Annihilator originally was aired on NBC back in the mid eighties, and it was a series pilot, a series pilot that never went any further, which is a shame. The show had a lot of promise, the lead actor had a lengthy and decent TV show resume, and I imagine they'd have somehow brought back Catherine Mary Stewart since she had a following back then due to Night of the Comet and the Last Starfighter. I always assumed NBC had a change of heart due to V. V and V: The Final Battle did rather well ratings wise for NBC, which lead them to start a TV series the same year Annihilator originally aired but the TV series just failed to gain the same ratings as the two mini's and NBC canned after a season, and probably assumed Annihilator would fail as well ratings wise, which it probably would have and that's a shame. It had cyborgs like Terminator, which I was obsessed with back then, the fate of the passengers kept me super curious and I imagine I would have remained curious if the show had run 2-3 seasons, and it borrowed a page from Michael Mann's book by doing the whole music video within a TV series thing that helped put Miami Vice on the map, and made Phil Collins a huge chunk of change.
Yes, parts of Annihilator are corny, especially the scenes featuring Nicole Eggert (Charle's in Charge, Baywatch) but it was the 80's and in the 80's, shows like Miami Vice which were supposed to be uber serious had cheese, and that was fine because the 80's were all about having fun.
In short, NBC dropped the ball on this one and instead just spoon fed the masses a few more seasons of bad shows like the Cosby Show.
Yes, parts of Annihilator are corny, especially the scenes featuring Nicole Eggert (Charle's in Charge, Baywatch) but it was the 80's and in the 80's, shows like Miami Vice which were supposed to be uber serious had cheese, and that was fine because the 80's were all about having fun.
In short, NBC dropped the ball on this one and instead just spoon fed the masses a few more seasons of bad shows like the Cosby Show.