13 Incredible Lost 90's Sci-Fi TV Shows That Deserve A Second Chance!
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Science fiction as a genre goes way back in time. Writers like HG Wells and Mary Shelley introduced us to a concept that became one of the most beloved genres of contemporary times. Later, authors like Philip K Dick, Robert A Heinlein and Douglas Adams provided sci-fi the necessary momentum to propel it into dimensions unknown and unexplored. It was a staple for prose to transform into films which, in turn, influenced television shows.
The 90s were not alien to this sort of borrowing, and the period showered upon us with a variety of shows, from the thrilling X-Files to laugh riot sitcoms like 3rd Rock From The Sun. However, with great concepts come greater risks, and only a handful of them turned into more than what they wanted to be. Yet, there are plenty of forgotten Sci-Fi shows from the 90s that got lost in time because of reasons known and unknown.
Now, just because they’ve been forgotten doesn’t mean that they aren’t worthy of a re-visit, as these serials contributed to reshaping and revolutionizing the genre as we know it, incorporating politics and satire.
In this video, we will uncover the best sci-fi shows from the 90s that have been left covered in the sands of time.
0:00 Intro
1:58 SeaQuest 2032 - (1993-1996)
4:23 Alien Nation - (1989-1990)
7:00 M.A.N.T.I.S. - (1994-1995)
9:01 Earth 2 (1994- 1945)
11:04 TekWar - (1994-1996)
13:05 Millennium - (1996-1999)
15:24 Aeon Flux (1991-1995)
17:40 Dark Skies (1996-1997)
19:31 Total Recall 2070 (1999)
21:33 Time Trax (1993-1994)
23:05 Seven Days - (1998-2001)
25:07 Night Man (1997-1999)
27:04 Space Rangers (1993-1994) - Zábava
I am disappointed that Space: Above & Beyond didn't make the list. It was a show about a squad of space marines fighting a mysterious invasion across the solar system. It ran for one season and ended on a cliffhanger with more than half the cast either KIA or MIA. Also, I was hoping that Space Precinct (1995-1996) would make an appearance here.
S:A&B was definately a good series, but i thought it had a very open but good ending with how it all went (AHEM) with a big bang. Loved their idea of Tank's, clone soldiers.
Agree, S:A&B was superior to all of the shows listed! It was one of the only Sci-Fi shows, besides Star Trek (TNG and DS9) I watched in the 90s. I would watch it in a second, if it was rebooted (...if it was rebooted well, that is)
Oh man, that was mostly an entirely awesome show. I didn't like the character or actor playing the decanted pilot but other than that, it was a great show. Good call.
I found the entire series on DVD. It definitely deserved at least a five season run!
Absolutely agree, Space Above and Beyond was great and was canceled ahead of its time!
No love for "First Wave"? A reboot of this series about an outcast armed with the prophecies of Nostradamus trying to stop an invasion of alien bodysnatchers could be *gold* in the right hands...
Great show,
First wave was a fantastic show I need to watch it again.
It was definitely of it’s time. Nostradamus was huge in the 90’s, not so much now.
@@chrispelletier4132 I don't think Nostradamus has to be in vogue for it to work. It's just such a bonkers combination. Fighting the invasion of the body snatchers (to whom salt is like heroin) armed with the ancient prophecies of Nostradamus. What's not to love?
@@irrevenant8724 Agreed. It was an entertaining show.
Space above and beyond you forgot that one of my personal favorites criminally underrated
One of my all time favourite shows
Such a great show! Should have got a second season.
Take a chance.
basically just WW1 and WW2 in space, but yeah, very cool
Yeah, the ending was pretty ambiguous. This one was released on disc though wasn't it? I have them all from the original transmissions anyway but would be nice to have pristine, uncut episodes...
I adore every single show that was mentioned. You can easily make part 2 for this title and add Robocop: The Series, Timecop, Viper, Strange World, The Burning Zone, Crusade, Earth: Final Conflict, Space: Above and Beyond, Ocean Girl, Space Precinct, Mann & the Machine, Super Force, The Tomorrow People, VR5, The Visitor, Beyond Reality, Mercy Point, Strange Luck, Mission Genesis, Poltergeist: The Legacy.
i really enjoyed earth final conflict
@@troywalkertheprogressivean8433 Same!
Viper was awesome.
Don't forget the tv show Space Cases with the black guy who played Zack the original black power ranger
Mercy Point was awsome
In my mind, the four great 1990s dark sci-fi shows were: The X-files, Millennium, The Pretender, La Femme Nikita and as a bonus: Dark Angel.
The Pretender was one of my favorites but it got really frustrating near the end.
dark angel is great but it was in 2000
Love both The Pretender and Dark Angel.
The pretender was my favorite show. I am happy that the original writers actually wrote screenplays for seasons 5-8 and finished the story but it would have been nice to see those seasons actually played out on television.
Sadly it’s just the four seasons and two made-for-TV movies and then a bunch of screenplays.
Was cool to see Micheal Weise guest star on “Burn Notice” knowing that Donovan originally played the brother of Jerod on the Pretender.
Fun little bit of trivia.
@@mitchellpennell oh wow. I didn't know about the screen plays. Are they still findable?
Seaquest DSV. Was only retitled ‘ 2032 ‘ for its third season.
