grid experiment, but is in a far distant place on Earth from where the divergence took place. He has to find his way back there and while traveling encounters tantalizing clues of what actually went wrong from other facilities that were working on the project and the odd random person who also knows something of it. Possibly more of an adventure oriented remake.
Random Quest- instead of necessarily or immediately focusing on the love focus, Trafford is shown focusing on the changes inherent in the parallel England he has traveled to, tries to reckon when the point of divergence took place and why, with the help of a scientist character like Larnstein from Quest for Love. At the same time, it increasingly becomes clear that he isn't going to be randomly sent back home but has to find a mechanism to do so in his new environment. The romantic element could be introduced at some point as a factor that severely complicates his efforts, or just gets left out of the story altogether.
