# Bring 'em back alive! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 22, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797 "2011-05-22T18:46:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/21 "2011-05-22T21:57:36Z")
I am almost totally unversed when it comes to the Sci-Fi genre in general (both on TV and in movies) but I really liked most of the individual episodes of the “new” Outer Limits that was on a few years back. It often had some great actors as guest stars, and featured some really good (if typically dark, with a bleak, pessimistic outlook on human nature) writing, sometimes based on short stories by respected authors like Issac Asimov or Ray Bradbury. When it was on, I feel it never really got a fair shake, as it would be shown at the oddest times (3pm on saturday afternoons?) and even then the time-slot would be changed with no warning, making it impossible to really get a footing with the audience, but I still think it was a very entertaining series, and one that you could enjoy a single episode at a time, without having to have watched the series since the pilot episode to understand what was going on, like with other Sci-Fi shows such as Lost or Fringe. ---
**Author:** ![Dietrich\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@Dietrich\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dietrich_K)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/22 "2011-05-22T23:07:31Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Deadwood This. Or _Freaks and Geeks_. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/23 "2011-05-22T23:47:00Z")
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo alright, a snarky answer. But the theme song was catchy as hell “A man whom treats your things as if they were his own”. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/24 "2011-05-23T00:12:39Z")
_Firefly_, of course. _Deadwood_. _Wonderfalls_. Poor show didn’t even have a chance; cancelled after four freakin’ episodes. I’ve watched the entire series on DVD, and it was just hitting its stride, IMO. _Freaks and Geeks_. I want to know what happened to Lindsey after her Dead Head summer. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/25 "2011-05-23T00:18:59Z")
Star Trek the original series. Before the first cancelation, and let it run for at least 5 years total. I know we just did a thread on this, but ST:TOS was shunted off to die, then tortured to death. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/26 "2011-05-23T00:19:44Z")
> [@YoSaffBridge](#): > > _Firefly_, of course. > _Deadwood_. > _Wonderfalls_. Poor show didn’t even have a chance; cancelled after four freakin’ episodes. I’ve watched the entire series on DVD, and it was just hitting its stride, IMO. > _Freaks and Geeks_. I want to know what happened to Lindsey after her Dead Head summer. So, which one do you choose? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/27 "2011-05-23T00:26:57Z")
How about a reboot of The Pretender? AND Northern Exposure. I looooved that show. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/28 "2011-05-23T00:53:08Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So, which one do you choose? I can’t pick just one! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/29 "2011-05-23T01:14:14Z")
**Brimstone**. Canceled just as things were getting interesting. **Greg the Bunny**. Hilarious, and tragically short-lived. He is our Sheriff Lobo, Mighty Sheriff Lobo, Heart-of-gold old Lobo, \ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/30 "2011-05-23T01:39:15Z")
**Pushing Daisies He and She** ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/31 "2011-05-23T01:43:05Z")
_Pushing Daisies_ ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/32 "2011-05-23T01:45:03Z")
_Tales Of The Gold Monkey._ ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/33 "2011-05-23T01:46:21Z")
_Crusade_, of course. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/34 "2011-05-23T01:50:26Z")
_Frank’s Place_. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/35 "2011-05-23T02:15:19Z")
**Mystery Science Theater 3000** ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/36 "2011-05-23T02:19:45Z")
Whose Line Is It Anyway ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/37 "2011-05-23T02:21:46Z")
To avoid the obvious (Firefly) I’ll say: \* My So Called Life\* So much potential. It was ahead of it’s time. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/38 "2011-05-23T02:35:39Z")
Firefly, or Deadwood. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/39 "2011-05-23T03:03:04Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > **Mystery Science Theater 3000** This. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797/40 "2011-05-23T03:15:15Z")
**Invader Zim** It was just hitting its stride when Nickelodeon pulled the plug. On Cartoon Network it would have thrived. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-em-back-alive/582797.md?page=3)