By Rob Bricken in
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Thursday, Jul. 10 2008 @ 5:04AM
5) Journeyman
It wasn’t Quantum Leap redux. Seriously.
Having the misfortune of airing after last year’s shitastic season of Heroes, Journeyman followed San Francisco-based family man/journalist Dan Vasser (Kevin McKidd) as he was pulled through time to help people put right what once went wrong. Okay, so the plot synopsis may not help comparisons to the only Scott Bakula-starring sci-fi show that was actually worth watching, but Journeyman was its own complex animal, ready to make your heart swoon while upbeat indie rock blared from the soundtrack at the end of each episode. Dan Vasser, you see, was a ex-gambler. When he began traveling backwards through time, his police officer brother Jack (Reed Diamond) and long-suffering wife Katie (Gretchen Egolf) suspected that his old gambling habits had returned. Meanwhile, Dan found himself face to face with supposedly dead ex-fiancée Livia (Moon Bloodgood, late of the similarly axed Day Break). Turns out, she’s a time traveler who lives in the 1940s and travels ahead through the years. She met Dan during one of her visits to the future and managed to build a life with him, albeit briefly, before returning to her era. Further complicating matters, time passes in the present when Dan is traveling. So not only does he become an unwilling absentee father to his young son, he has to miss deadlines at work too. Oof!
With the introduction of sage-like physicist Dr. Elliot Langley (Tom Everett), the series began exploring the reasons behind Dan and Livia’s time travel before its suitable, if rushed, conclusion. Still, dogging questions remain. How many time travelers were there? Why was Jack’s fiancée so interested in what Dan was up to? What were Langley’s true motives? We will never know. Thanks a heap Nielsen families.
4) Kolchak: The Night Stalker
The Darrin McGavin one, not the Stuart Townsend one. If that wasn't obvious.
3) Max Headroom
Set “20 minutes into the future,” Max Headroom is easily the most visionary series ever to feature a Coke pitchman. Snarkiness aside, the series accurately predicted such modern cultural mainstays as the Internet, reality television, viral marketing and, fittingly enough, the vital importance of television ratings.
Ostensibly about the adventures of investigative reporter Edison Carter (Matt Frewer), his computerized doppelganger Max Headroom (also portrayed by Frewer under heavy makeup), tech expert Theora Jones (Amanda Pays), computer-hacking prodigy Bryce Lynch (Chris Young) and editor/boss Murray (Jeffrey Tambor), the show was really about using sci-fi themes to explore cyberpunk culture and skewering the mainstream media. The fact that it survived for 14 episodes while biting the hand that fed it is nothing short of remarkable. In something of a minor tragedy, Max Headroom is now more remembered as an irritating corporate shill than part of the most original TV series of the 1980s. This one isn’t available on DVD either. Such is life.
2) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The film adaptation of Douglas Adams’ seminal sci-fi comedy is the cinematic equivalent of a child rapist. That movie hates you. Guys, it wakes you up in the morning by punching you in the dick. Ladies, it uses your last tampon when Aunt Flo comes a-calling. It is the annoying co-worker who never stops playing you his latest ringtone. It is a hemorrhoid rupture on the white pants of life. It’s like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife. It’s meeting the man of your dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife. It is evil and it needs to be stopped.
If you feel this way too, just do what I do. Ignore its existence. There really is no need for the film anyway, since the 1981 BBC series captured the spirit, and yes, the humor of Adams’ masterwork so well. (Hitchhiker’s is a comedy btw, you may not have gleaned that from the flick). Produced when Douglas Adams was still alive and therefore unable to have his corpse violated by soulless film execs, the six-episodes series followed Arthur Dent (Simon Jones, one of a handful of stars from the BBC radio series who reprised their original roles) from the destruction of the Earth through to a quick bite at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe before ending with him stranded in our planet’s prehistoric era.
