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The 1950s was the golden age of a television. With the medium making its way into more and more homes, this is when TV shows started their huge impact on pop culture. Television production was a thriving market and broadcasters were looking to conquer that market with as much programming as possible.
As such, the variety of programming meant that many genre series made their mark on a generation. Science fiction was no different. In fact, it gained a great deal of cultural momentum in America after the war as the development of technology led to new visions of the future.
There is an important sci-fi Shows from that central age that still deserve to find a modern audience, so these good human beings at Giant Freakin Robot had in our time machine and bring back Sci-Fi TV shows in the 1950s that are still worth watching.
Flash Gordon
The DNA for Star Wars extends back decades before that first opening crawling.
George Lucas was inspired by the original 1930s Flash Gordon Serial episodes. Those led to the development of the 1950s Trendsetting Show of the same name.
Flash Gordon and his allies roam the 33rd-century in their slick spacecraft trying to protect the galaxy, which is constantly threatened by madness and mustache villain’s machinations with the moniker oh-moral-so-soaker, Paul Richards.
While we love this show as a predecessor of a star span to Trek Starthe best thing about Flash Gordon Is the performance of Irene Champlin like Dale Arden, whose unbearable female scientist showed viewers – not to mention the galaxy – that no one is in distress.
Flash Gordon It is an early Sci-Fi icon whose influence is still felt to this day. So walked Captain Kirk He could run… or warp.
The twilight zone
Starting in 1959 and changing genre TV forever, The twilight zone is an anthology series created by actor Dreamweaver Plus, Rod Serling. Each chapter introduces a new story and new terror, exploring not only science fiction but fantasy, horror, and beautiful combinations of those genres and others.
Narrative, the twilight zone is supposed to be a different dimension, a reality we adequately recognize like ours until the nightmare begins.
There are several standout sci-fi episodes like the chilly and the dark comic alien “To Serve Man” story, Apocalyptic Personal Tragedy “Time Enough of Last”, Dystopian Parable “The obsolete Man”, we could spend all day listing our favorite chapters – let us know if you want to see that video in the comments – but everyone should watch this whole show and find the episodes that talk to them.
When we talk about the most important TV shows in the history of humanity, The twilight zone will always be in the conversation. Nearly seventy years later, he still finds a way to attract new viewers. Open the door with the key of the imagination and step into the twilight zone.
Tom Corbett, space cadet
Would you believe that someone had beaten the greatest importance to the Starfleet Academy Show almost 80 years ago?
Tom Corbett, space cadet is a show for teenage training to become members of the Solar Guard. They travel the Galaxy after a charming misconduct as part of their work -based training. Instead of the usual sci-fi big badge, these starry space riders mostly encounter natural disasters and must use a combination of their joint brain power and their progressive technology to save the day.
What we love the most about this series is his optimism and his endless belief in the power of science, the qualities we find even more appealing now that even ideal franchises like Star Trek turn into a Schlocky Slope that seems more interested in stupidity than science.
Youth idealism meets eternal optimism in this piece of space life that represents the positivity of the sci-fi golden age at its best.
Science fiction theater
Years before tTWILIGHT HE DISTRIBUTION Helped define science fiction, an anthology series was already a popular form of programming, including Science fiction theater.
The hook for the show used science legally submitted to tell stories about it alienTravel time, environmental disasters, and why a man should not be playing around with Mother Nature. Pamela Isley would have something to say about that.
Debating in 1955, he also used the fake -science and quackery series. An example would be the episode “The Fricker” where flashing television forces a young man to commit murder by hypnosis.
Most of the chapters were removed directly from issues A scientific AmericanMaking it a fascinating time capsule of how a pop culture looked at science during the atomic age.
With enough chapters about the dangers of technology, including a chapter for human beings that turned into workers’ drones by enzyme, this was the 1950s version of Black mirror.
Captain’s video
The original science fiction series, Captain video and video keepers 1500 remarkable chapters were broadcast from 1949 through 1954, but only a handful of chapters have survived to this day.
Set in the distant future, Captain Video led a team of rangers dedicated to protecting truth and justice on earth and across the galaxy.
