So what types of scifi to everyone watch?
Good list. How about the new Battlestar Galactica? Much better than the orignal ABC series. Great stories and exc ellent characters. I also enjoyed the short lived series Space: Above and Beyond which aired on Fox in the mid-late 1990's. Firefly (and the movie Serenity) on Syfy network was cool.
Mike
There was a mini-series shown here in the UK last year that you should check out if you get the chace. It was called Paradox and it was only five, one-hour episodes. The ending looked like there was a second batch of shows expected, but we all know how often that fails to happen.
I really like Eureka too, but you could argue that's not really SF but a light comedy with SF overtones. It's still very well done. Warehoue 13 falls into the same category and that's very watchable too.
I have a fairly high tolerance for crap too but a lot of the TV movies shown on SyFy are so bad that even I can't watch them. How many ways can they rehash Armageddon?
Good list. How about the new Battlestar Galactica? Much better than the orignal ABC series. Great stories and exc ellent characters. I also enjoyed the short lived series Space: Above and Beyond which aired on Fox in the mid-late 1990's. Firefly (and the movie Serenity) on Syfy network was cool. Mike
no I liked the old galactica, haven't seen the new one yet. but I do wish they would finally make a movie of Wonder Women but I'm sorry no one can fill Lydia Carters shoes! no one!
There was a mini-series shown here in the UK last year that you should check out if you get the chace. It was called Paradox and it was only five, one-hour episodes. The ending looked like there was a second batch of shows expected, but we all know how often that fails to happen.I really like Eureka too, but you could argue that's not really SF but a light comedy with SF overtones. It's still very well done. Warehoue 13 falls into the same category and that's very watchable too.I have a fairly high tolerance for crap too but a lot of the TV movies shown on SyFy are so bad that even I can't watch them. How many ways can they rehash Armageddon?
Oh yeah Eureka, I did a back to back a couple of weeks back getting ready for season 2! Oh I will see if netflix has Parodox! thanks
I agree, no one can fill Lynda Carter's shoes as Wonder Woman (at least no one I can see now). The newer Battlestar Galacitca was grittier and darker than theorignal - more serious and not campy. It was defintiely oriented towards an adult audience. Edward James Olmos (in my opinion an excellent actor) made a good Adama. It was sad to see the series end, but I guess it's better it did than to let the writing go down hill, as other series have done.
The Alien Nation series on Fox was good for the first 2 seasons, but the TV movies after that I did not feel were as good. The theatircal film was very good, thanks in part to the acting by James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, and Terrence Stamp (a good acotr who made a great villain). The writers took a good idea and spun a very good story from it.
I love the Star Wars series, and several of the old classical SIFI movies listed on my Profile. When I am watching television, it is generally on the SIFI channel. I love the stargate series, and now the Stargate Universe series has me going. I also like Wharhouse 13 and Eurika. I even enjoy the Grade B movies they put on there. lol
And on and on the bad science goes. Luckily for the sponsors, the viewers don't let facts interfere with a storyline.Standard movie/TV items that make you say, "Huh?"
ah, yes--you forgot to mention SuperMan flying with no apparent means of lift, or thrust--he just defies gravity at will, and can even exceed the speed of light if he gets really mad and grunts a lot
I am often reminded why we call it Science fiction. I am even willing to forgive many of these faupaus, if only they remained consistant to their own alterations of the physical universe in which our heroes reside. Superman was not always able to fly--originally he was only able to "leap tall buildings, in a single bound". But, alas, incredible as that is for any humanoid without wings, it was not enough--and so, without much explanation, he just started flying around--and later on, even broke the light speed barrier on shear will power alone.
One of my pet peaves deals with continuity of the Star Trek Universe; In a couple of TOS episodes the Enterprise exceeds warp 10--even exceeded warp 14 once. Yet, for some inexplicible reason, some brain child at Paramount decides that nothing in the universe can exceed warp 10--why? Why place artificial limits on yourself in a fictitious world?
Anyway? That's why it is Science Fiction. If they followed all the rules, the shows would be pretty dull.
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