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Favorite Science Fiction Shows

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Grohl Dovah
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-05-21 20:44:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Grohl Dovah
Was curious to see what other eve players are into and would like to broaden my sci-fi pallet. Been watching Farscape, which surprisingly is a great show. Currently on season 3 and needing some more shows to add to my list.

I would have to say Star Trek: The Next Generation is my favorite series but I like any good sci fi.

So, any recommendations anime/live will do fine or if I have already seen it, it would be nice to have some discussions.


EDIT: Thought ti would be helpful to put what I have seen so far

Star Trek: TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT and some of the TOS

Doctor Who: All of the new series and some of the older

Torchwood

Firefly

Farscape- Just Finished

Stargate: Just started

Anime:
Cowboy Bebop
Ghost in the Shell
Outlaw Star
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Gundam Wing

There is obviously more but just can't think of them, all add to it when i think of them
Ituhata Saken
Killboard Padding Services
#2 - 2012-05-21 21:06:49 UTC
Grohl Dovah wrote:
Was curious to see what other eve players are into and would like to broaden my sci-fi pallet. Been watching Farscape, which surprisingly is a great show. Currently on season 3 and needing some more shows to add to my list.

I would have to say Star Trek: The Next Generation is my favorite series but I like any good sci fi.

So, any recommendations anime/live will do fine or if I have already seen it, it would be nice to have some discussions.


Battlestar Galactica reimagined & Firefly, to name my most recent favorites. If you want some old cheesy Babylon 5 had a good story run after the initial season. For anime I like Cowboy Beebop, but I never really broadened my horizons in that genre.

So close...

Sidus Isaacs
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2012-05-21 21:33:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Sidus Isaacs
Babylon 5, Red Dwarf, TNG, DS9 (and to a lesser extent Voyager), Firefly, Battlestar (the new one) are the top ones I have seen.

Edit, and of course Futurama ;)
Ituhata Saken
Killboard Padding Services
#4 - 2012-05-21 21:39:13 UTC
Sidus Isaacs wrote:

Edit, and of course Futurama ;)


I am ashamed! How could I have forgotten Futurama?!? Lol

So close...

FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#5 - 2012-05-21 21:45:00 UTC  |  Edited by: FloppieTheBanjoClown
I watched all of Star Trek once and have no intention of doing it again. I enjoyed TNG when I was a kid but I feel like I've outgrown it. The show takes itself far too seriously for something that gets so silly at times. I was also not a fan of Battlestar Galactica. It had brilliant potential and about 25% of the episodes were amazing, it was the 75% filler content that made it so disappointing for me. It would have made a GREAT 22 arc across one or two seasons.

Some of my favorites:

Space: Above and Beyond (this one will be fun to find) - A great one-season sci fi war flick that was among the first to show space combat that felt like more than a rehash of Star Wars or Star Trek.

Babylon 5: The most epic story arc ever. The first season is slow, but when you realize that things said in the first season are relevant to the events in the fourth, you'll be glad you watched it. The fifth season almost didn't happen and the primary events that were scheduled for it got condensed into the fourth. So S5 feels a bit like it's tacked on, but it does stay true to the original planned story arc and covers all the stuff that got cut when S4/S5 got pushed into one season.

Farscape: OP is watching this already, but I want to recommend it to everyone. It's a great piece of storytelling and has amazing characters.

Stargate (SG1, Atlantis, and Universe were all pretty good): If you haven't seen this,watch it. You'll know you're hooked when you understand what "In the middle of my backswing???" means.

Doctor Who: Old ones are kind of tedious, new ones are awesome.

Firefly: Seriously, if you haven't watched this we need to revoke your Sci Fi Club member card.

Founding member of the Belligerent Undesirables movement.

Grohl Dovah
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#6 - 2012-05-21 21:46:43 UTC
Firefly is freaking awesome!!! Serenity is also a great movie. I am pretty pissed that it only lasted a season. Firefly reminded me of a live action Cowboy Bebop to an extent. I have seen all of TNG, DS9 and Voyager. All great shows in their own way.

I have been wanting to see Babylon 5. Especially after reading the conspiracy of the Series Bible and how the first season of DS9 and Babylon 5 are roughly the same.

Futurama is hilarious will always be a classic!!

Anyone watch Doctor Who? Been into for a long time and kind of sad about how it is becoming a fad.

It looks like Battlestar is the next on the list since I have seen almost all of the awesome shows you guys posted.
Grohl Dovah
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#7 - 2012-05-21 21:57:13 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:


Space: Above and Beyond (this one will be fun to find)


I love a good hunt. I remember i almost shat myself when i discovered an old Nickelodeon sci-fi show, Space Cases.


FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:

Babylon 5: The most epic story arc ever. The first season is slow, but when you realize that things said in the first season are relevant to the events in the fourth, you'll be glad you watched it. The fifth season almost didn't happen and the primary events that were scheduled for it got condensed into the fourth. So S5 feels a bit like it's tacked on, but it does stay true to the original planned story arc and covers all the stuff that got cut when S4/S5 got pushed into one season.


That's what i hear. Are the rumors about the first season of Babylon 5 and DS9 true?

FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:


Farscape: OP is watching this already, but I want to recommend it to everyone. It's a great piece of storytelling and has amazing characters.


I also recommend it, it is amazing and it always leaves me on the edge of my seat. Also, Jim Henson Production is the production company, so all the props,puppets and costumes are unique and legit.

FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:

Stargate (SG1, Atlantis, and Universe were all pretty good): If you haven't seen this,watch it. You'll know you're hooked when you understand what "In the middle of my backswing???" means.


Already on my netflix queue!!!


FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:

Doctor Who: Old ones are kind of tedious, new ones are awesome.


I agree, the old ones are hard to get into but have great stories. I think it's the 60' and 70's effects. Although i would recommend anyone starting out with the new series with 9th doctor. Please don't start with the 11th, you will loose so much story telling and all the hidden jokes.

Also Torchwood is great!!!
Alara IonStorm
#8 - 2012-05-22 05:09:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Alara IonStorm
DS9 and Firefly are both great.

The DS9 Episode In the Pale Moonlight is probably my favorite.

Star wars the Clone Wars was not what I expected. Murder, Torture (Once to death), Firebombing villages full of starving civilians, mass casualties, hostage taking, blowing up hospital stations, acts of genocide, slavery... the list goes on and on. They basically said screw the sensors.

It isn't bad.
Copine Callmeknau
Dirty Vagrants
Intergalactic Space Hobos
#9 - 2012-05-22 07:59:01 UTC
Bit disappointed that I've already seen almost everything in this thread.

I'll have a hunt around on my comp, I'm sure there was some sci-fi show I've clued onto recently that was quite good.

There should be a rather awesome pic here

Sidus Isaacs
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#10 - 2012-05-22 09:29:18 UTC
Copine Callmeknau wrote:
Bit disappointed that I've already seen almost everything in this thread.

I'll have a hunt around on my comp, I'm sure there was some sci-fi show I've clued onto recently that was quite good.


There aren't that many good sci-fi shows actually, at lest not far future ones.
Mina Hiragi
Perkone
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-05-22 12:10:40 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
Space: Above and Beyond (this one will be fun to find) - A great one-season sci fi war flick that was among the first to show space combat that felt like more than a rehash of Star Wars or Star Trek.


Nobody ever knows what I'm talking about when I mention S:A&B. Cry Had I a monocle, I would lift it to you, good sir.

Grohl Dovah wrote:
Especially after reading the conspiracy of the Series Bible and how the first season of DS9 and Babylon 5 are roughly the same.


They're fairly equivalent, yes. Random crap happening on a psuedo-interesting space station, with a few episodes set to lay the groundwork for the overall plots of each series. It goes rather farther than that, though - DS9's later seasons are awash in, "Last week, on Babylon 5..." Blink

Absolutely nothing wrong with that; it's probably why DS9 was the only Trek series with a coherent, epic plot. And it's not like JMS wasn't digging around in Tolkien's pockets for B5. Good artists create; great artists steal. P
Whadafool
State War Academy
Caldari State
#12 - 2012-05-22 12:34:04 UTC
some things not already mentioned:

Star Trek Enterprise (the new one)

Stargate Universe (although annoyingly they axed it)

Lost (this counts right ;))

Quantum leap (oldy but a goody)

Lexx (very surreal - be warned)

V (again axed-grrr)

Dark Angel (i enjoyed it - so sue me :P)

Cant think of any others atm. I remember Farscape with a great fondness, loved that program. It ends quite nicely as well ;)

stuff

Elena Melkan
Magellanic Itg
Goonswarm Federation
#13 - 2012-05-22 13:03:43 UTC
Babylon 5 - already mentioned several times in this thread and not without a reason. The first season is really "meh" and full of boring fillers which make it feel like the story is not going on at all. Some episodes don't even make sense. But once you have watched that, it's guaranteed that you will enjoy the 2nd, 3rd and 4th seasons, they are really good. I don't honestly know what happened when the show switched from season 1 to season 2, perhaps they got a new writer? The storyline is dynamic and well-thought throughout those three seasons. Even the most simplest scenes that you would normally just ignore for them being insignificant are linked to later events in the plot, which is great and quite uncommon for shows like this.

FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#14 - 2012-05-22 13:43:35 UTC
Whadafool wrote:
some things not already mentioned:

Star Trek Enterprise (the new one)

Stargate Universe (although annoyingly they axed it)

Lost (this counts right ;))

Quantum leap (oldy but a goody)

Lexx (very surreal - be warned)

V (again axed-grrr)

Dark Angel (i enjoyed it - so sue me :P)

Cant think of any others atm. I remember Farscape with a great fondness, loved that program. It ends quite nicely as well ;)


You and I differ greatly in opinions of what constitutes "good" :)

Enterprise was decent. I'm not a *huge* Star Trek fan, but if you're going to watch 24 seasons of TOS/TNG/DS9/Voyager, you might as well watch the 4 that make up Enterprise so you can say you did it. It had some good episodes, like every Star Trek.

Lost started as a great light sci fi mystery show, meandered in the middle, and went for outright nonsense in the last season. They completely abandoned interesting plots and clearly had a massive change in direction halfway through.

I'm not sure I'd call Quantum Leap real sci fi. The sci fi is just a lose wrapper to enable the plot premise.

Lexx was terrible. I have no other word for it. I found Andromeda to be more tolerable.

V had a strong start and then spent too long doing nothing. It's a common problem among network television sci-fi: they try to treat it like it's Grey's Anatomy and spend a whole season developing characters with no real plot advancement. That doesn't work with scifi fans.

Founding member of the Belligerent Undesirables movement.

MetalHermit
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2012-05-22 13:45:44 UTC
Plenty of good shows listed here. Familiar with most although I haven't taken the plunge with Star Trek series as of yet.
New version of "The Outer Limits" is still my personal favourite sci-fi show.
Two entries regarding anime I'd honestly recommend are Planetes, a hard-scifi about near-future orbital garbagemen and certain Gundam series like Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Gundam Wing, Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny and Mobile suit Gundam 00.
Whadafool
State War Academy
Caldari State
#16 - 2012-05-22 14:00:24 UTC
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
Whadafool wrote:
some things not already mentioned:

Star Trek Enterprise (the new one)

Stargate Universe (although annoyingly they axed it)

Lost (this counts right ;))

Quantum leap (oldy but a goody)

Lexx (very surreal - be warned)

V (again axed-grrr)

Dark Angel (i enjoyed it - so sue me :P)

Cant think of any others atm. I remember Farscape with a great fondness, loved that program. It ends quite nicely as well ;)


You and I differ greatly in opinions of what constitutes "good" :)

Enterprise was decent. I'm not a *huge* Star Trek fan, but if you're going to watch 24 seasons of TOS/TNG/DS9/Voyager, you might as well watch the 4 that make up Enterprise so you can say you did it. It had some good episodes, like every Star Trek.

Lost started as a great light sci fi mystery show, meandered in the middle, and went for outright nonsense in the last season. They completely abandoned interesting plots and clearly had a massive change in direction halfway through.

I'm not sure I'd call Quantum Leap real sci fi. The sci fi is just a lose wrapper to enable the plot premise.

Lexx was terrible. I have no other word for it. I found Andromeda to be more tolerable.

V had a strong start and then spent too long doing nothing. It's a common problem among network television sci-fi: they try to treat it like it's Grey's Anatomy and spend a whole season developing characters with no real plot advancement. That doesn't work with scifi fans.


And thats why i always say its a good job we arent all the same, world would be a boring place. Lexx was pretty terrible but strangely watchable. I agree about V, still had a lot of potential though, shame they killed it.

stuff

Grohl Dovah
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#17 - 2012-05-22 15:50:23 UTC
Alara IonStorm wrote:
DS9 and Firefly are both great.

The DS9 Episode In the Pale Moonlight is probably my favorite.

Star wars the Clone Wars was not what I expected. Murder, Torture (Once to death), Firebombing villages full of starving civilians, mass casualties, hostage taking, blowing up hospital stations, acts of genocide, slavery... the list goes on and on. They basically said screw the sensors.

It isn't bad.


My favorite DS9 episode is Far Beyond the Stars.

Mina Hiragi wrote:

They're fairly equivalent, yes. Random crap happening on a psuedo-interesting space station, with a few episodes set to lay the groundwork for the overall plots of each series. It goes rather farther than that, though - DS9's later seasons are awash in, "Last week, on Babylon 5..."