And it’s Roy Scheider. Not Schneider
Exactly. And mispronouncing Darien Lambert as Daniel Lambert and Aeon Flux had me like uhm no
@@jadedjc6981 pretty sure they're doing it for the comments, since the algorithm rewards it.
Do your research, people! Or do you work for the White House too? I'm talking to you, Saki!
Live-action Sealab 2020 of the 90s with a scale of TNG(The Next Generation).
It makes you wonder whether ANY research was done before making this video.
Timecode list for this video. Please put many likes here.
SeaQuest 2032/D.S.V. (1993-1996) - 1:45
Alien Nation (1989-1990) - 4:10
M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994-1995) - 6:46
Earth 2 (1994-1995) - 8:49
TekWar (1994-1996) - 10:54
Millenium (1996-1999) - 12:54
Aeon Flux (1991-1995. Animated.) - 15:13
Dark Skies (1996-1997) - 17:27
Total Recall 2070 (TV series. 1999.) - 19:18
Time Trax (1993-1994) - 21:22
Seven Days (1998-2001) - 22:55
Night Man (1997-1999) - 24:55
Space Rangers (1993-1994) - 26:50
I wish the Marvelous Videos team had included this list into the description like they used to do in some videos last year.
I saw SeaQuest D.S.V., and a little bit of Millenium and Seven Days. I wanted to remember the title of Seven Days - now I do.
I haven't even heard of most of these shows. I'd like to watch some of these other shows as they do look kinda good but in a goofy and unpolished 1990's way.
There was a crappy 1995 TekWar first person shooter game built on the Build Engine.
Thank you!
Usually always like comments like this but can't like any comment asking for likes
@@davinpeterson79 it's to boost the algorithms for the list so more people notice it up near the top of the comments.
So much nostalgia. I'd also recommend The Flash (1990).
It only lasted one season because the network kept moving its time slot, but aside from the late 80's fashion, it still holds up.
The current CW Flash series has referenced the 1990 show tons of times and it's nice to see something modern show respect to its predecessor.
Hamill in the onesie
Shipp in the bodysuit
Cheesy captain cold
Alex Desert
90s flash is brilliant
Yeah, John Wesley Shipp has gotten a lot of CW love in many of it's shows.
90s flash > current flash
@@nothingness863 all day
Lots of shows I have never heard of, Thanks!
Also, as some have mentioned: Space: Above & Beyond absolutely deserves a space on these kinds of lists. It's basically dark military sci-fi.
M.A.N.T.I.S. , Time Trax, Night Man, Aeon Flux. Man I miss tv shows from the 90's much appreciated guys.
I know the actor of Mantis from the Justice League animated series and the third season of Supergirl.
I hate the fact that we live in a time where the only reason for ending a tv show with a black main actor has to be racism. There were shitloads of shows with black leads decades ago, do people really think they were all canceled or were concluded because of racism ????
Time cop the series, sliders,
@@darkhall8227 Humans?
I loved the original M.A.N.T.I.S. tv-movie. The TV series took away everything that was awesome and interesting about the original movie.
I was on the practical special effects crew on NightMan back in ‘97.(it’s first season). We did the pyrotechnic, mechanical, and rigging/flying effects on the show
Seeing clips from that show brought back some memories, namely the long hours we spent just trying to get an episode finished. We were constantly under the gun creating the gags for each episode despite the limited budget, lack of prep time and (at times) conflicts of various sort due to the hiring of certain directors who just didn’t get the show.
The sad part about NightMan was the fact the producers decided to move the filming location of the show from the greater San Diego/Chula Vista area to Canada for the tax incentives for its second season. This led to a noticeable decline in overall quality in the show and led to its cancellation.
Who know what would have happened if they had kept the show in California- ratings for the show were actually on the rise by the end of the first season (mainly due to better script), and it could be surmised that the show could have gone beyond just two seasons if they stayed.
Oddly enough, I still have my crew polo shirt to this day lol
As a teenage comic fan in the 90's, I loved Night Man. Thank you for the memories, as short lived as it was, it was cool while it lasted.
M.A.N.T.I.S. was one of the best superhero shows I saw in the 1990s. Just like CBS cancelling the 1990-91 Flash television series saying the producers went over budget with their ideas involving stories and characters, I was equally disappointed M.A.N.T.I.S. was cancelled. I wanted to see what other supervillains Miles Hawkins/The MANTIS would have faced if the show went into a second season.
For real, this was great tv. My friends and I still reference this show to this day.
"Snake spot"
one thing i havent really thought about till now is. is mantis the same dude from viper? also i cant find these shows anywhere.
Old enough to remember most of these shows but loved Alien Nation and Earth 2. Such a shame there was no ending to the latter.
Also a shame they forgot to mention one of the best reasons to watch Earth 2 - Tim Curry!
Time Trax will forever be a show that changed me into becoming a sci-fi geek. That show was brilliant.
Yeah, Time Trax was one of the PTEN shows, another PTEN show was...Babylon 5!
The running gag for Time Trax was his weapon was supposed to be a car remote even though he didn't have a car. Nobody believed him because there were three buttons.
Took me forever, but I did manage to get the two seasons on DVD (the only DVDs I've bought since Blu Ray came out!) It was a great premise and I think Dale Midkiff was always underrated for his acting - look at his performance in Pet Semetary.
