Are there any good Sci-Fi shows anymore?

**Alpo** · 08-25-2014

Hello all,

So, I remember watching Star Trek TNG when it was still new when I was a kid. Ever since then I've loved science fiction, especially the exploratory / investigative kind. (I hate the new Star Trek movies, but that's probably off point

.)

However I just realized the other day that I hadn't seen a sci-fi show that looked good since BattleStar Galactica. I know the "goodness" of a show is subjective, but that's ok because I just want opinions.

Do they still make good sci-fi shows anymore, are there any anyone here would recommend? Or if there haven't been any good ones, what happened to sci-fi?

Thanks, Alpo.

**laserlight** · 08-25-2014

Dr Who? I have a number of friends who love it.

**Yarin** · 08-26-2014

Originally Posted by laserlight

Dr Who? I have a number of friends who love it.

I wish I liked Dr Who, considering it's legacy. But everytime I watch an episode, it's senseless randomness always deters me.

**Alpo** · 08-26-2014

Originally Posted by laserlight

Dr Who? I have a number of friends who love it.

Whooops! I didn't realize there was a new one. I used to love the old one, I think so anyway. All I remember is a funny looking guy with an afro asking people if they wanted a jelly-baby. I'll check it out next weekend at my parents (they've got Netflix).

**Yarin** · 08-25-2014

Originally Posted by Alpo

Do they still make good sci-fi shows anymore,

Not that I know of.

Originally Posted by Alpo

are there any anyone here would recommend?

The best I can think of that's "current", is Continuum. It has a heavy crimmie element, and the characters feel cheap, but it is, at least, a proper sci-fi.

Originally Posted by Alpo

what happened to sci-fi?

I wish I knew. Maybe the average TV/cable consumer is getting dumber.

**Alpo** · 08-26-2014

Originally Posted by Yarin

I wish I knew. Maybe the average TV/cable consumer is getting dumber.

I had sort of come up with a theory that since all the normal people started calling themselves nerds, what used to be targeted towards nerds is now targeted toward mainstream. That's what I came up with to explain the new Star Trek/s. They probably weren't bad if you judge them as mainstream action movies(?) .

**MutantJohn** · 08-26-2014

Eureka is a pretty good show, imo. I enjoyed it.

**Yarin** · 08-26-2014

Originally Posted by Alpo

I had sort of come up with a theory that since all the normal people started calling themselves nerds, what used to be targeted towards nerds is now targeted toward mainstream.

If that were true, wouldn't we see more sci-fis?

Originally Posted by MutantJohn

Eureka is a pretty good show, imo. I enjoyed it.

The you may enjoy Warehouse 13, too.

**Alpo** · 08-26-2014

Originally Posted by Yarin

If that were true, wouldn't we see more sci-fis?

Yes, but along with a greater number you also get a shift in the definition of individual brands.

It's sort of like the whole EA thing where they started making their brands more acceptable to the general populace. There were more RPG/ Story-Telling games, with less and less of the unique qualities of those genre's.

On Eureka, I don't think I ever saw the ending to that. I remember watching it in college, but I graduated and sort of forgot about it. I think it was during that time when all the TV shows on had this annoying habit of generating loads of mystery by coming up with all these unanswered questions (like LOST). I can't really remember if Eureka did that sort of thing or not though.

**Elkvis** · 08-26-2014

Originally Posted by MutantJohn

Eureka is a pretty good show, imo. I enjoyed it.

It was until the last two seasons. I watched it until the end, but I was pretty disappointed with the last two, and especially the last season. I did enjoy Warehouse 13 though. I'm quite a fan of Dr Who as well. Yarin was right about one thing. It seems senselessly random at first, but you have to stick with it, and after a few episodes, it starts to coalesce into something you can actually follow. I started watching with Christopher Eccleston, but I want to go back and watch from the very beginning with William Hartnell and watch all the way through the 700+ episodes. They recently found copies of the episodes that were believed to be lost at an old TV station in Africa, so there's a chance that a person could see them all, from beginning to end.

**MutantJohn** · 08-26-2014

Oh God, I can only watch the new Doctor Who stuff. David Tenant did it better than Matt Smith, in my opinion but then again, Matt Smith had the hotter companion even though she was married. This new assistant or "companion" or w/e they choose to call these girls is pretty good looking too. And the new Doctor seems fantastic. I'm excited for this season.

**Epy** · 08-26-2014

They don't make good movies or TV anymore. Everything is recycled and/or CGI diarrhea.

**Will1** · 08-26-2014

The trouble is that most of the stuff I read or saw when I was a kid back in the 1940s and 1950s have become outdated by modern technology. I remember "The Forbidden Planet" from the 1050s. It's still about the best sci-fi movie I've ever seen!

**Elkvis** · 08-26-2014

Originally Posted by Will1

The trouble is that most of the stuff I read or saw when I was a kid back in the 1940s and 1950s have become outdated by modern technology. I remember "The Forbidden Planet" from the 1050s. It's still about the best sci-fi movie I've ever seen!

The point of Sci-Fi is not to be technically accurate or current. The point is entertainment, and a stimulus to our imagination. In that capacity, much of the old Sci-Fi still excels.

**Sebastiani** · 08-29-2014

For some odd reason, this is always the first song that comes to mind when I think about sci-fi/space-travel.

Originally Posted by Alpo

Do they still make good sci-fi shows anymore, are there any anyone here would recommend? Or if there haven't been any good ones, what happened to sci-fi?

Eh, good sci-fi in film has always been hard to pull off. I guess that's why I've always preferred the printed stuff - lot's and lot's of great sci-fi books have been written (from authors like Zelazny, Bradbury, Heinlein, Asimov, Clark, Le Guin, just to name a few). The "Hugo Award" collection was always one of my favorites too. Films are often way over-rated - films like 2001 or Dune are considered by many to be "classics" based on this or that artistic merit, but as far as I'm concerned, by credits end I just have this feeling that I've been dragged through the mud or something!

Anyway, though not really a "new" feature, there is this one TV show that was originally created in Japan then adapted for American audiences (in very watered-down form, unfortunately) that was later developed into a pretty fun fantasy/sci-fi/drama cartoon-trilogy.

Originally Posted by Will1

The trouble is that most of the stuff I read or saw when I was a kid back in the 1940s and 1950s have become outdated by modern technology. I remember "The Forbidden Planet" from the 1050s. It's still about the best sci-fi movie I've ever seen!

One really great old film that stands up today just as well as it did when it was first released way back in the 1950's is "The Day the Earth Stood Still". Classic film!

Originally Posted by Yarin

I wish I liked Dr Who, considering it's legacy. But everytime I watch an episode, it's senseless randomness always deters me.

Yeah, I've watched that show off an on for a number of years (decades) now and I *still* don't get it. Course, most diehards will tell you that you just need to sit through a bunch of episodes before it starts to make sense, but whatever, the show's just plain nonsense if you ask me.

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