10 Great Sci-Fi TV Shows (That Died Too Soon)

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@seaconfused
@seaconfused Ай бұрын
The cancellation of Stargate Universe and Firefly are crimes against the humanity!
@Scottlp2
@Scottlp2 Ай бұрын
SGU was good SF (and I eventually grew to kinda like it) but it wasn’t SG, and lacked the humor which made SG beloved. If I want dark SF (not my usual preference) I’ll rewatch BSG reboot which they tried to copy.
@ImperativeGames
@ImperativeGames Ай бұрын
While cancelling SG: U was a mistake I wouldn't cry about it. But cancellation of"Firefly" and "Terminator: Sarah Chronicles" definitely *was* a crime against humanity.
@shadowninja6689
@shadowninja6689 Ай бұрын
No Dark Matter (2015 to 2017)? That show was the absolute best for 3 seasons, and it was supposed to have 2 more.
@QuinlinBane
@QuinlinBane Ай бұрын
Dark Matter rocked!!!
@georgeboyd5670
@georgeboyd5670 Ай бұрын
I miss the hell out of Terminator: Sarah Chronicles, Firefly and Dark Angel.
@reh3884
@reh3884 Ай бұрын
SAME!
@michaeljaymarshall
@michaeljaymarshall Ай бұрын
Yeah Sarah Conner Chronicles was good. What's wrong with people.
@heralduk5839
@heralduk5839 Ай бұрын
Good picks... Still missing, Space: Above and Beyond tbh lol... And Almost Human had a very strong 13 episode run. Good show.
@antonfowler6582
@antonfowler6582 Ай бұрын
And space above and beyond
@DragonKastle
@DragonKastle Ай бұрын
@@michaeljaymarshall loved the show. Terminator and firefly. Terminator was worse since it ended in a cliffhanger
@robertantinone4902
@robertantinone4902 Ай бұрын
Farscape's cancellation was a sudden emotional gut punch that still hurts today. That was such a fun and unique show that they could've done a great deal more with it for at least a few more seasons. And it should also serve as the original cautionary tale for writers and producers working for SyFy. NEVER end your seasons on cliffhangers, no matter how big your show may seem to be for the network. Back when SyFy was the SciFi Channel (still a stupid name change), Farscape was their OG original series and it was their biggest, at least until they picked up Stargate SG-1 from syndication and decided to focus most of their originals budget on that franchise instead. And even that show and it's two spinoffs were all eventually cut short by SyFy rather than allow the writers to give their stories proper conclusions. In fact, I don't think SyFy has ever allowed one of their originals to last more than five seasons on their network (I know SG-1 has 10 seasons overall but only 6 through 10 were made by SyFy). No wonder Ronald D Moore decided to give his Battlestar Galactica reboot a definitive ending with season 4. He probably realized that SyFy would kill it regardless if he dragged it out much longer. For a network that's supposed to be all about science fiction and its adjacent genres, SyFy really has a knack for spitting in the faces of science fiction fans.
@jamesking9807
@jamesking9807 Ай бұрын
I'm so glad Prime picked up 'The Expanse' after its run on SyFy.
@mack1305
@mack1305 Ай бұрын
Yes. Farscape is my favorite SciFi show. I watched the original airing. And I still screamed at my TV at the season 4 cliffhanger even though i knew it was coming. Thank God for the Peacekeeper Wars.
@SuperLocrian
@SuperLocrian Ай бұрын
I was hesistant going in but damn! Farscape was a hell of ride - Top Tier SciFi!
@oranjmusemeyer968
@oranjmusemeyer968 Ай бұрын
Anyone here remember the petition to keep Farscape on the air? I do! 😢 I still don't watch the Scifi channel over their nasty habit of canceling shows without ending them!
@SuperLocrian
@SuperLocrian Ай бұрын
@@robertantinone4902 I remember fans sent 40,000 pounds of peanuts in protest of Jericho's cancellation! 😅
@Noble6233
@Noble6233 Ай бұрын
Almost human. I still want a season 2. I will never give up hope.
