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Best Sci Fi Currently On Television?
A few months ago a friend recommended Farscape, and I started watching. The first season was flat, but the current season is absolutely amazing. So I started watching Lexx just because I had hope in TV sci fi. (I blame Voyager) I'll run a poll on this later, but I'd like to just throw this out: what is the best sci fi on TV? What do people like? Why? I like Farscape because the plot this season has been really interesting (and I even dig the device where the split the main char so they could have silly episodes interspersed with serious ones) and Lexx... well Lexx is just seriously bizarre: I love the wacky humor and terrible B effects. (thanks to everyone in Germany that recommended it. Wow! You werent kidding). Are there any other nuggets of joy out there that I'm missing? The scary thing is that the Sci-Fi channel has finally edged out Comedy Central and Cartoon Network on my Tivo for disk space.
Your second sentence: it would be desirable to "get over this border crap between countries and learn to live as one race".
Your first sentence: if you disagree with my taste in TV, you're an idiot.
Gosh, I wonder if there's any tension between those two points of view.
I dont know maybe just here in Australia since all we get now of Bab5 is re-runs on cable (i think season 3 or 4?), but i would disagree with most of your points right off!
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:) The worst thing i found was that feature movie (cant remember the name), damn i hate storys which go like this:
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:) Thats one appealing factor of ST for me at least. But i guess we are all very different..
Firstly whenever I look at the show and just think, fuck my GeForce3 even kills that. The special effects just look so simple! I dont know if ive seen much of season 5 or anything, but it all just looks like some PC game!
There is no realism to it all, except I will say the alien costumes / etc, they are pretty good, very close to the ST:VOY/DS9 quality.. (That is my benchmark here btw)
But the main gripe i have with it, is the story! 90% of the time i watch it i get that feeling, "ahh fuck no dont be this lame, come on i want to be entertained!"
* Good human suggests exploring relations with X race.
* Military agree's that the big race X with an apparently huge military etc should be investigated.
* Send big war ship and find MOST arrogant war loving murdering captain to command this peacefull mission.
* Act supprised when you start intergalactic war.
*Shudder* that movie about the history of the war with Minbari (sp?) made me sick! And unfortunatly far too many episodes give me the same feeling.
One thing with your realism comment, i kind of like the idea that one day we as a race will be able to resolve a lot of our problems, ie, poverty, stupidity, etc.