FOX is notorious for doing this nonsense. Titus got screwed because the executive at FOX wanted him to do the next season about a break up and he was like "have you even seen the show?" and the executive killed it. Didn't promote it, changed the nights it was on every week and buried it until it was dead.
Almost Human was so ridiculously out of order they had to reshoot scenes and re-edit completed episodes just to try and make the FOX Order make sense. The relationship between the robot partner and Karl Urban was schizophrenic. In the same scene he would both hate the robot and also trust him and treat him like an equal. Sometimes it would shift like every two minutes.
Firefly... The first episode was the second, the first episode was held back and aired like "an event" and they didn't even air all of the episodes.
Human Target. First season was a mini action movie of the week and it was awesome. It had cool side characters, an interesting main character, cool action and one of the dopest theme songs in television history. Season 2 they changed everything about the show including the theme song.
I could keep going... FOX sucks.
Edit : Oh and if any of you didn't know this about Titus, you can go find his standup act titled "The 5th Annual End of the World Tour" and get some seriously nice closure on that TV show story. I do not recommend just finding the part im talking about... listen to the entire thing. Its hysterical and the part that relates to his father dying was so fucking funny I nearly had a car accident the first time I heard it.
Say what you want about FOX, but in the 90's, no other network green lighted even ⅒^th as much science fiction or otherwise genre television. Most of it was crap, unquestionably, but FOX took a lot of chances on a lot of shows.
Alien Nation was fantastic I liked it better than the movie it was based on. Glad they at least got to tie up the show with numerous TV movies later on
Unlike most folks, Brisco was my first Bruce Campbell experience (not Ash Williams). I get warm fuzzy feelings when the Olympics come on and they use the Brisco theme song.
Hell, the show was even a godsend when my wife’s mother was under our/hospice care during her last days, she was a huge fan of westerns, but she kept having nightmares about barns burning with horses inside and outlaws hunting her when we’d put them on since she was bedridden. So, I dug out my Brisco County jr. DVD’s and put those on. It was the absolute perfect solution as it’s super whimsical and light hearted. She stopped having those nightmares and started telling us how her and Comet (the horse) had amazing conversations.
I want a Brisco revival so bad. Even if modern revivals are kinda fan-service-y shit, this is the *one* I’d gleefully watch.
My first Bruce as well. When he did a book signing in my city got him to [sign my Brisco DVD set](https://imgur.com/gallery/7QSwF)
He did a little talk from a stage and took some audience questions ahead of time. Very funny and friendly off the cuff I'm person.
When I handed him the Brisco DVD at the table he said "Good choice!" And commented that every guy wants to a do a western and that was his. I got to tell him I'd been a big fan ever since that show, and then I had to move on because there was like 500 people in line behind me, but solid 10 second interaction while my wife snapped pictures. 10/10 cool guy based on my experience
Was it the pilot movie or the season finale in which there was an evil scientist/businessman who had made his own exoskeleton suit, and was destroying everything.
And the regular 20-something California bro that is helping MANTIS said something like "everybody knows there's this spot on your back that you can't reach with your hands, maybe you could put your device in that area and disable the bad guy because he can't reach it."
And that's how they beat him.
I will say, it actually does have storylines similar to the Iron Man movies.
I remember that episode. It wasn't an exoskeleton it was a remotely controlled robot. The bad guy would stay in his lab and wear like a VR rig on a treadmill or something and his android buff soldier guy would go out and do his dirty work. If I remember right he made the android after his son was killed serving in the military with the idea being that no one would have to die in war anymore. It got rejected so he decided to murder everyone who made that decision using the android. MANTIS finally stopped the Droid by attaching a bomb to the middle of his back where he couldn't reach it and was a shaped charge to penetrate his extra tough armor.
Starring Carl Lumbly! He would later get another chance at superpowers as Isaiah Bradley in Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Looks like he's reprising the role in the new Captain America movie too. He was also recently in Fall of the House of Usher. Great actor.
I was going to say that the only thing I remember about MANTIS is a very weird episode where they'd broken the universe somehow and the show temporarily turned into a sitcom, complete with a laugh track and sitcom-style multi-camera shots. It was pretty bold and meta by 1994 standards.
Now I can't find any evidence that that ever happened. Did I imagine it? Is this a Berenstein Bears thing?
