The year was 1988 and post-apocalyptic wastelands were EVERYWHERE. That's why ABC enlisted director George Miller* to direct a new pilot for a TV series called BADLANDS 2005, aka 2005 BADLANDS, about heroic road warriors saving the future from bad guys in supercharged muscle cars in the desert!
Lewis Smith and Sharon Stone co-star with Miguel Ferrer, playing a sometimes-animatronic robot, in an action-packed weekly thrill ride... that only lasted one week. Was "Badlands 2005"... CANCELED TOO SOON, or was there a good reason why this awesome-sounding TV series crashed and burned?
Film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold delve into this forgotten chapter of TV's sci-fi stunt spectacular past in an all-new episode.
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ReplyDeleteBadlands 2005” stands out as an intriguing example of a concept that never fully realized its potential, blending post-apocalyptic sci-fi with a neo-Western tone centered on a drought-ravaged America where water becomes more valuable than gold. The premise featuring a U.S. marshal and his cyborg partner navigating a lawless frontier carries a distinctive mix of genre ambition and late-80s television experimentation, yet its status as an unsold pilot ultimately leaves it feeling like a compelling blueprint rather than a complete narrative. As highlighted in the article, it represents the kind of creative risk that often gets overlooked, where imaginative world-building and unique character dynamics hint at a richer story that audiences never got the chance to fully explore.
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