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Posted: 9/10/2010 7:13:21 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Farscape! On a side note... can anyone get into 'Fringe'? I like when I have watched but it doesn't hold my attention enough and I forget about it. It gets s bit redundant at times. yeah they tend to add filler a lot. i was getting into it but it seems to be going "lost" where there is just so much shit happening that it doesn't matter anymore, if this season is not the last I probably wont watch it I've gotten bored if never ending shows. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 7:24:55 PM EDT
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Don't bother with Fagalon 5.
Eureka. Warehouse 13 Sliders Brimstone LEXX Farscape Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Deep Space 9 |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 8:38:35 PM EDT
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Dune. Dune - from scifi- not the crappy movie |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 8:42:04 PM EDT
[#4]
Space:ABove and Beyond
From across the pond- Red Dwarf and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 8:49:23 PM EDT
[#5]
nuthin i havnt heard of yet.. does that mean theres nuthin else worth while out there or that u guys just suck?
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:08:09 PM EDT
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Give Stargate SG1 a shot. I am really enjoying it, just about to start on season three.
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:14:57 PM EDT
[#7]
really sg1? never heard of that...
couple that havn't been listed yet earth final conflict, seaquest dsv/2032 and to the guy that doesn't like babylon 5 are you classified as human? lexx was a really weird show but entertaining at the time of night when it usually aired. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:15:18 PM EDT
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Quoted: Don't bother with Fagalon 5. Eureka. Warehouse 13 Sliders Brimstone LEXX Farscape Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Deep Space 9 I simply could not get into the series at all. Now the original 4 films were seriously amazing. I watched them first run on Showtime (Tales from a Parallel Universe) and bought them on DVD from Canada the moment they were available. Even have the soundtrack CD. Eva > Xenia   |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:25:07 PM EDT
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Quoted: seaquest dsv/2032 I think Al Gore wrote that one. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:27:48 PM EDT
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probably.. I havnt seen it since I was in grade school they always had a little science fact from woods hole at the end
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:34:06 PM EDT
[#11]
I tried watching it again, and couldn't get past the overwhelming hippiefeelgoodsavetheplanet BS.
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:39:03 PM EDT
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Quoted: I'll throw another in here that probably won't get much love... Andromeda. It has its shortcomings but I enjoyed it. Would however put it further down on the list to everything that's been mentioned in the thread so far.  Don't short sell Andromeda, it had some excellent stuff early on. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:40:06 PM EDT
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SeaQuest started off pretty good, even with the eco-environmental slant, but went off the rails.
Reminded me of Lost In Space. Great premise, good execution to begin and then...   |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:40:56 PM EDT
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Lot of good recommendations in here. I'll second Eureka since it's still running, and then direct you to the anime department. The cerebral action of Ghost in the Shell and its followon TV series as well as the derived-from Appleseed (198x and 2004), the original (and still extremely powerful and effective) Robotech series, the mindfuck Neon Genesis Evangelion series, the delightful and hilarious Full Metal Panic! series, and so many others.
Animation gives those developers a lot of freedom that Live action TV series lack. No set or character restrictions, no real catastrophe in being too daring or non-formulaic. There's still a tremendous amount of bad anime, but the 2% that's really good is comparable to the best Hollywood products. Speaking of which, try movies. Dark City Knowing Moon Children of Men Watchmen Etc. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:41:39 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I'll throw another in here that probably won't get much love... Andromeda. It has its shortcomings but I enjoyed it. Would however put it further down on the list to everything that's been mentioned in the thread so far. Don't short sell Andromeda, it had some excellent stuff early on. It turns into the Kevin Sorbo Power Hour at season 2. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:41:40 PM EDT
[#16]
ah so its one of those things that should be best kept as a memory? shame. I guess I really am out of sci fi series to watch :( until they release the last season of sliders not so much for the quality of the season as its the end of the series and I've already got the other 4 seasons. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:43:22 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I'll throw another in here that probably won't get much love... Andromeda. It has its shortcomings but I enjoyed it. Would however put it further down on the list to everything that's been mentioned in the thread so far. Don't short sell Andromeda, it had some excellent stuff early on. Short sell it? I have the Slipstream Edition DVD set of the entire series.  And you've got to admit that she's a beautiful and unique ship design.   |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:49:15 PM EDT
[#18]
it sorta looks like the ship from the spoof movie galaxy quest heh
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Posted: 9/10/2010 9:53:52 PM EDT
[#19]
Quoted: it sorta looks like the ship from the spoof movie galaxy quest heh Galaxy Quest is a quality Sci Fi movie, too. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:03:26 PM EDT
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Babylon 5 is a great series, it really raises the bar of what a sci-fi show should be. I'd start with season 2-4 and then check out season1 (1 was a slow starter and did not really do much)
The Sara Connors Chronicles is another great show that died an early death. Cowboy Bebop was fricking awesome and well worth it. Try to track down 'Ashes to Ashes', a British series that is only 24 eps long. It is the sequel to "Life on Mars". All you need to know about Life is a cop named Sam Tyler gets hit by a car and wakes up in the 70s and has no idea what happened to him. Ashes has his shrink (Alex) get shot in the head in 2008 and wakes up in 1983. It does a great job of poking fun at 80s TV, and is part cop drama, part sci-fi. The show wraps up neatly and is worth the watch. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:06:27 PM EDT
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I only saw a few episodes but I thought Sanctuary was pretty good. I just started watching Dr. WHo but can really find myself caring when its david tennet playing the doctor
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:11:05 PM EDT
[#22]
Watch Star Gate Universe.
