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The Starlost
1973 · TV series · 60 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Harlan Ellison
A huge generational colony spacecraft called The Ark has gone off-course. Many of the descendants from the original crew and colonists are unaware that they are aboard a ship.
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The Starlost was a SciFi TV series in the early 1970s. ''Starlost Unauthorized'' is an essay about that series.
See also:
CLUBHOUSE: Review: “Starlost Unauthorized” by D.G. Valdron
https://amazingstories.com/2024/10/clubhouse-review-starlost-unauthorized-by-d-g-valdron/
and of course:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starlost
On the TV series The Starlost, security safes had a numeric access code that incremented by 1 after each use.
Might I humbly recommend the disaster of a TV show "The Starlost".
Re: "can i be of assistance"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069638/mediaviewer/rm1947347968?ft0=name&fv0=nm0652039&ft1=image_type&fv1=still_frame&ref_=tt_ch
Occasionally, they are aided (or hindered) in their travels by the ship's frustrating and only partially-functioning computer system interface, known as Mu Lambda 165 (portrayed by William Osler, who also provided the opening narration for each episode).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starlost
final paragraph of the premise
Is The Starlost worth watching? The episode summaries look neat, but the reception/reviews don’t look so good.
I love these stories of sci-fi movie diasasters. There are just as many insane stories of "amazing this classic ever got made".
On the topic of disasters, I recommend reading about The Starlost:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starlost
Minor correction: "The Ark" is a SyFy/Peacock show, not Netflix. My apologies to Netflix for naming them as having made what's probably the worst sci-fi show ever.
Interestingly, I found the show that "The Ark" is loosely based on, a 70s show called "The Starlost". It's available on YouTube for free. Anyway, it was widely panned too, even named on someone's "worst sci-fi shows of all time" list. I've only seen one episode but it's already notably better than "The Ark" despite being 50 years old now (and not because "The Starlost" is great either).
Not too far off from The Starlost series. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069638/
I wish they would do a modern dark remake.
Did anyone else ever watch the TV show he had a hand in creating, “The Starlost”?
It had a great premise and I loved it as a kid, but I think it only lasted one season.