Hello again fellow /c/sciencefiction peoples. What have you been watching lately and what do you plan to watch?
Here is last months post. What are you Watching? (August 2023)
Foundation and For All Mankind, absolutely. Also planning on finishing up Star Trek TOS.
Just started watching (the fanmade 4k remastered version of) Farscape. Only my second time to watch the series.
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Getting ready to watch Lower Decks in one week!
I started watching Babylon 5 this month, and I’m already in the third season. I’m thoroughly hooked.
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I thought I’d hate the replacement character for Commander Sinclair and I could tell they were trying particularly hard to make me like the Captain but he grew on me, and now I like him the same.
It’s hard how much I love the world and flavor of this show. It looks like shit, no doubt, but it has tremendous soul.
Man I was so amazed when i finished 1899. Then i read they canceled it like a week later. So upsetting. I guess I’ll rewatch dark for the third time.
Peripheral. Very fun sci-fi, beware: second season renewal revoked because of writers strike, unless someone else picks it up in afraid season 2 might not happen :/
Not sure if anime counts here, but I just watched Cyber City Oedo 808 and it was pretty dope.
It absolutely counts. Some of my favorite science fiction shows are anime. I’m not sure why it doesn’t come up more often in this community. I tried bringing it up a few times early on. Also our communities icon is from Cowboy Bebop.
Cowboy Bebop is my all time favorite anime. Wish it had more episodes, but a big part of the reason why I like it so much is that it didn’t drag on for too many seasons once the writers ran out of ideas.
I agree it is the perfect length and doesn’t needlessly drag on. I don’t think it could ever continue at this point and I’m not sure it even needs to. I wouldn’t mind seeing something entirely new either in the same universe or with the same vibes.
The live action version was pretty bad. They definitely should have done this and created a new story instead of trying to remake a masterpiece.
It has some of the best animation I’ve ever seen, and it has the perfect mix of being over the top ridiculous but also taking itself seriously. Also the swearing and banter in the dub is hilarious.
I’m watching all the similar ones I haven’t seen yet next, like Genocyber, Angel Cop, Battle Angel, Angel Cop, Parasite Dolls, etc.
Star trek Voyager for a while now. I between I was watching Strange New Worlds. I still have half of Picard S3 left to watch
Not one of those listed and not sure if it fits the assignment but I started watching the Mobile Suit Gundam, The Witch from Mercury anime and have been enjoying it. It’s got some fun if tropey sci fi environs
I’m fucking sorry, did they reboot Lex and Red Dwarf?
No, if you are referring to the image on the post this is curated from some of the most upvoted comments of last months post. It doesn’t imply much beyond these are some shows people have been watching. Many of which may be very old or very new. There seems to always be a good mix.
Damn I was excited
Red Dwarf reboot does not make sense as it seems they are not done making episodes.
In some way I hope someone creates a new Sci-Fi comedy that can be as long running as Red Dwarf, or make sure a Red Dwarf reboot starts in a parallel universe or something.
First season of Westworld is a masterpiece. The rest of the series is pretty good (S3&4 are simultaneously fairly self contained and open ended) but it suffered from the high expectations set by the first season.
Just finished Silo last month. Pretty good. Not perfect, but it wasn’t bad. Rebecca Ferguson was great, but her accent was all over the place. Also, Common is the weakest link on the cast. He’s fine as a one dimensional action character like in John Wick, but his character in Silo unfortunately extends beyond his range.
Strange New Worlds and Ahsoka.
Man, reminding me of TTSCC… Now I wanna watch it again, again
Wish they’d reboot that Terminator show. Considering it involves time travel, it wouldn’t be difficult to start a new season.
Right now I’m binging DS9 on paramount+ as well as watching Farscape and Babylon 5 on the Roku channel, although I’m not watching Farscape and Babylon 5 as intently as DS9.
Just finished Severance! Watched most of it on 1.5x speed and skiped a lot of the 20 second visuals scenes with no dialogue but besides the pacing issues, its one of the most interesting shows I’ve seen in years. I love how they developed the dynamics between split personalities.
Maybe I can try that. I just can’t get into it the couple times I tried to start because it grinddddssss.
Dude, just watch it at normal speed and don’t skip anything. There’s a lot going on in that show.
Uh, no dude? I don’t feel like a word was said or a scene played out that I did not understand. You might find fulfilment in watching a 40 second sequence of someone drinking coffe with a pensive look but I don’t have time for that. I slowed down when I had a reason to.
You do you bro. It’s fine if you never learned how to calm yourself long enough to get the full experience the writers and directors wanted… because there’s a lot more than “pensive looks” going on. There are several dozen layers of subtlety happening on screen at any moment, and you’re bound to miss some shit. But whatever dude. I’m not here to tell you how to enjoy what is arguably one of the best first seasons of a television show in ages.
You literally showed up here to tell me how to enjoy it, bro. I don’t actually need to feel the boredom and desolation that the innies do.
I didn’t demand, I suggested. Because it’s a show with tons of intentional subtlety. Every moment on the screen has a purpose. Not to mention all the brilliant dialog. There are so many great lines that come out of nowhere.
Sure, you can get the basics by skimming it… but you’re not going to get the full experience that way.
Hell, I’m on my fourth watch through and I’m still finding new shit.