Notably, the episode “I Tobor” presented the first robot character on television, and Ernest played the young cyclic villain Nargola.
Perform live five days a week in a studio above a department store, Captain’s video Had a budget, but the series became popular and has influenced over 70 years of science fiction.
Brown Rod from Rocket Rangers
In the ’90s, fans would argue if Star Trek: Deep Space Nine torn off Babylon 5 or vice versa. Well, history repeated itself as a similar conflict played out in the ’50s between fans Tom Corbett, space cadet and later series, Brown Rod from Rocket Rangers.
Brown rod Standed out of his peers thanks to his self -contained chapters and a cast of three chief keepers, including the ranger Ranger Brown, the anxious and easily annoyed keeper, and the Chubby comic relief, Ranger Wilby “Wormsey” wormser.
Perform live every Saturday morning, Brown rod was the predecessor to Saturday morning cartoons in everything, from how the plot played out in each episode, to the catchy theme song, and even tied in goods.
Brown Rod from Rocket Rangers It may have been considered a skill-drawing at the time, but it is also a live-act and indirect cartoon responsible for decades from a happy Saturday morning.
Tomorrow’s stories
Sterling Rod quotes Tomorrow’s stories as a great inspiration for The twilight zone And it’s not hard to see why.
Tomorrow’s stories is a unique combination of pen and paper storytelling performed on live TV with the type of raw energy seen before on stage.
Displaying the talents of early science fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke, Fredric Brown, and CM Kornbluth, each independent chapter features stories of alien encounters, scientific experiments gone wrong, and a dystopian future edited for an adult audience.
Tales of tomorrow’s Magic comes from its unpredictable. Actors would forget lines, abuse props, and simply have to roll with the punch because a moment didn’t take.
Don’t believe us? Look at the episode “Frankenstein”, where the famous legacy actor Lon Chaney Jr. claimed to be so inebriated during the tapping that he believed he was still in the dress rehearsal.
Testing the limits of early TV broadcasts, Tomorrow’s stories A fascinating watch because even when improvisation sometimes became a necessity, the talent and storytelling included the way for future anthology series. Without Tomorrow’s storiesmaybe never The twilight zone.
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal the Universe
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal the Universe Looks essential for anyone who longs for the days of sci-fi chock series full of alien invasions, jet packs, and interplanetary travel through re-painted toy plane props to look like spacecraft ships. Dear.
Appointed by the US Government to investigate the catastrophic climate issues that destroy Planet Earth, Commando Cody Longet and his trusting jetpack have a trusting to the bottom of what is actually happening.
Getting a reason to believe that a ruthless alien dictator is responsible for the troubles of the Earth, Cody sets his views into the air, and spare no cost to keep his planet safe from certain destruction.
Tell his entire story across only 12 chapters, Commando Cody: Sky Marshal the Universe Leaves you with constant cliffs full of bold escape, heavenly conflicts, and a mystery that slowly unravels across its short, serial run. But the best part must be high jetpack and Cody’s unlucky, which is wildly impractical and far from stealthy.
Reminding us of why we fell in love with sci-fi in the first place, Commando cody’s Obvious restrictions only add to its campy charm, making it perfect for binge drinking in a fast weekend.
Men to space
Men to space Gains some serious points for taking a serious exploration of space in favor of the remarkable view of alien invasions.
Colonel Ed McCauley leads various crew trips across the Solar System, but there is no extraterrestrial antagonist Men to space. Instead, our hero finds himself dealing with real -life disaster scenarios including things like oxygen shortages and equipment failures. The series focuses on survival and troubleshooting in exploration not exchanged Territory.
Yes, the special effects in Men to space Primitive by today’s standards, but his desire to seek the most realistic dangers of fiction meant he reflects strong science more often than not. This included his paintings of pressure suits, intercept asteroid, and building complex space telescopes before real-life efforts have ever been made to develop such technology.
Decades ahead of his time, Men to space An absolute feast to watch because it had not only proved to audiences that exploring space was possible, it all only anticipated the next inevitable steps towards human progress.
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