@Scottlp2
@Scottlp2 Ай бұрын
The main actor is great fun when he does irascible eg that and McCoy.
@superandrew2000
@superandrew2000 Ай бұрын
Fox cancelled Dark Angel because the didn't want to pay for two sci fi shows at the same time and then show the replace with was firefly and we all know what happen then
@ARKdeEREH
@ARKdeEREH Ай бұрын
I heard that they cancelled it because of 9/11, since the premise of the show was that the U.S. had become a third world country due to a terrorist attack, and Fox thought that would reflect poorly on their network.
@WhyNot-xt7qi
@WhyNot-xt7qi Ай бұрын
Dollhouse and possibly Alphas should have been on the list but Firefly should have definitely been number one.
@TurtlesOnIce
@TurtlesOnIce Ай бұрын
Dollhouse got crazy when they realized they were not getting continued...
@mittchellmittchell1162
@mittchellmittchell1162 Ай бұрын
Space Above and Beyond could run for ever imo. Great serie
@MikiNataka
@MikiNataka Ай бұрын
Still can’t forgive how my mother happily introduced me to Firefly as her favorite show and gave me her dvd box set to watch. Happily I came back to her for season 2 in which she informed there was none, that the show had been cancelled after season 1 for YEARS, and instead handed me Serenity
@Otokichi786
@Otokichi786 Ай бұрын
Hallelujah, a Browncoat mother did the right thing!;)
@KSchorrWriter
@KSchorrWriter Ай бұрын
Alien Nation - ended right as the story was heading into a vibrant arc.
@magusxxx
@magusxxx Ай бұрын
They did do some movies to tie up the storyline. Especially the nagging question, "Why didn't the aliens send anyone to find out what happened to the slave ship?"
@22espec
@22espec Ай бұрын
At least the movies were good
@djcjr1x1
@djcjr1x1 Ай бұрын
Blame Fox once again.🙄
@frankgesuele6298
@frankgesuele6298 Ай бұрын
@@magusxxx Why didn't they?
@voutsider190
@voutsider190 Ай бұрын
Sarah Conner Chronicles, Space above and beyond, Firefly. 3 of my favorite series of all time And by the way, Fox SUCKS!
@Otokichi786
@Otokichi786 Ай бұрын
Every time a KZbin viewer falls in love with "Firefly," A Fox TV executive falls off the Nakatomi Plaza building.;)
@corytheriault2365
@corytheriault2365 Ай бұрын
Fox has a history of canceling good shows (firefly,dark angel, point pleasant, john doe..) only network that might be close is upn😊
@exiledcrashnburn2033
@exiledcrashnburn2033 Ай бұрын
You left off Journeyman. But I am glad to see I'm not the only one that remembers and loved Space: Above and Beyond and Stargate Universe.
@Real3doPlayer
@Real3doPlayer Ай бұрын
No love for Alien Nation? The best sci-fi cop show ever. At least we got 5 TV movies after it was canceled
@rcschmidt668
@rcschmidt668 Ай бұрын
Yes! Thanks for mentioning Alien Nation. Great stories and the right balance of action, drama, and humor.
@tristint.4857
@tristint.4857 Ай бұрын
Ascension and Terra Nova should have been on this list.
@creepingcharly
@creepingcharly Ай бұрын
Loved Terra Nova!
@Axenna
@Axenna Ай бұрын
Ascension was great. So much wasted potential.
@GoddessGirl2121
@GoddessGirl2121 Ай бұрын
Thank You for including Jericho on this list because I feel like that show is severely underestimated for how good it actually is.
@Yunho1990
@Yunho1990 Ай бұрын
Dark angel was my favourite show. I wish we had more seasons. But i‘m glad there were at least 2 books to continue the story
@DianeRuszczyk
@DianeRuszczyk Ай бұрын
The best TV series ever was EUReKA. It had sci-fi, real science, romance, mystery, humor, and so much more. They were given the go-ahead for a 6th season, but when they finished filming season 5, Syfy (the network of wormholes) cancelled EUReKA. They did give them 1 more episode to wrap up the series, and the exec producer (in only 3 days) wrote an excellent episode, using the ideas that he had planned for the 6th season.
