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Posted April 03, 2016
a good show indeed
Posted April 03, 2016
FOX had no faith in the project from the beginning and ran the episodes out of order. Turns out if you don’t give something a chance, failure becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Still, it could be worse. Firefly got its own highly respected movie Serenity (2005). We got closure on Mal and River, with a good story incorporating their most deadly adversaries and expanding on the best bits of Firefly lore. That’s a better send-off than most shows get.
Posted April 03, 2016
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Tarm: What hooked me from the start was the superb interaction between the characters (Great humour.) and the exploration. They just fit together and exploration and mystery have always been something that strongly draws me in. For example I love Star Trek much because of this.
Couple this with what you said and also ancient stuff to unearth (Love it. The ancient the better. :D )SG1 just clicked with me.

Atlantis was the same in a somewhat lesser format so that is very high up on my favourite TV shows list. :)
Yeah it felt like they got cancelled and made a story arc to end it that was thought out before hand. It certainly wasn't a bad end. Open ended isn't always bad.

Universe felt out of place. Like a story made for another "universe" altered to fit in with the Stargate one. It lacked most of what I liked in the other Stargate shows.

Do get the DVDs if you can. I'm thinking about buying them again before I manage to wear down the ones I have...
Yeah, the combo of Jack, Daniel, Sam and Teal'c is one of the best on TV. They played off each other brilliantly. And the storylines were always great (and they at least made an attempt at explaining why every planet was populated by humans who spoke English :))
Jack particularly was brilliant, the bond that grew between him and Daniel and his love for Sam were always well done.

Atlantis was great too, Shepherd and Rodney were hilarious together, though I never really liked many of the other characters (the original Doctor was quite good).
That being said, the cross over they did with Teal'c and Ronan was epic XD

I do like Star Trek too, but it's never quite grabbed me as much as Stargate did (though I did used to watch Voyager and DS9 quite a lot, probably seen most of both series)

Yeah, I completely agree. It felt like they were trying to make something else (or what they thought would be popular) and just shoehorned it into the Stargate universe in the hopes the SG1 fans would all follow over and watch it.
Posted April 03, 2016
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Niggles: Quite surprised and liked it a lot. Hope there will be a few seasons coming for it. The current scifi landscape isnt exactly stellar (Expanse aside)
Well, it's definitely got a second series, and it needs one given where the first left off. The show's got character, I'll give it that.

Expanse? OK, has that one come out here and I just missed it? It does look good though, thanks for the unintentional heads up.

As for Almost Human, I really liked it at first, but I felt it deteriorated nearer the end. I mean where the hell did that massive wall suddenly come from? It wasn't mentioned before and wasn't in any of the cityscape shots. It's like suddenly there's some really enforced segregation going on that just wasn't there for the whole rest of the series. I really enjoyed it up until that point though.
Posted April 03, 2016
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darthspudius: SG1 or Universe, take your pick haha. They were running a great story arc but nope, cancelled.
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Tarm: SG1 is my favourite TV Series ever. Not the best but the one I like the most. :)
It certainly didn't end on a low point. Which is both sad and a relief.

Universe I never liked. Too much drama for me.
Ah, I liked it for the drama. Atlantis was fun but a bit too tacky. Universe just had a completely different groove which was nice.
Posted April 03, 2016
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nightcraw1er.488: Was fortunate enough to record the whole series of Firefly the other day, seen it a few times but not recently. Its such a shame that it was cancelled, is one of the best sci-fi shows, up there with b5, tng/strek, Farscape. From the intro song, great actors, superb story, and the western feel it all just works. I don't suppose anyone has heard any new news about the show? Any recommendations on something similar? Not seen anything recently that interests me sci-fi.
Dark Matter. It reminded me of Firefly.
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amok: it was a SyFy show
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Tarm: Wait what it got cancelled? I was waiting for it to end so I could have a marathon!
Please tell me it got a conclusion and didn't end with a huge cliffhanger or something.
Defiance was cancelled but didn't end with a cliffhanger. In fact the ending was quite satisfying.
Post edited April 03, 2016 by sunshinecorp
Posted April 03, 2016
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Niggles: Will there ever be another season of Almost Human?
No, but you can watch the previous show with the same basic concept, Total Recall 2070. Funny enough, it's actually much more inspired by Blade Runner than Total Recall. It also got cancelled after the first season, but that one season is well worth a watch.
Posted April 03, 2016
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Niggles: Will there ever be another season of Almost Human?
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Breja: No, but you can watch the previous show with the same basic concept, Total Recall 2070. Funny enough, it's actually much more inspired by Blade Runner than Total Recall. It also got cancelled after the first season, but that one season is well worth a watch.
Total Recall 2070 was an amazing show. Almost Human is related to that? I haven't watched Almost Human.
Posted April 03, 2016
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markrichardb: FOX had no faith in the project from the beginning and ran the episodes out of order. Turns out if you don’t give something a chance, failure becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Still, it could be worse. Firefly got its own highly respected movie Serenity (2005). We got closure on Mal and River, with a good story incorporating their most deadly adversaries and expanding on the best bits of Firefly lore. That’s a better send-off than most shows get.
Firefly is one of those topics that always piss me off.

