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Automan (1983) - The Soooo 80's shows keep rollin' out.  Automan was a very short lived series about a computer generated...man.  He was an artificial intelligent computer that was given a human form in order to help the police solve crimes, his human friend and partner, Walter Nebicher, is his tag along sidekick that pretty much gets all the credit.  Walter is the computer nerd who brings Automan into the real world and even creates Cursor, a small floating droid that changes into anything Automan requires.  Isn't that handy.  There was even another cast memeber called, Jack Curtis, a hot shot police detective that thinks Automan is a government agent named " Agent Man".  Wooo, how orginial.  Hard to believe this show only lasted one year, eh folks?!   Not really.

Alien Nation (1989 - 1991) - The successful film spawned a series.....was it successful?  Not really.  The show had a good start, but then it slid down in the ratings like snot down a throat ( sorry if that grossed you out ), the show had made a few tv movies for the those loyal to the show.  Ah well, it was a nice try.  At least it was better then some movie tv shows....but not enough to last.
 
 

Andromada ( 2000-current ) - And so another Gene Roddenberry tv series throw away is made........well will his wife learn that he tossed them aside for a good reason?  This is the story of a ship that was caught in a Black Hole for 300 years, a ship of the Commonwealth of Earth that was ambushed by a genetic offspring of humans trying to overthrow the goverment of Earth, Commander Rick Hunts crew all died in the attack before he set the ship into the black hole to survive the onslaught.  300 years later a salvage crew tries to recover the long lost ship for profit, only  to be met by Earths most formatable captain ( Rick Hunt - A.K.A.  Kevin Sorbo.....yeah you heard me alright ) and his intelligent ship with personality, The Andromada.   The Slavage team joins Hunt, after convincing them to come with him and restore the Commonwealth of Earth after learning of its fall some 300 years ago, so off they go...trying to bring the human race back to the point of his galactic hay day.   Let me tell ya folks.....this show is just plain AWFUL!!
Come on....the whole plot of this show is borderline on the extreme here, not to mention some of the manovers of the space ship is practically IMPOSSIBLE!   Stuck in a Black Hole for 300 years??   Give me a BREAK!   Skip this one for 300 years.... and find something better to watch.
   

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 Battlestar Galactica ( 1978 and early 1980) - Once again another show based from the movie.  It was good for a while, but after the many budget cuts and dwindling audiences, it was only a matter of time before Battlestar became Battlescarred.  The show tried to make a comeback in the early 80's, but the show was canceled yet again.  Not a bad show for its day,  quite popular, it was a good substitute for those looking for some sort of star wars like void.  I have some fond memories of this show, so I won't bring it down or tease it.  Glen A. Larson created the movie and the show, he oversaw every bit of its production and tried to finance it at times.  Word around the campfire is that he is working on bringing the series back or will try to re-create the movie again.  I would love to get my hands on that project, I bet I could whip that show or movie up to speed....ah well, dare to dream.

Battlestar Galactica: The Mini-Series ( 2004 ) - The Re-imagined Mini-Series.  This show has been brought back in a different way, instead of the Cylons being made by an alien rival, the human species are responsible for their creation.  No longer are there any links to ancient civilizations...just a bunch of stupid humans fighting off their old robot slaves.  Oh Pleeeease!!  They've ruined this series completely.  Most of the male characters like Boomer and Apollo are now overly horny women!  This show lacks any real sense of direction as it just ends up being a sex-starved piece of garbage, the Cylons themselves aren't even that threatening, now they've even made " Terminator X " type of robots to go and kill all the humans.   This is very UN-IMAGINATIVE and I think I'd rather have Futurama's Bender coming at us then any of these pathetic machines. " Hey baby...wanna kill all the humans with me? "  Thumbs waaaay down on this one.

Battlestar Galactica ( 2004 - Current ) - The Re-imagined show is back...but why I ask you...why?  Well some of you think the show is worth having a weekly basis, personally for those who did...I say your all nuts.  The mini-series was bad enough and the budget for it was stretched as far as it could go, now tell me how much worst will this series get before it too gets cut short.  Remember Farscape?  They had conflicting budget problems with Sci Fi channel and got their butts put out into deep space.  Enjoy this garbage while it lasts...I think I'll hold out for a large budget movie that doesn't have memorable charcters being portrayed as women...no offence ladies, but Starbuck is supposed to be a guy!

Buck Rogers In The 25th Century (1979-1981) - dear god, do I dare talk about this one?  Ok, well.....based from the old comic book and radio series in the late 1950's, the show tried ( repeat, TRIED) to create a convincing re-creation. Old buck got lost in space (literally) in the late 20th Century and ended up being found in the 25th.  With his trusty robot Twiki ( I'm sorry...what was that?...Twinkie?), he battles against the evil Draconians and the Princess Ardala.  This is way to depressing to go on about....the show sucked...end of story.
 

BABYLON 5 (1994-1998)- The most loved underdog show ever.  Since Star Trek seems to dominate the airwaves, this is the best alternative, the show is smart, funny and well constructed.  Originally I had no hopes for this show after seeing the 2 hour pilot and some of the first few shows, but I soon returned once the captain was replaced with another and the storyline began to shape up.  As the show progressed, a pattern could now be seen, all of the stories seemed to reflect on one another.  This made the series very interesting, it had a purpose....weird.  Once you got into the show it was hard to get out, the anticipation was too great to miss an episode, if you did you would miss some of the whole plot.  I must say that this was the best science fiction shows I've seen in a long time, it took real imagination and writing talents to pull this whole series off.  My hats off to the creator whose name escapes me right now.   But Bravo and well done, pure entertainment, I highly recommend you to see this...it may take a long while to watch it all...but its a story of Star Wars kind of stature. They have made a few special tv movies during the shows run and after, they also tried to get another spin-off series made, called " Crusade".  But unfortunatly the show was cancelled and only made 13 episodes, it will be airing on some specialty channels, so I may see it and place my conclusions about it on here soon.
 

Beasties or Beast Wars (1997 - 1999) - This is the Transformers?  Thats what I asked when I saw the show for the first time it came out, the all computer generated animated series carries on the legacy of their predecessors.  Despite the shows end in the States, Japan has been carrying on the show for some time, four to be exact.  The Transformers have evloved to two kinds of robots now, Autobot / Decepticon and now Maximals / Predicon, Maximals ard decendants of the Autobots and Predicons from the Decepticons.  The war between these two have come to a past world that bears a striking resemblence to a certian world their kind once crashed on before.  Megatron, Leader of the Predicons continuely fights against Optimus Primal, Leader of the Maximals.  After discovering some advanced alien objects on the planet  and the second orbiting moon ( which exploded, causing them to become TransMetal Formers), they realise what planet they are on, Earth....before the Autobots and Decepticons awaken from their ship, The Ark.  The Maximals and Predicons just recently found the ship, they've merged their lifesparks with their namesakes, and have started to evolve into TransMetal Transformers.  The story took time to get used to, as well as the computer animation, but after awhile the story has turned out terrific.  I apologize to the fine people at Mainframe Entertainment, I take back all those nasty words I said to you about making this " Mockery" of a Transformer "Wannabe".
 
Beast Machines (1999 - 2000) - Our heros retrun to Cybertron, but what has happened to all the Transformers......only one thing, Megatron!   Having won the Beast Wars, they were on thier way home with Megatron as their prisoner, but he got loose and returned to cybertron before they did.   They were in mid  - Transwarp  when Megatron got loose so he naturally returned a few years home before them.   Now Cybertron is Dead, Megatron rules over mindless drones that he created, and the Maximals are alone.   This series truly heats up, now it seems it is the fight of thier lives and perhaps Cybertrons as well.  The Oracle ( a Mega Computer deep in the bowels of Cybertron) reformats our brave heros into the next evalution of Transformer......Technorganic.   The show finished in April 2000 in Canada, and so I do know the fate of Cybertron and of the Maximals.  I won't go into great detail, but lets just say that " till all are one" ( the infamous phrase from the Original  Transformers) hints that this may be the final battle between good vs. evil.  The animation is, as always, beautiful and fluid.   The battle continues in this dark and some what eerie show, the whole idea of incorperating other previous Transformer lore into this one was awesome.   I do have one prob though.   Why are they trying to make cybertron Organic???   It wouldn't be Transformers if cybertron was made of jungle rather than the usual steel jungle.   But hey thas my beef.   The show seems like it maybe over.....but they might have done this to gear up for the next season, so I'll just have to wait and see if they have totally written off the saga.....or if they have only just begun.   I am Transformed!
 