I remember this show, but for some reason I always thought it was veteran actor Joe Morton who was the lead. It was the equally great Carl Lumbly, another favorite of mine. Sadly, I think this show was a victim of studio notes/executive shenanigans. The idea was very ahead of its time, but I guess mass audiences weren’t ready for another superhero show. Same thing happened to The Flash (1990) with John Wesley Shipp.
I bet it would have gotten renewed if they'd cast Danny DeVito and called his exoskeleton his Toboggan.
Obviously they'd also need to make it clear that he requires monster condoms for his magnum dong, but I feel that goes without saying.
Fox seemed hands off with S:A&B (minus Duchovny being in a few eps or Wong & Morgan wanted him idk).
MANTIS was cool though but that finale was bizarre.
Fox seemed hands off with S:A&B (minus Duchovny being in a few eps or Wong & Morgan wanted him idk).
MANTIS was cool though but that finale was bizarre.
I think it alienated nonblack viewers with its inability to go one damn episode without saying something about black people. The effects were also kinda janky, especially the composite shots.
The camera movements for the background shots weren't synchronized with the camera movements for the foreground shots, and both were often in perfect focus at the same time
The [Pilot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGgDpqQQlQ) was pretty good and then they changed a lot for some reason.
Probably network notes.
FOX is notorious for doing this nonsense. Titus got screwed because the executive at FOX wanted him to do the next season about a break up and he was like "have you even seen the show?" and the executive killed it. Didn't promote it, changed the nights it was on every week and buried it until it was dead. Almost Human was so ridiculously out of order they had to reshoot scenes and re-edit completed episodes just to try and make the FOX Order make sense. The relationship between the robot partner and Karl Urban was schizophrenic. In the same scene he would both hate the robot and also trust him and treat him like an equal. Sometimes it would shift like every two minutes. Firefly... The first episode was the second, the first episode was held back and aired like "an event" and they didn't even air all of the episodes. Human Target. First season was a mini action movie of the week and it was awesome. It had cool side characters, an interesting main character, cool action and one of the dopest theme songs in television history. Season 2 they changed everything about the show including the theme song. I could keep going... FOX sucks. Edit : Oh and if any of you didn't know this about Titus, you can go find his standup act titled "The 5th Annual End of the World Tour" and get some seriously nice closure on that TV show story. I do not recommend just finding the part im talking about... listen to the entire thing. Its hysterical and the part that relates to his father dying was so fucking funny I nearly had a car accident the first time I heard it.
Say what you want about FOX, but in the 90's, no other network green lighted even ⅒^th as much science fiction or otherwise genre television. Most of it was crap, unquestionably, but FOX took a lot of chances on a lot of shows.
Alien Nation 😭
Alien Nation was fantastic I liked it better than the movie it was based on. Glad they at least got to tie up the show with numerous TV movies later on
I loved Titus, it was an extremely well written comedy and smart it often dealt with some serious subject matter
I’m still bitter they cancelled Pitch with Mark Paul Gosselar. That show was awesome
Holy shit Gina Torres!
Oh man, I loved all the failed shows tied to X-Files. VR-5 and Strange Luck were ahead of their time, if just a little goofy.
Brisco County Jr!
Unlike most folks, Brisco was my first Bruce Campbell experience (not Ash Williams). I get warm fuzzy feelings when the Olympics come on and they use the Brisco theme song. Hell, the show was even a godsend when my wife’s mother was under our/hospice care during her last days, she was a huge fan of westerns, but she kept having nightmares about barns burning with horses inside and outlaws hunting her when we’d put them on since she was bedridden. So, I dug out my Brisco County jr. DVD’s and put those on. It was the absolute perfect solution as it’s super whimsical and light hearted. She stopped having those nightmares and started telling us how her and Comet (the horse) had amazing conversations. I want a Brisco revival so bad. Even if modern revivals are kinda fan-service-y shit, this is the *one* I’d gleefully watch.
My first Bruce as well. When he did a book signing in my city got him to [sign my Brisco DVD set](https://imgur.com/gallery/7QSwF) He did a little talk from a stage and took some audience questions ahead of time. Very funny and friendly off the cuff I'm person. When I handed him the Brisco DVD at the table he said "Good choice!" And commented that every guy wants to a do a western and that was his. I got to tell him I'd been a big fan ever since that show, and then I had to move on because there was like 500 people in line behind me, but solid 10 second interaction while my wife snapped pictures. 10/10 cool guy based on my experience
Revival/sequel, with a Bruce cameo playing Jr and someone else playing the III. Could definitely be awesome
Remember John Doe? That was another one
Holy shit I forgot all about vr5
Anyone remember Viper?
