I liked Firefly, Terminator: SCC and Stargate: Universe (all of which were canceled after a season or two). Will I like the new BattleStar Galactica?
Any other shows I would like?
Any other shows I would like?
As for cronos, pretty much everywhere it's available the miniseries is broken up into "episodes 1/2" or whatever, it's hard to start the series and miss it.
It peaks near the end of the second season and goes downhill from there. The ending is crap.
Still worth watching but just an FYI, if you go into season 3 thinking "how can this show get any better?!" it only gets worse.
Babylon 5 is a fun sci-fi arc show. Same with Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Both take a season or two to get moving though. You just have to be patient.
I read somewhere that DS9 was a rip-off of B5. I don't see it really other than the whole space station centered thing but that's just me.
I loved BSG.
Farscape is also another highly enjoyable series, though on the other end of the grittiness spectrum.
Farscape can be a serious drama at times, but it's generally a lighter series. Fun to watch (I blazed through the four seasons very very quickly, couple of weeks at most), and disappointing when it wraps up because that means there is no more. It's one of those shows anyone who is a fan of sci-fi probably shouldn't miss. It might start out slightly slow, season 1 (which is a short season, btw) is mainly the background to get you familiar with everything going on... and it basically just keeps driving ahead from there.
Go for it.
Don't forget to start with the mini-series.
The level of detail to Hensons puttets in Farscape and the space opera elements of J Micheal's use of universal themes would make Tolkien bust out the weed..
It peaks near the end of the second season and goes downhill from there. The ending is crap.
Still worth watching but just an FYI, if you go into season 3 thinking "how can this show get any better?!" it only gets worse.
Babylon 5 is a fun sci-fi arc show. Same with Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Both take a season or two to get moving though. You just have to be patient.
I hope your right about DS9, I LOVED TNG, and actually quite enjoyed most of Voyager, but I'm on the third disc of DS9 and am pretty "meh" about it so far.
indeed, good sir
It was a highly intelligent series, and was visually gorgeous to watch. Characters were brilliant, multi-dimensional, and it just felt right. Hard to describe in any other terms... but I guess the "universal themes" is probably the easiest way to describe it, so I won't try and develop that idea any further.
With that said, that's a similar reason as to why I loved the new BSG, highly enjoyed Caprica, and am completely in love with the Dune saga (novel series).
All three of those (Caprica by extension of simply following the standard set by BSG's vision) are incredibly intelligent. The plot might die down on occasion just due to the length of the mediums (TV and novels, spanning multiple volumes/seasons), but the drama at the heart of each of those series, lies incredibly realistic portrayals of universal themes. I imagine the more educated you are in the realms of psychology, sociology, and philosophy, the more you will enjoy the portrayal of important knowledge in those fields.
BSG I think does an absolutely stellar job at portraying humanity, and humanity "on the brink", with phenomenal characterizations and well-portrayed by the actors and/I] writers. Cinematography-wise, it's entirely depressing, though visually enticing at numerous times; it has a very cold color palette, though vibrancy of warm tones is well done when they should be treated that way. Story-wise and in terms of cinematography, it's gritty, dark, cold, yet it definitely portrays the entirety of the emotional spectrum with ease.