Nostalgia TV - Or shows that are now cancelled that you loved
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This is a thread for everyon to discuss all those old TV shows they don't make/produce anymore which either A) You used to watch as a kid or B) You thought were bloody fucking awesome and found out later that it had been cancelled due to lack of ratings or whatever, or C) Both. It can be animated or live-action, doesn't matter, you can think it's great, others can think it's bad, anything goes.
[b]Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles[/b]
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I'll start this off with an animated series that I remember watching when I was about nine/ten years old. First aired in 1999, this was a fair bit newer than the first film, and while I'm still not quite sure it's got much to do with the film chronologically (save the fact that Rico eventually ends up in charge of the Roughnecks), I thought it was quite good. This series takes place over several 'Campaigns' or 5 episode arcs, starting with the Pluto Campaign, and finishing on the Homefront Campaign, on the Homefront Campaign, a total of 1 out of five episodes were completed, the rest were planned but never finished, though from doing a little digging, there's an unconfirmed rumour that you can actually find four out of those five episodes somewhere in a corner of the internet.
The series was supposed to be for a mix of audiences, it wasn't supposed to be too violent so that children could watch it, but it also had to attract an adult audience as well, which I suppose is why it ended up on Sky 1 at about 7 in the morning at some point (only to be taken off immediately after the 'final' episode, which left us with a bit of a cliffhanger, the details of which I'll spare because of spoilers.). Unfortunately, this 'two birds with one stone' method, didn't seem to work, because ratings weren't great throughout the series' life, and it was repeatedly cancelled or sold off until eventually reaching where it is now.
Anyway, I loved this when I first saw it, and while the animation isn't as good as it seemed to be back then (though that's probably the effect current-gen visuals will have on most people), I definitely still enjoy it as much as I did when I was still a young child. There's a DVD on sale on places like Amazon and eBay etc., but I suspect most people don't really want that sort of hassle, in which case; you can find pretty much all of the episodes on YouTube or on some other website available to either stream or pirate, whatever floats your boat.
I'll probably add more to my list in a day or two, as it happens at the moment, I'm a little pressed for time, so have at you and all that.
Torchwood
the angry beavers.
:C
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I grew up with this.