I thought Swat Kats ran for a while and ended. I did love that show just because they went away from the speed of light stuff everyone does. They ran at the SPEED OF HEAT!
I had no clue what that meant, but it sounded cool.
The used the SPEED OF HEAT! to go into space once...
Also, they had a missile that shot knives... I worked up schematics as a young child to build that jet and that missile...
I thought Swat Kats ran for a while and ended. I did love that show just because they went away from the speed of light stuff everyone does. They ran at the SPEED OF HEAT!
I had no clue what that meant, but it sounded cool.
The used the SPEED OF HEAT! to go into space once...
Also, they had a missile that shot knives... I worked up schematics as a young child to build that jet and that missile...
I kinda remember those few episodes where they had to convert the jet to move that fast. I think aliens invaded or something like.
Looking back everything was solved by firing missles. If they didn't have the right missle they would retreat and go make it.
I distinctively remember California Dreams running for long enough that by the time it ended the original cast had mostly been replaced by brothers/cousins/runaways/foreign exchange student etc.
I was enjoying Farscape until about halfway through season 2, when it went completely off the deep end.
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...and I thought of how all those people died, and what a good death that is. That nobody can blame you for it, because everyone else died along with you, and it is the fault of none, save those who did the killing.
YES. Forgot Black Books. Another season would've been great.
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...and I thought of how all those people died, and what a good death that is. That nobody can blame you for it, because everyone else died along with you, and it is the fault of none, save those who did the killing.
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At what point do you think Farscape was in the shallow end? The entire series was bugfuck crazy and awesome.
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I distinctively remember California Dreams running for long enough that by the time it ended the original cast had mostly been replaced by brothers/cousins/runaways/foreign exchange student etc.
Really, I don't remember that... Then again, I really only remember Kelly Packard
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Farscape was awful, through and through. When I moved to Canada land, I had to wait for my paperwork to go through to get work, so I sat at home and did mostly fuckall... except my wife had brought the whole Farscape show with her, and she made me watch it, from beginning to end, in about 3 weeks or so.
Muppets in space, that show. What a giant bag of horrible.
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I want more Firefly, and Serenity wasn't it. We went from sci-fi western to sci-fi action. If I wanted sci-fi action I would have been watching a different show.
Also Sports Night and Studio 60. Both ended early. Maybe I should watch West Wing. At least then I'll know going in that I'm getting more than 1 or 2 seasons.
2 that didn't go early, I think, are Caprica and Stargate: Universe. I decided that when SyFy gave me 5 more episodes of Caprica and I still had 2 from October to watch that I just wasn't interested anymore. Same with SGU. I watched the first ep back from the break and haven't touched the 9 that are just sitting there. I kinda want to watch those though, but that's just because Rush is great.
A lot of people have said Space Above and Beyond, but I really wonder if you all have gone back and watched the show again, it really isn't as good as you remember. Or, at least for me, it was pretty lackluster with some very bad acting and cheesiness.
A similar example is Battletech, I loved that show as a kid and would have loved to see a second season. But watching it now, jesus christ.
A lot of people have said Space Above and Beyond, but I really wonder if you all have gone back and watched the show again, it really isn't as good as you remember. Or, at least for me, it was pretty lackluster with some very bad acting and cheesiness.
A similar example is Battletech, I loved that show as a kid and would have loved to see a second season. But watching it now, jesus christ.
Yeah, I've gone back and watched it again. It's still great. Of course, there are some episodes better then others. For example, "The Angriest Angel" is my favorite episode and gets the most rewatches, but the overall quality of the season is damn high. Not too fond of the handful of conspiracy episodes with AeroTech. Ya know, like that election one with the UN secretary general.
BattleTech was a great kid's introduction to the BattleTech universe. It only pales somewhat when you compare it to a contemporary like Exosquad, which had more depth.
A lot of people have said Space Above and Beyond, but I really wonder if you all have gone back and watched the show again, it really isn't as good as you remember. Or, at least for me, it was pretty lackluster with some very bad acting and cheesiness.
