Starman (the TV series, NOT the far inferior movie) is a wonderful rarity among shows of having a dad and his son loving and concerned with one another, sadly taboo in today's vile media cesspool obsessed with destroying the true family via pro-ven mental illness counterfeits(those its not "politically correct" to mention without censorship by hypocrites who demand First Amendment protection only for themselves), indeed and any intimate relationships outside of true marriage, civilization's bedrock, under vicious attack by so many. Dads are always depicted as fools or worse, and when dads and sons love each other, sick lying media often try to twist it into something as twisted and perverted as they are. Sadly this is why Starman had to be destroyed. It was moved among bad time slots to pretend ratings were the cause of its demise, the media being ultimately focused on lust, for power and depravity the deluded deceive themselves into thinking is being "open-minded," not ultimately money, or they'd focus on G movie moneymakers, not PG and above losers, usually badly done. I hope one day today's fools will wake up to how crucial Dads are, and the Moms standing by them, especially but not just for sons, instead of sticking narcissist heads in the sand, denying reality, reason and civilization. I had to put a dash in "pro-ven" because the blasted spellchecker kept mistakenly "correcting" it to the erroneous "proved." Computer programs are so stupid.

I liked the way that people would expect Starman to be a jerk (because the guy who's body he copied was kind of a jerk), but he would end up inspiring hope in everyone. I was impressed with how he handled his captor, George Fox, in the next to last episode.In the motion picture, I always felt that it was wrong for Starman to get Jennie Hayden pregnant and just leave her. The TV series sort of helped to redeem that.It made sense that, as an alien, he had a completely fresh perspective on things, and thus was a very creative photographer.The stories were all set in the southwest U.S. The scene of Starman first emerging in Paul's body was cool.A unique show that appeals to lovers of peace & social justice. I remember seeing a bumper sticker after it was cancelled: "Starman will return in a moment." The show was something new under the sun.

I was 14 years old when "Starman" the TV series premiered and I loved the show from the get-go. It was helpful that CB Barnes was a bit of a babe but it was the quality of writing on the show that kept me watching every week. In fact, I was so disappointed when they kept switching the time-slot that I was not surprised when they canceled it. In fact, I was incredibly upset because they kept really pathetic shows on the air and gave "Starman" the shaft.Funny enough, there were enough people that felt the same as me that there were "Blue Lights" clubs all over North America that wrote angry letters and petitions to have "Starman" continue. After months of fighting, it was clear that ABC had no intention of giving it the opportunity it deserved. If anyone knows how I could buy the two seasons that "Starman" was on the air, please let me know. I would love to add this series to my DVD collection and finally give it the credit it deserves.

This TV show to the movie wasn't bad at all. It wasn't stellar, but it was fairly interesting, and sometimes cool. I used to be very pumped to watch this show back in 1986 when I was in 3rd grade. Here's the gist of the TV series---The Alien returns to Earth and takes up a new human form, this time the body of a dead photographer named Paul Forrester. Paul/The Alien then finds his son Scott. Though how his son aged 14 years in 2 years is beyond me. The movie took place in 1984, this TV series took place in 1986, so the age difference in the kid always baffled me. For a while I thought the kid just aged quickly, being half alien and all. But it was clear that the TV series ignored some key elements of the movie and constantly says the Alien's first visit as happening "14 years ago", aka 1972, not 1984. Anyway, this was a good show. Though why Paul/The Alien was always searching for Jenny/His wife was confusing to me. So you find the mom and then what? I don't remember all the details of the series, but I do know that it ended on a boring note. They find the mother, and the show ended bam like that. After just one year. Very depressing. I thought this series had a lot more potential, but it never lived up to it. "Starman" basically worked like "The Incredible Hulk", with Paul/The Alien and his son Scott going from town to town looking for Jenny and helping out some strange goobers along the ways.By the way, I heard Sci-Fi Channel has started airing this series at night on the weekends. Check your local listings.