@@scankhunt4206Any Gen X kid from the 70's will remember that show. Add that to the list of those I miss. I know there was a crappy reboot in the 90's, and the very stupid movie in the 00's. Thankfully, those didn't ruin it for the original.
@@firstname4337 ikr? massive amounts of detail have just been glossed over as if to say to the viewer that its not important. well it is and everyone in the production of this disaster should be shamed of themselves. soo sad😢
1980's, BBC did The Tripods based on 3 books with cheap effects but only covered the first 2 books and never finished it off. That deserves a new version.
Space: Above and Beyond. It was planned for 5 seasons and only ran 1. Really good show with a lot of great storylines. Also, The Tick (the original series) was hilarious.
I highly agree on Space Above and Beyond. I haven't seen The Tick. [Though not really Sci-Fi, I recommend the original Mission Impossible series from 1965 and forward]
Space: Above and Beyond had great writing and character development! Really a crime that it was cancelled after just one season. Great final message too: AMFs!
Watched "The Time Tunnel" in 1966, when I was a kid. Grew up to be a history teacher. I haven't thought about that show in so long. It was a Friday night favorite. Thanks for this video!
I watched it back then also. About 3 years ago I stumbled onto a premium condition box set of the entire series...and your right about learning history and being scared at the same time is the best.
@@katherinkeegan8601 The Time Tunnel came out ~23 years before Quantum Leap. Here is something I've noticed about time travel TV series. They seem to follow 3 paths... 1) Do NOT change the past (Star Trek) 2) Your job is to change the past (Quantum Leap, 7 Days, Travelers) 3) Do whatever you want (for the most part) (Time Tunnel).
Space 1999 was sort of a sequel to UFO, IDK if it was ever made canon but it was supposed to take place in the same universe, decades after the aliens stopped coming for no reason.
@@SierraSierraFoxtrot Yes, UFO was supposed to shift location more to the Moon in a new series, but was cancelled, so they re-purposed the idea for Space:1999. Space:1999 was ruined by the American Networks insisting on more fantasy shooty eps in space (series 2), for a younger audience (goodbye Barry Morse, hello Ms Schell). Series 1 one was way better IMHO.
Nope season 2 of UFO. Sir Lew Grade did not want any action to be on Earth. With a lot of pre-production having been done. It was decided to blast the moon away from the Earth. UFO became Space:1999
Yes, I believe the US Network that part financed it didn't want any episodes totally set on Earth so Gerry revemped his ideas and got the moon away from Earth to prevent that.
@@brianfretwell3886 That was actually Sir Lew Grade of ITC. Pre-production was well underway for season 2 of UFO at this time. Gerry Anderson came up with the idea of the Moon being blasted out of Earth's orbit. And the rest is history
I remember watching The Invaders one time. During the show either the hero or one of the Invaders pulls the main breaker in the building they were in. Right when he pulls the breaker our power went out.
I soo remember The Invader from my childhood. Always spooked the hell out of me . Even more when one of my teachers had the unbending finger that was an occasional tell of an alien. He always made me nervous.
I definitely remember watching Space:1999 and UFO with my dad growing up, and had the Space:1999 Eagle toy spaceship, which was epic. I recently binged UFO and found it to be very good, the story is quite dark at times and the main characters suffer quite a bit trying to protect Earth's people from the extraterrestrial threat.
@@DukeJon1969 Also, Star Wars and Space:1999 and GI Joe action figures were all the same size and fit into each other's vehicles, so you could have a dogfight between the GI Joe F-14 Tomcat, a TIE Fighter, and an Eagle Transporter.
UFO can't be beaten. Comdr Sraker lost his son and his marriage because he had to divert a plane carrying medicine for his son because it was needed to go to a UFO landing site.
Yes you saw the real consequences of keeping the big secret of the aliens quiet. It destroyed most of the main characters. Especially Commander Straker.
Yes. The theme is definitely the best ever. I also like that the little green men were only green because of their space suits and breathing apparatus.
The best Sci-Fi Series of all time is: Farscape. Never ever can there be a better Sci-Fi Show. I am a Star Trek, a Star Wars and a Stargate Fan (and Doctor Who depending on the Doctor. David Tennant was the best, but Matt Smith was not bad either especially his human sidekick played by Karen Gilian), but Farscape is the best Sci-Fi show ever. Great actors and great ideas (living and bred space ships f.e.) makes this series so unique. And the main characters was seen on Stargate SG1 in the later series (Ben Browder and Claudia Black). They had such an unique chemistry on Farscape that it was a pleasure to see them act, especially together.
Yes Doctor Who in my opinion has really dropped the ball. It has been terrible for five years straight now and just keeps getting worse season by season.
@@scotthullinger4684 Everybody is entitled to have an own opinion. in my opinion it is the greatest sci-fi show that has been filmed so far. Even if you haven't heard about it, maybe you wanna give it a try to see for yourself if you might like it..?
I enjoyed Farscape too, that was when the Sci-Fy channel created some fine shows, I had two favorite doctors, John Pertwi and Tom Baker, My favorite side kicks were Peri Brown and Nyssa, I enjoyed the lovely smiles the two women had.
I'd like to think that a reboot of Time Tunnel might work but look at what happened to Timeless, a really terrific time-travel series from 2016-2018. It had an extremely loyal audience (me included) but, for some reason, NBC was bound and determined to kill the show. I think network execs still have trouble figuring out sci-fi shows.
There was an arttempt at a time tunnel reboot a few years ago but it never made it past the pilot . But Timeless was a sort of revamp that was reasonably successful. Colonel Virginia Lake in UFO was played by Benedict Cumberbatch's mum Wanda Ventham and the alien female shown in the excerpt from Space 1999 was Kate Beckinsale's mum Judy Lowe.
Not going to happen. Budgets per episode are too high these days. On the other hand, we get more different series today, given how many networks there are. And we get near cinematic production quality. So there is upside to the current way of things.
@@UnchainedAmerica Dr. Who was never mentioned in this video or by the OP of this thread. So, not sure why you are bringing it up. Sure, Dr. Who had more episodes per season back in the day like everything else did. And has fewer episodes per season today.
@@superfit60 do you remember " stingray"? bit like thunderbirds. those were the programs that got me into model construction. after watching " space 1999" i made my own eagle out of bolser wood. looked awesome shame i havent got any pictures of it. i didnt have a camera. poor lol
There WAs a reboot proposal about 10 years ago. You can find vids about it here on YT! NEVER went ahead! Tho there ARE some fan shows on here based around it, just like there are numerous Star Trek 1s.
5 out of 5 buddy! As a kid I loved all these programs, but learned to appreciate them even more as an adult, especially "The Invaders" and "Blake's 7". Big thumbs up. Thx.
Normally I'd agree but many in TV seem to have lost the knack of telling a good story. Blake's 7 was my favourite show as a kid. I watched the first run in Australia. I remember the screen going blank on the final episode and the voice over saying "This has been the final episode of Blake's 7". My heart sank. I just sat there in the dark for a while.
@briansullivan5908 And that pretty much ended the "series"/storyline for me. I think Josh Whedon just decided that if networks were gonna screw with his series and "kill" it, he may as well really kill it, thus nixing any talk of a remake, reboot, or re-anything of his creation.
The Starlost (1973), All That Glitters (1977), Quark (1977), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), The Phoenix (1982), Alien Nation (1988), Red Dwarf (1988), Æon Flux (1991), Babylon 5 (1994). Here's some more sci-fi shows that need some love.
For Babylon 5, J Michael Straczynski, the creator of B5 is currently working on a reboot of the series. A pilot script has been written and is out doing the rounds waiting for a studio to pickup
Babylon-5 had a pretty substantial run in syndication then on TNT/TBS, and recently had a direct to video cgi movie. I'm not saying it shouldn't have more, but it's hardly a show that was cut short.
@@davidrussell6159 I love the show too just for the sheer bizarreness of it. Although it was a failed experiment that didn't live up to creator Harlan Ellison's vision, it's still an interesting show.
@@Thurgosh_OG The sfx team were probably delighted to get to destroy it. Those long probes are said to have put two crew members in hospital in separate impaling incidents…
Boy did you ever miss one: The Starlost You have a world that, in the face of an extinction level event, arrives at and executes a plan to save as broad a representation of humanity as possible by building a massive starship that is comprised of many hundreds of modules that each contain members of all the myriad human cultures in an attempt to preserve every possible aspect of what we were as a species. Many years into the journey a mysterious accident occurs that not only kills the entire Command and Support crew of Earthship Ark, but also seals all the different "Domes" where the people from these different cultures are housed so they have no communication with one another. In one of the Domes, Devin (who is a member of an agrarian culture modeled on the Amish) grows up generations after the "accident" to question the teaching of his culture and wonder what lies beyond. He discovers a way into the rest of the ship and, accompanied by Garth (his occasional nemesis) and Rachel (his lover) and guided by The Host (the Ark's AI computer) they discover the accident and the fate of the crew, the danger they are all in because the ship is on a collision course with a Star. The MacGuffin of the story is the search to find the backup control systems and whomever in the myriad of preserved human cultures is both willing and capable of assisting them in averting this impending destruction of the last vestiges of humanity. Also, if you get a chance to read it, there is an essay by the Creator of this series (Harlan Ellison) that expounds on the details of the incredible ambition and the colossal failure of the single season of this show. The essay is titled "I don't think we're in Kansas, Toto" and appeared in Ellison's collection Stalking the Nightmare, and is also in The Essential Ellison. This show, by dint of poor production and execution ( to the point where Ellison removed his name from the show, but to preserve his financial interest remained credited as "Cordwainer Bird" in the credits ) failed utterly to garner an audience, but Ellison's original pilot script "Phoenix Without Ashes" won the WGA Best Script Award in Episodic Drama in 1974.