A similar example is Battletech, I loved that show as a kid and would have loved to see a second season. But watching it now, jesus christ.
I felt that way about 21 Jumpstreet. I remembered an episode about a teenage hitman that had music by Suicidal Tendencies. I thought it was really mature and edgy.
I rented the first season on Netflix a year or so a ago and it was the most awful, awful shit.
I have Journeyman in my saved queue on Netflix, since there aren't any DVDs for it. I liked Kevin McKidd in Rome but for whatever reason I didn't catch Journeyman when it was on.
Nowhere Man only lasted one season, and although my recollection is probably making it out to be better than it really was, I think it was cut way before its time. Copied directly from the wiki:
"Nowhere Man is the tale of a photojournalist named Thomas Veil. After leaving to use the restroom while out to dinner with his wife, Tom returns to find that his life has been "erased." His wife does not recognize him and is living with another man. His ATM cards no longer work. His best friend turns up dead. His mother was previously recovering from a stroke, so she is incapable of confirming his existence. In the course of a single evening, every trace of Tom's identity has been erased.
Tom comes to believe his erasure is related to a photograph he took a year earlier called “Hidden Agenda.” The photo depicts four men being hanged in South America by what appear to be US soldiers. The only shreds of evidence Tom has of his past are the negatives to that photograph. A mysterious "Organization" (as it is referred to throughout the series, since its name is unknown) covertly pursues Tom in search of the negatives. The series revolves around Veil's attempts to get his life back by trying to find out more about the Organization, while also trying to keep the negative safe."
It was a really intruiging show that made you want to know more about the seemingly deep story. Always the worst kind to get canned.
Serenity was great ... the only thing that sucked was they killed off two major characters without much repercussion since it was like "hurry danger!" and "happy bittersweet ending".
Over Christmas wife and I watched Firefly (she had never seen it) and Serenity.
The only thing I really hate was the last episode had a bad guy much too similar to the vastly superior bad guy in the movie.
I would have liked about three episodes inbetween that showed the companion leaving and Book choosing to leave the ship.
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There's the comic book that bridges that gap actually, it's quite good.
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I would have liked at least one more season of Fox's X-Men cartoon from the 90's just to get more of the new animation style they used for the last few episodes. I remember thinking "wow, this looks amazing!" and then 2 or 3 episodes later it disappeared into space with Xavier to never return.
I loved Nowhere Man. It's one of those shows I try to describe to people, and it blows their minds, especially that it ended so fast. If you search a bit, the guy who made the show put up his summary of how the show really ends and what most of the truth really was.
Oh, speaking of Sci-Fi Shows, anyone remember it's Invisible Man?
I liked that show, but I don't think it got more than one or two seasons.
Is that the one with the snake tattoo and something to do with quicksilver or something?
Because that show was pretty great. The two main characters really made the show with their comraderie and panter and whatnot.
I really liked this show, but sadly its quality did start to decline towards the end of its run. Case in point: The episode where they are attacked by an invisible bigfoot.
Man, Swat Kats was awesome. I remember watching that shit early Saturday mornings on TBS or something, along with Two Stupid Dogs. I was also a fan of Biker Mice from Mars. Anyone remember their SNES racer game? That was fun shit.
My favorite thing about that show was that almost every episode introduced some new crazy type of missile.
Though one thing that bothered me about that show - actually most animated shows in general - is that the animation quality for the show's intro is almost always much better than what the show actually uses. I wonder why this is?
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edited January 2011
Well, it has to be the best part. If the intro sucked, people wouldn't stay on to watch the rest of it. Besides, it's, like, twenty seconds of stuff that you're going to see every time you watch the show. As part of the overall development budget, they likely hire out some quality people to make that one sequence, or get the best people on their team to do that bit.
