OT - Good sci fi TV shows?

[raynor]

Originally posted by javaslinger:
What's that god awful series wehre people crash land on some planet. There some kind of underground race there called diggers?

It's a recent show.

I wonder if you are talking about Earth 2? They had that race of spear carrying aliens that communicated in dreams and would shoot up out of the ground and back again. They had VR gear that was pretty cool. The series was just so flat, I thought.

[Cheeze]

raynor...those bring back memories. I think I needed a life even then, I watched so much television, apparently.

First, Space 1999. From the same production company that did The Muppet Show. I really liked the shapeshifter, she was really cool. That was Moonbase Alpha, and hadn't the moon been yanked away from Earth or some such thing.

Phoenix was pretty fun to watch. The same actor who played Khan's number one guy in Wrath of Khan. I liked all his special powers, and how he was constantly on the run from government agents, if I remember right.

Last, Ark 2. That was Saturday morning television, before/during/after the Kroft Supershow (H.R. Puffenstuff anyone?). Was that oriented around a family in a post-apocalypse environment? I remember the sun-powered weapons...I seem to think they used a similar sound effect as the martians in the classic War of the Worlds movie. If that doesn't bring up The Land of the Lost..and not that terrible remake. And Jason and the Star Patrol. And the Bay City Rollers Saturday Morning Special...AAAAGHH!! Someone stop me!

[David E. Gervais]

There is another sci-fi show that was short lived called maybe Other World? It seems like a family of four was swept into this other world and was trying to get out.

Was this per chance a show called 'Fantastic Journey'? At least that is what the description sounds like! I thought it was pretty good. It was playing at the same time as another show that I liked called 'Cliffhanger' with Susan Anton.

Aaaah the memories!

Cheers!

Edit: P.S. wasn't there a TV series adaptation of 'Westworld'? That seems to ring a bell too!

[ February 26, 2003, 12:07: Message edited by: David E. Gervais ]

[Kamog]

Yeah, I remember Space: 1999. That was a good show...

[Desdinova]

Raynor you are correct the name of the series is Otherworld and is from 1985. it was a good series.
"The Sterlings are a typical California family who visit the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. On this day there is a particular alignment of the planets which occurs once every tens of thousands of years. At that time they pass into another dimension which constitutes a whole other universe. The family journeys through this Otherworld trying to find their way back home."

too bad there is not someway to order dvds or downloads of selected series.

[ February 27, 2003, 04:42: Message edited by: desdinova ]

[Desdinova]

while not really sci-fi does anybody remember the series the hitchhiker with page fletcher from either hbo or showtime. sort of a twilight zone series.

[gregebowman]

I remember that show, and it was HBO. Of the episodes I saw, I say it was pretty good. Mostly I remember there being some nudity in each episode. I wonder how it could be edited and still make sense when the show finally came to late night tv? I never watched any of those shows.