Need a Scfi-fix

[Mcupobob]

So I'm a big Scfi fan, I'm looking for good show to watch.

Shows I like

Babylon 5(My ultimate and all time favorite show. It had its flaws but it had everything I liked I'm a political junkie and love space so Politics in space was a huge draw for me. Season 1 was just dreadful and hard to get through and I often end up skipping it when when re-watching. However everything else about the show I like even the hiccups it had in season 4 and 5)

Stargate( Stargate SG-1 is like my childhood home. Its warm, comfortable, and familiar. I often skip around all ten seasons picking out episodes I like or feel like watching. It was a cheesy scfi action that always ended with the good guys winning. Nothing ground breaking but fun to see where the stargate too them. Stargate Atlantis was my favorite of the series, there were consequence to their actions, they ultimate enemy couldn't exactly be portrayed as evil since they too were trying to survive. Even when they weren't exploring the Pegasus galaxy it was fun watching them go around the city to poke around. SGU was just bad in my opinion.)

Farscape(Farscape was weird and fun, I liked the aliens on that show and weird cultures in the show. Not a favorite but none the less a decent show in my book)


Firefly( Come one do I even need to say why?)

Shows I've seen but didn't click

Startrek(Saw a couple of episodes of next-gen I could get into to it I think but saving that for later)

Earth 2(Was cool, but eventually got bored)

Seaquest(Liked its different take on the future not sure if it could be considered scfi. Never finished the show because I get bored of it after the second season)

Battlestar galactic(Saw the new one thought it was boring same with caprica)

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

You should obviously be watching the ultimate Science Fiction show ever created, Doctor Who.

There' the next few months of your life are filled as you attempt to catch up. I recommend starting from the 9th doctor (the beginning of the new series), watching until you're caught up with the current series, and then going back and watching the originals.

 

[Kae]

Uh -__-'
Every sci-fy show I've seen has been mentioned now and there's only one reply, but I agree with that hipster hating person that Dr. Who is amazing and you should watch it, other than that, which Star Trek did you watch?
Because I got bored with the first one, The Next Generation is easier to get into.

Oh! I know!
Have you seen The Twilight Zone?
Every episode is a completely different story and a lot of them are freaking awesome.

 

[Mcupobob]

Uh -__-'
Every sci-fy show I've seen has been mentioned now and there's only one reply, but I agree with that hipster hating person that Dr. Who is amazing and you should watch it, other than that, which Star Trek did you watch?
Because I got bored with the first one, The Next Generation is easier to get into.

Oh! I know!
Have you seen The Twilight Zone?
Every episode is a completely different story and a lot of them are freaking awesome.

Yes, and Alfred Hitchcock and outer-limits and I guess to a certain extent you could throw in Beyond belief: Fact or fiction into there(as arguably connect to the genre but not as good). Love me some Twilight Zone, but seen more or less everything netflix has to offer on it.

 

[Kae]

Uh -__-'
Every sci-fy show I've seen has been mentioned now and there's only one reply, but I agree with that hipster hating person that Dr. Who is amazing and you should watch it, other than that, which Star Trek did you watch?
Because I got bored with the first one, The Next Generation is easier to get into.

Oh! I know!
Have you seen The Twilight Zone?
Every episode is a completely different story and a lot of them are freaking awesome.

Yes, and Alfred Hitchcock and outer-limits and I guess to a certain extent you could throw in Beyond belief: Fact or fiction into there(as arguably connect to the genre but not as good). Love me some Twilight Zone, but seen more or less everything netflix has to offer on it.

I have no idea what those other shows are, I just like Twilight Zone used to watch it late at night when I couldn't sleep, it was awesome, but anyway, now I've got nothing so hope you find something.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

Red Dwarf!

Its about a man named Lister on a mining ship who goes into stasis as punishment for having a cat. Then the ship has a disasterous radiation leak vaporising everyone but him and the ships computer flys the ship out into deep space for millions of years until the radiation goes away. Leaving him possibly the last man alive in the universe.

Its also hilarious.

 

[DefunctTheory]

You've got just about all the Sci-Fi shows listed, or at least all the big ones.

Anyway...

Star Trek DS9 might be more your speed, when you get around to that particular juggernaut. Its closer to SG1 (Which is my favorite Sci-Fi series), as it has more consistent season wide story once it gets its footing, and is much less morally black and white then the rest of the Star Trek series (Which, while I like Next Gen and the like, could get annoying. Ol' Gene can take his hippy vision of the future and choke on it).

Lexx is another Sci-Fi show, but its a bit shaky. Its production value is relatively low, it swings wildly from whimsical to ridiculously dark (Its mostly dark, but the whimsical parts are so out there and poorly handled that it feels a bit mad), but it can be pretty interesting.

There's always Doctor Who, as well. I don;t watch it, mostly because I'm invested in far too many shows and catching up on Who would be ridiculously draining.

