A mesh-mash of SFTV fringe-dwellers from the 1990s
Eerie, Indiana 19 episodes (1991) 30m
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Teenager Marshall Teller is having trouble convincing his family that really strange things are going on in their new hometown. Elvis lives in a modest house, a couple of residents have been teenagers since the 60s, and conspiratorial dogs plan pound escapes. Bizarre and thoroughly enjoyable show that freely mixes sci-fi and horror.
Adventures of Brisco County Jr 27 episodes (1993-94) 60m
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Steampunk western in the Wild, Wild West tradition. Legal-eagle bounty hunter out to avenge murder of his father has encounters with strange alien 'Orbs', which he must keep from falling into the wrong hands. There's UFOs and time travel - as well as a strong cult following that wishes it had all gone on for longer.
seaQuest DSV/2032 53 episodes (1993-95) 60m
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Big-budget updating of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. By the year 2018 Earth's oceans are being colonised and exploited. A sub and its ecologically-aware crew - which includes a boy genius and a communicative dolphin - try to keep the peace. Cast changes for the 2032 version weren't enough to save the show from oblivion.
RoboCop 20 episodes (1994) 60m
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Most of the dramatic tension of the original RoboCop movies went missing in action when the somewhat unpredictably aggressive cyborg cop was reprogrammed to be more law and orderly. There's even something for the kids when the hero's son shows up. Nevertheless, the attacks on corporate-run society are deftly done.
Earth 2 22 episodes (1994-95) 60m
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Steven Spielberg's small-screen woes continued with the short-lived Earth 2. The remnants of humankind survive in space after Earth becomes uninhabitable. An advance team heads off to an Earth-like planet to pave the way for colonists. A crash-landing forces them to make their own way to 'New Pacifica', facing perils along the way.
VR.5 13 episodes (1995) 60m
Computer junkie Sydney Bloom inadvertently works out a way to jack-in to cyberspace. This allows her to get right into other people's heads and cause all manner of havoc in the real world. She is recruited by a secret organisation while trying to sort herself out and takes on several dangerous missions before the show gets canned.
Millennium 67 episodes (1996-99) 60m
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A retired FBI agent can't get away from work when his psychic abilities allow him to see murders through the eyes of the killers. Expecting a turbulent future, he joins the enigmatic Millennium Group in the hope he can sheild his family from society's ills. Splendid sci-fi mystery show with plenty of exciting action.
Æon Flux 16 episodes (1991-95) 30m/shorts
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Sexy animated assassin uses acrobatics to get around in a future full of mutants, clones and robots - all in the name of defending anarchy against scientific order. Started life as a series of shorts on MTV's experimental Liquid Television, culminating in a ten-episode season in 1995. Live-action feature film due for release in 2005.