Love that show, bought both seasons from Amazon on DVD. I watch the entire series once a year.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. A western on the surface but the ongoing story was definitely SF. It and the X-Files debuted the same year on the same night. They got similar ratings, but X-Files was cheaper for Fox (being their own production) and got better demographic ratings in the 18-29 age range. So Fox axed Brisco after one year.
brisco county was great
That was a far out show.
it is sad that they didn't continue The Adcentures of Brisco County, Jr. It was great fun to watch, and the two lead actors certainly looked like they had great fun with it.
I personally thought that Briscoe County Jr. was a ripoff of "The Wild, Wild West"
@@karlsmith2570 Brisco County Jr. came many years before wild, wild wild west.
Alien Nation has to be one of my all time favorite sci-fi shows. The characters were well written the storylines compelling and it was a great program. I'm still pissed at FOX for canceling it.
Teri Treas
OMG!!!!
100%
💯
Fox had a nasty habit of showing these scifi show, letting people get attached, then axing them.
I'm feel old because I remember watching Alien Nation as a kid.
They repainted a liquor store near my house for the series. I remember they kept the Alien graffiti up for a while after filming. Maybe a year or two.
I loved AN.
my draw dropped when the woman said 1 season. I felt like that show was on for years i loved it the movies were great
You got to be kidding me ! Hell I remember watching ISIS and Shazam and Land of the Lost from the 1970s !! Hey age is just a number !
I feel older, I remember watching it with my kids...
*"Space: Above and Beyond"* is well underrated.
It was a good show FOX just didn’t know what to do with it.
Yeah I'm surprised it wasn't on here.
I have it on dvd 📀😀.
The sad thing is, they killed off a lot the characters....
100000% agreed.
Forgot "Earth: The Final Conflict". Great premise and start, ignominious demise.
I know right? I was surprised they didn't include that series is it suffered the same fate as all too many sci-fi shows, a horrible time slot.
Too bad the Avatus season was crap.
Yeah, the first season was actually interesting. But then they went and for the second season discarded every ounce of subtlety and played into every lazy-ass science fiction trope in the book.
@@Circleofcocytus it was syndicated it didnt have a time slot. The company making it crashed, that's why Andromeda crashed too.
@@johnnyplunkett8532 Andromeda crashed because it jumped the shark in the second season. By the last season it was just waiting to be put out of our misery.
I can't believe you forgot Space Precinct, Earth Final Conflict and Space Above and Beyond which were pure scifi!!!!
Forever Knight should be on this list, it had a good premise and decent acting
What an ending too!
But it wasn't sci-fi. Supernatural, but not really sci-fi. But I agree, it was a great show. Very sad ending.
@@jamesmccool503 well through out the series they were trying to find a scientific way heal him from his Vampirism (not sure about the spelling), it was not as supernatural since they were treating it like a disease, at least that's how I saw it.
Yep
Agreed, Ger and Nigel made a great pair playing off of each other the way they did throughout the series, and Deborah Duchene's Janette was en effective foil for them both. I always got the feeling from her that she was sighing and rolling her eyes, and thinking "Guys, get over yourselves," when those two got going. She was Not Having It from either of them, even though she respected Nick's choices (while disagreeing with them) and was Lacroix's child. The rest of the characters, notably Natalie and Schanke, were wonderful as well (Catherine Disher was hot and John Kapelos was funny as heck), and it was always fun when the Enforcers popped up, as well. Gotta get the Bluray of this series, now!
Space: Above & Beyond was a favorite of mine
Ooh yeah. I really adored that as a kid.
The Angriest Angel was probably the best episode on TV for awhile.
@@kegman83 'With all due respect Chaplain, I don't think our maker wants to hear from me right now, because he knows I'm about to go out in that sky in this plane and remove one of his creations from his universe. And when I return, I'm gonna drink a bottle of scotch as if it were Chiggy von Richthofen' blood and celebrate his death'. 'Amen'.
@@Abrxas01 the best episode ever.
I loved Space Above and Beyond. SHUFFLE UP THE WILD CARDS!!!
Time Trax came on right after Kung Fu the Legend Continues on channel 39 (WB)(now CW network) back in 1993 and by God I loved both shows. Those were great moments in tv history.
Space: Above And Beyond
Best TV series of the 90's and so underrated.
#justiceforthewildcards
Val E. Croft was the best sci-fi show of the 90's.
I can’t believe you forgot Sliders. It deserves a reboot...without Charlie O’Connell.
I'm afraid to ask, what did he do?
@@NevTheDeranged He sucked. Plain and simple.
Jerry O'Connell
@@fredginger6170 Jerry O’Connell was the star, but he brought in his younger brother Charlie for the fourth season to play a dopey, innocent super genius version of Quinn Malory and it was the most cringe inducing thing to watch.
@@dinoremac7713 I didn't realise that.
I rather enjoyed "Alien Nation", here, back in the day. I found the stories interesting and the characters and writing were both excellent. The way George freaked out and went into a irrational state of rage over his daughter painting an Overseer's tattoo on her arm makes sense once you realize that Tenctonese men are the ones who carry and birth children. In general I'd gladly revisit that series. While I don't remember "M.A.N.T.I.S." terribly well at all, I do remember not having any issue with the lead character being black and liking what little I watched of it just fine. I vaguely remember the rest of these series, and many of them look pretty interesting to me. The 90s was an odd time for TV and in general for pop culture, to put it nicely.