Batman Beyond (1999 - 2002) - Holy Futuristic Apocolypse Batman!  This show is sooooooo Cool!  The animation is fluid, and very Japanese anime-ish.  Its almost 25 year later after the orginal Batman has hung up his cloak for retirement, a young spunky kid finds the batcave and dons the new Bat duds, naturally Bruce Wayne helps him fight crime that has become more deadly then his time.  Bruce has become a bitter old man...but still has his skills in deduction and knowledge of every corner of Gotham City.  Terry McGuiness is the young brash kid who wants to defend the city against the new scum that threaten the futuristic city.  The show is dark, edgey, and just how Batman should be all about.  The Joker ( long since dead, although they made a movie about his short lived return ) has spawned a gang of young hoodlums calling themselves, The Jokers........and new Supervillians are croping up at every turn as the series goes on.  I really hope you watch it sometimes...cause in my opinon its just not for kids....it has storylines that even us adults could enjoy too.

Birds of Prey ( 2002 ) : What if Batman and Catwoman got it on? And what if...as a result of that night....they produced a child?  Would any of us care?  Ok....I've only seen some clips of the show to make this quick comment.  Its suppose to be about when Batman leaves Gotham after Catwoman is killed and Batgirl ( aka - Barbra Gordon ) is crippled by The Joker.  Now Barbra has to defend all of Gotham with the help of his come of age daughter, Helena Kyle ( known as The Huntress ).  The show is .....well......on a trail basis I think.  I don't know how it will be perceived, but at least its got some scantaly clad women in it?  I really hate the plot though.....I mean come on...first of all Batman would not abandon Gotham just because Catwoman bit the dust.....hell....he got totally freaky on the criminals when Robin died in the comic books.  I would like to think that Batman would at least brood in his stately Wayne Manor for all time rather then up and leave.  At least those guy who did Batman Beyond got that part right. Update Jan. 27, 2003 : The show has been put out of its misery. Cancelled due to poor viewership and awful writing ( ok maybe I think it was because of the writing...ah well).

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future ( 1999 ) : Besides having the longest title for a science fiction series, it was possibly the worst toy driven series ever to be created.  Remember those old Laser Tag guns?  That's what the show was trying to promote.  Set on Earth in the 22nd century, Captain Power and his Men (and some women) lead an underground resistance against the evil Lord Dread and his minions of (stupid) Bio-Dread Robots.  The Metal Wars led to the demise of Earth and now Lord Dread was hunting mankind down to extinguish them for good.  Well...nothing gets more evil then that huh kiddies? The show basicly had live action and possibly the first ever computer graphics to combine together in a series, kids with Laser Tag guns could shoot at the TV and help the Captain defeat those nasty robots.  All of their chest plates or areas on their bodies would flash repeatedly so that the kiddies guns could lock on and fire away.  Some crap shoot huh?  The show lasted only one year (long enough I say) just as the fad of the toy vanished as quickly as it came.

Charlie Jade ( 2004 - Current ) : Three worlds...one hope...uh...yeah. Charlie Jade is a rogue private detective dominated by greedy multinational corporations. An explosion in a desert facility, during one of his investigations, sends him hurling out of his universe (Alphaverse) to a strange parallel universe (Betaverse). Both dimensions collide with one another as he becomes drawn into a conflict with each other that soon incorporate another universe, Gammaverse, a pacifist dimension. All of which is happening because of an unsuspecting terror at the heart of it all, and Charlie is stuck in the middle of it. Well this is a true sci-fi show for those that dig this sort of confusing jibberish. I tried to watch it, it looks very well done...but I just don't think it will last. I might be wrong...but it feels a lot like the other Canadian made series, Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories. This is a joint venture with Canada and South African tv studios. I give them full credit for doing a bold show...but much like Star Trek was when it first started...it's too cerebral. Charlie better hope he doesn't get stuck out in the limboverse.

Century City ( 2004 ) : Lawyers in the Future! Wooooo...yawn. Set in the not to distant future, Lawyers continue to find justice for all when stacked against cloning violations, corporate spying, civil rights for robots...and...oh....future stuff thats going on. Well, it was a nice try, but nobody cared for a Law & Order of the future. A brief season to this one, thankfully it wasn't on too long. Next up...NYPD Past! What the cops did to bring down billy the kid and no good cow rustlers. Just kidding. No such thing is going to happen. Unless they read this review and go "Hmm...not a bad idea".

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 Doctor WHO (1963-1989)- The most longest running tv shows in history, a british program that seemed to bring science and adventure hand in hand.  A small old man called the Doctor, his granddaughter Susan, and a pair of school teachers, Barbara and Ean, travel through time, space and dimensions.  The show was a huge hit for 15 years, it began to wear down by the end of the 1980's, due to poor writing and lack of viewing audiences.  The Doctor was a timelord of the planet Galifriey, who changed his physical appearance 7 times ( because of changing the actors to portray the timelord) and has had many companions along in his mis-adventures.  Evil Daleks, Cybermen and a rival timelord called the Master chased after him in his TARDIS ( Time And Relative Dimensions In Space), this is what huge flocks of fans watched from the exported series in many countries.  With a very low budget, the props and special effects team did the most wonderful job of trying to keep the show hi-tech of sorts, they should be commended for all of their hard work, the most famous prop of all is the TARDIS itself, a blue old london Police Phone Box.  Its more widely known than the enterprise if you can believe that.  The show was by far the very best, or should I say, the essence of science fiction.  It can still be seen today, airing on many specialty channels and Public Broadcasters.  My Childhood wouldn't have been complete without the likes of Doctor WHO.

Doctor WHO ( 2005 - current )- The Who is back! The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) arrives back on Earth in our present time and hooks up with a young babe named Rose (Billie Piper). The first show will had those nasty plastic villains, The Autons, invading our world with the Doctor in his ninth regeneration. Daleks are on the way back in this series (After much long and painful talks with Terry Nation's Estate holders.) and the producer of the show is promising a much more "serious" look to the series. That means no stupid low budget effects and props...just brand new higher quality low budget effects and props (hehe). It's been a while since we've seen the Doc...but better late (and better scripted) then never. Get out your sonic screwdrivers, put your feet up on K-9, and get ready for new trips in the rickity ol' TARDIS.

UPDATE! MAY 2005 - The show is a raging success and the Doctor is doing very well. But his Ninth Regeneration is short lived. As Christopher Eccleston departs from being the ninth and his replacement comes in as the Tenth Doctor at the end of the year. He's losing lives fast this Doctor. Hope the next one will be just as well received.

UPDATE! MARCH 2006 - Christmas aired the Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) and now the series is set to begin again in the months of March/April (Depending if you live in the UK or Canada).  The United States has just begun airing the Ninth Doctor series on Sci Fi Channel...hopefully it will be well recieved there.  The Tenth Doctor is going to have a run in with some old metal enemies, The Cybermen, more Daleks,  and further adventures in time and space.
 
Dark Angel ( 2000 - 2003 ) - From the creative director James Cameron " Terminator 2" and " Titanic", comes a show about a Genetically engineered girl who escapes a military compound to live in a post apocolyptic Seattle.  She grows up to be a bicycle courier by day and a thief by night, her chance encouter with a man trying to unlock the truth about the government leads her to a life of becoming a super spy.    Uh boy.....just writting that made me feel ill.   Its true what they say.....Movie directors shouldn't try to write TV, James must have been on an all time " Top of the World" trips when he made this series.   It sounded good....it looked good......but deep down in the writing, it failed.   He cast some unknown beauty to play the part of Dark Angel.....no complaints there.....but she lacks the talent to portray the character.  But its not just her....the whole thing just doesn't work, it looks more like a cross between The Matrix and Max Headroom.   Time to leave the TV scene James......Just keep making the Terminator movies and we'll all be happy.
 

