A list of the worst Sci-fi TV shows ever. [Archive]

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 03:56 AM

Here's a list. (http://forevergeek.com/sci-fi/top_10_worst_sci-fi_shows_ever_wvideos.php):D i would at lest put Painkiller Jane on that list.

Oh, and I'm trying to remember another bad Sci-fi TV show about tuff cop who meet a alien woman in a made for TV movie I think was one NBC where they hunt down a evil alien that kills and then takes over other people bodies. It was a not to bad TV movie but after the evil alien died in the movie someone who seemed to turn off there thinking cap turned the the movie into a really bad Sci-fi TV show with just the tuff cop and the alien woman. And the evil alien was long dead in the made for TV movie and never made it in the TV show even the title I can't remember for the life of me was about the evil alien.

adamcasey

08-28-2007, 04:56 AM

Before I clicked, I thought "M.A.N.T.I.S. was probably on the bubble."

Jed Saxon

08-28-2007, 05:00 AM

M.A.N.T.I.S. truly was bad because of the crappy SFX. Viper was a nice Knight Rider substitute (which TKR was not - but more like what M.A.S.K. would be as a life-action series).
Manimal and Automan were cool when I was a wee lad.

I never watched Cleopatra 2525 and after seeing that intro I'm glad. That theme "song" makes your ears bleed.

Strict31

08-28-2007, 06:06 AM

Oh, and I'm trying to remember another bad Sci-fi TV show about tuff cop who meet a alien woman in a made for TV movie I think was one NBC where they hunt down a evil alien that kills and then takes over other people bodies. It was a not to bad TV movie but after the evil alien died in the movie someone who seemed to turn off there thinking cap turned the the movie into a really bad Sci-fi TV show with just the tuff cop and the alien woman. And the evil alien was long dead in the made for TV movie and never made it in the TV show even the title I can't remember for the life of me was about the evil alien.

Something is Out There (http://imdb.com/title/tt0096134/)

nietoperz

08-28-2007, 06:26 AM

Andromeda should be on that list - though I'm glad someone out there remembers Automan and Manimal!

Lucky Luke

08-28-2007, 07:31 AM

Man, Nightman really deserves its #1 spot.

That show was an insult to Steve Englehart and the audience.

Strict31

08-28-2007, 07:32 AM

I'm just surprised Streethawk didn't make the list.

K-DoG7p7

08-28-2007, 07:43 AM

hey! go easy on Cleopatra 2525.. yes it was crap.. but it was made to be crap..

The_Adventurer

08-28-2007, 07:48 AM

hey! go easy on Cleopatra 2525.. yes it was crap.. but it was made to be crap..

Wasn't it basically made to be a sci-fi version of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys/Xena: Warrior Princess?

Really it was one of those "made for syndication" shows like Jack of all Trades and The Lost World.

Where Cleopatra went wrong was casting, I think, a music group as it's lead.

MattBrady

08-28-2007, 07:56 AM

Honestly, I think it would be easier to name the Top 10 shows, and just go with the assumption that everything else is the worst.

MattB

Strict31

08-28-2007, 08:07 AM

Where Cleopatra went wrong was casting, I think, a music group as it's lead.

There's a music group called Jennifer Sky?

The_Adventurer

08-28-2007, 08:08 AM

Honestly, I think it would be easier to name the Top 10 shows, and just go with the assumption that everything else is the worst.

MattB

I don't know. There are many levels of "Best" and "Worst" really "Best" can be really subjective. "Worst" is easier because production values and acting are easier to judge on obviously bad shows.

The_Adventurer

08-28-2007, 08:09 AM

There's a music group called Jennifer Sky?

Well I was wrong. For some reason I thought that was the show's gimmick. I never really watched it.

K-DoG7p7

08-28-2007, 08:19 AM

it was about three babes in the year 2525 one of them was a stripper fom 1999 who was frozen :P

theNameless

08-28-2007, 09:38 AM

Doctor Who. Im sorry but that is just pure undilluded crap.

carl kolchak

08-28-2007, 09:45 AM

That's a pretty good list actually. I remember some of these and my God....they're awful. Automan may take the cake. I'm just surprised that anyone remembers Quark!

carl kolchak

08-28-2007, 09:46 AM

Doctor Who. Im sorry but that is just pure undilluded crap.

Considering that you watch Carolla and Kimbel, I'll put that in perspective.

rwe1138

08-28-2007, 09:48 AM

Wasn't it basically made to be a sci-fi version of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys/Xena: Warrior Princess?

Really it was one of those "made for syndication" shows like Jack of all Trades and The Lost World.

Where Cleopatra went wrong was casting, I think, a music group as it's lead.
Cleopatra gets a pass from me for introducing me to the vibrant Gina Torres. Rowr.

royce73

08-28-2007, 09:49 AM

Where is Baywatch Nights - Season 2 on this list?

webhead10

08-28-2007, 09:51 AM

Where is Baywatch Nights - Season 2 on this list?
hahahhaha MITCH VS. WEREWOLVES!!!

carl kolchak

08-28-2007, 09:53 AM

Here's a 70s oddity:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077156/

Return of Captain Nemo. Definite 70s silliness.

