The 1970s was an important moment in the evolution of science fiction in pop culture. The possible release of Star Wars In 1977 he would change the science of science on the big screen forever, but there was only one fascinating and revolutionary bee on the small screen.
Then, let’s travel back in time and see the science fiction television programs of the 70s that are still worth watching today.
The six million dollars
Anyone who loves the science fiction of Lo-Fi-Fi will enjoy The six million dollarsA program that answers the question: “What would happen if James Bond was a transformer?”
The basic premise of the program sees that astronaut Steve Austin (not that one) is seriously injured in a plane crash and his body must be rebuilt with bionic parts. These pieces cost (you guessed) a whopping six million dollars, but the government effectively recovers its money when this bionic man uses a group of devices to complete missions as a secret agent.
While the whole show is entertaining, the best part is the performance of the protagonist Lee Majors. It helps to base the elements of the plot of the fools, which included frequent scenes of only action that were basically a bullet with a budget.
The six million dollars It is a murderous show that managed to transform science fiction and spy genres so that they still seem fresh and innovative.
Battlestar Galactica
When science fiction was completely dominated by Star Trek and Star Wars, the original Battlestar Galactica Hearings moved with a history of the last days of humanity, highly persecuted throughout the cosmos by unstoppable murderous robots.
Battlestar Galactica Follow the adventures of the titular military vessel and a fleet of civil ships while trying to keep one step ahead of the murderous cylons. These robots have already annihilated the rest of humanity, and will not stop until they finish work and eliminate humanity completely.
The best part of this program is its apocalyptic premise. Less optimistic than Rigid feature and less swashbuckling than Star WarsThis series is a warning part and a glorious setback to the science fiction fiction of beloved authors such as Isaac Asimov.
While the remake receives all the attention, the original Battlestar Galactica It is still one of the most convincing science fiction programs in the history of transmission.
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Years before the debut of Star Trek: The movieThe franchise announced an animated series that brought back to Captain Kirk and his team for Wild Adventures in the line of The original series.
Star Trek: The Animated Series follow-up The original series Formula continuing to Kirk and the five -year mission of the company’s crew to explore new worlds and find a new life outside the final border. And the animated format allowed crazy concepts and characters that Gene Roddenberry never Have a leg capable of paying for your previous show.
The best thing about Star Trek: The Animated Series Is it that almost all the original returns of the cast as voice actors? That makes this program little appreciated is more or less the fourth honorary season of The original series.
Come to be the original cast and stay for a show that has bones that influence the best Star Trek stories for decades.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Any staunch X-Files Fans out there? If so, you must take a look at 1974 Kolchak: The Night StalkerThe series of a season that Chris Carter cited as a tremendous source of inspiration for his own media science fiction franchise that dominated the 90s.
Carl Kolchak is a journalist who follows anyone’s rules, but his while stumbling with scenes of strange crimes involving supernatural with each episode, Kolchak is chasing new potential clients that the authorities would be trapped dead looking for, all in the search for the truth.
He thought that monsters may seem outdated due to the technical limitations of the time, the performance of Drarren McGavin, since Kolchak is remarkable because it is stubborn and imperturbable, but has enough to get where he needs to go.
Channeling a serious crime noir energy, Kolchak: The Night Stalker It has more pulp than a glass of newly squeezed orange juice, a horror combined with cynicism and the fair amount of journalistic integrity that will inspire him to continue asking questions when no one else is answering. The truth always has a leg out there.
Survivors
Survivors It is a series of post-apocalyptic science fiction that does not become many bells and whistles, or even the suspension of disbelief to convey its point of view thanks to its commitment to show a founded version of the narrative of the final time.
Center in a small group of British survivors who try to rebuild society after a mysterious flu epidemic tenca the world’s population, Survivors in the supernatural, but rather a real world pandemic that is equally more horrible as the zombie or alien attacks that you would see in The Living Dead ORPÍN World War.
Survivors It does not need an antagonist outside this world to generate suspense because real world problems such as food shortage, government overreach, failed institutions and a general distrust sensation require struggle in the center of the stage for survival.
Offer substance that does not need to be complemented with style in the form of special effects, Survivors Do not sacrifice the answers to the difficult questions of life. Instead, it provides a surprising vision of what it means clinging to humanity when the natural order of things decomposes its most basic components.
Logan’s Run
Logan’s Run It is an elegant continuation of the 1976 film that further explores the concept of a utopia that went wrong while its protagonists seek freedom in mitigating circumstances.
Looking for the “sanctuary” always elegant and mythical after escaping from the city of sleeping, where no one lives fits the age of 30, Logan 5 and Jessica 6 are evading the authorities while they meet robots and secret societies along the way.
Establish ITELF separated from other retro-fouturist touches through a post-apocalyptic United States, Logan’s Run It is a cut above its contemporaries thanks to its ambitious world construction, fascinating visual set designs, layers of the city fixed and charismatic protagonists portrayed by the infinite Gregory Harrison and Headher Menzies.
Logan’s Run It is an absolute pleasure to see, and it has a lot of existential fear to round things while you look at the utopia that a leg could have while you want a brighter future.
Sealab 2020
In 1972, Hanna-Barbara released her opinion on Star Trek: The original Series, but instead of exploring space, Sealab 2020 It happened deeply under the waves.
Each episode covers an adventure of the Sealab crew that goes from gathering a family of dolphins to saving a submarine trapped under Arctic ice. The animation, which emphasizes the characters of characters and the realistic movement makes the 50 -year -old series and its cheesy, Hokey suddenly becomes a point of sale for another generation of fans.
Best of all, after seeing Sealab 2020Then you can enjoy the adult swimming parody, Sealab 2021One of the best science fiction comedies of all time.
Mork and Mindy
“Nanu Nanu!”
Those two words are enough to send a complete generation to a nostalgic adjustment Mork and MindyThe series that turned Robin Williams into a star.
The legendary comedian played Mork, an alien from the planet Ork assigned to humans, who lived with Mindy, a relatively normal woman in Boulder, Colorado.
Williams improvised most of his lines, and thanks to his sense of humor outside, the science fiction comedy is not a victim of much outdated discomfort that makes some of his contemporaries difficult to see today.
Robin Williams makes almost everything worth seeing, and the same is true for the series of four stations that could barely contain this comic force of nature.
The man from Atlantis
One of the strangest shows in the 70s, The man from Atlantis Characteristics of the future Dallas and Step by step Star, Patrick Duffy, as the last survivor of Atlantis.
Using superhuman force and the ability to resist the extreme depths of the ocean, the amnesic man called Mark Harris works with the government to explore the deep sea.
Inexplicable by the series, the deep sea includes mystical portals that transport marks over time to meet Romeo and Juliet, and cracks that lead to the land of the giants. The man from Atlantis It only lasted 13 episodes, but it is such a strange series that goes from being strange to directly hilarious. This is one who will want to share with his friends just to see his reactions.
