Favorite non-FIREFLY sci-fi shows

POSTED BY: reginaroadie
UPDATED: Saturday, May 14, 2005 13:00
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MANOFSTEEL25

Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:28 PM

LOL. I suppse I should have just said: most vintage and british scifi. Aside from Firefly of course. There. Done. :)

GTHING

Thursday, May 12, 2005 6:31 PM

You know, if I watched Farscape from the beginning, I'm sure I'd get into it. I feel the same way about The X Files. I think that's the case with a lot of sci-fi.

I mean the first season of Earth: Final Conflict really was extraordinary. Somewhere around Season 4, though, they ran out of ideas, and the show really should have ended right there.

Andromeda during it's first season was too much fun to miss. I loved those Nietzcheans. But then, in the middle of Season 2, it started losing me. Yeah, I do think it has a lot to do with Robert Hewitt Wolfe's departure as exec. They were sitting on a gold mine and blew it.

The middle three seasons of TNG is the best of Star Trek as far as I'm concerned. I also enjoy StarGate, but they should put a stop to SG-1 before it kills itself.

Excerpt from My Genre Geek Resume:
~huge Odyssey 5 fan (despite its cancellation)
~dangerously obsessed with BtVS and Angel
~former Andromeda fan

MRSKBORG

Thursday, May 12, 2005 7:19 PM

At the moment I'm wading through Carnivale, which is very very good. (OK it may or may not fall into the SciFi realm but hey who cares, its still good)

Of the Treks I have to go with DS9, which IMO is by far the best. Sad to see Enterprise end, this current season's been really good. Pity it took til it got itself cancelled before they finally got good storylines.

X-Files, the early ones were better.

Farscape, what can I say. This show just rocks. (Rocked, Ok I know its over) I just love Scorpious. What an incredible bad guy.

Babylon 5. Never afraid to take risks, great special effects, great storyline. Well, except for Season 5. Only good thing about that was Bester. Along with Farscape, this ranks way up there.

Dr. Who, oh how glad am I that its back. And good.

Quantum Leap. The Evil Leaper storyline was just great, copied by Tru Calling and failing miserably at it.

Ultraviolet. When we make good SciFi in the UK boy do we make good Scifi. Classic Vampire mythos brought up to date.

Stargate SG1 and Atlantis. Particularly Atlantis, the first season was great. Good solid storylines, great characters.

Earth Final Conflict - but only the first season, it had so much going for it, then I dont know what happened. Same with Andromeda, great first season, then became dire.

Red Dwarf, my very favourite Sci Fi/Comedy.

Battlestar Gallactica. The New Ones. Great. Can't wait for more. A remake that actually surpassed the original, though lets face it, that wouldn't be hard. A very grown up Sci Fi show, a great theme running through it. Great acting too.

Jeremiah. No special effects just good stories with good acting.

First Wave, Dark Skies great first seasons then kinda lost it. SAAB, great show, with lots of potential. Very good characterisation. "Who Monitors the Birds" a great episode.

The Tripods. Made by the BBC a long time ago.

Finally, the Joss goodness that are Buffy and Angel.

Am goona watch Revelations on Sky One, see whats its like too.

"This movie may be a beautiful butterfly, but I loved that damn caterpillar." Joss Whedon.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:23 PM

manofsteele25, I now proclaim you the winner. You have the longest, most detailed post. And you mentioned Max Headroom. Cool.

Amanda pays Chrisisall

PERFESSERGEE

Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:36 PM

I actually don't watch that much TV (job is too time-consuming and I read too much), but scifi is what I watch when I do. FF is, of course, top on the list. So, my list is pretty short:

Farscape - got turned onto it by the Browncoats on this board, rented the first couple of DVD's and then made a major investment (damn, they are expensive!) and bought all of it, including PK Wars. Great stuff, but a shade below the level of FF.

Star Trek (but of course!) - DS9 is by far my fave - it treated people (and aliens) like people and let even the lead characters have foibles and less-than-perfectness. I did like Roddenberry's idealistic vision of a more noble humanity in the future, but all of life just ain't that way. The other series are pretty cool, too (even Enterprise, though I got too bored to watch much of it), DS9 is just better.

Babylon 5 - The notion of planning out a story arc, completing it and then leaving it be is apparently anathema to the bleeping suits. Gotta mess with it somehow (like killing the best series yet after 13 epi's.............GRRRRR!). Anyway, S2-4 were the best of it, but the end years did make it complete and it was eminently watchable all the way through. I always did like villians who have occasional streaks of decency running through them.

