It was a great time to be a kid watching Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica alongside syndicated Star Trek. TNG, DS9, and Voyager paired well with Sliders, Babylon-5, Stargate SG-1, and Andromeda. I enjoy many sci-fis for what they share as well as what makes them unique.
Sci-Fi Fans: DS9 or B5? Me: Why not both? I'm glad SeaQuest DSV got a mention. Yeah it got weird after season 1, but the whole thing is worth watching at least once since it takes place 2018-2019 its fun to look back and see what writers thought the "near future" in the 90's and compare it today. I always liked the little minute plug at the end while the credits rolled that talked about how the episode related to real life events.
Yeah, I really have to say the guy from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute did a fantastic job, especially when it started going into the aliens BS. He really did a great job finding something scientific (not aliens) to talk about. I believe that, he too, asked to stop doing those spots after the change in creative direction.
Just that Buck Rogers has been around for over a hundred yrs now, in novel, comics, and film. I would say that Gene took from the original Buck Rogers... Just my opinion...
@@biff322 Captain: "Oh great; another parallel Earth. We've landed in an episode of Sliders. Where'e Jerry O'Connell when you need him?" Exec: "He's on the Cerritos, sir." Captain: "Oh right."
I loved Space Precinct when I was a kid, I even had branded Pogs. God, I know that just aged me a lot lol. I loved Sliders...even though it ended terribly
I LOVE the Orville and eagerly await the long-overdue Season 3 (and hope it continues well past that). Sliders was great until FOX canceled it; the other two seasons were crap. I loved Babylon 5 and believe that it and DS9 are plenty different enough to not have to be at war with each other. With JMS planning to reboot B5, I'm cautiously optimistic...
Well Seth Macfarlane already said a season 4 is definitely planned and pretty much done deal with hulu, it steill remains to be seen if we get a season 5 or more though
@P A Yes...but that was only at first. The Orville gradually toned down the silly comedy and gradually brought serious science fiction and gravitas to the show. I think Seth did this intentionally to sell the show as a "Family Guy in space" show to Fox with the intention to turn it into a better Star Trek show after they were greenlit.
We all know JMS went to Paramount with B5, they were looking for a new ST series. They said no to B5, but it inspired DS9. Which they rushed into production. Does that really matter? No, as we got both.
I really enjoyed Babylon-5 and would like to watch it again if it was available in my area. I never felt it was a choice between Star Trek and Babylon-5 but two great shows.
@@billzitsch6995in which area are you? According to a quick internet search I would need to subscribe to a Sky Movies cable package to access any HBO content, but even then it would only be selected series selected by Sky, .
I loved so many shows on this list! I grew up on Star Trek TOS and Battlestar Galactica, moved on to SG-1 and all it's representations. I think a runner up here may have been Farscape??
I feel that Space Precinct was not really that Star Trek-y, the show was more sci-fi cop show. Also, I found it hilarious that you showed a clip of Captain Scarlet, possibly the most violent Supermarionation show, while explaining earlier Anderson works as "kid friendly".
I'd like to add „For all mankind“ as an honourable mention to this list. Although not set in the future it can be seen as an unofficial prequel to Star Trek.
Roddenberry pitched Star Trek as "Wagon Train in Space" -- Herb Solow would refine the concept as "Wagon Train to the Stars" Battlestar Galactica really was "Wagon Train in Space."
I have to contest Buck Rogers since the franchise pre-dates Trek by 40 years. They capitalized on the sci-fi craze, for sure, but the material was already there.
@@marsgal42 Actually, it wouldn't have made without Star Wars. Star Trek was kinda dead in the water in the 70's. If Star Wars wasn't a hit there wouldn't have been a Star Trek:TMP.
@@alexojeda9048 Not sure about that, the idea for a Star Trek movie have been kicked around in the mid 70's, then a new series, Phase 2, was planned to launch a new Paramount network in 1978. It was scrapped to make TMP instead, because they realized the proposed Paramount network wasn't going to fly, and didn't want to waste money invested in developing Phase 2.