Yep read the story you mentioned, very fascinating tale of Hollywood. I might have it somewhere in my 'library' , maybe I'll look for it. Only real problem I had with the basic concept was in each instance of the three leads stumbling upon another 'pod', they would help solve whatever problem, 'du jour' and then move on. Why did absolutely no one from each of the pods ever recognize the inherent danger the three did about a pilotless space ship and not want to help find a solution. Yeah, I know you can only have so many leads, but still in reality I'm sure some from each pod would want to see 'what's out there!' and actually maybe help....a little anyway.
@@michaellong5714 there is a reason the show ended up in the bin while Harlan Ellison won the WGA award for Best Original Screenplay. That reason was the Producers.
The second season of Space:1999 was such a dramatic change in tone from the first I'm not surprised it was cancelled. I loved it as a child when it was shown originally but looking back at it now I'm sad it was forced to move away from the "what/who is guiding our journey" thread of the first season.
I agree, the first season was good, while the second lost the important sense of wonder or even the ability to believe in what was shown. The breaking moment for me was when they all of a sudden opened a window on the moon base - as such would have been built to be opened in the first place. LOL
@@collosusrex-2985Red Dwarf was 100% hilarious with fun young characters and totally 80's style. Rimmer's neurosis and the Cat's self-interest were reliable sources of laughs. Loved it so much.
My favorite from your list #1- UFO, #2- The Invaders, #3- The Time Tunnel. Just a little bit observation, in UFO, the girls with the purple wigs, were not "purple hair technicians" but military personnel, the beautiful Lt. Gay Ellis played by Gabrielle Drake it's a testimony of this fact. Great video and great channel! Congratulations!
I grew up in New Zealand so I saw the Brit shows from (usually) a year after they began in the UK. UFO was my fave but was just on in '70 & '71. If revived must keep silver miniskirts with purple wigs. The underwater guys wore most revealing string vests for some reason. It really was like a real life version of Thunderbirds.
The Time Tunnel was loosely remade in the 90s with "Sliders", which is a show a lot of fans have been hoping to make a comeback, myself included. But, I too would love to see a modern reboot of Time Tunnel perhaps as a series on Netflix if not a feature film.
Sliders was about traveling between parallel Earths, not traveling through time. I don't think I would call that even a loose remake of the Time Tunnel.. But It was a cool show though.
Sliders didn't do time travel. It did alt-universes, so they aren't remotely the same. Sliders turned into crap after John Rhys-Davies left. I'd love a reboot of Time Tunnel if James Darren could be part of the cast. He'd be the scientist in charge by this point.
Sliders got so formulaic and predictable it got boring. I didn’t even bother to watch the 3rd season. I bought the boxed set 1 & 2 on dvd and couldn’t even get through that again
I'll always remember the first time I watched "The time tunnel" as a kid. I went to my dad during a commercial and asked him, "Dad, what's the Titanic?". He told me to look it up in the dictionary. That pissed me off, commercials were only 2 minutes long.
I think I once timed a commercial break in a long movie on TV, sometime after 2000, can't remember when. I think one break was 6 minutes long! On Prime, the running time of TOS was 52-53 mins, TNG 47-48, VOY or ENT 44-45 mins. And some cable stations cut the EPs, I Hate that!
@@Total_Recall In the last couple of years, there have been about three or four occasions when I'd be watching a UA-cam video (say 10-20 minutes long) and it would be interrupted by an ad whose running time was *longer than the video.* In one memorable instance the ad was well over *ONE HOUR* in duration.
Invaders is basically First Wave, only major difference. They played off Nostradamus predictions being true to the alien invasion, and Traci Lords showed up in the show later. I can remember that being something talked about, as it was sort of unheard of for a porn star to make it to regular TV or movies.
@numbersix8919 IIRC all but one of Traci Lords adult films had to be pulled from circulation because she was 16 and 17 when they were made with the one being made after her 18th birthday. Saw her first legitimate film appearance in the late 80s or early 90s remake of Not Of This Earth and the acting was horrible though apparently she invested some of her earnings from her more infamous film career in acting lessons because she did improve later.
In Chicago every Saturday Night they show Star Trek, Kolchak The Night Stalker, Lost In Space, Voyage To the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel and The Invaders. I don't get to sleep until 5 a.m. Sunday morning.
"The Questor Tapes" the Roddenberry one-off about an alien-designed android could have been a cool series. While "The Invaders" series was clearly an influence on a certain notable remake of "The Thing". '
I was young when Questor was released, but saw it like 5 or 6 times in reruns, I tried to catch it whenever it was shown. Then I finally taped it off the air to keep w/ my first VCR (230 lines VHS SLP speed - we've come a long way since then). I didn't even know who Roddenberry was then since it was before TNG and I was not yet a trekkie (I remember trying to watch TOS but I never understood it, I was less then 10 y/o). To my surprise after a bunch of re-watches I recognized 2 familiar voices in Questor and it was Chekov and Majel in bit parts. I'd missed that all those watches. I think some of the TOS cast had parts in some of Gene's other pilots, I think he did some w/ John Saxon, of the organization 'Pax.' Can't remember all the titles but I think I've seen them all now. Might have been 'Planet Earth' and 'Genesis II'. One of them had this pain/pleasure stick/wand. Ouch. I believe they once had to set it to setting 8 of 10 to subdue the hero.
As a kid, I watched as many episodes as possible of the "Time Tunnel", the "Invaders", and "Space 1999". Also, I loved watching the more modern science fiction 1998, TV show "First Wave" because, it reminded me a lot of the 1960's "Invaders" (smile...smile).
There was an unsold pilot for a Time Tunnel reboot that was made maybe 20 years ago? I’m pretty sure it’s on UA-cam because that’s where I saw it. It was actually excellent. I wish that version had sold and gone to series.
Was that the one where the characters go back to the Chicago fire? (Again, gotta raid a movie for stock footage!) Instead of a massive underground complex, the "base" looked like someone's living room with the usual equipment consoles instead of furniture
@@joestrike8537 Actually no that was a 70's attempt by Irwin Allen himself to redo the concept. I think it was called Time Travelers (pretty generic, I know).
The reboot you are thinking about had to do with a medieval monk being thrown into a WWII battle and spreading plague. Pretty good, actually, except they made the head of the department somewhat of a jerk.
@@joestrike8537 The one where they go back to the fire was a TV movie I had watched. 1 of the 2 men catches the disease, 'XB', and falls for a woman from the past. They had arrived later than planned w/ fewer days to try to find the cure (I believe they arrived on an outdoor stairway or something). But, I got the Time Tunnel box set, and there were some extras, and I think that movie was one of them since I remember also watching it on a DVD that I'd bought. I don't have the DVD's anymore. What I can't remem was there was a 2nd movie, which seemed like a pilot, I'd never seen it and I think it was never shown on TV. I thought it also came w/ the TT set since I had it and hadn't bought any other sets w/ a similar time travel theme. I remember that time/history was changed but no one realized as everyone was changed along with it and took the everyday things going on as normal, tho they were different from our time. I remember the opening or an early scene had red lights meaning go AND green meaning stop. That's all I remember from this movie, I must have got distracted and switched it off or something, as I don't remem seeing the rest of it.
I heartily agree with the whole list! I never got to see Blake's 7 or The Time Tunnel, and my only real exposure to The Invaders was in some comic books and a Big Little Book when I was quite young, but I've learned great things about all of them. As for UFO, I only saw a few episodes when it aired in syndication, again when I was quite young, but I watched Space: 1999 absolutely *religiously* during its inital run, going so far as to retreat from a pool party my parents took my brother and I to at the home of some of their friends, and plopped down in the living room there to catch that week's episode. I'd love to see even more of Gerry Anderson's work like Thunderbirds and Fireball XL-5, too! Alas, I was born a trifle too late for the great SF shows of the '60s, and was just 11 when Space: 1999 debuted.
I think I saw some episodes of Time Tunnel when I was a kid. But it was decades ago and I was kindergartener, so don't remember which episode and what is its story. Although I remember enough about time travel, jumping into the tunnel and that iconic "time tunnel" (a parody of which can be seen in Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me).
I loved UFO, the Invaders, Space 1999 and the Time Tunnel. The only problem with rebooting great TV shows is that today’s imagination lacks creativity.
Great suggestions. I added two of your choices to my “want list” of series to purchase on dvd. I would like to see Earth 2 make a comeback. I remember watching it in 1994 and loving it. Great show, great actors, great storyline, but for some reason it only lasted 21 episodes.
I, also , liked Earth 2. The problem to me, IMHO, was that once they were stranded on Earth 2, it became a "Western Wagon Train" show complete with hostiles & outlaws, albeit with different characteristics. Above & Beyond was great.
I liked all 5 shows you listed, but I would say my top 5 sci-fi shows would be 1) Babylon 5, 2) Stargate SG-1, 3) U.F.O. 4) Time Tunnel 5) Space 1999...Genesis 2 was a short show, and I think they made it into a feature film instead...there were some other good sci-f over the years Space Rangers was one I believe...thanks for the video
Personally, I'd say those shows were all good enough that they should be protected from modern remakes damaging their legacies. Look at how all the never-ending sci-fi franchises are basically dead now in terms of quality and creativity.
I agree. Humans need to learn to leave things alone and stop dragging and lessening their legacy with sequels that never stand up. Back to the Future is about the only one that stands up because they were made so close together under the same team. The same happened with Indianna Jones but then they pushed it too far and it ended up an embarrassment. Did anyone watch the last installment. I certainly didn't. The Crystal Skull one was so bad that ended the franchise for most viewers. Sadly, if they can make a dollar out of it though they'll continue to reinvent the wheel time and time again and create sequel after sequel. Money still seems to be the driving factor, that and an inability for anyone to come up with something original.
After the First Edge of your seat! AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION! INDIANA JONES SERIES MY NEXT FAVORITE WAS WITH SEAN CONNERY AND RECENTLY THE LAST one on Home viewing THAT WAS REALLY PRETTY GOOD! I and my brother in law Both liked it! And he is less forgiving in movie lore than I. ( I will agree that many movies get remade for money hoped but not much story I agree with another’s comments That maybe some SHOULD NOT BE REMADE AND KEEP THEIR LEGENDS IN TACT! Like Time Tunnel! ( but Time Travel makes us think! And can be so tempting! And potentially thrilling! IF ITS DONE RIGHT…..