@Graywylfen
@Graywylfen Ай бұрын
The three best SciiFi shows ever, in my opinion, are Firefly, Babylon 5, and Farscape. The order can be different but that is it, for me.
@Karajorma
@Karajorma Ай бұрын
And if Stargate Universe made it onto this list, Crusade definitely should have. They absolutely murdered that show.
@Stub1911
@Stub1911 Ай бұрын
@@Karajormaif I remember correctly, they murdered a show JMS never wanted. I remember reading that he was against the spin off cause he didn’t want to dilute the original work which was so good standalone. I don’t blame him
@Karajorma
@Karajorma Ай бұрын
@@Stub1911 He actually changed his mind once he got into writing it though. Crusade was murdered by the execs deliberately screwing with the storyline so that the show would die because it didn't fit with the rest of the network's line up.
@Ofra8191-
@Ofra8191- Ай бұрын
I said the same thing!
@Graywylfen
@Graywylfen Ай бұрын
@@Ofra8191- Then I agree with you wholeheartedly. We are so much smarter than those who disagree with us.....LOL
@mrgreen8521
@mrgreen8521 Ай бұрын
The 1980s BBC tv version of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy should have had a second series and I’ll always be salty that it didn’t get one since it’s one of the best adaptions of Douglas Adams work
@dna9783
@dna9783 Ай бұрын
Alphas was another good one that got canceled after 2 seasons. Last episode was a massive cliffhanger.😢
@helencharlienellist2281
@helencharlienellist2281 Ай бұрын
I totally agree. How could they cancel a series with such an amazing cast. I mean, David Strathairn as the lead, the man's a legend and gorgeous to boot.
@NorthwoodsHunterWI
@NorthwoodsHunterWI Ай бұрын
Same with Dominion. Sad we will never get an ending to those stories.
@AmataRayne2492
@AmataRayne2492 Ай бұрын
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FARACAPE LOVE. Farscape is my absolute favorite sci-fi of all time. My Scaper-loving heart is grateful for the inclusion, and I hope at one point, somehow, somewhere, there's a continuation beyond the comics. There's so many more stories in the Uncharted Territory to explore.
@tracynorth2275
@tracynorth2275 Ай бұрын
Mine too. I even named my daughter Eryn
@caronstout354
@caronstout354 Ай бұрын
Honorable mention: all of the Fox "one season" series that suffered from the network...
@jerome9654
@jerome9654 Ай бұрын
And then return of "Family Guy"
@Otokichi786
@Otokichi786 Ай бұрын
"Almost Human" wasn't a description of Fox TV executives...;)
@corytheriault2365
@corytheriault2365 Ай бұрын
@caronstout354 my absolute favorite fox cancelation has too be "point pleasant" ep 10 of 13 ep season one and literally cancel remove all references from website with zero explanation (at the time)
@andrewshearsby8125
@andrewshearsby8125 Ай бұрын
I miss the Librarians (2014)
@mitros4
@mitros4 Ай бұрын
Be sure to check out The Librarians: The Next Chapter. It will premiere on/about January 1st, 2025 on TNT.
@andrewshearsby8125
@andrewshearsby8125 Ай бұрын
@@mitros4 omg! More Librarians? I'm so happy
@HariSeldon913
@HariSeldon913 Ай бұрын
@@ronin2963 He's only supposed to make one appearance and I wouldn't be surprised if it's just a cameo.
@corytheriault2365
@corytheriault2365 Ай бұрын
@andrewshearsby8125 i was happy too see that cane was returning in a guest capacity for next chapter. He plays some of the best characters wether leverage, librarians, angel, or almost paradise!
