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As a scifi buff: Battlestar Galactica, and The Expanse were excellent. Nightsky was also a really good watch even though it was slow moving, and was more about relationships than SciFi
The Expanse is magnificent. And they are at the perfect time to get certain actors back to continue with the Laconia story in the last three books. I want it so badly.
There was a reason they killed off Alex...
I hate Battlestar Galactica so much. The original mini series was amazing. But when it got picked up, it quickly became obvious that the writers had no idea what they were doing and just made shit up from episode to episode. It was so bad. From what I've heard, Lost is another example of this. It's one of the reasons why I prefer movies. The entire story is clear from the get go and there is no creative bullshit happening for no reason. This is one of the reasons why Chernobyl and Andor are so damn good, because the story was complete before they started shooting. I think it's better now in the age of streaming.
The BSG 2000s remake is a masterpiece of a show. It brings together politics, religion, spirituality, and more and how that all ties into mankind and their robot creations is so good
I very much disagree. It's not a good show. It's great if it works for you, but if one is looking for at least a semblance of cohesive storytelling the show is just so bad. The miniseries the remake started with was very good. The show started off OK, but as it went on, it was so damn obvious that the writers had no plan and just made up dumb shit from episode to episode. Everybody's a Cylon and I quit somewhere early into the last season because I just got so angry with each new episode.
I also disagree. I think they had a good idea of where it was going for the first few seasons. I do think that once the Cylons join them they don't really have an idea of what to do with it though. The ending is a bit of a mess. I'd also agree that a lot of the B plots are not the best, and are just filler, and clearly didn't have a big plan, but what show doesn't have this? The main plot is pretty cohesive and consistent at least up to season 3, and I'd argue a lot of that was solid too.
I think, if you want to argue they didn't have a plan, you have to reconcile that with the fact that they had secret characters working against the fleet that were hinted at for quite a long time before they were confirmed. They clearly had a long and carefully designed plan. There's just an issue that they have to fill time, so they also have some stupid filler plots that don't go anywhere. I think most of these are fine though. They still add character and depth.
I'm in the middle of a BSG rewatch right now, and I still love it.
I can see how someone would say that they weren't sure what they were going to do when they hit season 3. But the first season felt very tight. The miniseries had the cliffhanger that one of the main cast was a cylon. It's hard to argue that the first few episodes didn't build on that cliffhanger.
If you're saying that at the start of the series they didn't know how they were going to end it, sure. There aren't a lot of shows that have a multi-season arc all planned out in advance. Babylon 5 is one of the few I know of that did. The problem is that they never know when they're going to be cancelled, so there's no point in trying to make a huge story arc when they will probably have to end the story early.
As for movies being better, it's true that they can tell a longer story than a TV series. But a 2 hour movie is basically only 3 episodes of a TV show (at 45 minutes + commercials each). Movies suffer because everything has to be introduced and resolved so quickly. The "creative bullshit happening for no reason" is often foreshadowing of something that will only be resolved many episodes later.
Just watched the first episode of Night Sky. So far it strikes me as a really good psychological drama about getting old. Not a lot of sci-fi stuff yet.
J.K. Simmons is a really good actor, especially by American standards. I'd say he's on the level of a good Scandinavian or British actor.
Anyway, I might just have to binge this. Thanks for the recommendation!
Edit: The mysterious sci-fi stuff gets interesting around episode 4
Its lo-fi scifi. Great character development story though
Just finished watching. I give it an 8/10.
On an emotional and psychological level, I thought the show led to a pretty satisfying conclusion. Viewers should not expect to have any off their questions about the sci-fi stuff or the intrigue answered, though. Too bad it was cancelled after one season!
But I can see why it didn't gain a massive audience. It's too slow and psychological for a lot of sci-fi fans, yet it has too much silly sci-fi stuff for fans of realistic psychological dramas. The Spanish parts with subtitles may also have put off a few English-speaking viewers.
😀 Glad you enjoyed the journey. Yeah, I had hoped for Season 2 to see where it was all headed...oh well
If you l like J.K. Simmons, character development and science fiction, you should check out Counterpart, if you haven't seen it already. It's a solid spy thriller where the main plot device is a cool sci-fi concept.
Knowing anything about the story beforehand will tell you about this plot device, which is a bit of a spoiler for the first episode.
Thanks I had forgotten about this (on my list). Edit. Yes I did watch this, it was a great show.
How about Real Humans/Äkta människor? It's a Swedish show about androids. Good drama and acting. IMO better than the British adaptation, Humans.
That I haven't seen. Thanks!