THEY SHOULD HAVE DEFINITELY LEFT THE ORIGINAL JOHNNY QUEST ALONE!! I FOUND OUT A FEW YEARS AGO THEY RE IMAGINED JOHNNY AN UTTERLY RUINED HIM‼️ JOHNNY WOULD HAVE NEVER NEVER EVER BECOME A DRUG ADDICT‼️‼️‼️ FORTUNATELY THEY GOT WISE‼️ AND BROUGHT HIM BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL GLORY‼️‼️‼️
I would love a time travel series, that actually understands the laws of probability are independent of time. For example, say you observed (from afar so as to not introduce to much chaos)A roulette wheel was spun and it landed on 5. There was a one in 38 chance of that happening. Now if you go back in time before it happened and watched again, it would STILL have a 1 in 38 chance of landing on 5. It would not be guaranteed to land on 5. In our lives there are countless random events that lead up to what we experience as our current lives. If you went back in time and then got back in and traveled forward in time - you would be re-shuffling the random deck and not come back to the reality you knew.
I used to watch these, except Time Tunnel which I never saw. I loved UFO as my dad would let me stay up late as my mum was at a class. It was our secret, and of course my mum never knew!! I'd also love to see Logan's Run come back, another of my favourite sci-fi series.
Time Tunnel may have samples on line. Some material on You Tube hopefully. The 30 episode Fox DVD release is nicely done. Plenty of "articles" on line too.
@@AdmiralNelson1000 Both Time Tunnel and The Invaders are being shown in reruns on MeTV, but you'll either have to stay up really late or set your DVR to record they're on Saturday nights/Sunday Mornings at 4:00AM &5:00AM Eastern, 3:00AM & 4:00AM Central respectively.
JTK. Thanks for the Voyage mention. Likely it's not on this list because it had the good fortune to run somewhat longer , post more episodes, and occupy more 'space on the mind'... But yes, it would be welcome on every such list....
I had just started rewatching some Blake's 7 a couple of days ago!! I just watched 'Weapon' today for lunch! Kozer was a trip - "IMIPAK - Induced Molecular Instability Projector and Key!" 🤓🤣💥❤️ (That was an AWESOME weapon, I have to admit!) For years, my signature on certain message boards was "With THIS!, you could be like GOD" - Kozer, Blake's 7" 😋 I used to catch the shows on UHF TV, chans 21 or 31 back in the day and recorded them - fortunately I got all 4 seasons! As always, PROPS for another great video!
It is a sci-fi. Irwin Allen was known at his time to be a sci-fi movie producer. Spiritual successor of "Voyage to the bottom of the Sea" was "Seaquest DSV."
My first SF unknown fandom at age 5 was Fireball XL5, followed by The Outer Limits anthology. Also loved a rare British series about a group of travelers whose plane crashed into Shangri La who were presumed dead. Their injuries were repaired, and they were given super human and psychic powers. They used their new gifts to solve crimes. Forgot the name of this British series, but one season they had of it was very good.
@@paulforder591 Thanks! I couldn’t remember the name of the show. Loved it. Then more than half of them aired that magic summer got pre-emptied by painfully long golf matches. Are they available on video anywhere?
My pleasure, jgrafx...glad to be of help! Haven't checked yet, but The Champions might be available on DVD or Blu-ray. They don't make sci-fi like they used to. . .this is a classic TV series hands down! 😸
Champions had about a third of the material used as summer filler on NBC in 1968. ITC's hour shows did get syndication treatment in the USA and it's possible that Champions got some exposure in that.
@@paulforder591 Yes!! Recognized the plot right away. I had such a crush on Stuart Damon. (He was also the Prince in the Rogers & Hammerstein "Cinderella" for tv. Good voice.)
@@survivingbehindliberallinesYou mean UGGGGGGGGGH. Shes married. And wore those satin baseball stockings. It's a miracle they didnt leave an imprint of her unmentionable on her caboose
Other than Blake’s 7 I watched all of those shows back when they were new. I agree with your concept. Although there is a new Star Trek series every year, they simply don’t have the substance of Science Fiction we all want. The cerebral, emotional, what if Science Fiction. Not the tons of special effects but no plot science fiction. The Invaders might do particularly well since the premise was anyone could be an alien or “one of THEM” (insert political or philosophical group of your choice)
PROJECT U.F.O. was a Jack Webb production that had the same heavy-handed dialogue and slow pacing of his DRAGNET series. I found the show pretty dated as it followed the official narrative of the totally deceptive Project Bluebook. PROJECT U.F.O. is available to watch here on UA-cam.
As a curio, Project UFO may have some value even for those less inclined to revisit it. It did offer some interesting model "spacecraft" worth seeing again.
Treat yourself to UFO and Space 1999. There should be postings on You Tube. Naysayers fuss over the second year of Space 1999 because market conditions-- which governed TV production, not SF types--- compelled a format change towards more dynamic pacing. Don't let that stop you. It's a wonderful show and nothing like it is available today. Extraordinary visual effects. Blake 's 7 was produced on a tiny BBC budget, makes up for it on solid stories. The "Liberator" spaceship is exceptional model work.
A great list with Blakes 7 still my favourite anti hero group, decades before this style of storyline became more popular. Always loved it in preference of the simplistic and PC Dr who (particularly in the more recent series). Also the ship was amazing and unique in its look with the AI characters not always working to the benefit of their human 'team'.
Love it when you say a show lasted only one season while having 30 episodes. That's at least 3 seasons by today's standards, and with most episodes being utter filler garbage!
The first time I saw color TV it was a display set in a department store and an episode of Time Tunnel was playing. I remember laughing out loud at the shoddy quality; the tie wearing hero was fighting someone and as his tie swung around, the out-of-synch red color followed after it.
Since I'm from the 80s, mine are Land of the Lost, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Battlestar Galactica, and Alien Nation. I feel that for Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, there was a LOT more happening with the novels and comics (and by extension. the cartoons). I agree there should be a comeback but a modern take on it just wouldn't work. I remember how Jonny Quest once did that and it felt apart once it got to the Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. They need to stay imaginative and simply blow people's mind. All for the sole purpose of how we grew up with this and we loved them for all it was worth.
That Flash Gordon cartoon was the best! The first season was brilliant but they severely dumbed down the second season by adding that annoying baby dragon character Gremlin and turned it into a kiddie show.
There was a short lived outer space show that I think only lasted one season called, Space above and beyond. I think it came out in the 80's or 90's. It was about an alien invasion. It was an underrated show but well made. Now that I'd like to see as a comeback.
That was really great. I think the 'vibe' got reborn/borrowed in the Galactica reboot even though the storyline was different. Poor tanks and their neck navels, rogue AI (BG borrowing again?), jocko-homo pilots....
Loved Space Above and Beyond. Met the entire cast/crew at a film con once. They were all there and got a fully autographed cast photo. I also used to have a Battlestar Galactica website that did research (particularly on concept art) and interviews (with cast and crew) on both original 1978 and new 2003 series. In this capacity I accidentally stumbled upon one of the set builders of Space Above and Beyond. Talked to him for many hours on the phone and he sold me all his annotated scripts and his blue prints of the Space Above and Beyond sets and props. Treasure those still.
@@fakecrusader True. The new Battlestar Galactica series took storylines for the episode “Scar” (about an unbeatable Cylon fighter) directly from Space Above and Beyond. Also some ideas like the humanoid Cylons resembled the tanks in Space Above and Beyond
@@marceldamen3016 The show was created by Glen Larson, who was notorious for ripping off ideas from other shows. He was nicknamed Glen Larceny. One day, James Garner was so angry at Larson for blatantly stealing a plot from "The Rockford Files", he decked Larson with one punch.
@@davidlafleche1142 We were comparing storylines of Ron Moore/David Eick’s version of Battlestar Galactica from 2003. This was already a reimagining of Glen Larson’s Battlestar Galactica from 1978 😅 As for Glen Larson: how was he different from the rest or what we see in movies/TV/streaming nowadays? Most is either a new version, prequel/sequel or continuation of what has been done before. Glen Larson was basically asked by ABC to make Star Wars for TV which he did with Battlestar Galactica. 🤷🏻♂️
Agree with each and every one of your choices, even though I had completely forgotten about Blake's 7. I will never forget the sound that the alien spaceships made in UFO, which gave me the creeps back then. I remember when Barbara Bain and Martin Landau left Mission: Impossible to star in Space: 1999, and I was sad to see them depart one of my favorite television shows, but excited to see what they would do in their new series; nonetheless, even this dynamic duo could not keep the show on the air. The Invaders scared the living crap out of me, but I watched every second of the series. Nevertheless, I think we all had a special place in our hearts for The Time Tunnel, as it was more about hope than alien terror (not that there's anything wrong with alien terror). I would welcome a comeback for each and every one of your choices - I think most of us can agree that the remake of Battlestar Galactica was a great improvement and an excellent series in its own right. However, I shudder every time I think of the moments of my life I wasted watching the remake of Lost in Space. Thanks for the video and your top-five list - always enjoy food for thought.
Dude, you have to rewatch all of Blakes 7. I had bought the dvd's many times but only watched the first two seasons that actually had blake in them, but the last two seasons are very good anyway. Jenna is a dream and Servalan when I was young I was not so sure about her, she seemed kind of old 36! oh my god she's too old. Now I find her fantastic looking, a very sexy evil commander. I just bought a box set for like $45 with all seasons and episodes. I think it is even better than Dr Who in it's prime
@@fredgarv79 Glynnis Barber (Soolin) was also great, though I preferred her in Dempsey and Makepeace. The character that is really missed in season 4 is Liberator.
See my comment above: *all* Irwin Allen series quickly went silly. (Although second season "Land of the Giants" had one of the most exciting, coolest-looking opening titles ever - with music by John Williams!)
