Syfy's "Andromeda" Discussion (2000-2005)

[Forever Knight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGEBGRmrAAo

In 2012 I completed every Star Trek series & movies which took me 11 months of my life lol. I just recently finished The X-Files and now finishing up the final episodes of the classic Battlestar Galactica series.

My viewing goal for 2013 is Andromeda, Babylon 5, V, and all of Stargate.

Andromeda is up next. Any fans here?

All I know is Hercules is in it and the Robot girl from Jason X/Tracy Vetters from the Forever Knight tv show.

[Tony208]

I can barely remember Andromeda lol, it's been so long, I think it was like Farscape.

Stargate is a must though for sci-fi fans imo

[unsung122212]

I liked andromeda, and it has been awhile since I have watched an episode. I think you will love Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, but the Universe isn't like those two and the first season is kind of tough to get through if expecting anything like thing other two series. But unfortunately it only made it to two seasons. I guess that is what happens when they try to expand a 3 year story to a 5 year and keep the same writers from the others and no try to spice it up a bit.

[Cplhicks]

Is Andromeda on Netflix or anything streaming? I've only ever seen a few episodes myself and been curious.

[L-Rouge]

Andromeda had the aesthetic, but Galaxy Quest did Andromeda better than Andromeda. Yea I remember I couldn't stomach too much of this. I may need to look back on it someday. I'm going through a good Blake's 7 (1978-82)blitz at the moment, quite enjoyable though I was keenly interested in this since the 80's.

Id love to collect Doctor Who as well.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by L-Rouge

Andromeda had the aesthetic, but Galaxy Quest did Andromeda better than Andromeda. Yea I remember I couldn't stomach too much of this.

And as posthumous Roddenberry estate-cleanup series made out of old dug-up proposal memos go to cash in on the name go, "Earth: Final Conflict" was better.
(Think the Vulcan/Human conspiracies from the first Enterprise season, taken a step farther...)

I mean, you'd think, during that whole 90's syndicated gold rush, SOMEONE would've tried to update "Assignment: Earth", but maybe Paramount still had a lock on it.

Id love to collect Doctor Who as well.

Start with the Tom Bakers, slip in a few Patrick Troughtons for chaser, and let everything flow from there.

[Talyn]

Originally Posted by Tony208

I can barely remember Andromeda lol, it's been so long, I think it was like Farscape.

Stargate is a must though for sci-fi fans imo

Farscape? Are you kidding? If you've seen Farscape you'd never compare it to Andromeda. They have nothing in common except a show in space. The first two seasons of Andromeda were great till they kicked Robert Wolfe off the show. It was rich with characters, history and complexity. Once they got rid of him ala half way through season 2 it became a run of the mill episodic, syndicated, boring ass show.

[Show spoiler]They got rid of Rem...ok, fine....I could deal with that. BUT....when Tyr left...the whole dynamic of what I liked in the show was completely gone.

I liked it being serialized to an extent and having complex characters and plot.... that shift was too jarring for me. I'd rather watch Lexx for incoherent crap and still be slightly enjoyable...

I don't hate Andromeda, but I don't like the direction it took post-season 2 and behind the scenes bs that took place.

[Forever Knight]

I'm not really a Tyr fan so I'm not bothered.

[arcadeforest]

It's got Kevin Sorbo aka Hercules so it can't be bad - can it? Need to give this a watch.

[dissention]

Andromeda is so, so, so, so, so terrible.

Not as terrible as Earth: Final Conflict, though. Enjoy Andromeda, stay away from Earth. It will give you the runs.

[John Ross Ewing]

I imported all five seasons of Andromeda, specifically the Alliance releases. They haven't arrived yet, but I do have some questions.

There were some complaints that the sets that Alliance released were in fullscreen, but prior releases such as ADV's were widescreen. So are the Alliance DVDs cropped? Open matte? Less information on the left and right side but more information on the top and bottom?

I spent time looking on several websites and I'm curious about the aspect ratio. IMDB says it was 16:9, but if I look at listings for individual episodes they're listed as having an aspect ratio of 1.33. And then a Google search brings up results on some sets saying the aspect ratio it was broadcast in was 1.33, but other results say it was broadcast in 1.78.

