Comments on: Searching for the name of a mid-80's sci-fi TV show/mini-series

Question: Searching for the name of a mid-80's sci-fi TV show/mini-series

jkaczor — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:32:59 -0800

This silly little thing haunts me - the name of an 80's sci-fi TV show. Maybe a mini-series, or very short-lived I think....

It was sometime between 83-86. The premise was some sort of alternate universe where a family from our world ended up.

I seem to recall the 'portal' was through one of the great pyramids. And the alternate universe had high-tech and low-tech aspects. Robots, or cyborgs were featured, I think.

I've tried googling, amazon and IMDB - with no luck, or anything that at least seems familiar.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 22:42:02 -0800

Google says Otherworld.

By: tkolar

tkolar — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:07:08 -0800

Yeah, that definitely sounds like Otherworld to me.

By: jkaczor

jkaczor — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:21:55 -0800

Thanks - thats the one. I never did catch more than 2/3 episodes, but it seemed well done to me at the time. Enough to remember 20 years later.

By: sohcahtoa

sohcahtoa — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:04:25 -0800

Didn't that show have Axl F as its theme? That's all I remember about it. Young sohcahtoa loved it, however.

By: biffa

biffa — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 05:09:20 -0800

Excellent I've been meaning to ask this question for ages!
Was there an episode where they re-invent pop music for a region of the world that hasn't had anything like that before?

By: Hanover Phist

Hanover Phist — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:02:43 -0800

Ah, the Pop music episode, where they rip off every successful artist and call it their own. They get massively popular, like the Beatles, but the are fraught with guilt over stealing the music. That's the only thing I remember about that series. That, and the eye on top of the pyramid, on the back of the dollar bill has some sort of significance. Wow, what a trip. Thanks for the flashback.

By: emelenjr

emelenjr — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:41:21 -0800

That's the one where everyone held their guns upside down, right?

By: Rash

Rash — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:14:22 -0800

Don't remember about the guns, but the Pop Music Episode ("Rock and Roll Suicide" I'm guessing, from those listed here) featured them performing David Bowie's "Modern Love."

By: emelenjr

emelenjr — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:50:49 -0800

I didn't mean just that episode, but the whole series. I think the Zone Troopers' guns were flipped around so the barrels were under their fists, not over them.

Thanks for asking this question. I'd forgotten about this series and remember I used to love watching it.

By: drstein

drstein — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:53:49 -0800

I remember that show. Damn, that's one show that really needs to make it onto DVD. And Max Headroom.

Seems that there were actually 13 episodes of "Otherworld" but only 8 ever aired. Interesting!