I'm craving some sci fi tonight

Zirax said:
Started very well but after one of the characters left in the early series it started sliding. In the later seasons it bombed hard. It went from having a nice continual sub plot to a set of random encounters summed up nicely in 40mins. It was obvious they had no other ideas to throw in and just limped it on.

Real shame as I got to season 4 and lost the will to view :(
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Nothing to do with any loss of characters (I'm presuming you mean Rev Bem- The actor left after developing an allergy to the Magog makeup) IMHO, far more to do with the loss of Robert Hewitt-Wolfe.
He developed and wrote most of the first season, and had input into the second season.
I don't remember the exact basis of the argument he had with the Roddenberry estate, but IIRC they wanted a lighter, more episodic tone a-la Star Trek, rather than the much darker and at least semi-contiguous track he was taking :)
There were also some fun and games around Lexa Doig's (Andromeda) pregnancy, which probably also had an impact, but again I'd really have to go fishing for the details!

-Leezer-
 
Sci-fi guys, can anyone put a name to this film that scared the poop out of me when I was younger.

This is what I can remember, earth is a slum, a robot is on the loose, and the film is set in a huge high rise flat area, and the main thing I remember was the robot is in the apartment with a lady hiding behind the curtains/blinds and you could see the red light from its eyes through the blinds.

I remember getting to that part, watching it with my dad and thinking "**** this I'm away to bed"
 
IrishChr1s said:
Sci-fi guys, can anyone put a name to this film that scared the poop out of me when I was younger.

This is what I can remember, earth is a slum, a robot is on the loose, and the film is set in a huge high rise flat area, and the main thing I remember was the robot is in the apartment with a lady hiding behind the curtains/blinds and you could see the red light from its eyes through the blinds.

I remember getting to that part, watching it with my dad and thinking "**** this I'm away to bed"
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"Hardware" ?
 
leezer3 said:
Nothing to do with any loss of characters (I'm presuming you mean Rev Bem- The actor left after developing an allergy to the Magog makeup) IMHO, far more to do with the loss of Robert Hewitt-Wolfe.
He developed and wrote most of the first season, and had input into the second season.
I don't remember the exact basis of the argument he had with the Roddenberry estate, but IIRC they wanted a lighter, more episodic tone a-la Star Trek, rather than the much darker and at least semi-contiguous track he was taking :)
There were also some fun and games around Lexa Doig's (Andromeda) pregnancy, which probably also had an impact, but again I'd really have to go fishing for the details!

-Leezer-
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I was trying not to give it away, but yes Rev added something to the series that was never replaced. I didn't know that about the writer leaving but that does make sense with the shift of style and tone of the series. Thanks for this :)
 
lokiss said:
Same story with the the europa report. Two films i wouldn't watch again, but kinda glad i did so to speak.
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Thanks for this, I watched Europa Report yesterday and really enjoyed it. It felt more believable than a lot of modern Sci-Fi.
 
johnyccc said:
odyssey 5, dark skies and space: above and beyond are all well worth watching
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Another vote for Space Above & Beyond. It's kind of like a cross between Wing Commander and Starship Troopers, done by Chris Carter (X-Files). There are some outstanding episodes and a proper story arc, at least for its short life.
 
I watched Saturn 3 the other night. It was pretty rubbish, but not the worst film ever made, and it does have Harvey Keitel as some kind of Cyborg thing!
 
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