Farscape...my dearest Sean, you forgot Farscape...which made many references to Star Trek. LONG LIVE JIM HENSON!!!❤🖖🍻 I agree with the SG-1 reference though!🥰 LONG LIVE MACGYVER!!!😁❤🍻
The only one I actually agree on is Seaquest. It definitely was created to be Star Trek: But In Water. Homages and old concepts by Roddenberry, however.... Also, I think The Simpsons was referenced more in Stargate than Star Trek was.
Data was based off Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov. It didn’t take anything away from that story. It helps expose viewers to different science fiction stories they can seek out and appreciate.
When I was a kid there was a short running series called Hypernauts. 3 Teens/20 something mining mech pilots get stranded across the galaxy, befriend an alien, and an alien animal the alien wants to eat, iirc. They had different colored uniforms, but that's about it. I only ever got to see like 3 episodes.
When Orville came out, Star Trek didnt started to get darker, it was moving away far from anything that is Star Trek. The series called Farscape could have been on this list too.
I've Never heard you say premise before, premeyes😊 Also Macfarlane wanted to create another Star Trek Series but paramount wouldn't let him, so he responded with the Orville
I'm soooo glad you gave the revamped BSG a shout-out !!! I also thought at the time the new BSG was the best show on tv.WHAT a wild-ride !!! LOL. They went where Star Trek couldn't go !!!
I LOVED SG1, BSGv2, Andromeda, and Sliders, and Earth Final Conflict. Oh and The Orville. I remember Sliders when it first premiered and when SciFi picked it up. It was a great series. Thanks for another great list, Sean. HUG
I thought the Cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica were the coolest. Absolutely loved the synth voices "By Your Command" and scrolling RED LED eyes. Also mentioned SG-1, Babylon 5 and Firefly were fantastic shows. Firefly was never really given the chance to shine. Oh heck every show you mentioned were good in their own respect, I've watched them all and still do today
Also worth noting: _Buck Rogers_ was based on comics from 1929, set in a post-apocalyptic Earth where the "Mongol Reds" had taken over. The TV series took many necessary liberties with the material, most notably cutting out the Yellow Peril elements ... and clearly drew from _Star Trek_ and the recently released _Star Wars_ as well as the old Republic serials.
I find a subtle bit of irony with Buck Rogers and Sliders. 1 is that Voyager would go onto take inspiration from Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon when it comes to Harry and Tom's holodeck programs. Sliders is mostly because Jerry O'Connell of course would go on to be Ransom but I also feel it's a way of things coming around full circle since his Stand By Me co-star Wil Wheaton was also a Star Trek alumni.
Not sure if it counts as "wanting to be" Star Trek, but Genesis II, also developed by Roddenberry, was described as Star Trek but on Earth - travel to a different location each episode using an underground tube system, get into trouble, save the day and monologue. Also, I'm surprised that you chose Space Precinct as the Anderson production like Star Trek since Space:1999 was always described as "weak" Star Trek (I liked it).
It's really a shame that Larson didn't connect the Buck Rogers and BSG universes together. It would have been so rewarding just to see a Galactica pilot jump into a starfighter and realize that they had the exact same controls.
Good grief, I loved Sliders. The episode in Oakland (and the Oakland Raiders, long before the NFL team moved back to Oakland)... And I loved SeaQuest DSV, at least the first season. There was a real Picard/Crusher interaction between the captain and the doctor. (Surprise, surprise)
I've known many a Star Trek fan who loved Babylon 5, so it's possible to love both. I think I'm one of the few fans of Space Precinct 2040. True, it tended to air at around 1am, which is why it was cancelled. The Producers just couldn't make back the show's huge budget on the revenue from stations running it in the wee hours. I watched it every week though and now have it on Blu-ray. I even have the three original novels, and the prequel graphic novel Space Precinct 2020.
