14 Forgotten Science Fiction and Horror TV Show from the 80s and 90s That Deserve a Reboot!

[@damianstarks3338]

Thanks for taking me back to my childhood in the 90s.

[@damianstarks3338]

@Pro Token420 good to meet another 90s kid like me.

[@josephperkins4080]

So sick of reboots

[@mkproductions2.0]

Ditto!

[@irishjoe2941]

@@josephperkins4080 not if there done well though but I get where you’re coming from

[@sethputnamsghost]

This show came out in 88 not 90.

[@LABOUMDECADANCE]

V, The Highwayman, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Friday The 13th: The Series, A Nightmare On Elmstreet: The Series... This list, man I do miss the 70s, 80s & 90s. These series (amongst others) were a huge part of my life while I was growing up.

[@saiberunato]

Freddy's Nightmares was da bomb. Oh, that reminds me of another gem. It's fantasy/supernatural, although not horror per se and definitely not sci-fi. It also starred Robert Englund. This was shortly after end of Freddy's Nightmares. The show was called Nightmare Cafe. Good show. ✔ it out.

[@18cheyenneraine]

I love Friday the 13th series , I think they kind of made a reboot, warehouse 13. They have the same vibe wired artifacts a spunky team and a housing location.

[@saiberunato]

@@18cheyenneraine I remembered I tried watching an episode of Warehouse 13 years ago. Never grabbed me. I loved Friday the 13th - The Series. It will always have special place in my heart. I watched it as a teenager. Louise Robey (Micki Foster) was my teenage crush... I just wish the show had used it's original name, "The 13th Hour". Instead the name was shamelessly changed to capitalize on the unrelated slasher movie series, name recognition and all that... Also, I wish they gave the show a 4th season. They already had 3 full seasons. May as well make it 4 to get the magic 100 episodes for syndication.

[@aquariandawn4750]

American Gothing

[@thebrownbaldy]

Back when TV shows were fun

[@saiberunato]

Disappointed that some forgotten gems like Otherworld, Street Hawk, Highwayman, Friday the 13th - The Series, Night Visions, Sleepwalkers, Total Recall 2070, and Timecop (TV series) were also not on the list. I do give them major props though for mentioning Monsters and Ghost Stories. I loved those shows, but you almost never hear anything about them. There's also a UK show I recommend, Space Precinct.

[@phenrilwolf]

When i was a child the Friday the 13th series was one of my favourites. Marvelous Videos may need another video(or two) to cover all these classic series. This is my list: The Hitchhiker (I love the intro music) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nV6qZptvj652i5o Superforce kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnuXo4qOhdx3oq8 Time Trax kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3u2q32Mp7WWpNE Viper(you may say it's Knight Rider's rip off, but has lots of differences) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGq4kH6aa7Ksha8 Hard Time on Planet Earth kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqSTepennpqKrqM The powers of Matthew Star kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6i2i5iPebeXZpo Voyagers!(80s Legends of Tomorrow) kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHjNoHyPq5ZgsK8 Brimstone kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHytg2t4eq-ml7c Forever Knight(Before Buffy's spin off Angel) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqfQmneDhpx5d5o Poltergeist: The Legacy kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2jJiaOGhZdrjKM 👍

[@saiberunato]

@@phenrilwolf I liked Viper too. It could be viewed as a minor success. It ran for 4 seasons, 3 in syndication after it was cancelled by NBC the first season. To me, Viper was way cooler than the better known Knight Rider. 4th season was the best, with the return of James McCaffrey as the lead and a cool new opening theme. Superforce was so hokey and cheap looking, like a throwback to 70's sci-fi TV, but it was fun. It was nowhere as cool as Street Hawk. I used to watch Superforce along with Lightning Force (from Canada) here in NYC. Hitchhiker ran for 4 seasons so it was a minor hit too. I remember watching reruns of it in the 90's. I could never get into it. I think some of the episodes were filmed in France. I also gave Poltergeist: The Legacy a try...not my cup of tea either. But it was at least loosely connected to the movie series, (unlike Friday the 13th - The Series). I remember watching Voyagers as a little kid. Thought it was just OK. I remember Voyager's Jon Erik Hexum later starred in the spy show, Cover Up. He accidently killed himself while fooling around with a prop gun. As for Time Trax...I watched it in the early 90's. It was alright. If my memory serves me correctly, the hero had a strange way of holding a gun, like turned horizontally to its side (popularized in gangsta rapper poses). I remember the AI holographic female with English accent. Kinda like Gideon on DC'S Legends of Tomorrow. Whatta trip down memory lane!