Lucan Wolf Boy would be a good choice if Manimal wasn't there.

royce73

08-28-2007, 09:54 AM

Andromeda should be on that list - though I'm glad someone out there remembers Automan and Manimal!

Automan was awesome. I used to watch it when I was a kid and going through my "Tron" phase. The only thing I remember about Manimal was that it was a frequently punchline on SNL - especially the show hosted by Brandon Tartikoff.

nietoperz

08-28-2007, 09:55 AM

So what's this about Baywatch Nights? Was it Sci-Fi??

royce73

08-28-2007, 09:57 AM

So what's this about Baywatch Nights? Was it Sci-Fi??

Didn't Hasselhoff reign supreme in Europe? How do you not know this :confused: :D

Season 2 was a rip-off of the X-Files. All of Mitch's cases were supernatural -- and cheesy.

Jack Burton

08-28-2007, 09:59 AM

Honestly, I think it would be easier to name the Top 10 shows, and just go with the assumption that everything else is the worst.

MattB

Best sci-fi show ever was the Twilight Zone.

And I used to watch Nightman:o

nietoperz

08-28-2007, 10:06 AM

Didn't Hasselhoff reign supreme in Europe? How do you not know this :confused: :D

Season 2 was a rip-off of the X-Files. All of Mitch's cases were supernatural -- and cheesy.

Just Germany! The rest of us feel the same way about him as you guys.

royce73

08-28-2007, 10:12 AM

Just Germany! The rest of us feel the same way about him as you guys.

I actually like the Hoff. I saw him star in "Jekyl and Hyde" on Broadway a few years ago. I remember the commericals for the show ended with The Hoff, in Hyde gear, looking at the TV and saying "It's no day at the beach!!". I immediately called Ticketmaster and bought two seats. :D

theNameless

08-28-2007, 10:27 AM

Considering that you watch Carolla and Kimbel, I'll put that in perspective.

I watch what? :confused:

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 11:15 AM

Something is Out There (http://imdb.com/title/tt0096134/)
Thanks. :D

Vic Vega

08-28-2007, 11:36 AM

Cleopatra 2525 was a jiggle show and as such was beyond such petty concerns as quality. :D

The pilot for M.A.N.T.I.S. was cool. The one where he's got these genius African exchange students as sidekicks. The series did suck however.

Quark gets points for being a Buck Henry (co-creator of Get Smart) concept.

That is all.

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 11:39 AM

Yea, the made for TV movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM7uaMhvR00) made an OK movie but when the Evil Alien dies in the movie there's not much you can go from there. But someone who seems to have turned there brain off says let's make a TV show (http://www.tv.com/something-is-out-there/show/8798/summary.html) even that the Evil Alien is dead we still call it "Something is out There" and just have it around the tuff cop and the alien woman. Only lasted one one season before it was cancelled.:rolleyes:

Vic Vega

08-28-2007, 11:45 AM

Even a kid I thought Manimal sucked.

How is "Powers of Matthew Star" NOT on this list? Galactic 1980 or (whatever it was called) was pretty dire too.

Lucan the Wolf Boy? Now THAT was cool. :D

grphxkindaguy

08-28-2007, 11:49 AM

I actually like the Hoff. I saw him star in "Jekyl and Hyde" on Broadway a few years ago. I remember the commericals for the show ended with The Hoff, in Hyde gear, looking at the TV and saying "It's no day at the beach!!". I immediately called Ticketmaster and bought two seats. :D

that actually got you to buy the tickets?!? :eek:

I thought a bad sci-fi show was the Highlander: Raven spinoff, w/Amanda...

royce73

08-28-2007, 11:51 AM

that actually got you to buy the tickets?!? :eek:

I thought a bad sci-fi show was the Highlander: Raven spinoff, w/Amanda...

I had a "Hasselhoff" phase. I knew the show would be super-cheese and it did not dissapoint :D

Raven was awful. I justifiably forgot that one. Also bad was The Crow:Stairway to Heaven.

Jack Burton

08-28-2007, 11:56 AM

The mid 90's Sinbad The Sailor show was pretty awful too. Just a blatant attempt to cash in on Hercules and Xena.

grphxkindaguy

08-28-2007, 12:08 PM

The mid 90's Sinbad The Sailor show was pretty awful too. Just a blatant attempt to cash in on Hercules and Xena.

I always considered Hercules & Xena to be crappy sci-fi as well... :eek:

Lucy Lawless was unrecognizable on BSG, she looks great. I had to point out to my friends she used to be Xena!

Lord Ice

08-28-2007, 12:32 PM

Shouldn't VIP be on that list. I mean any world where Pam Anderson and a bunch of hot women run a security company has to take place in an alternative universe. ;)

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 01:04 PM

What no moree shows?:confused:

NoPrize

08-28-2007, 01:15 PM

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scifitv/images/Lexx.jpg

Uchiha_Prodigy

08-28-2007, 01:36 PM

Firefly...just to piss everyone off...

Habitual

08-28-2007, 01:37 PM

Firefly...just to piss everyone off...

