{"id":128343,"date":"2015-10-17T19:13:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-18T01:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/17\/the-50-greatest-sci-fi-tv-shows-kinda-sorta-more-or-less.html"},"modified":"2015-11-10T16:21:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T23:21:30","slug":"the-50-greatest-sci-fi-tv-shows-kinda-sorta-more-or-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/17\/the-50-greatest-sci-fi-tv-shows-kinda-sorta-more-or-less.html","title":{"rendered":"The 50 Greatest Sci-Fi TV Shows (kinda-sorta more-or-less)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few caveats on the Popular Mechanics<\/i> list:<\/p>\n

1. I suspect this list would look a lot different in, say, five years. We are currently going through a rich time in SF genre TV, and what will turn out to be great and what will turn out to be a flash in the pan and forgotten is very difficult from up close. That said, kudos for not<\/i> including anything very recent.<\/p>\n

2. With a list of 50 you would think you can probably hit nearly everything that most people would consider "great" at first thought. But a lot here is … um … nostalgic at best (Logan's Run?<\/i> Really? And not Fantastic Journey?)<\/i><\/p>\n

3. The list is definitely tilted to the US, with a due nod to some UK greats (though I'd tout UFO<\/i> over Space: 1999).<\/i><\/p>\n

4. The inclusion of two anime here breaks the entire list, since if we're to allow that genre there are a nigh-infinite number of "greats".<\/p>\n

Still, a fun nostaglic look, regardless of the "accuracy."<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThe 50 Greatest Sci-Fi TV Shows Ever<\/a><\/span>
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A few caveats on the Popular Mechanics list: 1. I suspect this list would look a lot different in, say, five years. We are currently going through a rich time in SF genre TV, and what will turn out to be great and what will turn out to be a flash in the pan and … Continue reading “The 50 Greatest Sci-Fi TV Shows (kinda-sorta more-or-less)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,362,43,361,360,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-tv-babylon-5","category-media-tv-doctor-who","category-media-tv-fireflyserenity","category-media-tv-star-trek","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":128344,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/18\/the-50-greatest-sci-fi-tv-shows-kinda-sorta-more-or-less-redux.html","url_meta":{"origin":128343,"position":0},"title":"The 50 Greatest Sci-Fi TV Shows (kinda-sorta more-or-less) (Redux)","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 18-Oct-15 11:20am","format":false,"excerpt":"So this is based on an article from a Popular Mechanics (!) article on \"The 50 Greatest Sci-Fi Shows Ever\" [http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/culture\/movies\/g156\/the-50-greatest-sci-fi-tv-shows]. 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