Andromeda 

Captain Dylan Hunt and the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant set out on a mission to rebuild the Systems Commonwealth 300 years after its fall.

Creators:

Gene Roddenberry, Robert Hewitt Wolfe

Stars:

Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Ryder, Laura Bertram

16 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Kevin Sorbo	...	Captain Dylan Hunt 110 episodes, 2000-2005
Lisa Ryder	...	Beka Valentine 110 episodes, 2000-2005
Laura Bertram	...	Trance Gemini 110 episodes, 2000-2005
Gordon Michael Woolvett	...	Seamus Harper 110 episodes, 2000-2005
Lexa Doig	...	Andromeda Ascendant 110 episodes, 2000-2005
Keith Hamilton Cobb	...	Tyr Anasazi 72 episodes, 2000-2005
Steve Bacic	...	Telemachus Rhade / ... 46 episodes, 2000-2005

Storyline

After being frozen in time for 300 years, captain Dylan Hunt and his sentient warship Andromeda sets out to restore peace and civilization to the known universe. With him is the crew of the ship that, with profit in mind and unknowing of her captain still being alive, salvaged Andromeda from the black hole keeping her suspended in time. Andromeda originally hid in the black hole after a big battle. When Captain Hunt wakes up he realizes that this battle was the beginning of an epic war and that the great civilization he was defending, the Commonwealth, has been eradicated from existence. He and his unlikely and sometimes unpredictable crew starts on a mission to once again bring hope to the galaxy.

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Plot Keywords:

outer space | black hole | frozen | time | military | 

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Taglines:

Worlds Apart from the Rest

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Space [Canada]

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fireworks Entertainment,Tribune Entertainment,BLT Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo (Dolby 2.0) Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1) (Seasons 1-2 Bluray Version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16 : 9

Did You Know?

Trivia

After Gene Roddenberry's death, Majel Barrett took material from his archives to bring two of his ideas into production. This series was one of them while the other was Earth: Final Conflict (1997).

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Quotes

[Rommie and Doyal encounter enemies on Andromeda]
Rommie: [waves hand] We are not the droids you are looking for.
Doyle: [enemies close in, some start firing] What is that?
Rommie: I don't know, but it didn't work!

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Alternate Versions

For the DVD & VHS release, German distributor Highlight generally cuts all episodes which would get a "Not under 16" rating for a lower "Not under 12" rating.

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Connections

Featured in Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)

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Soundtracks

Main Title (Andromeda Invictus)
Written by Matthew McCauley
Performed by Matthew McCauley
Episode: {all season two and three episodes}

User Reviews

Seasons 1 - 2.5: 9/10. Seasons 2.5 - 5: 3/10.

I feel the need to post a comment on this title because I've seen a few comments from people who are surprised at the positive user response for such an awful show.

What is truly tragic about Andromeda is that it is a show that never realized its full potential. This is due to the powers that be and their decision to remove Wolfe from his post as head writer of the show.

From Season 1 to the halfway point of Season 2, Wolfe was the head writer of Andromeda and the show was quality in every sense of the word. Wolfe took his experience from shows such as Star Trek: Deep Space Night and invested it in Andromeda, bringing life to intricate plot-lines and vibrant characters functioning in a realized Universe.

As Season 2 began to move along, the usual first season clumsiness that one expects from new TV shows had totally dissolved and an epic plot line was beginning to come to life.

This was tragically cut short when Wolfe was fired. After this unfortunate event, nearly all of his work was thrown out of the window as the series took an entirely different direction in favour of mainstream approval and a more episodic format. The most painful example of the latter is embodied in the decision to do away with the character of Trance in favour of a new incarnation of the character designed to be sexy.

The series began to spiral downwards even more, until it was finally too difficult to watch. Andromeda soon began to buy into nearly every science fiction cliché in the book, and when it ended was a pathetic worm of its former glory.

Four stars out of ten for 1.5 excellent seasons and 3.5 awful ones in a show that tragically never met its unimaginable potential.