Alien Nation would have many people up in arms today.
@@Menkepht Like most everything made before the beginning of the 00s, for sure. But I really dug the ideas presented in that series in particular, and the acting was exceptional most of the time as well. In fact, I recall that Armin "Quark" Shimerman made an appearance in that series as a corrupt Tenctonese corporate sort.
This show messed me up so bad as a kid. The one episode where that one Palpatine looking overseer who chopped off hands gives me nightmares to this day.
The TV Movie for MANTIS was so much better than the series.
@@someguynamedelan 100% agree
Space Precinct and Sliders did it for me back in the 90s! Truly a magnificent decade for awesome concepts wrapped in a cheesy tv budget!
As a Gerry Anderson fan, Space Precinct was a fave as well.
Well i wouldn't consider sliders lost if they air reruns regularly on comet and stream on peacock
I'd say it's up there with quantum leap
Loved "Sliders" and "Seaquest". Like Gary Graham better as Ambassador Soval on "Enterprise" and "Axanar".
do a search for "Idris Elba Space Precinct"...You may get a clip from the Graham Norton show that's great to watch..
How can you not have Space Above & Beyond or First Wave on that list(with an honourable mention for Space Precinct)
As a teenager in the 90's I watched 7 Days, Dark Skies, Millennium, The X-Files, The Outer Limits (1995-2002), Stargate SG-1 and a few more Sci-fi Shows and some I discovered on DVD in the early 2000's such as Mantis and Earth 2.
Something about Frank's quite intensity in the face of the soul corrupting horrors within humanity made Millennium an absolute must watch for me as a young teen.
@@toneloak Yes me too, he gives the role such gravitas.
Love the Outer Limits!
@@nicoleabrahamson1883 Yes definitely, a great anthology series.
What about *tales from the dark side* ... I wanna say it came on at like 7 & 7:30pm every night. Quantum Leap was my sh!t too....it came on USA I think everyday at 7pm too. And what about The Secret World of Alex Mack... They probably didn't mention it on here because it was so offensively racist, sexist, malnourishist, survivalist, naturalist, LIST+LIST....but it was RAD. Millennium was my favorite but it got REALLY dark at times..... remember The Peacock Family X-Files episode? They kept their Mom/GF on a Skateboard rolled under the couch or something....those poor folks are truly marginalized!!! I mean, they're just like the House of Windsor, they kept it in the family for years.
I remember 7 days and I recall that UPN kept changing the day that it came on to the point that from week to week I never knew when it would be on.
As at the time, my city had no upn affiliate, I would watch do on 1 channel then switch to another and watch Voyager and 7 days back to back
Looking back, it shows they gave up on the show. That cast shuffle did not help either.
I hear that. UPN did that with lots of shows and then used the excuse that the shows did not have enough ratings. NO DUH! ITS BECAUSE NO ONE EVER KNOW WHEN IT WAS ON AND YOU NEEEEVER ADVERTISED THE CHANGES!!!!. It really ticked me off.
The title seems strangely fitting then
So it got the "firefly treatment"
In 1999/2000, Chris Carter (from X-Files) released a show called Harsh Realm, didn't even last the first season, but it had a great cast, interesting concept (based on an X-files episode and high production values. If it instead belongs to a possible 00's video, you should also look up The Lost Room from 2006, another great show that didn't make it through its first season
REMEMBER THE COMMERCIALS THEY HAD FOR ALIEN NATION? THEY LOOKED AS REAL AS EVERYDAY COMMERCIALS AND BUT THEY HAD THE ALIENS IN THE COMMERCIALS AND DETAILS THAT WERE PERTINENT TO THE ALIENS, SUCH AS SOUR MILK AKIN TO ALCOHOL. IT WAS SO COOL!!
And how lame jokes like " Why the chicken cross the road" is hilarious to them.
Strange Luck - Sort of an American version of Dirk Gently Holistic Detective.
VR5 - Way ahead of its time in trying to explain virtual reality.
Brimstone - Fantastic series which luckily was able to tie up its storylines and have a decent ending.
Freakylinks - Yes, it's from 2000. But I'm throwing it in because it was a pretty fun series to watch.
I loved VR5 and no one ever remembers it! Haven't seen it in years
@@dominickscalpi5686 sadly if you had any idea about technology when it was new, it was REALLY cheesy and you could tell the "writers" had no clue how computers worked; i.e. it must have aged _horribly_ as it was bad when new (as in completely unwatchable) to a lot of us.
VR5 had all the good ideas and decent actors taken out of it and was revamped as Alias
Brimstone was one of the best shows out there and should be picked up by some streaming service so that people can watch it now.
I also remember Harsh Realm and the Third Wave being really good.
@@dominickscalpi5686 I remember this show
Aeon Flux was waaaay ahead of its time; brilliant and cerebral, every sci fi fan should own the dvds.
Aeon Flux was both an allegory and metaphor for a roast chicken dinner...minus the sprouts.
@@conalcochranh3274 But was it, really, if you think about it?
@@chojinnppp James Herbert wrote The Magic Cottage. Why do you ask?
It also awakened a lot of teenagers sexuality.
It was just weird. Weird doesn't mean good.
