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    mizmoose: Season 2 of Space: 1999 better than season 1? What were you, going through puberty at the time? The science in both seasons is garbage, but at least ... more »
    Terrahawk: I believe everyone is missing Star Trek: Underwater or more commonly known as SeaQuest DSV. As Mr. Carpenter stated above, the second season of Buck R... more »
    Logan5: The Starlost was one of the most promising and most disappointing Star Trek inspired sci-fi shows of the 70's. It starred Keir Dullea of 2001 fame, g... more »
    Patrick Brown: Haven't watched B5, but I've been going through DS9 and realizing that, around season 4, it becomes the best show ever. I don't really care if it's a ... more »
    frederic: I grew up on Space 1999, in Canada. It was an absolute masterpiece in terms of industrial design, ships, and special effects, and it had well-respect... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: The way you wrote the B5 paragraph shows that you know how wrong you are. GQ: parody all around. Perhaps as one of these young snarky internet kids, y... more »
    ManchuCandidate: As for Space 1999. I like Gerry Anderson's stuff as, uh, fluff. The writing team of 1999 were seriously out of their depth. For some reason barely u... more »
    steampoweredboy: Calling Babylon 5 a rip-off, even a qualified one, is more than a little insulting. I'm not going to "flame" (verb?) because that's tedious, but Joe S... more »
    lightninglouie: Phoenix 5 looks like it might turn into a really filthy porno at any moment. more »
    Rainbucket: As has often been stated, Galaxy Quest was the best Star Trek movie ever made. Here's a non-contentious response to including Babylon 5: by that reaso... more »
    starfury5: I'm not going to flame about B5 being included here, really, although I really should. But I've always seen "Star Trek: Deep-Sleep Nine" as "Star Trek... more »
    Franklin Harris: "Rip-off" may be too strong a term, perhaps, but surely we can agree on "heavily influenced"? No. No we can't. more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Hold on, you're saying that because Galaxy Quest was not a parody like "Airplane" and was actually done well it makes it more of a rip-off than a paro... more »
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    5 Favorite Star Trek Rip-Offs

    Ahead of next Friday's release of the new JJ Abrams take on Star Trek, it's worth taking some time to remember some other movies, TV shows and comics that boldly followed in its warpdrive trail.
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