Science Fiction TV Numbers 30 – 26
Here’s the next installment of the countdown.
Number 30: Battlestar Galactica (1978-79) | |
 | A science fiction mish-mash of Mormonism (courtesy of creator Glen A Larson) and some mythology and we get the original BSG. As cheesy as it was, it introduced some great stuff that lived on well beyond the original season and beget the reboot BSG which was ten times better (minus the final episode). GorT logged hours with this show and even caught bits of Galactica 1980. |
Number 29: Futurama | |
 | I find it hard to characterize Futurama. Let me start with it takes the best of spoofing and satire and applies it liberally across all sorts of Science Fiction (and other genres). With references to Star Trek, Star Wars, and a million other shows, it is comic genius from Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening. All Glory to the Hypnotoad! |
Number 28: Logan’s Run | |
 | I liked the odea behind the original movie and never watched this series. I wouldn’t be surprised if a reboot is coming for this series/movie in the near future. For those not in the know, Logan’s Run follows from the movie where a rogue enforcer has left looking for Sanctuary with a girl rather than face termination when he turns 30. Some will recognize David Moffat from Clear and Present Danger. |
Number 27: Red Dwarf | |
 | One of the great contributions to the list from the BBC (not the only one). Red Dwarf follows a cryogenically frozen repairman who is awoken from his sleep after 3 million years and is the last human being. The series ran for 10 seasons and has a rabid fan base that starts with their first airing back in the late 1980s and goes forward to 2012. GorT actually read one of the novels that spun out from the series and if you like The Hitchhikers Guide series, you’ll enjoy these. |
Number 26: Ghost in the Shell | |
 | This series follows members of an elite cybernetic law enforcement unit known as Public Security Section 9 as they investigate cyber-crime and terrorism cases; these cases often are connected to their pursuit of an elite “Super Class A” hacker and corporate terrorist known as “The Laughing Man.”. It was so well done – from it’s score to the animation and plot elements – that it is frequently termed, “believably futuristic”. GorT has never seen it and it is on his must watch at some point list. |
GorT is an eight-foot-tall robot from the 51ˢᵗ Century who routinely time-travels to steal expensive technology from the future and return it to the past for retroinvention. The profits from this pay all the Gormogons’ bills, including subsidizing this website. Some of the products he has introduced from the future include oven mitts, the Guinness widget, Oxy-Clean, and Dr. Pepper. Due to his immense cybernetic brain, GorT is able to produce a post in 0.023 seconds and research it in even less time. Only ’Puter spends less time on research. GorT speaks entirely in zeros and ones, but occasionally throws in a ڭ to annoy the Volgi. He is a massive proponent of science, technology, and energy development, and enjoys nothing more than taking the Czar’s more interesting scientific theories, going into the past, publishing them as his own, and then returning to take credit for them. He is the only Gormogon who is capable of doing math. Possessed of incredible strength, he understands the awesome responsibility that follows and only uses it to hurt people.