Andromeda - started great but went to hell in a handbasket starting during S2. What a disappointment.

SG1 - the best example of not finishing a series and letting it be. Great at first (and for several seasons) but got boring, too.

Time Tunnel - a bit hokey, but enjoyable. Time travel always makes for interesting historical connections. Is this one ever likely to see the light of day on DVD? Has anyone heard any rumors?

Dr. Who - the original (I haven't seen the redux version). Also kind of hokey but great fun.

Twilight Zone - (again, the original) great memories in B&W from my childhood. Some of those episodes were awesome, and Rod Serling was a great narrator.

(and on a not-really-scifi note, I did like both Highlander and The Raven. Just a different kind of time travel).

perfessergee

YT

Saturday, May 14, 2005 7:41 AM

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Originally posted by manofsteel25:
Ultraviolet: Intelligent and gripping vampire drama. Blows Buffy away (Sorry Joss.)

Sapphire and Steel: Probably the best kind of literature scifi on TV. Not the easiest to follow but really original ideas and fascinating concepts. Great re-watch value.

Prolly would have been shorter if you'd just listed the SF TV series you didn't like.

I'll second that endorsement of Ultraviolet, and I'm tempted by your assessment of Sapphire & Steel. But it's US$90 so, afore I smack my money down, I have to ask you: What do you think of Edge of Darkness?

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MACBAKER

Saturday, May 14, 2005 10:46 AM

My top dozen Sci-Fi series (in no particular order):

1. The Twilight Zone (the original, with Ron Serling)
2. Star Trek (TOS)
3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (the best character driven Trek series)
4. Space Above & Beyond (a great concept, killed off too soon!)
5. Quantum Leap (the superior Scott Bakula sci-fi series)
6. Dark Angel (another really good concept, canceled just as it was getting it's legs)
7. Battlestar Galactica (the new series, not the campy, badly written original)
8. Cowboy Bebob (similar to Firefly in many ways, but unique)
9. Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (not as good as either movie, but still entertaining)
10. Babylon 5 (one of the best story driven sci-fi series ever)
11. Star Trek: The Next Generation (early shows were pretty lame, but the last four seasons were the best of the series)
12. Red Dwarf (proved sci-fi and comedy could go together)
**Baker's dozen special mention? Firefly, of course! It would be my top choice in any other list.

My Top dozen Sci-Fi movies (also in no particular order)

1. Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (one of two movies that made me want to become a filmmaker)
2. Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (best of the series)
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (the other movie that made me want to make films)
4. Ghost In The Shell (a better movie than 90% of the sci-fi movies that come out of Hollywood)
5. Blade Runner (one of the few true science fiction movies ever to come out of Hollywood)
6. Alien (scared the snot out of me the first time I saw it in a theater)
7. The Abyss (The Director's Cut is far superior to the theatrical version)
8. Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Kahn (the best of the Trek movies)
9. Star Trek: First Contact (the only TNG movie that was better than the series)
10. The Fifth Element (a unique film that grows on me, the more times I see it)
11. The Terminator (a low budget movie that was far more exciting and entertaining than any mega budget movie made during that time)
12. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (the big budget sequel that was even more exciting than the original)
**Baker's dozen special mention. Serenity. I Haven't seen it yet, but I have little doubt the BDM will become one of my all time favorite Sci-Fi movies ever!

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THEREAVER

Saturday, May 14, 2005 11:30 AM

Umm well. I dunno. Firefly and ST Voyager are the only two sci fi series I've really watched from beginning to end. The New Twilight Zone is okay and the new Dr Who is really good. I remember Space 1999 from my childhood and I'm just getting into Red Dwarf. As for films:

1. Star Wars Trilogy (IV-VI)
2. Cube
3. Predator
4. Aliens
5. Staship Troopers

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I'll eat your flesh.
I'll sew your skin into my clothes.
If you're very very lucky, I'll do it in that order - TheReaver

RIVERGIRL

Saturday, May 14, 2005 1:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
I know this thread topic might've been done a long time ago and who knows how many times, but I felt like starting a thread that could be hijacked into discussions about one of these shows.

Some of us here are hard core sci-fi geeks. Others only have a mere assicoation with sci-fi in general. I was just wondering what are some of your favorite non-FIREFLY sci-fi shows.

I will give a go to just about any scifi type show

Stark Trek
Star Wars 4-6
Space 1999
Blakes 7
X-FILES

all hold a special place in my heart

but I enjoyed so man more!!!!

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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