I am nearing the end of watching Odyssey 5 on DVD and I am getting angrier and angrier!!Why? because as I approach the end of the DVD's I am aghast that this is yet another excellent sci-fi series that had been cancelled prematurely. Okay the idea is not new, you could call Odyssey 5 the thinking mans back to the future. And the beings that look like humans are not new either but the stories are original and we are faced with the human dilemma of knowing that something is going to happen and whether you should go along with it or change it thus altering the time line. And there are lots of human reasons why the time line is altered. Odyssey 5 is heavy while another excellent show cancelled before its time (Firefly) is light. Having said this both of these shows could exist together and both were worth and least three series at the very least. I can only assume that because Star Trek had finished the powers at be decided that the public had run out of love with the sci-fi genre. Absolute rubbish, the latest Star Trek failed because they went back in time when they should have gone forward. Please how can you have the first Enterprise looking more technological than the Captain Kirk Enterprise? Anyway back to Odyssey 5, this is a good thinking man sci-fi that does not rely on funky looking aliens that just happen to speak perfect English. Odyssey 5 has good story lines a good acting cast and should have run and run and run. I managed to get the whole series on DVD at a price that equates to 76 pence per episode and after watching 17 of the 21 episodes, this is a mega bargain!!!!. Furthermore I will be writing to Sony television expressing my disgust that such an excellent show was cancelled. I have one last thing to add, BRING ODYSSEY 5 BACK!!!!!!
