| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
loslakersss
Franchise Player
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Posts: 11853
Location: LA
|
 Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:13 pm Post subject: Firefly, Fringe, Continuum...what other good(recent) sci-fi shows are there? |
|
|
So I just finished season 3 of Continuum and am waiting on the 4th and final season but I'm wondering if there are any other hidden gem sci-fi shows?
I've seen X-Files and Lost(if that counts), Warehouse 13 in kinda cool, Helix and 12 Monkeys havent really caught my interest but maybe I'll give em another shot...
I really like the Fringe and Continuum with the multiple timelines/universes and the fact that they're not procedurals(Fringe kinda was in the beginning but changed) which is one reason why I gave up on Supernatural(just a "freak of the week" each episode gets boring).
So I ask my fellow Nerds, based on the shows I said I liked, what else should I check out or any shows I need to watch?
And BTW, if you havent seen Continuum, you should DEFINITELY check it out. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Chronicle
Retired Number
Joined: 21 Jul 2012
Posts: 31935
Location: Manhattan
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:25 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Farscape
_________________
Kobe |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Reflexx
Franchise Player
Joined: 25 Jun 2005
Posts: 11163
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:41 pm Post subject: |
|
|
How recent?
I suppose Space: Above and Beyond and Sliders are too old?
Probably one of the best sci-fi shows in recent times has been Eureka. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
loslakersss
Franchise Player
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Posts: 11853
Location: LA
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Anything that started after the 90's so it doesn't seem too dated. I watched Sliders when it originally aired and really enjoyed it.
Heard of Farscape, havent heard of Space: A&B. Will look into both. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hammett
Star Player
Joined: 20 Dec 2008
Posts: 9453
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Doctor Who covers a broad spectrum of genres, including sci-fi.
_________________
Lakers. Built different. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kikanga
Retired Number
Joined: 15 Sep 2012
Posts: 29354
Location: La La Land
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:20 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| loslakersss wrote: | Anything that started after the 90's so it doesn't seem too dated. I watched Sliders when it originally aired and really enjoyed it.
Heard of Farscape, havent heard of Space: A&B. Will look into both. |
falling skies
_________________
"Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better” |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Hammett
Star Player
Joined: 20 Dec 2008
Posts: 9453
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:30 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I don't know if you're into anime or not, but look into Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell, just to name a couple off the top of my head.
_________________
Lakers. Built different. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Don Draper
Retired Number
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 28464
Location: LA --> Bay Area
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Hammett wrote: | | Doctor Who covers a broad spectrum of genres, including sci-fi. |
This. And depending on where you left off on Supernatural, seasons 4 and 5 have the least amount of MotW episodes. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Aeneas Hunter
Retired Number
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
Posts: 31763
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 2:23 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Reflexx wrote: | | Probably one of the best sci-fi shows in recent times has been Eureka. |
The constant cast/plot changes finally wore me out, but that was a great show for a few years. The banter between Sheriff Carter and Nathan Stark was priceless. It is a shame that Eureka wound up on the freaking SciFi network. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Omar Little
Moderator
Joined: 02 May 2005
Posts: 90307
Location: Formerly Known As 24
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:44 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Any Fox News special on science, particularly climate science, is good, entertaining fiction.
_________________
“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
loslakersss
Franchise Player
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Posts: 11853
Location: LA
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:36 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| kikanga wrote: | | loslakersss wrote: | Anything that started after the 90's so it doesn't seem too dated. I watched Sliders when it originally aired and really enjoyed it.
Heard of Farscape, havent heard of Space: A&B. Will look into both. |
falling skies |
That's one that always slips my mind but I've been wanting to check out. Thanks |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
loslakersss
Franchise Player
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Posts: 11853
Location: LA
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:37 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Don Draper wrote: | | Hammett wrote: | | Doctor Who covers a broad spectrum of genres, including sci-fi. |
This. And depending on where you left off on Supernatural, seasons 4 and 5 have the least amount of MotW episodes. |
Gotcha. Yeah I made it to the 2nd season I think. Maybe I'll give it another go if it gets better like Fringe did once it stopped being MotW style. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Cutheon
Franchise Player
Joined: 10 Jul 2009
Posts: 12186
Location: Bay Area
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:54 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Black Mirror. BBC. First two series on Netflix |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dmorans1
Franchise Player
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
Posts: 11669
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Orphan Black. Best sci-fi show on TV. Surprisingly amazing actress in Tatiana Maslany. You should check it out.
