The Source Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 TV SciFi Shows in the '80s and '90s. I though this would be a cool subject. Over the past several nights, I have been watching scifi shows from the '80s and '90s. Yeah, they were not out long ago, but there is a sense of nostelgia to them. If you were born in the late '90s, you probally have never seen some of the original airings. Several of them were canceled, or they had a really good series run. What is your favorite? Why? 1. Star Trek: The Next Generation 2. Star Trek: DS9 3. Earth 2 4. Earth Final Conflict 5. Andromeda 6. Highlander 7. Highlander: Raven 8. SeaQuest 9. Cleopatra 2525 10. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 11. Xena: Warrior Princess 12. Babylon 5 13. The X-Files 14. Hercules 15. Star Trek: Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Star Trek: TNG is probably my favorite sci-fi tv show. I used to watch that show a lot when I was younger and I still catch reruns every now and then. I also enjoyed DS9 and Voyager but I don't think they compare to TNG. I've seen Andromeda, Xena, and some other ones too but I never watched them regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negative Sun Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 Highlander was so cheesy, but still good...I wouldn't exactly call some of those Sci-Fi though. X-Files was great till like series 5 or 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimmerman Posted May 5, 2007 Share Posted May 5, 2007 I've seen all the buffy episodes, but very few of the rest, so I'll have to go with buffy as my fave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 What--no Mork and Mindy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 And no Buck Rogers? Battlestar Galactica? Well I guess those did start in the late 70s and span into the 80s as did Mork and Mindy. I agree with Darth Moeller about ST: TNG and with Negative Sun about X-Files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Yeah, ST:TNG is tops for me, with Mork and Mindy, ST: Voyager, and ST: DS9 coming in as close contenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 X-files most definitely. I bought the first season just a while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Source Posted May 6, 2007 Author Share Posted May 6, 2007 And no Buck Rogers? Battlestar Galactica? Well I guess those did start in the late 70s and span into the 80s as did Mork and Mindy. I agree with Darth Moeller about ST: TNG and with Negative Sun about X-Files. Hehehe... I did not go too far back. Lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace MacLeod Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Used to watch the Star Treks up until Voyager came along, then it just got same-y. "Well Captain, for the nineteenth week in a row, we've just found yet another planet where everyone speaks perfect English, looks almost entirely human only for funny noses/eyebrows/hairlines, and are having some societal conflict with direct parallels to something that happened on late 20th century Earth. WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!" Watched all the episodes of Highlander, but never got into Raven. Earth 2 had some moments, but then it went and disappeared. Babylon 5 was the best in terms of ship-to-ship combat and had the best aliens (who, unlike in Star Trek, actually looked like aliens) but the story ended up getting too ongoing-Soap-Opera after a while. And Captain Sheridan was thicker than two planks. Popped in on Andromeda a few times, but unless you follow the story good luck trying to make sense of what's going on. The X Files fell into that trap as well, and as a result I never really got into either show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aash Li Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Twilight Zone was stil on network tv as a reruns in the early 80s. Battlestar Galactica Buck Rogers Mork & Mindy Automan And there was one called Another World (I think), its was played on the scifi channel a long time ago. About this family that was sucked into another dimension or something... an alternate earth with a dictatorship ruling the planet. I watched that when if first aired and liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Anyone remember Nowhere Man? "Well Captain, for the nineteenth week in a row, we've just found yet another planet where everyone speaks perfect English, looks almost entirely human only for funny noses/eyebrows/hairlines, and are having some societal conflict with direct parallels to something that happened on late 20th century Earth. WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk102 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Anyone remember Dark Skies? I liked that one, but evidently no one else did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 You know, I remember seeing something about it but it was apparently on Saturdays and we often went out together or with friends then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabish Bini Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Buffy The Vampire Slayer, X-Files and one that wasn't in there, Angel. The best 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbieZ Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 TNG rocked. I grew up on that show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue15 Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 Hercules Xena Deep Space Nine The Next Generation Voyager Earth 2 Harsh Realm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totenkopf Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Not really all that fond of ST spinoffs (though they had a few redeeming characters like Q, Garak and Quark). Saw Highlander in syndication and basically agree w/NS on that one. B5 was probably overall favorite of the 15 listed. Couldn't get into X-files and some of the others (Hercules, Xena, etc..) were more fantasy than sci-fi. Do recall Dark Skies, though don't recall watching it. There was another called Space Above and Beyond (or something like that) that was kind of brooding and intense in nature as well as one based on the War of the Worlds concept. Have seen several episodes of Earth Final Conflict, but never followed it too closely. Always kind of thought of Andromeda as Hercules in space . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Dando Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 I'd hardly call Xena or Hercules Sci-Fi. I'm not much of a Trekkie, but I thought TNG was awesome No Quantum Leap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Used to watch the Star Treks up until Voyager came along, then it just got same-y. "Well Captain, for the nineteenth week in a row, we've just found yet another planet where everyone speaks perfect English, looks almost entirely human only for funny noses/eyebrows/hairlines, and are having some societal conflict with direct parallels to something that happened on late 20th century Earth. WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!" Too true. But then there was TNG's "Captain, a strange McGuffin involving abstract and somewhat shaky theoretical quantum physics has endangered the ship!" "Well what if we generate an insertmadeupparticleorelementnamehereion beam, bounce it off the deflector dish, and invert the flobbidoblips, like last week. And the week before that, and the week before that." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 No Quantum Leap? Agreed, Where is Quantum Leap? Everything I know about history came from Sam. Anyone remember "V?" It started as a pair of mini series, but also had a short run as a series during the 80s. I loved the original “Highlander” movie, but hated the series. There can only be one and that was Conner Macleod. Well, the thread title is "TV scifi shows in the '80s and '90s." Quantum Leap is technically in both Yea, misread it orginally. Hoped I'd corrected it before anyone noticed. Guess I was a little slow. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Dando Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Agree, but it may be because it started at the end of the 80s. 1989 I believe. Well, the thread title is "TV scifi shows in the '80s and '90s." Quantum Leap is technically in both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerbieZ Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Too true. But then there was TNG's "Captain, a strange McGuffin involving abstract and somewhat shaky theoretical quantum physics has endangered the ship!" "Well what if we generate an insertmadeupparticleorelementnamehereion beam, bounce it off the deflector dish, and invert the flobbidoblips, like last week. And the week before that, and the week before that." You generally have to open your mind while watching any tv show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Dando Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Any Britons remember Red Dwarf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Watched (and loved) both V and Quantum Leap. I also liked The Pretender, and if it counts, MacGyver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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