@andrewshearsby8125
@andrewshearsby8125 Ай бұрын
@corytheriault2365 still yay more Librarians. Sad my mother is not around for this, she introduced me during the first season
@justme8592
@justme8592 Ай бұрын
A very good list. Now how about a video regarding 'one season' Sci-Fi shows... that in retrospect were way ahead of their time. Start with VR-5, The Visitor, Surface, Invasion, and Harsh Realm.
@caronstout354
@caronstout354 Ай бұрын
Glad that someone remembers The Visitor, with John Corbett...
@victorstein24
@victorstein24 Ай бұрын
Jeremiah was an underrated and great show
@ARKdeEREH
@ARKdeEREH Ай бұрын
I think it concluded though, but with a rushed ending.
@victorstein24
@victorstein24 Ай бұрын
@ARKdeEREH a bit but there was so much more that could be done in that world
@hippomancy
@hippomancy Ай бұрын
my fave xFiles spinoff was Millennium with Lance Hendrickson ... felt like Se7en for tv. Dark Angel was great. SG-Universe was my fave SG show. loved the serious tone, the limited resource element... Unpopular opinion- I'm a little tired of hearing people crying about Firefly. it was fun, but eventually would have run out of road; given how neatly Serenity wrapped up most of the storylines. sucked having Wash die, true, but I'm a little tired of "Johnny Reb" tropes playing out. not all govt is monolithic, and not all anarchists are right. I'd bring back SGU before Firefly
@Jeremiah12thLvlGeek
@Jeremiah12thLvlGeek Ай бұрын
I love Farscape! That having been said, I don't mind that it avoided being a show that went on too long while declining in quality (especially since we did get the miniseries to fix the cliffhanger.)
@mpthorvonericksen
@mpthorvonericksen Ай бұрын
Absolutely loved Flash Forward. I was very excited for the premier; I still remember being disappointed when I heard about it's cancellation. Damn to get nostalgic for "appointment TV" from time to time.
@jamescottingham2205
@jamescottingham2205 Ай бұрын
You left out Earth II which was shown opposite Space:Above and Beyond.
@Otokichi786
@Otokichi786 Ай бұрын
As a fan of the Eden Advance party, the series stalled "over the winter," which was depressing.
@richardbale3278
@richardbale3278 Ай бұрын
Firefly and Farscape.
@stumboguy
@stumboguy Ай бұрын
💯💯
@Krishnath.Dragon
@Krishnath.Dragon Ай бұрын
Favorite Sci-Fi series: Farscape Close second: Babylon 5
@darthvegera
@darthvegera Ай бұрын
My favorite cancelled too soon sci-fi show (that wasn't listed) is Tera Nova, I loved that show, watched it with my family every week.
@ThePyrateGirl
@ThePyrateGirl Ай бұрын
Oh I forgot about that one!
@nahkohese555
@nahkohese555 Ай бұрын
You missed Caprica, the one and a half season Prequel to Battlestar Galactica. I think they had a problem holding onto BSG viewers because there weren't any space battles. It was 80% SciFi Thriller and 20% SciFi Action Flick, which was about opposite of BSG.
@RedWings2008
@RedWings2008 Ай бұрын
Firefly, quite an obvious choice, based on quality of the work and how poorly Fox Network handled the promotion and scheduling of the show. This is a Gem!
@HeatherTravels
@HeatherTravels Ай бұрын
I loved Flash Forward and it had so much cool potential. Almost Human was also fantastic.
@scloftin8861
@scloftin8861 Ай бұрын
I loved that David Duchovny showed up as an android in Space: Above and Beyond. Mulder got his answer?
@helencharlienellist2281
@helencharlienellist2281 Ай бұрын
Ah Handsome Alvin, what a great role
@joelmavity1467
@joelmavity1467 Ай бұрын
I love Dark Angel. I have the first season on DVD and have been looking for the second
@Tribulation88
@Tribulation88 Ай бұрын
You did my favourite Sci Fi show justice by making it number 1, I watched it when it was broadcast and it was amazing. I still love it, watching it again every 3 or 4 years. Not as good, but an honourable mention certainly would have been Andromeda!
