It's really impossible to rate "City Beneath the Sea" as this unaired pilot is not really a full pilot...more a sales pitch to the networks about what COULD be an eventual series. In fact, unlike most pilots, it introduces the characters and shows just a few scenes from the proposed show. However, WHAT producer Irwin Allen was proposing looks exciting (and dated) when you see it today. The show was to be set about a hundred years in the future...and the government is building a city under the ocean. But the General (Glenn Corbett) is having problems...as there's an evil man (Lloyd Bochner) who is bent on destroying the project. Who knows why...but you do see a few scenes of destruction and a showdown with the General and the baddie.
The concept was very interesting for its time and it looked less like a kid's show like Allen's "Lost in Space". And, interestingly, it would have replaced NBC's "Star Trek" which had just been canceled. Overall, a wildly interesting concept that you can see if you look for this on YouTube.
The concept was very interesting for its time and it looked less like a kid's show like Allen's "Lost in Space". And, interestingly, it would have replaced NBC's "Star Trek" which had just been canceled. Overall, a wildly interesting concept that you can see if you look for this on YouTube.