Can I slip Sliders in if we pretend it was ended in its second season? Because it was nice when it was basically logically inconsistent characters visiting interesting alternate realities, and not so much the interdimensional conquerors and rape camps and body doubles.
More relatedly, I will throw in a vote for Firefly.
And add in a completely random Sonic SatAM. It was drawn well (much better than the other Sonic cartoon on at the time) and had decently interesting characters and a much livelier setting. Plus Urkel's voice. And a sweet opening song.
And then it got canned at the end of its second season (but eventually the (late) screenwriter provided the basic outline of what they had had planned for season 3).
And add in a completely random Sonic SatAM. It was drawn well (much better than the other Sonic cartoon on at the time) and had decently interesting characters and a much livelier setting. Plus Urkel's voice. And a sweet opening song.
And then it got canned at the end of its second season (but eventually the (late) screenwriter provided the basic outline of what they had had planned for season 3).
Can I slip Sliders in if we pretend it was ended in its second season? Because it was nice when it was basically logically inconsistent characters visiting interesting alternate realities, and not so much the interdimensional conquerors and rape camps and body doubles.
I was a kid when I watched Sliders. It was fun and my parents enjoyed it, too. And then it got grim-dark and raped my childhood. I mean, seriously? You put the female lead character into an actual rape camp where she'd spend the rest of her days? I really liked her, too! I was fucking traumatized after that episode.
The actual story behind that and the show's change is pretty depressing, too.
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Feuding Castmembers. The two female castmembers didnt get along(either Sabrina Lloyd or Kari Whurer was a complete bitch to work with). John Ryhs Davies didn't like the writing and insulted the head of Fox programing. Jerry O'Connell tried to become executive producer(with matching payraise). His brother was cast as a favour to him(and kicked the moment he left).
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The sky was full of stars, every star an exploding ship. One of ours.
Which is sad, because Sliders is a kickass concept that should have been a major success. The Family Guy Road to the Multiverse is a riff on the Sliders concept and it rocks.
Sliders is one of those ideas, that should rock beyond belief if handled right.
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Well, it has to be the best part. If the intro sucked, people wouldn't stay on to watch the rest of it. Besides, it's, like, twenty seconds of stuff that you're going to see every time you watch the show. As part of the overall development budget, they likely hire out some quality people to make that one sequence, or get the best people on their team to do that bit.
I know, tangental to the thread, but the WORST OFFENDER EVER when it comes to intro versus show is actually an anime.
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The used the SPEED OF HEAT! to go into space once...
Also, they had a missile that shot knives... I worked up schematics as a young child to build that jet and that missile...
I kinda remember those few episodes where they had to convert the jet to move that fast. I think aliens invaded or something like.
Looking back everything was solved by firing missles. If they didn't have the right missle they would retreat and go make it.
I was enjoying Farscape until about halfway through season 2, when it went completely off the deep end.
Nothing's forgotten, nothing is ever forgotten
YES. Forgot Black Books. Another season would've been great.
Nothing's forgotten, nothing is ever forgotten
Really, I don't remember that... Then again, I really only remember Kelly Packard
Muppets in space, that show. What a giant bag of horrible.
they don't it be like it is but it do
Also Sports Night and Studio 60. Both ended early. Maybe I should watch West Wing. At least then I'll know going in that I'm getting more than 1 or 2 seasons.
2 that didn't go early, I think, are Caprica and Stargate: Universe. I decided that when SyFy gave me 5 more episodes of Caprica and I still had 2 from October to watch that I just wasn't interested anymore. Same with SGU. I watched the first ep back from the break and haven't touched the 9 that are just sitting there. I kinda want to watch those though, but that's just because Rush is great.
Eureka and Warehouse 13 both being awesome takes a bit of the sting away though.
A similar example is Battletech, I loved that show as a kid and would have loved to see a second season. But watching it now, jesus christ.
Yeah, I've gone back and watched it again. It's still great. Of course, there are some episodes better then others. For example, "The Angriest Angel" is my favorite episode and gets the most rewatches, but the overall quality of the season is damn high. Not too fond of the handful of conspiracy episodes with AeroTech. Ya know, like that election one with the UN secretary general.
