Science Fiction Tv Shows And Movies That have Not Aged well

Ray McCarthy said:
Very expensive. Even the DVD was a problem as they had dumped all the original files. CGI source files was several warehouses. Too expensive to keep. This also problem with scanning film at 4K and downsampling for DVD. When BluRay came along most of the raw 4K scans had been trashed. The live parts (film) of PAL Region DVD are thus higher quality than the CGI parts already! Not so noticeable on Region1 DVD (480 lines vs 576 lines in PAL Regions). I think they only had the TV station distribution tapes for the CGI parts.
Actual 4K or UHD needs even higher resolution scans. Basically you need always to sample at twice the vertical and horizontal resolutions of your destination to avoid jaggies and aliasing effects such as Moire fringing etc.
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Disappointing:(
 
Venusian Broon said:
I enjoyed the proper series. I think it was the final series when they found Earth and it seemed both the Galactica and the Cylons had ran out of fuel to have space dog fights or really do much else. Other than pop down to Earth for cheap away-day escapades.



Apparently one of the worst British SF and sitcom's of all time was Come back Mrs Noah. circa 1977 - Mollie Sugden wins a cookery contest. Prize: to travel up and win a British space station. They lose control of station and she is trapped there. How could that fail???

I think I was far too young to see this, not a scrap of memory about it. Perhaps my parents did the correct thing and shielded my sensitive young mind from it.
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The 1978 Pilot was okay , but the show itself was pretty mediocre stuff a best. Galatica 1980 is unwatchable.

The Ron Moore version is far superior.
 
Monkey!

Must see television when I was a kid. Now look at it? It's truly awful

Most of the seventies television has dated. The stories are quite simplistic compared to what we enjoy today. TV has evolved.
 
Space 1999 has not aged well, neither has UFO, although with modern sfx UFOs dark storyline could be remade today. A pity nothing seemed to come of the film version.
 
Space 1999 even when new was poorer than his puppet shows!

But I think most UK TV is poorer than UK 60s, 70s & 80s programs.
Soaps, reality TV, imported Daytime TV junk, dominance now of US programs.
 
Venusian Broon said:
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It's hard to imagine but there was a time when there was so little content for the television that the BBC had to run 1930-40's cinema reels to fill up space.
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I've got a fair few of these and probably still watch them more than I do regular TV. I am a bit of a serial geek of course:whistle:

Buck Rogers gave us Erin Gray in a tight catsuit so I don't care how dated that show is:D

The Tomorrow People definitely didn't age well but one (I think) that stood the test of time pretty well was the children's show Timeslip. It gave kids some serious subject matter to ponder.
 
The original Outer Limits looks a bit long in the tooth but It's still a great tv show to watch.:)
 
The original trek is also looking a bit dated, but they seems to have breathed new life into it with the new special effects and sequences.:)
 
Vladd67 said:
Space 1999 has not aged well, neither has UFO, although with modern sfx UFOs dark storyline could be remade today. A pity nothing seemed to come of the film version.
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Space 1999 had great visuals which have held up pretty well, but The moon traveling at sub-light velocity is one of the major flaws that this series. But if you suspend disbelief, it is entertaining. Season One is the best season two is downright silly.:)
 
Just ordered the Space 1999 Season One blu-ray. I'm really looking forward to watching it again. If they ever release the second season I'll probably get it just for completion sake.
 
Vince W said:
Just ordered the Space 1999 Season One blu-ray. I'm really looking forward to watching it again. If they ever release the second season I'll probably get it just for completion sake.
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They were supposed to do a reboot of 1999, Id love to have seen that.

They did do a Graphic novel series SPACE 1999 AFTERSHOCK AND AWE.
 
I think everyone has mentioned the main ones, I have happy memories of Battlestar Galactica being re shown on wednesday nights on BBC 2 some years after it was first shown. Galactica 80's, in a word, dreadful, horrible mess of a show. Buck Rodgers, sigh, where to start. I remmber the 30's and 40's series being shown on kids morning TV, usually after the main programmes, some years it was Flash Gordon some it was Buck Rodgers. Then of course we had the 70's version, lots of very tight lycra, how many young men's first crush was Wilma Dearing......just me? Erm ok then....cough I'll get me coat. then the second series ruined it. The "Seeker" was a terrible terrible idea. Changed Twiki's voice too! Murf! Just wasnt the same!
 
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