For me, it would be The Expanse, and Dark
(I am hopping to get recommendations for some good scifi shows I haven’t been introduced to from here)
Firefly! I adore the Wild West theme mixed with the sci-fi elements. Feels really unique, and it represents what the spacefaring future probably would look like to the average person. Like everyone else, I’m livid it only got one series, even after all these years.
(I even made a magazine for it: https://kbin.social/m/browncoats )
Babylon 5 is my top pick. If you can get past the aging, low-budget visuals and corny dialogue, you will find a wonderfully crafted show. It can be hard to get into initially, but there is a huge payoff imo.
Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis - got just the right amounts of science and fiction, drama and comedy, campiness and self-awareness, and is the reason I got interested in physics and programming. Undomesticated equines could not remove me from another rewatch.
Stargate was such huge part of my childhood! To this day I remember almost every episode of the original SG1. Atlantis ran on cable which we did not have, so the first time I saw it was later on in my adulthood. Sure, Star Wars, Star Trek, Expanse and BG are all great, but man, SG1 will always be my absolute fave.
Honorable mention goes to Farscape - what a ride that show was!
I haven’t seen the show but I’ve recently started reading The Expanse. I’m about halfway through the first book, Leviathan Wakes, and stuff is really starting to pick up. I’ve somehow not spoiled myself on it at all despite it being a hugely popular series and TV show so I’m really looking forward to the next like, 7 books.
You’re in for a great ride. The show is a slightly different tone and does some normal book-to-screen compression, conflation, and prioritization, but it’s extremely well done too.
Fringe, Continuum, BSG, Firefly, TNG, and SG1 are by far the best there was to offer. I rewatch Continuum atleast once a year at this point.
New shows: Silo and Peripheral are fantastic.
Eureka was pretty fun … do not expect hardcore scifi. I also like the first season of Star Trek Strange New Worlds.
Have to agree on Eureka. It’s really dumb, but super entertaining, and something I can watch over, and over, and over, and it never gets old.
Yeah … it really didn’t put the science in Sci-fi, but the comedy was there. I actually rewatched it not that long ago. It still holds up.
Did you ever see the librarians TV show, thought it had similar vibe to eureka but crossed with warehouse 13
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3663490/I liked warehouse 13, too. The Librarians was good, but for some reason I fell of of it. Not sure why. I may have to go back and watch it.
Yup. I’ve seen all of the Librarian movies (similarly goofy) the show, and warehouse 13. I liked them all.
I’m surprised no one’s mentioned Lost in Space on Netflix. It’s a fantastic show about the wonders and dangers of space exploration with great acting, amazing effects and follows a well-constructed story. Only 3 seasons and ends on a lovely little scene.
I think this is a hard question, if you put a gun to my head I would likely choose the 2000’s version of Battlestar Galactica even though I don’t necessarily feel great about the final episodes. Unless other mini-series that didn’t become tv shows aired on the Sci-Fi channel count, then I’d probably pick Frank Herbert’s Dune.
I’m definitely in the minority but i didn’t like the 2000’s version which crammed BG with Terminator. I prefer the original series and story in which the Cylons were a technological remnant of a reptilian race who vanished hundreds of years before they encountered the human race, possibly due to a software bug turning the machines against them. I feel they should have just created their own stories and characters instead.
The Lazarus Project is good, and the new season starts soon.
Will check it out!
Fringe, hands down. An amazing show from start to finish. I also have a soft spot for Warehouse 13, which leans more into the fantastical.
More recently, the first season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been great, and I’m also looking forward to seeing the second season of Severance.Warehouse 13 and Eureka were similar, and had characters cross over.
I’ve seen lots of great suggestions, but lots of repetition.
My recommendation is Foundation (2021), I’ve really enjoyed it.
I think it helped that it’d been so long since reading the series, or I might have been snobbish.
But yeah, the show is great.
Basic answer: Firefly. Love it!
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I was so mad when I found out that firefly is so short. Every single character is awesome and I thought I had found an old treasure just like some of the classics are, but nope. Every rewatch I get sad when I realize it’s the last episode again
I read the official comic books and got a bit of closure on the story. You should consider that
The Prisoner. No doubt about it. I taped that whole series on audio cassettes with a Radio Shack portable recorder in the 1970s. It’s the ultimate cult show.
Sadly, it is mostly unknown to modern audiences. I cosplayed as The Prisoner for several years at a regional SF convention, and only one person recognized me - but from the Simpsons parody rather than the original show!
I couldn’t agree more. One of the greatest TV series ever.
You are Number 6!
Steins;Gate :)