We've gotten past caring what you think :D

Hab

Habitual

08-28-2007, 01:38 PM

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scifitv/images/Lexx.jpg

Dude Lex RULED!!!

Only in Germany could someone come up with the idea of flying around in space in a giant dong that's a bug, with a dead guy, a janitor and a space hooker. ;)

Hab

Steve Magnum

08-28-2007, 01:43 PM

Jed Saxon

08-28-2007, 01:46 PM

Only in Germany could someone come up with the idea of flying around in space in a giant dong that's a bug, with a dead guy, a janitor and a space hooker. ;)

Yeah but after the initial movies Germany caught on quite fast on the fact how crappy it was and stopped airing it, while it was still produced for America/Canada. :p

Oh andwe , too, hate David Hasselhoff. He was only popular due to Knight Rider fame anyway.

P.D.H

08-28-2007, 01:54 PM

I have a feeling that I may get verbally assualted for this one, but Stargate SG-1 is my nod for one of the crappiest Sci-Fi shows ever made. Yes, The film was pretty cool. Yes, I like Stargate Atlantis. But I can't watch a single SG-1 episode in its entirety without cringing at the crappiness of it and changing the channel after five minutes. Man, that show sucks.
No, I think there's a lot of truth in this. It shows how much I like Sci-Fi that I sat through almost every episode of this show multiple times despite the fact that I didn't really like it on the strength of a mediocre film, decent cast and good first couple of episodes.

I kept thinking 'it's a good idea in principle'. Which, to be fair, it is. It just virtually never lived up to that.

Amoebas

08-28-2007, 01:58 PM

What the frag is Quark doing on this list?

I loved Quark.

And where's Dr. Shrinker?

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 02:06 PM

Well, here's my list.

1. Painkiller Jane - made a good TV movie but a really REALLY bad TV show.

2. VIPER - I never liked that show when it was on NBC.

3. M.A.N.T.I.S - I just never got that show.

4. Team Knight Rider - Like I need to say why that sucked.

5. Automan - I'm still trying to forget I ever saw that one.

6. Lex the show - what can I say it was bad.

7. Nightman - It was bad but not that bad.

8. The Dresden Files - I just don't care about that show.

9. Earth: Final Conflict - Did anyone understand any of this show???:confused:

10. Something is out There - like Painkiller Jane had a good TV movie but awful TV show.

grphxkindaguy

08-28-2007, 02:11 PM

I also nominate Babylon 5: Crusade

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 02:13 PM

Anyone remember Friday the 13 the series and A Nightmare on Elm Street the Series?

trence5

08-28-2007, 02:22 PM

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scifitv/images/Lexx.jpgOh yes and for 1 reason only and we all damn well.
I ain't in to German chicks, but I'd marry Xenia Seeburg in a heartbeat.

NoPrize

08-28-2007, 02:24 PM

Oh yes and for 1 reason only and we all damn well.
I ain't in to German chicks, but I'd marry Xenia Seeburg in a heartbeat.

Most german chicks are hot!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Katja_Kassin_20070624.JPG

trence5

08-28-2007, 02:24 PM

A Nightmare on Elm Street the Series?:confused: :confused: You're kidding right? Oh there was an Exorcist and a Poltergeist tv stumps as well.

Strict31

08-28-2007, 02:36 PM

I remember one time I came home to do laundry and found both my parents glued to the TV watching a show called Tales from a Parallel Universe. It was so out of character for them that I started watching it too. But I just couldn't get into it, and proceded to make fun of them for watching it.

And then it just disappeared.

Then, it showed up again on the Sci-Fi channel, with a new series name ("Lexx") and a new actress playing the female lead. I guess a lot of people dug Xenia as Xev, but I really preferred Eva Habermann.

http://www.evahabermann.info/images/Eva_Habermann_das_kleine_luder.jpg

http://www.evahabermann.org/pictures/Eva%20habermann%206.jpg

Zechs

08-28-2007, 02:46 PM

Um why wasn't Nightmare Cafe, Galactica 1980, and Legend (some western sci-fi show staring Richard Dean Anderson and the dude who played Q on Star Trek Next Gen) on that list? Why? Cause only I remember them? :p

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 02:48 PM

:confused: :confused: You're kidding right?
I really wish I was. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7B4AYra6-M):(

Jed Saxon

08-28-2007, 03:08 PM

Anyone remember

http://members.westnet.com.au/flippy/books/images/demonwing.jpg

?

The first episodes were abysmal but the last couple ones were actually good.

And... well...

http://babylon5.scifi.hu/sorozat/making/cptnpwr.jpg

And don't forget:

http://www.scifitv.com.au/content/shows/main/earth2.jpg

Earth 2 - nice idea, BAD execution.

royce73

08-28-2007, 03:11 PM

http://babylon5.scifi.hu/sorozat/making/cptnpwr.jpg

.

Captain Power was AWESOME. The series finale was jaw dropping. Whoever heard of killing off a main character in a child's Sunday morning program?

Kikaider

08-28-2007, 03:15 PM

Honestly, I think it would be easier to name the Top 10 shows, and just go with the assumption that everything else is the worst.

