10 Most 70's Underrated Sci-fi TV Shows That Were Way Ahead Of Their Time - Explored
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10 Most Underrated 70's Sci fi TV Shows That Were Way Ahead Of Their Time - Explored
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10 Most Underrated 70's Sci fi TV Shows That Were Way Ahead Of Their Time - Explored
#scifi #70s #scifitv #scifimovies
I know _Buck Rogers of the 25th Century_ was probably the height of 70's cheesy disco sci-fi...but it was still a lot of fun.
“Underappreciated and forgotten…” Many of these shows are iconic, and far from forgotten. Classic BSG in particular was never forgotten. Insanely well remembered for a one season show, in fact! Still gets new novels and comic books to this day.
Would you say it’s remembered for its humanoid cylon number Six? I didn’t remember it for that.
Buck Rogers deserves honorary mention even if the final episode was filmed in 1981. I thought it was ahead of its time in the sense that the hero was both a larger than life combination of super hero and astronaut having all kinds of wild swashbuckling adventures but at the end of the day he was a very sad and very lonely man who never fully overcame his trauma. That duality was interesting.
Yeah Buck Rogers should have been included but maybe the criteria had to be only aired in the 70's
@@kpowers Well its pretty iffy because the admittedly awful continuation of Battlestar Galactica called GALACTICA 1980 was filmed in 1980 ergo that show should possibly have been "disqualified".
I can see it both ways, it may have been 1980(81) BUT it definitely had that 70s feel and Star Wars influence so would comfortable fit right in. Like several mentioned I always felt that Buck Rogers could have been so much better if it had not been geared to an audience of 12-year-old boys, same as the original BSG. IF the writers had been willing to be a little more dark and adult with the plot lines.....Buck trying to find a reason to carry on when everything he knew and loved is gone, earth/humanity trying to find its place in the galaxy while still trying to recover from near extinction......yes this series could have been so much better with just a little different direction. IMHO.
@@twilightgamedesigns4887 Battlestar Got a remake about 20 years ago. I wonder if Buck will ever get a remake?
@@twilightgamedesigns4887 Not sure if I agree with you about it being aimed for an audience of 12-year-old boys. Lost in Space was for sure aimed at young kids. My parents both big Star Trek fans love the show. There were some things not really aimed for children such as the sexual innuendos throughout the series. Darker??? Well that Space Vampire episode still scares me till today. The episode "The Dorian Secret" was pretty dark for the times. Yeah sure maybe if they showed more of the mutant humans they showed briefly in the movie/pilot when Buck went exploring in down town Chicago would have been interesting. Overall I think it was presented well for the times. For season 1 It was a Sci-Fi show with having Buck as an agent so at times it had that James Bond/Mission Impossible feel to it. Season 2 was was more of a Sci-Fi show with it's Star Trek exploring the Galaxy vibe to it. Some may not like season 2 but I did.
I lost count of all the mistakes in this video. Almost every show.
So what?
Couldn't even use wiki for these shows. He got the characters wrong so many times. Quark didn't have a shape changing character. Ficus was a humanoid plant, gene/jene was transmute aka both male and female, Plus, Betty 1 and betty 2 didn't know who was the real person and who was the clone. On the fantastic journey, he called Scott a robot when he was the son of a scientist, and Fred was a doctor. Sorry but poor research on these shows.
Number 6 is in the Battlestar remake Not 1978
@@Fokkerc1"So what"? Are you saying you don't understand why knowing what you're talking about is important?
'Return to the Planet of the apes' and the astronauts you mentioned were the cartoon series. The clips you use are from the live action series 'Planet of the Apes' with the astronauts Verdon and Burke. Regarding 'The Tomorrow People' this was actually a British ITV children's program that went out about 5:00PM. Another children's ITV program which is actually better than TTP from the early 1970s is 'Timeslip'.
Kerr Avon is like Elim Garek. I trust them as far as I can throw a Hutt but I'd sure as hell want them on my side if SHTF
Blake 7 massively influenced both Firefly and Farscape, in characters, setting and plot.