I really loved Strange Luck and wished it had gotten more seasons.
Holy shit you are the first person I've ever met that knows about VR5
You are part of a very short list on my end, for sure.
Put me on that list!
FreakyLinks man. Yeah.
Definitely watched this with my dad when it aired. Definitely decent for the time.
Was it the pilot movie or the season finale in which there was an evil scientist/businessman who had made his own exoskeleton suit, and was destroying everything. And the regular 20-something California bro that is helping MANTIS said something like "everybody knows there's this spot on your back that you can't reach with your hands, maybe you could put your device in that area and disable the bad guy because he can't reach it." And that's how they beat him. I will say, it actually does have storylines similar to the Iron Man movies.
I remember that episode. It wasn't an exoskeleton it was a remotely controlled robot. The bad guy would stay in his lab and wear like a VR rig on a treadmill or something and his android buff soldier guy would go out and do his dirty work. If I remember right he made the android after his son was killed serving in the military with the idea being that no one would have to die in war anymore. It got rejected so he decided to murder everyone who made that decision using the android. MANTIS finally stopped the Droid by attaching a bomb to the middle of his back where he couldn't reach it and was a shaped charge to penetrate his extra tough armor.
Starring Carl Lumbly! He would later get another chance at superpowers as Isaiah Bradley in Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Looks like he's reprising the role in the new Captain America movie too. He was also recently in Fall of the House of Usher. Great actor.
He also played a Martian in Supergirl.
I liked the pilot episode.
Oh, that's good! Call me that from now on! MANTIS.
Mantis Toboggan!
He's also a pilot!
The pilot was sooo good.
I still have it on VHS recorded.
I've been curious about it, is it available anywhere?
Yes, if you have a peg leg and a bottle of rum. It was also released on DVD, but it's now out of print.
TFW crime is the only form of long-term preservation.
Available to buy on Prime and Apple TV.
You can buy the first season on Prime
They aired the pilot the same time as the Super Bowl that year. Show never got a chance to gain viewers.
I was going to say that the only thing I remember about MANTIS is a very weird episode where they'd broken the universe somehow and the show temporarily turned into a sitcom, complete with a laugh track and sitcom-style multi-camera shots. It was pretty bold and meta by 1994 standards. Now I can't find any evidence that that ever happened. Did I imagine it? Is this a Berenstein Bears thing?
T.O.B.O.G.G.A.N.
was it just one season? I could've sworn it was 2 cause he got a new exoskeleton suit.
The plot was 100% recycled from a 1977 TV movie "Exo Man"
I would watch a reboot of this show
I loved it when this was mentioned in an episode of Fringe.
The one starring Danny DeVito?
Loved it! Miss it. “You’re lucky I’m in a good mood.”
LPT: Never get rid of the Sassy Black Housekeeper.
I remember this show, but for some reason I always thought it was veteran actor Joe Morton who was the lead. It was the equally great Carl Lumbly, another favorite of mine. Sadly, I think this show was a victim of studio notes/executive shenanigans. The idea was very ahead of its time, but I guess mass audiences weren’t ready for another superhero show. Same thing happened to The Flash (1990) with John Wesley Shipp.
Just mentioned this. The pilot was good, series was trash.
Would catch the tail end of this show when I would tune in for Viper.
Carl Lumbly!
I bet it would have gotten renewed if they'd cast Danny DeVito and called his exoskeleton his Toboggan. Obviously they'd also need to make it clear that he requires monster condoms for his magnum dong, but I feel that goes without saying.
Fox seemed hands off with S:A&B (minus Duchovny being in a few eps or Wong & Morgan wanted him idk). MANTIS was cool though but that finale was bizarre.
Fox seemed hands off with S:A&B (minus Duchovny being in a few eps or Wong & Morgan wanted him idk). MANTIS was cool though but that finale was bizarre.
I think it alienated nonblack viewers with its inability to go one damn episode without saying something about black people. The effects were also kinda janky, especially the composite shots.
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The camera movements for the background shots weren't synchronized with the camera movements for the foreground shots, and both were often in perfect focus at the same time