Around 1987-88,I'd mostly weened myself from Saturday morning television,but since I usually liked to watch a little boob tube during a late breakfast on Saturday mornings,I'd stumble upon this show,which I found mildly addictive.
A 22nd century EArth that is ruled by androids is the setting here,as the title character and his small assembled unit of specialists fight these menaces using technology that was at least partially connected to the lead character--or more to the specific,his father whose knowledge of cybernetics becomes the seeds for this dystopic future(its sorta long,complicated and has SPOILER written all over it)-- with the fate of humanity riding on it. What more could a closet Trekkie like myself want! I watched nearly every episode.
Too dark and intense to be pure children's entertainment,too puerile to be serious Sci-Fi action adventure,this show was in the dreaded limbo of being mostly modern(for that era)radio serial,set for television. It seems to have cribbed somewhat liberally from the same story framing that created the hugely successful Terminator movies and FOX TV series,though I doubt anybody affiliated with this show would ever cop to that. Employing mostly unknown(Canadian?)actors(notable exception:lovely young up-and-comer Jessica Steen as "Pilot" Chase) and filmed in ONtario,this show would be memorable enough for fan clubs and cult status and somewhere out there,there has GOT to be seasons of this show on tape or DVD. Frankly,I'd like to see this again,if for nothing else but pure nostalgic curiosity.
A 22nd century EArth that is ruled by androids is the setting here,as the title character and his small assembled unit of specialists fight these menaces using technology that was at least partially connected to the lead character--or more to the specific,his father whose knowledge of cybernetics becomes the seeds for this dystopic future(its sorta long,complicated and has SPOILER written all over it)-- with the fate of humanity riding on it. What more could a closet Trekkie like myself want! I watched nearly every episode.
Too dark and intense to be pure children's entertainment,too puerile to be serious Sci-Fi action adventure,this show was in the dreaded limbo of being mostly modern(for that era)radio serial,set for television. It seems to have cribbed somewhat liberally from the same story framing that created the hugely successful Terminator movies and FOX TV series,though I doubt anybody affiliated with this show would ever cop to that. Employing mostly unknown(Canadian?)actors(notable exception:lovely young up-and-comer Jessica Steen as "Pilot" Chase) and filmed in ONtario,this show would be memorable enough for fan clubs and cult status and somewhere out there,there has GOT to be seasons of this show on tape or DVD. Frankly,I'd like to see this again,if for nothing else but pure nostalgic curiosity.