Fun fact - Farscape is an actual continuation of Blake’s 7 same universe just set decades later
Firefly ain't got nothin' on B7 or Farscape.
the bumbble bee bum space ship is a symbol of well written low budjet scifi
I tried watching Blake 7 and it was so traumatizing I ended up voting for Joe Biden.
@@trhansen3244 I guess your were hoping to ruled by Servilan. what teen wouldnt
Blake's 7!!!! My favorite! Correction. Avon was NOT an assassin; he was a computer genius who had stolen millions of credits from the Federation bank. On Quark, Ficus was NOT an android. Fantastic Journey...Android? What android? Are you thinking about the TV series based on Logan's Run? Ummm...You mixed up Planet of the Apes series and the animated series.
There was a lot of confusion between the 1970s Battlestar Galactica and the reboot. The humanoid Cylon #6? Really?
yeah he was describing the cartoon Planet of the Apes and not the live-action TV show
@@michaelmcchesney6645 OK I was wondering who Cylon 6 was. Saw 1 or 2 episodes of the horrible reboot BSG, just couldn't get into it.
@@kpowers Tricia Helfer was #6.
@@michaelmcchesney6645#6: I am not a number, I am a free man. I will not be pushed, shoved, briefed, debriefed, indexed, filed, or numbered!
Good choices, good to see Blake's 7 in there. Saphire and Steel started in '79 and is an incredibly unique series, way beyond anything else in the 70s or 80s. If you haven't seen it I can't recommend it enough.
Very good. I wonder if they could do a reboot of it today?
Sapphire and Steel freaked me out as a kid and gave me nightmares particurly the one where the building was made from living animals. The one about the ghosts in the train station is skin crawingly creepy, I saw it a couple of of years ago and it's still creepy!
Saphire and Steel was on another level.
Avon from Blake's 7 wasn't an assassin, he was a cybercriminal
Vila: "Kerr Avon. When it comes to computers, he's the number two man in all the Federated worlds." Bystander: "Who's number one?" Vila: "The guy who caught him."
My pal had a massive crush on the female villain with the cropped hairstyle.
A trip down memory lane. I watch all these shows as kid on first airing. Blake 7 like so many other British BBC shows the budget was no where near that of its American counterparts so had to rely on many corridor runs, quarry shots and wobbly sets. However at the time there was no CGI, Hi Def animations so we at the time were more engrossed in the story line. Also Avon Kerr was not an assasin rather a Computer "programmer" who embezzled lots of money from the federation.
Yep, back then the BBC had to rely on quality scriptwriting and well-crafted character development. Oh, and when they wanted to present some theme/topic, they understood that they needed to be carefully woven into an engaging story. These days they have shiny, flashy, hyper-realistic effects and their writing sucks (or is so weighted down with "the message" that there's no room for an actual plot).
I am amazed that you did not know that Space 1999 was originally made as a sequel to U.F.O, many of the writers, directors and others are shared. Also the Tomorrow people was remade twice.
Well its dated now since 1999 was 25 years ago and we still cannot get back to the moon but if they ever film a remake how about calling it Space 2099?
Sequel? I don't agree. Where's the moonbase, interceptors, purple wigs? Unless, it was originally intended, but then just rewrote to be its own thing.
@@Alfetta158 Yes, Space 1999 was originally conceived to be season 2 of UFO but UFO got cancelled and they needed a new Sci-Fi show they could sell in the US.
@@ZurroundI like that idea! 👍
I love all of these shows, especially Space: 1999 and Battlestar Galactica. But there's a little goof here. Return to the Planet of the Apes was the animated series. The live action series was just called Planet of the Apes. It's really cool though that the footage shown here from that show was from the episode that guest starred William Smith(a frequent sci-fi and horror actor) and Marc Singer(from V and Beastmaster). The 70's was a great decade for sci-fi.
Since you mentioned them in your first sentence Battlestar has a reputation for being the first TV show to use modern special effects but I personally think that designation is deserved by Space 1999.
He did say 'animated' a couple of times while discussing it, which made me wonder why he mentiond it, and not the Planet of the Apes TV show he was using footage from.
For the Starlost, a I commend a great retrospective by Harlan Ellison, who won a WGA award for the original screenplay, "Phoenix without Ashes." He goes into great detail about how it went sideways and crashed and burned.
