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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/
A mortally-wounded cop is used as the foundation to build a police robot meant to be a tool for control but whose artificially-repressed memories and inerrant awesomeness surface to save the day.
This was a great movie in the day, and I’d bet I’m biased in saying it’s still great.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096531/
A buddy cop series, but with aliens, with overtones of very difficult social topics.
This is surprisingly good, either in addition to, or separate from, the movie. While I didn’t particularly like the movie, this series is recommended. Anyone who liked the original movie should definitely continue the franchise with this series.
This continues from Alien Nation – (1988 movie), including a story arc.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386907/
A man gets a package from the future, whose contents predict events.
An adequate miniseries that I didn’t get through.
aka 5ive Days to Midnight
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389564/
https://web.archive.org/web/20071225184752/usanetwork.com/series/the4400/
People at various times are abducted by aliens only to be returned in an extremely showy way, but with amnesia and superhuman abilities.
A series about as impressive as this sentence.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2661044/
https://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-100/
Global disaster survivors on a space station send 100 youths down who find an unfamiliar and dangerous world.
A mess of a Lord of the Flies meets teen-angst series.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3148266/
https://www.syfy.com/12-monkeys
Survivors of a plague that wipes out most humans make a desperate bid to undo it all by sending a man back in time.
I suppose it’s inevitable that a television series based around time travel will get convoluted really quickly because they stretch things out. Still, this doesn’t feel very good to me.
See also 12 Monkeys – (1995 movie)
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V (franchise) >
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307824/
Aliens come to earth and offer their technology but have ulterior motives.
V is another show which got cut before it got into its plot. I might be biased because of my appreciation for its subtleties and the previous TV show and TV-movies.
I do like it, and I wish it continued. I don’t consider this recommended viewing for people unfamiliar with the earlier works because it doesn’t get into its complete story.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080242/
I agree with Ray Bradbury, who found the miniseries “just boring”. I couldn’t give this show much of a chance because it really shows its age.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108758/
Fleeing the dystopian space stations of the survivors of a ruined earth, settlers crash and struggle to survive on an alien world.
This definitely does not stand the test of time. The music alone makes it cheesy as hell.
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Entertainment > Movies >
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3327624/
A man escapes death by teleporting himself to an extremely-distant planet, whose residents went mad from an unknown plague.
Really great for what it is, but its genre is not my cup of tea.
