Can someone point me to a good sci fi? All ours have been destroyed

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I'm a massive fan of sci-fi. Like, you have no idea how big of a fan I am. If it was socially acceptable in my area to go to a Sci Fi convention you'd bet I'd be walking in there in full gear, dressed as Dr Who or one of my other favourites.

It's also something I hid away from my friends in childhood. If they'd even sniff that I was watching Stargate or the likes I would have probably been laughed at and pointed at. Well, not my real friends of course. I've since realised they have stuck with me whatever the case.

But as a teenager nothing beat rushing home from college to catch an episode of Star Trek, and then before bed a nice catch up with Stargate SG1. I was super pumped when they made Stargate into a series, it was one of the best things they could have done with that film -- and the opportunities were almost limitless. They could now release a plethora of goa'uld enemies and have several seasons of work ahead of them great!

They even managed two spin-offs. Didn't much like Stargate Universe, but I hear they are reshaping that in the future. A bit of a waste of Robert Carlyle in my opinion.

Trailer was awesome, series execution was not quite what I expected. I like it when they have new technology to test out rather than a sci-fi survival series which this one was.

Sadly, all my favourites from the Stargate Universe are long but gone, and we are left to deal with whatever the hell Star Wars and Star Trek has become.

Just to be clear, you're talking to a man, that as a kid, knew all the dialogue to Star Wars IV, V & VI. I had watched those films so many times that even now whenever I see a cut of one of those movies I know all that's going to happen. I loved them, those were my lifeblood as a young boy. I essentially wanted to be a Jedi! If only a dream!

Star Trek too. By god did I love the tense dynamic between the crew of the original series, and also The Next Generation. And boy did the TNG introduce some new, but terribly frightening enemies. All of us that watched Star Trek would understand the dangers of The Borg. Perhaps the Borg was a writers interpretation and euphemism for communism. Who knows?

Probably the worst thing that has ever happened to my enjoyable sci fi experiences is that it has become woke beyond belief and now favours propaganda and virtue signalling over robust and hard hitting storylines. Now it is all about speaking down to their audiences as if they aren't aware of the social issues around them.

The interesting thing about woke media is that I don't think they fully understand that sci fi movies were able to ask all the challenging ethical and morality questions way before this absolute bollocks came around. Just take Battlestar Gallactica more than two decades ago when they balanced ethics and morals on a knife edge where it came to killing people that were just trying to survive

They were going to murder this man. Throw him right out the airlock. Because he joined the other side and was trying to put food on his table. They would have killed him otherwise. And now, faced with being killed again, they realise that he had risked his life to save everyone. It's messy, and that's why I loved this.

But woke propaganda paints and entirely different picture. There is only one evil and there is no point in trying to understand why that evil exists. No point. It's just bad and it should be eradicated. No deeper thoughts, nothing.

And sadly that leads to really bad writing. Or, the really bad writing has led to this sort of "pop woke psychology" we see on films where there is virtually no deeper questioning. It just exists, and is.

I really do miss the good questions of the past, rather than the "white man bad" that we see now.

And then we have the whole scenario where you can't criticise the changes they make because if you do then you don't like the [insert label here]. One such series doing this was Doctor Who only a couple of years ago where Chris Chibnall turned Doctor Who from a Universe hopping super being to a poorly written load of shit. Yes, I'm talking about Jodie Whittaker. I'm not criticising her of course, I think she was given a bad hand by a poor writer and wasn't able to properly merge into her role like other actors were able to.

Buuut, if you didn't like the new season then obvvvvvvvviously it was because you didn't like women. No thought to the other strong women that have played amazingly great lead roles in the past, no, it's obviously because the audience of Dr Who is terrible chauvinistic and must be purged from their viewership.

On a side note, I'd love to see Michelle Gomez as The Doctor if we were to go for a woman, and with great writing that would be a winner

But alas, what we have now is poor acting, poor screenwriting, and you can't criticise it because you'll be labelled as a misogynist!

So!

On that note. Does anyone know any good sci fi I can watch? Because my current watches have been wrecked.



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I can suggest a few sci-fi films but they might be a bit unconventional.

