Other sci-fi series as good as Firefly
POSTED BY: KillerK
UPDATED: Sunday, October 3, 2004 18:40
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Farscape, Buffy, Angel, Dead like me(i guess that's sci fi), star trek has its moments.
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Harsh Realm
damn you once again Fox 
" If I going to get killed for a word....
Then my word is Poon-Tang "
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I didn't like Buffy, Angel, DS9, Babylon 5, Voyager, or many of the others mentioned. And it wasn't so much the show but the type of show.
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Well, this is a Firefly site so suffice it to say it was excellent.
1. Farscape- I was seriously hooked. I agree that nthe first season was nsg.
2. SAAB- a short but great series
3. B5- It was an epic series but the casting was just so so.
4. Jerimiah- getting better
5. Lexx- as a scifi comedy at least as good as RD
6. Outer Limits- anthology, some good some bad often too depressing
7. All the Treks- TNG was the best.
8. SG1 and SG Atlantis- The best that's still on the air currently.
Looking forward to the return of Enterprise and the Farscape mini-series.
I expect that Enterprise will tank early this season but there is talk that Michael Straczynski may take over as EP for a new trek series.
Sliders was a great premise but the characters reminded me of Gilligans Island
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Nervouspete, just wanted to thank you for the recommendation of Ultraviolet. Finally got my hands on a good copy (first copy I bought was bad halfway through the second episode, and had to go through much foofaraw to get it exhanged) and watched it all the way through. Cold, creepy, understated, and very very good. Would have been nice if there were more of it, certainly, but Ahearne told the story he wanted to tell and wrapped it up when he was done.
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There aren't many tv shows that come close to the quality of Firefly.
The shows that I love to watch include:
The X-Files - It's the reason that got me hooked on most Sci-fi shows. Mulder is sarcastic, witty and isn't afraid to break the rules in search of the truth. Adam Baldwin is scary in season nine!
Xena: Warrior Princess is closer to the style of Firefly. There's a mix of humour, drama and crazy fight scenes. Xena is sarcastic, smart and protective of her friends. The character relationships are so strong. The chemistry between Xena and 'Ares God of War' is great to watch. Not everything is as clean cut in Xena's mind. She does 'bad' things for the greater good. Some of the bad guys never die too.
Alias should be made illegal. There's nothing wrong with the show (except maybe the last quarter of season three, but that'll get fixed when J.J Abrams comes back for season Four.)
The character relationships are brilliant. The stories and action are crazy. It keeps you guessing until the end. Those cliffhanger endings are annoying but addictive!
Dark Angel was underrated. It was a cool show. Max was a good character. Alec was getting interesting too. He wasn't just a smart alec. Joshua was brilliant.
Stargate SG1 is still cool. It gets better and better. I'm not sure about Atlantis yet.
Buffy are Angel are great too. I thinks that's pretty much it. Are there any other shows out there that haven't been mentioned?
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My personal favorites:
1- Firefly
2- Babylon 5
3- Stargate SG-1
4- Battlestar Galactica (New One)
5- CSI (Not Sci-Fi but Science)
Miniseries-
Taken
Dune
Children of Dune
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I'll pitch in. here are my favorites:
-Blakes 7 - Avon is my kinda rotten. And ORAC is my kinda AI.
-ST:DS9 - try watching the episodes so that they are just "Dukat's Story" or "Jake's Story". Oh, and Worf finally gets to be a real butt-kicking neck-snapping Klingon. W00t!
-ST:TOS - nuff said
- Cowboy Bebop - If you've heard this has similarities to Firefly, it just goes to show that 2 stories can share some chrome and be complettely, utterly original and unlike each other
- The Prisoner - really more of a Kafkaesque fantasy
- Space: Above and Beyond - everything Starship Troopers should have been, and more
- Firefly - yeah yeah, okay. But watch it again, i'm gonna.
And now for the one I can't tell if I love or hate,
- Sliders - only the Tracy Torme episodes. Every week I would see the ad for next week's episode. And I would say, "oh that is just so ridiculous." And then the following week, I'd find myself watching it and thinking, "I'm going to turn this off and erase the tape." And by the time I could think that, I'd be engrossed. But I stopped shortly after Tracy Torme stopped steering it.
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Anyone else grow up having TV dinners in front of BBC2 watching all the early evening sci-fi? Anyway, here are my favourites in no particular order:
*) Firefly (of course).
*) Red Dwarf. One of the best comedies ever.
*) The Outer Limits. I probably missed most of the episodes (it was late at night) but all those I saw were excellent. With each episode being separate with new characters they could really explore whatever themes they liked without being restricted by a regular setting and cast.
*) The X-Files. Though I think five series was enough and the excitement wore off after that.
*) Deep Space 9. Best of the newer Star Treks with good story arcs.
*) Quantum Leap. Whenever I watch Enterprise I keep willing Scott Bakula to say "Oh Boy!" just before the opening credits.
*) Sliders. Always interesting, though it wasn't as good when they lost some of the 4 original characters.
*) V. The five part miniseries. Very good.
Many others were entertaining too.
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I'm definitely going to have to add to the list of Babylon 5 fans. The lead for season 1 was TERRIBLE, but once they got over that, the show was amazing. Until 5th, each season was appreciably better than the one before...better than staying good, B5 kept improving.
Sliders, too, was good (the first two seasons), and I'm a Buffy/Angel fan as well.
I didn't manage to get past the first few Farscape episodes...they just seemed so...dumb. Creative, I suppose, but not intellectual in the slightest. Most of the others in this thread I haven't tried.
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