Podcast # 327 - Cheesy Sci-Fi

[Poodyglitz]

I would have to think, that a show like Heroes, depending on how it ages, might be viewed as Cheesy in 20 years.

That's funny, I was just thinking along similar lines this morning! I give it 10-15 years, though. :-)

[turtlesrock]

I would have to think, that a show like Heroes, depending on how it ages, might be viewed as Cheesy in 20 years.

That's funny, I was just thinking along similar lines this morning! I give it 10-15 years, though. :-)

i'm with Darmok, 10-15 years sounds about right. though some movies are going to need more time to be cheesy.

[Rico]

I'm not so sure about "Heroes."  Even when say, "Buck Rogers" first came aired, it was a bit silly with Twiki and some of Buck's dialogue.  But again, we'll see what happens.

[Bryancd]

Really fun show, Rico. I loved Buck and neong a few years younger then you, most of the cheese and silliness actually kind of went right by me and I just thought Buck was super cool and Twiki was funny. I LOVED the Starfighters, built the model kit and had the 3/4 action figures and Starfighter toy. It was really well done. I even made the Draconian Marauder kit. Battlestar was my favorite, though, had the figures, bult the models, dressed up as Starbuck for about 3 Haloweens in a row. I'm glad you mentioned "Quark" I enjoyed that as well.

And great song, Rick!

[billybob476]

That's the interesting thing about some 'cheesy' shows. Original Galactica definitely has a cheese factor when you look back at it, but it was deep enough under that layer of cheese so that it is still worth watching even if you don't have a nostalgic connection to it.

[WillEagle]

Great podcast, Rico. I really enjoyed some of the shows you mentioned like Buck Rogers, Batman, Greatest American Hero and Battlestar Galactica. And I can see why you would include them on this podcast. Cheesy or not, great shows! I also remember The Powers of Matthew Star I would watch that every week. Thats where I became a big fan of Louis Gossett Jr. I really enjoyed him in the Iron Eagle movies and I even have his Ray Alexander movies on a dvd that I recorded from a vhs tape. Sometimes I wonder how I can remember stuff like this and not remember my moms phone number??

[Feathers]

Hmmm. I agree on the cheese, but a lot if these were the shows I grew up with! I'm trying to remember how they appeared at the time but I think you're contending with two factors there.

First is the obvious 'child of the times' issue as discussed. We could only see what got commissioned so at the time it was pretty good because it was all we had. That side of the cheese comes through changes in TV over the years.

Second is our own ages at the time these first came about. I was a kid so looked at them through child's eyes which I'm sure were a lot more forgiving of this sort of thing than my adult eyes. Whether that tranlates to current TV once I'm walking with a fame remains to be seen :)

[Dangelus]

Hmm yes it's important to note the difference between "cheesy" and "dated".

[Feathers]

I meant to say that when I was thinking about a TSF podcast discussing the shows I grew up with (discussed in another thread somewhere), these were pretty much the shows I would have covered.

Not a lot of point in doing that now, is there :)

[Zarabeth32]

Hey!

Just finished listening to the Cheesy sci-fi podcast. I'm getting behind a bit with listening to the Twilight series on my way to work and home.

I don't know if this show would fall into the Cheesy Sci-fi realm but I loved the show "Pushing Daisies." It definitely had its campy moments but maybe because it was supposed to be funny. It was definitely unique and different. I also loved "Dead Like Me." Again I'm not sure where that would fall.

"Pushing Daisies" has a great Harry Potter connection. The narrator is Jim Dale who reads the Harry Potter books on audio. I know that Stephen Fry does them as well (or at least he did the first one).

[Poodyglitz]

I meant to say that when I was thinking about a TSF podcast discussing the shows I grew up with (discussed in another thread somewhere), these were pretty much the shows I would have covered.

Not a lot of point in doing that now, is there :)

Perhaps you can zero in on one and fill in lots of detail, while sharing what was special about it to you. Sure, it may have been briefly mentioned, but you can give special honor to your favorite childhood show.

[Redshirt97]

Hi Rico,  I was able to listen to pocast 327 the other day.  i have been busy this past summer and I have not had the chance to listen to more podcast until now.   I enjoyed Buck Rogers when it was first brodcasted on TV.  I now have it on DVD and have watched it thur the year.  I also wacted the Greatest American Hero, both were favorites of mine.  listening to the podcast did bright back memories to me, I was in high school at the time and watching both of the series was good fun for me at the time.    However I never thought of them as chessy or campy but took them as series dramas but that is just me.  thanks for a good podcast.

[Rico]

Glad you enjoyed the podcast.  Much of what was once fairly serious SF on TV later on starts to look a little cheesy or campy - to a degree.  But, it doesn't mean I didn't love all those shows just as much (and still do).

[Redshirt97]

Glad you enjoyed the podcast.  Much of what was once fairly serious SF on TV later on starts to look a little cheesy or campy - to a degree.  But, it doesn't mean I didn't love all those shows just as much (and still do).

  Yes me too.   I suppose over time what was take serious might be considered silly today.