The Atomic Age and Space Race during the 1950's and 60's fired a whole explosion of Sci-Fi on the small and big screens.
Kids were treated to B-movies like War of the Colossal Beast and This Island Earth, TV gems like Quatermass, the space antics of Moon Zero Two, Thunderbirds' epic grandeur and the sheer style of UFO. We were immersed in Science Fiction.
The Eighties were pretty good too if I remember rightly but perhaps not the Nineties or the Naughties?
Do you think that NASA's new Mars adventure might inspire a whole new generation of Sci Fi films, series and novels?
Does anyone remember the TV series LEXX?
ReplyDeleteI watched a little bit only but I didn't watch a lot because I watch different only like foreign language shows and movies only. Thanks! From:Wayne To God Be The Glory!
DeleteI wish there was another space SF boom, but doubt it for the moment. In the naughties we had 'Mission to Mars' which didn't set the world alight. On TV both Star Trek Enterprise and Andromeda ended. There's been talk of a reboot of Gerry Anderson's UFO as a movie, a new Thunderbirds in CGI, a reboot of Space 1999 called Space 2099, and now maybe Blake's 7. Nothing has come about yet. Anyone got a few million to spend? Yes I remember Lexx! Blimey that was weird. It was on Channel 4 in the UK on friday nights after getting back from the pub. ;D
ReplyDeleteI remember watching the 1960's scifi melodrama set in 1997 the near future Dr John Robinson and his family travels in deep lost galaxy far far away from earth to travel around the universe inspired from classic novels futuristic version of Swiss Family Robinson aired on CBS network from 1964-68 television series became popular hit series to be seen in several countries around the world in popular culture in films tevision comics animated series action figures dolls and media. Thanks for the information. From:Wayne. www.cbs.com
DeleteI watched all the scifi melodrama set in the 21st century the near future year 1999 Moonbase Alpha the headquarters of the moon research scientific command center television melodrama series called Space:1999 starring Martin Landau & Barbara Bain originally aired from 1975-77 television series from the UK/England & United States aired in several countries like US Canada Europe Australia Japan China Korea Middle East Philippines and other countries around the world.Soon to be a remake a reboot of the classic series called Space:2099 coming soon. Thanks for the information. From:Wayne. www.itc.com
DeleteWE can always hope Woodsy! In this day of distractions, many good Sci Fi endeavors may be missed in the noise. I enjoyed the first story arc of LEXX tremendously. Firefly (and the movie Serenity), and "Space Above & Beyond" come to mind as good ones. Gaming, one dominant pop culture of today, leans towards Sci Fi (HALO, Mass Effect, Starcraft...etc.) which is good news.
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten about Gaming because I don't partake I'm afriad. Maybe that's the new Sci Fi Frontier as you say. I;d like to see more films like MOON and Prometheus. At least one or two films about Mars. In the meantime I'm going to re-discover The Martian Chronicles online. I was admiring the toy figures by Larami from the series on the inspirational PlaidStallions site http://plaidstallions.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/martian-chronicles-toys-by-larami.html
ReplyDeleteSpace/sci-fi has never left us. It's really been everywhere on the big and small screens. I think though that it's become so pervasive that for lack of a better description, it's become diluted. Nothing of really great quality has come out for some time. Case in point "John Carter of Mars", "Battleship", "Transformers", the Sci-Fi channel keeps putting out ever darker and darker series. HOPEFULLY, Curiousity will inspire well thought out, not over-produced, not CGI bloated gore-fest entertaining Science Fiction instead of the modern trend of Quasi-Science Smarm
ReplyDeleteI like low budget films & television series just like the good old days of the 1950's 1960's & 1970's/1980's era loves scifi/horror/mystery/suspense/drama became popular hits of all time as a cultural icons of American & European influences throughout the world. Thanks for the information. From:Wayne
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