@benmcfee
@benmcfee Ай бұрын
I want to give a shout out to _Odyssey 5,_ which should definitely also be on this list. It's a little too obscure to really make it onto any of these lists, but anyone who's seen even a couple of episodes usually gets hooked... and then it's just over, and on a cliffhanger to boot. But the premise of 5 astronauts, who watch the Earth get destroyed, then get shot back five years in the past, and given a second chance to prevent it from happening... just too delicious to resist. Would have loved to see it get the ending it deserved.
@davandfir1
@davandfir1 Ай бұрын
Oh man, i haven't thought about this show in a decade. This was a great one, and definitely one that flew under the radar
@jeanmichaelmeme
@jeanmichaelmeme Ай бұрын
Dark Angel 💔
@markabernard
@markabernard Ай бұрын
How is Firefly not first???? Otherwise great list.
@reh3884
@reh3884 Ай бұрын
Um, because it's not your list?
@jonathangiglio3684
@jonathangiglio3684 Ай бұрын
@@reh3884its supposed to to be THE list. They just got it wrong.
@riveramnell143
@riveramnell143 Ай бұрын
If Firefly isn’t first, they did make a mistake. Oh well.
@su_shadow9326
@su_shadow9326 Ай бұрын
If you saw the cliffhanger ending of season 4 of Farscape, you will get it. Them wrapping it up with a mini series a few years later, does make it debatable though. I watched both, and both were good choices for number 1.
@ThePyrateGirl
@ThePyrateGirl Ай бұрын
​@@su_shadow9326I watched Farscape and remember the cliffhanger. Still don't think it should have been first.
@Kermit1970
@Kermit1970 Ай бұрын
What about John Doe?
@caronstout354
@caronstout354 Ай бұрын
I remember-and loved-the John Doe series.
@helencharlienellist2281
@helencharlienellist2281 Ай бұрын
That last ten minute cliffhanger was torture and Dominic Purcell was great.
@ItsDiggyTime
@ItsDiggyTime Ай бұрын
Favorite sci fi series is Stargate SG-1
@cmarkn
@cmarkn Ай бұрын
SGU is better.
@bobleroe3859
@bobleroe3859 Ай бұрын
Usual Suspects and Flash Forward were outstanding. Sawyer's novel of Flash Forward doesn't give insight into how the series might have gone, even though he was involved. I'd love to know what was planned. Also a recent one, Debris, had a great premise (based on Roadside Picnic, a Russian Sci-Fi novel).
@BlackDragonUSMC
@BlackDragonUSMC Ай бұрын
Altered Carbon not being on this list is a massive oversight.
@whedonite81
@whedonite81 Ай бұрын
I agree with a lot of these but think The 4400 should have made this list over a few on here.
@cmarkn
@cmarkn Ай бұрын
It should replace Dark Angel, my least liked of the shows on this list.
@whedonite81
@whedonite81 Ай бұрын
@@cmarkn I would say Lone Gunman not Dark Angel personally.
@Scottlp2
@Scottlp2 Ай бұрын
It is good rewatch and apparently there is a book or several which continues the story.
@MegumiKyaUchiha
@MegumiKyaUchiha Ай бұрын
I miss Almost Human, Dark Angel and Star-crossed as they were all good shows that were cut too soon and they all ended on cliff hangers 😓
@JohnBrown-ix7rp
@JohnBrown-ix7rp Ай бұрын
I loved the Dark Angel series, but it was stopped just as every episode was becoming a "why can't we all just get along" trope. Better to stop it when they did, than to drag it out
@debdon5813
@debdon5813 Ай бұрын
Does anyone remember VR5?
@jayfredrickson8632
@jayfredrickson8632 Ай бұрын
Couldn't understand it, but I had high hopes it would last long enough to make sense. It didn't.😢
@damouze
@damouze Ай бұрын
Of all the series I've watched (and often rewatched), the cancellations of Firefly and Farscape caught me off-guard the most. Other shows that come to mind are indeed SG-U, Space Above and Beyond, Jericho and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. However, I am also missing a couple of titles here; Earth 2 for instance left me wanting for more, as did Revolution, Touch and Believe.