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr was a great science fiction western that combined genres into something spectacular. Plus, Bruce Campbell!!!
That was so awesome!!
Aeon Flux was incredibly well done. So weird, you were spellbound by it. Incredible writing and imagination.
...plop...
Exactly , loved it
The series episode "Chronophasia" will forevermore be burned into my psyche, in a good way.
Alien Nation, Earth 2, Time Trax,... so many shows I really thought no one loved but me... 🥰
i did enjoy alien nation, and Time Trax; Earth 2 was a bit weird for me. one they didn't mention-Space above and beyond. (Seven Days, i missed out on season 1, just like I did with Stargate sg1.....first ever episode i saw was "Tok'ra")
@@ebee-uz1oz My mom loved 7 Days, Earth2, and Babylon 5. I was surprised they didn't have Babylon 5
@@princesstriceestar Babylon 5 is well remembered by a lot of people though, so it didn't need a mention.
I watched most of these series avidly when they first aired & can say I know many others who never even heard of them, let alone watched them
@@seanmcgrath3826 I'll agree that Babylon 5 is definitely more remembered than most of this list.
B5 Was just "remastered" for streaming, so it's far from "forgotten". I can still remember the popular B5 card game, being played right along magic, and others.
you missed Babylon 5, space: Above and Beyound, I saw almost everything on the video, nice work, now i need to get those series to rewatch them
That is correct ..they missed Babylon Five ..they should have definitely put that in .. ☀
@@genocyber0101 and space above and beyond really under rated imo
Yeah both those shows were in my head when I saw this. Love Space Above and Beyond
that's what i'm talking about, Space Above and Beyond....that show had a damn cliffhanger. Babylon 5 folks at home skipped most episodes (might have to do binge watch that show; already got Seaquest, missed most of that show)
If you list B5, Farscape should also have been mentioned.
"V" is another one that I enjoyed. I just don't think most of the regular channels appreciate SciFi programs.
V was '80s, reboot was 2009. It was good though :)
@@MrSpleenboy Yes I had first thought at TIME COP, NIKITA, THE ELEVENTH HOUR , TRACKER but all those were also done past 2000 as well. But I can understand Janet Sorenson a bit, after all those years it is a bit hard to keep the dates apart
Well, they could had packed SLIDERS in but this also borders more FANTASY and not so much Science Fiction since the show was not about the FUTURE but about Parallel Worlds of the NOW.
The two miniseries were great, groundbreaking science fiction with a powerful statement. The series sucked. Basically they hit the "reset" button to send everything back to the way it was at the start of the second miniseries. The series finale was the worst I've seen in my life, no wonder it took me twenty years after its production to finally see it. I guess that my local ABC affiliate recognized it for the garbage that it was and decided the series deserved a better send-off than that.
'V" the revival didn't come close to the example set by the miniseries. The first episode of the original 'V' did a superb job of telling the stories of the Visitor's arrival, and a completely plausible retelling of the events leading up to the founding of the Resistance by the end of the first TWO HOURS. The reboot, on the other hand, proceeded at a snail's pace. Not enough progress in the plot between episodes to keep the viewers remotely interested, not to mention plot holes you could drive a bus through. The Visitors didn't even come close to being in authority until the season(and series finale), which should have been entitled "How to completely destroy your show in one episode." Not as bad as the series finale of "V" but pretty damn close.
The reboot of V was good. Mona Bacarin is s treasure. She wss great in Gotham. I didnt see much of the original so had no comparison issues. Reboots are hard to pull off,
@@johnnyplunkett8532 She is good, but she couldn't save this show. The best actor in the world can't save a show if the writing is trash, can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. She deserved better.
SeaQuest was only called SeaQuest 2032 in it's last season (season 3). It's 'real name' was SeaQuest DSV
My friends and I called it "Voyage to the Bottom of the Ratings"
Watched it every Sunday
Loved that show! Would love to have the DVDs! I have most of The Outer Limits already.
SeaQuest DSV was originally called Gertrude's Paddle.
Also the role of the ScientistWendy Smith ( ROSALIND ALLEN ) had not been a fitting substiture for Doctor Westphalen ( Stephanie Beacham) After all THE CAPTAIN AND THE DOCTOR were an item and the age difference between Schneider and Allen made the total role arrangement in the scripts very kinky
'Now and Again' and 'Invasion: Earth' have to get a mention.
Yeah now and again was pretty good.
Dawg NOw And Again had soooooo much potential! The intro wasn't bad either. lol
Came here looking for 'Now and again'. Great concept that could be great again with the right writers and cast.
now and again....i missed most of the first season, just like Seven days. That show ended in a cliffhanger / finale.
Invasion earth, that the dimensional insect aliens??
No mention of Space: Above and Beyond?
Alien Nation! I loved it so much, I even learned the theme song in the alien language. Earth 2 was great, too. It was one of VERY few television shows set on another planet (Although, rumors have it they filmed on Earth to save production costs.)
Rumors aren't always true.
What about 'Space Above & Beyond"? It was so good!
Aeon Flux will forever be a masterpiece in my eyes.
I appreciate that it's on this list. But can anything be considered LOST in this day and age? Aeon Flux is still very much relevant today.
I was not a fan of AF.
If Aeon Flux ever dose get a second chance, they should have her stay 2D animated, and have her look more attractive and less creepy looking. Not to mention, not have her die so many times.