Also give 12 Monkeys another shot. Best SyFy show by far, better than Defiance, Helix, and the other crap shows in Dominion, Z-Nation, etc.
Recommend Falling Skies. It's not an amazing show but it's pretty good, very enjoyable, and great characters. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
loslakersss
Franchise Player
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Posts: 11853
Location: LA
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 8:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
^Orphan Black is fantastic.
I will give 12 Monkeys another shot. Probably will wait til the season ends and binge it. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
C M B
Franchise Player
Joined: 15 Nov 2006
Posts: 19866
Location: Prarie & Manchester, high above the western sideline
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:18 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Star Trek: the Next Generation
For all-time TV, pretty good. For network TV it's one of the greatest. For Sci-Fi TV it's up there with the X-Files. For Star Trek sagas it's the best one of them all.
_________________
http://chickhearn.ytmnd.com/ 
| Sister Golden Hair wrote: | LAMAR ODOM is an anagram for ... DOOM ALARM
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Don Draper
Retired Number
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Posts: 28464
Location: LA --> Bay Area
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:19 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| loslakersss wrote: | | Don Draper wrote: | | Hammett wrote: | | Doctor Who covers a broad spectrum of genres, including sci-fi. |
This. And depending on where you left off on Supernatural, seasons 4 and 5 have the least amount of MotW episodes. |
Gotcha. Yeah I made it to the 2nd season I think. Maybe I'll give it another go if it gets better like Fringe did once it stopped being MotW style. |
Yep, seasons 1 and 2 were very one-off heavy, but the finale of 2 takes the show into a more myth-arc based style.
And to expand on what I said previously, season 6 is also basically one long story (in retrospect it's actually pretty good and there are nice twists).
Season 7 also has its own story that strings together all of the eps, and seasons 8-9-10 are kind of like one big season in terms of how the stories flow together (not unlike seasons 3-4-5).
So I'd say power your way to the end of S2. If that ending doesn't hook you, then you might as well just call it quits for good  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
rwongega
Franchise Player
Joined: 20 Jul 2005
Posts: 20510
Location: UCLA -> NY
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
safari_in_cali
Star Player
Joined: 06 Oct 2002
Posts: 1029
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:39 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Battlestar Galactica |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tony smith
Star Player
Joined: 23 Jun 2005
Posts: 1960
Location: West LA
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Cutheon wrote: | | Black Mirror. BBC. First two series on Netflix |
Such an amazing show! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ocho
Retired Number
Joined: 24 May 2005
Posts: 53836
|
| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:32 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Cutheon wrote: | | Black Mirror. BBC. First two series on Netflix |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Chronicle
Retired Number
Joined: 21 Jul 2012
Posts: 31935
Location: Manhattan
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 12:58 am Post subject: |
|
|
| C M B wrote: | | For Star Trek sagas it's the best one of them all. |
Definitely
_________________
Kobe |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ExPatLkrFan
Star Player
Joined: 29 Jul 2004
Posts: 3986
Location: Mukdahan, Thailand
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 2:20 am Post subject: |
|
|
Babylon 5
Xbmc is your friend. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
loslakersss
Franchise Player
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Posts: 11853
Location: LA
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 8:51 am Post subject: |
|
|
I've heard good things about Black Mirror but forgot about that one too. I tried BSG but wasnt hooked.
Might have to go back and eventually check out the Star Trek stuff. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Christopher C
Star Player
Joined: 13 Mar 2006
Posts: 6292
|
| Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:39 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Cutheon wrote: | | Black Mirror. BBC. First two series on Netflix |
Yes, I'll second this recommendation. The first episode isn't sci-fi, but after that one they are.
There's also a Christmas special starring Jon Hamm that is not on Netflix. I don't know where it's available, but I downloaded the torrent and watched it that way. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