Not ST enough I would say, Earth the final conflict lies here mostly becausr it's Rodenbery show. Farscape is lacking here and Space 1999 if we consider formula.
the man even said it in the video , sliders really took more inspiration from Quantum leap than it took from Star Trek. I mean seriously shows lower on his list had more ties to trek than sliders did. Just because the show is sci-fi doesn't mean it's trying to be trek or want's to be trek.
I asked a Trekkie friend if he had seen The Orville. He asked what it was. I said "Imagine Star Trek TNG, except I was on the writing staff". He fully understood.
Most of those shows used ideas from sci-fi in general that pre-date Star Trek. Oh and the Federation in Buck Roger pre-dates Star Trek by decades. It was in the comic strips.
I always thought it was more Battlestar Galactica meets Starship Troopers. The show had some cool tech and designs. I would have liked to have seen it get at least 1 more season.
I totally disagree with Sliders being like Star Trek. Like you said its more like Quantum Leap. execpt that they dont really seek out to help others they do it when the opportunity presents itself.
You forgot "Quadk" starring Richard Benjamin who commands a space ship tasked with collecting space garbage but they get embroiled in interstellar conflicts.
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It was a great time to be a kid watching Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica alongside syndicated Star Trek. TNG, DS9, and Voyager paired well with Sliders, Babylon-5, Stargate SG-1, and Andromeda. I enjoy many sci-fis for what they share as well as what makes them unique.
I was there too. You are so right.
Very much this !!
Sci-Fi Fans: DS9 or B5? Me: Why not both?
I'm glad SeaQuest DSV got a mention. Yeah it got weird after season 1, but the whole thing is worth watching at least once since it takes place 2018-2019 its fun to look back and see what writers thought the "near future" in the 90's and compare it today. I always liked the little minute plug at the end while the credits rolled that talked about how the episode related to real life events.
DS9
Yeah, I really have to say the guy from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute did a fantastic job, especially when it started going into the aliens BS. He really did a great job finding something scientific (not aliens) to talk about. I believe that, he too, asked to stop doing those spots after the change in creative direction.
Yes, you can like both, just as you can like both Star Trek and Star Wars. However, you can not like both The Munsters and The Addams Family.
Just that Buck Rogers has been around for over a hundred yrs now, in novel, comics, and film. I would say that Gene took from the original Buck Rogers... Just my opinion...
Um...you forgot about Farscape. They took the ensemble model and made it a little darker and grittier. And Ka D'Argo was pretty doggone Klingon!
This. 100%
Totally Agree, this one should have been included.
I would say Farscape tried to be more Star Wars than Trek
@@Linklex7 Yeah, though it certainly fits on this list better than Sliders.
@@biff322 Captain: "Oh great; another parallel Earth. We've landed in an episode of Sliders. Where'e Jerry O'Connell when you need him?"
Exec: "He's on the Cerritos, sir."
Captain: "Oh right."
Blake's Seven deserves a mention here - not that it wanted to be Star Trek, so much as it wanted to be Star Trek's dark reflection.
Moon Base Alpha, Space 1999, Farscape the list is endless to who should be given an honourable mention.
should be really called Avon's 7
Totally agree blakes 7 was awesome
If any series ever needed a dark and gritty modern reboot, it's Blake's 7
@@rayeasom Indeed. I was about to mention Farscape. I liked Sliders, but in this list I would replace it with Farscape, which was far more Trek-like.
I loved Space Precinct when I was a kid, I even had branded Pogs.
God, I know that just aged me a lot lol.
I loved Sliders...even though it ended terribly
Any debate about Babylon 5 and Star Trek not being compatible was laid to rest when Majel Barrett appeared as Lady Morella in B5.
I LOVE the Orville and eagerly await the long-overdue Season 3 (and hope it continues well past that). Sliders was great until FOX canceled it; the other two seasons were crap. I loved Babylon 5 and believe that it and DS9 are plenty different enough to not have to be at war with each other. With JMS planning to reboot B5, I'm cautiously optimistic...