Sure, the production values are shoddy and Zaphod Beeblebrox’s second head is incredibly fake, but the producers actually took the time to give him a second head–even without the aid of computer-generated imagery. Also, unlike the terrible film (which threw out Adams’ subtle humor for slapstick and half-baked action sequences), the BBC series has only grown more lovable over the years. Let’s not forget that it also features the only use of Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” that won’t make you cringe.
Given the fact that various production woes halted any potential follow-up series (which likely would have depicted the events of Life, the Universe and Everything and the subsequent books), fans of the Hitchhiker’s saga are stuck having to wonder what could have been. Better that having to suffer through any more films though.
1) Star Trek
Obviously.
They canceled it. Everyone wanted it back. We got it back on the big screen. People started spewing their idiotic “the odd-are-bad, even-are-good” theories on the films. The Next Generation. Deep Space Nine. Voyager. Data curses. Kirk bites it.. Enterprise. Worf gets a zit. The franchise dies again. No one seems to mind. It comes back anyway. Everybody hopes because Sylar is in the new flick, they’ll get rid of him on Heroes because his act is wearing thin. We anxiously await news of what the hell the film will be about while pondering why Tyler Perry is in it.
This is the big one. The granddaddy of sci-fi. The genre’s landscape would be unrecognizable if Star Trek never returned after it was canned in 1969. The praise and complaints about most contemporary sci-fi TV rests on its massive shoulders. Would you really want it any other way?
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Comments
Zach said:
One of the best lists I've read here. Bravo. Would have loved more info about why Kolchak was so great, though. I've never seen an episode. (Although I tried to watch the new one. Boring.)
Jeff M said:
Firefly.
The way Fox abused the fans with the scheduling of that show was a crime.
Matt said:
Nice list but I second Firefly. Fox really dropped the ball with that show.
frito said:
3rd on Firefly. And dont forget futurama. The total awesomeness of the movies show why it should return as a TV show.
William Noetling said:
Fourth on Firefly - best series EVER from Fox to be cancelled way too soon.
Also - Nowhere Man from UPN was fantastic - at least that's out on DVD.
Also, HHGTTG really doesn't belong on the list because it was only ever planned to be six episodes, and at the time there WERE no other books besides the first two.
Chris said:
Firefly.
One of the best shows ever, imho, Sci-Fi or otherwise. Fox really did screw the pooch on that one, and Joss Whedon should still be up in arms.
*sigh*
Can't stop the signal.
Patrick said:
Dead at 21! Thank you. I am happy to see that show on this list. I really loved that show when it originally aired (Mind you I was in my teens and was seriously into grunge, how could I not like it). The fact that the show ends with a cliffhanger that never gets resolved bugs me still. Did the characters actually get shot, or did the agent choose to miss or something?
I'm also happy to see this show on the list because now I know I'm not the only person who remembers it. I've tried explaining the show to my friends, but no one I know ever heard of it.
Also, it was nice to see the reference to Space: Above and Beyond. Even though it's CG is incredibly dated now, for its time the show was cool. I deserved a full place on this list too.
me said:
There was gonna be more TV Hitchhiker's, during the Mostly Harmless book tour, Adams regularly discussed how plans were made and fell apart, his differences with the director, and his interest to continue the story in book and radio form (though radio never happened until after his death).
From wiki: A second series was at one point planned, with a storyline, according to Alan Bell and Mark Wing-Davey, that would have come from Adams' abandoned Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen project (instead of a TV version of the second radio series). However, Adams got into disputes with the BBC (accounts differ: problems with budget, scripts, and having Alan Bell and/or Geoffrey Perkins involved are all offered as causes), and the second series was never made.[8][9] The elements of the Doctor Who and the Krikketmen project instead became the third novel, Life, the Universe and Everything.
Michael said:
Fifth on Firefly . . . nice catch on Max Headroom though . . . waaaaay ahead of its time.
cb said:
I'm glad to see you put Galaxy High on the list. I bought the DVDs as soon as they came out. I didn't know they were out, I just found them by accident. At $7/pop brand new they were a bargain. I barely remembered the show, just that I liked it.
