Shows that you like that never quite made it

[BrAinPaiNt]

Space: Above and Beyond= 1 season with so much promise but put up against 60 minutes.

Earth 2= a show that had so much potential if they had gone to a second season.

Roswell= a guilty pleasure that started very well then they got fixated on Heigle's boobs and soap opera.

China Beach= by far the best Vietnam series ever done; another year could have told a bunch more stories sadly.

There are a few otthers over the last 20 years that go along as well.

Frankly very few in the last 10 years or so that I care about at all.

I liked earth 2 as well. Forgot all about that show.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I agree with Deadwood... that show really needed two more seasons to finish the story arc. Anything much more than that would have been too much, but it ended prematurely.

Firefly is another show that, while I didn't watch it at the time, I've since seen all the episodes on Netflix and really think it should have been given more than the one season it got.

I have to chuckle at Get a Life. I love that show! I don't know how long of a shelf life it could have had, though. Sometime the the brightest stars burn the fastest.

Never got to watch firefly but if it was half as good as the movie they made I imagine I would have liked it.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Call me a geek but I got where I liked watching the last star trek series with scott backula called Enterprise.

Not great but I enjoyed it.

There is a show on right now that I imagine will get cancelled. Crusoe. It is not a great show by most measures, sometimes it is silly, but I just enjoy it.

I know it ran it's course back in the day but I loved night court. Every once in a while they show an episode or two on one of the channels but I can never remember which channel or the time.

 

[bbgun]

WWII-era show "Homefront" was also good.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Over There

 

[Yeagermeister]

Call me a geek but I got where I liked watching the last star trek series with scott backula called Enterprise.

Not great but I enjoyed it.

There is a show on right now that I imagine will get cancelled. Crusoe. It is not a great show by most measures, sometimes it is silly, but I just enjoy it.

I know it ran it's course back in the day but I loved night court. Every once in a while they show an episode or two on one of the channels but I can never remember which channel or the time.

It kinda grew on me like one of those rashes Sarge is always getting.

But being the geek that I am I liked all of the Star Trek series esp Voyager once 7 came on board.

 

[Yeagermeister]

It still makes me mad the cancelled it . Not only that but they said they were going to make a two part (2 hour each part) movie to tie up all the ends but then did not.

I remember reading an interview with Ian McShire (sp?), the one that played swearigin, and he said they told them they were going to do the movies and they never heard anything and later figured it was a no go when he found out they tore the sets down.

They should have made a spin off with just Al and Woo. :laugh2:

 

[burmafrd]

Firefly was the most over rated and over hyped show I have seen since the followup to Friends by the doofus.
It was pretentious and so obviously an ego trip by Joss (who did an incredible job of inventing BTVS) that I doubt it ever really had a chance to be popular. There were several parts on it that just grated on me- and apparently on most people that tried to watch it.

 

[locked&loaded]

There is a show on right now that I imagine will get cancelled. Crusoe. It is not a great show by most measures, sometimes it is silly, but I just enjoy it.

up north we dont have many channels and crusoe was on... awful. just awful.

 

[MetalHead]

Ned and Stacey

 

[Yeagermeister]

Ned and Stacey

Never heard of it

 

[Faerluna]

But being the geek that I am I liked all of the Star Trek series esp Voyager once 7 came on board.

I love Star Trek, but I never got into Voyager at all until a few years ago. they had it on Spike TV in the afternoons, and I watched it religiously.

For awhile there it was a ST geek's dream. DS9 was on in the morning, followed by TNG, then Voyager in the afternoons.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I love Star Trek, but I never got into Voyager at all until a few years ago. they had it on Spike TV in the afternoons, and I watched it religiously.

For awhile there it was a ST geek's dream. DS9 was on in the morning, followed by TNG, then Voyager in the afternoons.

Yeah I used to record them and watch them after I got home from work.

:geek:

 

[MetalHead]

Never heard of it

Ned-Thomas Hayden Church
Stacey-Debra Messing

It was on Fox...very funny.

 

[mr.jameswoods]

21 Jump Street- unfortunately, the show was overshadowed by Johnny Depp's fame and was falsely labeled as a teeny bopper show but it was really ahead of it's timeand has never been given the credit that it is due. That show approached heavy topics in a sincere manner such as HIV, homosexuality, racism, gangs, child abuse, teen pregnancy, homelessness, rape and other issues that were far too taboo during the late 80's, a time in which Hollywood was completely braindead and every character was a stereotype and plots were predictable and avoided certain subjects. Think back to some of your favorite 80's movies and they are filled with unabashed stereotypes; every Asian is a nerd or a karate guy, every Hispanic was a drug dealer, every Black guy talked jive, every fat guy farted and ate everything in sight, every Gay character had a lisp and hit on any male in sight, every blonde girl was sexually pomiscuous or a cheerleader. To think that a show broke these stereotypes and had a multicultural cast that were not token characters was groundbreaking. The sad thing is girls watched the show only for Johnny Depp's looks which led Fox to create a superficial treen drama in 90210 and that led to the creation of all these teen shows. The reality is 21 Jump street was well written and had good intentions even if it got famous for the wrong reasons. Go back and watch some of those seasons and you will be impressed at how it tried to approach these topics in a sincere manner even if it was less forceful and unrefined by todays standards.

 

[Rack]

Call me a geek but I got where I liked watching the last star trek series with scott backula called Enterprise.

Not great but I enjoyed it.

There is a show on right now that I imagine will get cancelled. Crusoe. It is not a great show by most measures, sometimes it is silly, but I just enjoy it.

I know it ran it's course back in the day but I loved night court. Every once in a while they show an episode or two on one of the channels but I can never remember which channel or the time.

Great minds think alike.

I also really liked Enterprise (the vulcan chick was HAWT).

Voyager was a great show as well.

And I also kind of liek Crusoe. It's not a "Great" show, but it's enjoyable.



Oh and Firefly/Serenity KICKED MAJOR ARSE!

 

[mr.jameswoods]

Great minds think alike.

I also really liked Enterprise (the vulcan chick was HAWT).

Voyager was a great show as well.

And I also kind of liek Crusoe. It's not a "Great" show, but it's enjoyable.



Oh and Firefly/Serenity KICKED MAJOR ARSE!

Couldn't agree more. Loved Voyager and Enterprise. Voyager was a nother hidden gem and in many ways I liked it better than Next Generation. Enterprise was cool because it showed the early origins of the Federation

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

They should have made a spin off with just Al and Woo. :laugh2:

I can think of a great title. :laugh2:

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Great minds think alike.

I also really liked Enterprise (the vulcan chick was HAWT).

Voyager was a great show as well.

And I also kind of liek Crusoe. It's not a "Great" show, but it's enjoyable.



Oh and Firefly/Serenity KICKED MAJOR ARSE!

Yes the vulcan chick was hot.

I liked voyager as well.

Never liked DS9 much. I think that was the only one I just rarely watched.

I think crusoe is silly in many ways but something about being marooned on an island I just like. As a kid I enjoyed the swiss family robinson and some other movies/books about that kind of thing.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I can think of a great title. :laugh2:

Yes and I know what it is :laugh2:

Yes the vulcan chick was hot.

I liked voyager as well.

Never liked DS9 much. I think that was the only one I just rarely watched.

I think crusoe is silly in many ways but something about being marooned on an island I just like. As a kid I enjoyed the swiss family robinson and some other movies/books about that kind of thing.

I liked 7 better but that's just me.

I liked DS9 because I kept waiting for a man called hawk moment. :laugh2: