worst sci-fi TV series of post 1964

[Skipper]

By the way, these are the best 8 sci-fi tv show from the 1964 to today according to IMDB users...

1. Atropa (2018) 9,8

2. Declassified (2017– ) 9,1

3. Firefly (2002–2003) 9

4. Westworld (2016– ) 8,9

5. Stranger Things (2016– ) 8,9

6. Gravity Falls (2012–2016) 8,9

7. Here We Wait (2016– ) 8,8

8. Nemesis (2009– ) 8,8

 

[Skipper]

My Mother The Car? Really?

Yep! I believe this one should be classified as "Fantasy".

 

[Australis]

And apparently, there are fans of The Powers of Matthew Star out there too!!!

The first season was cool, a cross between coming to terms with puberty and hiding from inimical forces. The second season was "super-powered teenage spy", and very meh.

 

[Skipper]

The first season was cool, a cross between coming to terms with puberty and hiding from inimical forces. The second season was "super-powered teenage spy", and very meh.

I believe that technically was only one season

 

[Australis]

@Skipper you are right. I took the fact that each half was so different that they were different seasons.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

I will note that I liked The Six Million Dollar Man and the original (Lindsay Wagner) version of The Bionic Woman. And that I actually preferred the second season of Space: 1999 to the first (although neither were particular favorites). Anybody remember a one-season near-future sci-fi detective series called Search? a "semi-wheel" series with Hugh O'Brian, Tony Franciosa, and Doug McClure rotating as "wired" field agents, constantly monitored by a room full of specialists, presided over by Burgess Meredith? I remember it fondly, and bought the pilot film and the series set on DVD-R from Warner Archive.

And if we classify My Mother the Car as fantasy, why not Mr. Ed or even Nanny and the Professor?

 

[Matthew Raymond]

More likely, the show failed because, despite some good casting, it was a mediocre show. If the show had been better executed and more exciting, viewers would have overlooked any discrepancies with the comics.

While I agree, it also suffered from the fact that it was way too campy given the fact that it aired after the failure of both Batman and Robin and after the success of Blade and Blade II. I think it would have had more success if it had been given a more Nolan-esque treatment. Then again, it may have been too low budget for that...

 

[Vger23]

By the way, these are the best 8 sci-fi tv show from the 1964 to today according to IMDB users...

1. Atropa (2018) 9,8

2. Declassified (2017– ) 9,1

3. Firefly (2002–2003) 9

4. Westworld (2016– ) 8,9

5. Stranger Things (2016– ) 8,9

6. Gravity Falls (2012–2016) 8,9

7. Here We Wait (2016– ) 8,8

8. Nemesis (2009– ) 8,8

This is obviously heavily weighted toward modern shows. I've never even heard of half of these

 

[Vger23]

Anyone ever see the "Logan's Run" television show. I love all things LR...but it was bad. Really, really bad.

 

[Australis]

This is obviously heavily weighted toward modern shows. I've never even heard of half of these

Thank goodness, I thought it was just me!

 

[Matthew Raymond]

Interesting. I've never seen Space: Above and Beyond, but my impression was that it was highly-regarded in some circles. And I know that Highlander has a cult following, many of whom insist that the TV show was better than the movies. (Not a high bar, I know, except for the first one.)

If you're judging by Highlander II: The Quickening, you'd have to get James Cameron in a sub to raise that bar.

It does get a little silly when you think of how the characters always seem able to pull out a sword from the lining of whatever they're wearing, and it's not at all noticeable that they've been carrying it.

I remember watching the show way back in the day and frequently saying: "Where the hell where they hiding those things!"

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Anyone ever see the "Logan's Run" television show. I love all things LR...but it was bad. Really, really bad.

I actually preferred the series to the movie. Probably because I'm not into the whole dystopian thing (and maybe also because so many Star Trek alumni wrote for it).

And Re: my previous remark about The Six Million Dollar Man, I will also say that I didn't care for Martin Balsam's Rudy Wells in the movie (my favorite Rudy was Alan Oppenheimer; I liked the humor he brought to the role), and I actively disliked Darren McGavin's Oliver Spencer in the movie, preferring Richard Anderson's Oscar Goldman.

But while nearly every series we've discussed, good or bad, has science holes you could drive a Death Star through, if the storytelling is good enough, weak science doesn't matter so much.

I'll also note that probably my biggest beef with "Cattlecar Gigantica" is that the whole series was about people fleeing the Cylons, where Star Trek, at its best, is about exploring strange new worlds, seeking out new life and new civilizations, and boldly going where none have gone before. And even though VGR's overall story arc was about being stranded at the far end of the galaxy, it was also about a Starfleet crew not abandoning what makes Starfleet Starfleet, just for the sake of getting home sooner.

 

[Skipper]

Thank goodness, I thought it was just me!

I believe that some of those are web series...

 

[Steven P Bastien]

Not many people remember the series "UFO". I'm not referring to "Project UFO", but the British series known as Gerry Anderson's UFO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_(TV_series) . It has serious nostalgic value, but is also a seriously flawed series. The real killer of the series is when the main character Straker (the SHADO leader) allows his son to die because of a bogus reason related to fighting the aliens. After that, you can only hate the character, and the only thing left to appreciate is the beautiful women wearing sexy clothing in 1960s style.

To anyone who is a fan of the show and loves it, don't be offended. I do own the series on DVD and do find many interesting things about it.

 

[John Clark]

Not many people remember the series "UFO". I'm not referring to "Project UFO", but the British series known as Gerry Anderson's UFO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_(TV_series) . It has serious nostalgic value, but is also a seriously flawed series. The real killer of the series is when the main character (the SHADO leader) allows his son to die because of a bogus reason related to fighting the aliens. After that, you can only hate the character, and the only thing left to appreciate is the beautiful women wearing sexy clothing in 1960s style.

To anyone who is a fan of the show and loves it, don't be offended. I do own the series on DVD and do find many interesting things about it.

I keep meaning to get the Blu-Ray release of that to see if it holds up to my memories.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

I keep meaning to get the Blu-Ray release of that to see if it holds up to my memories.

It's worth it for that reason. I bought the DVDs for that reason. I was about 5 years old when it came out and had vague memories of the show. I enjoyed watching it for that nostalgia value. Also, as a sci-fi fan it is worth seeing it. It has a rightful place in the genre, but again also has serious flaws.

 

[Greg Cox]

Thank goodness, I thought it was just me!

Not just you. I was scratching my head, too.

As for UFO, I confess that the only thing I remember from that series is the purple wigs.

 

[Steven P Bastien]

As for UFO, I confess that the only thing I remember from that series is the purple wigs.

Well, then you remember the best of it.

For me, the memory was of those spinning UFOs. The spinning disc UFO is very cliche, but they did it in a memorable way.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

UFO had some interesting episodes.

 

[JD]

By the way, these are the best 8 sci-fi tv show from the 1964 to today according to IMDB users...

1. Atropa (2018) 9,8

2. Declassified (2017– ) 9,1

3. Firefly (2002–2003) 9

4. Westworld (2016– ) 8,9

5. Stranger Things (2016– ) 8,9

6. Gravity Falls (2012–2016) 8,9

7. Here We Wait (2016– ) 8,8

8. Nemesis (2009– ) 8,8

I just looked up Atropa, Declassified, and Here We Wait and of the three Atropa has the most reviews with 13. It's not entirely a fair comparison to Firefly and Westworld which have 200,00+ reviews and Stranger Things, which has almost half a million reviews.