The script seems to be ChatGpt generated
Absolutely. It used to be a decent channel with real people narration that seemed to know their stuff. Once the chick left, it went downhill
I was thinking much the same. So many plausible, but utterly wrong, details.
That was horrible. You mixed up the live action "Planet of the Apes" series with the separate animated one. Added elements of the 2004 "Battlestar Galactica" to the 1978 series. The "Logan's Run" series barely touched on "ageism" (or any of the other points you mentioned). That was the original movie. The series was basically a random "chase and fix problems" series. It was interchangeable with "The Starlost". Speaking of "The Starlost", you mentioned it starred 2001's Keir Dullea, but not that it was co-created by 2001's legendary special effects wizard Doug Trumbull, who brought Dullea in with him. As far as saying it tells writers "what not to do", the series bible was written by Harlan Ellison, who won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for the pilot episode "Phoenix Without Ashes". Another episode was adapted from a story by Ursula K. Le Guin. There were episodes by legends like Norman Klenman, Arthur Heinemann, and Norman Klenman. If anything, it's a lesson in how not to produce a series. As was "Space: 1999".
The original Battlestar Galactic is hardly forgotten, it's still got a very strong fanbase, spawned a reboot that ran for six seasons, as well as rumors of more movies at some point in future and numerous novels and comics. For a one season 1970's show it's had incredible staying power.
Dude, Ficus in quark was a plant, not a shape-shifting android
aren't all Ficus plant's
@@shanehansen3705 🤣clue is in the name right
When you noted that BSG humanoid cylon #6, I think you got the reboot and not the original. At least I don’t recall # 6 in the original…
Six was most definitely NOT in the original.
There were several points in the summary that combined the original and the reboot, such as both the humans and the Cylons contemplating their place in the universe.
In a line of dialog, it was mentioned that Baltar’s assistant, Lucifer, was a 6000 series Cylon. Ron Moore said he incorporated as much as possible from the original into the reboot that he could in one way or another. If you binge watch and pay attention to the original series then the reboot you will notice what he incorporated and surprised at some that he twisted up a bit.
I watched Blake's 7 in the 90's on PBS here in the US. I was an automatic fan of the show. I have seen it all the way through 2 times and would love to own it.
It is here on YT. Started it when the first Lock Down hit.
This is what happens when you have ChatGPT write a script instead of researching the source material for yourself. As others have said Six aka Caprica was in the reboot. Space 1999 season two was Star Trek lite. At least Galactica 1980 amd Buck Rogers weren't listed.....
Interesting theory about the script. Wouldn't surprise me if you were correct.
@@jackwells8107 I asked chatGPT "describe a Rickenbacker" It described the Rickenbacker bridge instead of a bass or guitar... That's why it was so bad doing this article.
Space 1999 = Trippy as hell with very cool concepts and ideas. Blake's 7 = Strong characters that will have you rooting for them by season 2. Battlestar Galactica = strong blend of FX and camp for maximum entertainment. Starlost = Cool concept hamstrung by being forced to shoot on tape instead of film (see Ben Bova's Exiles books). Quark = best sci-fi comedy of the 70s that punched above its weight class (likely inspired Space Quest). UFO = Hottest space girls ever. The Tomorrow People = Almost incomprehensible (with pacing issues). Logan's Run = Not even close to the level of the film and even deviates from in in a number of ways. Regardless, it's still reasonably entertaining.
Also, something nobody seemed to acknowledge about Space:1999. What happened to the Earth after the Moon left orbit and what happened to the other planets when such a large almost planet sized object entered their vicinity? There had to be major devastating effects.
Well as far as the Earths’ fate went I’m pretty sure there was an episode where Earth was now in the future and reached out to Alpha. They had some kind of teleport device I think. The Earth had been ravaged by the consequences of losing the moon and was now an earthquake-ridden desert. The remaining humans lived in futuristic towers elevated above the ground. Memory a bit sketchy but the humans were friendly and offered to use their version of a teleporter to bring over the Alphans. Who were like “nah, we’re good” 🤣 6:56
The second season episode "journey to where" kinda answered the question of earth's fate after the moon left orbit.