@@dreamguardian8320 that’s what made the animation so appealing, how different the artwork was and the mystery of her dying every episode and coming back next episode
@@dreamguardian8320 I never liked the fact that everyone looked skin and bones.
Five of those list was aired in Indonesia: SeaQuest, Tekwar, Alien Nation, Tekwar.. I miss the 90s.
They should list Babylon 5 and Space Above and Beyond.
Babylon 5, could've had more spin-offs, like following Leta & Gkarr
Nah. Also not a fan of rebooting b5. I think a reboot will only have room to disappoint
Battlestar Galactica Reimagined did it well. Remake doesn't have to be disappointed. I still prefer the story should be continued, hundreds after the series ended.
@@kunderemp the original bsg wasn't that awesome. It was good for it's time, but tv writing and production value had improved so much by 2000 that it wasn't difficult to out perform the 1978 version in all aspects.
Less progress has been made since b5 was originally out. I wouldn't mind seeing a version where all the cgi was cleaned up.
They need a separate list for shows that were really really good but for some reason didn't catch on the way they deserved. Those two would be top of the list.
Am i the only person who remembers "Space: Above and Beyond"? It was one of my favorites, another one cancelled early for no real reason.
It's was a great show but sadly it was a fox show, and generally if a show doesn't have huge viewership numbers they will axe it.
Networks don't really allow shows to slowly build up their audience any more. For example the tv series MASH, it had horrible ratings for the first 2 to 3 seasons, almsot got cancelled but cbs decided to give it a chance., mash eventually found it's audience and wound up running for 11 years and is one of the most successful shows in American history. It's series finale is the most watched series finale of all time, it was the most watched television broadcast in American history until the 2010 superbowl.
Networks need to lean to let shows try to find audience and once they find a time slot that works don't change it.
Actually in Alien Nation the females and males shared the work of caring for the egg. In the first half the female would carry the egg and then they had a beautiful transference ceremony where the males then sheltered the egg. That's the part where the egg gets really big and I must say, I did love the spoof that they did with the common stereotypes being switched. My young brain though that it was funny! I REALLY loved that show! I didn't know that there were movies, so now I have to go find them!
I wonder if the writers were inspired by Seahorses.
I would love to see either Amazon or Netflix take the task of revamping The Mantis. Such an interesting plot point and how awesome his weapon, paralyzing the bad guys temporary. 😎 We could use someone like The Mantis to bring up hope. The world is ready for him.
A little too ready. That tech was sci-fi in the 90's, but a whole lot more possible nowadays and in the near future.
permanently disabling politicians from lying, would be a nice power
Mantis was a metaphor for a cordless phone.
Nowhere Man (1995 - 1996) deserves some recognition on this list.
I was scanning the comments searching for someone to mention Nowhere Man. Thanks.
The concept was a love letter to The Prisoner. It made the whole world into The Village. Brilliant show.
M.A.N.T.I.S was truly an underrated and way ahead of its time show. Yet it helped to give hope to children of color in particular to see a strong and legitimate human made super hero in representation. I loved that show !
and a paraplegic in a wheel chair.
Found out later on that the shot wasn't a mistake, but if you watched the show you know
Loved Space Rangers! Had such potential with its gritty look and awesome CGI and interesting characters! After it was cancelled I got into a similar show called Babylon 5 and many of the actors from Space Rangers eventually made an appearance in that show!
VR5 & Sliders were good too.
Space Rangers wasn't given nearly a decent chance.
The video said the folks were fans but they described a single episode as if that was the entire series. Very odd.
@@ruprecht8520 Agreed.
While starting in 1989 Quantum Leap should be on this list.
Babylon 5, Quantum Leap and Space Above and Beyond were my favourite 90’s show in that order.
Something sacred about Quantum Leap. I don't think it should be touched. However, if Scott Bacula (forgive my spelling) has anything to do with, I'll have my popcorn ready.
@@htenny5031 Dr Sam Becket never returned home.
@@sharpe227 either way if anyone else other than Scott Bakula plays him, I won't be happy.
Quantum Leap, shouldn't be on this list, it's not "lost" or "forgotten"
#1 90s sci-fi show, hands down = *THE INVISIBLE MAN*
The stars: Vincent Ventresca and Paul Ben-Victor, had such an awesome vibe, and the show was far different than anything else I've seen before or since. (Not to mention VV was some nice eye candy - finally for the women!)
yes the gland that produces quicksilver
Yeah, that was a fun show!
Invisible man was in the 2000's.. so you can push that out of 90's sci-fi.
@@scottlyttle5586 I admit I only watched "The Invisible Man" during the '70s only because David McCallum was in it. The show wasn't that great, but he deserved better. He got that as Ducky on "NCIS".
Forever Night, Nightman, Mantis, and Space: Above & Beyond were my favs... Great stuff. I can imagine reboots with today's tech.
Forever Knight was a metaphor for scrambled eggs.
Millennium was my favorite show. Best Opening theme music ever💯
Millennium should have a follow up series. With all the chaos out there, Frank Black should come back.
Lance Henrickson made that show and was great. I was one of my favs too.
Millennium was a metaphor for impotence.
Early edition is my favorite.i discovered Kyle chandler.he is a A-list star now
Forever Knight, Space Precinct, Highlander, She Wolf of London, War of the Worlds, Crusade, Jack of all Trades, should have been mentioned.