It wasn't spectacular, but there was something sparkly about it. It really pulled you into a different world, like you wanted to actually see Galaxy High. It had an atmosphere that was really fun and welcoming. The writing actually wasn't bad, and I actually wanted to know more about the 2 main characters. It just seemed less flat than most other original cartoons of the time. In fact it was one of the big influence on me to create cartoons of my own.
Finally, add Nancy Cartwright's Bart Simpson voice as one of the her pre-Simpson roles and you've got a collector's item.
As for Firefly.. hey, everyone knows. I was kinda hoping that wouldn't be on this list because that is WAY too obvious. Everyone and their brother knows that show is the golden egg of 'canceled too soon' SF shows and deserves several movies made in its honor.
Kurono-K said:
Firefly. Futurama.
Dan Egger said:
Dude... Firefly.
dave hill said:
Turning into a Firefly tribute page. Checked the list and was sure Firefly was number 1.
Sorry but I have the original episodes of Star Trek and by season 3, it was getting painful to watch- Space Hippies?
Sara said:
Where's Firefly on this list? I thought it'd be #1!
Anonymous said:
Firefly is #1 on the Top Ten Sci-Fi Shows That Were Canceled Way WAY Too Soon.
cathy said:
I would have put VR5 on that list.
Isaac said:
Wow. Reason why this is on the controversial page on Reddit = NO FIREFLY!? How can you even mention sci-fi that was canceled too soon without Firefly? Fool of a Took!
SLURPEE said:
I'm pretty sure Firefly was deliberately left off this list, with the exception of Star Trek, most of these shows are really culty and under-the-radar.
Anne Packrat said:
I'm going to second the guy that said Nowhere Man. That show was great and cancelled way too soon.
Liz said:
Firefly, Space: Above and Beyond, Farscape, Alien Nation... most of my true favorite sci-fi shows. Apparently my love is a death knell for good sci-fi shows.
Pj said:
Um .. WTF is that "Star Trekkin'" video??!
And it is a mortal sin that there is no DVD collection of "Max Headroom." That show was goddamn genius.
Though "Dead at 21" starred Noseworthy, and that guy looks just like this guy I didn't like very much in high school, so I've always hated Noseworthy ever since.
MJP said:
This list lacks seaQuest DSV/2032.
It lacks HARD.
mary said:
Can't believe Firefly was left off the list. The. Best. Ever.
LAY said:
FIREFLY!!!
And I damn well know you've seen them, as I drunkenly demanded we watch the first episode back at my old place.
Is Firefly perhaps *beyond* all of these on this list? That I could believe -- you were saving it for it own entire column. Perhaps an entire days worth of blogging devoted to its perfect awesomeness? A column on each character, maybe?
ET said:
Firefly wasn't that good anyways. Make your own lists if you want to see it on there so bad!
Robin said:
I have to agree on 'Firefly' needing to not only be on the list, but topping it. Ah, Journeyman. THAT show was truly going to be incredible.... I sometimes wonder what schooling you need to become a big wig executive - a class in "who's your daddy?" is probably what gets that position.
Another not so sci-fi, but still.... Early Edition. Great show.
Mick Frisco said:
Firefly was alright, but yeah, it would be kind of a cop out to put it on this list.
Yeah, SeaQuest! Roy Scheider is the shit!
MichaelAB said:
You are leaving out Firefly, Dead Like Me, Brimstone and ExoSquad? I respect the right for everyone to have an opinion, but leaving those out is just sad.
Great White Snark said:
Man, Chris, you reached deeeep into the archives of obscurity for some of these, eh?
The Top 10 Most Tragic Geek TV Show Cancellations:
http://www.greatwhitesnark.com/2007/05/17/top-10-most-tragic-geek-tv-show-cancellations/
neugin said:
galaxy high! Thanks, I've had that title on the tip of my toungue for years. I remember when max headroom came on as a kid. The channel that showed it screwed everyone around like 'millenium' sometimes it was a saturday, then a wednesday night, then another saturday before throwing a curve ball with a tuesday only showing. and if you could keep up with the schedule changes, they showed them out of order. but it was the coolest show out at the time. I agree with everyone with futurama and firefly, and I know this isn't a sci-fi classed show, but what about the tick?