"Silly" was based on network expectations regarding what the MASS Audience wanted, and how to please them. And about the money, which makes all the difference.
UFO was good show. It had some really good stories. The INVADERS was very under rated. I had a model of the spacecraft. Loved The Time Tunnel. That lead to my love for history.
Starlost? You almost never hear that show mentioned. I discovered it a couple of years ago on UA-cam. I saw all episodes. To me, it seems they didn't know exactly what to do with it.
It is not a well-regarded series, but I wish that "The Starlost" could be remade but with MUCH better writing, plots, sets and acting. The concept of man's greatest achievement, a MASSIVE ark, traveling thru space with most of the millions of inhabitants totally oblivious to imminent peril, had lots of unrealized potential...it just never came even remotely close to realizing it.
Men into Space (US 1959-1960) Star Cops (UK 1987) Don Quick (UK 1970, a sci fi satire loosely based on Don Quixote by Cervantes) Land of the Giants (US 1968-1970) Sapphire and Steel (UK 1979-1982)
I can't see a remake of Blake's 7. The same story with different actors wouldn't work. I could imagine a different story with different characters, but set in the same universe -- that I could get into, if well done.
The problem with retelling the story is that you'd have to get actors to do impressions of the great characters such as Avon and Servalan. Is this what people will watch? Then you have the choose the members of the team and their demises. Whatever the execs choose will be wrong. You could have something set in the same universe, say , where a new team, inspired by Blake's 7, rebel (this might lead to guest appearances by whatever cast members are still alive). However this may not appeal to nostalgic fans who will complain about it not having the Liberator or Blake in it. It could feel like a cash in.
The Starlost. A Canadian series starring Keir Dullea. It had a great concept created by Harlan Ellison about a lost multi generational ark spaceship. The crew has disappeared and the ship is malfunctioning. I have very fond memories of this show. It would be a great candidate for a reboot.
I agree. Needs to be reborn with a decent budget in the age of cheap CGI. Who cares what Ellison objects to. He ripped off the idea from Heinlein's novel "Orphans of the Sky" anyway.
Blake's Seven actually had a concluding episode unlike a lot of TV shows of the time. A very shocking one
We’ll sort of, you know there was a fade to black moment
@@yeahno.... And the production team did have ideas for a fifth series. They just never got the go ahead for it.
One that I prefer to ignore personally.
Blakesl 7 was awesome, apart from the ending, space 1999 season 1 was great shame season 2 wasn't, but love to see them both rebooted
No - No - no - No
it didn't
my 11 year old self blanked that out,
I never missed an episode of Time Tunnel when I was a kid! The music still gives me goosebumps! Thank you for bringing back the memory, sir!
do you remember " the land of the lost". not really sf but interesting
@@scankhunt4206Any Gen X kid from the 70's will remember that show. Add that to the list of those I miss. I know there was a crappy reboot in the 90's, and the very stupid movie in the 00's. Thankfully, those didn't ruin it for the original.
I love it as a kid -- tried to watch it awhile back -- absolute garbage
@@firstname4337 ikr? massive amounts of detail have just been glossed over as if to say to the viewer that its not important. well it is and everyone in the production of this disaster should be shamed of themselves. soo sad😢
Time Tunnel is on metv on Sunday mornings. It's one of our favorite sci fi shows.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was my favorite show when I was a kid! It deserves an update.
With you there!
I agree love that show made join the U.S. Navy when I turned 18.
Good call, that would make a great reboot.
I mean there was the first season of SeaQuest DSV in the nineties. But yeah That could be a nice reboot as well.
Yeah except this time around no laughable monsters like lost in space.
1980's, BBC did The Tripods based on 3 books with cheap effects but only covered the first 2 books and never finished it off. That deserves a new version.
yep
Space: Above and Beyond. It was planned for 5 seasons and only ran 1. Really good show with a lot of great storylines. Also, The Tick (the original series) was hilarious.
Such a great show!
I highly agree on Space Above and Beyond. I haven't seen The Tick.
[Though not really Sci-Fi, I recommend the original Mission Impossible series from 1965 and forward]
Space: Above and Beyond had great writing and character development! Really a crime that it was cancelled after just one season. Great final message too: AMFs!
Yes, but wasn't a 60s or 70's show.
Watched "The Time Tunnel" in 1966, when I was a kid. Grew up to be a history teacher.
I haven't thought about that show in so long. It was a Friday night favorite. Thanks for this video!
I watched it back then also. About 3 years ago I stumbled onto a premium condition box set of the entire series...and your right about learning history and being scared at the same time is the best.
Sounds like Quantum Leap. No doubt one influenced the other.
@@katherinkeegan8601 The Time Tunnel came out ~23 years before Quantum Leap.
Here is something I've noticed about time travel TV series. They seem to follow 3 paths...
1) Do NOT change the past (Star Trek)
2) Your job is to change the past (Quantum Leap, 7 Days, Travelers)
3) Do whatever you want (for the most part) (Time Tunnel).
Space 1999: there is a whole underground Eagle Transporter fanbase...
Space 1999 was sort of a sequel to UFO, IDK if it was ever made canon but it was supposed to take place in the same universe, decades after the aliens stopped coming for no reason.
Space 1999......Huge fan back in the 70s.
@@SierraSierraFoxtrot Yes, UFO was supposed to shift location more to the Moon in a new series, but was cancelled, so they re-purposed the idea for Space:1999.
Space:1999 was ruined by the American Networks insisting on more fantasy shooty eps in space (series 2), for a younger audience (goodbye Barry Morse, hello Ms Schell). Series 1 one was way better IMHO.
Yep, I have been a member for over 10 years and have numerous Eagle models from 2 inches to 33 inches.
Space:Nineteen & Ninepence!
Point of interest Space 1999 was originally going to be Season 3 0f UFO but was changed at the last minute.
Nope season 2 of UFO. Sir Lew Grade did not want any action to be on Earth. With a lot of pre-production having been done. It was decided to blast the moon away from the Earth. UFO became Space:1999
Now I think about it, they should make X-Com adaptation.
Yes, I believe the US Network that part financed it didn't want any episodes totally set on Earth so Gerry revemped his ideas and got the moon away from Earth to prevent that.
@@brianfretwell3886 That was actually Sir Lew Grade of ITC. Pre-production was well underway for season 2 of UFO at this time. Gerry Anderson came up with the idea of the Moon being blasted out of Earth's orbit. And the rest is history
@@gbhxu Yes, that was they way he came up with making sure no episodes were taking place on Earth - to comply with what hte was asked for!!!
I have fond memories of watching The Invaders and The Time Tunnel. Would live to see Space Above and Beyond again.
SAAB'S axing was a TRAVESTY for militarist scifi!
It was like Wing Commander, but probably BETTER!
I remember watching The Invaders one time. During the show either the hero or one of the Invaders pulls the main breaker in the building they were in. Right when he pulls the breaker our power went out.
@@mpetersen6 LMAO!
I'd stay up late watching both The Invaders and Time Tunnel. Loved them both.
I soo remember The Invader from my childhood. Always spooked the hell out of me . Even more when one of my teachers had the unbending finger that was an occasional tell of an alien. He always made me nervous.
I remember Blakes Seven. Used to watch it with my mum, we loved it.
One show i recall was Sapphire and Steel. Wish that would get a reboot.
Yes, Sapphire and Steel would make a great reboot!
David McCullum (sp) before he became Ducky.
Sapphire an steel can be found if you dig a bit.
@@patrickwingert5224 it's all up on youtube
I definitely remember watching Space:1999 and UFO with my dad growing up, and had the Space:1999 Eagle toy spaceship, which was epic. I recently binged UFO and found it to be very good, the story is quite dark at times and the main characters suffer quite a bit trying to protect Earth's people from the extraterrestrial threat.
I had an Eagle Transporter too! With the drop down cargo pod.
The merchandising was great. I had two eagles and a UFO interceptor. They often fought against each other in my bedroom
@@DukeJon1969 Also, Star Wars and Space:1999 and GI Joe action figures were all the same size and fit into each other's vehicles, so you could have a dogfight between the GI Joe F-14 Tomcat, a TIE Fighter, and an Eagle Transporter.
UFO can't be beaten. Comdr Sraker lost his son and his marriage because he had to divert a plane carrying medicine for his son because it was needed to go to a UFO landing site.
Yes you saw the real consequences of keeping the big secret of the aliens quiet. It destroyed most of the main characters. Especially Commander Straker.
I grew up being grateful for PBS showing us BBC programming that broaden my horizons long before internet
Me, too!
Blake's 7 and Dr.Who plus a Supernatural type Horror mystery show which I can't remember it's title but was really COOL!!!
Fond memories of classic who on pbs
I know right?
Doctor Who, late Sunday nights on Chicago's WTTW 11. Also Monty Python's Flying Circus 😂🤣
I loved UFO. It also had the greatest intro music ever!
Yes. The theme is definitely the best ever. I also like that the little green men were only green because of their space suits and breathing apparatus.
UFO was one of the best. Loved everything about it. I would definitely support a re-boot.😊
Its a great ringtone.
Not to mention the gorgeous Gabriella Drake!!!
@@chriscaprio6944 naw...Benedict Cumberbatch's mom...Wanda Ventrum that played Colonel Lake
"Space: Above and Beyond" was my favorite. Essentially "Combat" in space, Earth was in a military combat scenario against an alien race.
The chiggies!
The best Sci-Fi Series of all time is: Farscape. Never ever can there be a better Sci-Fi Show. I am a Star Trek, a Star Wars and a Stargate Fan (and Doctor Who depending on the Doctor. David Tennant was the best, but Matt Smith was not bad either especially his human sidekick played by Karen Gilian), but Farscape is the best Sci-Fi show ever. Great actors and great ideas (living and bred space ships f.e.) makes this series so unique. And the main characters was seen on Stargate SG1 in the later series (Ben Browder and Claudia Black). They had such an unique chemistry on Farscape that it was a pleasure to see them act, especially together.