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I was going to mention Friday the 13th the series.

[@GeniusDevil7]

You had me at Space Precinct

[@iamthatguyfromslipknot1137]

I love space precinct and have just been rewatching them all because you can find them on here..a great show made on a very low budget..

[@cpuuk]

Re The Stand- you appear to have missed that there was a 2020 series reboot. In its place I offer up 'Space: Above & Beyond'

[@insert933]

Space: Above and Beyond definitely deserves a remake. I just keep what could have been if streaming services like Netflix existed when Space Above and beyond or Firefly were cancelled by Fox

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I hear the Stand remake wasn't very good.

[@cpuuk]

@@LibraGamesUnlimited no it wasn't :-/

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

@@cpuuk I heard it was a total mess. I will stick to the original thanks.

[@geant20]

The Stand had been remade already at 2020

[@ryanbrown938]

Man..... Captain Power!!!!! I LOVED that show!!! The toys that came with the interactive VHS tapes !!!! I miss those days

[@crassbandercoot4343]

I thought i was the only one who remembered that show. It was pretty dark for a kids show, but i loved it and always thought It deserved a third season to wrap it up properly. Wouldnt have minded a couple more years of Bucky O'Hare or Biker Mike From Mars, either.

[@mlmcproductions4191]

Captain Power actually was the first interactive TV show. Viewers were encouraged to buy the toys like the Powerjet XT 7. Doing so the battery-powered toy could register a hit or miss reacting to particular flashing targets and shots from the bad guys. The show was an after-school show. If someone desired to they could probably get hold of a working toy and a collection of episodes.

[@lukedraper4100]

Wtf really

[@generalyi6323]

Yeah I can't believe they didn't mention the toy line! I had a few. You could shoot the screen and register hits and it would fire back and flip your guy out of the cockpit!!! I loved it!!!

[@Toybountyhunter1974]

Two series I would like to see revived are Space: Above and Beyond and a Saturday morning cartoon. Pirates of Dark Water.

[@scilin8679]

yes we need an ending to tpodw

[@Toybountyhunter1974]

@@scilin8679 fixed

[@emmychansuper]

The Stand actually got a reboot, in it's place you could have chosen "The Hitchhiker"!

[@thebrownbaldy]

Ah man, The Hitchhiker on HBO had that bad ass, mesmerizing theme.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

The new version is worth missing due to having Amber Turd as a main character.

[@joannenoble291]

The original version is better.

[@Tacktickle]

mmm mmm mmm those jeans the hitchhiker wore!

[@bootnab]

Or quicksilver highway... Which was more of a miniseries

[@dravenvandross8281]

Another great video guys literally the 80s and 90s were the best when it comes to horror TV shows horror film Syfy shows and films and definitely the best damn cartoons those two decades was freaking phenomenal.

[@MagnanimousEntropy]

I loved SeaQuest. It was a good show, and more than worthy of a reboot.

[@TalkingAboutYooh]

The first season was awesome. It nosedived to unsurvivable depths in the later seasons.

[@MagnanimousEntropy]

@@TalkingAboutYooh Agreed. The second season was not too bad. But they messed with the formula and it felt like a different show by season 3. It was still a good premise though. Rather unique in sci fi TV.

[@scilin8679]

Downside: shift of tone and direction of different seasons Upside: Ironside

[@MagnanimousEntropy]

@@scilin8679 Indeed. Michael Ironside is always on the upside.

[@josephohotto4906]

RIP Jonathan Brandis

[@jakemasterson6057]

am still a huge fan of Alien Nation.

[@freedommgtow4996]

You can catch it on Tubi.tv for free.

[@mlmcproductions4191]

Some episodes can even be found on KZbin for free.