Graham said:
I'm glad to see at least a couple mentions of Nowhere Man. That shows conclusion is severely lacking and was cancelled just as it was becoming impossible to look away.
Sigue said:
Fireflywut? I'm sad now.
C.J. said:
Firefly at #1.
Rodz said:
Firefly... and I'll also put Invasion and Surface (Both Cancelled in the same Year).
Chooken said:
Now And Again.
Awesome scifi serious with heart and thrills, and it gets cancelled after a first season cliffhanger! Bastards.
Chooken said:
Ha, meant to say SERIES in that last post, not SERIOUS. This is why I shouldn't try to think before 10am.
Genius Jones said:
How can Firefly not be on this list? What the hell?
Chooken said:
Ha, meant to say SERIES in that last post, not SERIOUS. This is why I shouldn't try to think before 10am.
kenton said:
What about Project UFO? X-Files ripped it off...
Brent said:
Yes, Now and Again. Definitely.
Slamhammer said:
Okay, since you have 38 comments thus far and 36 of them are "Firefly" I will hope you take the hint and I won't mention it beyond this.
But what about 4400? Carnivale? Invasion? Dead Like Me?
You have some mighty fine pieces of work up there and I agree with most of them, but you have also forgot some of the best shows of the last decade. This is the current Golden Age of Television and so many things are being put up to the viewers that we now have entire networks that want to cater to the niche groups. This allows us to have many, many more shows that are under the radar and truly spectacular but lack the ratings to continue living beyond the 2 month scope of vision a suit says it does.
MAC said:
Thanks for mentioning Journeyman,
one of the very best time travel
shows ever aired. I wish it had
lasted, but most intelligent SF
never lasts long on TV. Journeyman
dared to break out of the space
opera mold and delve into how time
travel affects a family's life,
considering the fact that the guy
never knows when he's going to
be "called." Add Gretchen Egolf's
hotness and you have one smokin'
show. Wish folks had given it more
of a chance.
dacalicious said:
FIREFLY, whaa whaa, FIREFLY. Warmed over, middle-brow Whedon CRAP. Like all of that arch hack's stuff, just more predictable adolescent "sci-fi" for those weaned on Dungeons & Dragons and Sweet Valley High.Thank you for leaving it off the list. I agree that BRIMSTONE probably deserved a place, though! A brilliant & truly obscure one-season classic! Also, mayhap you didn't wanna be too 10.13 heavy, but SPACE: ABOVE & BEYOND was, if not blazingly original in concept, very well-made, written & acted. &, similar to the Morgan & Wong season of MILLENNIUM, featured 90s porn queen Ashlyn Gere in a recurring role, here as a model of killer android (shades of Six!)
cKHAVIKk said:
Nice inclusion with HGTTG!!!
although, as I'm sure you know, the film pissing in the face of the fans is actually Douglas Adams' urine soaking your nubile youg facades. He wrote the screenplay to that atrocity. Way to fuck us in the butt from beyond the grave, Doug...
No Firefly? said:
I think that Firefly was left off this one just to stir us up.. It's just too obvious right? He couldn't believe that it doesn't DESERVE to be on this list... or could he..
me said:
Actually, Karey Kirkpatrick rewrote the script, because he wanted it to be, in his words, more like "Monty Python in Space."
In a strange coincidence, one of the numerous reasons that Adams didn't get the film off the ground in the early 80s when Ivan Reitman was going to direct (possibly with Bill Murray and Dan Akyroyd as Ford and Arthur) was because Adams didn't want to make the script more like, wait for it, "Monty Python in Space." Adams was friends and briefly a co-worker of the Pythons and he didn't want anyone to feel he was aping their style.
For more on Douglas Adams read MJ Simpson's amazing biography "Hitchhiker." Simpson also used to head up the Planet Magrathea website, which is a great source of additional information on what a travesty the film was.
me said:
Actually, Karey Kirkpatrick rewrote the script, because he wanted it to be, in his words, more like "Monty Python in Space."
