Island City Opening Credits (1994 Unsold Pilot)
Why Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange recommends it
Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange answerers link it as visual proof when identifying half-remembered 90s post-apocalyptic TV pilots and movies, since the show never aired as a series.
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What it is
A two-minute clip of the opening credits from Island City, an unsold 1994 feature-length TV pilot set in a post-apocalyptic future where a youth drug turned most people into violent proto-humans. It was uploaded by the channel Foywonder and shows cast names including Kevin Conroy and Eric McCormack.
What people said
Cites Omegacron · 2014-07 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “90s (or earlier) SciFi movie - glowing lights in chests to indicate attraction”
If it's the one I'm thinking of, it was a pilot for a series that never aired called "Island City" (1994). Does this sound familiar? From Wikipedia [LINK] : In the future, humanity develops a "fountain of youth" drug, but as many people around the world begin to take it, most begin to mutate into a barbaric proto-humanoid state. The few people immune to this side-effect of the drug band together and live in a futuristic city while the mutants live in the vast wasteland outside its gates. ... Citizens of the city wore a colored crystal on their sternum and could only mate with other citizens of the same color, which was based on the individual's genetic makeup. Progeny that resulted from bree
Cites Omegacron · 2015-04 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Post-apocalypse scifi series with two human classes”
This may have been the pilot for a series that never aired, called "Island City". The show featured a team that lived in the nice, climate-controlled city, yet often went out into the surrounding wasteland to help others and/or police the savages. From Wikipedia [LINK] : In the future, humanity develops a "fountain of youth" drug, but as many people around the world begin to take it, most begin to mutate into a barbaric proto-humanoid state. The few people immune to this side-effect of the drug band together and live in a futuristic city while the mutants live in the vast wasteland outside its gates. Thanks to the wonders of Youtube, here's the intro. : The show had some popular 90's actors
Cites William Jackson · 2017-05 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “80s or 90s movie, caste system, colored crystals, desert, military vehicles”
In the 1994 film Island City [LINK] , Citizens of the city wore a colored crystal on their sternum and could only mate with other citizens of the same color, which was based on the individual's genetic makeup. The city is surrounded by a desert-like wasteland, and the opening credits [this video] include an eight-wheeled armored vehicle.
Cites eshier · 2017-07 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “TV Movie/Series about a man with higher pain tolerance”
This would be the failed TV pilot Island City (1994). From Wikipedia [LINK] : In the future, humanity develops a "fountain of youth" drug, but as many people around the world begin to take it, most begin to mutate into a barbaric proto-humanoid state. The few people immune to this side-effect of the drug band together and live in a futuristic city while the mutants live in the vast wasteland outside its gates. In an effort to save the human race and understand what went wrong, the city sends out research missions in fortified vehicles to bring back mutated humans for research, and to rescue healthy humans. The film focuses on one such squad of soldiers and scientists. The "fortified vehicle"
Cites FuzzyBoots · 2022-04 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Cancelled series on WOR channel 9 or WPIX 11 in the 70’s about a dystopian future humans live underground”
Do you think it might be Island City [LINK] as per 90s (or earlier) SciFi movie - glowing lights in chests to indicate attraction [LINK] ? In the future, humanity develops a "fountain of youth" drug, but as many people around the world begin to take it, most begin to mutate into a barbaric proto-humanoid state. The few people immune to this side-effect of the drug band together and live in a futuristic city while the mutants live in the vast wasteland outside its gates. Opening Credits As you can see in the credits, one of the members of the military squad has the enlarged cranium of the "proto-humanoids", but is articulate, and indeed has a romance situation with one of the female squad mem
Cites FuzzyBoots · 2023-03 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “TV show set in the future after humanity evolved?”
I have my doubts on it being a proper match, but a partial match is the 1994 film/pilot episode, Island City [LINK] . In the future, humanity develops a "fountain of youth" drug, but as many people around the world begin to take it, most begin to mutate into a barbaric proto-humanoid state. The few people immune to this side-effect of the drug band together and live in a futuristic city while the mutants live in the vast wasteland outside its gates. In an effort to save the human race and understand what went wrong, the city sends out research missions in fortified vehicles to bring back mutated humans for research, and to rescue healthy humans. The film focuses on one such squad of soldiers