I finally managed to track down She Wolf of London on DVD last year. Such a weird but fun show!
I scrolled through far far too many replies just to see if anyone actually mentioned Space Precinct, cause no one ever seems to remember it.
It was better than the snoozefest that was seaquest at any rate.
Mission: Genesis was the Sci-Fi Channel's very first original live action TV series in 1997. It had a fascinating premise, good cast, and nifty production values given it did not have a lavish budget being the channel's first effort. Needs to be revived.
I remember most of these, some of them were brilliant. I remember Tekwar because I watched all of it as it was originally broadcast... and I secretly liked Earth2... mostly because of some of the actors in it. My favorite of course was MillenniuM, despite musical producers that caused severe differences in each of its three seasons. One show left off of this list of course was “the visitor“ (1997), produced by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin. But it was only made as a one shot with no intent to continue it. Even so it was immensely popular at the time it was on but today, it is very difficult to find episodes, it’s not shown on any networks, and I don’t think it was ever given a proper DVD release either. Somebody has that show online here but it was recorded straight off of the TV while it was being broadcast, so it’s a 24 year old recording...
I remember watching all of these, and I loved them all. I also loved the Viper series (sort of like Knight Rider), Forever Knight, Dark Justice and one that really is lost, "Hard Times on Planet Earth". Also, the Aliens in the family and Out of this world sci-fi sitcoms were good too.
Except Viper's lead character (for the first season) was Max Payne.
Love both Dark Justice and Hard Times On Planet Earth
@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 Hard Times was a fun show, I loved the attitude of that flying robot companion that he had. I can't remember if it was an 80s show, or a 90s one, but there should have been more shows made of it.
Every time I hear Viper I think of Michael Dudikoff and then realize I'm thinking of Cobra which is another good show.
@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 I understand. The TV was saturated with good quality, similar designed action shows back in the late 80s/early 90s, unlike today which is filled with mainly "reality tv" and game shows. I can see why it is easy to get confused.
Manimal makes an appearance in Nightman 😍
Manimal was a rip-off of Charlie's Angels and Nightman was a rip-off of Dallas.
I was a fan of Earth: Final Conflict, Sliders (the early seasons), Dark Angel, Firefly, and The Sentinel. None of which seemed to really receive the recognition that they deserved.
Loved Dark Angel! Some ware I have the entire series on DVD.
@@constancepullen810 Same here. I also have the entire The Sentinel series, the first three seasons of Sliders, and all of Firefly plus the movie.
Love how Alien Nation accurately predicted a sixth Rambo film
SeaQuest and 7 Days are gold. Remember watching them when I was younger.
So were Alien Nation & Space Rangers
Seven Days was great really enjoyed watching that show, it had an excellent cast.
Yes Earth 2 deserves another season, and some movies too
Earth 2 was yet another show cancelled before the mystery was well understood.
You guys just took me back in time! I remember all these shows and they were soo amazing! Had to subscribe after this one. . .🤩🤔😄
And Babyon 5. Jesus. Probably the single greatest Sci Fi show ever. Incredible scripts, story lines, acting...
Roy Scheider, not Snider. There's no N in his name.
I was just thinking of Night Man's car the other day. That and Viper. Anyone remember Viper?
7 days was my jam when I was a kid.
I'm not sure what she's talking about with all these "plot holes", wish she'd actually give details.
Great video. Thank you for including the list and their time index in the info section. You're the best! 👍 💕
DARK SKIES, I loved that series! I was returning home every saturday night to watch it!
Fine list. But I missed other lost science fiction TV series. Like Sliders, The First Wave, Nowhere Man... and Farscape.
Nowhere Man was an excellent show & very underrated too. Farscape was so good it getting cancelled caused me to quit watching sci-fi channel completely until Battlestar Galactica premiered, which was over a year later
Quite a lot on here I haven't seen, I'll have to check them out thanks. I'd add Lexx and Wild Palms to this list
Lexx is like the perverted uncle of 90s sci-fi haha
@@BabiesKillYou Honestly I was gonna try and post a pithy reply but that's the best description of the show possible
Wild Palms had the Go chip that some reason was sickening in that it gave villains a form of transhumanist immortality.
Lexx is twisted awesome.
I'd also add Greta's Pocket Watch and Dank Doe-Knutts to the list. Gone; but not forgotten.
In addition to Sliders and Lexx, there were a couple of Nickelodeon shows like Alex Mac and Space Cases that I think should make the list.
Space above and beyond, sliders, dark angel, earth 2, alien nation, first wave...so many...
Damn I feel old, I watched all of these and lamented each of their cancelations....
Heck...you're not the only one. I'm 48 now and I remember being sad and pissed when many of these got scrapped.
The boring cop and dcctor shows go on and on. Till you find one you like then they go away quickly.
So many great shows never turn up in reruns. Half the stuff on TV needs to back in the vault for a rest.
I loved in Alien Nation, how the Tenctonese were given joke names like Marvin Gardens, Norman Conquest, May O'Naize, Kari Onbag, and Paul Bearer by bored Immigration bureaucrats. In the movie, George Francisco's first name was originally Sam.
