| gloriousbattle | 20 Jan 2005 11:23 p.m. PST |
For me it was Lost in Space. "Oh Will, the pain!" Close seconds would be The Invaders, Time Tunnel and Buck Rogers. bedebedebedebede. |
| greedo1379 | 20 Jan 2005 11:53 p.m. PST |
I've been watching a lot of this show lately... I don't know what the American title is. I never saw it when I was in the States. Its about a secret time travel device that lets you go back in time 7 days. So whenever there's a big international disaster they send back this Maverick, "you're writing checks your body can't cash!" type guy to fix it. Its a fun show. Does anyone know this one? |
| ETenebrisLux | 20 Jan 2005 11:57 p.m. PST |
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| ETenebrisLux | 20 Jan 2005 11:58 p.m. PST |
Egad... ZOMBIES on my brain tonight ! The tv show title was Seven Days... |
| dvmcnap | 21 Jan 2005 12:02 a.m. PST |
Buck Rogers because after watching reruns on the SciFi channel a few weeks back just reminded me how easy it was to be entertained when I was a kid. |
 javelin98  | 21 Jan 2005 12:02 a.m. PST |
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| javelin98 | 21 Jan 2005 12:06 a.m. PST |
Wait, another of my favorites: Sledge Hammer!! Anyone remember that one? |
DontFearDareaper  | 21 Jan 2005 12:15 a.m. PST |
You can't get much worse than Space Rangers if anyone remembers that half-season disaster. How in the world did they ever get Linda Hunt to agree to star in this  burger ?!?? Dave Lone Star Historical Miniatures lshm.org Drop by for a virtual visit!! |
| DontFearDareaper | 21 Jan 2005 12:18 a.m. PST |
Space Rangers did have the saving grace of being unintentionally very funny. We used to joke that all the pilots required full-time chiropractic care because you laid down on your stomach and had to look up to pilot the ships on the show. Dave |
| Rotorvator | 21 Jan 2005 12:34 a.m. PST |
Next generation or Voyager Star Trek, I can't watch that, sooo boring. No Wait! Space, Above & Beyond is actually worse, another fine example of charmless trash TV. At least Buck Rogers or the original Galactica can be enjoyed as kitsch. |
| Saxondog | 21 Jan 2005 12:38 a.m. PST |
Buck Rogers and the Logan's Run series. |
John Leahy  | 21 Jan 2005 12:44 a.m. PST |
Yeah, Logan's Run. Also Lexx (especially towards the end). Thanks, John |
| LeadAsbestos | 21 Jan 2005 12:50 a.m. PST |
Doctor Who, of course! Brilliant show, but the costumes, the sets, the acting... Any Star Trek after Kirk sucks as well. (ducks!) |
| alien BLOODY HELL surfer | 21 Jan 2005 1:39 a.m. PST |
star trek- any of them(never been good), Seaquest (was that the title - with the 'talking' dolphin, buck rogers etc they did a logans run series? OMG! oh, and I suppose even though I really like it, V would be called cheesy these days :-) |
| Bungle | 21 Jan 2005 1:51 a.m. PST |
Survivors.... 1970's BBC. After the re-run on UK Gold... Yuppy survivors after a world destroying accident plague holocaust. Terribly shot, really slow, "plumb in the mouth" accents, apart from a clean shaved Brian Blessed as a Sheffield United Fan, crowbow toting "feudal Lord". I want to see it again. :-) |
| Topkick890 | 21 Jan 2005 2:01 a.m. PST |
I don't know the name of it but there was a show I saw on scifi awhile back about a family that ended up in a dimension/world that was oppressive and they had to follow the symbol of the all seeing eye to get back to their own home world. In one episode the kids - a curly haired guy and a hot blonde both late teens introduced the youth of the world to rock and roll and in another the boy flunked out fo school and got drafted into the very army that was hunting him and his family. Anyone else remeber anything especially the title of this turkey? |
| Arkhamhouse101 | 21 Jan 2005 2:21 a.m. PST |
Lost In Space actually started out as a fairly decent, straight ahead serious Science-Fantasy show, but the 1960s media peer pressure trend of 'be camp or die in the ratings' was rearing its ugly head, so the show followed suit, with special thanks to Jonathan Harris. So definitely Lost In Space. Then there's 1970s Sci-Fi shows like U.F.O, Quark, Ark II, Logan's Run, Land Of The Lost, The Lost Saucer, and Buck Rogers In The 25th Century. Nevertheless, I still love these shows; I grew up with them and they are apart of me. The ones that are really, really bad (mostly from the 1950s/early '60s), I'm not even going to bother to mention. But now I need to justify. On the good side: 1970s Dr. Who and Blake's 7; Thunderbirds; Space 1999; Land Of The Giants; Time Tunnel; Battlestar Galactica; The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits; Star Trek: The Next Generation; Planet Of The Apes (TV Series); the X-Files; and my absolute favourite...FANTASTIC JOURNEY!!! |
| Napoleon III | 21 Jan 2005 3:41 a.m. PST |
Hmmm... So VERY many to choose from! ;-) Buck Rodgers is in there for sure, because that Colonel Dearing (was that her name?) was a BABE!! How about "Land of the Giants"? Anyone remember that one, about the ship that was transported to a world (conveniently just like 1960s Earth! - no expensive sets! hehe) in which they were only a few inches tall, and everything else was Gigantic!!?? I used to LOVE that one as a kid. |
| CuorDiLeone | 21 Jan 2005 3:52 a.m. PST |
Hey, I loved Space, above and beyond! And Sledge Hammer too. But that wasn´t a Sci-Fi show. |
| KatieL | 21 Jan 2005 4:14 a.m. PST |
"Star Fleet". Fantaaaaaaastic. |
| Plynkes | 21 Jan 2005 4:18 a.m. PST |
Doc Who was good until John Nathan-Turner got his mucky paws on it, curse him!
