Five canceled sci-fi shows that got a second chance

五部被取消的科幻剧获得了第二次机会

One of the hazards of getting attached to a science fiction show is that it can be canceled at any time. That’s a risk with any television show but a sci-fi show’s higher special effects budget is certainly going to be a consideration when considering whether or not to renew it.

迷恋科幻节目的危险之一是它可以随时取消。 这是任何电视节目的风险，但在考虑是否续订时，科幻节目较高的特效预算肯定会成为考虑因素。

We wouldn't mind if it was just the bad shows that got the can, but some of the best sci-fi tv shows of all time have been canceled over the years. However, by some sweet miracle, canceled shows do occasionally get to claw their way back onto our screens, especially if there are enough people craving a conclusion. Sure, there are some relentlessly toxic “fans” out there, whose awfulness has been amplified by the internet and that’s never okay. But there are others who just want to know whether Lt. Sideiron saved the world and declared her love for the alien queen.

如果只是那些糟糕的电视节目被取消了，我们也不会介意，但是多年来，一些有史以来最好的科幻电视节目都被取消了。 然而，机缘巧合下，一些已经被取消的节目偶尔会重新回到我们的屏幕上，特别是如果有足够多的人渴望一个结论。 当然，那里有一些无情的有毒“粉丝”，他们的可怕被互联网放大了，这永远不会好。 但也有一些人只是想知道西迪龙中尉是否拯救了世界并宣布了她对外星女王的爱。

There’s no critical mass of fans that can force a company to reverse their decision, but it can help tip the scales or, alternatively, convince another network to step in. That’s what happened with most of these five sci-fi shows which, against the odds, got to live again, though whether they made the most of that opportunity is open for debate.

没有足够多的粉丝可以迫使一家公司改变他们的决定，但它可以帮助扭转局面，或者说服另一个网络介入。这就是这五个科幻节目中的大多数发生的情况，尽管他们是否充分利用了这个机会还有待商榷。

Firefly, Joss Whedon’s space-faring western, was canceled even before its first season concluded. Framing space as a new, lawless frontier, its world is relatively low-tech compared to the likes of Star Trek and even Alien. Everything, not just the crew’s ship, Serenity, feels like it’s held together by string and good luck.

乔斯·韦登 (Joss Whedon) 的太空西部片《萤火虫》(Firefly) 甚至在第一季结束前就被取消了。 将太空视为一个新的、无法无天的边境，与《星际迷航》甚至《异形》等游戏相比，它的世界科技含量相对较低。 一切，不仅仅是船员的船，宁静，感觉就像是被绳子和好运连在一起。

Serenity is also the name given to the two-hour Firefly movie, which landed in movie theatres three years after the series was canceled. More dramatic than the show, it does tie up some plot threads. It didn’t perform well enough at the box office to launch a new run but it’s still a solid conclusion to the show.

《宁静》也是这部两小时的《萤火虫》电影的名字，这部电影在该剧被取消三年后上映。比这部剧更戏剧化的是，它确实捆绑了一些情节线索。它在票房上的表现不足以推出一个新的运行，但它仍然是一个坚实的结论，显示。

Disney Plus is, apparently, in the process of rebooting Firefly, though there’s been no news in a while. Creator Joss Whedon almost certainly won’t be involved because multiple people who worked with and for him have come forward with reports of verbal abuse, threatening behavior, and more.

显然，Disney Plus 正在重启 Firefly，尽管有一段时间没有消息了。 创作者 Joss Whedon 几乎可以肯定不会参与其中，因为与他共事或为他工作的多个人都提出了关于辱骂、威胁行为等的报告。

“What kind of shoddy sci-fi show has Muppets in it?” That was our reaction the first time we saw Farscape and yes, that’s Muppets with a capital M, because the show was produced by the Jim Henson Company and executive produced by Jim Henson’s son, Brian. But we’re glad we persisted because Farscape is some wonderfully off-the-wall science fiction.

“什么样的伪劣科幻节目里有布偶？” 这是我们第一次看到 Farscape 时的反应，是的，那是带有大写 M 的布偶，因为该节目是由 Jim Henson 公司制作的，而执行官则是由 Jim Henson 的儿子 Brian 制作的。 但我们很高兴我们坚持了下来，因为《远景》是一部精彩绝伦的科幻小说。

It follows the story of John Crichton, a modern-day Earth astronaut who ends up being catapulted into another galaxy. He joins the alien crew of a sentient starship, has his brain filled with ancient knowledge, is chased across space for that knowledge, gets cloned, and... well, you’ll just have to watch it to find out.

它讲述了现代地球宇航员约翰克莱顿的故事，他最终被弹射到另一个星系。 他加入了一艘有知觉的星际飞船的外星船员，他的大脑中充满了古老的知识，被追逐穿越太空以获取这些知识，被克隆，然后......好吧，你只需要观看它就可以找到答案。

It was canceled after four seasons, ending on one hell of a cliff-hanger, but got a reprieve in the form of The Peacekeeper Wars, a two-part, three-hour special. You can tell that a season’s worth of ideas have been trimmed down to fit into the special, but it’s a superb send off for the show. It even includes a special-effects heavy finale that gives the two warring powers a much needed wake-up call.

它在四季之后被取消了，以一个扣人心弦的地狱结束，但在《和平卫士战争》中得到了缓刑，这是一部两集三小时的特别片。你可以看出，一个赛季的想法已经削减，以适应特别，但这是一个极好的发送了显示。它甚至包括一个特殊的效果沉重的结局，给两个交战大国一个急需的警钟。

Not to be confused with Genndy Tartakovsky’s non-canon cartoon, Star Wars: The Clone Wars kicked off with a two-hour CGI film and carried on for six seasons, canceled in the wake of Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm.

