Comments on: 6 Sci-Fi TV Shows You Probably Didn’t See

By: Davesperado

Davesperado — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:49:22 +0000

Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace.
Its a show that aired in 2004 but parodies numerous aspects of 1980s low budget tv. You can find episodes on youtube, one of the strangest and funniest shows ive seen.

By: Skot

Skot — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:26:39 +0000

I recently rented the complete (but brief) series “Quark”, an ahead-of-its-time sci-fi parody about Capt. Adam Quark and his space garbage tug crew, including a bisexual character, a pet amoeba, and the Doublemint and Playboy-famous Barnstable twins named Betty. One was a clone of the other and Quark’s in love with Betty, but isn’t sure which one is really her. Fun stuff from around 1979.

By: Galvo

Galvo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:34:01 +0000

In the 1970s “It’s About Time” got almost as many repeats in Melb, Oz, as “Hogan’s Heroes” (also based on reality? ;-)) & “Gilligan’s Island”
“The Immortal” was played by “the immortal” Ben Gazzara.

I saw bits of “Frozen Lazarus”.(Ooh, er!).

I never saw UK’s “1990″ (Shown in Oz in1982? & repeated once ?) with Edward Woodward. Anyone see that?

“Actually the environmentalist fearmongering during the 70s was global cooling. They didn’t fabricate global warming until the 80s.”

“They” being most climate scientists? I wish the (cr/mass would stop spouting off about “Global Warming”. What is seriously postulated is decreased (predicta/sta)bility. Both warming & cooling can result.

So many technically educated sceptics never look at the ridiculous economic models that rule our life far more than environmentallists. I don’t know any who have, & don’t think orthodox economics is a joke.

By: Galvo

Galvo — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:18:36 +0000

Alternative 3 –
I didn’t realise the USA didn’t get “Alternative 3″. That is probably related to the screening schedule that should have been mentioned – it was shown around the world on ~ the same day. In Australia the TV news services had already announced it was a hoax b4 we saw it. At the end, someone I didn’t recognise as being in the doco told us it was all fiction. In the extremely unlikely event it wasn’t, this might be just what “they” would have done. The doco project would have had some public exposure, so to avoid or delay screening would have fed suspicion even more than what was done.I wonder if it inspired Ben Elton’s “Stark”.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:58:55 +0000

What about VR5?

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:22:34 +0000

That one show “The Ultimate Impostor” did eventually get revamped and made. It was called “The Pretender”. Great show back in the 90’s about a genius who can program himself to be anyone in any profession.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:02:43 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks “Alternative 3″ sounds like it could be very interesting? I love British comedy, mockumentaries, and sci-fi – perfect combination!

By: rick

rick — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:44:50 +0000

i remember my living doll with the wonderful julie newmar when i was a little kid. i fell in love with rhoda the robot.

By: Sillstaw

Sillstaw — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:16:49 +0000

I’ve watched “Day Break,” and I agree with most of the posters here: It’s a good show. However, it’s true that it doesn’t seem like it would work after the initial batch of episodes. It does seem like he’d start to think, “Okay, the repeating day is back. Let’s see how I can fix it…” which would probably remove a lot of the drama of the show.

By: Lugh

Lugh — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:11:13 +0000

Not as wacky as some, but another lost to time was The Immortal (wiki link under my name). This guy, who happens to test race cars for a living, turns out to be immune to all disease. Including aging. And, transfusions from his blood can make you immune to all disease, too, for a limited time. Naturally, an evil billionaire captures him to extract his blood. Naturally, he escapes. In the style of many ’70’s sci-fi shows, he wanders the landscape, always on the run (q.v., The Incredible Hulk).