I'm 100% with you on The Orville! I can't WAIT for season 3!
Orville is the best live action Star Trek show since Enterprise.
@@iseemtobeaverb8249 exactly this. A star trek written by someone who actually likes star trek.
Well Seth Macfarlane already said a season 4 is definitely planned and pretty much done deal with hulu, it steill remains to be seen if we get a season 5 or more though
@P A Yes...but that was only at first. The Orville gradually toned down the silly comedy and gradually brought serious science fiction and gravitas to the show. I think Seth did this intentionally to sell the show as a "Family Guy in space" show to Fox with the intention to turn it into a better Star Trek show after they were greenlit.
Would like to have seen the Assignment: Earth spinoff.
Robert Lansing and Teri Garr would have been great if they agreed to a series.
I still want to see "Assignment: Earth" as a series.
And "Questor."
Agreed..
Glad I’m not the only fan who enjoys ALL these shows….
We all know JMS went to Paramount with B5, they were looking for a new ST series. They said no to B5, but it inspired DS9. Which they rushed into production.
Does that really matter? No, as we got both.
I love both shows but ‘inspired’ is too light a word to describe the timing for DS9. Not mad at Trek, mad at Paramount for being as trash as ever.
1:32 - Buck Rogers didn't work for "The Federation". He worked for the Earth Defense Directorate.
I really enjoyed Babylon-5 and would like to watch it again if it was available in my area. I never felt it was a choice between Star Trek and Babylon-5 but two great shows.
Babylon 5 is on HBOMAX
@@billzitsch6995in which area are you? According to a quick internet search I would need to subscribe to a Sky Movies cable package to access any HBO content, but even then it would only be selected series selected by Sky, .
@@iallso1 I have the DVD's but a couple of years ago I got it all on amazon video for the ease of accessing on various devices (I'm in the UK)
Taking this as a sign to start an SG1 re-watch! 😍 I also think the Colonel character in 'Wormhole X-Treme' is more based on Kirk than O'Neill.
Id say that Col Shepard is Kirk, and McKay even calls him that a few times.
There's never a bad time for a SG-1 rewatch!
I did wonder if Red Dwarf would fit in this somewhere.
The Trek references in Red Dwarf are hilarious xD
Don't give me that "Star Trek" crap, it's too early in the morning...
I'm fine thankyou Susan.
@@StockportJambo Step up to red alert!
Sir, are you absolutely sure? It does mean changing the bulb.
I loved Rad Dwarf!
DS9 was Paramount's emergency development after rejecting Straczinski's pitch to make the B5 series.
Firefly probably deserved a place on this list, Farscape too :'D
Earth Above and Beyond
Farscape
OK, a stretch but RED DWARF
And a name recognition/foreshadowing from the 70's: Quark
I enjoyed these shows but I don't think they were trying to be STAR TREK. That's what this list was exploring.
@@adambowman5964 They put Sliders instead, that was no where near Star Trek...nothing having to do with space. They could've put Farscape.
“Don’t…come at me.” It’s interjections like this that make this channel much better than pure listicle channels. Love it.
I loved so many shows on this list! I grew up on Star Trek TOS and Battlestar Galactica, moved on to SG-1 and all it's representations. I think a runner up here may have been Farscape??
I feel that Space Precinct was not really that Star Trek-y, the show was more sci-fi cop show. Also, I found it hilarious that you showed a clip of Captain Scarlet, possibly the most violent Supermarionation show, while explaining earlier Anderson works as "kid friendly".
I loved sliders when I was a kid still do I watch it every now and then on peacock.
I'd like to add „For all mankind“ as an honourable mention to this list. Although not set in the future it can be seen as an unofficial prequel to Star Trek.
