Good sci fi series to watch?
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Du1point8

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22,961 posts

223 months

Sunday 8th January 2012
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Cant find anything on search...

So need recommendations...

Currently going through Warehouse 13 which is like an x files style show and quite good.

I need to catch up on fringe at some point.

But what else?

BSG done
B5 done
Stargate franchise done
Terra nova done
Falling skies done

need more

Brigand

2,547 posts

200 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Firefly!

davepoth

29,395 posts

230 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Last week I watched Jericho, since I had little else to do - it was OK.

Du1point8

Original Poster:

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223 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Brigand said:
Firefly!
done...

Forgot about that one.

Gaspowered

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196 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Not seen it myself, but the new V is supposed to be quite good.

stew-S160

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269 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Space:Above and Beyond.

Methuselah

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198 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Lexx

TheHeretic

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286 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Farscape

clonmult

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240 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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A mildly rare one (and possibly difficult to find)

Total Recall 2070. A bazillion times better than the Arnold film, and overall a very, very good series. And again, shame it didn't continue past the first series.

AshVX220

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221 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Gaspowered said:
Not seen it myself, but the new V is supposed to be quite good.
Oh no, the new 'V' is arse, the completely missed the entire point of the original and it was all too woolly.

Dodgy special effects, naff idea's. Not a patch on the original.

So, OP, if you can halde '80's SFX, with ok'ish acting, but want something that is an excellent story, try the original V.

Du1point8

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Monday 9th January 2012
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was the gene rodenbury series that was done after his death any good?

Andromeda any good? when I have seen it there was no story line and just like star trek jumping from one episode (do something) to another and unless its got 2 parts, never the twain shall meet.

vxr8mate

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220 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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stew-S160 said:
Space:Above and Beyond.
^^^^^^^^^WHS

Du1point8

Original Poster:

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Monday 9th January 2012
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vxr8mate said:
stew-S160 said:
Space:Above and Beyond.
^^^^^^^^^WHS
Done it 3 weeks ago

uncle tez

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182 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Slightly different to the ones posted but ive been watching the walking dead and its been really good imo. Nothing beats x files though

PaulHogan

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309 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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B7

AshVX220

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Monday 9th January 2012
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Du1point8 said:
was the gene rodenbury series that was done after his death any good?

Andromeda any good? when I have seen it there was no story line and just like star trek jumping from one episode (do something) to another and unless its got 2 parts, never the twain shall meet.
I got that following reviews on here, and I stopped watching after about 5 episodes, I found it very slow and boring. (Can't even remember the name of it now).

I struggle because so much good stuff is binned before it's finished, they got the investment to start it, so bloody finish it!!

I really enjoyed Jericho and it was just getting interesting when they canned it. Same with dDrk Skies.

300bhp/ton

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221 months

Monday 9th January 2012
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Methuselah said:
Lexx
+1

Also (as not mentioned by op)

Star Trek in all it guises (TOS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT).

onomatopoeia

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248 months

Tuesday 10th January 2012
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PaulHogan said:
B7
Yes. It's tremendously important in the development of the genre when compared to Star Trek and TNG, which were almost all standalone "monster / baddie of the week" episodes and was the foundation for what JMS did on a much grander scale with B5. Of course the budget that the BBC could throw at scifi in 1977 was vanishingly small and it shows.

shoggoth1

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Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Du1point8 said:
Currently going through Warehouse 13 which is like an x files style show and quite good.
I would suggest 'Fringe' then.

clonmult

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240 months

Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Another offbeat suggestion.

The Lost Room.

Apparently a precursor to Warehouse 13, in that it uses some vaguely similar concepts. Not a long running series, just 6 episodes iirc. Haven't had a chance to sit down and watch it yet, but it does look interesting.