1990s Sci-Fi Series

That said, I'm pretty sure oddly peculiar sequel series like the Heisei Ultraseven were meant for older audiences.

Edited by KorgC3 - February 02 2025 at 09:13

Heart of the Matter wrote: Logan wrote: Finnforest wrote: Heart of the Matter wrote: Nice! I went with Babylon > Voyager > DS9 Also, I have a fond memory of Crusade, the follow-up to Babylon 5 Thanks for the reminder about Crusade. I had forgotten that show. Voyager over DS9....interesting. Better characters or stories? Since I voted the same, I will take the time to quickly respond. I prefer the setting, story, premise and characters on the whole (the Neelix and Kes thing in Voyager was a low point, so cringe). Both shows got too soap operay for me in their ways but I really like Voyager. Enterprise I despised when it came out, but it improved for me and the whole thing I grew to like more (really like the Doctor and some very interesting stories and moral dilemmas). The first ST series remains my favourite. I did really like Picard and would love to see a sort of continuation/ spin-off starring Jeri Ryan (7 of 9). I thought she was great in Picard. I'd say that 7 was the saving grace in ST Picard. To get rid of Kes was the salvation of Voyager. And I think you are going to laugh at me, but the really annoying thing with DS9 was their being static. They didn't even orbit! It took them don't know how many seasons to secure their own ship to move around a bit, and that was only for the needs of war! And too many merchants selling things on the promenade, that too. The promenade itself wasn't good for any story, if you ask me. Thumbs up for O'Brien and Smiley, and Whorf, of course

I know lots of people did not like Kes, but I did. Neelix annoyed me. That said, I do think that 7 of 9 was a great character to bring on. Harry Kim was rather dull, I thought, although not bad.

I agree with you on Deep Space Nine. And the promenade stuff really bored me. And I just don't like Ferengi (one tried to rip me off. ;) . And Captain Sisko's son give Wesley Crusher a strong run for the annoying. Wesley reminds me a bit of the much hated Adric from Peter Davispon's Doctor Who (but unusually I actually quite liked Adric). As for Picard, I found it poignant, sensitive and courageous in how it deals with mortality, The vitality of Jeri Ryan really was needed.

Although it made little sense, had something happened to Deep Space Nine like with Moonbase Alpha in Space 1999 (for those that know it), it would have been more exciting.

Finnforest wrote: Heart of the Matter wrote: Nice! I went with Babylon > Voyager > DS9 Also, I have a fond memory of Crusade, the follow-up to Babylon 5 Thanks for the reminder about Crusade. I had forgotten that show. Voyager over DS9....interesting. Better characters or stories?

Since I voted the same, I will take the time to quickly respond. I prefer the setting, story, premise and characters on the whole (the Neelix and Kes thing in Voyager was a low point, so cringe). Both shows got too soap operay for me in their ways but I really like Voyager. Enterprise I despised when it came out, but it improved for me and the whole thing I grew to like more (really like the Doctor and some very interesting stories and moral dilemmas). The first ST series remains my favourite. I did really like Picard and would love to see a sort of continuation/ spin-off starring Jeri Ryan (7 of 9). I thought she was great in Picard.

moshkito wrote: Hi, Babylon 5 had some nice things, but totally bad "directors" for so many episodes, to the point of it giving us several different versions of the same character ... and worse of all, was the horrible misuse of the music that was written by Christopher Franke. For 10 years he put together a magnificent amount of stuff for that show, and it was never really taken advantage of, and I think that it was the American Producers that did not want music to upstage the rest of the show ... to be honest with you, I never thought that Vangelis, or Ryuichi Sakamoto did better with their music than the actual movies they were a part of ... so I, personally, think that the producers of the show were the idiots that didn't think music was important to the show at all, and likely, were paying Christopher Franke a bit more than any jingle idiot out there! There was one show, and I have no idea what it was called, where the folks had to go back in time 5 years to try and stop something or other from hurting the planet. I remember some parts of that show well,  but don't remember its name, and it seems to have vanished from the stratospheres of the sci-fi world, that has some nice things, but also a lot of junk, even if one of them had a lot of funny stuff .... only for two of their members to be taken to the Stargate series, and it quickly helped kill it faster!

I haven't watched any of those.

When it comes to 90's sci-fi shows, there are quite a few Japanese Tokusatsus that aren't very well known outside of Japan (especially in the anglosphere) which I think are absolutely worth watching. Eg. Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain. Yes, those shows were mostly targeted to kids and thus might come off as cheesy to a adult Western viewers, but the cheese is part of the charm.

Hi,

Edited by moshkito - February 02 2025 at 03:48