OOH! I stumbled upon Space Precinct a while ago on TH-cam. I really enjoyed it. So cool to see it mentioned here. The puppet work was excellent.
Roddenberry pitched Star Trek as "Wagon Train in Space" -- Herb Solow would refine the concept as "Wagon Train to the Stars"
Battlestar Galactica really was "Wagon Train in Space."
I loved the original BSG. Something about the way they did the technology resonated with me.
The Orville is amazing. I am super excited for Season 3.
The Orville was an homage to Star Trek and Seth McFarland has said that since it came out
He says that in the video too. It's a great show, especially the second season
@@HyperDefective and the 3rd season is even better. absolutely brilliant writing. and incredibly emotional.
I have to contest Buck Rogers since the franchise pre-dates Trek by 40 years. They capitalized on the sci-fi craze, for sure, but the material was already there.
Buck Rogers wouldn't have made it to TV without Star Trek.
That second season is pure Star Trek - done poorly.
@@marsgal42 Actually, it wouldn't have made without Star Wars. Star Trek was kinda dead in the water in the 70's. If Star Wars wasn't a hit there wouldn't have been a Star Trek:TMP.
@@alexojeda9048 Not sure about that, the idea for a Star Trek movie have been kicked around in the mid 70's, then a new series, Phase 2, was planned to launch a new Paramount network in 1978. It was scrapped to make TMP instead, because they realized the proposed Paramount network wasn't going to fly, and didn't want to waste money invested in developing Phase 2.
@@astra_official4179 More like Star Trek / BSG combined but still done poorly.
Farscape...my dearest Sean, you forgot Farscape...which made many references to Star Trek. LONG LIVE JIM HENSON!!!❤🖖🍻
I agree with the SG-1 reference though!🥰 LONG LIVE MACGYVER!!!😁❤🍻
"The Vulcans were just prickly. The Taelons, were pricks" - LMAO
The Orville is a masterpice
I agree! I loved it.
Star trek want to be Orville
I love SG1 too, Sean. Along with the Orville.
The Orville is The Next…Next Generation. And I love it!!!
The only one I actually agree on is Seaquest. It definitely was created to be Star Trek: But In Water. Homages and old concepts by Roddenberry, however.... Also, I think The Simpsons was referenced more in Stargate than Star Trek was.
Love your Videos, BUT If you include Garry Anderson, you can't forgot his probably (at least for myself) best show and TV-Series - "UFO(SHADO)"
UFO has the greatest theme tune in TV history. Also, it inspired the XCOM franchise...
@@Klijpo yes so true. I watch it basically every week. Always rewatching and rewatching. You can only do that when a particulat show is very good.
Space:1999 and Blake’s 7 should be included as well.
Data was based off Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov. It didn’t take anything away from that story. It helps expose viewers to different science fiction stories they can seek out and appreciate.
1) Farscape
2) (for the kids) Space Cases
So glad you pulled SeaQuest, Sliders, and Andromeda; they never get enough love.
When I was a kid there was a short running series called Hypernauts.
3 Teens/20 something mining mech pilots get stranded across the galaxy,
befriend an alien, and an alien animal the alien wants to eat, iirc.
They had different colored uniforms, but that's about it. I only ever got to see like 3 episodes.
When Orville came out, Star Trek didnt started to get darker, it was moving away far from anything that is Star Trek.
The series called Farscape could have been on this list too.
I was thinking about Andromeda the other day because Keith Hamilton Cobb was in Law & Order playing a judge 2 weeks ago. Time flies!
Was Wagner playing in the background?
I've Never heard you say premise before, premeyes😊 Also Macfarlane wanted to create another Star Trek Series but paramount wouldn't let him, so he responded with the Orville
The Orville lost me when they cut back on the slap-stick elements...it just became generic scifi for me from then on
I'm soooo glad you gave the revamped BSG a shout-out !!! I also thought at the time the new BSG was the best show on tv.WHAT a wild-ride !!! LOL. They went where Star Trek couldn't go !!!
