General / Off-Topic Old British Sci-fi
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Does "Button Moon" count as sci-fi?
Moon, spaceship. Sure it's sci-fi.
I had T on the tip of my tongue.. thanks for putting me out of my misery.
But yeah, Tripods.. awesome
Tripods was generally panned at the time. My recollection is that it was drivel, but I think a few people liked it. The very poor reception resulted in something quite unusual for public service broadcasting - the show died a death early without resolution. Sadly we are now very used to shows inc SciFi getting canned thanks to America's network system, which produces one or two seasons of stuff that's promising and then cancels it for something else equally promising which will also likely get canned - Alphas, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dollhouse, Vegas, The Mob Doctor... the list is long.
Yes. Awesome.
I have Clangers DVDs. Nothing quite compares.
It's the swanee whistles - so expressive!
I rememberr Day of the Triffids, and Tripods and it always stayed with me that poor video feel.. I always wondered what happened.
Also with regards to promising shows.... DOLLHOUSE??? Really???
I think it ran its course and Frankly SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED TO ITS CONCLUSION... that was weird. I liked it prior to its 3 part conclusion.
Equally I really enjoyed Fringe until its rushed and frankly bizaare but entertaining if you ignore the rest of the series prior. My brother hated it purely on its pathetic continuity (in scenes never mind plot).
Supernatural, is now going on two seasons too far... I mean introduce a grandfather and undermine it all... aaah I still love it, but it really is now Supernatural the Pantomime.
I loved Terra Nova - Great until its rush ending.
I love Defiance (poor series ending leaves me in doubt it will make it)
We need a GOOD proper sci fi please Mr BBC... Dr Who aside.. lets get a good un for us Adults... an not involving mr Barrowmans ****!.
The premise was clever. The route they forced it down, not so much, true.
Fringe would have been great if they had not lost sight of who was the lead. It had some excellent characters, and a great deal of scope with the parallel universe, which they did not explore as much as they could have. Fundamentally it lost its way because they did not accept Olivia as the lead proper, despite starting out that way.
Agreed, totally.
It might have found itself given time. It did not know what it was yet - SciFi drama, family quandary? - and didn't get the benefit of the doubt to find out.
I hope it does. I hope for a soft reset - there's scope for it in the narrative.
Ha. Torchwood is the "adult" spin, but not the mature one. The Sarah-Jane Adventures was for the primary school viewers, Dr Who is the family show (so is quite mature), but the only Torchwood season that can past muster and was pretty impressive was the second to last one.
I think we must look to north America for some decent SciFi other than Dr Who. I am increasingly impressed by Continuum (Canada) and looking forward to the 3rd season.
I lost heart with continuum, but it is such a pretty show,, I have season 2 ready to watch, just havent gone to it... which generally means im over it..
BIG TIP For this year.... this is GONNA be the ONE!! I hope..
Almost Human
Also SLeepy hollow is so far... OK at best... still getting through ep 1.
Also Agents of SHEEELD... Looks like it could be interesting... but has that feel of just another hero's or Alpha's... that looks good but fails to deliver.
BIG TIP For this year.... this is GONNA be the ONE!! I hope..
Almost Human
Also SLeepy hollow is so far... OK at best... still getting through ep 1.
Also Agents of SHEEELD... Looks like it could be interesting... but has that feel of just another hero's or Alpha's... that looks good but fails to deliver.
Yeah! Space 1999! I remember having a couple of the die-cast models of the Eagle ship. Wish I'd hung on to those. Probably worth a fortune.
I still have one of those, complete with springy legs
It's not in good nick though, and it's out of the box ofc.
The BBC did Outcasts recently that they canned just as it was getting interesting. The first season had some ropey performances but the concept was quite good, but once again they mucked around with it's broadcast time and canned it just as it was getting into stride.
Instead we get given more reality rubbish and abysmal "comedy" shows. Have almost given up on wanting to watch TV these days.
Instead we get given more reality rubbish and abysmal "comedy" shows. Have almost given up on wanting to watch TV these days.
Yes, I was quite enjoying that one.
Yep. I liked that too. Why oh why do the BBC keep messing with broadcast schedules. It happens time and time again.
According to the scandals recently, they've been fiddling with all sorts of things.Yep. I liked that too. Why oh why do the BBC keep messing with broadcast schedules. It happens time and time again.
Gerry Anderson
Talking about Gerry Anderson shows, as I mentioned in another thread, there are a couple of projects mouldering in the background:
UFO Movie
http://www.ufo-themovie.com/shado/
Space:2099 series
http://www.space2099theseries.com/activity.php
Talking about Gerry Anderson shows, as I mentioned in another thread, there are a couple of projects mouldering in the background:
UFO Movie
http://www.ufo-themovie.com/shado/
Space:2099 series
http://www.space2099theseries.com/activity.php