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 Earth: The Final Conflict ( 1997-2002 ) : This idea about a race of aliens coming to earth and improving our standard of living is from the mind of Gene Roddenberry.  This idea was one of many stories he had thought up but never acctually made.  That is until his wife Majal Barrett found the old story and made it into a tv show in Canada, well guess what, the show sucks.  There must have been a very good reason for why gene didn't want this made, like ...well....I dunno, maybe because.....its awful!!?!??!   The show smacks of no design concept and literally feels like the earth version of star trek, but with a urban cop overtheme to it.  If earth is the final conflict.....then by all means, put it out of its misery.
 
 
ENTERPRISE ( 2001 - 2005 ) - With out the " Star Trek" in front of it....and the voyage of the Pre-Federation days of the Enterprise, the producers of Trek deciced it was time to begin fresh.  This ment a new music score for the begining ( by Diane Warren no less....ewww), the timeline of the movie " First Contact " almost 100 years after the first warp flight, and the first contact with the klingons.  I had very bad hopes for this show.....dreaded the thought of " messing " with the Star Trek history, but I soon forgave them....but not the music ( come on Diane Warren???),
The show is about the first captain, the first crew..and the first days of the NX - ENTERPRISE.  Captain John Archer( Scott Bakula of Quantam Leap ), Vulcan Science officer T'Pol and other human crew that no one could give a crap about.  The show is slow....but it is interesting to see them use things that 23rd or 24th Century people will take for granted, like the first "Phase Pistol", the first use of the Transporter on humans and the fact that the ship has no real "shields" to protect them from enemy fire.  Its doing wonderful in the ratings, so well infact, that they haven't seen the likes of this since the days of The Next Generation! Paramount has finally brought the franchise out of the sprial of the abyss and made Star Trek a household name again......well more like " Enterprise " a household name. So look out Klingons, Romulans and you...uh....People from the distant future that pop in and out of the series now and then.....its full warp speed ahead.

UPDATE! MAY 2005: The show has been CANNED! That's right, it seems that the bad opening music, lousy story arcs and UPN wanting to stick with the "sitcom" shows is pulling the plug on this mission. One year short of it's five year mission...but we all saw it coming. The final Episode was disappointing and rather stale...much like the seasons of the past. A final tribute to what was a great tv show and ruined by those controling it after Gene left. Nice going guys...way to bury the legacy. What's next you say? NOTHING! This franchise is on the shelf for 5 or 10 years! No movies...no spin offs...nothing. It seems Trek has been put into dry dock until they can figure out how to get the darn thing popular again. I think the hiatus will do the trick...theres been too much Trek shoved at us over the years and it needs a well deserved rest before relaunching into our hopes and dreams. Till then...live long and prosper. Sorry Gene...

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Fireball XL-5 (1961-1964)- When Marionettes attack!  This was definitely made for kids, because it is of such low grade quality, only kids could find it amusing.  It was a spaceship with a silly mission that it would have made the original series of Star Trek look like the intelligent space drama.  Nuff Said.
 

First Wave (1998- 2002 ) : UGH!  Bad shows seem to be the running theme for the end of the century.  First wave is about a guy that loses his wife and child because of the impending doom of aliens taking over the earth, now he hunts them down for revenge and tries to warn everyone of their arrival.  Welcome to Paranoia 101, sheesh, the show is totally stupid with no interesting motive at all.  Basically this is war of the worlds, only the beefed up 90's version of it, with sex, things that blow-up real good, and an overwelming feeling of " whats the point?" kind of atmosphere.  They claim its the number one show on Space: The Imagination Station, But I'd like to know where they get that idea from, I don't know any slack jawed hic that would watch it ( they're too busy watching Jerry Springer...You know...with topics like: My mother had adulterious affair with my brother's, sister's, cousin's, dog's alien lover).

Futurama (1999- 2002): The Simpsons in space? Nah, it's by the same folks ( and creator ) but it takes place during our ( supposed ) reality. A pizza boy is frozen on the eve of 2000 and revived in the 30th Century. With his new found friends Bender ( a robot with a homer simpson lifestyle), Leeta ( a one eyed alien pilot) and many more characters that come in and out of Fry's life in this wacky century. Its funny and great, I love a good sci-fi toon spoof..and this one is the one to watch. UPDATE 2002: The show has had poor veiwership from the start and now has been terminated, Personally....I loved the show. I wish they would have reconsidered, when the simpsons go ( if ever ) they will need something to fall back on afterwards. Oh well.....as Bender would say " Bite my shiny metal ass! "

2006 News scoop! REBIRTH OF FUTURAMA?? Could happen....seems that the show is getting a fan frenzy much like Family Guy and might possibly return to the TV again.  Cross fingers, set your "what if" machines with your finglongers and pray to zombie Jebus that it will happen.

Farscape (1999- 2002): Buck Rodgers meets Space Muppets!  This show is brought to you by Jim Henson's Creature shop, which is ok by me but it sure doesn't save anything about the show.  What started out as a show aimed at pre-teen kids, blossomed into a cult program to the older viewers. An astronaut is caught into a wormhole and is thrusted into the very depths of space, there he encounters a nomadic ship and a crew of misfit aliens.  Together they " Trek " through the stars and encounter many hostile creatures and have odd adventures.  I will admit the show did have promise, but not enough to save it from the Black Hole of being shelved.  It only had three seasons and was about to start the fouth....but then the Sci-fi Channel ( which was airing it ) canceled it.  A letter writting campain has begun to bring it back on the air......but I don't think it will do anything. 

Firefly (2002): Buffy I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.  This show is about a bunch of mercenaries flying around in the beat up ship called Firefly ( sounds like a car ), not a lot of aliens that look like aliens in this show, but perhaps that will change later on........maybe.
It has a fresh and stylistc look to it and chances are it will do good......for maybe half the season.  Made by the same man that brought you Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so the scripting might be funny and original.  The show was canceled or put on "hiatus" for now. It doesn't look like this one will be flying back into space anytime soon.
 

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G VS E (1999 - 2000 ): Well, this is like watching Pulp Fiction and Chis Carter's Millennium all rolled into one.  Totally hilarious and just very cool to watch.  Its about two guys: one black - Henry, and one white - Chandler.  They are part of the Core, a heavenly order of earth bound angels that are dedicated to stoping the minions of satan from stealing human soles.   The idea is fresh, hip and very funny.  I highly recommend you to watch it if you can ( if it ever goes into reruns ), anyone that is into X-files or Pulp Fiction will enjoy this show, the concept is so cool it hurts.   As Henry and Chandler would say: " deal with the devil is bad....its our job to stop them!"  " Is he always like this?"
Right on brothers!

UPDATE 2000: The show must have been cancelled to what I can only spectulate as to low ratings. Shame, it was a good show. It ended in mid- 2000 I figure there must have been a total of 15 shows in total, so sad, no one will know about the daily bouts of G vs E.
 

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 Jake 2.0 ( 2003-2004 ) : The 21st Century version of The Six Million Dollar Man.  Jake Foley is a computer technician for the NSA who secretly longs for a chance to work on the field. Circumstance puts him in a top secret laboratory, in the middle of a shootout between security guards and a saboteur. During the battle, a vial containing an experimental serum explodes, covering Jake with shrapnel. But it turns out that the serum is actually nanomites, microscopic submachines that heal his injuries and alter his body. Upon discovering his new mind-boggling powers, Jake begins to operate at an atomic level, possessing superhuman strength, lightning-fast speed, heightened hearing, magnified vision and the ability to communicate telepathically with computers. The NSA soon realizes Jake is an untested asset and forms a Special Ops team with him at its core. As Jake finally realizes his dream of being of being a field operative, he must also contend with the return of would-be girlfriend Sarah Heywood, who is involved in a Congressional investigation which threatens to expose his operation.  I'll be honest with ya folks, I could give a crap about this series.  It didn't look interesting to me then and now that it's off the air for good....I still don't give a crap.  It was brain dead nonsense they fed and just another attempt to milk off of an older series.  Jake is offline.
 