[@ECSizemore]

Yea it was great.

[@lukedraper4100]

Movie was awesome

[@VirtualVikki]

The Monsters writers guide suggested that there be limited of no outdoor scenes. Ideally they wanted one indoor set location and a very small cast of characters to keep the budget down. The writers sure managed to come up with some creative stories, and sometimes they did go on location outside too. I am impressed anyone remembers Space Rangers!

[@pickford3152]

Great video guys🤘👍 I was looking forward to the tales of the crypt reboot that never happened lol

[@karlsmith2570]

"Captain Power And The Soldiers Of The Future" also revolved around a line of toys that were interactive with the show

[@readhistory2023]

The same SFX team went onto work on Babylon 5

[@SuperXAsh]

Dark Skies comes to mind as a show that’s generally forgotten. Was an awesome ‘hidden history’ concept involving the influence of aliens on mid-to-late twentieth century history starting with the Kennedy years.

[@xyfuras]

I really appreciated the Monsters episode The Feverman. Where a man with a talisman called a fever crystal is able to manifest a person's illness as a physical creature, & then fight it to the death to save the patient's life.

[@rob221d3]

"Brimstone" was another one that looked good and had an interesting story but only lasted half a season.

[@tesseracht]

Darkroom!!! I thought I was the only one who remembered that show! I loved watching that when I was a kid!

[@bryanboatwright1671]

Darkroom was good. Never accept a free bed and alcohol, a werewolf might be in your summer camp and other ghoulish stories.

[@vuhai-nam7503]

Always love this channel, great Scott!

[@GodzillaTim-1.]

I loved the misfits of science.

[@dr.fruityboots4706]

There needs to be a part two with Love and curses/shewolf of london, space above and beyond, Babylon five, highlander, forever knight, friday the 13th, war of the worlds, the hitch hiker, lexx, the x files, the powers of mathew star, the greatest american hero, the voyagers, brisco county jr….etc

[@nickparsons337]

The X files did get a soft reboot; I guess you missed it. Kudos on mentioning Lexx. NO ONE that I've ever spoken to in my entire life seems to know about that show. So wonderfully strange. I love it so much that I have all four seasons on DVD.

[@joditurner148]

Tales from the Darkside was so good! "Inside the Closet" scared me so much that I had to run and jump onto my bed to keep from something getting me! Of course, I was about 9. Lol

[@georgemercer402]

I remember having Captain Power pajamas when I was 3-4 years old, but only now remember the name; the design was clear as day though

[@Stevonniewolf3113]

There's a show called The Hitchhiker which was a Twililight Zone style of a scifi/ horror show wherein a guy who is the Hitchhiker who is usually walking on a road trying to hitchhike when he usually interacts with a person of note of the episode then we follow the person.

[@otanguma]

Thanks for memories. If I recall, Captain Power was supposed to be "interactive" with the audience (kids) in some form.

[@coachp651]

Kevin Peter Hall played as The Predator also

[@ScrumDelly]

R.I.P KPH

[@JellyBabie1984]

His death was just so tragic to me, he needed surgery to save his life after a car accident and yet that same surgery would kill him because of a tainted blood transfusion.

[@Doughy_in_the_Middle]

Captain Power was removed BECAUSE of the toy interaction. It was the first show that I ever recall having the "epileptic seizure warning" due to the flashing lights that activated the toys. So many kids got thrown into seizures, the bad PR killed the show.

[@hamerxoxo1365]

It breaks my heart Eden You were an absolute joy to watch

[@joecarroll3371]

I wish the 1988 tv version of War Of The Worlds would get some love. It certainly deserves it.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I had a cousin who loved that show, I watched it too (I think locally it was on either right before or right after "Friday the 13th: The Series") but she loved it. She was mad when they killed off Col. Ironhorse that she quit watching it after that.

[@JnEricsonx]

@@LibraGamesUnlimited YUP. Second season was shit from the get go. I did meet Adrian Paul the other day though. Only good thing from that second season that I honestly barely remember. They also made the world suddenly post apocalyptic, the old aliens got killed, etc. They killed off Norton too. Funny enough, his actor would be on HIghlander later.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

@@JnEricsonx I don't remember it nearly that well but yeah. :)

[@pedrob3953]

At least "Automan" and "Captain Power" were on Portuguese TV (RTP) in the 80s. They were some of my favourite shows as a kid. The CGI in "Captain Power" looked incredibly cool back then. "Sea Quest" was on in early 90s.

