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Whats next? Need a tinsy-winsy bit of help.

POSTED BY: KEYOKE
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Wednesday, May 3, 2006 10:40 AM

KEYOKE


About a year ago (maybe less. bad memory), a friend of mine downloaded Firefly and after seeing the pilot he called me over right away. After watching the pilot he and I went out that day and bought the series. It is now my favourite sci-fi, but i've found that after watching it I can't find a new series to watch.

I don't get sky, living in a remote area of England, meaning I only have the terrestrial channels. I don't particularly like downloading things, although I'll download a pilot episode of something once in a while... Thus I have to buy my series. As you can imagine, if I buy a series that I dislike... its rather expensive. So im asking for recomendations? What do I watch next?

So far, I own complete collections of (or as near as possbile) - Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Galactica (new and old), Star Trek - DS9 (I never liked the other ones... don't kill me...), Farscape and of course - Firefly. I own the first dvd of Stargate Atlantis, but I wasn't overly impressed. Nor did I like the new or old versions of Doctor Who. I also caught a few episodes of The Adventures of Jules Verne whilst staying at my mothers down south, and was mildly intrigued, if a bit horrified with the acting.

Recomendations people? I'd be ever so grateful. Sorry for the essay.


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Wednesday, May 3, 2006 8:33 PM

FLORALBUNNY


Keyoke,
If you like the Whedon style (quirky plots and dialogue, 3-D characters) and it doesn't *have* to be sci-fi, you might dip into Buffy and Angel. If it has to be sci-fi, it looks to me as if you've covered most of the bases. I hope someone else will chime in. This post will bump you up for a while.

BTW, welcome to our little rust-bucket, in case the official greeting hasn't been done. We like to be sure you have some strawberries and an invitation to question the buffet in the galley. Mudder's Milk at the bar, and coffee in the big pot.

Watch out for llamas, and please don't step on the ShipsCat.

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Wednesday, May 3, 2006 10:57 PM

KEYOKE


Thank-ye for the kindly welcome. I've tried Buffy and Angel, but I didn't find them anywhere near as enthralling as Firefly. I read a lot of fatasyish stuff, but for some reason I find it hard to watch. Im strange like that...

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Wednesday, May 3, 2006 11:17 PM

ARABIKUM


Hey Keyoke,

if you liked DS9, maybe you check out Babylon 5. There´s a nice and relatively cheap boxset with all 5 seasons plus 5 Movies made for TV. The look of it is horrible, the CGI are PS1-style, but some really great SF-writers have been working on the show, e.g. D.C. Fontana and Harlan Ellison. But, to be honest, I don´t like any of that Babylon-5-Star-Trek-Stargate-Kind-Of-Stuff anymore, cause I think it´s totally a thing of the 90´s. Thats because of Fireflyx. I wish, I´d never watched it!!

The only SF-show with a similar quality is the new BSG, which you already know.

I´ve missed most episodes of "Dark Angel". Maybe I´ll check that out. What about Farscape?! The Muppets always scared me off. But a lot of people think, it´s gorgeous. What do you think?!


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Thursday, May 4, 2006 12:24 AM

VINTERDRAKEN


I can recomend Space:Above and Beyond, Jeremiah, Wonderfalls and Dark Angel. All good shows, and worth the dough in my opinion.

You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 12:24 AM

VINTERDRAKEN


I can recomend Space:Above and Beyond, Jeremiah, Wonderfalls and Dark Angel. All good shows, and worth the dough in my opinion.

You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 12:24 AM

VINTERDRAKEN


I can recomend Space:Above and Beyond, Jeremiah, Wonderfalls and Dark Angel. All good shows, and worth the dough in my opinion.

You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 12:24 AM

VINTERDRAKEN


I can recomend Space:Above and Beyond, Jeremiah, Wonderfalls and Dark Angel. All good shows, and worth the dough in my opinion.

You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 12:24 AM

VINTERDRAKEN


I can recomend Space:Above and Beyond, Jeremiah, Wonderfalls and Dark Angel. All good shows, and worth the dough in my opinion.

You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 12:24 AM

VINTERDRAKEN


I can recomend Space:Above and Beyond, Jeremiah, Wonderfalls and Dark Angel. All good shows, and worth the dough in my opinion.

You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 5:06 AM

CYBERSNARK


The muppets on Farscape are unlike anything you've seen on the Muppet Show. Farscape is as close to "Firefly with aliens" as currently exists.

For Fantasy readers, I'd also suggest looking up Disney's Gargoyles. Don't let the Disney tag fool you, this show is unlike anything Disney studios has done before or since, or likely ever again. It was a Saturday morning kids' show, with references to Shakespeare, history, mythology, folklore, and literature. Characters changed, grew, suffered, and evolved. The villains were complex, multifacetted, justified, and occasionally right, and the heroes were flawed, imperfect, emotional, and occasionally even suicidal.

