With the unforgettable characters:
“Darwin hates Brandis. Please, kill Brandis or kill Darwin.”
I preferred Sealab 2021
Set in “the near future” (the year 2018 in the first season)
Uff.
The 90’s were peak optimism. It’s all downhill from there
Yeah binging 90’s scifi is very soothing.
Until you hit those depressingly real near future depictions.
The third season was a skip forward to 2032 and it was somewhat better, but still pretty stupid.
Like they had an android character who was a great big guy but had a simple, child-like brain. What the hell was the point of that?
Like they had an android character who was a great big guy but had a simple, child-like brain. What the hell was the point of that?
I’m sure there’s a contract that says if you employ one DeLuise brother on a show you need to give the other one a bit part.
It would explain Wormhole Xtreme
Don’t diss Wormhole X-treme, there’s a reason it, allegedly, performed very well on DVD.
I didn’t read that whole comment, because I don’t want any spoilers as I might try this show as it’s one of the rare 90’s scifis I don’t think I’ve seen.
Trust me, don’t. If you want mostly forgotten 90s sci-fi, there are so many better choices: Odyssey 5, Jeremiah, Earth 2, The Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr., Lexx.
Even animated ones like Invasion: America and Exosquad are better. Plus, Invasion: America has Leonard Nimoy in it!
Seriously, I would put Sliders above either SeaQuest DSV or SeaQuest 2032 and it sucked.
Odyssey 5
Do you mean Babylon 5?
I do not.
I think I missed Invasion:America. Know anywhere I could see it?
Yes! For some reason, it is on YouTube in two long parts rather than broken up into episodes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEzUt4EotkU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohAuAyCBFdM
There are two versions, a prime time version and a version edited down for kids. I believe this is the prime time version with a lot more violence.
The first two seasons (and the first half of season 3) of Sliders were great. The rest, yeah, should join E.T on Atari 2600 in its burial site.
Earth 2! FTW!!
Such a great show! The world building was amazing! (Plus, Clancy Brown!)
Similarly, I’ve been re-watching the Alien Nation TV series lately. I forgot the extent of the world-building done in that show. It’s truly impressive for just one season and a few TV movies.
Clancy Brown is great but Tim Curry is amazing, poppet
peak Tim Curry for sure
I haven’t seen that. I’ll add it to my list!
Oh definitely! And don’t bother watching the film first. They change a lot from it like Stargate SG-1 did. If you don’t know the plot, a space ship of alien slaves breaks down over Los Angeles and after several years, it’s decided that they get to be made citizens. A “Newcomer” cop works with a bigoted human that slowly learns to respect their culture.
Edit: And, of course, there’s a Trek connection or two- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Pierpoint
No mention of Space: Above & Beyond?
I thought I knew you, dude
I never got into it back then and I never got back to it. I should.
It would be nice to have another human who understands what I mean when I say “Raymond T. Butts has ate his last pancake”
The episode where Roy Scheider talks to Jonathan Brandis about using a condom was one of the most cringey things ever put on American TV.
The reason it failed was that it didn’t mimic Star Trek enough, with geopolitics and court room episodes.
But Star Trek could learn something by having an astrophysicist come on at the end of the show and talk space science like this show did with Robert Ballard.
how… ho wwas this?
I remember being fond of the first season, but it was definitely “wet star trek,” complete with a Tiger Beat suitable version of Wesley (RIP Jonathan Brandis, who got chewed up and spit out by Hollywood), especially by the end of season 2 when I stopped watching, apparently along with everyone else.
I watched all the seasons.
It was kind of poetic that a show about a submarine went so far off the deep end.
There were dozens of us who watched season 3.
Dozens!
That’s Countess Regina Barthalomew front row second from the left.
So this is what she and Moriarty got up to.
So it is! And Jonathan Brandis on the right…I rember him from that awful Rodney Dangerfield movie Ladybugs. Brandis died not long after.
I have never seen this show.
Live action Sealab with joxer/ted raimi
Oh man, I forgot this ever existed. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
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