Ran across this and though I don't agree with about half, it still isn't a bad list. I do think the 'The Sarah Connor Chronicles' did a good arch and had a good finish. 'Star Trek: Enterprise' spent far to much time on time travel. I had forgotten 'Space Above and Beyond', which I thought to be very good. And lastly he left off two programs which I believe should have been on the list 'Brimestone' and 'Alien Nation.
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“Other World”... liked the concept. Half a season.
2 posted on
12/04/2013 12:38:05 PM PST by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Kartographer
To: Kartographer
I agree with you on “Alien Nation”. It was one of my favorites.
4 posted on
12/04/2013 12:38:25 PM PST by
wolfpat
(Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. -- Cicero)
To: Kartographer
Wow, I haven’t watched a single episode of any of these shows. I haven’t even heard of most of them. I’m afraid there are way more non-sci fi viewers like me than ardent fanatics to suit advertisers’ tastes.
5 posted on
12/04/2013 12:39:02 PM PST by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: Kartographer
I think the problem is that after a while the original idea played itself out and the series goes lukewarm. It would not be a bad idea to have limited series like they do in many countries, something like 16-20 episodes.
6 posted on
12/04/2013 12:39:23 PM PST by
GeronL
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To: Kartographer
Heroes ended about the right time. They couldn’t figure out how to end it.
7 posted on
12/04/2013 12:40:01 PM PST by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Kartographer
#1 and #2 are certainly spot-on. I think everything else on the list can be argued one way or the other, but Firefly and S:AAB were two very good shows that died way too young.
8 posted on
12/04/2013 12:40:25 PM PST by
kevkrom
(It's not "immigration reform", it's an "amnesty bill". Take back the language!)
To: Kartographer
Wow. Was the writer of this piece born in 1990, having no access to retro cable channels or UHF?
Well, I vote for “Logans Run”!
9 posted on
12/04/2013 12:41:36 PM PST by
Dr. Sivana
(There's no salvation in politics.)
To: Kartographer
Agree on “Space: Above and Beyond”. Gotta love a show with “Chiggy von Richtofen”.
10 posted on
12/04/2013 12:41:40 PM PST by
Wolfie
To: Kartographer
Lots of shows take time for characters and plots to really develop but few viewers have the patience to let it happen.
13 posted on
12/04/2013 12:43:10 PM PST by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Kartographer
Firefly, Threshold and Farscape were fun and interesting.
Journeyman OTOH, had the most intriguing underlying premises, a fascinating storyline that really drew me in and characters you could care about.
14 posted on
12/04/2013 12:43:39 PM PST by
Noumenon
(What would Michael Collins do?)
To: Kartographer
Or maybe not soon enough!
To: Kartographer
Stargate Universe sucked due to it focusing on being a soap opera with political issues crammed into the script.
It was a mercy kill.
By the time the writers started writing sci fi and not soap opera crap, it was far too late, and even then they STILL refused to give up the soap opera crap.
Jericho?
Another show that had left leaning agitprop.
See the nuke episodes.
16 posted on
12/04/2013 12:43:45 PM PST by
Darksheare
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Stargate: Universe could have been so much better without the communication stones to make so many Earth episodes and without the homo propaganda
17 posted on
12/04/2013 12:43:56 PM PST by
GeronL
(Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
To: Kartographer
One series that deserves the list was The Lost Room. It was aborted after the pilot miniseries, probably because it was faaaar too "cerebral" for the average TV viewing dolt.
18 posted on
12/04/2013 12:44:04 PM PST by
Spirochete
(Does the FedGov have the attributes of a legitimate government?)
To: Kartographer
Eight of twenty, I can agree with. (2, 4, 7, 10, 14, 15, 18, 20). However, V (12), is one where I thought it was on too long (partly because it was kept in place of a better show on this list as cut too soon.)
20 posted on
12/04/2013 12:44:10 PM PST by
Ingtar
(The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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Although borderline sci-fi, I’d add “Legend,” starring Richard Dean Anderson. It was a hoot, but cancelled to make way for a show with a video games conceit that I think got cancelled even faster. Still, it did free him up for “Stargate SG-1.”
21 posted on
12/04/2013 12:44:14 PM PST by
william clark
(Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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I thought they were doing well on “V”... until they rushed the last of the series :/
22 posted on
12/04/2013 12:44:17 PM PST by
Bikkuri
To: Kartographer
For me, Fringe should be on that list.
23 posted on
12/04/2013 12:44:17 PM PST by
scripter
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Any list that puts “Firefly” at number one has lost me. Can’t stand Firefly fanatics. The show wasn’t bad, but the obsession of the fanatics has made me hate anything associated with it by now. Kind of like Ron Paul.
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