You do not need to have seen any of the others and it is relatively unrelated to the rest of the storyline / other series. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:12:51 PM EDT
[#23]
Quoted: Quoted: it sorta looks like the ship from the spoof movie galaxy quest heh Galaxy Quest is a quality Sci Fi movie, too. Better than many actual "serious" films. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:13:11 PM EDT
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Quoted: Space- Above and Beyond best sci fi series ever IMO |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:19:51 PM EDT
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it sorta looks like the ship from the spoof movie galaxy quest heh Galaxy Quest is a quality Sci Fi movie, too. Better than many actual "serious" films. +1 Galaxy Quest should have its poster in the dictionary under parody. PERFECT, PERFECT, PERFECT way to do parody. It doesn't get so serious you lose sight of what it is and how funny it is, but it doesn't get so corny (the pit almost ALL parody falls into) that you start groaning. It all comes together to make a movie that's fantastic in its own right, very funny if you're not a Star Trek: TOS fan, and FUCKING HILARIOUS if you are a Star Trek: TOS fan. A better done parody does not exist. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:27:19 PM EDT
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SPACE: 1999
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:30:52 PM EDT
[#27]
Another vote for Andromeda (season 1 only).
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:41:20 PM EDT
[#28]
Quoted: Quoted: Space- Above and Beyond best sci fi series ever IMO as much as I love saab its still second to b5 in both story and cool ass space fighters and I say that with hammerheads as my desktop wallpaper. eta: oh yeah don't forget crusade after ur done watching b5 the movies. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:46:51 PM EDT
[#29]
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Just finished up watching the newer Battlestar Galactica series, thought it was pretty good. Thinking about starting Caprica next. What else is decent to watch that was made in the past 10 years or so? Only other series I've watched is Firefly. Thanks. vmax84 HAve you watched the Battlestar galatica movies? Of course there is the original one but there is also 'Razor' and 'The plan' both of which cover back stories related to the tv show. Razor deals with the Battlestar Pegasus and how they came to meet up with BSG. While its good, the movie 'the plan' is actually a lot better because it fills in a lot of unanswered questions from the series. Like where that "TV anchor" Caprica 6 came from or how the asian chick was sabotaging BSG without her own knowledge. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:49:57 PM EDT
[#30]
Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Space- Above and Beyond best sci fi series ever IMO as much as I love saab its still second to b5 in both story and cool ass space fighters and I say that with hammerheads as my desktop wallpaper. eta: oh yeah don't forget crusade after ur done watching b5 the movies. I have tried to like Babylon 5 the show's battles and stuff look terrific and is quite epic in scope but could never get into it Jerry Doyle is pretty cool though |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:57:43 PM EDT
[#31]
Babayon 5
ST: Deep Space 9 Stargate SG1 Stargate Atlantis The funny thing is, Stargate recycles actors from pretty much every other Sci-Fi franchise... Most of the Star Trek: TNG cast shows up in cameos somewhere in Stargate... Some with rather similar personalities (Doc from Voyager) Others in entirely different positions (The guy who played Miles Obrien on Star Trek... And the lady who played 'Inara' on Firefly... Not so 'nice' characters in Stargate land (alright, 'Inara' is dowright evil)....)..... |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 10:59:41 PM EDT
[#32]
Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I'll throw another in here that probably won't get much love... Andromeda. It has its shortcomings but I enjoyed it. Would however put it further down on the list to everything that's been mentioned in the thread so far. Don't short sell Andromeda, it had some excellent stuff early on. Short sell it? I have the Slipstream Edition DVD set of the entire series. And you've got to admit that she's a beautiful and unique ship design. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_7NduKsyhQUo/TIsWsTCqx_I/AAAAAAAAQ18/jPZHgPyaMOg/andromeda_ascendant_large.jpg Other than aliens, guns and and special effects that often looked like they came off the set of a bad kid's action show (eg Power Rangers).... It got better as the show went on & they 'fixed' most of that.... With that said, Andromeda features one of the most potent weapons of mass destruction in all of TV/movie sci-fi... 'Nova Bomb'... Yes, it does exactly what the name says.... |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:00:04 PM EDT
[#33]
Quoted: The funny thing is, Stargate recycles actors from pretty much every other Sci-Fi franchise... It's like the nexus of all Sci Fi shows. It doesn't hurt, of course, that it's the longest running in history. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:01:16 PM EDT
[#34]
Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis... you can skip Universe.
