The 1990s hold a strange place when it comes to popular culture. They happened relatively recently which means that the series and movies made in the decade should be accessible to the audience. On the other hand, manyscience fictionfans seem to prefer either modern works or older ones.
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That means that a lot of high-quality TV shows that were filmed in the 1990s flew under the radar. Sometimes the timing could have been wrong, or the competition proved too much. Whatever the case, there are some forgotten science fiction shows from the 90s that deserve more attention than they have gotten from the viewers.
6The Girl From Tomorrow
Despite its positive ratings,The Girl from Tomorrowhas only one thousand ratings on IMDb. Maybe it’s because of the fact it’s an Australian show and never got as much promotion as American series. Whatever the case, the show works with a catchy idea. Its main heroine is the young girl, Alana, who originally comes from the year 3000. Alana travels back in time to the year 1990 to save the world from being destroyed by another time traveler.
And thanks to her special equipment, she also has unique skills that could be described as superpowers by some. The show ran for two seasons and has 24 episodes in total. Even though it’s primarily oriented at a younger audience, considering the age of Alana and the friends she makes once she gets to the 1990s,The Girl from Tomorrowhas the power to entertain everyone who likesstories about time travel.
5The Odyssey
Road trips are a popular genre, but they usually take place in this world. Not so much in this show.The Odysseychronicles the adventure of a young boy, Jay, who has an accident, falls into coma and travels through a world where there are no adult people.
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Once again,The Odysseyis an ideal show for kidsand young viewers in general but thanks to its immense imagination and intriguing characters, every science fiction fan can enjoy it regardless of their age. The show has three seasons, each one with thirteen episodes. It builds a strong atmosphere and creates a world that’s frightening sometimes but never boring.
4Avengers: United They Stand
Considering the popularity of superheroes and theMCU, it would be understandable to think that every show that works with the beloved Marvel heroes gets a lot of attention from the fans. That’s not how things work, though.The French animated seriesAvengers: United They Standran for a single season and has 13 episodes in total.
It focuses on the lesser known Avengers team, the West Coast Avengers, that still contains a lot of popular names, such as Ant-Man, Hawkeye, Vision, or Scarlet Witch. Unsurprisingly, the series is about the heroes taking on various threats. The story is full of action and humor which makes it fast-paced and easy to binge-watch in a short amount of time.
3Prey
There are many forms of invasion of Earth. One of the most common ones is when the invasive forces simply attack the planet and its inhabitants. A less usual option is for them to infiltrate Earth and start replacing humans. That’s what the villains are planning in this 1998 show that ran for thirteen episodes. And it’s up to the heroes to figure out what’s going on and stop them.
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Despite its compelling story, a solid cast and the chilling atmosphere,Preydidn’t last long and as a result, never became such a hit as it could have been under different circumstances.Some viewers compared it to the iconicX-Filesbut with a more compact story which is as good a recommendation as any!
2Crime Traveller
When somebody saystime travel and a British show, most science fiction fans immediately think ofDoctor Who. However, that’s not the only British series that centers around this popular sci-fi theme. In this 8-episode series, the detective Jeff Slade teams up with the scientist Holly Turner, and they start solving cases by using a time travel machine. So even thoughCrime Travellerprimarily works as a detective series, it’s different from the rest thanks to the science fiction element that’s instrumental for the story.
The main duo works well together, and because there are different cases to solve, even in case the audience doesn’t like one of them, they’re bound to soon get a new one that might interest them more. All fans of the British science fiction sitcomRed Dwarfshould then pay an extra attention toCrime Travellersince it stars Chloë Annett as Holly, and Annett played Kristine Kochanski onRed Dwarf.
1Legend
Just likeCrime Traveller, this show has an actor primarily known from a science fiction classic TV show in the leading role. Richard Dean Anderson, known for playing Jack O’Neill inStargate, stars as Ernest Pratt, a writer with a problematic who creates his own literary hero Nicodemus Legend (also played by Anderson).
Unlike other science fiction series,Legenddoesn’t take place in space. Instead, the story happens in the 19th century and the show is also a western, which makes for a refreshing combination, and an unusual one. Of course, sci-fi fans will know other western sci-fi shows such asWestworld,butLegendcame before it. It’s funny, full of adventure and has an excellent cast, making it an ideal way how to pass the time.