[@cnj5599]

I loved SeaQuest!!! I would love to see this come back. The Stand was redone last year on Paramount +. I am amazed you didn't put in Friday the 13th, The Adventures of Briscoe County Jr.

[@TammyBeth1015]

I don't think Brisco is that old though - helluva show

[@ivorybow]

These were fun. You missed Eerie Indiana, Nightmare Cafe, and NightMan.

[@andrewweisneck1102]

Manimal was brought back in 1997 in an episode of Nightman. Other forgotten sci-fi shows include: The Phoenix Brimstone The Invisible Man (1975 & 2000) Gemini Man Mann & Machine Something Is Out There Hard Time On Planet Earth Otherworld Werewolf Friday The 13th The Series Freddy's Nightmares Nightmare Cafe Dracula The Series My Secret Identity Shadow Chasers Super Force The Powers Of Matthew Star M.A.N.T.I.S Voyagers! Future Cop V The Adventures Of Sinbad Forever Knight Andromeda Space: Above & Beyond Street Hawk The Hitchhiker Tru Calling Once A Hero Time Express Cliffhangers! Earth: Final Conflict Earth 2 War Of The Worlds Outlaws Starman Man From Atlantis Cleopatra 2525 Robocop The Series Poltergeist The Legacv Moonlight Kindred The Embraced She-Wolf Of London (AKA Love & Curses) Terra Nova Timeless Time Trax Lexx Tek War Ocean Girl Spellbinder Houdini & Doyle Night Stalker (2005) Second Chance Dark Angel Sleepy Hollow Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Dracula (2013) Logan's Run The Fantastic Journey The Adventures Of Brisco County Jr. Planet Of The Apes The Wizard Conan The Adventurer Young Hercules Peter Benchley's Amazon Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World Beastmaster Timecop

[@bigcstevens187]

Screw reboots just rewatch the classics

[@NoirHammer]

The memories. Look forward to you guys getting 5 million subs one day

[@captain_walker]

Lots of good input. Expected The Outer Limits to come up too :)

[@andreaso8886]

I'd like to add Dark Skies to the list. The concept of that show was a great idea and I would have liked to see how the series unfolds with historic events.

[@domomitsune5920]

I can't believe actually seen every one of these shows . In fact there's a few of them I've actually seen them to their series end . It's actually a shame that these didn't get a fresh start or continuation . I remember monsters, it was like dinosaurs, but with a tales of the crypt vibe. I used to watch the reruns of that show all the time on the television, even though they never showed every single episode. That reminds me I got to look for that on DVD, thank you.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

Somehow I either missed "Monsters" or forgot about it until running across it on Chiller. Saw a bunch of episodes and they were all great. My favorite (or one of them) has to be "Stress Environments" where a scientist at a chemical company working on pest control breeds super-intelligent rats that start killing her staff, one by one.

[@sammylane21]

At 12:58...oh Lord! The nightmare memories....that theme! All coming back to me😰😱.

[@rinwall4765]

I was also hoping to see this one come up.

[@thrillbilldeluxe]

Ooooh! Captain Power! I remember they had those toys that came with the VHS tapes that somehow interacted with the toy itself? At least I think that's what they advertised them as. We never actually had them ourselves. Our "rich cousin" had the toys but true to "rich cousin" standards he was an asshole with his toys so they were all broken and unappreciated so I could never see it supposedly work like in the commercials.

[@KardboardKenny]

they worked. i did all kind of oddball jobs to get the toys and the look on my parents faces when that ship exploded sitting on the coffee table was priceless.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I remember a friend of mine refused to be in the same room where that show was playing because he was convinced the signals or whatever were either secret mind-control rays or would give him cancer. He was weird like that.

[@Gemini_Samura1]

I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT CAPTAIN POWER. The toys, VHS games, all of it. Nostalgia overload.