If you watched Andromeda when it initially aired do you remember what aspect ratio you saw it broadcast in? I don't remember which channel it was even on here in America. Maybe they protected it for both aspect ratios?

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by John Ross Ewing

I imported all five seasons of Andromeda, specifically the Alliance releases. They haven't arrived yet, but I do have some questions.

There were some complaints that the sets that Alliance released were in fullscreen, but prior releases such as ADV's were widescreen. So are the Alliance DVDs cropped? Open matte? Less information on the left and right side but more information on the top and bottom?

I spent time looking on several websites and I'm curious about the aspect ratio. IMDB says it was 16:9, but if I look at listings for individual episodes they're listed as having an aspect ratio of 1.33. And then a Google search brings up results on some sets saying the aspect ratio it was broadcast in was 1.33, but other results say it was broadcast in 1.78.

If you watched Andromeda when it initially aired do you remember what aspect ratio you saw it broadcast in? I don't remember which channel it was even on here in America. Maybe they protected it for both aspect ratios?

it was 1.78:1 .... the Alliance releases are cropped 4x3 for some SD broadcasting on certain channels up there. the only good ones are the ADV releases

[John Ross Ewing]

Originally Posted by wormraper

it was 1.78:1 .... the Alliance releases are cropped 4x3 for some SD broadcasting on certain channels up there. the only good ones are the ADV releases

Damn. I definitely should have come here and asked before placing the order a few days ago. I hate that those are the facts, but thank you for letting me know. I did want to get the Slipstream collection which I think ADV put out, but it's out of print and quite pricey.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by John Ross Ewing

Damn. I definitely should have come here and asked before placing the order a few days ago. I hate that those are the facts, but thank you for letting me know. I did want to get the Slipstream collection which I think ADV put out, but it's out of print and quite pricey.

Yeah. I've always been disappointed no one ever picked up the license. The slipstream collection is all flippers though. The individual seasons are the best ones. I hold onto my sets dearly

[Indiana Jones]

Originally Posted by John Ross Ewing

Damn. I definitely should have come here and asked before placing the order a few days ago. I hate that those are the facts, but thank you for letting me know. I did want to get the Slipstream collection which I think ADV put out, but it's out of print and quite pricey.

Not tempted by the Blu-ray releases?

[jokerzwild]

I have been doing a rewatch of this (first since it aired), so far pretty much as I remembered it. First season was excellent and despite a bit of cheese had some real depth. The second season you can see the suits messing things up, more cheese, less depth, and losing Rev. A little hesitant to keep going to 3-5 as I know it goes further down hill. It is really sad when a show with such potential gets mucked up.

Tyr was such a great character, it disappointing he left and even more so the actor didn't move on to better things.

Honestly on its own season 1 ranks up there with some of the sci-fi great series seasons. I would have loved to see what Wolfe would have done had he continued unencumbered.

[TheLaughingMann]

Andromeda's a hot mess of a sci-fi show. It was another Gene Roddenberry special before he passed on. It had a great premise, lot of potential...but then the showrunner Robert Hewitt Wolfe left and the show tailspun into getting worse.

I will say that while RHW was on the show, manning it...it was decent and building up to be something good.

Post-RHW, it was a spectacular ruining.

[jokerzwild]

Originally Posted by TheLaughingMann

Andromeda's a hot mess of a sci-fi show. It was another Gene Roddenberry special before he passed on. It had a great premise, lot of potential...but then the showrunner Robert Hewitt Wolfe left and the show tailspun into getting worse.

I will say that while RHW was on the show, manning it...it was decent and building up to be something good.

Post-RHW, it was a spectacular ruining.

RHW wrote something years later that kinda would have shown his direction if you are interested in reading it.

http://www.roberthwolfe.com/Coda/Andromeda___Coda.pdf

[TheLaughingMann]

Originally Posted by jokerzwild

RHW wrote something years later that kinda would have shown his direction if you are interested in reading it.

http://www.roberthwolfe.com/Coda/Andromeda___Coda.pdf

Damn, scanning over those last few pages...this is like Xenogears/saga grade mindscrewery.

[noirjunkie]

I tried to watch this show twice, but each time, I couldn't make it through the pilot. And based on what everyone seems to have said about it, it only goes downhill in later seasons.

In retrospect, it's kind of amazing that it went for five seasons.