In a strange coincidence, one of the numerous reasons that Adams didn't get the film off the ground in the early 80s when Ivan Reitman was going to direct (possibly with Bill Murray and Dan Akyroyd as Ford and Arthur) was because Adams didn't want to make the script more like, wait for it, "Monty Python in Space." Adams was friends and briefly a co-worker of the Pythons and he didn't want anyone to feel he was aping their style.
For more on Douglas Adams read MJ Simpson's amazing biography "Hitchhiker." Simpson also used to head up the Planet Magrathea website, which is a great source of additional information on what a travesty the film was.
nickmagoo said:
FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY FIREFLY
How you could make this list without FIREFLY is utterly beyond me, and probably any sci-fi fan.
Panthea said:
OH MY GOD PEOPLE STOP SAYING FIREFLY ALREADY. I loved the show to death (...sorry about that) and it's still incredibly annoying. I think we get the point now, yes?
belly said:
Well, they did have Journeymen on the list, but no Firefly. I think it only goes to show how good of a show Firefly was, and how many of us wanted more than the 14 episodes we had.
Snoodle said:
I'm going to second 'Invasion' actually. It had it's problems, definitely, but I think it had some serious potential.
j.sykes said:
Cant believe Farscape was not on the list.Best SCi Fi series ever made. They kind of screwed it like firefly with the scheduling.
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Kiyo said:
I still would have loved to have seen Crusade finished off...
Lone_Foxx said:
War of the Worlds series FTW
anonymous said:
Glad to see UPN's NowhereMan. It was ahead of it's time with the weekly serial format ala "24" and LOST.
anonymous said:
Glad to see UPN's NowhereMan. It was ahead of it's time with the weekly serial format ala "24" and LOST.
annie said:
Firefly
garth said:
futurama. end of list.
JAT0 said:
Without Firefly on this list - it is worthless! Firefly rules!
Simon said:
Firefly
This list sucks.
Satan said:
Firefly? No. That show wasn't cancelled fast enough. Now Earth 2 on the other hand, that was good sci-fi.
Adam said:
I was a huge fan of John Doe on Fox. In the first season cliffhanger ending, you find out that the masked man behind all of John Doe's problems is his best/only friend the bartender! I was screaming my lungs out at that mindf*** of an ending when he turned around on the ladder.
adam said:
Oh yeah, almost forgot, there is a Dead Like Me movie in production right now. Same cast members, including the anorexic lead.
adgmk said:
Logan's Run.
adgjk said:
Logan's Run
FIREFLY! How could that not be #1, let alone not even on this list?!?
ej said:
Don't forget, the Fox TV Movie of Doctor Who was supposed to be a pilot for a new series. Despite the poor script, the production values were wonderful and I was made for a whole decade that Fox didn't greenlight a series.
tbrown said:
twin peaks?
Panthea said:
Seconding Brimstone, also The Invisible Man, Harsh Realm (because who doesn't love some sarcastic D.B. Sweeney?), definitely Farscape though at least we got four kick-ass seasons and it didn't get the chance to start sucking. Dead Like Me was great but the downhill slide was starting in season 2. And yes, Now and Again, horrible way to end it.
How about the top ten could've-been-great shows that became utter crap due to meddling? I got your number one right here: Andromeda. I will never, ever forgive Sorbo for breathing air and taking up space on this planet.
Lisa said:
Sorry, but without Firefly on the list, it's just a waste of blogspace.
Rocky Hinten said:
Oh, I see what you did there. Firefly is #0 on the list, but your blogging software accidentally cut it off because its default is to terminate countdown-oriented lists at 1. Not your fault, man. Maybe someone should report that bug.
Doug said:
What about Harsh Realm? That was a great show but didn't last long. I remember watching an x-files episode where one of the characters is watching an episode of harsh realm. Mulder asks him what he is watching and the character replies that he doesn't know but it is damn good. That cracked me up. Harsh Realm was written by Chris Carter.
Alex Encandar said:
Firefly, awesome awesome show. I have sworn off FOX for canceling it forever.
