Mooncake is the best - adorable and yet highly lethal. Plus, the stellar voice cast includes Fred Armisen, Tom Kenny, Tika Sumpter, Steven Yeun, Gina Torres, Keith David, David Tennant, and also… Mooncake.
It’s still early days yet for the TBS animated series created by Olan Rogers and David Sacks, but so far the first season has proven itself to be far more than the comedy we might have expected based on early trailers, with some epic-scale space-set sequences. “Defying Gravity” was one weird show, and we would have liked to see more of it.
Well, that is, until the glowy space rocks showed up, all part of a series of twists creator James Parriott explained after the show’s cancellation would have led to some of the most bonkers TV ever. In retrospect, it’s kind of hard to believe “Defying Gravity” was actually ever a real show made for broadcast television - one starring Ron Livingston, even! It’s not just that the ABC drama about a team of astronauts embarking on an epic tour of the solar system was tonally much closer to “Grey’s Anatomy” (romantic entanglements and all) than “The Right Stuff.”īut what did air was fascinating, as it gave real effort to ground the storytelling in ways that made the scenario seem legitimately plausible. The Best International Series on Netflix to Watch Right Now
Nathan Fillion Wants Joss Whedon to Be Uncanceled: 'I Would Work with Him Again in a Second'Įmmy Predictions: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie But that doesn’t mean they didn’t shine brightly when they had the chance.Ĭrowdfunded William Shatner Documentary to Be Fully Owned by Fans, Backers to Receive Profits Some of these selections below didn’t last all that long - several Season 1s weren’t followed by Season 2s - as television, much like space itself, can be an unforgiving environment. (For the record, while “Lost in Space” Season 1 was a bit too grounded on one planet for consideration here, it may make the cut in future seasons.)ĭebating what counts as a “space show” is tricky, though one easy rule was that the show has to center around a spaceship or space station of some sort (sorry, stargates don’t count). Timed to the Season 3 premiere of Syfy’s “The Expanse” and the launch of the Netflix’s “Lost in Space” reboot, here’s a look back at all the great sci-fi television we’ve seen set in the cosmos, a rich tradition of storytelling that’s captured our imagination for decades. Figured if the robot popped out, he'd be facing the other way so I'd have a running chance.Space is a scary place, as we’ve seen in countless movies and TV shows - but the thrills that come with these stories prove that while the dangers of venturing off this planet are many, there are still thrills a’plenty in the great unknown, and adventures beyond our potential comprehension. I started working my way around to the back of the TV instead. So, wait, now it can pop out of the freakin' TV? I couldn't give up the show but every time the robot cam onscreen I had to hide behind the furniture lest it see me watching and pop out of the TV to kill me. Scared the shit out of me as a three-year-old, cuz I knew that when the robot waved it's arms like that it was trying to kill the family. There's a trick edit, and suddenly the robot is standing right next to him still waving its arms. Some genius in California was selling TVs with "a picture so clear it comes to life in your living room!" He was standing next to a TV playing a shot from Lost in Space with the root waving it's arms.
That robot suit was lent out around the country for promotions. The show gets a rap for being way too silly, but those first six to twelve eps are pretty dark for 'family entertainment' what with the Robinson kids marked for cold-blooded murder by Smith and the robot. Home is a powerful thing for small kids, so the idea that your house could fly through space and land on other planets is great fantasy fuel. Looking back, I think part of what hooked me was the concept of the spaceship being a family home.
How I loved those classic designs of the Robot and J2. So young that the camp of later seasons went right over my head, I though the whole things was serious! I was watching it at the age of three on a black and white set during the Apollo Space Program.