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In reply to the discussion: the 50 greatest sci fi tv shows [View all]AnnieBW
(10,425 posts)198. I'd put Farscape in the top 10
At least above Firefly. The best thing that happened to Firefly was that it got cancelled. That way, people could fantasize about what might have been.
I'd also add in Earth 2.
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I agree. tng was unrealistic in that way. specialization is more realistic
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2015
#34
I'll see your System Diagnostic and raise you a "reroute power to the deflector array".
Marr
Jul 2015
#153
"I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered."
hifiguy
Jul 2015
#60
But it wasn't sci fi, it was a spy show, like Get Smart and The Man From UNCLE. nt
bananas
Jul 2015
#93
The theme music for One Step Beyond was one of the greatest TV themes ever
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jul 2015
#100
As a kid in the early 60s, my fave was Way Out, the summer replacement series for The Twilight Zone
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jul 2015
#29
take lost off that list. nothing was ever explained with science. mumbo jumbo magical
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2015
#36
Especially if time spent running down tunnels and hallways is a factor in judging <G> -- nt
Freelancer
Jul 2015
#50
Any body remember in the 70's SNL did - Star Trek: The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise
Stellar
Jul 2015
#64
I didn't even want to watch TNG when they came out. My sons kept begging me to, and explaining it.
Stellar
Jul 2015
#119
And Mitch Pileggi, one of my high school classmates, is back as Skinner too...
cascadiance
Jul 2015
#154
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea and its futuristic submarine was kinda fun
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jul 2015
#107
OB is great, and yes, I would call it sci-fi in the same vein as the 6 million dollar man.
Exilednight
Jul 2015
#118
I would've nominated "Ice Pirates" just for the battle scene taking place in the time warp.
Uncle Joe
Jul 2015
#110
Alot of my favorites here. which land of the lost though? 90's or 70s? Also twilight zone and X-File
craigmatic
Jul 2015
#146
Jericho shouldn't be on the list -- that was just a post-apocalypse survivor series
aikoaiko
Jul 2015
#169