MattB

I agree with this quote. There has been a lot of crappy Sci-Fi over the years (A LOT). I am really picky when it comes to Sci-Fi shows and the only one I have ever been able to sit down and enjoy on a semi regular basis (I don't think I was ever bored or not entertained) was Farscape. That was a truly remarkable show.

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 03:23 PM

There's also Seaquest DSV that was a ripoff of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 03:31 PM

Captain Power was AWESOME. The series finale was jaw dropping. Whoever heard of killing off a main character in a child's Sunday morning program?
Yea, right.:rolleyes: You mean this Captain Power. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0HMrDefd0):eek: Man, that a awful piece of crap.

FirestormX

08-28-2007, 03:36 PM

Wow, I got one (surprised GCom didn't list it), the original version of the Tomorrow People.
I thought it was one of the coolest shows ever when I was a kid, but after seeing it now (well, lets just say I spend my time on other matters) :)
There was an updated version that Nickalodeon did which was still very good, and something I think I can tolerate when I finally get up the nerve to order it. :)
I really did like Mantis (at least I did when I saw the initial movie), but with the changes to the series, it seemed to leave a bad taste in my mouth. :(

royce73

08-28-2007, 03:47 PM

Yea, right.:rolleyes: You mean this Captain Power. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0HMrDefd0):eek: Man, that a awful piece of crap.

If you take into the account it is a children's show from 1988, it was pretty good. Its was written by JMS :eek: Yeah, the effects were bad, but they were good for the 80s.

Lucky Luke

08-28-2007, 04:16 PM

Dude Lex RULED!!!

Only in Germany could someone come up with the idea of flying around in space in a giant dong that's a bug, with a dead guy, a janitor and a space hooker. ;)

Hab
That sounds like the premise of Red Dwarf. Minus the space hooker (if you don't count Lister).

Also, few bad shows for me were:

Without a doubt SeaQuest DSV.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/5152/seaquestdsvbb0.jpg

Frickin' Power Rangers.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/2544/powerrangersturborangerye5.jpg

The Tribe. Although, it was kinda watchable.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9116/thetribejn4.jpg

Strict31

08-28-2007, 04:24 PM

You know what the worst part of Seaquest was?

It wasn't when they got transported to an alien ocean using advanced Sharkjump technology.

It wasn't when the DeLuise brothers came onto the cast as a street-wise seaman and an over-sized bullet-stopper with retard-strength.

It was when they brought frickin Michael Ironside onto the cast as captain and did not have him immediately start whupping asses while doing that grimace/smile of his.

Vic Vega

08-28-2007, 04:25 PM

Most german chicks are hot!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Katja_Kassin_20070624.JPG

Well she's certanly FLEXIBLE!:D

Also Earth: Final Conflict after a certain point even the producers were like "Eff this. Why even HAVE a premise?"

JimHughs4

08-28-2007, 04:26 PM

Yea, right.:rolleyes: You mean this Captain Power. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0HMrDefd0):eek: Man, that a awful piece of crap.
Man, aside from the effects (which were passable for the '80s) that show rocked. I still wish there'd been a second season. Years ago, I read an interview with the creators which said they were trying to get a second season which would ditch the requirements for ___ minutes of combat and "interactiveness" every episode. I just always wondered how they'd deal with the death of Pilot.

TheFoo

08-28-2007, 04:29 PM

Also Earth: Final Conflict after a certain point even the producers were like "Eff this. Why even HAVE a premise?"

That was a slow, sad death. :(

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 05:40 PM

I just now remember a really REALLY bad sci-fi show where a cop put on a high tech suit of armor and uses it to fight crime with it. I just can't seem to remember the title of this piece of crap.

trence5

08-28-2007, 05:47 PM

Captain Power was AWESOME. The series finale was jaw dropping. Whoever heard of killing off a main character in a child's Sunday morning program?
:confused: :eek: :eek: WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA!!! Ok I remember the female team member dying in an explosion she triggered to stop that killer cyborg, but I didn't know there was finale - and you're telling me Capt Power GOT MERC-ED??!?!?!?!?!

trence5

08-28-2007, 05:48 PM

Most german chicks are hot!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Katja_Kassin_20070624.JPG
Oh shoot I forgot about her. Ok she's definate second (if she wasn't in her, um, occupation she's in. LOL)

tralfaz

08-28-2007, 05:51 PM

anyone remember Photon? the hottest game in town... that was crap

trence5

08-28-2007, 05:52 PM

I just now remember a really REALLY bad sci-fi show where a cop put on a high tech suit of armor and uses it to fight crime with it. I just can't seem to remember the title of this piece of crap.
Superforce.

Pascal

08-28-2007, 05:52 PM

Lexx was a trashy but enjoyable show.

I don't like Stargate. And Mutant X was really embarressing.

trence5

08-28-2007, 05:56 PM

anyone remember Photon? the hottest game in town... that was crap
ey, ey, eyyyy.... I kinda liked that one.