As a kid, I wanted a Logan's Run sweat shirt. I thought he looked pretty cool.
I still keep hoping someone will remember Jack Webb's Project UFO, it only lasted two seasons, but i really enjoyed it and made me think of the later X-Files.
Reminds me of Project Bluebook that the Airforce did.
@@55Quirll I5 was, seems that Webb used the public records as a reference for the episodes and the main characters were USAF.
@@HossBlacksilver Thanks for confirming that.👍
That was a really different series and I watched all I could.
These were a huge success at the time. I never missed an episode. And I haven’t forgotten them.
Land of the Lost should have been on this list. That show totally fascinated me as a child and for a low budget show meant for children filmed in the mid 1970s it was awesome.
It just occurred to me that the "Distant Origin" Star Trek Voyager episode (S3.E23) may have been a nod to the Sleestak.
@@gregoryt1139 Walter Koenig did write an episode of LOTL, so just might be. (yes, Enig was a nod to Roddenberry).
Buck Rodgers will always be memorable to me.
Buck was and still is the only TV series that I watched from premier to the end.
Blake 7 .... 1984 with spaceships and talking computers...
Get your shows straight. Number Six, the humanoid Cylon was in the reboot with Edward James Olmos, not the 70s original with Lorne Greene. You people don't ever get it right.
Buck Rogers Was Great 70's Sci-fi TV 👏👽👍
Planet of the apes was based on a book (1963), by Pierre Boule.
Even though they were Saturday morning TV shows I would include Land Of The Lost, Ark 2, Space Academy, and Jason of Star Command.
brings back memories Thankyou :), I would have added a few more shows like Saphire & Steel, Doomwatch, and Survivors to mention but a few well worth a look f you can find them
I loved Blake's 7 and Battlestar Galactica.
Me too! They should have been higher up in my opinion. But they were not underrated!
@@Richard-qk3xm There's one 70s sci-fi series I've never watched. Star Maidens.
I wish Starlost had been written into a book series by its creator.
I'd heard of Space: 1999 and I had seen Battlestar Galactica in reruns on the Sci-Fi channel and I knew there was a Planet of the Apes TV show but I never knew there was a Sci-Fi series based on the movie Logan's Run nor had I ever heard of any of these other Sci-Fi shows that were mentioned in this video.
This was cool, thanks! These shows influenced so much later material!
As you described the ‘animated’ Return to the Planet of the Apes, did you actually bother looking at the live action series you were actually describing? And I loved The Tomorrow People as a kid but Nicolas Young was never “famous”!
UFO had the best opening theme music.
I watched and loved the first season of Space 1999, First season of Buck Rogers in the 25th century, Battlestar Galactica, and laughed with Quark.
I was a kid when these shows came out but I loved Star Trek so they were great to me.
A lot of people keep mentioning Buck Rodgers (which first aired in fall of '79, I believe), but he didn't mention Jason of Star Command either, so maybe he was limiting it to shows that had new episodes only in the 70s.
I always felt like Blake's 7 could've existed somewhere in the Doctor Who universe, probably because of the visual similarities. Also can't help noticing how popular the pajama look was for uniforms in the 70s, culminating with Star Trek TMP
I saw Blake 7 in the UK first run, and thought so cool
god I loved The Starlost. It was seeing the game Metamorphosis Alpha live. And Quark was a laugh, and UFO was fantastic.