@azohundred1353
@azohundred1353 Ай бұрын
Major networks like CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX cancel their tv shows so often and so quickly it makes it almost pointless to get invested in any of them. I remember when FlashForward was apparently the best thing since sliced bread, but it was cancelled after 1 season and had a ridiculous series ending.
@danielmitchell6940
@danielmitchell6940 Ай бұрын
One reason I am no longer subscribed to any streaming service or watch any shows. I just use youtube for my entertainment now, wonder when it will be cancelled? lol
@ThePyrateGirl
@ThePyrateGirl Ай бұрын
Add Netflix to that list.
@toddboughn5168
@toddboughn5168 Ай бұрын
He's right. Chronicles is the best thing in the franchise after T2.
@Imvulah
@Imvulah Ай бұрын
Farscape ❤
@cool_alienempire6884
@cool_alienempire6884 Ай бұрын
One of my all time favorites.
@buckgulick3968
@buckgulick3968 Ай бұрын
Alien Nation!
@michaelnadler596
@michaelnadler596 Ай бұрын
Reads the title: 'So, FireFly will be no lower than 3rd.' One could argue for Babylon 5 too. Yes it got a fair number of seasons, but it never knew it would get the next until the prior one finished, which really messed up with the story pacing.
@thisothereden6936
@thisothereden6936 Ай бұрын
My biggest omission would be Dark Skies
@crooklin
@crooklin Ай бұрын
Dark Matter was a great show they ended it on a cliff hanger you didn't mention that one
@garyb9167
@garyb9167 Ай бұрын
One thing some of these shows have in common, they aired on Fox. They love cancelling shows
@sureshmukhi2316
@sureshmukhi2316 Ай бұрын
Time after Time where HG Wells himself transfers to the present time to pursue Jack The Ripper. That ended on a cliffhanger with no resolution.
@tommystrickland6268
@tommystrickland6268 Ай бұрын
I dont understand why networks are even allowed to broadcast shows out of order when its the first time the episodes are being aired
@1BiChristianF
@1BiChristianF Ай бұрын
Farscape yes my favorite show getting its flowers
@WarDog793
@WarDog793 Ай бұрын
Favorite SF TV series: All the Star Trek series, with Farscape as runner-up. *Best done* SF TV series: Babylon 5. Runner-up to that: The X-Files (except for its finale.) Damned shame Flashforward got axed. That show was addictive with huge potential, even as it evolved, departing from Sawyer's novel.
@Boone_Faustus
@Boone_Faustus Ай бұрын
There are a lot of great shows on this list. A few more I'd add are The Peripheral, Defying Gravity, and Vagrant Queen.
@GairBear49
@GairBear49 Ай бұрын
Earth 2(1994-1995) Interesting story in bad time slot, right after Sunday NFL games so it got pushed to different times.
@brandyboutwell9388
@brandyboutwell9388 Ай бұрын
alphas was definitely one that ended on a cliff hanger and could have used at least 1 more season.
@montecorbit8280
@montecorbit8280 Ай бұрын
And where was Battlestar Galactica, the 1978 edition? It so good that that it spawned a fairly decent reboot....
@timidwolf
@timidwolf Ай бұрын
Dark Angel started great, but they really s*** the bed with season 2, a weird change of direction and so many strange decisions.
@warrenwiley5656
@warrenwiley5656 Ай бұрын
Yep, 100% agree. I enjoyed S1, but didn't bother with the last few episodes of S2, didn't like them, and had heard that it had been cancelled by then.
@NorthwoodsHunterWI
@NorthwoodsHunterWI Ай бұрын
That was an odd change with the story. A huge shift. It was still enjoyable but nowhere near as good as the first season. It was best that the series ended then.
@KarenOCallaghan-u5o
@KarenOCallaghan-u5o Ай бұрын
What about the original Battlestar Galactica and The Time Tunnel. Both cancelled for being too expensive to produce.
