Famous Sci-Fi Movies That Had TV Spinoffs You Totally Forgot About

Time-hopping cops with a budget that only lets them travel to the '80s?? A cyborg satire watered down for mass consumption?! The movies are classics. The TV spin-offs flopped hard.
#Scifi #TV #Spinoff
Alien Nation | 0:00
Logan's Run | 1:30
Beyond Westworld | 2:46
Total Recall 2070 | 3:40
Planet of the Apes | 5:04
Minority Report | 6:21
Timecop | 7:34
Starman | 8:43
RoboCop | 9:50
Weird Science | 11:09
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[@Looper]

Were there any spinoffs that you liked more than the original movie?

[@Necr0Mancer666]

The cheezy 80s, 90s tv shows are nostalgic now.

[@bizzarono1]

There was also an animated Robocop series.

[@udobald]

The Alien Nation show and TV-movies were rather good. Not forgotten by me at least.

[@preferredimage]

Whoever is doing the voiceover on this video, I heard you in 'Lighthouse keeper' :) Also got a load more TVs to gather up now.

[@allnamesaretakenful]

I didn't forget about Alien Nation or Weird Science. I really liked those two spin-offs and thought they were better than the originals because they were able to explore a lot more of their universes. I never saw any of the others because they are horrible spin-offs that must not have been advertised much.

[@cyclopstb]

Robocop the Series is never forgotten. Prime Directives was complicated

[@MD2389]

I actually enjoyed Weird Science!

[@Coolremac]

I'm surprised Limitless isn't on the lineup.

[@TNHFPRODUCTIONS987]

Hey Looper I got a top 10 list for you Top 10 shows that have a gladiator fight club premise episode 1. Star Trek Voyager- Season 6 Episode 15 Tsunkatse 2. Smallville- Season 6 Episode 17 Combat 3. Mutant X- Season 2 Episode 14 Hard Time 4. Birds of Prey- Season 1 Episode 10 Gladiatrix 5. Street Justice- Season 2 Episode 2 Circle of Death 6. Walker Texas Ranger- Season 2 Episode 10 Night of the Gladiator 7. Renegade- Season 1 Episode 21/22 The Fighting Cage 8. Angel- Season 1 Episode 16 Hard Time 9. Tales from the Crypt- Season 6 Episode 7 The Pit 10. Banshee- Season 3 Episode 8 All The Wisdom I Got Left There are probably other shows and other fight club episodes out there if there are than let me know in the comments but these are the most popular.

[@tripendicular]

Loved Alien Nation so much.

[@salliewagenblatt5188]

The war of the worlds tv series that ran for two seasons from 1988 to 1990 which also acted as a sequel follow up to the 1953 film where this time the aliens had the ability to take over people's bodies.

[@Panwere36]

Um.. no. the *_Weird Science_* TV series ran for four seasons (88 episodes, I believe).. son no.. it wasn't Totally forgotten about. it made Vanessa Angel a household name among some.... and she was even at DragonCon one year.

[@Kap00rwith2os]

I actually really liked the Alien Nation TV series more than the movie 🤷‍♂️

[@nukezat]

Total Recall 2070 is pretty good but not for everyone.

[@dinomonzon7493]

1968’s Planet of the Apes film & TV show got remembered, but Irwin Allen’s 1961 film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea starring Walter Pidgeon as Admiral Harriman Nelson, Robert Sterling as Capt. Lee Crane, Peter Lorre as Commodore Lucius Emery, Barbara Eden as Lt. Cathy Connors & Michael Ansara as Dr. Miguel Alvarez isn’t?!? Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea was later adapted by Mr. Allen for TV; it was his most successful TV series, running 4 Seasons and 110 episodes from 1964-1968. It starred Richard Basehart as Adm. Nelson & David Hedison as Capt. Lee Crane. It still holds up today compared to SeaQuest DSV, which was co produced by Steven Spielberg.

[@stephenclaridge1896]

You forgot Blue Thunder and The war of the worlds.

[@WrenFaithBridger]

My husband & I never missed a single episode of "Alien Nation". "Logan's Run" is one of my favorite movies, but I didn't care too much for the series.

[@Advent1133]

mortal kombat movies and tv series??

[@lordlaughypants5889]

I remember the Timecop series.

[@nilehoruseus]

80’s and 90’s

[@ThePinkDragon]

loved AllienNation

[@ThePinkDragon]

and Starman

[@roachxyz]

Tremors had a series.

[@bpcgos]

I remember watch Robocop TV series and like it

[@bigsteed007]

I’m a huge Robocop fan but I just couldn’t get into the show. Even though the suit was movie accurate, it just looked clunky like it didn’t fit the actor. It’s low budget Canadian tv vibes didn’t help either.

[@arcturionblade1077]

It also didn't help that the show being made for TV meant that the action was rated PG for the most part, instead of the hard R violence that RoboCop fans were used to.

[@burtonm3220]

what about highlander? the tv series was successful enough to warrant another movie - with a crossover from the series.

[@charlesshadid1890]

Rest In Peace, James Gunn.

[@mrsjackbauer1]

It’s James Caan not Gunn you moron!

[@christ6927]

I thought the alien nation show was good.

[@BoRerunn]

Movies are stupid