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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2004, 04:15:28 PM »
You all need to watch more Farscape. I'm saddened that it hasn't even been mentioned yet, as it's one of the best sci-fi series I've ever seen.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2004, 04:20:05 PM »
Yah, but i've not watched it for ages. There is no season 4 big boxed set, so i have yet to see season 4.

Season 3 was brilliant though. It did have some very dodgy episodes (that one where they imitated Lock stock and 2 smoking barrels for example, and the cartoon episode) scattered in among the gold.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2004, 05:34:47 PM »
I saw my very first episode of Farscape the other day, and I have to say that I don't know what all the hype is about.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2004, 06:02:59 PM »
Yeah, well, your just biased against anything that doesn't have a Garand M1 in it, arn't you?
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2004, 06:17:38 PM »
No - I heartily enjoy SF stuff.  I was just surprised, after hearing how great the thing was, that it was just a regular old show with so-so special effects and nothing-special acting.  It wasn't bad, it just wasn't great.  It didn't make me terribly interested in watching it again.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #20 on: June 11, 2004, 06:27:40 PM »
I thought that for a Sci-fi channel show (lower buget then network stuff) the special effects were pretty good, they were defenitly a lot better then the crap that was in any Joss Whedon tv show.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2004, 08:25:37 PM »
Andromeda

Hercules

Stargate SG-1 (Stargate Atlantis in August, this should be intersting.)

Tru Calling- This show is on the WB. I saw an episode last night and it was actually rather interesting. The premise is that this girl can somehow travel back a day or something in time and try to fix someones problem. Usually the person from dying, since she works in a morgue. I didn't see the first episode so I'm not sure why she can do whatever she can.

Can't really think of any other ones I've liked.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #22 on: June 11, 2004, 08:37:43 PM »
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You all need to watch more Farscape. I'm saddened that it hasn't even been mentioned yet, as it's one of the best sci-fi series I've ever seen.


I've watched 4 or 5 episodes and it just didn't do anything for me. I never really felt any attachment to the characters or anything.  Why   It seems to me I'd have to force myself to watch a lot of it before I became a fan and that seems wrong.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #23 on: June 11, 2004, 08:55:37 PM »
Never seen one episode of Farscape, myself. And they just shut off our SciFi channel (we had been getting it by mistake), so I don't think I'll be seeing it any time soon.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #24 on: June 11, 2004, 09:35:45 PM »
As for Farscape, I've been told the same thing--you need to watch a whole seeson before you get into it.  I tried, but I only got halfway before I got boord.  It wasn't terrible, but you're right--I just had a LOT of trouble liking any of the charachters.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #25 on: June 12, 2004, 12:13:52 AM »
My reply was based on the 'live-action' stipulation.  If you include anime, then my favorites are Evangelion and Boogiepop Phantom.  Cowboy Beebop is really good, but I'd say a tier below my favorites.

By the way, I've seen the first few eps of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - I really liked it.  Its action oriented, not contemplative like the film, but that works better for a TV show anyway (I really like the film, but I still haven't made up my mind about whether it was exceptionally intelligent or not).
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #26 on: June 12, 2004, 01:49:45 AM »
Cowboy Bebop rocks.  But there's lots of good anime, and it's not in the same category as American prime-time, you know?

Which is why I specified live-action shows in the first place.  
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #27 on: June 12, 2004, 11:54:29 AM »
I like Farscape quite a bit, once Tage showed me some of his DVDs (I never had cable when it was actually on). It's miles beyond, say, Firefly, but I still prefer DS9 as a character-driven space drama.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #28 on: June 12, 2004, 02:35:18 PM »
I like Farscape, particularly after Crichton starts going insane. I like Stargate SG-1, but I've only seen a few episodes. The Star Trek series are just classic, though some of the series I like better than others, such as TNG and DS9. Haven't had a chance to really get into Firefly. I like Smallville and X-files. I'm getting into Alias, but mostly because I think Jennifer Garner is hot. Overall, I don't think I can really pick a favorite.

Now, if we can include fantasy series, I would have to add Angel, Buffy (excluding seasons 4, 6 and 7), and Highlander.
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Re: Favorite Sci-fi Television Series
« Reply #29 on: June 12, 2004, 02:38:36 PM »
DS9 is better than Farscape, yes.
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