Are there any science fiction TV series you are currently in the middle of watching? I’m sure there are plenty of people watching Silo. What else are you guys watching?
Personally I’ve been on a bit of a Star Trek Next Generation binge. I’ve also recently completed the Chinese version of Three Body Problem as well as the animated Three Body Problem which is actually just The Dark Forest.
The animated Three Body Problem was kind of a let down as they strayed from the source material in a weird way and made some aspects of it a comedy as well as a love story. Hopefully if it is renewed for a season 2 they get back on course and get to some of the good stuff. There are some scenes I would love to see animated. The trailer for it was so cool too. It seemed like they knew what they were doing.
Only loosely related to sci-fi, but I just finished Station 11 (twice) and think it might be the best TV show I’ve ever seen. I nitpick details and plot holes in stuff I watch all the time, and Station 11 just… didn’t have any. It’s the most well thought, cohesive story I’ve seen in ages. Watch it a second time and your mind will be blown at all the little details that crisscross perfectly across the entire arc.
The characters behave like real people. The acting is incredible. The score is perfection. It’s a masterpiece.
Just binged Severance, which was really good. Now I’m watching through Star Trek Next Gen, getting towards the end of season 2.
Just bought the full box set of Babylon 5 and started watching from the beginning. Never had the opportunity to see all the episodes in order, and never got to finish it. Here’s hoping!
Silo. It’s a decent show despite the wooden acting from Common. Looking forward to season 2.
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I’ve been working my way through The Expanse again. I couldn’t get into the books for some reason, despite being an avid SFF reader, but I love the show. (It happens to me for some reason–most of Gaiman’s works I’m meh about in book form but like on the big screen. Same deal with Game of Thrones–never got through the books in HS, even though I was reading other big fat fantasy at the time, but found the series…until the last few seasons…good.
Anyway. The Expanse probably the only SFF show I’ve encountered that actually feels like lit SF.
And for me, given most movie/TV SFF is a deacde or more behind lit SFF in ideas, it’s nice to actually see the types of stories made into a show.
I’m currently watching stargate again.
- Silo
- Star Trek Next Generation
- From
Recommendations are welcome.
Just finished the season finale of Silo. Can’t wait for the second season
Really looking forward to the finale of Silo tomorrow. It’s currently my favorite show on tv.
Silo seemed kind of uneven and slow to me, but according to posters who read the books, the first book is a lot of exposition and character building, so I guess it follows the books. I just hope it pays off!
Finished The Silo and started Outer Range. Silo was very good all season and Outer Range is very weird and interesting.
I’ve been watching through Babylon 5 for the first time and it’s so good. I was aware of it when it was running in the 90s but I wasn’t big into scifi TV shows at that point. I’ve watched through Star Trek TNG like 3 times (until they took it off Netflix) and The Orville twice (until I cancelled Hulu).
After I get through Babylon 5 I will choose between X-Files and Stargate SG-1, two other 90s shows I slept on. Overall I’m loving this. Because it’s all new to me, and yet it’s nostalgic at the same time. I remember the ads for all these shows, I recognize a lot of the actors from other things.
I finally got through and began the Expanse proper :)
Been watching Silo, loved the books and really like the show. The author had a lot of input into his season. He wrote the first but as a short story and he was glad to be able to revisit the early parts and flesh it out more. Good to hear there’s a second season. I’m eagerly awaiting Foundation season 2 which starts next month! I’ve been watching Black Mirror in small doses. I do want to check out the New Trek sometime soon, too.
Foundation was the biggest let down. It has no connection to books, except for its name.
I felt that despite the distance from the source material it was still worth a watch. Maybe I’m just starved for any sci-fi shows, but I too am looking forward to season two.
I won’t be watching.
Like a lot of people I presume I’m watching the season 2 of Star Trek Strange New Worlds. And it’s good.
Is it any good? I watched season 1 of discovery and the first season of picard and those combined put me off so haven’t bothered with any star trek stuff for a while.
Yup. Discovery was nonsense really, and while the only season of Picard that was good was the last one, SNW is awesome from the very start. It’s almost like old star trek going down to planets in shuttles and stuff. Really enjoyable.
I’ll need to check it out. They seem to want to turn star trek into an action focused thing now, I like some action but I also like sci fi that makes you think about life.
The Expanse is amongst the best Sci fi I’ve seen. If you haven’t seen that I’d recommend it 100%.
I’m currently partway through the first season of From. So far its a good mixture of monsters + mystery + sheer WTF. I just hope it continues to be coherent and eventually leads the viewers to a conclusion that, if not “reasonable”, at least follows some sort of consistent internal logic. That’s the part that typically winds up disappointing me in shows like this, so… fingers crossed, but so far so good.
I’ve enjoyed From so far, for the same reasons you describe… but it really needs to clear up some of its loose ends, otherwise it’ll end up like Lost.
At the moment, it’s a lot of “hey! look at this crazy thing! I wonder what it could be… oooo?”, and not a lot of “so this was actually…”
“and not a lot of “so this was actually…”” That’s exactly what I’m afraid of. These types of shows just don’t work without that part!
I am currently rewatching Fringe with my gf. God, it does not hold up.
I keep meaning to rewatch Fringe someday. But I don’t think it will ever compare to the first watch. It is a really great show that doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves. It starts off as just some kinda neat “monster of the week” sorta show and then becomes super innovative I think a season in.
Just typing this up makes me want to watch it lol.
Annoyingly, last time I checked (a while ago), it wasn’t streaming anywhere in Canada.
That is exactly what happened to me. Fringe was my favourite show back in 2009. I guess I was remembering it with rose tinted glasses. The story is fine and it is really entertaining. But the amount of plot holes it has is staggering. And the pseudo-science mumbo jumbo spewed out by Walter Bishoo gets old really fast. I guess I am just older mow and more sensible to details. But regardless of all that it is still a great bingeable show. My GF is loving it so far but even she notices a lot of the show’s issues. I guess there are shows that are best kept in our memories.