@corytheriault2365
@corytheriault2365 Ай бұрын
My list would have had a lit more entries -wolf pack -jake 2.0 -the visitor -john doe -starman -special unit 2 -crusade -librarians (yes i know that theres next chapter but first should have had at least two more seasons) -7 days -dark angel -dollhouse -crow stairway too heaven -farscape -freespirit -point pleasant And probably a host of others that ill think of when I hit post 😆 and doesn’t include the pilots that never got picked up that looked or sound in a few cases like they would have been awesome Ps. Yes I know a few of that list stray into fantasy territory 😆
@daveac
@daveac Ай бұрын
Others? 'Tru Calling' 'Crime Traveller' 'Tracker' and of course 'Tripods'
@IsaacKuo
@IsaacKuo Ай бұрын
Tripods is a true missed opportunity. Of course we have the books, but there were some interesting changes made for the TV series that I would have loved to have seen resolved.
@marla4ful
@marla4ful Ай бұрын
I’ve watched Almost Human, Firefly, Space Above and Beyond and Farscape. The rest I’ve seen clips of but didn’t watch.
@ZvilgantisKailis
@ZvilgantisKailis Ай бұрын
Why Raised by Wolves not included?
@dinomonzon7493
@dinomonzon7493 Ай бұрын
Agree 💯% regarding Dark Angel: it had a good premise and a likable heroine in Jessica Alba's Max. It deserved a longer run. Fave Sci Fi series- Classic Star Trek 🖖.
@mandy5549
@mandy5549 Ай бұрын
There were three Dark Angel books that were released to continue the story after the show was canceled
@alancarter41
@alancarter41 Ай бұрын
Hard to beat Babylon 5 when considering great sci-fi series. I would have to add The Mandalorian, Space: Above and Beyond, and Stargate SG-1. Too many of the so-called sci-fi series and movies are more horror stories than actual sci-fi. For me, FarScape and Lexx started out strong and then devolved into silly, weird episodes. And Asoka, for all the hype, seemed to consist of characters standing around with deep introspective looks leading to the worst ending since GOT. Why couldn't they have brought the energy and interest we saw when Asoka was reintroduced in the Mandalorian?
@ahnyasmith6603
@ahnyasmith6603 Ай бұрын
The Dark Angel video game was EVERYTHING to me.
@Toledotourbillion
@Toledotourbillion Ай бұрын
Please bring back Raised by Wolves Ridley. Her story must have an ending.
@ARKdeEREH
@ARKdeEREH Ай бұрын
We actually *do* know where Dark Angel's story went after the show ended, because the show designers hired an author to write novels to wrap up the storylines. Dark Angel is my favorite TV show of all time, so I read those books a long time ago. They did a great job at describing the characters and using dialogue that they would have used if it were more show, but they still managed to end in a cliffhanger and clearly intended to write at least one more book than was actually written.
@goth9224
@goth9224 Ай бұрын
Dark Angel was an amazing show, my fucking childhood. Still watch the first two seasons every now and than
@tsaracini22
@tsaracini22 Ай бұрын
Putting anything above Firefly almost makes your list worthless. That being said, you did a great job putting this together. Thank you!
@Gary-zq3pz
@Gary-zq3pz Ай бұрын
When Dark Angel was taken off the air, I gave up on TV and never went back. Dvd sets are a different animal.....
@markbrown2640
@markbrown2640 Ай бұрын
More accurately described as Speculative Fiction than as Science Fiction, Wonderfalls and it's spiritual sibling Pushing Daisies each featured a protagonist trying to live her/his life, rather than being used as a precision tool of the universe using their mysterious and unexplained powers to right wrongs often against their will and always at considerable risk to themselves. Wonderfalls was a one and done, but the writers had synopses for about 100 episodes according to the DVD commentary. Pushing Daisies was apparently a victim of a writers strike which caused them to air two half seasons in the winter/spring of two consecutive years.