Ok here's one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec9d0HdCtrw
It was crappy but a laughable crappy you liked when you were a kid

SPECTREMAN

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 06:01 PM

Superforce.
Yea, that was the show. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Force)

Not From Around

08-28-2007, 06:05 PM

At first I thought this was going to be one of those lists by someone who acts like they've never seen anything not done in the last 10 or 15 years. Then I saw "Manimal" on the list. Yes, they're familiar with the "classics," all right!

I would argue with "Far Out Space Nuts." That was a 1970s live-action Saturday-morning show. Those were kind of in a class by themselves. I don't know that prime-time standards of good and bad really apply to low-budget children's shows like that. It's like putting an 8-mm film effort by an ambitious small-town little theater group on a "Ten Worst Films" list.

royce73

08-28-2007, 06:09 PM

:confused: :eek: :eek: WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA!!! Ok I remember the female team member dying in an explosion she triggered to stop that killer cyborg, but I didn't know there was finale - and you're telling me Capt Power GOT MERC-ED??!?!?!?!?!

No, the episode where Pilot dies was the finale. She was the major character I was refering to.

Not From Around

08-28-2007, 06:11 PM

There's also Seaquest DSV that was a ripoff of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

By way of "Man From Atlantis," that is. This must be a pretty young crowd if nobody has thought to mention that one yet!

I'm also surprised that nobody has mentioned "Misfits of Science" yet. The fact that it was apparently supposed to be ridiculous was really no excuse....

Vic Vega

08-28-2007, 06:12 PM

Dr Stranger

08-28-2007, 06:16 PM

Action Ace

08-28-2007, 06:24 PM

Despite some very worthy contenders, no one has been able to sink to the depths of Dr. Who.

Habitual

08-28-2007, 06:26 PM

Zechs

08-28-2007, 06:26 PM

Despite some very worthy contenders, no one has been able to sink to the depths of Dr. Who.

You sir have no soul :p

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 06:33 PM

By way of "Man From Atlantis," that is. This must be a pretty young crowd if nobody has thought to mention that one yet!

I'm also surprised that nobody has mentioned "Misfits of Science" yet. The fact that it was apparently supposed to be ridiculous was really no excuse....
Yea, you are a mostly a young crowd. Seeing mostly reruns of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea on the Sci-fi channel and seeing Seaquest DSV it was nothing but a ripoff of that show.

As for "Misfits of Science (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkpN9Z96oIw)" i was just trying to cover that little mistake up. I was made but the same guy that made "The A-Team" I mean how could it go wrong.:D

Lord Ice

08-28-2007, 06:35 PM

The Tribe. Although, it was kinda watchable.

http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9116/thetribejn4.jpg

The Tribe is pretty good once you get past the fact that the first thing kids do once all the adults in the world are dead is go wild in their fashion and hair styles. ;)

Vic Vega

08-28-2007, 06:50 PM

By way of "Man From Atlantis," that is. This must be a pretty young crowd if nobody has thought to mention that one yet!

I wonder how many 70's kids tried to imitate Pat Duffy's swim stroke in that show and met with utter failure.:D

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 07:20 PM

There was also a Ferris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7wvdj7mHOE) Bueller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Bueller_%28TV_series%29) TV show.

Action Ace

08-28-2007, 07:49 PM

I wonder how many 70's kids tried to imitate Pat Duffy's swim stroke in that show and met with utter failure.:D

*raises hand* :D

Not From Around

08-28-2007, 07:51 PM

Thanks a lot. I'd managed to block that one out from my memory. :mad:

:p

Well, you know, that's a chance you take when you click on a thread like this! :D

Not From Around

08-28-2007, 07:53 PM

I have good memories of that show AND "Ghost Busters" (with Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker).

Good but vague. I was kinda little then.

That's about how I remember "Far Out Space Nuts. I get the feeling it's best to leave those memories that way and not try to watch the show as an adult!

tralfaz

08-28-2007, 08:00 PM

THE NEW FLASH GORDON ON SCI FI!!!!

SUCKIEST OF THE SUCKY SUCK SUCKS

mybotisgone

08-28-2007, 10:28 PM

The new Twilight Zone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF-yh4mU6ps) not the old Twilight Zone. The old Twilight Zone is a classic. Never make fun of the The old Twilight Zone. But man, did the The new Twilight Zone show ever suck.:(

veritech

08-28-2007, 11:25 PM

That was a slow, sad death. :(
I really liked Earth: final conflict for the first several seasons. But by the last season, it was like the writers just didn't have it in them. But it was weird to see the former androdgynous Tae'lon characters reincarnated as a hot babe Atavus.

The show also had to retcon most of the prior seasons due to cast changes EVERY SEASON. Only the dude that played Liam stayed around for a while.

mybotisgone

08-29-2007, 03:57 AM

"The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luTZnsIFG-w)" It was half Sci-fi and half western. And I never really liked that show.

mybotisgone

08-29-2007, 10:21 AM

The only thing "Small Wonder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukSvjqwJixw)" made me want to do is rip my own eyes out.

David Bird

08-29-2007, 10:41 AM

Here's a list. (http://forevergeek.com/sci-fi/top_10_worst_sci-fi_shows_ever_wvideos.php):D i would at lest put Painkiller Jane on that list.