I used to watch Space precinct, my Dad used to get it recorded by a friend as it was only on Sky and I would watch it on a weekend.
WoW...!! I actually managed to watch all these when they syndicated to Australian TV, way back when..
Thank you for giving SG1 it’s due. 😎
I LOVED SG1, BSGv2, Andromeda, and Sliders, and Earth Final Conflict. Oh and The Orville. I remember Sliders when it first premiered and when SciFi picked it up. It was a great series. Thanks for another great list, Sean. HUG
I thought the Cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica were the coolest. Absolutely loved the synth voices "By Your Command" and scrolling RED LED eyes. Also mentioned SG-1, Babylon 5 and Firefly were fantastic shows. Firefly was never really given the chance to shine. Oh heck every show you mentioned were good in their own respect, I've watched them all and still do today
OH, don't tell me that Hawk was the inspiration for Birdperson in Rick and Morty??? I had NOT idea about that 😁
"I am Phoenixperson."
Well... The Orville is WAY more Star Trek, than Star Trek Discovery ever was/is.
Also worth noting: _Buck Rogers_ was based on comics from 1929, set in a post-apocalyptic Earth where the "Mongol Reds" had taken over. The TV series took many necessary liberties with the material, most notably cutting out the Yellow Peril elements ... and clearly drew from _Star Trek_ and the recently released _Star Wars_ as well as the old Republic serials.
I do love some very much Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Andromeda, and The Orville
I find a subtle bit of irony with Buck Rogers and Sliders. 1 is that Voyager would go onto take inspiration from Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon when it comes to Harry and Tom's holodeck programs. Sliders is mostly because Jerry O'Connell of course would go on to be Ransom but I also feel it's a way of things coming around full circle since his Stand By Me co-star Wil Wheaton was also a Star Trek alumni.
Love SG-1, Earth final conflict and Battlestar Galactica.
4:05 Always remember that Michael Ironside is the ONLY acceptable wrong answer when you do bar trivia.
You can't go wrong with ole Ironside. I've enjoyed most everything he's been in.
Where is red dwarf. Patrick Stewart himself was going to call his lawyer until he laughed
I agree with Lisa M. You forgot Farscape
The Orville is the most "Star Trek" show on tv right now! That being said I am looking forward to Strange New Worlds though.
Lovely, and A Fine Beautiful Thing....And a Great listing too...Thank you TrekCulture!
Not sure if it counts as "wanting to be" Star Trek, but Genesis II, also developed by Roddenberry, was described as Star Trek but on Earth - travel to a different location each episode using an underground tube system, get into trouble, save the day and monologue. Also, I'm surprised that you chose Space Precinct as the Anderson production like Star Trek since Space:1999 was always described as "weak" Star Trek (I liked it).
It's really a shame that Larson didn't connect the Buck Rogers and BSG universes together. It would have been so rewarding just to see a Galactica pilot jump into a starfighter and realize that they had the exact same controls.
Good grief, I loved Sliders. The episode in Oakland (and the Oakland Raiders, long before the NFL team moved back to Oakland)... And I loved SeaQuest DSV, at least the first season. There was a real Picard/Crusher interaction between the captain and the doctor. (Surprise, surprise)
I've known many a Star Trek fan who loved Babylon 5, so it's possible to love both. I think I'm one of the few fans of Space Precinct 2040. True, it tended to air at around 1am, which is why it was cancelled. The Producers just couldn't make back the show's huge budget on the revenue from stations running it in the wee hours. I watched it every week though and now have it on Blu-ray. I even have the three original novels, and the prequel graphic novel Space Precinct 2020.
I'm surprised "V" wasn't on this list.
Not ST enough I would say, Earth the final conflict lies here mostly becausr it's Rodenbery show. Farscape is lacking here and Space 1999 if we consider formula.
I think V was its on thing. I really don't see any connection to STAR TREK.