Crusade, kinda sucks that the B5 universe is largely forgotten about. Story doesn't really have an ending >.
Matt said:
Farscape, Farscape, Farscape!!!!!!!
biggunsar said:
The 3 F's futurama, firefly and farscape.
Period.
Phlegmbot said:
Um...no worries about the Barnes Spidey not being on DVD.
The show tried very hard but never quite got it right. (When you have to randomly choose times for Spidey to not be as fast/strong/smart as he normally is, in order to make a plot work, then you're not doing something right.)
And Barnes' VO work was awful. As much as I thought he was a riot in Day by Day.
BerekHalfhand said:
Yet another Firefly lover here.
I would add Blakes 7 to the list. It got 4 seasons.
How about "Now and Again"? Leaving us at a cliffhanger.
And I loved SAAB too.
The Edit said:
Space: Above and Beyond
Tina said:
Are you effin kidding me? No Firefly? One incomplete season, should be at the top of the list. Serenity now!
Derek said:
Does anyone think that Odyssey 5 should have made the list?
Jennie said:
Why no Firefly.
Stephen D. Covey said:
FIREFLY is a must, of course.
Am I the only person who loved ANDROMEDA?
And a cute show (I'm a guy, after all) that I enjoyed was CLEOPATRA 2525.
What I really want to see discussed is all the SF shows that should have been cancelled sooner! Like LEXX!
Lee said:
No Quantum Leap? No Sliders?
Who wrote this? A 12 yr old angry he has to wait for transformers 2?
Seriously, lame list.
donttrustwhitey said:
farscape, now and again, miracles, futurama....
i thought firefly sucked, though.
darrin said:
Firefly just worked, don't know why but it did. It was one of the best Sci Fi shows and honestly deserved a spinoff of it's own.
Journeyman really surprised me as it did alot of people. I was expecting a Quantum Leap ripoff but it managed to original and interesting every time.
But if I had a winning vote to place on anything...Lexx! Lexx was like the anti star trek. It was punk, campy, sexy, cool, and generally messed up. Lexx also managed to pull off the fan campaign and win a last season.
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Fog said:
I have to disagree with star trek.
After a while it was reverse the polarity and put all power to the forward deflectors to fix every problem. And the characters where whiny.
Space: Above and Beyond should have made the list. If that had been done recently, it would have been real popular. I liken it to a cross between Starship Troopers and Battlestar Galactica.
(Someone should do a remake)
Does anyone remember the early 80's program Automan?
Dr. Whom said:
Homeboys in Outer Space!
Now the list is complete.
Bob Dobbs said:
Blake's 7 > Firefly...nuff said.
Panthea said:
Lee: Really, you think Sliders was cancelled too soon?
Farscape4ever said:
You left out the show that should have been #1 on your list.. FARSCAPE!
Don said:
I'm a lifelong Trekkie. Grew up watching TOS when it first hit syndication in the early 70s. It's the grand-daddy SciFi show of the prime time TV era. But it should absolutely not be #1 on this list.
F I R E F L Y ! ! !
star trek had two pilots and three seasons. It had 79 episodes to gain a following thru syndication.
In contrast, Firefly was totally abused by Fox, it's pilot almost didn't air, and only 14 episodes did. Yeah, the fact it even got a feature film is a miracle, and thought it was a good wrap up to the core of the series, it's just devastating how much potential greatness was trashed by it's cancellation. The chemestry of the cast alone, not to mention the sharp witted dialog, ingenious storytelling and it's high regard for continuity--something most other SciFi shows just disregard, puts this clearly on the top of my All time Sci-Fi shows cancelled to early shows.
All I can figure is that you guys never watched it.
Max Headroom is seconds, and I'd definitely put the original Battlestar Galactica way ahead of Buck Rogers!
Dusk said:
I've got to agree with the majority of the posters on here, Firefly was the best TV show ever in my opinion, no question.
