tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post781118848941290071..comments2024-03-21T14:20:51.746-07:00Comments on Cult TV Lounge: failed pilots - Genesis II (1973)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-66827567878044594712019-10-17T06:27:24.311-07:002019-10-17T06:27:24.311-07:00A bit of a correction on my post:
The John Saxon ...A bit of a correction on my post:<br /><br />The John Saxon Genesis II was called Planet Earth.<br />The ABC TV Movie Genesis II was called Strange New World.<br /><br />And the less said about Andromeda, the better. :)Randall Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459066894752870249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-211323501770984692019-10-14T04:08:30.177-07:002019-10-14T04:08:30.177-07:00Not one to throw away a good (and stolen from Buck...<em>Not one to throw away a good (and stolen from Buck Rogers),the same premise was used in Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, this time with Kevin Sorbo in the role of Dylan Hunt.</em><br /><br />It certainly seems to have become a real obsession for Roddenberry.<br /><br />I've never seen <em>Andromeda</em>. How bad is it?dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5833699981210036110.post-49574495663569381382019-10-13T20:44:31.924-07:002019-10-13T20:44:31.924-07:00Nice review, and more than fair to a pretty medioc...Nice review, and more than fair to a pretty mediocre project that combines Buck Rogers with one of the Wagon Train (a Western) concepts where every stop on the trip had its own unique problem to be solved (sort of like Star Trek itself)<br /><br />Genesis II got a second shot at life, this time with John Saxon as Dylan Hunt. It played about the same to me.<br /><br />The same premise was hauled out a third time as an ABC TV Movie called Planet Earth.<br /><br />Not one to throw away a good (and stolen from Buck Rogers),the same premise was used in Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, this time with Kevin Sorbo in the role of Dylan Hunt.<br /><br />And given the lameness of modern TV, I'm sure they'll haul it out again any time now...Randall Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459066894752870249noreply@blogger.com