It came out in '94, so it's a bit dated now, but it's still undeniably brilliant. Great cast, great acting, great scripts, great animation. . . Watch it. S1 and S2.1 are out on (surprisingly inexpensive) DVD, we're still eagerly waiting S2.2.

(I just watched the "City of Stone" 4-parter last night, back-to-back. It was like a Gargoyles movie. )

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 5:20 AM

ARABIKUM


Quote:

Originally posted by Cybersnark:
Farscape is as close to "Firefly with aliens" as currently exists.



Lucky me!!! Thanks a lot CS!

Right now I have to fight my way through 3,5 remaining seasons of B5 on DVD (sigh).


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Thursday, May 4, 2006 6:23 AM

KEYOKE


Cheers people, i'll be checking those out.

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 6:40 AM

DAYVE


i can recommend a couple sci-fi movies you may or may not have seen yet...
of course there is my all time fave...
Blade Runner
the wacky Forbidden Planet
& one i just found... a Korean film callled Natural City

also the Cowboy Beebop series is very good as well as the movie if you like anime type stuff..

but check out Natural City, and let me know what you think..

dave

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 8:51 AM

KEYOKE


I had to study Blade Runner for my A2 Film Coursework, hehe. Very interesting in places,

I've heard of Natural City, but I can't remember where from.

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 8:57 AM

INDIGOSTARBLASTER


If you liked the Western aspect of "Firefly", you could check out "Deadwood". We just rented the first season on DVD and it was great.

I was never into Westerns before "Firefly", but I've got a bit more of a feel for the genre now (not so disconcerted by the dust and horses as I was), and "Deadwood" is definitely first-class, character-driven TV.

Indigo S.


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Thursday, May 4, 2006 11:53 AM

FLORALBUNNY


I'd thought of starting Deadwood (friend's reco: "You'll like it except for the bad language") but I am so conditioned that I'm afraid I'll be sitting there waiting for Serenity to come in for a landing.

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Friday, May 5, 2006 9:20 AM

INDIGOSTARBLASTER


Well, I confess, every time I heard the theme song, I got an electric jolt of "Firefly!" But no, it was just the twang of fiddle and guitar setting off my Pavlovian reflexes (and heartbroken yearning... but that's another story).

That said, the main protagonist, Seth Bullock, has a lot of the same qualities as Malcolm Reynolds -- steadfast, decent, conflicted, and handsome :)

Indigo S.

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Saturday, May 6, 2006 3:15 PM

GUENEVER


I really liked the first two seasons of Alias. It got kind of crappy after that. A show with good writing; but, not SciFi is Northern Exposure. My husband introduced me to it after I started taping Numbers.
Another (non-Sci Fi) show that is great is Spooks (in the US it's called MI-5).

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Sunday, May 7, 2006 2:42 AM

KEYOKE


Spooks had a good first series, but it got tedius after that. That one is on terrestrial TV haha.

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Sunday, May 7, 2006 5:21 AM

GUENEVER


Quote:

Originally posted by Keyoke:
Spooks had a good first series, but it got tedius after that. That one is on terrestrial TV haha.



Ok, that sucks. I have to purchase that series on DVD. I'm up to the third season of SPooks and I agree it is getting tedious.

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Monday, May 8, 2006 10:20 AM

KEYOKE


Someone suggested Andromeda to me the other day, opinions?

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Monday, May 8, 2006 3:23 PM

CYBERSNARK


Andromeda season one: Yes, without reservations.

Andromeda season two: Maybe, if you really liked the first.

Andromeda season three: Not really.

Andromeda season four: No.

Andromeda season five: Avoid at all costs.

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Friday, May 12, 2006 1:33 PM

GIXXER


Have to come to the defence of Babylon 5.

The graphics really are not that horrible at all. Extraordinarily good, given the state of technology at the time, if y'ask me (which I realise you're not).

Careful scripts, arcs, plotlines and mixed metaphor time bombs that would come back to roost sometimes years later.

OK, it has aliens, but they are good. Enigmatic ones; corrupt buffoons that commit atrocities, but for whom you have real sympathy; the Great Andreas Katsulas as one of the greatest alien characters ever.

Commander Ivanova; a sense of humour; one person flattening a crowded bar; bad guys that are worse than Reivers.

ultra cool spaceships; combat moves that do not look like the spacecraft use carburettors.

Leading man changed in mid series; Bruce (...but he's a bit lightweight, surely...) Boxleitner joining an excellent established ensemble cast, rocking like a bastard, and walking away with the whole deal.

Being threatened by big warships, but it's OK because Delenn gives good threat.

Will Robinson being completely identifiable.