[@JnEricsonx]

Happily got to thank the creator for that.

[@quincybriley4113]

Ok, I haven't even started this list yet and I see you show several clips from the stand. That totally just got a remake for cbs all access.

[@LegoLazze]

I am pretty sure The Stand got a reboot released in 2020, starring James Marsden, Alexander Skarsgard, Whoopie Goldberg and Owen Teague among others.

[@morganhymancomedy]

You're too kind. The 2020 miniseries was pretty well publicized. These types of videos are usually poorly made. The narrator kept referring to Rip Torn as 'Thorn' and mispronounced a lot of other names and titles. Still enjoyable, though.

[@nikkicat254]

I remember Misfits of Science, Sea Quest 2032, Ghost Stories, American Gothic and Alien Nation, I did watch Tell From The Darkside, Monsters and Manimal in reruns on local stations, but the others I haven't seen or heard of before this video! Except The Stand of course, but that was a mini series, not a normal series like the others! Also they were roomers that they were making a remake of The Stand of recent, like since last year and into this year! I wonder what happened to that or if they're still working on it or it came out and I just missed it somehow!

[@thebrownbaldy]

Oh man oh man, back when tv shows knew what to do and that was ENTERTAIN its audience. FUN is what these shows were.

[@Panthorius]

Takes from the dark side - one that stayed with me was the vacuum cleaner that sucks out energy and peoples lives.

[@saiberunato]

The episode of Tales from the Darkside that really stayed with me is the one with the vampire couple taking some guy hostage. The female vampire later falls for her hostage. It was probably the very first episode of that show that I saw.

[@WarriorD13]

Oh my god😱, I just got a warm🔥 tingly✨ feeling all over just from seeing all the shows I watched as a child🙈🙉🙊 and 😅forgot🤷

[@frankbruder3097]

Hooray for _American Gothic_ and _Misfits of Science_ both of which I have on DVD. But remakes? Those rarely live up to the potential they're inheriting.

[@TammyBeth1015]

Maybe Misfits but AG was sorta like Firefly - absolute magic that, great as it was, almost surely can't be reproduced.

[@GeniusDevil7]

Darkroom, Night Gallery, Werewolf, man I miss those shows

[@orenkiyama6860]

"Werewolf"- I loved that show, it used to creep me out the way it came on. Good times. :)

[@mountbuckekreative4044]

Kevin Peter Hall? That is the guy that played the heli pilot in Predator!

[@patriciadurio562]

I used to watch Tales From The Dark Side on Saturday night my favorite was the telephone one "Ring, Ring" I think it was titled.

[@Roctev]

Man I loved Sea Quest DSV, it was amazing, the first season was breath-taking, the second was good but lacked the heart of the first and the third was a disaster. I loved Manimal as a kid and always felt it deserved more than one season, it was a show that had real imagination, shows like these just aren't made anymore, such a shame.

[@davonhall9652]

Tales from the Darkside. Pure definition of self torture. Freaked me and my siblings out...but we watched anyway.

[@lukedraper4100]

Still have it on vhs

[@atomicjulie7216]

Ooh, and Welcome to Paradox from the sci fi channel (late 90s) and Maniac Mansion (1990-1993)

[@goblinb]

Does anyone remember that show The Hitchhiker? I think it is truly a forgotten show because no one ever mentions it. And it was on a long time; 1983 to 1991. The one I remember most is the episode O.D. Feelin, about a bag of cursed cocaine. It had Sandra Bernhard and Gene Simmons. I always thought Adam Ant was is this episode too, but I got that confused with an episode of Tales From The Crypt.

[@flashmadison6689]

Great list but I was also expecting to see Freddy’s Nightmares, Werewolf, and Friday the 13th The Series

[@samlepirate4845]

The stand also has a reboot. Seriously, do your job guys

[@sandragraves1177]

Yes and it sucked balls. Worst reboot ever. We should all forget it

[@joannethorne6555]

Inside the Closet JACKED ME UP. Seriously, I'm 54 and I still looked away as you showed that Goddamn freaky thing.