Yes Doctor Who in my opinion has really dropped the ball. It has been terrible for five years straight now and just keeps getting worse season by season.
Farscape is surly not good enough for me to have even heard of it before.
@@scotthullinger4684 Everybody is entitled to have an own opinion. in my opinion it is the greatest sci-fi show that has been filmed so far. Even if you haven't heard about it, maybe you wanna give it a try to see for yourself if you might like it..?
I enjoyed Farscape too, that was when the Sci-Fy channel created some fine shows, I had two favorite doctors, John Pertwi and Tom Baker, My favorite side kicks were Peri Brown and Nyssa, I enjoyed the lovely smiles the two women had.
Sorry....I thought Farscape was crap....
I'd like to think that a reboot of Time Tunnel might work but look at what happened to Timeless, a really terrific time-travel series from 2016-2018. It had an extremely loyal audience (me included) but, for some reason, NBC was bound and determined to kill the show. I think network execs still have trouble figuring out sci-fi shows.
NBC and FOX hate sci-fi.
NBC killed Star Trek. FOX killed The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., and later, Firefly.
There was an arttempt at a time tunnel reboot a few years ago but it never made it past the pilot . But Timeless was a sort of revamp that was reasonably successful.
Colonel Virginia Lake in UFO was played by Benedict Cumberbatch's mum Wanda Ventham and the alien female shown in the excerpt from Space 1999 was Kate Beckinsale's mum Judy Lowe.
Yes, Timeless was really good.
Quantum Leap...
Loved that show. And, what a horrible place to let the series end.
1 season = 30 episodes. We need that concept to be brought back too.
Not going to happen. Budgets per episode are too high these days. On the other hand, we get more different series today, given how many networks there are. And we get near cinematic production quality. So there is upside to the current way of things.
Or maybe 22/23 episodes per season.
they were 30 minutes each packed into serials. Doctor Who was big in serials.
@@UnchainedAmerica Dr. Who was never mentioned in this video or by the OP of this thread. So, not sure why you are bringing it up. Sure, Dr. Who had more episodes per season back in the day like everything else did. And has fewer episodes per season today.
An American season was 22-26 episodes.
I'm 65 and remember most of those! You forgot Voyage to the bottom of the sea tho
Have you ever seen Seaquest with Roy Scheider... an interesting show...
@@superfit60 Have seen most/all of it. 2nd season too (I didn't like some of the new characters).
that was the one i was trying to remember lol
The Voyage to the bottom of the Sea opening theme music is the perfect ring tone.
@@superfit60 do you remember " stingray"? bit like thunderbirds. those were the programs that got me into model construction. after watching " space 1999" i made my own eagle out of bolser wood. looked awesome shame i havent got any pictures of it. i didnt have a camera. poor lol
you forgot Space Above and Beyond it only lasted one season but definatly deserves to return..
What a series!!!
Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea gets my vote. It had a good premise and was more credible compared to SeaQuest DSV.
I loved Blake's 7! Late night on pbs.... when it ended, I was stunned. I wanted more then and I still do! Bring back Blake's 7!!
Blake's 7 , at least, did actually come to an end in the final episode, unlike so many TV series in more recent decades.
@@Thurgosh_OG Yes and no. Avon was still standing and fade to black.
@@CaseAgainstFaith1 I've read some decent fanfic that followed up on Avon and (spoilers) other survivors afterwards.
There WAs a reboot proposal about 10 years ago.
You can find vids about it here on YT!
NEVER went ahead!
Tho there ARE some fan shows on here based around it, just like there are numerous Star Trek 1s.
unfortunately microsoft now own the rights to it. would be an awful show if remade
This is almost like a dream! Each of these series were among my personal favorites growing up. This is great stuff! Much appreciated.
Space 1999 could become science fact if we build a moon base without blowing up the nuclear storage depot.
5 out of 5 buddy! As a kid I loved all these programs, but learned to appreciate them even more as an adult, especially "The Invaders" and "Blake's 7". Big thumbs up. Thx.
Normally I'd agree but many in TV seem to have lost the knack of telling a good story.
Blake's 7 was my favourite show as a kid. I watched the first run in Australia. I remember the screen going blank on the final episode and the voice over saying "This has been the final episode of Blake's 7". My heart sank. I just sat there in the dark for a while.
Space Above and Beyond. Awesome show and it was a huge inspiration for the Battlestar Galactica reboot.
My suggestion is Firefly. There was a huge amount of back story left on the table before it was cancelled.
They're still talking about it, but the cast will be 20+ years older, and some, such as Ron Glass, have passed away.
I think the movie, "Serenity" wrapped up the storyline.
Could be wrong, but...
The movie killing off 2 of the main charterers broke my heart.
@briansullivan5908 And that pretty much ended the "series"/storyline for me.
I think Josh Whedon just decided that if networks were gonna screw with his series and "kill" it, he may as well really kill it, thus nixing any talk of a remake, reboot, or re-anything of his creation.
Firefly was phenomenal. It was by far the best sci-fi TV show ever
The Starlost (1973), All That Glitters (1977), Quark (1977), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), The Phoenix (1982), Alien Nation (1988), Red Dwarf (1988), Æon Flux (1991), Babylon 5 (1994). Here's some more sci-fi shows that need some love.
For Babylon 5, J Michael Straczynski, the creator of B5 is currently working on a reboot of the series. A pilot script has been written and is out doing the rounds waiting for a studio to pickup
Babylon-5 had a pretty substantial run in syndication then on TNT/TBS, and recently had a direct to video cgi movie. I'm not saying it shouldn't have more, but it's hardly a show that was cut short.
I still love The Starlost ! Haha
@@coops206 Yeah, Babylon 5 is far from dead. They came out with that animated movie The Road Home last year.
@@davidrussell6159 I love the show too just for the sheer bizarreness of it. Although it was a failed experiment that didn't live up to creator Harlan Ellison's vision, it's still an interesting show.
Blakes 7 was a great series especially the first two seasons. I think the Liberator was the most aesthetically stunning ship of all time.
What they did to the Liberator was a tragic waste.
I think the Eagle from Space 1999 is more iconic. An unique, utilitarian design.
Confirmed.
And Avon was a great character.
@@Thurgosh_OG The sfx team were probably delighted to get to destroy it. Those long probes are said to have put two crew members in hospital in separate impaling incidents…
Boy did you ever miss one: The Starlost
You have a world that, in the face of an extinction level event, arrives at and executes a plan to save as broad a representation of humanity as possible by building a massive starship that is comprised of many hundreds of modules that each contain members of all the myriad human cultures in an attempt to preserve every possible aspect of what we were as a species. Many years into the journey a mysterious accident occurs that not only kills the entire Command and Support crew of Earthship Ark, but also seals all the different "Domes" where the people from these different cultures are housed so they have no communication with one another.
In one of the Domes, Devin (who is a member of an agrarian culture modeled on the Amish) grows up generations after the "accident" to question the teaching of his culture and wonder what lies beyond. He discovers a way into the rest of the ship and, accompanied by Garth (his occasional nemesis) and Rachel (his lover) and guided by The Host (the Ark's AI computer) they discover the accident and the fate of the crew, the danger they are all in because the ship is on a collision course with a Star. The MacGuffin of the story is the search to find the backup control systems and whomever in the myriad of preserved human cultures is both willing and capable of assisting them in averting this impending destruction of the last vestiges of humanity.
Also, if you get a chance to read it, there is an essay by the Creator of this series (Harlan Ellison) that expounds on the details of the incredible ambition and the colossal failure of the single season of this show. The essay is titled "I don't think we're in Kansas, Toto" and appeared in Ellison's collection Stalking the Nightmare, and is also in The Essential Ellison. This show, by dint of poor production and execution ( to the point where Ellison removed his name from the show, but to preserve his financial interest remained credited as "Cordwainer Bird" in the credits ) failed utterly to garner an audience, but Ellison's original pilot script "Phoenix Without Ashes" won the WGA Best Script Award in Episodic Drama in 1974.
Starlost has a fan?
@@geraldmartin7703 absolutely. It was horrifyingly bad but it had so much potential.
Yep read the story you mentioned, very fascinating tale of Hollywood. I might have it somewhere in my 'library' , maybe I'll look for it. Only real problem I had with the basic concept was in each instance of the three leads stumbling upon another 'pod', they would help solve whatever problem, 'du jour' and then move on. Why did absolutely no one from each of the pods ever recognize the inherent danger the three did about a pilotless space ship and not want to help find a solution. Yeah, I know you can only have so many leads, but still in reality I'm sure some from each pod would want to see 'what's out there!' and actually maybe help....a little anyway.
@@michaellong5714 there is a reason the show ended up in the bin while Harlan Ellison won the WGA award for Best Original Screenplay. That reason was the Producers.
@@Zagadka42I remember the starlost. Was the ark similar to the valley forge from silent running?
I would have added "Space Above and Beyond"
The second season of Space:1999 was such a dramatic change in tone from the first I'm not surprised it was cancelled. I loved it as a child when it was shown originally but looking back at it now I'm sad it was forced to move away from the "what/who is guiding our journey" thread of the first season.
Sometimes when trying to appeal to a larger audience, you alienate your core audience.
I agree, the first season was good, while the second lost the important sense of wonder or even the ability to believe in what was shown.
The breaking moment for me was when they all of a sudden opened a window on the moon base - as such would have been built to be opened in the first place. LOL
I liked the Second Season because of Maya.
I thought both Seasons had their Good Points.
The reason season 2 failed was because of Fred Freiberger. Don't believe me? He was the person responsible for season 3 of the original Star Trek.
All to do with decision makers at ITC America forcing Fred Freiberger on to the production team
I LOVED "The Time Tunnel"!!! Never missed an episode. And look at how special effects quality has improved since then!
Blake's 7 was a great show. I watched it on PBS, too.
