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Grand Star (2007) (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 month ago by troyunrau@lemmy.ca to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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So I found this one season (26 episode) extremely campy sci fi TV show -- a low budget 2007 Canadian production -- called Grand Star. Watched a few episodes last night. OMG it's so terrible it is awesome.

It's like a B-grade GameCube era JRPG got crossed with Snowpiercer. I can't stop watching it somehow.

Anyone else seen this amazing piece of ... something? ;)

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[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

"Toronto warehouse sci-fi" was almost its own genre for a while, with The Expanse sort of being the apotheosis of the form.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Surely Warehouse 13 was the exemplar of Toronto warehouse shows!

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago

I really loved things like Eros station docks in The Expanse. So yeah it fits this vibe haha. :)

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

See also Killjoys, Dark Matter, Vagrant Queen, Helix, Ascension (some scenes), and I think Orphan Black would fit alongside The Expanse. Soooo many darkly lit industrial-themed loft apartments, barely disguised warehouses, and underground tunnels that (in the real world) let people avoid the weather while downtown. :-)

Doesn't prevent a show from being good, far from it, but it's an identifiable look.

Funnily enough, YOUR show seems to have been filmed in France, LOL. Canadian warehouses are a state of mind, I guess.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Sanctuary too.

Stargate Sg1 had a bigger budget, does that still count?

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I've watched about half of that list. Well, when I run out of Grand Star episodes, I guess I have more warehouses to explore then haha.

To contrast this, see Vancouver sci fi, like the X Files, SG1, Smallville, The 100, Dark Angel, BSG, etc...

Or Halifax with... Lexx ;)

[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Andromeda and i think Cleopatra 2525 is an honorary CWS show even though it was filmed in New Zealand

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Cleopatra 2525 is just something

[-] lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

can't go wrong with Gina Torres and Sam Rami it's crazy that she sang the opening theme. It's so bad in the best of ways

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Future xena, because why mess with a formula.

[-] clb92@feddit.dk 3 points 1 month ago

SG1

Stargate SG-1 is equal parts "Vancouver warehouse sci-fi" and "Vancouver rock quarry sci-fi"

[-] poo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Rivalling only "Vancouver Warehouse Sci-fi"

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Maybe we can be ecumenical and call it Canadian Warehouse Sci-Fi. LOL.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Create a TV Tropes page for it and it'll live forever as Canadian Warehouse Sci-Fi.

Could sort of just go through this list and see what fits haha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_science_fiction_TV_and_radio_shows_produced_in_Canada#Live_action_science_fiction_television_drama_series

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

featuring Canada's favourite "Skid", Tyler Johnston.

Yeah this show is pretty glorious in its own way.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Looks like it's free to stream on Pluto TV.

[-] ArcaneDreamer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Hey fam,

Made it 2eps in before I had to circle back and thank you. This is... This is wow. Idk how much I'll binge, might not make it till the end, but what a treat you have delivered to me.

Much love.

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Oh lord, I'm on eps 12 and I have no idea why I'm still watching but...

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