I just finished Season 1 of Land of the Giants. It's one of the better Irwin Allen shows along with The Time Tunnel, I think. I especially admire that the writers try to make it more serialized.
Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea were my least favorite. My biggest problem about Bottom of the Sea was the submarine. The torpedoes come out of nowhere. Also, I find it's really silly of Fox to release the show in double-sided discs with a mere two episodes per side.
I guess the mutants, monsters, mad scientists, and mutant mad monster scientists were what audiences loved in the '60s. I understand Lost in Space would have had a fourth season, too, but Allen had other plans.
And, that's why network executives were baffled by Star Trek.
I thought it was because Allen wanted to move on and he was unwilling to let anyone else produce it. That's what I heard, anyway.
I liked Time Tunnel. I missed the episode, the premiere I think, which had a soldier shooting up the Roman Empire with a machine gun. When I heard about it a school I got really mad. Even now I don't think I ever saw it, even during summer reruns.
That's the episode I thought of as I wandered into the thread! Although I think it was the siege of Troy.
I loved that show, but I suspect it wouldn't age well if I were to see it again.
I liked Time Tunnel. I missed the episode, the premiere I think, which had a soldier shooting up the Roman Empire with a machine gun. When I heard about it a school I got really mad. Even now I don't think I ever saw it, even during summer reruns.
Episode list here: The Time Tunnel
Titanic 'Rendezvous with Yesterday' was the first. Amazingly only 30 episodes were made as they must have been shown repeatedly.
My favourite would be the 'Secret Weapon' which just placed another layer of complexity to the story of the Time Tunnel experiment, while the worst were 'Merlin the Magician' and 'The Ghost of Nero' that were both just too hokey.