Justice League ( 2002 - 2003 ) : Animated heros of DC unite! Paul Dini strikes again with this new spin off in the tradition of Batman: TAS, Batman Beyond and Superman. Batman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Superman, Martian The Manhunter and Hawkgirl ban together to create a new force to protect the Earth. The show has wonderful writing, brilliant voice performances and the slick, cool style of Paul Dini's usual kind. Battling against Lex Luthor, Gorilla Grodd, Solomon Grundy, and alien threats...the team has their work cut out for them as they try to stick together to work as a team. The show literally showed us what each character was like in both hero mode and in daily life, the strain of egos between them nearly ripped the team apart in the end and instead of disbanding the whole concept of Justice League the opted to re-infuse it with more heroes. Which brings us to the next spin off of the series.....

Jutice League Unlimited ( 2004 - Current ) : More superheros...more action. The animated series returns with a whole universe of DC characters joining the regular cast to battle the forces of evil. Supergirl, Green Arrow, Starman, The Atom and more share the spotlight in this series and each get their own tale of what they bring to the team. Even obscure characters like Booster Gold, The Question and Hawk and Dove are put in as if they were important as the rest. The show continues to blow me away with smart writing and wonderful comedy. The odd bits with Batman singing, Wonder Woman turning into a pig and campy moments in the show are just a bit hard to swollow...but still fun nonetheless. Hope this show lasts for a long while and give us every bit of entertainment that has made it a hard act to follow. Sing it bats! "Am I bluuuuue? Am I bluuuuuee?" *Shiver* Very disturbing.

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Knight Rider ( 1984 - 1986 ) : Germans love David Hasselhoff!  That explains why this old show and his current one, Baywatch, is so popular over there.  Any kid growing up in the mid- 80's would tell you that they used to watch Knight Rider, it was a cool comupterized car that did lots of cool stunts, problem was.....it kept doing the same ones over and over again.  But we didn't care, after all, it was Knight Rider!  Created by the same guy who brought you BattleStar Galactica, The A-Team, and the good ol' Dukes of Hazzard.  Glen A. Larson must have prided himself back then on being the best stunt car filmer of all time, the show was constantly showing us every angle of the Black TransAm ( K.I.T.T. - Knight Industry Two Thousand ) and would have the car battling it out with monster trucks, racing cars,  laser cannon blasts, bombs, etc....   The car was supposed to be impervious to any harm, and had a flashing light inside and out, one to show us the car talking to Micheal Knight ( Hasselhoff ) and the other to go back and forth to look....well.....neat I guess.  Ah those where the days, but as I look on those episodes now, I find it to be utter garbage.  I think its best to leave the Knight Rider in the shadows of the 80's where it belongs.
 
 
 

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 Lost (2005 - Current) - Why is this on a sci fi tv website? Have you watched the series at all? Some very sci fi things happen on that show that gives it merit to be on here. Lost is about an airplane that crashes on a mysterious island, the survivors try every which way to survive and find a way off...but they soon find out there is more to this island than meets the eye. Unknown forces, beings, creatures and odd discovers lead the stranded people to fear for their very lives each day. People crop up out of no where, members of their group disappear suddenly or in a strange way, and questions of their past are explored as we get to know each one and their lives before the crash. Lost is like watching a never ending Survivor show with a Twilight Zone twist. While I wasn't too keen on watching at first, I must admit the show has grown on me, just how long can they keep the suspense and surprising turns on a weekly basis I wonder? Well...if you are as lost as I am on some of the elements or overall plot of this fantasy island....then I guess we're in good company. Just don't miss a show or else you truly will be...Lost.
 

LEXX: The Dark Zone Stories (1997) - A four part TV Mini-movie series about a group of unlikely heroes trying to escape the clutches of "His Worshipful Shadow".  His Shadow is the lord and ruler of the light zone, he is very old and transfers his essence to other host bodies so he may continue his rein.  Kai, last of the Brunnen-G, was made into a walking dead Assassin for his shadow, but it was for told that one day the last of the Brunnen-G would destroy his Shadow.  With the help of Stanley Tweedle ( a wimpy ex-employee of the Cluster Planet), Zev ( a woman made half human and part cluster Lizard) and Robot 790 ( the head of a robot, that has a sex craving for Zev), all fly around space in the stolen ship of his Shadow, The LEXX.  This show is very unique, a mixture of science, fantasy, sex and humor.  Oddly enough it works, the show has a certain flair and the computer graphics, models and music helped to make this a very interesting show.  The Original title is LEXX: The Dark Zone Stories, but in the states its called Tales From A Parallel Universe, why is that exactly?...I have no clue.  I found the show to be a refreshing change from the usual Sci-fi, it was well planned out and very good.  There is now a continuing TV series on now, but unfortunately, its not as good as the movies.  The extreme low budget sets and designs, the writing is awful, and the sense of purpose of this idea has withered away to nothing.  Boo to the producers, perhaps that's what happens when you combine German and canadian investing companies.
 
 
 

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Manimal ( 1983 ) : Anyone remember this guy?  With the power to change into any animal...he was....the Manimal.  A snooty british professor named Jonathan Chase, that helped a pretty woman cop named Brooke chase down bad guys and maybe find a nice tree to pee on.  Oh yah...this was another "Soooo 80's" moment in time.  I barely remember this show, he had a vietnam buddy called Ty that pretty much had to help him out in every single episode.  Boy they really must have been stretching for something new huh?  Manimal??  "Quick, change into a penguin and attack!!"

Millennium ( 1996 - 1998 ) : Dark, gritty, horrifiying, funny, addictive.....the show centers around a man named Frank Black, who used to work for the FBI.  He's recently been working for a group called, The Millennium Group, a secret band of agents that seem to have a hidden agenda that Frank finds un-nerving.  He soon left their services, because of a plauge they new about killed his wife, they had an antidote, but only shared it with themselves and Frank ( without his knowledge ).  What more can I say about this gripping morbid drama, the show occasionally peeks into the paranormal and is constantly looking into cults, religious doomsday events, and the devil himself.  Frank has a power to see within the criminal mind, his thoughts are like an almost window through the killers eyes.  The show was created by X-file man, Chris Carter, he just loves scaring the crap out of us for some reason.  The show is a huge success and truely lives up to Chris's stamp of genius, not only is the theme music beautiful and haunting, but the cast really puts out a 100% effort into their roles.  My advice?  Get a big bowl of popcorn, turn the lights down, pump the volume up and get ready for an hour of terrifying, bump in the night, sitting home alone in the dark, bone chilling drama.  BOO! Heheheheh

Update 2001 : Took me awhile to correct this, but Millennium was a mediocre success.....the show was cancelled at the end of the 1998 year, too bad, it rocked.  But in 1999, the X - Files aired an episode that concluded the saga of Frank Black from Millennium, with the end of the Century being saved by him, Scully and Mulder.  All's well that ends well.

Misfits of Science ( 1985 - 1986 ) : Welcome to Soooo 80's!  The Superhero series about a group of young mutants who worked for an American think tank fighting crime, showing bad clothes and even trying to be the futuristic X-Men. Elvin could shrink to a size of eight inches, Gloria possessed telekinetic powers, and Johnny B was able to fire lightning bolts from his hands. Their leader was Dr. Hayes, who did nothing but sit on his butt looking real concerned-like.  Ah that was the time huh?  This show had potential though, dispite it's cheesy effects.  The pilot episode had another character they traveled with, a man called " The Iceman ".  Guess what he did?  Anyway they had to drive around in a big ice cream truck just to keep him cool, but after the pilot aired, they dropped his character faster then you could say "REJECT!".  But it turns out...they said the same thing about the show.  Misfits are sooo square, like ooh my god!

Mutant X ( 2001 - 2004 ) : Speaking of X-Men  clones....here comes a series that rips them off.  Mutant X is about a group of special people with amazing powers...A secret government project to create genetic mutants results in them being released into the general population. One of the scientists responsible, Adam, has sworn to try and help them.  But his former co-partner Mason Eckhart, plans on using the project for his own ends.  Adam assembles four mutants and forms the group "Mutant X" to stop Eckhart and save other mutant kind.  Marvel has tried to sue this show in the past, but seeing how the title and story "tweeking" has just enough to slip by the courts...they're efforts to cancel it have been denied.  Ah well, I put the ending year on it seeing how it's surly come to a final run.  So sad...too bad.