I enjoyed Enterprise, but that may be because I didn't expect as much from it as most. I do think it would have been a must better show if it had been unshackled from the Star Trek canon. You may be able to enjoy it more if your not already invested in Star Trek (As you seem not to be).

Andromeda isn't bad, if you don't mind Hercules IN SPACE (I certainly don't mind!). It gets pretty damned weird pretty fast, though.

 

[Esotera]

Possibly Buffy the Vampire Slayer? It's not like any of the others mentioned there and is pretty decent. Black Mirror is also pretty good, a bit of an acquired taste though.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Farscape(Farscape was weird and fun, I liked the aliens on that show and weird cultures in the show. Not a favorite but none the less a decent show in my book)


Firefly( Come one do I even need to say why?)

Hmmm...the precursor to both of those was Blake's 7 a low/no budget British sci-fi show of the 70s/80s.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BlakesSeven

Was going to end with the end of the 3rd series, but another was tacked on which didn't really work.

 

[NoeL]

Farscape(Farscape was weird and fun, I liked the aliens on that show and weird cultures in the show. Not a favorite but none the less a decent show in my book)

I love Farscape. It admittedly had its fair share of misses (uninspired, cliche sci-fi plots) but its hits were out of the park. Had some really well-written story arcs (e.g. when Crichton is "cloned" and what plays out thereafter) and the chemistry between Browder and Black was amazing. They're both awesome actors.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Ol' Gene can take his hippy vision of the future and choke on it

Curious that you would say this. The Star Trek view of the future was exactly the mainstream view we have had since the end of the Victorian era - one of progress, fairness, rights of the individual and non-interference. None of the subversive, countercultural ideas of the hippies in any of that, unless you are thinking of the media's portrayal of the hippies, which was manufactured.

As for the OP, I'd just watch B5 again. I was in the same position as you looking for new Sci-Fi to watch. Someone told me to watch Farscape and I did, all 4 seasons. Regretted it, not an awful show but decidedly average in all respects.

 

[Shocksplicer]

Give Falling Skies a shot, it starts off a bit rough but picks up nicely.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

You should obviously be watching the ultimate Science Fiction show ever created, Doctor Who.

There' the next few months of your life are filled as you attempt to catch up. I recommend starting from the 9th doctor (the beginning of the new series), watching until you're caught up with the current series, and then going back and watching the originals.

This, so much this.

I am currently re-watching the Russell T Davies version (2005-2010) and it is still so awesome.

Seriously, if you love sci-fi in the slightest, this is a must-watch, just because of it's imagination and because of how even when the episode doesn't work, you still have a ton of fun.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Curious that you would say this. The Star Trek view of the future was exactly the mainstream view we have had since the end of the Victorian era - one of progress, fairness, rights of the individual and non-interference. None of the subversive, countercultural ideas of the hippies in any of that, unless you are thinking of the media's portrayal of the hippies, which was manufactured.

While that is true, it took a dive during WW2 and the Cold War.

You'll also note that a lot of those ideas existed "in theory"...but when Star Trek came around, it was still a big deal to have a black woman on the bridge, as well as a Japanese guy not doing a stupid accent, and a Russian (a female 2nd in charge was too much though).

 

[Bertylicious]

You can watch Lexx for free on Youtube. It was a weird, sex obsessed, comedic, sci-fi show from Canada that had some really funny episodes. The first series was pretty good but there are some real dross episodes thereafter.

Watch that first series though! It's well good.

 

[Thomas Barnsley]

Red Dwarf. It's a British comedy, good stuff.
The first two seasons are particularly good; in my opinion it went downhill after that but I think most people disagree with me.

This might sound strange, but Walking with Dinosaurs is a cool doco. Walking with Beasts as well. They're a bit outdated. But, well, they're dinosaurs, so that makes up for it.

 

[Tilted_Logic]

Red Dwarf!

Its about a man named Lister on a mining ship who goes into stasis as punishment for having a cat. Then the ship has a disasterous radiation leak vaporising everyone but him and the ships computer flys the ship out into deep space for millions of years until the radiation goes away. Leaving him possibly the last man alive in the universe.

Its also hilarious.

Second this! (Also, your description was hilariously accurate, I've never laid it out in my head like that haha)

 

[wolf thing]

You should read some books, that is the best way to get in to science fiction, especially speculative fiction which people rarely mate these days.

I would recommended, "the mote in gods eye" by larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, "starship troopers" by Robert Heinlein and "Foundation" by Issac Asimov. And there is much more.

As for tv shows there is doctor who which is fun but it is more of a family show and leans to the pulpy side of the genera, which isnt really what science fiction does best at least not what i think it does best.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Haven't got a series to mention (I don't watch tv), but I'll use this thread as an excuse to tell you to go see Elysium. I just saw it, and it's great! Fantastic, action packed, explosive, surprisingly gory and hugely entertaining summer movie fun.