I can tell you that I met Kevin Sorbo, and he has a bigger ego than Shatner! Which is why Andromeda died as it did.
Season 4 onwards, the stop bothering about continuity even within the same episode, and Season 5...?
No one has a bigger ego than Shatner, No one
I really was a big Sliders fan boy 🤭 and now the Orville. Such a great show!
_The Orville_ is more Trek than modern Trek.
The Orville is like if TNG cast/characters were allowed to crack jokes once in a while and not be so serious.
You could take out Buck Rogers and Sliders and add Farscape and Dark Matter, and the list would still be valid.
the man even said it in the video , sliders really took more inspiration from Quantum leap than it took from Star Trek. I mean seriously shows lower on his list had more ties to trek than sliders did. Just because the show is sci-fi doesn't mean it's trying to be trek or want's to be trek.
You cant forget Farscape. I miss that show.
so many shows I remember.
Loved both Battlestar Galactica franchises, and Orville is just fabulous!
Man, I miss SG1
I loved Sliders, I loved Trek, and they are absolutely not in the same category beyond being sci-fi.
It was in no way "trying to be Trek".
Ahhh I loved Space Precinct!!! What a show!
I love the Orville and I love Discovery, equally... they give us different iterations of the same concept. I love it.
Sliders was a great series. Still waiting for the reboot.
Gerry Anderson's UFO says hello - 🛸👽✨
Glad SeaQuest got a mention. It's interesting to note a fun fact: it's second season more or less takes place right now. I'm not kidding.
I asked a Trekkie friend if he had seen The Orville. He asked what it was.
I said "Imagine Star Trek TNG, except I was on the writing staff".
He fully understood.
Most of those shows used ideas from sci-fi in general that pre-date Star Trek. Oh and the Federation in Buck Roger pre-dates Star Trek by decades. It was in the comic strips.
Richard Benjamin’s Quark really wanted to be Star Trek
Oh dang, I really liked sliders and Stargate SG-1!
The Orville is closer to being Star Trek than Star Trek Discovery is.
The Orville deserve a whole video for itself
The Production crews between Star Trek and Babylon 5 were also similar at times.
Star Gate SG1 was brilliant. It took a while though I re-watched it.
Orville today is more Star Trek than new Star Trek shows
Good grief Space Precinct brought me back. At first I didn't recognize the name until those alien faces were shown.
Don't forget that there is Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. A parody fan film Star Trek vs Babylon 5!
Space above and beyond. Kinda Star Trek meets Starship Troopers
I always thought it was more Battlestar Galactica meets Starship Troopers. The show had some cool tech and designs. I would have liked to have seen it get at least 1 more season.
I totally disagree with Sliders being like Star Trek. Like you said its more like Quantum Leap. execpt that they dont really seek out to help others they do it when the opportunity presents itself.
How did Slider mimic Voyager when they both came out in 1995? Plus no ship or space. Sliders is way more akin to Quantum Leap.
The only true parralel I see between Sliders and Star Trek is how both use San Fransisco.
Also, thanks. Now I want to watch Sliders again 🙈🙈😂😂
You forgot "Quadk" starring Richard Benjamin who commands a space ship tasked with collecting space garbage but they get embroiled in interstellar conflicts.
Ficus, the "Plant Guy," was quite obviously modeled on Spock.
Quark came and went so quickly, that years later (still pre-internet) I started to think I'd just imagined it.
I like to see Seth MacFarlane reboot this as an animated series.
@@rick-says-hello-world Just like "Police Squad".
There are no rival fan bases between B5 and DS9. We are literally the same people.
Now perhaps. There used to be a big rivalry between the shows. Once Paramount stopped trying to kill B5 the fans cooled down a lot.
Would love to see a Sliders remake
I love all these shows.
i would add space 1999 and ufo which are very star treky and pretty cool.
Are... are you sure you've seen Star Trek? That seems like a stupid question, but these shows are almost nothing like Star Trek, save for one or two.