I don't know that Quark should be on that list. Not that it was particularly good, but it was a Buck Henry sitcom and SF sitcom, and not a serious attempt to make a SF show.

"The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luTZnsIFG-w)" It was half Sci-fi and half western. And I never really liked that show.

Blasphemy! :p

Kingbobb

08-29-2007, 10:47 AM

I'd put the live-action Spider Man series right next to The Man From Atlantis. Although MFA had some moments, all I remember from Spider Man is thinking you could see the climbing rig every time they did an exterior building climbing shot.

There's been so much bad sci fi TV that it's hard to nail down just 10 of the worst. Surface from a couple years ago would top some people's list, as well as Threshold, although both were entertaining in their own way. Surface in a "how many more bad sci-fi shows and movies can they rip off" way, and Threshold was actually just pretty darn good, and would have gotten a second season on any other network than CBS(I).

I remember Manimal...mostly I remember bad transformation effects, and him changing into a bunny and sticking his wee little bunny head into someone's cleavage. Ditto with Automan, minus the cleavage.

Anyone remember Wizards and Warriors? I remember laughing a lot while watching. I was 12, of course, so I can't really say if that's good or bad.

Lukecage_2099

08-29-2007, 11:05 AM

By way of "Man From Atlantis," that is. This must be a pretty young crowd if nobody has thought to mention that one yet!

I'm also surprised that nobody has mentioned "Misfits of Science" yet. The fact that it was apparently supposed to be ridiculous was really no excuse....

Sadly, I remember watching the "Man from Atlantis". I even bought the first two issues of the "Man from Atlantis" comic book thinking to myself, "Yeah, one day, these issues will be worth a lot of money!" I'm sure that they are still laying at the bottom of my Mom's old wooden chest along with the autographed picture of Nicholas Hammond that I was so sure would be worth a mint by now. :mad:

Da_Black_Goku

08-29-2007, 11:21 AM

Mantis wasn't all that bad. It was actually pretty good with a solid
lead actor in Carl Lumbly.
Cleopatra 2525 was pretty bad. I actually watched half a season and
pretty much tried to end it all once. There was some great eye candy in
it though.
Nightman... ooooh, that was baaaaad.
Manimal, I have fond memories of this show. I liked the concept and had
a great time watching it as a kid.
Automan, while it was a bit cheesy, for it's time it was innovative and
new. I still have fond memories of cursor.
I think I'm one of two people in the world that actually liked and
watched the whole Viper series... what there was of it.
I didn't even know they made another Knight Rider series.
Mutant X wasn't THAT bad. I was suckered in thinking it was going to be
something like the comic series, then was intrigued by the storyline
itself. It had some great moments.

The one I remember most fondly is Greatest American Hero... that show
still rocks and just bought the DVD set.

Who remembers Mann and Machine?

BV72

08-29-2007, 11:45 AM

Buffy since saison 3, and X-Files since saison 4 were for me the worst. A total misdirection after a very good beginning.
SiiGh ! Since that, I hate Whedon & Carter.

After, there is Stargate Atlantis... Sadly... Because I liked Stargate SG1...

And of course the very bad Mutant X. My god... And nevertheless there was a potential. And the bad guy was not bad...

Few coments on another :

Manimal : was not very good , ok, but it was fun. And I like the music of generic.

Gene Rodenberry's Earth Final conflit : very good saison 1, few casting-problems in saison 2 (the idea to kill and remplace Boone was completely bad) and also few scenaristic misdirection in the beginning, but there was a little improved at the middle-season...
After, I don't know because I had no access to the other seasons in my country...
I would like to have an integrale DVD of this serie, zone 2, original version with subtitles + french version. Sadly, I wait, I wait, but never arrives...

Twilight Zone '85 : I just have seen the first half of the saison 1 in dvd.
Strange : I like it now, but not in the 80's. There are few good episodes... Sincerly. Not as good as the Rod Serling's ( I'm very fan), but as good enough...

Man From Atlantis (I don't know if it is the same whose I remember... Patrick Duffy ? ...) and Misfits of Science was fun at least...That saves them, for me...

Dman

08-29-2007, 12:02 PM

Has anyone mentioned Yancy Butler's old series Man and Machine from what i remember it didn't stand out to much. The mortal kombat series is on the fence for me as far as crap tv shows

Lukecage_2099

08-29-2007, 01:01 PM

I really liked Earth: final conflict for the first several seasons. But by the last season, it was like the writers just didn't have it in them. But it was weird to see the former androdgynous Tae'lon characters reincarnated as a hot babe Atavus.

The show also had to retcon most of the prior seasons due to cast changes EVERY SEASON. Only the dude that played Liam stayed around for a while.

I considered Earth:Final Conflict almost unwatchable from the first episode (kinda like Flash Gordon). But what you describe reminds me of the short-lived War of the Worlds series. I really enjoyed the first season, but they made so many cast changes and utterly stupid plot revisions for the second season that I stopped watching and didn't care when it ended.

trence5

08-29-2007, 05:25 PM

Gene Rodenberry's Earth Final conflit : very good saison 1, few casting-problems in saison 2 (the idea to kill and remplace Boone was completely bad)[/B] ...Then replacing him with a similar character :rolleyes:

to the dude that mention Man and Machine, *sigh* if only Yancy could've left that bottle alone WitchBlade would have been on longer :rolleyes:

mybotisgone

08-29-2007, 05:26 PM

I wish "Sliders (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm9xVPhhSF4)" never made it past season 1. I just don't like that show at all. And besides it suffered low ratings even when it moved to Sci-Fi channel.