  1. La Jetee (1962)
  2. Solaris (1972)
  3. Last and First Men (2020)
  4. Dark City (1998)
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unconventional is my thing :) I always like exploring boundaries. I've seen Solaris, loved it. Will give the rest a try!

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I'd give the series "The Expanse" a try; it's on the gritty and dystopic side, but really well done.

Although it has been off the air for a while, "Fringe" was also a really good show, I thought.

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I'll give those a try. I'm so open to new sci fi at the moment it's unreal lol

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I agree. The Expanse is a great show, although I found one season unsatisfying. I didn't think they developed anything other than surprise you with a new threat at the last minute.

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I recommend farscape back when sci fi was about sci fi.

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Oh man I totally forgot about farscape. I think I watched the first three seasons and then I moved country, and I got ill. Damn, I need to recap this! Thank you for the reminder :)

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As far as recent stuff, I'll second The Expanse. As far as "older" stuff. I also enjoyed Heroes and Fringe. I've never actually watched any of the Stargate Series (outside of the original movie). One of these days I'll have to catch up.

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Stargate Atlantis was my favourite - that was one of the spin offs. But you're in for a treat. I wish I was you and hadn't seen them yet! lol

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i see there are some The Expanse fans here. It is maybe the best out there at the moment.

I am a sucker for sci-fi so i watched almost everything i got hold off, especially when i had more time. If there are aliens, spaceships, time travel... i will probably give it a go :)

Stargate Universe was not that bad but if i remember it they rushed it (i think there was something about cancelation, so they had to finish it. It was long ago so not sure). Loved all of the Stargate. Except the Stargate Origins, that sucked.

On the quality of the shows last few years. I think it is the combination of bad writing and the need of being woke first and plot second. I feel like when they write stories now, they first think how can we be woke enough and then they write a plot around that. That Startrek Discovery they them talk was painful and screaming look how woke we are...
you can be gay, straight, trans, alien, mix of 6 different alien species, lesbian android, what ever, just write it so it makes sense and it has a place in the plot...

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Yeah, I feel that. I think it's hard to write a film under woke ideology and have it make sense. Hard to do though since they are literally only giving awards to woke films these days, and those that buck the trend, get fuck all

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I mean TNG was great because they also expressed a lot of morals and values, but it was important stuff, like 'don't be too cocky', 'think before you act (aggressively' or they explored if artificial intelligence deserves human rights at some point.

Now the lessons are:

  1. Dont be racist!
  2. Dont be a chauvenist!
  3. Stop being a white male!

And all without nuiance, but just right in your face.

Not really sure what I could recommend you. You have seen Firefly, right? Maybe some sci-fi Animes: Cowboy Bebop (light hearted) or Neon Genesis Evangelion (some deep mystic/philosophical shit)

Edit: An old German classic is "Raumpatrouille Orion" not sure if you can get it in English

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Lots of great recommendations so far though. It's ok, I now have several to choose from lol

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Fringe for sure.
Most everything else gets cancelled way before it's time.
Sens8
Altered Carbon
The OA

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Oh man I LOVED Altered Carbon. Literally can't wait for the third season. I'll probably binge watch it once again! Will try those others :)

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I never read the books, but the show was really good.

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You already received a lots of recommendation still If you get some time then try to watch these

  1. Donnie Darko (Sci-Fi/Crime/suspense)

  2. Project Almanac

  3. Predestination

  4. Looper

  5. The Butterfly Effect

  6. Utopia (Series)

Note: Not every recommendation in this list is directly related to Sci-Fi genere yet I fell like you would like these!
Cheers 😊

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Seen most of those! I will try the rest though, thanks :)

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What did you think of Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin? More of a waste?

Should I be expecting you at Comicon in San Diego some July in the future? So much fun.

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I LOVED Once Upon a Time, so you'll probably find my answer biased in that one. I stopped watching it after the 6th? Maybe the 7th? Season as I was a bit upset that Regina was still to get her happy ending. They axed Robin and did all sorts to her character, even when she was quite visibly trying to turn over a new leaf. So I quit watching it lol.

I'm about 6000 miles away from there! In the UK here :) - I don't know where the nearest convention is to me!

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Altered Carbon
Dark Matter
Orphan Black

I'm thinking of rewatching Babylon 5.

I Am Mother - movie

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