You're right. Farscape is actually a Buck Rogers takeoff.
And I forgot to mention that BSG started as a Star Wars ripoff (nothing so clever as a takeoff) and then was remade as something that made Star Wars look stupid.
But back on the original point: Star Trek was about a ship full of different personalities going from place to place learning lessons about humanity and themselves and whatnot. Every show that follows that mode (including my beloved Firefly, which I otherwise describe as "if Han Solo had his own show, without the muppets") is a takeoff on Star Trek's model. Even that stupid submarine show with the talking dolphins.
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I hate to get in what is clearly an argument about religion but...
Date: 2008-04-05 11:34 pm (UTC)And I forgot to mention that BSG started as a Star Wars ripoff (nothing so clever as a takeoff) and then was remade as something that made Star Wars look stupid.
But back on the original point: Star Trek was about a ship full of different personalities going from place to place learning lessons about humanity and themselves and whatnot. Every show that follows that mode (including my beloved Firefly, which I otherwise describe as "if Han Solo had his own show, without the muppets") is a takeoff on Star Trek's model. Even that stupid submarine show with the talking dolphins.