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Friday, May 12, 2006 9:58 PM

J6NGO1977


I would recommend Dr Who all the way. I don't understand why you don't like the new series. The series from Chris Eccleston to date. However being from England , don't you already watch it??? However you like Andromeda??????????? Next you'll be telling me you like Lexx. LOL. Yep watching B5 aint no bad thing. 'Babylon squared' goes down as one of my fave sci-fi episodes of all time :)

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 12:48 AM

KEYOKE


Quote:

Originally posted by j6ngo1977:
I would recommend Dr Who all the way. I don't understand why you don't like the new series. The series from Chris Eccleston to date. However being from England , don't you already watch it??? However you like Andromeda??????????? Next you'll be telling me you like Lexx. LOL. Yep watching B5 aint no bad thing. 'Babylon squared' goes down as one of my fave sci-fi episodes of all time :)




The new Dr Who is tolerable, but Billie Piper's atrocious acting annoys me sooo much. I don't like most british serious TV. For some reason we can't make a good TV show unless its supposed to be funny.

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 6:40 AM

GIXXER


As Bill's acting is atrocious, Andromeda will be perfect for you.

Hercules would be good too, but avoid the episodes with Bruce in them. You wouldn't like him.

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 7:23 AM

KEYOKE


Quote:

Originally posted by Gixxer:
As Bill's acting is atrocious, Andromeda will be perfect for you.

Hercules would be good too, but avoid the episodes with Bruce in them. You wouldn't like him.



Uh god, my brother likes Hurcules... the acting in that is even worse than the acting in Dr Who. Im not even sure its the acting that annoys me anymore, I think it's just Billie.

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 7:51 AM

GIXXER


I have to apologise for my previous tone.

You are obviously not beyond hope, and answer in a far classier way than I did.

Babylon 5 and Farscape will sort you out. And Band of Brothers.

I still think you need a little more work in persuading you that Billie Piper can act, but I'm not one to force you to watch constant reruns of Dr Who with your eyelids taped open (well, at least not until certain particular terms of my Restraining Order expire...)

Off to make a nice cup of tea and watch the Cybermen in a few minutes. This had better be good. They were always much creepier than the Daleks. A lot to live up to.

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 11:33 AM

J6NGO1977


Quote:

Originally posted by Gixxer:
Have to come to the defence of Babylon 5.

The graphics really are not that horrible at all. Extraordinarily good, given the state of technology at the time, if y'ask me (which I realise you're not).

Careful scripts, arcs, plotlines and mixed metaphor time bombs that would come back to roost sometimes years later.

OK, it has aliens, but they are good. Enigmatic ones; corrupt buffoons that commit atrocities, but for whom you have real sympathy; the Great Andreas Katsulas as one of the greatest alien characters ever.

Commander Ivanova; a sense of humour; one person flattening a crowded bar; bad guys that are worse than Reivers.

ultra cool spaceships; combat moves that do not look like the spacecraft use carburettors.

Leading man changed in mid series; Bruce (...but he's a bit lightweight, surely...) Boxleitner joining an excellent established ensemble cast, rocking like a bastard, and walking away with the whole deal.

Being threatened by big warships, but it's OK because Delenn gives good threat.

Will Robinson being completely identifiable.



I agree Gixx B5 has always been 1 of my faves. You are right about when Sheriden came into the series I was unsure, because I was always a die hard Sinclair fan (he was always very cool and easy going), however he did a fine job. I always loved the tension between G'kar and Londo. Lennier was always mild mannered and wise but hard as nails and Garibaldi always reminded me of Bruce Willis LOL. As I said earlier 'Babylon Squared' is not just my fave B5 episode but 1 of my fave Sci-Fi episodes. This is a bold statement but I put it up there with 'OoG' :)

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Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:05 PM

GIXXER


Yeah, and using spacesuits from 2001. Can't get a cooler visual quote than that.

Strangely, I really can't stand The Blue Danube normally, but that shuttle docking sequence? I can watch that anytime. Just beautiful.

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Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:48 AM

KEYOKE


Quote:

Originally posted by Gixxer:
I have to apologise for my previous tone.

You are obviously not beyond hope, and answer in a far classier way than I did.

Babylon 5 and Farscape will sort you out. And Band of Brothers.

I still think you need a little more work in persuading you that Billie Piper can act, but I'm not one to force you to watch constant reruns of Dr Who with your eyelids taped open (well, at least not until certain particular terms of my Restraining Order expire...)

Off to make a nice cup of tea and watch the Cybermen in a few minutes. This had better be good. They were always much creepier than the Daleks. A lot to live up to.



Hehe. I don't much like most British TV. Band of Brothers is a brilliant series, I got the box set already. Im currently downloading a few pilot episodes of things, which I really hate doing but it gives me an idea of what I want to buy at least. I already have Farscape.. though, The Peacekeeper wars dissappointed somewhat... what happened to the brilliance?

Anyone think of any other character-based series for me to watch?

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