M.A.N.T.I.S. ( 1994 ) :  Mantis...man, where to begin.  This show had great potential for something terrific on TV...but the look and feel of it made it sink into the depths of hell.  Plus it was on FOX of all stations...I think Married With Children was getting better ratings then it at the time.  The show was about a Afro-american man in a wheel chair (after being crippled from a race riot that broke out in the city...hmm...sound familiar?), fighting crime in an Exo-skeleton suit that literally made him a superhero.  I don't remember if it got out many episodes...or even got past the pilot...but the show was too cerebral to keep on a wild station like FOX.  MANTIS should have prayed for a better timeslot or even a better concept.  But oddly enough, one of the writers and co-creators of the project was none other then Sam Raimi himself, the man who did The Evil Dead films and made Spiderman spin his web onto the big screen!

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Planet of the Apes (late 1970's) - Not the movies, the tv show.  It was made after the last movie in '74, the show was drab and not at all entertaining.  An almost copy of the movies, it tried to pick up where they left off.  Lets just say that the producers of the show, must have had bananas for brains. 

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Quantum Leap (1987-1989)- A family show in my view, but still was ok.  The show about a 1997 time traveler who used a Quantum time machine on himself causing him to leap in and out of time using certain peoples bodies.  With his stodgy sexist holo pal Al to help him find his way through it all, it was comedy and drama all rolled into one.  It was good entertainment and the show was beginning to build a cult following, but the NBC executives and the main star ( Scott Bacula..if that's spelled correctly) had dis-agreements about the show, and money matters.  So, Scott ended the whole thing and tried for a movie career instead.  So Scott......what movies have you done?....hmmmm Flops? Each and everyone?  Guess you should have sticked with the show until your status was a bit better huh Scott?
 

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Red Dwarf (1988-1999 ) OH SMEGS!!  The usual saying of the crew of the doomed, wandering ship called The Red Dwarf.  A long running british comedy series set in the distant future.  A radiation leak kills the entire crew except for David Lister, safe in deep cryofreezing in the lower decks, he awakens three million years later to learn he's the only one on board.  But not for long...his dead roommate Arnold Rimmer, had his brain downloaded into the holo-image computer and now returns to be with Lister, a chicken soup machine repairman.  Others also show up and become part of the crew, Cat ( an evolved decendant of David's cat), Holly the ship's computer, and Kryten, the service mechanoid. They travel through the stars in an attempt to find the rest of humanity and possibly make their way back home to Earth.  Lost in deep space they run into many silly and deadly encounters, with aliens, disruptions in time, space disasters and listening to Rimmer rant on and on about how filthy Lister is the most disgusting person he's ever been stuck with.  The ship really can't be controlled, no one knows how to operate it, but they do get around with the shuttle that looks more like a green bug.  The show has had a cult following for many years, it even tried to make a U.S. made version during the 90's....but that never even got off the ground.  The british version has gone on for many years...and even spawned into a new motion picture due out any year now.  Will the show carry into the movies?  It's certainly worth a try...but if it tanks...re-runs will be the only thing it has left.  That's just Smegging wonderful isn't it?!

Robocop ( mid-1990's): If there is a god, please make them stop turning movies into tv shows, I mean come on, Robocop???  The show is soooooooo terrible words can't seem to begin to describe, like Total Recall 2070, this was made in Canada.  For some reason we ( Canadians ) can't seem to develop a good show if our lives depended on it.  I hope who ever got this assignment got a big " I told you so" from the finacial backers, Robocop is Obsolete.
 
 

Robocop: Prive Directives  ( 2000 - 2001 )- The four part mini movie series is absolutely the best TV made version of Robocop.  Set many years later after  Robocop's first appearance, the public has lost all interest in his presence, the cops consider him outdated and the corporation wants him shut down or replaced.  His best friend John Cable is ambushed by a reprogrammed Robocop ( thanks to cable's Ex wife...a shifty, backstabing executive in OCP corp.), He is then made into the new Robocop and made a pawn to her little shcemes.  Robocop's son has joined the evil OCP empire and begins to discover the secrets of the company (  Mrs. Cable's secret plans to overthrow the company, another young executive who is also trying to gain power by using a computer that would control all of Delta City and the real events of his father's death ).  Meanwhile, Robocop tries to stop them all from destroying civilization in Delta City, free his friend's mind from the same fate he was in , and restore his relationship with his son.   WOW, what a stir pot of troubles for them all......and it makes a good story to boot.   Its being made by a new company in Canada that has severed all ties to the old TV series and to some of the sequel movies.  Its gritty....dark....and subliminally campy....just the way it ought to be.  Based on the best selling novel of the same title, it has translated well into the tv movies.......thank god.
   

Roswell (2001 - 2003 ) Like O My God! You're like a narley alien dude!  Welcome to pure crap.  I swear the shows they come up with is ....ugh....too frustrating to even go  on about.  But, for this show.....its at the top of just plain ol' Alien-soap opera-pre-teen garbage.  Three alien teenagers crash in Roswell and live out lives in the town while under the constant threat of being discovered by the Military and other enemy aliens living among us.  I've got two words to sum this show up....Monkey Poo!  If your into this show.....then you really must love Dawson Creek or even Alley McBeal.  I hope they find those Alien Teenies, strap them to a table and give them all better haircuts for God's sake!  I mean one of them looks like a Troll Doll !!   

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  STAR TREK ( 1963-1966)- On of the most ambitious series for american audiences, though by today's standards its very campy style and look is very humorous, for its day it was seen as daring and unbelievable.  The 23rd Century starship on its "wagon trail" to the stars.  True, it was all action and some "set in the time" storylines, it did however touch on some key science facts and theories.  Captain Kirk was your typical hero, Mr. Spock the logical right hand man, and Doctor McCoy " bones" was the medical doctor that had to heal everyone and anyone that was hurt.  Blend it all in with short skirts, guys in red shirts that get killed the minute they go off to explore, some interesting time travel plots and its a series that producers had wanted all along.  The first Pilot of the series was made in 1959 with a not so familiar crew as we know today, but the suits thought it was too cerebral.  It dealt alot with telepathy, expensive sets, and a female second officer ( a big no-no back then).  Only two cast members survived from its redesign: Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock ( who was Mr. Spock in the first Pilot) and Majal Barrett as "Nurse Chapel" ( who was the first officer "Number 1" in the first Pilot).

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION ( 1987-1994) - Everyone missed the old star trek series, and since it was now a movie series, a gap needed to filled for those craving more star trek.  So Gene Roddenberry set out to bring back the series he had wanted to do, but since he couldn't use the timeline of the first series, he decided to launch the new one in the 24th Century.  With everyone in peace, klingons our new found friends and no trouble in site.....some had their doubts about its fate as well.  But with the help of a french ( english speaking) Captain Jean Luc-Picard, a android Lt. Commander Data, a klingon Jg. Lt. Worf and a female doctor Beverly Crusher with her young intelligent son Wesley Crusher, this crew slowly began to grow on the viewers and Trekkers.  With a mischievous entity called "Q", a return of Romulans, and a deadly race called the BORG, the show launched into success.   The writing, effects, and the technical  achievements where always winning emmys, but,  the last show ( that had the highest rating in Star Trek history) ever broadcast got itself a nomination as Best Drama at the emmys.  Proving that science fiction could be entertaining and informative, a new generation of Trekkers re-surged the popularity and made it the most watched ( and requested) series of all time.

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993-1999) - Before Gene Roddenberry's death in 1992,  they had been discussing with Paramount Pictures to do another spin-off series.  One that would take place on a alien space station on the frontier of space,  not only that, but it would be near a massive wormhole(  wormhole: a hole in space that connects to one part  of space to another in the galaxy).  The Idea was a risk once again, and so in January of 1993 Deep Space Nine aired.  The reviews were mixed and the stories were almost drab, but after Star Trek: TNG left a year later, the writers all shifted over to Deep Space Nine.  The writing got better and viewers became interested, now it has lasted 8 seasons and is now drawing to a close too, for what its worth, Deep Space Nine was almost as good as The Next Generation.  WIth wormhole aliens, cardassian intrusions, and the continuing war with the Dominion from the other side of the wormhole, the show gradually got its fair shot at success.

