I watched this series when it was new, and recently rewatched the pilot on PlutoTV. Anyone else here enjoy it? It's an interesting variation on "Trek" written by the series creator that can be seriously seen as an unofficial sequel. Essentially, without using any official Trek IP, it asks, "what would happen to everyone if Klingons betrayed the Starfleet, and both sides were destroyed in the Battle... and the Alpha Quadrant fell into chaos?" Years later one time displaced Starship captain is magically returned to with a working, but crewless starship, and makes it mission to rebuild the Federation... In the story the Neichians are Klingons, Nightsiders are Ferengi, Magog are the Borg, etc. The ship Andromeda Ascendent is every bit equal to the Enterprise. Dylan is much the Kirk style of captain, and the rivalry with his first officer Tyr every bit as well written as the one from Blake's Seven. Overall a series worth watching if you yearn for Trek of the 60s or 90s.
The series started out well and had some good plots, but midway through season 2, Kevin Sorbo took over control of it and fired the series show runners and main writers. After that each season became more and more about his character and plot wise became worse and worse. Most of the stuff the previous writers were setting up were thrown out the window. His character goes from Captain Kirk type to Gary Stu type with mystical DNA. It went from being nominated for awards in season 1 to being reviled by many of it's fans by season 3. TrekToday - Robert Hewitt Wolfe Departs 'Andromeda'
Plus there was so much scifi on at the time. Tek-War, Farscape,Babylon5,DS9, Next Gen, Earth Final Conflict,Time Tracks, LEXX,SG1 just to name a few. Back then the SYFY channel even still went by SCI-FI
I used to watch all those, except for DX9. I think Babylon and Andromenda both aired on Saturdays. Fridays was my night with Farscape and SG1.
Cool concept, but I couldn't get into the show. That said, you gave me a great idea - Space Love Boat.