This video should have more parts with other television shows included. You did make mistakes, but I did find your video enjoyable, and original compared to other videos that I have seen... plus with other other television shows I've never heard of before. "The Fantastic Journey," may have heard of it but have never seen it before. I would like to see a little more on "The Tomorrow People," "Logans Run," "Planet of the Apes," etc, possibly with intros to gain some interest. "Logans Run:The series" was way underestimated and a lot of fun. What would be cool to see is someone create a new intro with a better soundtrack to showcase the action and direction of the show. "Logans Run," had terrific guest stars as well: Mary Woronov, Angela Cartwright, Leslie Parish, Lisa Eilbacher, Kim Catrall, William Smith, Soon-Tek Oh, Melody Anderson, Barbara Babcock, Christopher Stone, Adrienne LaRussa, etc. "Buck Rogers,"missed. "Star Maidens," missed. "The Land of the Lost," missed. "Isis," missed." "Ark II," missed. "The Tomorrow People," had two remakes / reboots, but the CW / WB reboot had potential but they raced through the series and forgot that The Tomorrow Peoples main strength was that they were hidden, and remained hidden except for the Galactic Federation...? "The Tomorrow People," was a hidden gem that played on Nikelodeon in the early nineteen eighties and played about 4-5 PM in the afternoons, along with "The Black Stallion: The Series." (Nikelodeon as well) On the cusp of all that was a show called "The Phoenix," with Judson Scott that I missed and always wanted to see, but has never replayed on any channel that I know of. (1980, or so.) "Man from Atlantis," is the other show that was missing and never seems to get replayed. "Spider-Man," with Nicholas Hammond is also missing as well, and he was also a guest star on "Logans Run: The Series." "Me TV," doesnt rotate enough of there shows, and should put some of these shows on / inbetween shows to give them a break for awhile. If you have "Me TV," on Saturday nights you'll know what I mean. "Westworld: The Series," with Connie Selleca was another sci-fi show right on the edge of the early eighties that was well done and fun. Check out the intro with Connie Selleca running after episode one, underestimated show that needed time to develop, had Connie Selleca who should have been featured more in the series. Lastly, I have seen reruns of "Logans Run: The Series," on Tubi... then it disappeared.
I’ve seen a couple of these shows now and I’m currently watching Space 1999.
We we know who did not live in the 1970s. Battlestar Galactica was a major show though it went on for a while too long. You are mixing US and British shows. And the special effects were very good for the time.
After the third one switched off. Obvious no one had a clue what they were writing about
UFO was excellent. I still can't believe they cancelled it so they could make space 1999!
UFO was the very best show. From what I have seen of 1999, it wasn't a patch on UFO.
yes while the story line were pretty good and great weird costumes it did suffer from pacing too many long closeups and long reaction shots with little reaction it was kind of spaced out
In UFO the mobiles weren't able to fly, they were more like APCs or tanks. I think you were referring to Sky1, the aircraft part of the submarine.
I loved the UFO series, I preferred it to space 1999
The narrator says that the Planet of the Apes show was animated even as it shows live action clips behind it, and the description of the show is NOT about the live action version. There was an animated version so I guess they were just too lazy to bother trying to find clips from that. They also claimed Battlestar Galactica had a humanoid Cylon named Number 6. WTF!? There is no such character in the old BG series! Judging by other comments these were not the only "mistakes" made! Watch this for the old clips, but doubt everything you hear in it until you watch the shows for yourself!
Space 1999 is one of my favorite , I wished they were more episode in season 2
Despite the crudeness of the special effects and a few lapses in scientific accuracy, these films were much more interesting and mature than the current ones, which are nothing more than primary stories for children in adult bodies, sustained either by horror, the exploration of aberrant, absurd, incoherent and irrational behaviour by the members of a crew that should be expert and professional, in events that contribute to an anomaly turning into a disaster of epic proportions and whose probability borders on impossibility. These films and series, without claiming to be the model of science, at least made us dream of extraordinary tomorrows, of progress and human resilience, or simply made us have a good time in front of the telly
I was around for some these - I don't recall any TV shows with women in see through tops like the one shown in the clip art.
Battle Star Galactica and Blake 7 were my favourite space based Scifi tv shows back in the day with maybe a bit of Dr Who thrown in. Battle star Galactica was impressive because it was a big budget American production with great special effects and intrigueing week in week out storylines. Blake 7 and Dr Who were British productions they did not have the big budgets of American tv networks and it shows with dodgy lighting, wobbly sets and improvised costumes and special effects nowhere near as good as their American counterparts. Howevever what Blake 7 and Dr Who lacked in those departments more that made up for it. With solid acting with well delivered lines. Creative and exciting storylines. Good character developments and good music scores. Ah yes. The period between 1975 to 1983 was a bit of a golden age of American and British scifi productions that stunned the world on release in syndication. Its no surprise it was during this period was book ended by Star Wars A New hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Star Trek motion picture and so many other great productions coming out from both these countries that was very popular around the world in syndication after original air.
