# UFO (1970 TV series)

16 Hacker News commenters recommended UFO (1970 TV series) and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend this 1970 Gerry Anderson series for its memorable theme, mystery, spaceships and surprisingly adult, dark tone. Critics say its sexist attitudes and repetitive episodes are the main drawback.

## Why people recommend it

- Memorable theme music and opening (4 comments): "I came for the (at the time) great theme song, but I stayed for the mystery of the UFOs, the spaceships and moon base" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49769920)) "The opening credits theme music and editing are just brilliant." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49770773)) "Great stuff. The opening montage always grabbed me." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46056826))
- Creative sci-fi vision and mystery (2 comments): "I came for the (at the time) great theme song, but I stayed for the mystery of the UFOs, the spaceships and moon base" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49769920)) "An incredible show and such a creative vision of a future that alas never came to pass." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49771170))
- Holds up well today (2 comments): "I rewatched this series a few years ago and was surprised that it held up as well as it did" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49770174)) "Some of the themes are still progressive today, like the episode about unconscious racism." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772079))
- Nostalgic favourite from childhood (2 comments): "I lapped this up eagerly when it was first syndicated in the US" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49770940)) "one of my favorite shows when I was 10" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49770796))

## What people warn about

- Sexist, misogynistic attitudes (2 comments): "it's so sexist and misogynistic it's almost disturbing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754275)) "struggled with the misogynistic imagery and attitudes just watching the first couple of episodes" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49769842))
- Dull, repetitive episodes (2 comments): "episodes were soooooo dull. The plot premises seemed promising, but the development was poor." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46085438)) "Most probably were bored by the repetitive nature of that series." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49770761))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Halt and Catch Fire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/halt-and-catch-fire.md): 166 recommend
- [Babylon 5](https://hackerapproved.com/p/babylon-5.md): 86 recommend
- [Silicon Valley (TV series)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/silicon-valley.md): 52 recommend
- [Andor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andor.md): 52 recommend
- [The Wire](https://hackerapproved.com/p/wire.md): 39 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "UFO (1970 TV series)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ufo/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).