Thread: Best Television Sci Fi franchise / series

[quote name='kmiller1610' date='03 May 2010 - 04:56 PM' timestamp='1272930986' post='147144']

It was seven seasons. Only Deep Space 9 had the same number and only Stargate Sg-1 had more (10), but the last 2 were pretty bad.

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I didn't like DS-9 that much. I am the wrong person here, i do not watch TV much.

Showing my age here but the best Sci Fi series ever was this one:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y[/media]

I used to give my dad head massages so I could stay up to watch The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits. All the episodes were stand alone stories, but very good.



One of William Shatner's earliest gigs was Nightmare at 20,000 feet on TTZ...



4 years before Trek



Here's a strange connection between your fav and mine (Babylon 5)



"When casting for the role of the shady Mr. Morden for the television series Babylon 5, creator J. Michael Straczynski chose Ed Wasser (who had played a bit part in the series' two-hour pilot TV movie) for the role because of his slick looks, charm, and vocal mannerisms reminiscent of a young Rod Serling."

[quote name='kmiller1610' date='03 May 2010 - 07:28 PM' timestamp='1272929289' post='147134']

Star Wars is fantasy, not science fiction. "The Force" is not a scientific concept.

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And the skills employed by "Q" of Star Trek were scientific?

[quote name='Djinn' date='03 May 2010 - 08:56 PM' timestamp='1272934594' post='147177']

And the skills employed by "Q" of Star Trek were scientific?[/quote]



Very good point and another flaw in the argument for Trek, which had the worst continuity of almost any TV Sci Fi.



Personally, I hated Q episodes. Then again, I loved the Ferengi, those little profit driven big earned gnomes from TNG and DS9.

[quote name='kmiller1610' date='03 May 2010 - 08:46 PM' timestamp='1272934012' post='147174']

I used to give my dad head massages so I could stay up to watch The Twilight Zone and Outer Limits. All the episodes were stand alone stories, but very good.



One of William Shatner's earliest gigs was Nightmare at 20,000 feet on TTZ...



4 years before Trek



Here's a strange connection between your fav and mine (Babylon 5)



"When casting for the role of the shady Mr. Morden for the television series Babylon 5, creator J. Michael Straczynski chose Ed Wasser (who had played a bit part in the series' two-hour pilot TV movie) for the role because of his slick looks, charm, and vocal mannerisms reminiscent of a young Rod Serling."

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I remember watching that as a kid.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7yJl2mUN2U[/media]

[quote name='kmiller1610' date='03 May 2010 - 09:00 PM' timestamp='1272934833' post='147179']... Personally, I hated Q episodes. Then again, I loved the Ferengi, those little profit driven big earned gnomes from TNG and DS9.[/quote]

DS9 was my favorite. Partly because I liked the political intrigue, and partly because I liked Shawn Wallace* as the Ferengi "Grand Nagus."





* aka "The Great Vizini" from "The Princess Bride" and many, many other roles and voices.

Here's one from my early youth-Science Fiction Theater (circa 1867??)

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXZnDjg2l7I[/media]