Also didn't help, in the US at least, Fox got the rights to show baseball games and baseball games would constantly push Firefly aside. So you'd see an episode, then maybe a few weeks later, you'd see another episode. Hell, if I recall correctly, the pilot was aired last.

Then you have Serenity. The movie got made because of Firefly DVD sales. The production company did a poor job advertising it because they felt they didn't need to since it had such a "huge following."

OP, Not sure how much it is in the UK, but you can get the whole series on Amazon for $10 or $15. Is worth a buy. Is also on Netflix and Amazon Prime for those that have it.
Post edited April 03, 2016 by lepke1979
Posted April 03, 2016
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Breja: No, but you can watch the previous show with the same basic concept, Total Recall 2070. Funny enough, it's actually much more inspired by Blade Runner than Total Recall. It also got cancelled after the first season, but that one season is well worth a watch.
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sunshinecorp: Total Recall 2070 was an amazing show. Almost Human is related to that? I haven't watched Almost Human.
Only in the outline of the premise- cop who doesn't like androids gets partenered up with a unique android. I don't think there's any other connection. I only saw the first episode of Almost Human and didn't really care for it. Looked pretty bland.
Posted April 03, 2016
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sunshinecorp: Total Recall 2070 was an amazing show. Almost Human is related to that? I haven't watched Almost Human.
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Breja: Only in the outline of the premise- cop who doesn't like androids gets partenered up with a unique android. I don't think there's any other connection. I only saw the first episode of Almost Human and didn't really care for it. Looked pretty bland.
Yeah seemed that way from the trailer that's why I haven't touched it.
Posted April 03, 2016
I enjoyed Firefly. Serenity even more. Sucks that it was canceled. Something similar happened to Space above and beyond. Great series shut down by A-holes who don't understand what fans want. Why I try to avoid watching new shows.. tired of getting hooked on a good series to be blueballed by the producers.
Posted April 03, 2016
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Wolfehunter: I enjoyed Firefly. Serenity even more. Sucks that it was canceled. Something similar happened to Space above and beyond. Great series shut down by A-holes who don't understand what fans want. Why I try to avoid watching new shows.. tired of getting hooked on a good series to be blueballed by the producers.
This stuff would likely fare better if they didn't make an appearance on the big network channels. Just go straight to those outlets friendly to sci-fi and fantasy, instead. Maybe smaller - but more loyal and appreciative - audience from the start.
Posted April 03, 2016
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Niggles: Quite surprised and liked it a lot. Hope there will be a few seasons coming for it. The current scifi landscape isnt exactly stellar (Expanse aside)
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Navagon: Well, it's definitely got a second series, and it needs one given where the first left off. The show's got character, I'll give it that.

Expanse? OK, has that one come out here and I just missed it? It does look good though, thanks for the unintentional heads up.

As for Almost Human, I really liked it at first, but I felt it deteriorated nearer the end. I mean where the hell did that massive wall suddenly come from? It wasn't mentioned before and wasn't in any of the cityscape shots. It's like suddenly there's some really enforced segregation going on that just wasn't there for the whole rest of the series. I really enjoyed it up until that point though.
The Expanse got hyped up, but the author of the books is attached to the show so it has legs. I guess it will have x seasons given there are 5 books and at least one more out/coming out.
Almost Human -- it got impression near the end it felt a bit short imho.... i liked it to that point.
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Niggles: Will there ever be another season of Almost Human?
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Breja: No, but you can watch the previous show with the same basic concept, Total Recall 2070. Funny enough, it's actually much more inspired by Blade Runner than Total Recall. It also got cancelled after the first season, but that one season is well worth a watch.
Cool.Never heard of it but will check that out. thanks :D
Post edited April 03, 2016 by Niggles
Posted April 03, 2016
Operative : Do you know what your sin is Mal?

Mal : Hell, I'm a fan of all seven, but right now, I'm going to have to go with wrath.

Awesome series!
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