Black Scorpion is an underrated show. But I'm a fan of Roger Corman and am probably in a category of few people who loved the movies and the show
Carl Lumbly was a childhood hero of mine. M.A.N.T.I.S is a legendary show.
Earth 2 is one of my favorite tv series! Not a bad choice on the list!
Very good quality network scifi show. Wished we got a conclusion for it.
Bah, didn't mention "The Sentinel". It was about a cop who had gained the power of superhuman senses of sight, smell, taste, and hearing.
The Sentinel was great watched the heck out of it, had a great cast too.
Excellent video! I'd probably include Viper and the SciFi show Quicksilver (may not have been the name but it was mentioned constantly throughout the show).
I grew up with so many of these shows, this video was a nostalgic walk down memory lane
Movies and shows to watch if your a fan of The Matrix (not in any particular order)
1. Ghost in the Shell (1995)
2. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
3. Akira
4. Dark City
5. Aeon Flux (1991)
6. Johnny Mnemonic
7. Blade Runner
8. TekWar
9. Total Recall (1990)
10. Reboot (1994)
11. Existenz
12. Tron (1982)
13. Tron: Uprising
14. Code Lyoko
15. The Lawnmower Man
16. Equilibrium
17. Ultra Violent
18. Ready Player One
19. Battle Angel (1993)
20. Gridman: The Hyper Agent
Dark City is so underrated. Like Alex Proyas was ahead of his time with this movie, later on The Matrix was released and this film was forgotten. Love this movie and story
@ Dyna Man
Thanks for the recs. Theres about 4 on your list i havent seen. Will check them out.
Cheers!
Surprised that the series "Sliders" was not mentioned. It was amazing!!
Yeah, the premise had great potential. In the same vein as Quantum Leap
But is it really "lost" or "forgotten", it got what 5 seasons? and was very popular at the time. I think the same can be said for Seaquest, was pretty big at the time.
Last season of Sliders ended on a thud.
For a while. It went downhill in the last season or two.
I'm so glad Seven Days was on this list. What a great show!
I would add the excellent show Now and Again which came out in 1999. It's about a middle aged man (played by John Goodman) who is in a subway accident. His brain is transplanted into the body of an artificially made man (played by Eric Close).
I loved Total Recall 2070 - especially the unedited version. Shame we never got the movie sequel we wanted. But if the TV series had lasted for additional seasons, it might have given them the opportunity to revisit themes from the movie. Maybe even get some members of the movie cast to reprise their roles for some episodes. And I also liked Space Rangers. For me, it was THE space western before Firefly. I just wish Sleepwalkers and Timescop (the series) got a mention too.
Whilst it was late 90s/early 00s, Lexx was a brilliant show and seems to have been forgotten by many!
That show was great, but I would say it's sort of a cult show now. Not really lost or forgotten, like some on the list.
Lexx had a great look, and I watched it, hoping it would develop into something better...and it didn't. German Sci-fi...is weird.
I can proudly say i watched every one of these shows when they first aired. Seaquest and Alien Nation and Seven Days were my favorites. There was a lot of good but chessy sci fi and fantasy TV in the 90's.
I really loved Millennium with Lance Hendrikson.
Nightman should have had the rest of the Malibu Comics characters drop by to set up their own spin offs.
This is what I wanted as a kid. Kept waiting every week for what ever channel was showing it that week to see if Prime would show up. Manimal got an episode, but never Prime.
@@YakBat Prime and Hardcase acting like buddy cop or father son super team.
@@bhushanharripersad5716 Gotta admit, YakBatPrime is my email, so I spent all day confused as hell as to why you wanted to see ME and Hardcase. Totally just now got what you actually meant, and gotta fully agree.
Woulda love to see Ultraforce and Mantra make their live action debut on Nightman.
Marvel Comics owns the Malibu comic franchise including Men In Black that deserves an experimental revival.
I remember they repainted a liquor store a few blocks from my house with alien graffiti for Alien Nation.
I remember that liquor store, too! OMG!
Literally any of the canceled Fox shows; Briscoe County, Space; Above and Beyond, strange days, John Doe.
And remember, Alien Nation was a movie adaptation with Sykes and Sam "George" Francisco played by James Caan and Mandy Patankin.
They could have mentioned Thunder in Paradise, Sliders and Team Knight Rider too.
Team Knight Rider definitely should have lasted longer than it did.
I well remember Space Rangers with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Banshees and the guy with the artificial organs. SeaQuest DSV was also awesome, both as TV series and as audio play on cassette tape.
actually Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa being in the thumbnail is the very reason I watched this video ^ç^
and I never heart of Space Rangers before :/ (and some others too)
I LOVED this show JUST for him!
Roy Scheider. Pronounced 'Shy-der' because there's no f'ing N in the name...
This channel needs a narrator who's done the research and isn't just reading from a script written by someone else who hans't actually done the research. When she said "Roy Snyder" the first time I thought, "oops," but then she said it two more times!
Thanks for the video.
Here are some off the top of my head that were not listed:
Mutant X
Starman
Dark Angel
VR6
V
Strange Luck
Nowhere Man
Harsh Realm
Earth: Final Conflict
Space: Above & Beyond
I remember night man when I was a kid, and I couldn’t stop laughing at the one ending scene that’s in the clip here he just floats upwards slowly and actually goes slower towards the top of the screen then it cut to him flying through the sky! I’m so happy I’ve seen it again!