STAR TREK: VOYAGER (1995- 2001) - Now with Deep Space Nine over and done with, something has to fill the coming void of devoted fans, and with another spin-off what better way to lure them in.  Voyager was the far fetch idea the producers had in mind, taking a starfleet vessel and flinging it into the other side of the galaxy known as: The Delta Quadrant.  They took the story of a Lost In Space kind of approach,  having a federation crew and a maquie crew purge into one ( Maquie- a group of ex-federation citizens and officers that were fighting against the Cardassians).  The show started off slowly, the villains they made were too easy to beat and not very threatening, in fact the shows ratings were so low that cancellation was looming over their heads.  It wasn't until they started working the borg into their show, that made the ratings jump abit, the death of a few unwanted characters helped, and then a new crewmate joined the cast.  She was Seven of Nine, a run in with the borg and helping them to defeat a powerful enemy of theirs, Species 10872( that episode got the highest ratings ever since the show came on).  Now struggling to find her humanity she has become a breath of fresh air to the shows success. A female Captain Janeway, a hologram doctor, native american first officer Commander Chakotay, an insubordinate Lt. Tom Paris ( Just been reduced in rank), a klingon chief engineer B'lanna Torres and an alien Chef Neilix.  The show ended with a Borg/Time travel theme, and although the show's plot was a bit shakey....it did manage to get the crew home and have a nice farewell ending.  Now the time has come for a new series.......
 
 

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Starhunter ( 2002 - current ) - The year is 2275, and man has colonized the solar system, Earth is now the weaker of all settlements. There are three powerful Federations, The Mars Federation, The Jupiter Federation and The Saturn Federation. Space inbetween them all is full of Criminals, Pirates, and Bounty Hunters. The show is about a band of bounty hunters aboard the space frieghter, The Tulip.  They deal with every scum in the three federations and take on every kind of dangerous mission they're assigned too.  But through it all they manage to salvage whatever morals they have left...even if it costs them their very lives.  The show has been on for some time and while it doesn't have the strongest of followings, it's still a fairly decent show compated with likes of Gene Roddenberry's Andromada.  If your into that sci fi low budget ( but nice looking CGI graphics ) tv show types...then this show might be for you.  Personally....I'm no fan of it.  But hey thats me right?

Space:1999 (1975-1976)- At a time when tv studios where craving for something new, one show came that no one seemed to know what to do with.  Space:1999 was a big flop, the colony on the moon that was blasted out into space, met with strange alien creatures and faint hopes of returning home to earth. With ships that looked like floating scaffolding ( or some would say they looked like white ants), characters that you couldn't seem to care about, and guest appearances that made no difference in the show, this is one limited series that should be locked away forever.  And for the record, yes I did watch it when I was young, but that time has come and gone.....much like the show.
 

Space Above and Beyond (1995-1996) - a short lived series, it was created by the co-producer of X-files, and well....it was a good shot.  The series followed a group of young cadets in military training to their assigned ship service.  They were in a war with alien creatures only known to the earth people as "chiggs" ( a racial slur for them), but as the battle carried on, so did their meaningless character development and boring stories.  The concept was good but the actors and writers were weak.  The series ended with a big "what if " kind of story, I guess if he ever feels the need to bring the show back, he can pick up where he left off......but why?
 

Seven Days ( 1998 - 2001 ) : A sort of Space/X-file/Outerlimits show, the stories are supposed to be events that occur within the span of a week, I dunno about that. I have rarely caught the show, but when I do ( on nights where there is nothing else on ) the show is rather lame. No real interesting characters, no bulk to story plots, it just goes on and on like a bad B-flick. I recommend you skip the 7 days and use them on something else.
 

Strange Worlds ( or Days..I forget ) (1998- 1999): If the outer limits and X-files are a running theme here, I wish the people who make these "clone like shows" get better ideas. Not only is this the worst, and most failed attempt to grab some sci-fi fans, it is by far the worst thing the tv network ( ABC ) has come up with yet. The only thing Strange about this show is how it managed to get approval for production.
 

Stargate SG-1(1997-current) : Ok, ok....how many times do I have to say it, stop making movie tv shows!!  This is so awful I won't even give it a discription, let me put it this way, if you've ever seen the movie.....this is ten times worst.  Its bad enough they've got Richard Dean Anderson in it, but they also seem to have the worst make up and special effects I've ever witnessed.  Do yourself a favor and just rent the movie. UPDATE 2005: The show is still going and looks like not only is the writing improving, but so too is the special effects...the fans have truly kept this show afloat and made it grow to something that not even I would have expected. But I still say the alien guy looks like he's sporting a cresent roll on his forehead.
 

Stargate: Atlantis ( 2004 - Current ) - Wow...it got a spin off? For those of you that do enjoy the Stargate SG-1 series, this must be the all time next best thing. A splinter group of scientists and military now patrol the Pegasus Galaxy and encounter a deadly new enemy called, The Wraith. What like ring wraiths? From Lord of the Rings or something? Well not being a fan of this show, nor the spin off...I have caught the odd glimpse of it when it was on. The show is impressive and the graphics have enhanced since it's predecessor (which is now also improving in quality.) Yes, I said it...the show isn't too bad. The franchise has a huge following (More so then Battlestar Galactica) and continues to show that fans really do have power in keeping something like this going. So enjoy all you die hard fans of Stargate...it seems you've proved me wrong in predicting the life span of this franchise. Kudos.

Sliders ( mid-1990's)- The show is unique, but full of flaws, come on how many worlds are all gonna look like the 90's??  The show started off pretty good, a young scientist finds a way to travel to many different dimensions of earth, and had professor , his girlfriend and an unknown singer join him has he leaped through worlds.  The show had good ratings for awhile, then lagged well into the season, but began to boost itself with better writing.  But like the yo-yo series it is, it began to sag again.  The show was canceled by its owner FOX TV, but has recently been reborn thanks to the Sci-fi channel and the (limited) fans.  I still don't care to see it.

Smallville ( 2001 - current ) - Superman's Creek....well thats what they may have just as well called it. The show is about the " Early years " of the man...sorry..boy of steel, this time before supes' even knows about his amazing powers. Set in his hometown of Smallville, Lana Lang ( his highschool sweetheart ), Lex Luthor ( before he becomes the evil millioniare bent on destroying Superman ), the younger kent parents and Clark all make the bulk of the show. Clark Kent and his friends have life lessons, with the back set of some odd things and adventures during thier " Growing Years ". The show seems Dawson Creek-y with a smidge of Roswell to it, its really great to watch and if you understand the world that Clark comes from then it really will entertain you, it looks like it might do good for awhile.....but the show may not beable to fly too far down the road should it run out of bullets to shoot off him. Sorry Clark...but I do here there's an opening at the Daily Planet....just ask for Lois.

SHAZAM! ( 1974 - 1977 ) - The other title it's known to be under is The SHAZAM / ISIS Power Hour, A combined 30min. showcase of both Captian Marvel and Isis: The Egyptian Princess.  Billy Batson is a boy with a special duty in life. Accompanied by his Mentor, he travels from place to place in a Winnebago learning about life and helping people along the way. When the situation is heading for disaster, all he has to do is to yell the magic word, SHAZAM! and call down the magic lightning that transforms him into the World's Mightiest Mortal, Captain Marvel.  You want hammy performances?  A couple of guys riding around in a RV?  Then this was the show for you...I faintly remember watching this one as a kid, but thank god I can't remember it really.  Just chalk it up as another "dear god what the hell were we thinking back then" moments.  Isis isn't even worth mentioning...she did the same thing Capt did...only she'd summon her Egyptian godesses to make her superpowerful.  Uh huh....Riiiight.  Thank god the 70's are long gone.

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 Total Recall 2070 ( 1999 ) : Upside...no Arnold....bad side...it has nothing to do with the title.  This show is supposed to be based more from the short story of writer Philip K. Dick, the man who wrote " Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep?", which was turned into the cult movie " Blade Runner".  This show is nothing like Total Recall which is sad really, because the show has nothing going for it except  for its over use of computer graphics.  It tries too much to be Blade Runner, which is what its not supposed to resemble, it was supposed to be TOTAL RECALL.  The producers thought this show was going to be a great success, I guess the very poor ratings showed them it wasn't, the show is awful.  Bad acting, terrible scripts, and why is everyone an android?  I suggest you miss this show and hope that you don't get any total recall from it.
 

