Rating Space Adventure shows/movies in retrospect...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 05:21
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Firefly/Serenity is the best for writing & characterization.
Star Trek (TOS) is the best for SF stories & sheer creativity.
The original BSG is the best for excellent visuals & design.
Star Wars is the best for its Big Bad & emotional resonance.
I never saw Space: Above & beyond.
Babylon 5 is the best for continuing story arcs.
Farscape is the best for muppets.
Stargate(s) are the best for pulp SF.
My final tally:
Firefly/Serenity ties with Star Trek TOS as the best Space Adventure series ever.
Agree? Disagree? Don't make me get Vera out!!!
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Firefly/Serenity is the best for writing & characterization.
Agree. Despite all the other good points of the show it's the characters that stand out for me.
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Babylon 5 is the best for continuing story arcs.
Agree also. Nobody has done one big story as well as they did.
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Stargate(s) are the best for pulp SF.
Definitely. Easily watchable, fun entertainment. Except SGU.
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Star Trek is the best for SF stories & sheer creativity.
Maybe. For TOS Trek then yes. The others not so much to varying degrees as they fell into the routine of using TOS Trek ideas and just altering parts to fit the new crew/ship. Later Trek series just copied the series before it, again to varying degrees.
I would then add:
Star Wars for it's Big Bad and it's impact on pop culture and integration into so many areas that even non-fans are aware of references, characters etc.
New BSG for combining recent (at the time) real world events into a scifi setting and not be afraid to explore those themes and how people would react.
Red Dwarf for being so bloody funny with great characters, great jokes and for never taking itself seriously.
Doctor Who is the best for perseverence and longevity despite (and because of) repeated cast changes, cancellations and years between seasons.
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Quote:I suppose I will agree to that.
Originally posted by lwaves:
New BSG for combining recent (at the time) real world events into a scifi setting and not be afraid to explore those themes and how people would react.
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chrisisall wrote:
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Firefly/Serenity is the best for writing & characterization.
Star Trek (TOS) is the best for SF stories & sheer creativity.
The original BSG is the best for excellent visuals & design.
Star Wars is the best for its Big Bad & emotional resonance.
I never saw Space: Above & beyond.
Babylon 5 is the best for continuing story arcs.
Farscape is the best for muppets.
Stargate(s) are the best for pulp SF.
My final tally:
Firefly/Serenity ties with Star Trek TOS as the best Space Adventure series ever.
Agree? Disagree? Don't make me get Vera out!!!
Certainly Firefly and Serenity.
Star Wars is still good all these years later, and better still is Empire Strikes Back
The others... I don't partake off.
I would like to add though: The Clone Wars. That's a really good show and the design is fantastic. As if the Star Wars mythos wasn't large enough! Now we have the Clone Wars and it's rich story. Very Nice.
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Originally posted by lwaves:
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Red Dwarf for being so bloody funny with great characters, great jokes and for never taking itself seriously.
Indeed. Who would have thought that such a confined premise would conjure so much depth. Wonderful series.
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What about Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy? I loved the series AND the movie!
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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What about Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy? I loved the series AND the movie!
The series I remember fondly from when I was a kid. (I take it we're talking about the British one from the 80's - I'm not sure if they remade it for the States?) I haven't seen it since then. The film left me a bit cold. Though I loved the puppets.
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Quote:That's the one. It was great. No States remake.
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
The series I remember fondly from when I was a kid.
The movie is like a Cliff Notes version, but I still like it.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I never saw Space: Above & beyond.
You should.
It sits on my shelf right between Firefly and Jericho to complete my trifecta of awesome but unappreciated television.
And as a reminder of why bothering with the boobtube is completely pointless.
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Frem, now I have another thing to buy!!! Damn you!
I still don't have Last Exile yet!
I'm immersed in model work...
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