[@justinshaw7826]

From this list I remember mostly Tales from the dark side and Monsters. Both were great Horror anthology shows that scared the 💩 outta me when I was a kid. 😬😱😨👻👽👾

[@recklesskelly7521]

In the 80s...my mom was into all these creepy shows going back to the 1950s. Seeing a Vampire Elizabeth Montgomery in Thiller before she stared in Bewitched was kinda odd😂😂😂😂

[@carmenmoore8876]

Hey what about the Night Stalker?!?! That was an awesome show!!!

[@sirdrakey]

Oh man I have seen everyone of these shows! You missed a couple and the Alien Nation did TV movies after the first season.

[@ErikSamys]

How could you forget to add Friday the 13th: the series. I absolutely loved that show

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I was going to say the same. Have all three seasons on DVD.

[@freedommgtow4996]

That show was my sh*t...

[@joannenoble291]

I agree it's a shame the actor who played Jack (Chris Wiggins) has died.

[@rogermazuca4582]

@@joannenoble291 I hated Jack. I was always rooting for the bad guys just to see the power of the Cursed objects. Plus I loved Mickey's mickeys

[@ryu3180]

Kevin Peter Hall also played the predator in the first and second movies

[@jasonwhite7905]

Seeing Captain Power made me wonder if it takes place in the same universe as Warhawk (the 1995 PS1 game). Wouldn't mind reliving that nostalgia.

[@saiberunato]

I just realized another great sci-fi fantasy show with elements of supernatural. Of all the forgotten TV gems from that period, it was the crown jewel. The show was...drum rolls, Eerie, Indiana! 👏 show!

[@Mokiefraggle]

Yes! I loved Eerie, Indiana! Still wish that it had a longer run...there was so much going on that would have been great to see play out a little more.

[@saiberunato]

@@Mokiefraggle The Canadian produced follow-up series, Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension that came years later sucked though. It had an entirely new cast. The stories weren't so good. It just didn't feel the same.

[@Mokiefraggle]

@@saiberunato Sounds a lot like the recent Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboot. I saw mention of it, went looking, only to find out that they took the entire "group of kids making up campfire tales" premise away, and turned the Midnight Society into a group of teen monster hunter-y types in the vein of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So _not_ what I was looking for.

[@michellesanctuary9089]

we love the cheeseeness of 80's classic movies

[@louboy9731]

This that throwback stuff. That's what's up.

[@sethputnamsghost]

I don’t think you have to remake everything. It’s good just to remember how awesome things were at that time.🤘

[@michelechilders151]

I think there were only like 3 of those i never wated growing up and man do i miss the ones i did watch. Thank you

[@KanishQQuotes]

So many original shows. Current crop is just remakes, reboots, sequels and reimaginings

[@kellyschiller8166]

Oh hell yeah, monsters was fricking amazing

[@bannedtwice7767]

What a great time for television. No woke politics no agenda just talented writers making fun tv.

[@undeadgentalmen]

They did reboot 'The Stand' on Paramount+, they just cut out alot of the story and it wasn't good as the original. [edit] Speaking of 90's sci fi shows, anybody remember 'Ocean Girl' or 'Animorphs'?

[@maxbrandt6]

I loved Misfits of Science and Captain Power!!

[@rogermazuca4582]

4:35 Dam my boy, screen legend Sid Haig. Tutti fkn frutti RIP my man

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I was amused when I was reminded he was on the original "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl".

[@morganhymancomedy]

Hard Time on Planet Earth and Nightmare Cafe would have been cool to cover

[@grindingdeviance1864]

Darkroom was SO awesome both for Mr Coburn's intros as well as the tales themselves.

[@GymbalLock]

15:28 Captain Power was actually an interactive TV game. Viewers fired camera-equipped toy guns at the TV screen. The CGI bad guys had flashing areas that the guns could see and then add points to the players score.

[@epsileth]

Part of captain power's appeal was an interactive laser tag type toyline. Due to symbols on the good guys or bad guys on the show strobing a certain way, you could battle them, was either part of a VHS release or some of the broadcast TV shows. Could also fight others who had similar toys from the series, but they were expensive for the time. Probably why the show died, toys didn't sell well enough, and higher budget show ate into profits. I think the laser gun and sensor part was rebranded into the Brave Starr cartoon toys, I vaguely remember a similar laser tag commercial, with interactive toy targets.