TimeTunnel ( Mid-1960)- Nice concept, bad writing.  The show that followed a couple of guys trapped in time was mediocre, it might have been too much for people to understand then, with all the western shows on at that time ( which were very popular of that day) no one cared for time travel.  They tried to bring the audience in by showing some old west episodes, some Titanic episode, and some prehistoric episodes.  But the show didn't last long, a good couple of years, but it was beyond anyone's grasp at the time.
 

Transformers (1984 - 1987) - More than meets the eye, they're robots in disguise!  Wow, my favorite cartoon of all time, the Transformers were the flavor of the decade.  Optimus Prime, Leader of the Autobots, fought endlessly at Megatron, Leader of the evil Decepticons.  Crashing on earth millions of years ago from their homeworld of Cybertron, the battle became relived as they awoke in 1984 with fragile creatures living on the planet known as humans.  The Autobot / Decepticon war would last for years, then came the big screen Motion Picture ( which did almost nothing at the boxoffice, but then again, a lot of toons did at that time), and then they battled in the distant future....2005.  They show was a hit until the movie came out, after that the show slowly declined.  The last show made was the about the rebirth of Optimus Prime ( who was killed in the movie), needless to say...that sucked.   The show was my Icon, a show I could not miss ever!  I still love Transformers to this very day, not so much for the toys anymore......well, maybe a little...heehee, I find the movie was a classic and all of the episodes pure treasure.  They have returned in the 90's, a computer generated version called Beasties ( or Beast Wars in the USA), but to get a review on that one, go up and see it on the "B" column.
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 Transformers : Robots in Disguise ( 2001 - 2002 )- They have returned.....or is it....they've been Re - Imagined.  The Japanese creator has brought the show back and this time has tried to bring them into the 21 Century to explain them to a new young audience.  But the only problem with that is.....the show is awful.  No longer are there any Decepticons....only Autobots vs. the Predicons.  Megatron ( Leader of the Predicons ) is now a big six changing Flying hand........Optimus Prime ( Leader of the Autobots ) is a fire engine that combines with Ultra Magnus, a big rig of some sort, to turn into Omega Prime ( ultimate leader of the Autobots).  The show's writing is childish, clumsy and has a dialogue that sounds like it came from a bad B-Movie.  The Transformation sound is still there from the original, but the characters are 2 dimensional and a big disappointment.  The show is certainly aimed at real young kids.......even the new toys are awful and non-challenging.  I hope you die hard fans never see even a glimpse of this crap given to us.....cause your heart would just break from what they have done to screw up something that has become an icon of our childhood days. 

Transformers: Armada ( 2002 - 2004 ): Here we go again.  Thanks to the new comic book made by Dreamwave Productions, the Transfomers are living legends again.  So here comes a new animated series about those robots in disguise, only this time it has nothing to do with the other Robots in Disguise show mentioned above.  This is about Optimus Prime and Megatron battling it out on earth for the renagade Transfomers that can transfom into small engines or vehicles that could boost the Autobots or Decepticons powers. Not only that....it gives them a brand new look.  Obviously the Toy franchise is hoping this will be the second coming for Hasbro....but from what I'm hearing about the show.....don't bet your Soundwave on it.  The comic book is doing awesome business and looks fantastic........but my sources are telling me that the animated series looks about as bad as the above mentioned " Robot in Disguise " series.  Thats not good.   I really wonder who is in charge of this garbage...I'd sick Ravage on him or her so fast....that they'll be praying for death.   Come back Oh Generation One Transfomers!!  PLEAAAASSSEEE!  I can't take this anymore!!! Wahhhhhhhhhh!!!  
 

Transformers: Energon ( 2004 - 2005): Straight off of Armada comes the next evolution in Transformer's new universe spin.  Now that Unicron has stirred up trouble, the Decepticons and Autobots begin a new search for Energon and....apparently.....New robotic forms.  Megatron has now become Galvatron and Optimus Prime has become.....well....Optimus Prime, but in a new " Combiner " form.  This show is getting worst and worst....the new fans of this generation seem to love this crap, while the older Generation One fans ( like myself ) are shaking their heads at it and taking it for what it is....monkey poo!  I still do not see it being any better then the G1 days....the fact that it has taken good characters and made them into watered down punks for this new series is appauling.   I'm much rather looking forward to the new live action movie being made, it will focus mainly on the G1 robots and story....perhaps then the younger kids will wake up and see what a real Transformer should be like!

Transformers: Cybertron ( 2005 - Current )  Well we all knew Energon was coming to an end....eventually (Although we wondered with all that Unicron/Megatron nonsense).  Now comes the next (sigh) installment in this "re-imagined" series.  In Japan it will be called "Galaxy Force" and if you think this series is going to be any better...don't hold your breath.  I've seen a few pictures of the toys...and the designs for the characters.  If I didn't like the last two series, I sure as hell ain't going to break my way of thinking now.  Oh come on Live Action G1 movie....hurry up and get here already!!  This Pokemon-Yi Gi Oh version of TF's is killing me!! UPDATE FEB 2005: The show is a bit better then the previous incarnation...but still very stiff in performance. This really has no signs of getting better, good as it is, I think we could see this one run out of steam a bit faster then Energon. I just wish they'd stop putting in more annoying brats into them. At least when you saw Spike Witwicky...you didn't hope for a Decepticon to stomp the crap out of him.

 The Tick (2001 - 2002 ) - Spooooooon! I loved the cartoon...the comic was funny......but the live action show.....leaves much to be desired. Sorry big man in blue, but your show writing ( not to mention your crappy 1/2 hour of a time slot...come on man...thats not enought time to hear the slight in jokes inbetween the witty chatter ) leaves him feeling flat. The Tick is very funny on his own, still has his cheesy one liners, but his cast is not the same. The orginal crew has been altered to worthless characters: American Maid is now Captain Liberty, Dieflauter Maus is now Bat Manuel ( say what now??) and Arthur....well ....he's still the same. The show is very very short on comedy and riding the bran muffin rollercoaster of pure camp. The show was a complete failure and its not too hard to see why. The characters were not as they are in the comic book ( with the exception of Tick and Arthur ) and lack of special effects didn't grab our attentions enough to sit there and wonder what was going on Ally McBeal..yeesh! I recommend that you all rent the cartoon series, it was far more hilarious and well written then this one.

The Twilight Zone ( 2002 - 2003 ) - Your about to enter a tv series thats been remade a number of times, full of copied or non imaginative ideas....your about to enter The Twilight Zone. There was a remake back in the late '80's - 90's, and this new incarnation is at least a little better then those. Of course the Original Twilight Zone back in the 1960's was something they'll never be able to duplicate, the stories were much better and obviously better writting. Nobody could do a Zone show like the late Rod Sterling, he had many ideas about various dimensions and freaky possiblities. Forrest Whittaker ( sorry if I spelled the name wrong ) is the host of the new series, and I wish he would stop trying to act as if he's copying Rod's traits. So far I'm unimpressed with what the stories bring, I see no originality, no planning in the way the story is presented or set up and there doesn't even seem to be any real segway into each half hour story ( seeing how the show is an hour long now ). I will keep my hopes up...but I think that the show will end up like the others.....as Rod would say, " just another drop in the bucket....in the Twilight Zone ".  UPDATE 2004: I was right...the show sucked.  Now it's back into the void from wence it came...That second stop to the right, known only as...The Twilight Zone.
 
 
The Dead Zone ( 2003 - current ) - " I can see things before they can happen! " Yep you sure can, and in this tv version of Stephen King's novel a whole series has been based on that book. Starring Anthony Micheal Hall ( from the John Hughes movies ) he is Johnny Smith, a man that was given extreme powers of clairvoyance from the result of a car crash. After waking up from a six year coma, he finds that life for him has changed, not only because of this new power, but news that his mother has been long gone now, his girlfriend has married and had a child. Looking to find a reason for his life....he now uses his gifts to help others and solve deadly murders. The show is fantastic, and Anthony is the best one they've cast for the lead role. The effects are terrific and the writing is very good. I foresee this show will be around for awhile.....but if you've seen the original movie ( that starred Christopher Walken ) or read the book, you know how this series will evenually have to end on.