不要与 Genndy Tartakovsky 的非经典卡通片混淆，《星球大战：克隆人战争》以一部两小时的 CGI 电影开始，并持续了六个赛季，在迪士尼收购卢卡斯影业后取消。

What makes it such a great series it that it explores aspects of the Clone Wars that the movies didn’t have time to. It sports several new characters, including Ashoka Tano who’s shortly to get her own Disney Plus series (one of the many upcoming Star Wars TV shows we’re looking forward to). What makes her so great is that through her eyes, we start to see the cracks in the Grand Republic.

是什么让它成为一个如此伟大的系列，它探索了电影没有时间去探索的克隆人战争的各个方面。 它展示了几个新角色，包括即将推出自己的 Disney Plus 系列的 Ashoka Tano（我们期待的众多即将上映的《星球大战》电视节目之一）。 让她如此伟大的是，通过她的眼睛，我们开始看到大共和国的裂痕。

The final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars came nearly six years after the end of the previous season and features a now heavily disillusioned Ahsoka. The first few episodes feel like filler, but the second half of the series picks up the pace and, colliding with Star Wars Episode III: Return of the Sith, tying everything up neatly.

《星球大战：克隆人战争》的最后一季是在上一季结束近六年后出现的，主角是现在极度幻灭的阿索卡。 前几集感觉像是填充物，但该系列的后半部分加快了步伐，并与《星球大战前传 III：西斯归来》相撞，将所有内容整齐地捆绑在一起。

As premises go, Sense8’s set-up is pretty wild, not least because Lana and Lilly Wachowski, creators of The Matrix, and Babylon 5’s J. Michael Straczynski all had a hand in it. It’s also pleasingly LGBT positive, exploring sexuality, empathy, gender, and more.

就前提而言，Sense8 的设置非常疯狂，尤其是因为《黑客帝国》的创作者 Lana 和 Lilly Wachowski 以及 Babylon 5 的 J. Michael Straczynski 都参与其中。 它也是令人愉悦的 LGBT 积极性，探索性、同理心、性别等等。

Eight people end up psychically connected, able to share thoughts and sensations, but they’re scattered all over the globe, so they can’t just meet up for a coffee and sort things out. On top of dealing with these new abilities, while trying to maintain some semblance of a normal life, there’s a sinister organization after them whose intentions are less than honorable.

八个人最终在精神上联系在一起，能够分享想法和感受，但他们分散在全球各地，所以他们不能只是见面喝杯咖啡来解决问题。 除了应对这些新能力之外，在试图维持一些正常生活的同时，还有一个邪恶的组织，其意图并不光彩。

Season 2 ups the ante, ending on a cliffhanger, which after Netflix canceled the series, was it. But, a year later, we thankfully got one final two-and-a-half-hour finale. Like Farscape’s Peacekeeper Wars, it crams almost too much in, but it’s a real gamechanger that ties up most of the “sensates” stories. Oh, and it ends on one hell of a bang.

第 2 季加大了赌注，以悬念结束，在 Netflix 取消该系列之后，就是这样。 但是，一年后，我们幸运地得到了最后一个两个半小时的结局。 就像 Farscape 的 Peacekeeper Wars 一样，它几乎塞满了太多内容，但它是一个真正的游戏规则改变者，将大多数“感官”故事联系在一起。 哦，它以一声巨响结束。

This animated show follows the adventures of Fry, a delivery boy who ends up in the future, working as a... er, delivery boy. Along with his fellow Planet Express friends and one of the coolest spaceships in sci-fi, he gets into all manner of trouble. It’s from Matt Groening, who also created The Simpsons, so it’s very tongue-in-cheek but can, at times, be a little dark.

这部动画片讲述了弗莱的冒险经历,弗莱是一个送货员,他在未来成为了一名...呃,送外卖的。随着他的同胞行星快车的朋友和科幻小说中最酷的宇宙飞船之一，他陷入了各种各样的麻烦。这是马特格罗宁，谁也创造了辛普森一家，所以它是非常开玩笑的，但有时，可以有点黑暗。

Sadly, it was canceled by Fox in 2003 after only four seasons. Later, reruns on Adult Swim drummed up enough interest for Comedy Central to help produce four straight to DVD movies which could be chopped up into episodes to air on the channel.

可悲的是，它在2003年被福克斯取消后，只有四个赛季。后来，《成人游泳》的重播为喜剧中心带来了足够的兴趣，帮助制作了四部DVD电影，这些电影可以被切成几集在该频道播出。

And it worked. Sort of. The movies don’t really work as movies and, because they were designed to be chopped up, they don’t really flow properly. However, their success did lead Comedy Central to commission two more seasons of 26 episodes each.

这一招奏效了。算是吧。电影并不像电影那样真正起作用，因为它们被设计成被切碎的，它们并不真正流动。然而，他们的成功确实导致喜剧中心又委托了两季，每季26集。

And then... Futurama was canceled a second time, this time by Comedy Central. The good news is it ended on one of the show’s finest episodes and the even better news is that, eight years after it concluded, Hulu has picked it up for a new season, set to air sometime in 2023 – one of many awesome upcoming sci-fi TV shows to add to your calendar!

然后... Futurama 第二次被取消，这次是喜剧中心。 好消息是它以该剧最精彩的一集结束，而更好的消息是，在它结束八年后，Hulu 已经为新一季挑选了它，将于 2023 年某个时候播出——这是即将上映的众多精彩科幻之一 -fi 电视节目添加到您的日历！