BattleTech was a great kid's introduction to the BattleTech universe. It only pales somewhat when you compare it to a contemporary like Exosquad, which had more depth.
I felt that way about 21 Jumpstreet. I remembered an episode about a teenage hitman that had music by Suicidal Tendencies. I thought it was really mature and edgy.
I rented the first season on Netflix a year or so a ago and it was the most awful, awful shit.
Mmmmm....toasty.
Wait so you didn't even get to the episodes with the princess and the statues and crap?
Damn
Nowhere Man only lasted one season, and although my recollection is probably making it out to be better than it really was, I think it was cut way before its time. Copied directly from the wiki:
"Nowhere Man is the tale of a photojournalist named Thomas Veil. After leaving to use the restroom while out to dinner with his wife, Tom returns to find that his life has been "erased." His wife does not recognize him and is living with another man. His ATM cards no longer work. His best friend turns up dead. His mother was previously recovering from a stroke, so she is incapable of confirming his existence. In the course of a single evening, every trace of Tom's identity has been erased.
Tom comes to believe his erasure is related to a photograph he took a year earlier called “Hidden Agenda.” The photo depicts four men being hanged in South America by what appear to be US soldiers. The only shreds of evidence Tom has of his past are the negatives to that photograph. A mysterious "Organization" (as it is referred to throughout the series, since its name is unknown) covertly pursues Tom in search of the negatives. The series revolves around Veil's attempts to get his life back by trying to find out more about the Organization, while also trying to keep the negative safe."
It was a really intruiging show that made you want to know more about the seemingly deep story. Always the worst kind to get canned.
Over Christmas wife and I watched Firefly (she had never seen it) and Serenity.
The only thing I really hate was the last episode had a bad guy much too similar to the vastly superior bad guy in the movie.
I would have liked about three episodes inbetween that showed the companion leaving and Book choosing to leave the ship.
they don't it be like it is but it do
That was kind of the point of the show. The main character is pushed over the edge and climbs his way back.
I really liked this show, but sadly its quality did start to decline towards the end of its run. Case in point: The episode where they are attacked by an invisible bigfoot.
Not a weird one at all--I absolutely loved what Journeyman was and still feel the bitter sting of its cancellation.
Any show where Albert Wesker performs a Vanilla Ice song for Whoppi Goldberg needs some love.
My favorite thing about that show was that almost every episode introduced some new crazy type of missile.
Though one thing that bothered me about that show - actually most animated shows in general - is that the animation quality for the show's intro is almost always much better than what the show actually uses. I wonder why this is?
More relatedly, I will throw in a vote for Firefly.
And add in a completely random Sonic SatAM. It was drawn well (much better than the other Sonic cartoon on at the time) and had decently interesting characters and a much livelier setting. Plus Urkel's voice. And a sweet opening song.
And then it got canned at the end of its second season (but eventually the (late) screenwriter provided the basic outline of what they had had planned for season 3).
I thought it was crazy awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4jd0UWGPgY
I was a kid when I watched Sliders. It was fun and my parents enjoyed it, too. And then it got grim-dark and raped my childhood. I mean, seriously? You put the female lead character into an actual rape camp where she'd spend the rest of her days? I really liked her, too! I was fucking traumatized after that episode.
The actual story behind that and the show's change is pretty depressing, too.
Why'd it take such a shift towards the dark?
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Sliders is one of those ideas, that should rock beyond belief if handled right.
I know, tangental to the thread, but the WORST OFFENDER EVER when it comes to intro versus show is actually an anime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PLUD7gEqTA&feature=related
This was amazingly crafted. Excellent fantasy fare, the elf standing on the pike looked like animated diterlizzi from the planescape days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zi0ZVo8lyo&feature=related
This is about as good as it ever got.
So fucking low budget and horrible.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...