One of the PBS channels -channel 21 - in NYC, used to run many Brit series. "Blakes 7" was on their lineup for several years, and it was awesome.
What about Red Dwarf?
I'm Still laughing at some of the Gags on that Show today. 😄
@@collosusrex-2985Red Dwarf was 100% hilarious with fun young characters and totally 80's style. Rimmer's neurosis and the Cat's self-interest were reliable sources of laughs. Loved it so much.
Time Tunnel, UFO, Space 1999. Loved them all as a kid. Thanks for posting!
My favorite from your list #1- UFO, #2- The Invaders, #3- The Time Tunnel. Just a little bit observation, in UFO, the girls with the purple wigs, were not "purple hair technicians" but military personnel, the beautiful Lt. Gay Ellis played by Gabrielle Drake it's a testimony of this fact. Great video and great channel! Congratulations!
Avon deserves immortality
Awesome character, intelligent ruthless
Always calcuating if he could go it alone and abandon the othr members of th group.
He survived, put on weight, and reappeared as Luthen in Andor…
UFO was the BEST! Loved it.
I wanted one of those cars so bad.
It sucked
I grew up in New Zealand so I saw the Brit shows from (usually) a year after they began in the UK. UFO was my fave but was just on in '70 & '71. If revived must keep silver miniskirts with purple wigs. The underwater guys wore most revealing string vests for some reason. It really was like a real life version of Thunderbirds.
Those string vests are actual, real world clothes: google Brynje mesh baselayers…
nz here too, great shows. i own b7 and ufo on dvd. watch them every couple of years
Loved your narrative. The commentary was spot on. I don't usually subscribe or comment, your perspectives caused me to do both. Thank you.
Was 12 years old and Watching THE INVADERS used to scare the crap out of me ........
The Time Tunnel was loosely remade in the 90s with "Sliders", which is a show a lot of fans have been hoping to make a comeback, myself included. But, I too would love to see a modern reboot of Time Tunnel perhaps as a series on Netflix if not a feature film.
Sliders was about traveling between parallel Earths, not traveling through time. I don't think I would call that even a loose remake of the Time Tunnel.. But It was a cool show though.
Sliders didn't do time travel. It did alt-universes, so they aren't remotely the same. Sliders turned into crap after John Rhys-Davies left.
I'd love a reboot of Time Tunnel if James Darren could be part of the cast. He'd be the scientist in charge by this point.
it would be great if they could make TT as Doug and Tony actors are still with us.
Sliders got so formulaic and predictable it got boring. I didn’t even bother to watch the 3rd season. I bought the boxed set 1 & 2 on dvd and couldn’t even get through that again
@@Shan_Dalamani Darren is pretty old by now. Might need someone younger.
I'll always remember the first time I watched "The time tunnel" as a kid. I went to my dad during a commercial and asked him, "Dad, what's the Titanic?". He told me to look it up in the dictionary.
That pissed me off, commercials were only 2 minutes long.
I think I once timed a commercial break in a long movie on TV, sometime after 2000, can't remember when. I think one break was 6 minutes long! On Prime, the running time of TOS was 52-53 mins, TNG 47-48, VOY or ENT 44-45 mins. And some cable stations cut the EPs, I Hate that!
@@Total_Recall In the last couple of years, there have been about three or four occasions when I'd be watching a UA-cam video (say 10-20 minutes long) and it would be interrupted by an ad whose running time was *longer than the video.* In one memorable instance the ad was well over *ONE HOUR* in duration.
Look at the dictionary, son! Look at the dictionary! It's one minute and 50 seconds now! Tick tock tick tock!
Invaders is basically First Wave, only major difference. They played off Nostradamus predictions being true to the alien invasion, and Traci Lords showed up in the show later. I can remember that being something talked about, as it was sort of unheard of for a porn star to make it to regular TV or movies.
It definitely was unheard of. John Waters was always one to break with the norm.
Nobody seems to remember Ginger Lynn as a Regular on Super Force.
Was she like 8 years old?
I was trying to remember the name of that series. Thanks.
@numbersix8919 IIRC all but one of Traci Lords adult films had to be pulled from circulation because she was 16 and 17 when they were made with the one being made after her 18th birthday. Saw her first legitimate film appearance in the late 80s or early 90s remake of Not Of This Earth and the acting was horrible though apparently she invested some of her earnings from her more infamous film career in acting lessons because she did improve later.
In Chicago every Saturday Night they show Star Trek, Kolchak The Night Stalker, Lost In Space, Voyage To the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel and The Invaders. I don't get to sleep until 5 a.m. Sunday morning.
In Minneapolis MN, list included Dr Who. Became massive fan! Also, V. Never much liked series, but some did.
A pure nostalgia trip for me, this video. I watched all of these - but UFO was the one I loved enough to get the dvd box set in adult life!
"The Questor Tapes" the Roddenberry one-off about an alien-designed android could have been a cool series.
While "The Invaders" series was clearly an influence on a certain notable remake of "The Thing". '
Yes, I remember watching it on NBC 69-71? I believe that was the only broadcast of the movie by NBC in primetime.
I remember seeing the pilot for "The Questor Tapes".
I was surprised Blakes 7 was on the list and the Questor Tapes wasn't!
@@wilomicaThe Questor Tapes never made it beyond a single tv movie.
I was young when Questor was released, but saw it like 5 or 6 times in reruns, I tried to catch it whenever it was shown. Then I finally taped it off the air to keep w/ my first VCR (230 lines VHS SLP speed - we've come a long way since then). I didn't even know who Roddenberry was then since it was before TNG and I was not yet a trekkie (I remember trying to watch TOS but I never understood it, I was less then 10 y/o). To my surprise after a bunch of re-watches I recognized 2 familiar voices in Questor and it was Chekov and Majel in bit parts. I'd missed that all those watches. I think some of the TOS cast had parts in some of Gene's other pilots, I think he did some w/ John Saxon, of the organization 'Pax.' Can't remember all the titles but I think I've seen them all now. Might have been 'Planet Earth' and 'Genesis II'. One of them had this pain/pleasure stick/wand. Ouch. I believe they once had to set it to setting 8 of 10 to subdue the hero.
As a kid, I watched as many episodes as possible of the "Time Tunnel", the "Invaders", and "Space 1999". Also, I loved watching the more modern science fiction 1998, TV show "First Wave" because, it reminded me a lot of the 1960's "Invaders" (smile...smile).
There was an unsold pilot for a Time Tunnel reboot that was made maybe 20 years ago? I’m pretty sure it’s on UA-cam because that’s where I saw it. It was actually excellent. I wish that version had sold and gone to series.
Was that the one where the characters go back to the Chicago fire? (Again, gotta raid a movie for stock footage!) Instead of a massive underground complex, the "base" looked like someone's living room with the usual equipment consoles instead of furniture
@@joestrike8537 Actually no that was a 70's attempt by Irwin Allen himself to redo the concept. I think it was called Time Travelers (pretty generic, I know).
The reboot you are thinking about had to do with a medieval monk being thrown into a WWII battle and spreading plague. Pretty good, actually, except they made the head of the department somewhat of a jerk.
@@starquack Thanx for the clarification. (And here I am, thinking myself the expert on all things Allen)
@@joestrike8537 The one where they go back to the fire was a TV movie I had watched. 1 of the 2 men catches the disease, 'XB', and falls for a woman from the past. They had arrived later than planned w/ fewer days to try to find the cure (I believe they arrived on an outdoor stairway or something).
But, I got the Time Tunnel box set, and there were some extras, and I think that movie was one of them since I remember also watching it on a DVD that I'd bought. I don't have the DVD's anymore. What I can't remem was there was a 2nd movie, which seemed like a pilot, I'd never seen it and I think it was never shown on TV. I thought it also came w/ the TT set since I had it and hadn't bought any other sets w/ a similar time travel theme. I remember that time/history was changed but no one realized as everyone was changed along with it and took the everyday things going on as normal, tho they were different from our time. I remember the opening or an early scene had red lights meaning go AND green meaning stop. That's all I remember from this movie, I must have got distracted and switched it off or something, as I don't remem seeing the rest of it.
I heartily agree with the whole list!
I never got to see Blake's 7 or The Time Tunnel, and my only real exposure to The Invaders was in some comic books and a Big Little Book when I was quite young, but I've learned great things about all of them.
As for UFO, I only saw a few episodes when it aired in syndication, again when I was quite young, but I watched Space: 1999 absolutely *religiously* during its inital run, going so far as to retreat from a pool party my parents took my brother and I to at the home of some of their friends, and plopped down in the living room there to catch that week's episode. I'd love to see even more of Gerry Anderson's work like Thunderbirds and Fireball XL-5, too!
Alas, I was born a trifle too late for the great SF shows of the '60s, and was just 11 when Space: 1999 debuted.
I think I saw some episodes of Time Tunnel when I was a kid. But it was decades ago and I was kindergartener, so don't remember which episode and what is its story. Although I remember enough about time travel, jumping into the tunnel and that iconic "time tunnel" (a parody of which can be seen in Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me).
You can still purchase Blake's 7 on DVD...
Id like to see a "Space: Above and Beyond" reboot
I loved UFO, the Invaders, Space 1999 and the Time Tunnel. The only problem with rebooting great TV shows is that today’s imagination lacks creativity.
We all know how remakes of these series would look nowadays... nobody needs that.
The 1990s were full of remakes: The Fugitive, The Munsters, Adam-12, The Monkees, etc. All of them deservedly flopped.
i think land of the giants would be good
@@davidlafleche1142 remember wild wild west about an atom bomb?
@@johnjames4834 No, but "The Green Hornet" had a story like that.
I was addicted to 'Lexx' in the 90s, but I don't think a remake would work as they did everything with the idea that was possible.
Great suggestions. I added two of your choices to my “want list” of series to purchase on dvd.
I would like to see Earth 2 make a comeback. I remember watching it in 1994 and loving it. Great show, great actors, great storyline, but for some reason it only lasted 21 episodes.