"Spectrum is Green!"
Captain Scarlet is my favourite Anderson series. I'm not sure if it qualifies as Baaaaaaaad, though. I don't think so, but I think many people would. I always wanted to find out how the Captain would be horribly mangled each week. But the high point were the Angels. Loved those Angel Interceptors. Can't decide if Destiny Angel or Harmony, the Japanese one, was my favourite. Get a grip, man. They're just puppets! When I was a kid there was always a voice-over at the end which said something like "Remember kids, Captain Scarlet is indestructible, you are not. Do not try to copy him!" They don't say that when it's shown nowadays. Are the modern generation really so much more sophisticated than us that they don't need this sensible warning?
Now Stingray, that WAS bad! But I still loved it! A different undersea civilization trying to take over the world every week! Where did they all come from?
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| Steve Flanagan | 21 Jan 2005 4:37 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure that there are any SF TV shows that fall into my "so-bad-its-good" category. Maybe Buck Rogers, for the totty. Mostly, I liked SF TV shows despite their flaws rather than because of them (Star Trek, Dr Who, Blake's 7, Gerry Anderson). I never could stand Lost in Space or the Irwin Allen stuff. Can we stretch the category to include Saturday Morning serials, like the original Flash Gordon? |
| Steve Flanagan | 21 Jan 2005 4:38 a.m. PST |
Best line from Stingray - Guest character, catching sight of Marina: "Who's the fish dish?" |
| Inari7 | 21 Jan 2005 4:48 a.m. PST |
When I was REAL young I loved "Land of the Lost" The Slezzstack (spelled wrong) Scared the poop out of me! "Salvage 1" was pretty bad it stared Andy Griffith, it was about a couple of guys building a space ship from a cement mixer. If you don't belive me go here link Only proves you can find all sorts of trash on the net LOL. Doug |
| Ironwolf | 21 Jan 2005 5:12 a.m. PST |
Land of the Lost any one??? :-) |
| skink master | 21 Jan 2005 5:54 a.m. PST |
Lost in Space,so much so that I cant resist buying it on DVD. |
| mweaver | 21 Jan 2005 6:11 a.m. PST |
If I like them, they are by (my) definition definately not "baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad"! |
| draknoir2 | 21 Jan 2005 6:21 a.m. PST |
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| draknoir2 | 21 Jan 2005 6:22 a.m. PST |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea/Lost in Space, on second thought. |
| PJ Parent | 21 Jan 2005 6:27 a.m. PST |
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| wminsing | 21 Jan 2005 6:33 a.m. PST |
Do you mean 'show we like even though we know it's bad' or 'show we know is bad and like to pick on'? If the first one, my current guilty pleasure is/was Andromeda. It's totally jumped the shark, but I still watch when I can. I used to also watch Space: Above and Beyond when no one was around to catch me. If the second one is the true question, I'd have to say it's Earth: Final Conflict or Muntant X. Both are silly shows that take themselves waaay too seriously. -Will |
| asa1066 | 21 Jan 2005 6:38 a.m. PST |
My favorite cheapo Canadian series, with Keir Duella no less, The Star Lost (the one that Harlan Ellison didn't want to have his name associated with). A group of three Amish/Mennonite/low tech types find out they're living in a domed habitat, one of hundreds, on a generational starship. Apparently the bridge was destroyed in an accident and the the whole thing is heading for a star and they have to stop it. Walter Koneig (Checkov) appeared in a couple of episodes as an interstellar police man. snowcrest.net/fox/star.html David S. |
| Yonderboy | 21 Jan 2005 6:47 a.m. PST |
I used to watch this live action show as a kid on Nickelodeon about teenagers who were psychic. Sort of targeted young adults, British accents, made in the UK. ANyone know what I am talking about? |
| Lord Billington Wadsworth | 21 Jan 2005 6:51 a.m. PST |
I have a soft spot for the Thunderbirds, especially when they were run with the pop-up bubbles with random TB trivia. Dr. Who scared the hell out of me as a kid, but I also love that. Space Rangers was alot of fun too. My friend and I had raging debates on which was better Deep-Space 9 or Space Rangers. I *loved* Space Above and Beyond, BTW.. and that would make for some fun mini-gaming. I think my #1 vote goes to Red Dwarf though :) |
