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GA, USA
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Posted: 12/18/2020 9:55:37 PM EST
A ton of stuff is piling up.
BSG reboot, Caprica. Firefly Lost In Space reboot Farscape Lexx Etc. I did the Babylon 5 and Stargate ones. Someday I need to finish DS9, Voyager I don’t want any that ended with unresolved cliffhangers like the Terminator series, that sucked, were canceled before fully developed, etc. I either read or watch something for an hour before going to bed each night. Thanks for any food reccs. |
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Posted: 12/18/2020 9:58:10 PM EST
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Sliders is a good time.
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Posted: 12/18/2020 9:59:20 PM EST
[Last Edit: Firestarter123]
[#2]
Also add:
Andromeda Continuum Eureka is fantastic Defiance Fringe V Z Nation for fun Warehouse 13 is great The Librarians |
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Posted: 12/18/2020 10:30:07 PM EST
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Sliders had a cliff hanger ending and last season sucked balls.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 12/18/2020 10:49:07 PM EST
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Lost in space reboot sucks....yuge
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Posted: 12/19/2020 1:25:33 AM EST
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Person of interest. First two season start out as a cop show. Things radically change to a singularity based sci fi show.
Past that, The Expanse is the best Sci Fi in a decade. |
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Posted: 12/22/2020 2:25:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By urbanredneck: Lost in space reboot sucks....yuge Agreed. I tried to gut through it thinking it would get better. It didn't. |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 8:24:51 AM EST
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Falling skies for 2 seasons
Jericho The Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan, not the jim caveizel remake) |
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Posted: 12/30/2020 8:48:03 AM EST
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Another vote for The Expanse. I tried watching it when it was first run, but kept getting distracted and just didn’t get into it. I recently binge watched it and now I am all caught up. It truly is some of the best story development I’ve ever seen.
The special effects are great, the characters have depth and the world is very well designed. You can believe that you’re watching a drama about real life and places. And if you like Star Wars, watch The Mandalorian. Jon Favroe has taken over and is fixing everything the Kennedy messed up with the last movies. This is the way. |
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Posted: 1/6/2021 12:57:16 AM EST
[Last Edit: Sirveaux]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By steelycr: Falling skies for 2 seasons Jericho The Prisoner (Patrick McGoohan, not the jim caveizel remake) When you get to the last episode of the Prisoner, just think of it as unrelated to the rest of the show. No spoilers, just treat it as something else. 80s Twilight Zone is far better than it was ever given credit for. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 7/10/2021 9:04:55 PM EST
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Space 1999
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OH, USA
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Posted: 7/13/2021 8:17:13 AM EST
[#11]
I like Space above and Beyond. Like Black Sheep Squadron in space. Although only 1 season and rushed last ep. Still a good watch
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WI, USA
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:07:37 PM EST
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Completely agree with Space 1999. First season had better stories although second season was graced with the lovely Catherine Schell.
Original Outer Limits is great and even the reboot seems good. |
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CT, USA
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Posted: 7/27/2021 7:50:10 PM EST
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Blake's 7.
The effects are horribly dated but it's a great story. I'd almost like to see it remade today, but woke bullshit would ruin it, like it ruined Doctor Who. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 7/27/2021 8:18:32 PM EST
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I second the original Outer Limits. I think it’s more cerebral than Twilight Zone.
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WA, USA
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Posted: 8/2/2021 1:11:21 AM EST
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The Star Lost was pretty entertaining. I've always liked Ark/Generation ship stories. Stars Keir Dullea of 2001 A Space Odyssey.
 The Starlost - Episode 1 "Voyage of Discovery" |
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Posted: 3/31/2022 3:33:00 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KPrice: Blake's 7. The effects are horribly dated but it's a great story. I'd almost like to see it remade today, but woke bullshit would ruin it, like it ruined Doctor Who. very much so... |
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USA
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Posted: 3/31/2022 4:20:12 PM EST
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The Dune Miniseries was pretty well done.
Lot more story was covered than in either movie. |
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MD, USA
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Posted: 3/31/2022 4:36:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Firestarter123: Sliders is a good time. I totally forgot about that show. The episode where they slid in to a universe that didn't devolp the A-bomb was awesome, especially what happened after they slid out of that world. The one where the world never had antibiotics was cool as well. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 3/31/2022 7:12:43 PM EST
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If you like Space 1999, try UFO. Yes, 60/70's effects but good stories.