Kent Horton

08-29-2007, 05:35 PM

I liked Cleopatra 2525. :o

Kent Horton

08-29-2007, 05:37 PM

Dman

08-29-2007, 05:41 PM

Hey does anyone remember that show with the Australian guy in the old energizer commercials, Highway Men? or something?. Someone mentioned wasn't there also a Knight Rider set in the future other than Team Knight Rider?, and since I'm on it I hated the KR 2000 TV movie that made KITT red:o

mybotisgone

08-29-2007, 05:49 PM

I remember an odd Sci-fi show where a alien criminal was sentence on earth and given a human body and given an odd sidekick that looked a lot like Booster Gold's sidekick Skeets. And he goes around saving lifes even that he murdered some other alien in cold blood.:confused:

pastajoe

08-29-2007, 05:57 PM

Space 1999 had potential but always came up short. I always wondered why there were so many British people on a moonbase commanded by an American.

And there was another British show, was it UFO?, where they had these space fightercraft with a big missle on the front of it to shoot at the flying saucers. I don't recall ever seeing the aliens, just their saucers.

Da_Black_Goku

08-29-2007, 06:04 PM

Space: Above & Beyond was pretty good for a bit, but was so damn dark and depressing I wanted to slit my throat aftter awhile.

CountD

08-29-2007, 06:32 PM

I don't know about worst ever, but X-files, 4400, Lost, and heroes all went down the p00pshoot pretty fast. disappointing.

Avenging Sun

08-29-2007, 06:35 PM

Star Trek...

Vic Vega

08-29-2007, 06:46 PM

Strict31

08-29-2007, 06:58 PM

Space: Above & Beyond was pretty good for a bit, but was so damn dark and depressing I wanted to slit my throat aftter awhile.

I think Space: Above and Beyond went downhill the first time they had a squadron of fighter pilots do overtime as infantry.

If the war is going so badly that you have to send your best pilots out on routine infantry patrol missions, guess what? You've lost the war.

I remember an odd Sci-fi show where a alien criminal was sentence on earth and given a human body and given an odd sidekick that looked a lot like Booster Gold's sidekick Skeets. And he goes around saving lifes even that he murdered some other alien in cold blood.

Hard Time on Planet Earth (http://imdb.com/title/tt0096606/)

Hey does anyone remember that show with the Australian guy in the old energizer commercials, Highway Men? or something?.

The Highwayman (http://imdb.com/title/tt0093189/). It starred Sam Jones of Flash Gordon fame and Jane Badler from V. His...his truck cab turned into...a...helicopter. Ahem.

Space 1999 had potential but always came up short. I always wondered why there were so many British people on a moonbase commanded by an American.

I never missed Space:1999 as a kid. I had this gigantic toy verion of one of the Eagles that was completely modular...the cockpit module could separate and so forth...it was very detailed for a toy.

But the concept...it wasn't so bad that a bunch of British people were following Martin Landau around. It was the fact that the show had replaced the USS Enterprise with the frigging moon.

But I tend to think all the really interesting stuff was happening back on Earth. You know Earth went all Thundarr the Barbarian, with Moks and radioactive sorceress b<aaa>itches running around in G-strings and such. Meanwhile, Moonbase; Alpha is just meeting alien british chicks with sideburns, yo.

bhudson1972

08-29-2007, 06:59 PM

Strict31

08-29-2007, 07:04 PM

I'm surprised that no one has mentioned V: the Series. I remember the first two mini series before it became a weekly show. They were so good back then. At least they seemed that way when I was young. I liked the main hero. The guy that was in Beastmaster.

Speaking of Beastmaster, that's another movie that was made into a weekly show that I haven't seen mentioned. I haven't seen it enough to know if it was good or bad though.

I used to really like the Weird Science TV show on the USA Network.

I have to agree that Babylon 5: Crusades was very bad. I really liked the original show too.

The Beastmaster TV show sucked tiger-ass. Is Dar the only person on the planet who can't find a pair of pants? And what the hell was that PC monstrosity of a weapon he carried around? Swords not good enough for the Beastmaster?

Of course it wasn't as bad as the Conan TV show (http://imdb.com/title/tt0129673/) Not O'Brien. O'Barbarian. Crom, count the dead...

Vic Vega

08-29-2007, 07:09 PM

The Highwayman (http://imdb.com/title/tt0093189/). It starred Sam Jones of Flash Gordon fame and Jane Badler from V. His...his truck cab turned into...a...helicopter. Ahem.

It was a stelth-semi. Think about that for a moment. A. Stelth.Semi. How can a honking big, black 18-wheeler sneak up on anything?

One more vote for the War Of The Worlds T.V. series.