| Yonderboy | 21 Jan 2005 6:51 a.m. PST |
Ahh - searched and remembered it myself - The Third Eye. Not a bad show, but watching it again, it would probably seem cheesy. |
| nimrodd | 21 Jan 2005 7:18 a.m. PST |
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| dsfrank | 21 Jan 2005 7:22 a.m. PST |
For me it is a tie between the second season of Space 1999 and the morning kids show Land of the Lost - both were painfully bad. That being said I really really liked UFO - but everyone else tells me just how bad it is - my perception must be clouded by nostalgia |
| draknoir2 | 21 Jan 2005 7:30 a.m. PST |
"That being said I really really liked UFO - but everyone else tells me just how bad it is - my perception must be clouded by nostalgia" Same here. Loved that show... and got all excited when Space 1999 came out, because it had the same "look". Oh yeah, Space 1999... that's another one. |
| Martian Root Canal | 21 Jan 2005 7:32 a.m. PST |
What about UFO? Purple-haired women at Moonbase...eerie saucer-noises...bad costumes...I just bought both seasons on DVD! |
| Thomas Whitten | 21 Jan 2005 7:40 a.m. PST |
Bab 5. Though I liked Lost in Space as well. |
| Patrick R | 21 Jan 2005 7:40 a.m. PST |
Japanese Sentai and Tokusatsu shows. |
| Coelacanth | 21 Jan 2005 7:50 a.m. PST |
Dsfrank, UFO wasn't that bad, in my opinion. It was decidedly Odd. I saw them on SciFi a few years ago, and the production values were pretty good, the modelling was terrific, and the stories were usually pretty serious (even if they didn't always make sense). It was also one of the most Mod shows ever filmed, so consequently it hasn't aged well (but then again, who does). I've said before that I loved War of the Worlds. It was bad, knew it was bad, shrugged its shoulders and kept on going. For one season. The second season is unwatchable. From Saturday morning past, Jason of Star Command. They blew things up in space, and one of the babes was hot. It was enough for me at the time. |
 John the OFM | 21 Jan 2005 8:01 a.m. PST |
"Danger, Woll Robinson! Warning!" "Oh, shut up you ninny!" Lost in Space, of course. There were 3 basic plots on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: 1) Admiral Nelson gets possessed. 2) Captain Crane gets possessed. 3) Seaman Kowalski gets possessed. And what is the reasoning btween air ducts that a man can crawl through on a submarine? |
| draknoir2 | 21 Jan 2005 8:03 a.m. PST |
"Doctor Who, of course! Brilliant show, but the costumes, the sets, the acting..." How could I have forgotten Dr.Who?!! It's so bad, it's good. "Any Star Trek after Kirk sucks as well. (ducks!)" I agree. (bring it on!) |
| KSmyth | 21 Jan 2005 8:12 a.m. PST |
Why is it that Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea had so many identical monsters that frequently looked like man-eating egg plant, or cabbages with teeth? I always found that mysterious. Kevin |
| System Crash | 21 Jan 2005 8:14 a.m. PST |
Crusader.....after B5 they let this loose....arghh the pain. |
| draknoir2 | 21 Jan 2005 8:18 a.m. PST |
"Why is it that Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea had so many identical monsters that frequently looked like man-eating egg plant, or cabbages with teeth? I always found that mysterious." Irwin Allen was working on a limited budget. |
| Norscaman | 21 Jan 2005 8:30 a.m. PST |
Show that is bad but that I still like: Stargate SG-1. Is there REALLY another? Worst Sci-Fi that I did not like but would still watch for the T&A: Earth 2 (Babes in Space should have been the title). |
| Hundvig | 21 Jan 2005 8:31 a.m. PST |
I'm torn between Far Out Space Nuts and that godawful abomination with Ruth Buzzi as an alien android. Or maybe Sigmund the Sea Monster. You haven't seen bad scifi if you missed 1970's children's shows here in the US... Rich |
| jgawne | 21 Jan 2005 8:53 a.m. PST |
Buck Rodgers, and here's why. When I was in college one of my jobs was setting upa big screen TV for football games. You had to set it up, let it warm up, coverge it and all that. Now Buck was on just before so I started leaving that on as my test image. The football fans (all guys) started to come earlier and earlier to watch it. Do you know how good some of those costumes looked ona wide screen? I think aftera while they were actually kind of sad to watch big sweaty guys instead of babes in lycra. |