While it wasn't space related I loved the short-lived series SEARCH. It had some cool futuristic communication technology. There was also another one called Otherworld where this family accidently went through the Bermuda Triangle.
I loved that with Bergis Meredith as the head and Wyatt Earp as the first person - in the Pilot if I recall.
What about Salvage One, Future Cop,Holmes Yo-Yo,Time Express Gemini Man,Far Out Space Nuts,,Lost Saucer,Ark 2,Space Academy,Man From Atlantis,Six Million Dollar Man,Bionic Woman all 1970,s tv shows from the 8track tape days era
Never heard of Quark but I am definitely looking for that one.
It is on KZhead
SPACE 1999 aired in South Africa too, dubbed into Afrikaans though, and renamed ALPHA 1999. Battlestar Galactica was HUGE here in SA in the '80's. I remember drawing those star fighters in my schoolbooks every chance I got.
Talking about the animated Planet of the Apes series while showing footage from the live action series. How about a sci fi show about the near future when the bots that write these videos wouldn't make such obvious errors.
Ok on the part about the 1978 Battlestaqr Galactica ,Cylon #6 was part of the revamped series of the early 2000s staring Edward James Olmos and not the original series staring Lorne Greene.
The Cylon "six" WAS NOT in The classic 1978 Battlestar Galactica!!!! Six was in the new BSG Reboot!
Never even heard of half of these. I watched U.F.O. and Battlestar Gallactica. I think I saw Logans Run too.
5:08 Got to correct you there. Humanoid cylon #6 was from the rebooted Battlestar Galactica series, not the 1979 version.
Gerry Anderson belonged to a TV era in which viewers had a choice of 1, 2 or at best 3 channels to watch. He tried to make shows that appealed to a broad audience. So Thunderbirds: 5, 4, 3 ,2, 1 for the toddlers, rocketships for the boys, fashion for the girls etc. Thunderbirds was followed by Captain Scarlet - an almost prophetic show with nihilistic aliens creating suicide bombers and crashing planes into things. But, can you have such adult themes in a puppet show? Is it for kids, adults? When do you screen it (the UK pushed it as a kids show)? UFO had the same problem. Adult themes with amazing spaceship models and forward fashions. Total failure as SF with no comprehension of the issues of interstellar travel. No one knew who the show was for; even the UK had trouble deciding when to air it. Space 1999 was nuts. Essentially it was Star Trek with the Enterprise replaced by the Moon! No explanation of interstellar FTL travel needed, of course??!! The best thing about Anderson's shows was the music. The composer, Barry Gray, left generations of Brits with a series of iconic musical memories. The incidental music peaked on Thunderbirds, but so many of the theme tunes are etched on our collective memories; Stingray, Thunderbirds, Joe 90, UFO, and Space 1999.
Barry Gray's music was great. UFO was essentially a live action Captain Scarlett without the indestructability. UFO remains my favorite science fiction TV show. So much effort was put into it to make it look realistic and good. It wasn't cheesy and the writing was good. The characters were memorable. It wasn't really for kids, apart from the model work. I thought it was first rate.
I was excited when "Battlestar Galactica " premiered. Unfortunately (for the show) the news division broke in with the announcement of the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty with President Carter, Menachem Begin, and Anwar Sadat all speaking. It was great news for the World but interrupted the flow of the show. I just couldn't get back into it...but I did keep watching it.
I enjoyed the nostalgia, even though there were several mistakes! You still got a like from me.
I counted many mistakes. But the omission of Buck Rogers is unforgivable.
What no Iwin Allen. Where was Lost in space, time tunnel, Land of the giants
Amazingly I do not see any video about scifi in videogames. Wing Commander is directly inspired by Battlestar Galactica. Star Control 2 (renamed ro Urquan Masters) is the exploration videogame that we never knew that we needed. Independence War Deluxe Edition is the capital ship sim we always wanted. Steep learning curve. Battlezone 98 redux is like first person Starcraft. Great story. Steep learning curve.
