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| Thread ID: 55720 | 2005-03-18 01:03:00 | Best Sci-Fi TV Series | vinref (6194) | PC World Chat |
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| 335248 | 2005-03-18 02:23:00 | And yes - what about the 1979 TV series Quatermass starring Sir John Mills? In which a mysterious alien force has destroyed society, causing all the young to go nuts and making them congregate in large groups where it promptly zaps them into molecules and beams them back home for food. Only older folks are immune .... www.scifilm.org Darn. Yes, this is another sci-fi series I have always wanted to see again. The aliens were harvesting humans for protein, and were beaming them up from Stonehenge-like structures, until Sir John puts a nuclear device in there somewhere. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 335249 | 2005-03-18 02:27:00 | And with so much interest in good sci-fi, I wonder why they do not make more. Because it has to be smart to be any good. Hopefully its coming back into fashion, but it has a chequred hsitory with the Yanks (who have the budget) and the Brits seem to have not touched decent sci-fi in a while. There's the Sci-Fi Channel in the US -- who have bought us the latets version of Battlestar Galatica but I wouldn't exactly call that sci-fi. The Yanks did Space Above and Beyond - which developed into a pretty good show but then killed it off because ratings weren't enough. Fans tried to get it brought back to life without success. And of cousre they just decided to can Enterprise but that's not great loss. The Brits are much better at this because they are happy to make a 6-part series and then move on to something else. They also made lots of good sci-fi on modest budgets. Good sci-fi doesn't need expensive special effects after all. But right now its all cop shows, thrillers and such. Some of the best brit sci-fi, like several of the series above, was designed as kids show in the 70s and 80s. Still, at least they are making Dr Who again, my constant childhood companion .... |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 335250 | 2005-03-18 02:29:00 | Surely the day of the trifids needs a mention. In a nutshell.....world is blinded,population is then eaten by plants.. Hahahaha...was crap Ah, I loved it. Was better - and creepier even with budget effects -- than the old movie version. Ripe for remake I say. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 335251 | 2005-03-18 02:31:00 | Too bad though, because there is a very poor choice of video/DVD outlets where I live, soI am unlikely to ever see these. Maybe you should try one of those through-the-post DVD rental outfits, although whether they'll have stuff like this is another issue ... |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 335252 | 2005-03-18 02:33:00 | Red Dwarf would have to the best that i can think of,it not only had great charecters,great lines but it also went for a few years. Smegheads. ...................Ha And of course Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy. Humour=good. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 335253 | 2005-03-18 02:40:00 | If Sky introduced a sci-fi channel -- that didn't just play re-runs of Lost in Space [die Dr Smtih die!] and Star Trek [not that I mind Trek, but it has done its dash] -- then I might have a reason to subscribe. There's so much classic stuff out there that I'd love to see again. | Biggles (121) | ||
| 335254 | 2005-03-18 02:41:00 | Smegheads. ...................Ha And of course Hitch Hikers guide to the Galaxy. Indeed. Going to see the new Hitch Hikers movie? |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 335255 | 2005-03-18 02:45:00 | Remember Lost in Space? :D They actually re-ran that series a couple of years ago. :eek: Dr Who is a classic. And the Thunderbirds. I quite liked The Triffids, too - scared me witless. |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 335256 | 2005-03-18 02:52:00 | I have been confusing UFO with Space1999 all this time. I actually thought they were one and the same. Perfectly understandable. You must have been thinking of Moonbase Alpha vs Moonbase, the interceptors (why only one missile which missed half the time?), etc. Gotta love S.I.D (space intruder detector). www.starshipmodeler.com Battlestar Galactica. Adama (Lorne Green, also in Bonanza), Starbuck (now female in the remake), the Cyclons , Baltar and Lucifer. OK, he's a bit wooden but I enjoyed Joe 90. :D |
Tom McB (832) | ||
| 335257 | 2005-03-18 02:55:00 | Man, I loved the chicks who flew the interceptors in UFO. Purple wings, mini skirts .... | Biggles (121) | ||
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