 TYCOM |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 4/6/2022 12:38:34 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TYCOM: If you like Space 1999, try UFO. Yes, 60/70's effects but good stories. https://www.dealsanimg.com/d/l400/pict/203151634702_/ufo-tv-series-vintage-poster-a4-size.jpg TYCOM I was fascinated by it when I was about six years old. I bought the dvd set about a dozen years ago. |
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Posted: 4/7/2022 10:29:15 AM EST
[Last Edit: FrankyRay]
[#21]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By np149: Another vote for The Expanse. I tried watching it when it was first run, but kept getting distracted and just didn’t get into it. I recently binge watched it and now I am all caught up. It truly is some of the best story development I’ve ever seen. That was my experience, as well. I was so very happy that I went back a year later and gave it another go. All time favorite SciFi series now.  Also will add +1 for Fringe. I read a review that called it "the spiritual successor to The X-Files." I would agree. |
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Posted: 4/29/2022 9:32:50 AM EST
[Last Edit: steelycr]
[#22]
Some of the old Showtime shows were good too... Odessy 5, Jeremiah and Dead like me were all good, but short lived... idk if Jericho counts as sci fi, but I think this entire site agrees it was awesome!!!
Eta: the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy miniseries!!! |
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WA, USA
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Posted: 5/3/2022 1:01:46 AM EST
[#23]
Earth 2 and the first seasons of Earth Final Conflict and SeaQuest DSV.
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Posted: 5/3/2022 1:06:36 AM EST
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Stargate - which ones? Don’t forget there’s SGA, SGU, and a bunch of movies.
Older stuff … Doctor Who, Blake’s 7 |
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Posted: 5/5/2022 7:48:02 AM EST
[#25]
A few years ago there was a show on USA network called The Colony. Series takes place a few years after aliens have taken over the world within a matter of hours.
Three seasons were made, then it was cut before season 4 filmed. Regardless, it's still worth watching . |
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USA
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Posted: 5/5/2022 8:25:53 AM EST
[#26]
The Sarah Connor Chronicles was the best thing to happen to the Terminator franchise.
Instead of rehashing the same story they evolved it. The series truly went to dark and disturbing places. The characters were well done and acted. John begins to grow from rebellious, whiny, teen into the leader he needed to be. Sarah was crazy and hard as a coffin nail. Vicious, broken Jessie. Derek the hardass soldier. And Cameron the scary mystery: who programmed her? For what? Hell, even the abrupt cancellation can be viewed as a net positive, almost Twilight Zone shock ending. |
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Posted: 5/5/2022 8:28:21 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sq40: Person of interest. First two season start out as a cop show. Things radically change to a singularity based sci fi show. Past that, The Expanse is the best Sci Fi in a decade. Expanse is the best hard-scifi series ever. |
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Posted: 5/5/2022 8:40:22 AM EST
[#28]
It's not hardcore scifi, but Eureka was a good series. It's more entertainment focused than The Outer Limits / Twilight Zone.
It's been a long time, and I don't have any specific memories of the quality - - how about Ray Bradbury Theater? Alfred Hitchcock Presents? Night Gallery? |
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ME, USA
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Posted: 5/5/2022 5:58:55 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Moondog: A few years ago there was a show on USA network called The Colony. Series takes place a few years after aliens have taken over the world within a matter of hours. Three seasons were made, then it was cut before season 4 filmed. Regardless, it's still worth watching . Dark Matter and Travelers are other good shows canceled after 3 seasons, still entertaining despite the abrupt endings. Another one I liked was Defiance, it also ended early but at least had an ending written for it. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 2:49:35 PM EST
[#30]
What was the one or one plus season series in which the earth was deteriorating and a portal was discovered that could send selected people back to the time of the dinosaurs? An advanced group went back to build a fortified town that was settled by those selected. Forgot about that one.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 5/16/2022 6:43:09 PM EST
[#31]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sq40: Person of interest. First two season start out as a cop show. Things radically change to a singularity based sci fi show. Past that, The Expanse is the best Sci Fi in a decade. I thought you said POI changes up in season 2. I came back to ask wth? I'm giving it a shot and I'm half way through season 2. I hope 3 is worth the payout. It's not bad, but I'm waiting for the scifi to kick in 3. |
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Posted: 5/17/2022 5:14:26 PM EST
[#32]
Expanse is great. Reading it now.
Crusade was ok, but think it ended funny. It was a bablyon 5 spinoff. only one season made it I think. Like others said Falling Skies was alright, some of it good, some not. |
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Posted: 6/6/2022 1:36:15 AM EST
[#33]
Primeval. A bbc series
 Primeval - Series 1 Trailer (HD) |
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USA
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Posted: 6/6/2022 7:58:02 AM EST
[Last Edit: Master_Blaster]
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ender875: I like Space above and Beyond. Like Black Sheep Squadron in space. Although only 1 season and rushed last ep. Still a good watch FOX screwed the pooch on that project. Was getting really interesting, & they just ditched it. Cost may have been the issue. Babylon 5 is another good one. I heard Straczynski is working on a reboot. |
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Posted: 6/16/2022 9:17:22 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By keiswa: What was the one or one plus season series in which the earth was deteriorating and a portal was discovered that could send selected people back to the time of the dinosaurs? An advanced group went back to build a fortified town that was settled by those selected. Forgot about that one. Terra Nova? |
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Posted: 6/16/2022 9:19:01 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AtomicPunk09: I thought you said POI changes up in season 2. I came back to ask wth? I'm giving it a shot and I'm half way through season 2. I hope 3 is worth the payout. It's not bad, but I'm waiting for the scifi to kick in 3. Person of Interest is really good up thru season 4. I stopped watching after that |
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Posted: 8/9/2022 10:19:16 AM EST
[Last Edit: sefus]
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By strider98: Terra Nova? Sounds right. I always meant to watch it but never did. Loved sliders and space Above and beyond as a kid. Worried they won’t hold up to how I remembered them I just started rewatching The 100 yesterday. I liked the first season or two the first time around but petered out after maybe season four or so |
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USA
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Posted: 8/9/2022 11:11:52 AM EST
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Any reviews of The 4400?