Tho I am disappointed to not see Space: Above & Beyond, Crusade, Brimstone, American Gothic or Early Edition. Alas, all great shows that went before their time...
jpd3 said:
How can you not put Space:Above and Beyond on the list. This was an awesome show that BSG is now proving could have been a sucess.
Lovell Hickman said:
Without Firefly this list is utter shit. Though I have fond memories of many of these shows, I couldn't imagine sitting through an entire episode of Buck Rodgers any more than I could imagine sitting through Knight Rider or the A-team because I was 10 when I thought they were awesome and on further review they are absolute shit.
For the millionth time Firefly!
Jeff J. said:
Decent list, but it needs Firefly. Futurama is debatably sci-fi, but would definitely deserve a place if it counts.
Top 11.5 anyone?
James Wylder said:
Wheres Firefly?
That really needs to be on there.
You missed the king of all cancelled Sci-Fi
Geekly said:
I skimmed the list initially to see if Firefly was represented, just to see if it had legitimacy. I was disappointed not to find it.
jon said:
OK, this business about Firefly and how it "must" be on this list, it "needs" to be on this list, this list is shit without it makes you people sound like whiny little kids. You are all proceeding from an assumption that every sci-fi fan loves the show and it is some sort of universally accepted truth that it was cancelled too soon. Not everyone feels that way. There's plenty of sci-fi out there for all of us and I personally don't consider Firefly a benchmark of greatness. I'm not debating its quality and I'm not telling anyone not to like it but just because you may put it on your list doesn't mean it belongs on everyone's. And if everybody worships the show so much, why didn't Serenity destroy the box office. I'm sorry but that franchise had two chances and it couldn't deliver. What happened, could you guys not get your moms to drive you to the movies?
BLABLA said:
FIREFLY!!!!!
Friginator said:
What about Invader Zim?
rhea said:
oh dear, most of those did not even make it over here to Germany. Anyway, there are a couple more that were canned too soon. Space Rangers, to name just one. (I think it was Canadian) With that extremely trashy, darkish look it was just too much fun to watch. Does anyone know this one but me?
But of course the greatest mistake ever made in entertainment TV was cancelling Star Trek. How many people these days would pay millions for an unknown and recently discovered extra episode? Me certainly, if I had the millions.
jim said:
how could you forget Prey? That was an awesome show. 1.2%. Great stuff.
Mikeachim said:
I don't even have to say it by now, but yes, Firefly.
Also: Day Break, the GroundhogDayesque series with Taye Diggs running round the same day over and over again, untangling a conspiracy. That was a show with bags of potential and a lot of creative ideas (finding more economical ways to save particular people's lives, for example, so he could free up more time to do other investigating). What doomed that show wasn't quality, which seemed generally good - but continuity. It was all plot arc - so if you hadn't watched all the preceding episodes, it would look chaotic and impenetrable.
Oh, and it had Adam Baldwin in it. (Ah, the curse of Firefly strikes again - doomed to work on shows that get cancelled before they even get bedded in. See: Nathan Fillion, 'Drive'.)
FLU-BIRD said:
Who can ever forget LOST IN SPACE i mean it was campy but it came on before STAR TREK and stated out in BLACK and WHITE it was fun none the less
Mie from NZ said:
Hey with all the comments I have read regarding Firefly can we organise a world wide petition to Fox just a thought but there are many fans worldwide and seems to be more comming on stream since the release of serenity
Mie from NZ said:
Hey with all the comments I have read regarding Firefly can we organise a world wide petition to Fox just a thought but there are many fans worldwide and seems to be more comming on stream since the release of serenity
RayRey said:
FIREFLY!!!!!!!
FIREFLY needs to be top 5
Bill said:
BRIMSTONE !!!! and all the other early Sci Fi shows on FOX that were cancelled before their time the list is huge.
Heru said:
While i agree with some of this list, heres mine in no particular order:
Journeyman
Brimstone
Space: Above and Beyond
Firefly
B5: Crusade
Jeremiah
dave said:
Firefly then Farscape then Futurerama! In that order!
jess said:
stargate atlantis!!!
how bout firefly
i love these shows