[@benjamintriplett3]

The Stand got a reboot in 2020. It needs a better reboot that actually follows the novel.

[@theshadow2171]

Tales of the Darkside opening was super scary. I also remember the show Friday the 13th The Series, came on right after that, which was also intense. Does anyone remember the show Voyagers? The time travel show? I remember watching that one as a kid.

[@rinwall4765]

Man, I had a hard time even getting my family to even remember. Misfits of science. Manimal and Alienation were always watched on the sly, soom didn't make turn off the TV to dou homework.

[@zmbdog]

I used to upload all the _Darkroom_ episodes but Universal eventually got them removed.

[@phillipdeitrich6177]

Space above and beyond was a great scifi show and deserves a reboot or continuation.

[@greenrobot5]

The 80's has a special low budget, b movie charm, while the 90's unfortunately started dealing with some CGI

[@saiberunato]

Unfortunately the CGI technology and the budget for anything better just wasn't there so the results were often kinda...meh. Babylon 5 had decent CGI, at least for its time.

[@MrHorrorking13]

Great list but you forgot a excellent, forgotten anthology: the Hitchhiker. It needs a proper reboot and a top 10 list on the channel.

[@rivergamingchinchilla3368]

I wish you mentioned Sapphire and Steel. I wanted to hear what happened to this show. The idea was so interesting.

[@phatchick96]

Monsters had some incredible writing. One of my favorite episodes (in fact one of my all time favorite sci-fi short films) was "Outpost" with Juliet Mills and Tony Fields. If the ending doesn't give you chills, the you have no feelings and no soul.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Tales From the Darkside - There was an anthology movie released after the show. Most people consider it the true third Creepshow movie, especially since the actual third movie was absolute garbage. Monsters - This was like a continuation of Tales From the Darkside. Honestly, if you take five episodes from each show, cut off the titles and closing credits and show them to someone who's never seen the shows, they wouldn't be able to tell them apart. Manimal - The character of Manimal made a guest appearance on the syndicated superhero show, Nightman, with Simon MacCorkindale reprising the role.

[@stephenkywong]

Really enjoyed the interactive TV show Captain power where the toy sent it and the shoot at the characters on screen

[@Vampirebear13]

How could you forget great shows like Street Hawk and The Hitchhiker and Night Visions ???

[@Nitro_Joe]

The biggest thing I remember about “Automan” as a kid was seeing that it starred Desi Arnaz Jr.

[@johnryder1713]

Lori Holden got her start on episode 12 of Captain Power, and the military playset coming alive from ghost stories featured in the 1973 film the brotherhood of satan

[@MrFrittatone]

Loved Captain Power! Still a fan of the show

[@nobodyriot]

I hate to be a downer but "The Stand" was already rebooted on the paramount+. One show that caught my attention was "Shadow Chaser" it was fun to watch and would love to see a reboot.

[@LibraGamesUnlimited]

I remember that. As I recall it was another one that didn't last very long, sadly.

[@JasonHauser125]

I vaguely remember Automan, but didn't know it was a TRON knockoff!

[@DJBProductionsNetwork]

The main thing for Captain Power was that the show was interactive with the toy line of the same name... you could actually shoot at the CGI robots and get points on the start fighter toy and the TV would shoot back.. basically using light reflection.. if the TV light hit you you was marked down a point.. after several hits it would eject the action figure from the cockpit.....you could achieve this same effect shooting at a mirror

[@GarouLady]

Ohhh all these are hitting my happiness buttons. with the exception of Automan and Seaquest DSV was so awesome until they did the aliens storyline where they disappeared for several years. ugh. I would add in Poltergeist the Legacy and Psi-factor:Chronicle of the paranormal to this list of happiness.

[@saiberunato]

Now Psi Factor...that was one Canadian show that this American loved.

[@bartistclord1916]

Based on other Reboots, I think it is a horrible idea to reboot anything good or beloved. Nobody wants a worse version, and that is what you WILL GET. Reboot bad movies and bad shows so that it is almost impossible to make it worse.