I, also , liked Earth 2. The problem to me, IMHO, was that once they were stranded on Earth 2, it became a "Western Wagon Train" show complete with hostiles & outlaws, albeit with different characteristics. Above & Beyond was great.
@@pdworld3421 There are Space Above and Beyond EPs on here. I rewatched 'Mutiny', which is my favorite EP.
I liked all 5 shows you listed, but I would say my top 5 sci-fi shows would be 1) Babylon 5, 2) Stargate SG-1, 3) U.F.O. 4) Time Tunnel 5) Space 1999...Genesis 2 was a short show, and I think they made it into a feature film instead...there were some other good sci-f over the years Space Rangers was one I believe...thanks for the video
Ufo sucked
I would love to see a reboot of Space 1999 and UFO loved the intro music of both shows.
I would add Logan's Run (1977 with Gregory Harrison and Heather Menzies)😊
Good one!
They did a logans run tv show and it wasn't very good. But it would be great to see it again only if it were high quality
@@fredgarv79 they did? You mean after the 1970s one?
That is a great show. Sad it didn't last longer because it would have been interesting to see how it would have developed if there were more seasons.
@@sureshmukhi2316 he thinks op was referring to the original movie, which came out in 1976.
Always loved Space:1999 and I still watch it today. Loved Season one. I would love to see a remake of this show!
Can you really do the show without Martin Landau? A third season more like the first season, would have been great....
@@superfit60 Yeah, not to mention Barry Morse as well. I say it's far too late to do anything now.
There's so many good scifi series, Firefly, Earth 2, Space Precinct, V, Logan's Run, Sapphire and Steel, Terra Nova, Total Recall, Almost Human....
Thanks for mentioning Earth2. That concept deserves another chance.
I was also thinking of Otherworld and good ol' Buck Rogers.
@timothystan2430 Otherworld? Ooh, I'll haveto look that up, thanks!
Almost Human was really fun, but it had Karl Urban, and he pretty much makes anything he's in great.
Almost Human was surprisingly good. It was such a disappointment when it failed.
@@reachandler3655 They're all on YT 😁😁
Personally, I'd say those shows were all good enough that they should be protected from modern remakes damaging their legacies. Look at how all the never-ending sci-fi franchises are basically dead now in terms of quality and creativity.
Dr Who and Babylon 5
I agree. Humans need to learn to leave things alone and stop dragging and lessening their legacy with sequels that never stand up. Back to the Future is about the only one that stands up because they were made so close together under the same team. The same happened with Indianna Jones but then they pushed it too far and it ended up an embarrassment. Did anyone watch the last installment. I certainly didn't. The Crystal Skull one was so bad that ended the franchise for most viewers. Sadly, if they can make a dollar out of it though they'll continue to reinvent the wheel time and time again and create sequel after sequel. Money still seems to be the driving factor, that and an inability for anyone to come up with something original.
After the First Edge of your seat! AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION! INDIANA JONES SERIES MY NEXT FAVORITE WAS WITH SEAN CONNERY AND RECENTLY THE LAST one on Home viewing
THAT WAS REALLY PRETTY GOOD!
I and my brother in law Both liked it! And he is less forgiving in movie lore than I.
( I will agree that many movies get remade for money hoped but not much story
I agree with another’s comments
That maybe some SHOULD NOT BE REMADE AND KEEP THEIR LEGENDS IN TACT!
Like Time Tunnel!
( but Time Travel makes us think!
And can be so tempting!
And potentially thrilling!
IF ITS DONE RIGHT…..
THEY SHOULD HAVE DEFINITELY LEFT THE ORIGINAL
JOHNNY QUEST ALONE!!
I FOUND OUT A FEW YEARS AGO
THEY RE IMAGINED
JOHNNY
AN UTTERLY RUINED HIM‼️
JOHNNY WOULD HAVE NEVER NEVER EVER BECOME A DRUG ADDICT‼️‼️‼️
FORTUNATELY THEY GOT WISE‼️
AND BROUGHT HIM BACK TO HIS ORIGINAL GLORY‼️‼️‼️
Definitely should be left alone so that they aren't remade into woke garbage
I would love a time travel series, that actually understands the laws of probability are independent of time. For example, say you observed (from afar so as to not introduce to much chaos)A roulette wheel was spun and it landed on 5. There was a one in 38 chance of that happening. Now if you go back in time before it happened and watched again, it would STILL have a 1 in 38 chance of landing on 5. It would not be guaranteed to land on 5. In our lives there are countless random events that lead up to what we experience as our current lives. If you went back in time and then got back in and traveled forward in time - you would be re-shuffling the random deck and not come back to the reality you knew.
I used to watch these, except Time Tunnel which I never saw. I loved UFO as my dad would let me stay up late as my mum was at a class. It was our secret, and of course my mum never knew!! I'd also love to see Logan's Run come back, another of my favourite sci-fi series.
Logan s Run is fascinating. Hopefully a DVD issue can arrive if it hasn't already.
Time Tunnel may have samples on line. Some material on You Tube hopefully. The 30 episode Fox DVD release is nicely done. Plenty of "articles" on line too.
@@AdmiralNelson1000 Both Time Tunnel and The Invaders are being shown in reruns on MeTV, but you'll either have to stay up really late or set your DVR to record they're on Saturday nights/Sunday Mornings at 4:00AM &5:00AM Eastern, 3:00AM & 4:00AM Central respectively.
*No mention of "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea"?*
Added to my list.👍
JTK. Thanks for the Voyage mention. Likely it's not on this list because it had the good fortune to run somewhat longer , post more episodes, and occupy more 'space on the mind'... But yes, it would be welcome on every such list....
Seaquest DSV was a very similar show in the mid 90's but never took off. If there's no audience...
I don't think it would be very popular in Russia at this time.
Thanks for the memories, my older brother and I would fight over who was going to be David Vincent next week!🥺💯💫🤍👍!
I had just started rewatching some Blake's 7 a couple of days ago!!
I just watched 'Weapon' today for lunch!
Kozer was a trip - "IMIPAK - Induced Molecular Instability Projector and Key!" 🤓🤣💥❤️
(That was an AWESOME weapon, I have to admit!)
For years, my signature on certain message boards was "With THIS!, you could be like GOD" - Kozer, Blake's 7" 😋
I used to catch the shows on UHF TV, chans 21 or 31 back in the day and recorded them - fortunately I got all 4 seasons!
As always, PROPS for another great video!
I, too, loved "Time Tunnel" as a kid. I also loved "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" but not sure it qualifies as sci-fi. Glad I found your channel!
It is a sci-fi. Irwin Allen was known at his time to be a sci-fi movie producer.
Spiritual successor of "Voyage to the bottom of the Sea" was "Seaquest DSV."
My first SF unknown fandom at age 5 was Fireball XL5, followed by The Outer Limits anthology. Also loved a rare British series about a group of travelers whose plane crashed into Shangri La who were presumed dead. Their injuries were repaired, and they were given super human and psychic powers. They used their new gifts to solve crimes. Forgot the name of this British series, but one season they had of it was very good.
You're thinking of The Champions, which aired from 1967-68. Great series. I've seen three episodes on UA-cam. ☺️
@@paulforder591 Thanks! I couldn’t remember the name of the show. Loved it. Then more than half of them aired that magic summer got pre-emptied by painfully long golf matches. Are they available on video anywhere?
My pleasure, jgrafx...glad to be of help! Haven't checked yet, but The Champions might be available on DVD or Blu-ray. They don't make sci-fi like they used to. . .this is a classic TV series hands down! 😸
Champions had about a third of the material used as summer filler on NBC in 1968. ITC's hour shows did get syndication treatment in the USA and it's possible that Champions got some exposure in that.
@@paulforder591 Yes!! Recognized the plot right away. I had such a crush on Stuart Damon. (He was also the Prince in the Rogers & Hammerstein "Cinderella" for tv. Good voice.)
Space1999 was also on my list. And I missed Buck Rogers.
You and me both!
Agreed. Erin Gray..... MMMMMMM
@@survivingbehindliberallinesBeedeebeedeebeep!
Buck rogers was to oversexed
@@survivingbehindliberallinesYou mean UGGGGGGGGGH. Shes married. And wore those satin baseball stockings. It's a miracle they didnt leave an imprint of her unmentionable on her caboose
I had no idea Space: 1999 was a British production! I flew the Eagle on no telling how many missions in my mind when I was a boy.
It was a Gerry Anderson show. Of course it was British! 🤦
@@ChrisPage68 that's evident to me now, just wasn't when I was a little guy.
There were a few on your list I had never heard of, thank you for that brother. I hope some executives get inspired by this. safe journey.
Other than Blake’s 7 I watched all of those shows back when they were new. I agree with your concept. Although there is a new Star Trek series every year, they simply don’t have the substance of Science Fiction we all want. The cerebral, emotional, what if Science Fiction. Not the tons of special effects but no plot science fiction. The Invaders might do particularly well since the premise was anyone could be an alien or “one of THEM” (insert political or philosophical group of your choice)
I was hoping "Project U.F.O." would be here. Great show from the late 70s, a bit like the X Files.
PROJECT U.F.O. was a Jack Webb production that had the same heavy-handed dialogue and slow pacing of his DRAGNET series. I found the show pretty dated as it followed the official narrative of the totally deceptive Project Bluebook. PROJECT U.F.O. is available to watch here on UA-cam.
@@gregoryboyd7176 I actually liked that, it was on in the Uk at around 5:15 on a thursday I think, I remember watching it eating my dinner!
As a curio, Project UFO may have some value even for those less inclined to revisit it. It did offer some interesting model "spacecraft" worth seeing again.
That show cashed in on Close Encounters. Though it had some good models and imaginative exposition, definetly doesn't need a reboot.
Time Tunnel & The Invader’s were really Great.🛸🚀. Never heard of the others.
I'd like to add The Starlost to the list. It was an interesting premise on the generation ship solution to preserving humanity.
