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baronvb1123 t1_jdtdxog wrote

Starring Dollar Tree Burt Reynolds

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chris6082 t1_jdtie6d wrote

Believe it or not, that's Keir Dullea. Astronaut Dave from 2001.

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MCMcKinley t1_jdu30gy wrote

I actually spotted that.

"My God! It's full of stars!"

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Nyawk t1_jduu4uh wrote

Walter Koenig was in it too.

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OldBob10 t1_jdv3ay6 wrote

And so the other guy is HAL? 🤔

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CriusofCoH t1_jdtjjhk wrote

SF writer Harlan Ellison's famous disenfranchisement.

I saw an episode once. It was not good.

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Flahdagal t1_jduz46s wrote

If you've never read his take down on it, seek it out. What he was hired to create, vs the budget and structure he was provided were completely different. Add in the really bad post editing and you get Star Lost. His review of his own work is brutal and funny.

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meester13T t1_jdtjroc wrote

I so remember this. Slow opening shot of different colonies under dome , floating in space. Our heroes would find themselves in a new dome every episode. Had an old star trek kinda feel with more peril.

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MrDeviantish OP t1_jdwqmj4 wrote

Weren't they hurtling off course too? Always with the peril. Yet always some reason to stop and gaze into this week's guest stars eyes and snog.

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meester13T t1_jdwqvcw wrote

Yeah. Ship was headed for the sun. Apparently, a large portion of the show’s budget was for the bridge set in the final episode…that we never saw.

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ApeShifter t1_jdtrlco wrote

FOR ITS TIME, it wasn’t that bad. It was obviously low budget, but it had its niche.

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InGenAche t1_jduap4n wrote

We had Blakes7 in the UK.

It was the epitome of low budget, wobbly sets early 80's production values, but damn some of the storylines were dark.

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fitzroy95 t1_jdxtaae wrote

Blakes 7 was actually really well done with a good story line, despite the low budget

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Cali4nia_Dreamin t1_jdtm52o wrote

IMDb rating of 6.2. Won Writers Guild of America for Episodic Drama…I’d be interested in seeing it.

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Hoosier_Daddy68 t1_jduqxkx wrote

There was some truly great cheesy sci-fi tv in the 70s and 80s. Buck Rodgers, Quark, the original Battlestar Galactica, about a thousand others. Cashing in on Star Wars was a huge thing.

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Crutation t1_jdutijz wrote

I didn't think anyone else remembered Quark.

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Polymath6301 t1_jduu0ks wrote

I do! Loved it. My wife and I adopt the position and go beee, beee, beee and wait for the bees. There’s nothing like Vegeton sex! And the … gasp … Head!

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Hoosier_Daddy68 t1_jduv2i1 wrote

My mom was a massive sci-fi fan so we watched all that stuff. Quark was one of her favorites even tho it didn't last long. We always watched together.

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Portland-to-Vt t1_jdtl954 wrote

Good to see Alannis Morisette getting in some time towards her SAG credit.

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Brain_Hawk t1_jdtlhg2 wrote

Is that Pedro Pascal in the right? Man that guy's been in a lot of stuff

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tangcameo t1_jdtocb1 wrote

I was around five when I saw an episode of this at my aunt’s place on cable tv in the middle of the afternoon in the 70s. I somehow got it into my head that this was a sci fi soap opera played five days a week. Didn’t even know about Dark Shadows.

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Conservadem t1_jdtv6un wrote

There was no cable TV in the 70's.

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MCMcKinley t1_jdu35t2 wrote

By 1970 there were 2,500 cable TV systems in the United States serving 4.5 million

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Much-Meringue-7467 t1_jduha5k wrote

There certainly was. It wasn't super popular until the 80's but the first cable service began in 1948.

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Nyawk t1_jduu0tr wrote

I had Manhattan cable in my apartment in the late 70’s. The box had a dial to select channels.

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BigHobbit t1_jdtr0zh wrote

Looks like something the boys from Monty Python would have cooked up

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leiferq t1_jdumquu wrote

An alien in one of those episodes still give me nightmares to this day.

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TooDeeGuy t1_jduu2xb wrote

The poor man's "Space: 1999".

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glonq t1_jdxlui0 wrote

Space $19.99

...because that was their wardrobe budget.

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DisastrousOne3950 t1_jdy1dh1 wrote

"Make the moon go faster than light? Sure, let's start filming!"

I dug the spacecraft, though.

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squirrelhillfrog t1_jduyjfb wrote

So, we’re in space eh

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DisastrousOne3950 t1_jdy1pe2 wrote

"It's your turn to clean the reactor, hoser!"

"No way, Doug! I did it last time! Oh, and we're out of beers."

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[deleted] t1_jdtubg1 wrote

Sadly…there was never a climax as they were all too polite to fight.

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MeanEYE t1_jduy7xo wrote

Times when everyone thought color of the future would be metallic and silver.

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OldBob10 t1_jdv36v4 wrote

Canada - kinda like the US, but sane, eh?

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glonq t1_jdxm044 wrote

I call BS. Real Canadian astronauts would defintely have worn jeans + jean jackets.

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JLDN357 t1_jdyjzgf wrote

Loved that show. The Starlost and Hilarious House of Frightenstein made for crazy Saturday mornings in Canada.

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