Science Fiction TV Numbers 15-11
Tick, tick, tick – we’re getting closer to number 1…do you know what it is? Did you cheat?
Number 15: Blake’s 7 | |
 | GorT has no pattern recognition here – never heard of it or saw it. Blake’s 7 featuresRoj Blake, a political dissident who is arrested, tried and convicted on false charges. While being transferred to a prison planet, he and two fellow prisoners are sent to board and investigate an abandoned alien spacecraft. They get the ship working, commandeer it, rescue two more prisoners, and are joined by an alien guerrilla with telepathic abilities. In their attempts to stay ahead of their enemies and inspire others to rebel, they encounter a wide variety of cultures on different planets, and are forced to confront human and alien threats. |
Number 14: Stargate SG-1 | |
 | Building on the Stargate movie, which many think was average at best, this successful series has built a decent following and surpassed 200 episodes. Seeing Richard Dean Anderson not wiring something together with a stick of gum and his Swiss army knife is good – he delivered a solid performance. GorT wasn’t a regular watcher, but the occasional episodes were good. |
Number 13: V (1983-85) | |
 | GorT watched all of these episodes. First, I did think that Faye Grant was hot. Second, the insurgent humans fighting against invading aliens with nefarious intentions is a great plot line. They spun off everything from xenophobia to cross-species reproduction. I did get a kick out of Michael Ironside (in a very Dirty harry-esque mode) and his militaristic gang when they joined the plot line. |
Number 12: Lost | |
 | Ok, maybe GorT needs to give up his SciFi card but I’ve never watched any episode of Lost. Given the last episode, I doubt I ever will. Maybe it’s a modern take on Twin Peaks, etc. where you get a bizarre storyline that doesn’t quite make sense and is hard to discern what reality is but it’s hard for me to buy in. I think that was the main issue too: if you didn’t jump in when it launched it was a bit of a hurdle to do so later. |
Number 11: Firefly | |
 | A Joss Whedon masterpiece – a rag-tag crew with such full and quirky characters thrown together in a misfit adventure. I don’t know if I could even pick out my favorite aspect of the show: Jayne? the “relationship” between Mal and Inara? Kaylee the ship’s engineer? Summer Glau’s portrayal of a bizarre character. Wow. Such goodness. |
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