Treat yourself to UFO and Space 1999. There should be postings on You Tube. Naysayers fuss over the second year of Space 1999 because market conditions-- which governed TV production, not SF types--- compelled a format change towards more dynamic pacing. Don't let that stop you. It's a wonderful show and nothing like it is available today. Extraordinary visual effects. Blake 's 7 was produced on a tiny BBC budget, makes up for it on solid stories. The "Liberator" spaceship is exceptional model work.
@@AdmiralNelson1000 Standard by five.
UFO was great. Fantastic model work from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (Captain Scarlett) and live action made for a fantastic show.
All of them are great TV series that deserve comeback, and another was "Project U.F.O.". I loved that TVserie.
A great list with Blakes 7 still my favourite anti hero group, decades before this style of storyline became more popular. Always loved it in preference of the simplistic and PC Dr who (particularly in the more recent series). Also the ship was amazing and unique in its look with the AI characters not always working to the benefit of their human 'team'.
Love it when you say a show lasted only one season while having 30 episodes. That's at least 3 seasons by today's standards, and with most episodes being utter filler garbage!
The first time I saw color TV it was a display set in a department store and an episode of Time Tunnel was playing. I remember laughing out loud at the shoddy quality; the tie wearing hero was fighting someone and as his tie swung around, the out-of-synch red color followed after it.
There was a time when Hollywood's sci-fi movie heroes always went into space with two essential accessories: a necktie and a pistol.
Love your list. Blake's 7 was my favorite, I don't think anyone else has ever ended a series in the same way, wow!
Angel ends in a very, very similar way. The same team also borrowed the idea of having a “Zeppo” episode from B7 when producing Buffy.
There is a sci-fi series that never got beyond the pilot which I always thought was a tragedy - Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II..
They did remake Blake's 7. It was called "Farscape."
Quark about the space garbage scow. Only a few episodes aired but I loved the humor.
recently discovered Quark; I love it!😊
Exceptional spoof. Nothing like it since.
Richard Benjamin
Pity t h e dude that portrayed ficus the vegaton died
Since I'm from the 80s, mine are Land of the Lost, Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Battlestar Galactica, and Alien Nation. I feel that for Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, there was a LOT more happening with the novels and comics (and by extension. the cartoons). I agree there should be a comeback but a modern take on it just wouldn't work. I remember how Jonny Quest once did that and it felt apart once it got to the Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. They need to stay imaginative and simply blow people's mind. All for the sole purpose of how we grew up with this and we loved them for all it was worth.
You know I loved Buck Roger’s and thought Twiki was so cute, now as an old lady I find him annoying. I wish I was young again.
bee dee bee dee bee dee bee dee bee dee bee dee-Right On, Buck !
Johnny Quest: Great for intercultural examination. Excellent choice!
That Flash Gordon cartoon was the best! The first season was brilliant but they severely dumbed down the second season by adding that annoying baby dragon character Gremlin and turned it into a kiddie show.
Interesting point.
I loved time tunnel . And land of the giants . Bring them back
There was a short lived outer space show that I think only lasted one season called, Space above and beyond. I think it came out in the 80's or 90's. It was about an alien invasion. It was an underrated show but well made. Now that I'd like to see as a comeback.
That was really great. I think the 'vibe' got reborn/borrowed in the Galactica reboot even though the storyline was different. Poor tanks and their neck navels, rogue AI (BG borrowing again?), jocko-homo pilots....
Loved Space Above and Beyond. Met the entire cast/crew at a film con once. They were all there and got a fully autographed cast photo. I also used to have a Battlestar Galactica website that did research (particularly on concept art) and interviews (with cast and crew) on both original 1978 and new 2003 series. In this capacity I accidentally stumbled upon one of the set builders of Space Above and Beyond. Talked to him for many hours on the phone and he sold me all his annotated scripts and his blue prints of the Space Above and Beyond sets and props. Treasure those still.
@@fakecrusader True. The new Battlestar Galactica series took storylines for the episode “Scar” (about an unbeatable Cylon fighter) directly from Space Above and Beyond. Also some ideas like the humanoid Cylons resembled the tanks in Space Above and Beyond
@@marceldamen3016 The show was created by Glen Larson, who was notorious for ripping off ideas from other shows. He was nicknamed Glen Larceny. One day, James Garner was so angry at Larson for blatantly stealing a plot from "The Rockford Files", he decked Larson with one punch.
@@davidlafleche1142 We were comparing storylines of Ron Moore/David Eick’s version of Battlestar Galactica from 2003. This was already a reimagining of Glen Larson’s Battlestar Galactica from 1978 😅 As for Glen Larson: how was he different from the rest or what we see in movies/TV/streaming nowadays? Most is either a new version, prequel/sequel or continuation of what has been done before. Glen Larson was basically asked by ABC to make Star Wars for TV which he did with Battlestar Galactica. 🤷🏻♂️
Love all of them
I would like to add "Sapphire and Steel" very short, very minimalist
Agree with each and every one of your choices, even though I had completely forgotten about Blake's 7. I will never forget the sound that the alien spaceships made in UFO, which gave me the creeps back then. I remember when Barbara Bain and Martin Landau left Mission: Impossible to star in Space: 1999, and I was sad to see them depart one of my favorite television shows, but excited to see what they would do in their new series; nonetheless, even this dynamic duo could not keep the show on the air. The Invaders scared the living crap out of me, but I watched every second of the series. Nevertheless, I think we all had a special place in our hearts for The Time Tunnel, as it was more about hope than alien terror (not that there's anything wrong with alien terror). I would welcome a comeback for each and every one of your choices - I think most of us can agree that the remake of Battlestar Galactica was a great improvement and an excellent series in its own right. However, I shudder every time I think of the moments of my life I wasted watching the remake of Lost in Space. Thanks for the video and your top-five list - always enjoy food for thought.
Bain & Landau didn't leave Mission Impossible to film Space 1999, they ended MI in 1969 and Space 1999 didn't start filming until 1974.
Dude, you have to rewatch all of Blakes 7. I had bought the dvd's many times but only watched the first two seasons that actually had blake in them, but the last two seasons are very good anyway. Jenna is a dream and Servalan when I was young I was not so sure about her, she seemed kind of old 36! oh my god she's too old. Now I find her fantastic looking, a very sexy evil commander. I just bought a box set for like $45 with all seasons and episodes. I think it is even better than Dr Who in it's prime
The Lost in Space remake wasn't that bad. The Robinsons are annoying but they are clever.
Battlestar Galactica remake is good, but I still prefer the original.
@@fredgarv79 Glynnis Barber (Soolin) was also great, though I preferred her in Dempsey and Makepeace. The character that is really missed in season 4 is Liberator.
Add Land of the Giants, and Lost in Space, only the first and second seasons of LIS, before it had gotten silly.
See my comment above: *all* Irwin Allen series quickly went silly. (Although second season "Land of the Giants" had one of the most exciting, coolest-looking opening titles ever - with music by John Williams!)
LIS was remade.
@@anthonyjackson280 Unfortunately, this version is where you have to subscribe to watch.
@@anthonyjackson280 Yes, it was a Netflix series for a while - never caught it, I suspect it wasn't around for very long
"Silly" was based on network expectations regarding what the MASS Audience wanted, and how to please them. And about the money, which makes all the difference.
UFO was good show. It had some really good stories. The INVADERS was very under rated. I had a model of the spacecraft. Loved The Time Tunnel. That lead to my love for history.
Blakes 7: OMG that final episode!
UFO,space 1999 ,starlosr,Blake's 7 ,doctor who are all from PBS airings for me back in the day.
Starlost? You almost never hear that show mentioned. I discovered it a couple of years ago on UA-cam. I saw all episodes. To me, it seems they didn't know exactly what to do with it.
It is not a well-regarded series, but I wish that "The Starlost" could be remade but with MUCH better writing, plots, sets and acting. The concept of man's greatest achievement, a MASSIVE ark, traveling thru space with most of the millions of inhabitants totally oblivious to imminent peril, had lots of unrealized potential...it just never came even remotely close to realizing it.
Indeed I would like to know how they succeeded in averting the stellar collision?
They did time tunnel, it was Quantum leap.
Quantum Leap was about going into alternate time-lines, not time travel, through a "Eistein-Rosencrantz vortex".
@@caronstout354 Oh please, like it was documentary 😆
Blake's 7 and Time Tunnel are being done on Big Finish Audio.
Space:1999 as well
Saw them all.
Loved them all!
Men into Space (US 1959-1960) Star Cops (UK 1987) Don Quick (UK 1970, a sci fi satire loosely based on Don Quixote by Cervantes) Land of the Giants (US 1968-1970) Sapphire and Steel (UK 1979-1982)
I would say Blake's 7, UFO, The Invaders, Space 1999, and The Time Tunnel, are well remembered, not forgotten.
That's what I was thinking.
I can't see a remake of Blake's 7. The same story with different actors wouldn't work. I could imagine a different story with different characters, but set in the same universe -- that I could get into, if well done.
The problem with retelling the story is that you'd have to get actors to do impressions of the great characters such as Avon and Servalan. Is this what people will watch? Then you have the choose the members of the team and their demises. Whatever the execs choose will be wrong.
You could have something set in the same universe, say , where a new team, inspired by Blake's 7, rebel (this might lead to guest appearances by whatever cast members are still alive). However this may not appeal to nostalgic fans who will complain about it not having the Liberator or Blake in it. It could feel like a cash in.
I remember liking Buck Rodgers 25th Century, Man from Atlantis and Logan's Run.
Buck Rogers sucked.
The Starlost. A Canadian series starring Keir Dullea. It had a great concept created by Harlan Ellison about a lost multi generational ark spaceship. The crew has disappeared and the ship is malfunctioning. I have very fond memories of this show. It would be a great candidate for a reboot.
I agree. Needs to be reborn with a decent budget in the age of cheap CGI. Who cares what Ellison objects to. He ripped off the idea from Heinlein's novel "Orphans of the Sky" anyway.
I liked "Space, above and beyond" would love to see it come back.