@mikemacias5021
@mikemacias5021 Ай бұрын
How on earth have you missed Quantum Leap (the original) from this list?! 🙄😒
@sureshmukhi2316
@sureshmukhi2316 Ай бұрын
It had 5 full seasons
@marcinkusmierzak991
@marcinkusmierzak991 Ай бұрын
but no ending
@sureshmukhi2316
@sureshmukhi2316 Ай бұрын
@@marcinkusmierzak991 that's a different category.
@jeromejohnson7653
@jeromejohnson7653 Ай бұрын
The Alliance conspired to have Firefly canceled. They didn't want the signal to get out... If you know, you know.
@DngnRdr
@DngnRdr Ай бұрын
Dark Matter, Killjoys, Earth 2, Jake 2.0, APB, and there were a few instances of TV pilots that weren't greenlit but wound up as TV movies instead, hinting at the lost potential: Borealis, Rewind and Virtuality.
@SteelBoy
@SteelBoy Ай бұрын
You forgot one. Terra Nova. It starred Jason O'Mara and Stephen Lang.
@davidduvall4655
@davidduvall4655 Ай бұрын
My favorite eries was 7 Days. Another series cut to soon was Terra Nova.
@CYCO1631
@CYCO1631 Ай бұрын
Jericho might be my favorite TV series. The realistic perspective, plausible scenario, smoldering intensity throughout, with a wonderful attention to detail with character and story development made it huge! *Nuts* to CBS for its cancelation!
@danielsantiagourtado3430
@danielsantiagourtado3430 Ай бұрын
Thanks For this ❤❤❤
@williamwhitney6473
@williamwhitney6473 Ай бұрын
Probe (1988 TV series) was one of my absolute favorites. There were only eight episodes. I would have included on this list
@su_shadow9326
@su_shadow9326 Ай бұрын
I am afraid to watch sci-fi shows anymore. 40 years of watching one, falling in love with it, and being cancelled, often after a season ending cliffhanger, has left me not wanting to suffer that anymore. Now I wait for a show to end, and watch the entire series, if it ended well.
@jacoblind5390
@jacoblind5390 Ай бұрын
My personal list would have included firefly, dark angel, space above and beyond, and Sarah Connor. Glad they are all recognized now for how good they were.
@shannonmorse8104
@shannonmorse8104 Ай бұрын
Dollhouse ‘ dark angel firefly’
@gedreillyhomestead6926
@gedreillyhomestead6926 Ай бұрын
I absolutely hate TV companies that cancel shows without a resolving episode. Thank you Joss Wheedon for making Serenity. 👍
@richardpb11
@richardpb11 Ай бұрын
Journeyman (2007), with just one season, should definitely be on this list. As well as Dark Matter (2015), three seasons but ending on a cliffhanger. Both had so much more potential than some of the crap that had too many seasons.
@GrabsteinMx
@GrabsteinMx Ай бұрын
How about Day 5? *Great* psy-fi thriller!!
@cpma5094
@cpma5094 Ай бұрын
So many series I loved, ended too soon. Firefly, Dark Angel, Space, Above and Beyond, Sarah Connor, SGU, Jericho, Farscape. I start to fear liking a series.
@AquaBlue77
@AquaBlue77 Ай бұрын
My favorites in this vid: Terminator: TSCC Space: Above and Beyond Dark Angel Firefly Despite being a huge Stargate (SG1 & SGA) fan, I couldn't quite get behind SGU, as I didn't like the departure from the norm, even if I did try. It was too weird and dark for me, and lacked the small team goodness I loved so much from the other shows.
@funtimeswithtom4108
@funtimeswithtom4108 Ай бұрын
Firefly cancellation was a gut punch when it got cancelled. I would also add Revolution to the list, it was getting really interesting towards the end of the second season but got cancelled without any explanation of how the power got cut off. As a stretch I'd also throw in Manifest, although it had 4 seasons they dragged it out to explain the disappearance then got cancelled.
@8-bitlogan895
@8-bitlogan895 Ай бұрын
Three shows Id want to come back are: Farscape Stargate Universe Sanctuary I love all three of these shows and wish they continued on for longer
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