Absolutely nothing wrong with that; it's probably why DS9 was the only Trek series with a coherent, epic plot. And it's not like JMS wasn't digging around in Tolkien's pockets for B5. Good artists create; great artists steal.


That's my thought exactly, look at John Williams. Everytime I watch Star Wars or Jerassic Park I hear all the things he stole hehe Blink

Has anyone hear ever seen the Anime Neon Genesis Evangelion? The series will blow your mind!


Copine Callmeknau
Dirty Vagrants
Intergalactic Space Hobos
#18 - 2012-05-22 17:04:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Copine Callmeknau
FloppieTheBanjoClown wrote:
Whadafool wrote:
some things not already mentioned:

Star Trek Enterprise (the new one)

Stargate Universe (although annoyingly they axed it)

Lost (this counts right ;))

Quantum leap (oldy but a goody)

Lexx (very surreal - be warned)

V (again axed-grrr)

Dark Angel (i enjoyed it - so sue me :P)

Cant think of any others atm. I remember Farscape with a great fondness, loved that program. It ends quite nicely as well ;)

Lexx was terrible. I have no other word for it. I found Andromeda to be more tolerable.

Oh god if there was any way to turn me off a show, saying Andromeda is a better watch was definitely going to do it.


Anyway I'm once more on my home computer perusing my TV folder.

I can't believe no-one has mentioned Falling Skies
TL:DR: Set in the immediate future (you know, that special 2014-2020 setting), the human race has made first contact with aliens.
Shortly after that said aliens bbq 90% of the human race and begin occupying our cities and patrolling the countryside.
Fast forward 6 months, the show starts here, following a group of survivors trying to avoid being stomped to death by mechs, eaten by aliens, or shot by groups of less discriminating survivors. Oh and hopefully save the world somewhere along the way.

It's quite entertaining, second season begins airing June 17'th I believe.

There's a bunch of other crap in this folder that I'm fairly sure is sci-fi, hasn't been mentioned yet, and I haven't got round to watching.
If I get some motivation for a new show I'll give em a squiz and let you guys know, but I dunno how likely that is, I'm still catching up on Caprica and DS9, and just started watching Game of Thrones. Plus a few of the shows I've been watching a while start up again in a few weeks (breaking bad omg breaking bad)


Oh and I don't know if this counts as sci-fi, but The Walking Dead is awesome, if a little slow from time to time


Edit: Yeh if you like your anime (I can't tolerate it for extended periods, like that show Eureka I can only watch 1-2 eps at a time), NG:E is pretty damn good.

Double Edit: Oh and I'm excited for - if a little apprehensive of - Series X of Red Dwarf, checking every week or so to see if they've announced an air-date yet. I believe they've either completed work or are in the late stages of post-production, guessing it'll go to air mid-late September for maximum ratings grab.

There should be a rather awesome pic here

Grohl Dovah
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#19 - 2012-05-22 18:00:21 UTC
Copine Callmeknau wrote:


Lexx was terrible. I have no other word for it. I found Andromeda to be more tolerable.

I can't believe no-one has mentioned Falling Skies
.[/quote]

Seems like a cool premise.

MetalHermit wrote:
New version of "The Outer Limits" is still my personal favourite sci-fi show.


I have only seen a few episodes of The Outer Limits. The one called "The Dead Mans Switch" blew my mind as a kid.
FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#20 - 2012-05-22 18:51:31 UTC
Copine Callmeknau wrote:
I can't believe no-one has mentioned Falling Skies.

Oh right, I remember that. I watched it, was somewhat entertained. TBH I'm surprised it got renewed. I'll have to go back and watch the first season again to figure out what I missed.

Some other stuff:

Fringe! I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it until now.

Terra Nova was a decent time travel show for the one season it aired, and actually did a pretty fair job of wrapping up the major plot and not leaving a massive cliffhanger before it got cancelled.

Eureka and Warehouse 13 are two light sci fi shows set in the same universe. They're half comedy and half adventure. Don't take them seriously at all.

Alphas is a decent "secret mutant team" show where for once the mutants aren't absurdly overpowered. No flying bridges and instant tornadoes here.

Heroes is another. Save the cheerleader and all that.

The miniseries Taken was quite good.

The X-Files, of course.

Joss Whedon's Dollhouse is one of those that some love, and some hate.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Another one from around the same time as Space: Above and Beyond was Earth 2.

Earth: Final Conflict is one I keep meaning to check out.

The 4400.

SeaQuest DSV, another "classic".

Seven Days for more time travel.

Sliders.

That's all I can think of for now.

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