Give me your recent or ancient sci-fi shows that you like. I need them!
Season 1 of altered carbon and only season 1.
When I watched season 2 I was like “Oh OK, so we’re doing a completely different show now, got it”
I really like the idea of changing actors, it obviously fits right in with the main plot od the universe, but it felt too much like they changed the character. Joel Kinnaman really cemented what the character should be to me and I guess any other actor is going to play it slightly different.
Yeah, I actually liked the concept of changing actors for in-universe reasons. And I also prefer stories that evolve over time rather than just rehashing the same plots, characters, and settings. But evolve is the key word. Here, they changed everything at once (including the setting and supporting cast) and it just didn’t click for me. And most other people, apparently.
In no particular order
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Battlestar Galactica
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Farscape
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MST3K
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Travellers
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Most Star Trek and Stargate
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Dr Who
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Electric Sheep
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Twin Peaks
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X-Files
I’ll probably add to this as they occur to me
I really want to know why MST3K comes up on these lists so often. I sat down to watch it and it was just some shitty old movie being watched by 2 semi-funny average joes. Like, Gogglebox is better, and that’s not even good. What am I missing??
It was a show a bunch of us watched late at night for years. Cable didn’t have a ton of great options in the 90s. But mostly I love it because it’s made by huge nerds doing nerdy crap with props and generally having fun. It’s just a comfort show for me I reckon.
Agree. Also
- Firefly — if you somehow haven’t seen it yet
- Babylon 5 — if you can stick with it past a very rough season 1, seasons 2-4 are very good
- Stargate SG-1, and to a much lesser extent Atlantis
Ooh yeah all solid. Firefly obviously, Babylon 5 was a lot more enjoyable than I expected. And I did mention Stargate, but I’m only now kinda watching SG-1.
I second Battlestar Galactica. I keep meaning to rewatch it. All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again.
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The books (or audiobooks) of The Expanse continue the series. Highly recommended.
This might be obvious, but don’t think you can watch series and continue with books.
You could catch up, but the characters, while same, can be different. And the early books are worth it even when tou watched the show already.
Oh, yes, I meant to start again from the beginning with the books.
Firefly
Silo. Andor.
Yes to these also. Don’t sleep on Andor just because it’s Star Wars
You might like For All Mankind
The Culture series by Iain M Banks is fantastic
I just watched through Continuum. It’s pretty solid.
If Continuum’s not your thing and you’d prefer keeping with something space-y, but still want to stick with the “Canadian Sci-Fi Starring Roger Cross” genre, there’s the original Dark Matter.
I fucking hate how it has essentially turned into the next Idiocracy.
People are born with a life debt because corporation run everything. WTF. It’s not that bad yet but I see too many similarities happening.
…yeah. This was the second time I’ve watched the series, and it seemed way more relevant this time around than the last.
Love Continuum. Laughed at the “Canadian Sci-Fi starring Roger Cross” comment. Made me think 'Show where Richard Harmon plays a jerk whose kinda right (See also ‘The 100’). Or ‘Any Sci-Fi with Lexa Doig’- Continuum, Andromeda, a bit of SG-1. And Dark Matter was good, should have gotten more seasons.
I can’t look right now, but wasn’t there a comic that wrapped up after the cliffhanger when Dark Matter ended? Obv if there is, I haven’t seen it yet. Maybe I’m thinking of something else though.
i second Dark Matter (2015)
J. Michael Straczynski’s Babylon 5. Like most series it starts slow and awkward, but when it starts moving…also Crusade, a lesser known spinoff in the Babylon 5 universe that got pulled by the same creator because of network stupidity.
Later show G’Kar and Molari are worth it alone. The great story and actors is all just a lovely extra.
Crusade still lives on in my heart because of those crazy technomancer guys and their weird ships.
I have the DVD box set. Wish I could get my wife to watch it with me. She likes BSG but I feel like she’d just make fun of the graphics now. Also it might be too slow paced for her.
I was recently surprised by The Orville. A surprising project to come from Seth McFarlane, but an absolutely well-made homage to Star Trek.
Stargate SG1 + Atlantis + Universe
Fringe
DS9 has been my go-to lately, a classic now
People mention the old (ish) dark matter but I also quite enjoyed the new Dark Matter on apple TV.
If you have that then severance and silo are also on there. Apple is doing a great job with well written sci-fi.
Some classics and mostly UK ones (none, bar Red Dwarf, are set in space). Westworld, Fringe, Black Mirror, Red Dwarf, Bugs, The Lazarus Project, Life on Mars, Misfits, The Leftovers, Quantum Leap, Utopia, Severance.
Utopia is such an underrated show, it’s unlike anything else I’ve seen. The cinematography is first class
Ashes to Ashes is the conclusion of Life on Mars.
Ah, you mean Matthew Graham stuff rather than David Bowie.