Roddy McDowell at 12:50!! Woo hoo! But re. Battlestar Galactica, that show really bugged me when it was new and I was a teenager. Female characters were either teachers, nurses or the spaceship equivalent of secretaries. There was actually an episode in which an illness was decimating the crew and they were dangerously low on pilots, so they were forced to train women, and the male pilots thought it was hilarious. So an advanced, space-faring race apparently still thought women belonged in Earth's traditional roles from the 1950's. As a young girl, I found that depressing.
Did this script get written by an AI? It keeps making ALMOST right statements about these shows. (Avon was not an assasin, but a hacker, Number Six is not a character in the 1970's version of Battlestar, Return to the Planet of the Apes was not animated, etc).
You're a little confused about Battlestar Galactica. Number Six was from the reboot, not the original series.
Watching this was like watching a teenager try and explain what it was like to be in combat in the Viet Nam war. Which is to say fucking pointless.
You talked about the animated Planet of the Apes show but showed clips from the live action show - oops - quality control fail - who is putting these videos together anyway?
They were some great shows!!!
Humanoid Cylon in the original "Battlestar GALACTICA?" Did I miss it?
Watched most of these show and laughed along, Blake 7 was the most Cult. Cheers
Space,1999 The moon gets knocked out of it's orbit and leisure suits never go away.
The Star Lost should have been on this list. As bad as the effects were and as corny as some of the acting may have been the IDEA of it was ALMOST INCOMPREHENSIBLE. It blew my mind. A modern remake if done well could get a bigger following than Game of Thrones. The story was FASCINATING.
Dude, there was no humanoid robot or cylon skin job in the classical Battlestar Galactica.
Wrong again. The shape shifting alien was Space:1999 not QUARK. Quark had the Betty Clone, the gender fluid officer and the plant based science officer.
What happened to Buck Rogers!!!!?
Logan’s Run is based on the movie Logan’s Run with Michael York and Jenny Agutter. Farrah also is in the movie.
The movie was based on a novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Nolan later continued the story in two succeeding novels and a novella. In the novel, the termination age was twenty-one.
My favorite among these is UFO. So well done with futuristic looking technology for that time. Second is Space 1999. Only problem with it is how many aliens they encounter. How many populated worlds can there be in the short distance they have traveled.
Perhaps Space 1999 is underrated in America, but not here in Europe, where instead it has been very very successful
If there ever is a Logan's Run remake they should make 40 the age of death. That way older actors could be hired and since healthy people live 100 years nowadays its still relatively young.
UFO, do you think they could have uniforms on the subs of today like they have on Sky-Diver?
I think it is debatable that most of these are " underrated! I how heard of 9 of them(Quark being the only one I had not) Battlestar Galactica, Blakes Seven, Planet of The Apes(tv series) and Logans Run( tv series) are all ones, I have on DVD, and remember fondly.
Number 6 was from the 2005 remake of BSG.
#6 wasn't in the 70s Battlestar Gallactica.
Here I thought he would mention Buck Rogers
Loved Space 1999
Anyhow, where's Buck Rogers In The 25th Century? 🚀
That was the 80s
Only 13 of the 37 episodes were in 1979.
It started in 1979. That still qualifies it as a 70s scifi show! 1st season of Buck Roger's is the better of the two seasons
No buck Roger's was end of 70s
End of the 70s is still the 70s in my book. Buck Roger's had four months of episodes in 79.
If Space 1999 was realistic, most of the crew would have already died of old age before the moon even left the solar system,
Okay, I don't think you combined the Original Battlestar Galactica, and the remake of BSG. I don't remember #6 from the classic, nor do I remember the Cylons having any existential questions. They were there to exterminate the humans - and that was it.
you're inviting us to delve into these retro sci-fi shows...but just how do we do that? Some i don't even remember seeing the first time around, which kind of surprises me because i've always been a Sci-Fi--starting with Isaac Asimov's Foundation series--yes, i know we're not suppose to use that term but have always been something of a rebel...so how'bout directing us toward future past perfect...!
ALL Complete Series are on DVD now; even BOTH "Planet of the Apes" show (the cartoon "Return to..." and live action "Planet....". Should have shown "Buck Rogers" in place of the losey "Quark."
"Humanoid Cylon known as Number 6"? I think you got your Battlestar Galacticas mixed up.