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:02:48 PM EDT
[#35]
Quoted: Quoted: The funny thing is, Stargate recycles actors from pretty much every other Sci-Fi franchise... It's like the nexus of all Sci Fi shows. It doesn't hurt, of course, that it's the longest running in history. That's my point... It's kind of fun to look through & figure out where you've seen everyone before... Especially the ones in 180-opposite roles ('Miles Obrian' vs Chief Cowan) |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:02:48 PM EDT
[#36]
Quoted: With that said, Andromeda features one of the most potent weapons of mass destruction in all of TV/movie sci-fi... 'Nova Bomb'... Yes, it does exactly what the name says.... I'm also rather turned on by their lack of aversion to "gunboat diplomacy." |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:04:31 PM EDT
[#37]
Quoted: Quoted: With that said, Andromeda features one of the most potent weapons of mass destruction in all of TV/movie sci-fi... 'Nova Bomb'... Yes, it does exactly what the name says.... I'm also rather turned on by their lack of aversion to "gunboat diplomacy." Of course, the show is about a fanatical former-soldier who was frozen in time along with his ship, in a future SHTF, trying to restore law and order to the universe... |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:10:46 PM EDT
[#38]
I can't believe Voyager and X Files hasn't been mentioned! Those are my suggestions |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:26:20 PM EDT
[#39]
Yes X-Files for sure. Fringe is pretty watchable too.
Twin Peaks if you want to stretch the definition a bit. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:40:35 PM EDT
[#40]
Quoted: Quoted: The funny thing is, Stargate recycles actors from pretty much every other Sci-Fi franchise... It's like the nexus of all Sci Fi shows. It doesn't hurt, of course, that it's the longest running in history. Not anywhere close to to Doctor Who. 769 episodes and counting. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:43:04 PM EDT
[#41]
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Jericho is another one that comes to mind. but Im guessing the majority of arfcom already seen it. Yep. It's pretty far removed from your typical Aliens-From-Outer-Space kind of Sci-Fi TV series, but wonderful nonetheless... 
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:45:04 PM EDT
[#42]
Quoted: Not anywhere close to to Doctor Who. 769 episodes and counting. But that's British, they don't count. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:46:58 PM EDT
[#43]
yeah garibaldi was great. jacob carter was in an episode of b5 and weyoune from ds9 was in another heh. I always found it cool how they all apear on different shows. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:56:43 PM EDT
[#44]
Quoted: Quoted: Not anywhere close to to Doctor Who. 769 episodes and counting. But that's British, they don't count. Fair enough. |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:59:12 PM EDT
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If you're not opposed to watching anime, Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell are good series. +1 And various Gundams(I don't like the "Gundam Fight" series, but the UC-original and following, Wing, Seed, and 00 are all good), Akira(movie), Blood+, Death Note |
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Posted: 9/10/2010 11:59:58 PM EDT
[#46]
Quoted: Blood+  |
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Posted: 9/11/2010 12:04:23 AM EDT
[#47]
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http://wallpapers.boolsite.net/srv12/Images/Wallpapers/SerieTV/StargateSG1/StargateSG1_01.jpg /thread All ten season are on Hulu, and it'd only take about a week to power through them. 
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Posted: 9/11/2010 12:07:23 AM EDT
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Blood+
I really wasn't expecting much, but it was a complete anime series for streaming on Netflix. My wife really got into it, and into GITS and Death Note as well. I go more towards Gundam generally but Blood+ was actually pretty good. |
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Posted: 9/11/2010 12:08:58 AM EDT
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Quoted: Lets see off the top of my head.... Jeff Combs was in Voyager, DS9, Enterprise and B5.yeah garibaldi was great. jacob carter was in an episode of b5 and weyoune from ds9 was in another heh. I always found it cool how they all apear on different shows. Lexa Doig was in Andromeda and SG-1 as were Michael Shanks, Chris Judge, Steve Bacic and Don Davis. Also Michael Hogan from BSG was on Andromeda as well. Lexa and Michael met and fell in love on Andromeda. Oddly enough they both played ships avatars that fell for each other. They played opposite each other again on another episode after they were married. The last episodes of Andromeda you'll notice that Lexa had some *very* nice ta-ta's. She and Micheal had their first child during that time. Geek bonus points: In SG-1 the actress that played Sha're (Daniel's wife) was married to Michael at the time. |
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Posted: 9/11/2010 12:10:45 AM EDT
[#50]
Quoted: Quoted: http://wallpapers.boolsite.net/srv12/Images/Wallpapers/SerieTV/StargateSG1/StargateSG1_01.jpg /thread All ten season are on Hulu, and it'd only take about a week to power through them. NetFlix too. Last 2 of SG-1 and all of Atlantis and SGU are in HD. (I'm doing Atlantis right now) |
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