Obscure Tv Scifi

[xolta]

Last night while trying to Sleep i watched some thing called Gerry Andersons lost worlds winch was a collection of pilots for tv shows, in it was a segment called space police. I was taken back by how impressive this cheap tv pilot effects were. This got me thinking about old school scifi made for tv the more obscure the better.  As some one who loves star trek but is also kinda tired of the direction modern trek is taking this weird obscure pilot got me to finale put into words what I want.  I want to talk about obscure science fiction TV.  The more off the beaten path the better. 

Recomendations are welcome. Live action, anime, cartoons, tokusatsu, puppets, and weird one off pilots any thing is welcomed here. Heck remember Sea quest. I do. 

[Nova]

Farscape?
One of my friends has been watching it and they highly recommend it.

[xolta]

Farscape?
One of my friends has been watching it and they highly recommend it.

Oh man I need to finish Farscape.

[Melooon]

Farscape

I really enjoyed Farscape! I don't think it was the best show ever and it fell down in a lot of places and some of the world building was a bit weak, but the core theme and Jim Hensson-ness was great

Anyway my recommendation is Button Moon (its a mid 80s animated kids show about life on a moon)

Also Ulysses 31 is great (though its one of those where the first ep is the best)

I dunno if its that obscure, but I really enjoyed Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 

[Semper]

Captain Star is a fairly short animated show of 13 half hour episodes from the late 90s that I grew up watching. It's a bit of a riff on Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's kinda weird, sad, desolate, and darkly humorous.

The Wikipedia article about it.

A more recent and arguably obscure sci-fi that I LOVE LOVE LOVE, is Scavengers Reign. It is more for a mature audience, since it has a lot of gore and some nudity. It is also very short, with only twelve 23-27 minute episodes and was set up for a 2nd season before being cancelled (but it also watches fine as a complete series imo). It was built off of a short film titled "Scavengers," which was made by the same team.

The Wikipedia article about it

[xolta]

I really enjoyed Farscape! I don't think it was the best show ever and it fell down in a lot of places and some of the world building was a bit weak, but the core theme and Jim Hensson-ness was great

Anyway my recommendation is Button Moon (its a mid 80s animated kids show about life on a moon)

Also Ulysses 31 is great (though its one of those where the first ep is the best)

I dunno if its that obscure, but I really enjoyed Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 

 

I heard decent things about  Ulysses 31  and that the series is way bigger in other nations then it is here in the usa.

[alienhospital]

Oh this topic was made for me! My favorite scifi show ever is Babylon 5. I've also heard of Earth 2, Mercy Point, Space Island One, and Sapphire & Steel, I really want to watch those. Old scifi really had such an impact on TV today; Babylon 5 was the first entirely-planned-in-advance-for-5-years TV show, I thinK? It's great, I really recommend it. Also seconding Farscape, which I loved.

For newer stuff, I really like Doom Patrol the show, Second Best Hospital if you can watch it on somewhere besides the dreaded site, and Resident Alien.