So what other Sci-fi do you watch?
POSTED BY: Stillshiny
UPDATED: Saturday, March 6, 2004 19:22
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My wife & I we're having an interesting conversation last night while waiting for Lord of the Rings to start. We we discussing the now defunct Enterprise thread. So she asked so what other Sci-fi shows do you Browncoats watch.
The only other that we watch is Stargate-SG1. In fact i just read the transcripts from season 1 thru season 6 episode 3. That way I'mm all caught up with what's showing on the telly. Not only that we record Sg1 every Sunday night because we're at church. It's quite a tradition now.
So the question is, "What other Sci-fi do you watch & why?" no flaming just asking."
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I used to watch the X-Files, but now my enthusiam for the show has dropped to zero; I'm now using my old X-Files VHSs for recording eps of 24. Sometimes I watch Farscape when my aunt and uncle tape it for me; it's such a strange and complex show that it's hard to jump into, but the quality of the program is undeniable, and Scorpius is a really cool villain. Mainly I like to play sci-fi and fantasy computer games... does that count?
Oh, yeah, and I like a little program called "FIREFLY" as well! The shock! 
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How's this for anal-retentive...
Current "genre" shows I watch and look forward to:
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Angel
Alias
Dead Zone
24
Karen Sisco (Elmore Leonard genre... I know, I know)
Current "genre" shows I am giving a chance to impress me:
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Jake 2.0
Tru Calling
Current "genre" shows I watch when there's nothing else better to do:
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Enterprise
Smallville
"Genre" shows of the past that I collect on DVD and watch over and over:
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Firefly
Star Trek: TNG
Star Trek: DS9
Twin Peaks
Futurama
Also enjoyed:
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Alien Nation (I want this to come out on DVD!)
Dark Angel
I'm boycotting the Sci-Fi channel because they passed on Firefly and I don't find their current programming all that interesting anyway.
mattro
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Originally posted by DeSangro:
I'm now using my old X-Files VHSs for recording eps of 24.
Ah, but do you consider 24 science fiction?
After the last couple episodes where what's his face is up walking around and having conferences with the president after getting shot! in the neck! that they've treaded right into science fiction.We'll watch X-Files and ST:TNG in rerun.
If the X-Files is sci-fi, does that let me have a pretty broad definition?
If so, then also Buffy in rerun.
I really enjoy The Dead Zone and hope they start showing season three pretty soon. We'll watch Dead Like Me when that comes back on, too.
My newest favorite show is Carnivàle. It's not science fiction, per se, but it's definitely some kind of genre tv-- most people compare it to Twin Peaks. Most Firefly fans I've talked to about it really, really enjoy it. And its second season is supposed to start airing 'late 2004' according to the hbo press releases.
I've noticed that many people love watching SG-1. I've never seen more than I few seconds of commercial, but I'd like to hear about why people dig it.
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For my wife & I it's all about characters. I like the alien stories of X-files. Loved the ep where the greatest baseball players were all aliens. Who'd a thunk it. We lost tough with Smallville, but hope to watch the DVD's a friend has. Never tried 24. Love Sg-1. Next to Firefly & Sg-1 the only other show we really loved was Season 1 ONLY of Dawson's Creek. Ok I'm not allowed to be banned for that. Once agin it was about characters. Tried Andromeda. Why??? and we really dug some of Voyager, so disappointed when all was said & done. Love the thread responses.
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Originally posted by Stillshiny:
For my wife & I it's all about characters.
Me too - if the characters aren't well written, well acted or show some kind of development, a series loses my interest pretty quick. Andromeda, case in point.
I like Stargate SG-1, Angel, Smallville, Jake 2.0, although I'm not saving anything. I used to save everything, but it became too frustrating since networks like to pre-empt with sports so much. Reruns can be a wonderful thing.
I also like shows that have a supernatural aspect to them - Joan of Arcadia is fun that way because you never know what that intial request is going to bring in the end.
I'm also greatly anticipating the release of Carnivale on DVD. Not having HBO, I feel I'm seriously missing out on that one.
Generally, if a new show has a sci-fi/fantasy/supernatural aspect, I'll give it a look-see. Since the end of Firefly, however, I'm determined not to fall for anything. So if I ever get overly-cynical about anything, now you know why.
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I hate sci-fi with a passion, with the one exception being firefly. I became interested in firefly more for the western aspects of it.
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Babylon 5 any chance I get. Best Sci-Fi I have ever seen-Firefly is every bit equal to it. Both make me think.
Andromeda, because it is such hokey, poorly written, badly acted CRAP. The writers should have their hands broken so they are incapable of using any form of writing instrument or computer. The corportate sphincter squeezing out that crap and backing that show should be bankrupted so we can be assured that they will never again be able to provide it. If Televisions were toilets, we would be swimming in crap. It still amazes me that it is in its fourth season.
Enterprise, because Andromeda makes it look good.
Alias, which I guess qualifies as Sci-Fi. Fun to watch, appeals to my escapism.
I think that is about it.
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