The Six Million Dollar Man ( 1973 - 1978 ) : Bah-da-da-daaaa da da da...Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly advanced technology (Bionics) built into them will make him faster, stronger and better than normal. In return they want him to become a covert agent for the OSI. It will cost $6,000,000 to rebuild Steve Austin.  This was based on the book by Martin Caidin called " CYBORG ", about a man that is transformed into a scientific miracle after the use of Bionic technology.  I loved this show as a kid, as did many others growing up in the 70's, Steve Austin was our hero.  The show had simple plots and repetitive situations....but who cares!  Go Steve Go!  The other titles given where The Bionic Man or Cyborg: The Six Million Dollar Man, it even had a couple of spin off series like The Bionic Woman (*-Listed) and the Bionic Boy (which never got picked up as a series.  The Pilot only.).  There was even a few TV movies....to name them: Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987), Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) and Bionic Ever After? (1994).  Now word has come that The Six Million Dollar Man will be made into a motion picture, a comedy spoof starring Jim Carey no less.  2005 is the target date for this movie's release and well...so much for making a serious movie of this beloved classic.  Typical of hollywood isn't it?

 
The Bionic Woman ( 1975 - 1978 ) : Steve Austin happens by chance to reunite with, Jamie Sommers, his childhood love who is now a tennis pro. Their relationship is renewed and things look bright for the both of them. However, that soon changes when the pair go skydiving and Jamie suffers a serious accident that permanently cripples most of her limbs and an ear. Desperately, Steve Austin begs his boss, Oscar Goldman, to equip Jamie with the same bionic implants he himself received. Goldman agrees and has Jamie outfitted with two legs, a right arm and an artificial ear. Now Jamie must come to terms with the fact she not can function normally, but the implants also give her incredible strength and speed while her ear can detect nearly any sound regardless of distance, volume or frequency. Unfortunately, there are unforseen consequences as well to this boon that place her in the kind of danger from which there seems to be no escape. Now she works as a secret agent hidden as a school teacher.  Woooo....sounds gripping don't it?  This was the first spin off of The Six Million Dollar Man in order to cater to the female viewers, and believe it or not....it worked.  The series was as typical as the SMDM series, she'd save lives, encounter dangerous people, go on secret missions and even met an alien kid princess who had special powers ( a very young Helen Hunt).  When SMDM bottomed out and got cancelled so did this series as well.  But what could be more fitting then know that this was the series that introduced the break through character of the year....The Bionic Dog.  I kid you not.

The Batman ( 2004 - Current ) : The Animated Series is back...sort of. A new spin on the origin of Batman comes alive on this retelling of how the Bat began, slick gadgets and introductions to the villains again is going to be a hard thing to keep up with for Bruce Wayne, young executive of his family company. The animation isn't too bad, some of the designs for the villains are interesting...but not the Joker..I hate the Joker's damn look. Not only that, but the guy doing his voice sounds too much like he's trying to copy Mark Hammil's Joker (Batman:TAS/BB/Justice League). The writing is very weak and the plots very uninspired...naturally this is for kids to watch, but at least Paul Dini and Bruce Timm (Batman:TAS/BB/Justice League) gave the adults something to enjoy too. I don't see this one lasting as long as the previous ones, perhaps they just need to get better writers and make the animation flow a bit better (And re-design that damn Joker!). But this show is watchable...but you won't miss much if you forget to view it every now and then. The Baaaat-man (Thank you Edge of U2 for doing the music).

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V.R. 5 (1995)- lots of 5's lately?  Anyway, the very, very short lived show dealt with a girl that used Virtual Reality and uncovered a conspiracy of sorts......uhmm, this is too lame to go on about.  It was bad...it never took off, although I thought I saw it on one of the special channels, but I could be wrong.
 

V ( 1984 - 1985 )- The 1980's sure brougt out alot of tripe for us to swallow, both the TV movies and series of V was some of them.  It was about a bunch of flying saucers landing on earth, aliens that looked like us, promised to bring us technology and riches that would benifit us all.  Boy were we a bunch of suckers.  The aliens turned out to be hideous carnivores, bend on taking over the world and using us as food, geez, there goes the neighborhood...literally!  The movie lured us into the begining and a major battle that made us victors ( hence the title: V - Victory ), but a series soon followed that was make us sick of those damn aliens and their eating habits.  The tele-movies were a huge success, but the series became trashy and mundane.  Odds are, if you ask someone if they remember V?  They'd look at you and say......" V what? "

V ( 2005 or 2006 ? )- Looks like the 80's revitalization is still chugging away.  Yes there is a new set of Mini-Series Movies heading our way and if they do a good enough job...we could be back in the V zone again.   Plans are to either bring the series back where it left off or just re-make the whole thing over again.  Yeah sure....just like they did with Battlestar Galactica right?  Set your eyes to " Roll ".
 
 

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  Wonder Woman (1975 -1979) - Get up off that thing Wonder Woman!!  Lynda Carter...mmm...even as a small boy...I still had a huge crush on this woman.  She was beautiful, sexy, and could tie me up any day to tell the truth.  Uh...oh yeah...back to the review. Although Lynda's WW was not the first TV attempt made (1974 TV movie with  Cathy Lee Crosby), the 1975 pilot TV movie did get better reviews and attention as they set her character back in the 1940's.  That soon got updated to the 1970s so that Princess Diana of Themyscira (The Amazonian Island) could fight modern day crooks and have many adventures as the scantily dressed Wonder Woman as she helps Washingon in the fight to stop evil doers.  In the disguise as a military secretary she would soon spin around to become Wonder Woman and make all men lick the TV sets as she transformed into hot, female yummy-ness.  The show had it's highs and lows...certainly the stories where rather tame and pointless, but as the years continued on for this series, it just wore itself out and Lynda Carter as well.  She was not longer happy being this Woman of Wonder and so too where the fickle fans who soon dropped her like a bad plate of shrimp.  It wouldn't be until the likes of the animated series Justice League in 2002 before we'd get to see Wonder Woman return in all her leggy glory again.  Tell me, is it wrong for a grown man to have the hots for a toon character?  Stop nodding yes.
 

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The X-Files (1992-2002)- Conspiracy gone mad, the X-Files is a show that all people can seem to get into, to know what the government is hiding from us all.  The show is about two FBI agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, they collect and search for the strange, the paranormal and aliens for the main Bureau of the FBI.  The show seems to be geared for the those who live on fears and wonders of our physique, often they would find aliens and monsters, but seem to find one conspiracy after another.  The show started of with a slow success and soon gained momentum after winning a few Emmys, the writing became better and merchandising became its biggest cashflow.  The show is good at times, but not always, I find the writers slack off every now and then for what I call stupid stories.  I don't always feel that way, I am generally a good fan of it like so many others, and find it to be a good watch.  I'm not sure If I would call this a science fiction show, but since it involves aliens...why not.  The show has spawned one successful movie, and the show has now come full circle to its end. Another movie is planned and spin offs look highly unlikely, the much hyped " Lonegunmen " show failed miserably, so any hopes of another are dead. Still the show has lasted a very long time, with screams, chills, aliens, satanic cults and all. It fed our much over scenced imagination and gave us all a reason not to sleep at night....and most of all not to trust anyone.
The Truth Is Out There.
 

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ZIXX (2005 - Current) - Finally...a show to put in my 'Z' column!  Zixx is an Intergalatic Network agent who has crash landed onto Earth with her partner Flanngo. Flanngo?? I almost thought that said Flamingo. As luck would have it, Earth also happens to be a hotbed of activity for the evil Onccalon and the Hargokk Empire. Zixx has no intention of letting him win, so she and Flanngo need to find a way to access the Network and make sure they can get to the next level of the Keep before Onccalon's henchmen do. M'kay...This is a show for kids for sure.  Two little brats...er...children trying to be heroes. I think I can safetly say that I have very little interest in this show.  Kids may like it for the non-stop graphical elements that seem to be bland and repetitve...but not me.  Zixx on outta here!
 
 

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