The firstseason was pretty cool but the second season was some post-apocolyptic B.S. And they never explained the change (at least I don't remember if they ever did :( ) .

mybotisgone

08-29-2007, 07:10 PM

The Beastmaster TV show sucked tiger-ass. Is Dar the only person on the planet who can't find a pair of pants? And what the hell was that PC monstrosity of a weapon he carried around? Swords not good enough for the Beastmaster?

Of course it wasn't as bad as the Conan TV show (http://imdb.com/title/tt0129673/) Not O'Brien. O'Barbarian. Crom, count the dead...
You should use youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XByIh1iqzzE) to find things.:D

Hard Time on Planet Earth (http://imdb.com/title/tt0096606/)
Thanks. You do seem to know your dad Sci-fi shows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls0Idqi5WxA).:D

Jed Saxon

08-29-2007, 07:11 PM

Hey does anyone remember that show with the Australian guy in the old energizer commercials, Highway Men? or something?.

Highway Man. With Sam "Flash Gordon" Jones. Didn't make it past 8 episodes. I remember it fondly.

Someone mentioned wasn't there also a Knight Rider set in the future other than Team Knight Rider?, and since I'm on it I hated the KR 2000 TV movie that made KITT red:o

I was more annoyed that they killed Devon. :(
But what you are referring to is "Knight Rider 2010 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_rider_2010)".

I have to agree that Babylon 5: Crusades was very bad. I really liked the original show too.

Aside from that episode with that Golden Dragon (and at lewast one other written by Fiona Avery) I liked Crusade, it's premise and the cast very much. It could've been sooooo good if not for the fights between TNT and JMS. *le sigh*

Strict31

08-29-2007, 07:18 PM

You should use youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XByIh1iqzzE) to find things.:D

No...because if I use youtube too much, it leads to sharing:
<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XByIh1iqzzE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XByIh1iqzzE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

Now see, that's all your fault, cuz you provided the link! :p

Thanks. You do seem to know your dad Sci-fi shows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls0Idqi5WxA).:D

Nah, I just have a thing for remembering titles. Most of my memory of the show has been excised surgically. I'd embed the clip you linked to as well, except for the fact that my brain hurts.

Strict31

08-29-2007, 07:20 PM

It was a stelth-semi. Think about that for a moment. A. Stelth.Semi. How can a honking big, black 18-wheeler sneak up on anything?

But you forget. Sam Jones is King of the Impossible.

Miracloman

08-29-2007, 07:56 PM

I'd put the live-action Spider Man series .......DING,DING,DING

winner,winner!!!!!

And i got another one,the Captain America live action series.I dare anyone to even look up that one.

Dman

08-29-2007, 09:46 PM

And i got another one,the Captain America live action series.I dare anyone to even look up that one.

like my avatar? :D

edit: while we are on the subject was the Dr. Strange movie a made for tv movie? if so then i nominate it

mybotisgone

08-30-2007, 03:57 AM

Hey there was a Sci-Fi Sitcom one where a little girl had a alien father and she had some of his power to. blink.gif

Well "The Amazing Spider-man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne_trVj6SaY)" was bad real bad.

Noth forgetting "Captain America (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tVxYs3vEXE&mode=related&search=)" TV show.

Delta Ass

08-30-2007, 04:10 AM

What, no Dr Who?

Doombug

08-30-2007, 04:21 AM

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scifitv/images/Lexx.jpg
What the heck? Lex freaking ruled!

Jed Saxon

08-30-2007, 05:17 AM

And i got another one,the Captain America live action series.I dare anyone to even look up that one.

It were 2 TV-movies. The first one gets extra negative points for not using Cap's costume but that of Fighting American instead.

edit: while we are on the subject was the Dr. Strange movie a made for tv movie?

Yes, it was. Boy was it bad.

Hey there was a Sci-Fi Sitcom one where a little girl had a alien father and she had some of his power to.

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L2UkZzdyD0A"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L2UkZzdyD0A" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

mybotisgone

08-30-2007, 05:35 AM

Yes, it was. Boy was it bad.
Yep "Out of this World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_This_World_%28TV_series%29)" Man, did I ever wish for that show to go away. And what's with the clips from "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"?:confused: Man talk about ripoff.:D

Dman

08-30-2007, 01:51 PM

royce73

08-30-2007, 01:54 PM

Highway Man. With Sam "Flash Gordon" Jones. Didn't make it past 8 episodes. I remember it fondly.

I loved the Max Headroom/Highway Man lineup on Fridays. Pretty "cyberpunk" for 1987. I also loved that crazy Aussie (Jacko?) .

Zechs

08-30-2007, 01:57 PM

What the heck? Lex freaking ruled!

More specifically Prince and his glorious Shadow ruled that show. :D

greenman

08-30-2007, 01:58 PM

What the heck? Lex freaking ruled!
Hell yeah! Lexx was a great series. Yes, it was over the top and crammed full of gratuitous T 'n A. But it also had a lot of interesting and solid Sci-fi concepts, some really fun, cool characters, and a remarkably well executed internal continuity. Don't let the cheesecake fool you. Hell, the original Star Trek was almost as gratuitous by the standards of it's time, didn't get in the way of some really good sci-fi.