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Posted: 9/27/2022 9:23:38 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By collector_rob: The Star Lost was pretty entertaining. I've always liked Ark/Generation ship stories. Stars Keir Dullea of 2001 A Space Odyssey.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Kv0VlJvNQI like that genre as well. I hate that Ascension was canceled. |
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MHL
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Posted: 9/30/2022 11:00:35 PM EST
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Supernatural.
A lot of people don't know about it but it ran for 15 seasons and was well liked.  Supernatural Season 1 Trailer |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 10/1/2022 9:22:55 AM EST
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A lot of good reccs here.
As for Supernatural, About 15 years ago it was icy rainy and on a Saturday afternoon I hit the treadmill in my little basement gym. I had a little TV and caught a show - a couple of brothers in a vintage car with a trunk load of guns hunting monsters. Why the network was running repeats of episodes from just one season ago, I didn’t quite understand, but I did watch a lot of the show. But never really a Sci Fi component, just, well, all supernatural, religious, etc. It also stuck out in my mind as the timeline really being off. Like the two main characters, the cars, background, etc. made way more sense if they had each been born a decade earlier, and the series had started in 1995 instead of 2005. Or, started in 2005, but they were each a decade older. (Which would have lost a younger fan base.) Somewhere along the line, someone explained to me the show creator/runner, was pretty much born exactly a decade before the younger brother on the show. And a decade before he was able to make the show in college already was making sample films of a pair adventurer, modern day road trip / western type concept hunting down the monsters that killed their parents. (And used the concept for the screenplay in Boogeyman as well.) Then for the go ahead for the show. A decade after the backstory, etc. did not quite fit anymore. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 10/2/2022 6:28:04 PM EST
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The Pretender is good. Plus Ms Parker is hot AF.
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Posted: 10/11/2022 2:51:54 PM EST
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The entire series "Land Of The Lost" is on youtube.
Pretty good for a kids' show. Larry Niven wrote an episode, iirc. |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 11/2/2022 5:51:50 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By derwood67: I second the original Outer Limits. I think it’s more cerebral than Twilight Zone. Amazing Sci-Fi - especially for the time. Plenty of actors who were just starting out, and later became famous. |
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Posted: 11/5/2022 5:49:52 PM EST
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Another vote for Fringe.
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MI, USA
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Posted: 11/5/2022 7:15:00 PM EST
[#46]
The Peripheral on Amazon is the best current SciFi show out. Followed by The Expanse. Upload on Amazon is also good, has plenty of dark humor.
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USA
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Posted: 11/5/2022 7:47:39 PM EST
[Last Edit: feudist]
[#47]
Just finished rewatch bingeing the entire Expanse series.
It's the Gold Standard. It actually explores Science Fiction concepts, implications and consequences as opposed to Wagon Train in space or Dungeons and Dragons of the future. The first 3 seasons (the Proto-molecule arc) are some of the best TV available. Everyone's complaint about the Naomi focused seasons 4 and 5 is spot on. The actress is a second banana, not a star, and the Filip storyline isn't compelling at all. Season 6 was sadly rushed, but is still serviceable. But even at its worst it's the best hard Sci-Fi going. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 11/6/2022 12:28:34 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thebrain: The Peripheral on Amazon is the best current SciFi show out. Followed by The Expanse. Upload on Amazon is also good, has plenty of dark humor. I found the book barely readable. Maybe it will be a case of the show being better. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 11/6/2022 12:37:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By feudist: Just finished rewatch bingeing the entire Expanse series. It's the Gold Standard. It actually explores Science Fiction concepts, implications and consequences as opposed to Wagon Train in space or Dungeons and Dragons of the future. The first 3 seasons (the Proto-molecule arc) are some of the best TV available. Everyone's complaint about the Naomi focused seasons 4 and 5 is spot on. The actress is a second banana, not a star, and the Filip storyline isn't compelling at all. Season 6 was sadly rushed, but is still serviceable. But even at its worst it's the best hard Sci-Fi going. True science fiction without magic transporters, FTL travel, artificial gravity, etc. can be interesting. I can live with constant acceleration well beyond what we have any hope of accomplishing in the near future. Space travel would not be very interesting without it. I can also live with some form of hibernation/suspended animation beyond anything we will be doing in the near future for the same reason. |
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