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Posted October 23, 2015
I will second the Space Above and Beyond series. Vastly under-rated

Defiance, Killjoys, Dark Matter are good pass-times and The Librarians is a fun fantasy series

And you might want to tune in when Ash vs Evil Dead will start (should be soon). Most of the recent superheroes series are okay to good, so you like comics, there are plenty of series to dive in, with more being added this year and the next year.
Posted October 23, 2015
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Green_Hilltop:
Normally I'm not much a fan of mystery/detective shows, I only like Grimm bacause of the humor and the creatures

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jadegiant:
Good rememberance, I forgot about Legend of the Seeker, watched all the series

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chadjenofsky:
Guess is a bit dark to assist with my parents

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huN73R:
Saw this mini-series, a interesting one

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Wolfehunter: A classic is Space Above and Beyond Damn good. both of these shows had promise but was cut after the first season.

I like shows to have good story with awesome characters. I don't care if they use models or puppets or CGI as long as its feels believable to the universe. First seasons tend to be the worst because of character development. So I try to keep and open mind. I prefer dark and mature stories but on occasion cheese is good. ;)
- Eureka is the classic 'small town with a secret', in this case, the town is full of scientific geniuses and the main character is the town's sheriff, who is a newcomer. Lots of humor.
- Warehouse 13 is another Sy-Fy series, is inspired by the warehouse scenre in the end of the first Indiana Jones movie (a giant place full of mysterious artifacts and the people who collects them).
- Seven Days is a time travel series where the time machine can only travel seven days to the past and is only used to reverse tragedies because the fuel is limited (is alien technology)
- Early Edition is one of these series where the main character can see the future and try to avoid bad things, in this case he receives every day the next day newspaper (and a cat)
- Primeval New World is a spin-off of Primeval, which ocurs in the United States instead of England, like the original.

Never saw Space Above and Beyond, looks interesting but is always bad try to get after a series you know is already cancelled prematurely...

I like good characters too, this is why I liked SG-1 and Atlantis and not Universe, because lacked charismatic characters

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craig_ethan_123:
English is not my native language then spoken-only english is problematic to me

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R8V9F5A2:
Forget about Sanctuary, good show too. And have yet to see the other shows.

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Yezemin:
We are already seeing some episodes actually and I agree about the cheesiness of some episodes...

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gadrael:
How's the humor of KIlljoys?

And assisted the beginning of 'The 100' and didn't liked much

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KasperHviid:
Sadly, my parents aren't much fans of horror but glad for the suggestions

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Fever_Discordia:
One day will try to see myself, but I already know my parents will not appreciate said type of series

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wolfsrain:
Defiance we saw the first season, I liked even being a bit slow sometimes, but my father already ceased to continue watching. The Librarians we saw the full season recently
Posted October 23, 2015
Orphan Black
Extant
Posted October 23, 2015
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gandalfnho: Defiance we saw the first season, I liked even being a bit slow sometimes, but my father already ceased to continue watching. The Librarians we saw the full season recently
New season of The Librarians starts November 1st.
Posted October 23, 2015
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gandalfnho: Firefly is nice, the othe rone don't know. Isn't much dark?
Dark Matter is darker than Firefly. But it's not that dark. It's shown on TV in the afternoon, not late at night.
Posted October 23, 2015
The Space Above and Beyond series were prematurely cancelled (everyone was after the next Star Trek/Babylon 5 ratings), but i consider the ending satisfactory. It's open to interpretations and what happened in the final episode left open the possibility of a sequel movie or a new season (none happened), while suggesting that the episode it might be the actual end.

Enjoyed the ride while it lasted and got my fond memories of it. Even if a series get cancelled prematurely (seems to be the fate of a lot of good shows), doesn't mean that i will discard them. Sometimes, the travel is more rewarding than the end.

Also, The 100. I hated it initially, but after a couple of episodes, it started to spin into a mad spiral. Which moved the show from mediocre to actually good and with some great episodes in the later seasons. Don't discard it so easily.

Orphan Black is the new media darling, a well-deserved recognition, this time. Solid story, great characters and an actress that does a tremendous job into juggling with quite a few personalities.

Supergirl and Ash vs Evil Dead are coming next week, while The Expanse and The Man in The High Castle are coming next month.

P.S.: you could try Torchwood, which is a decent spin-off of Doctor Who.
Posted October 23, 2015
Almost Human and Forever.
Too bad that they both got cancelled.
House MD was good too although it has nothing to do with sci-fi or fantasy.
Posted October 23, 2015
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gandalfnho: I'm looking for suggestions of good sci-fi and fantasy TV series. Isn't necessary to be new ones, older ones like from 90's and early 2000s are OK too because many of these productions weren't exhibited in my country at the time or were restricted to pay TV. I normally assist these series with my parents then is interesting to avoid series with too much violence and/or sex, like Game of Thrones. And I prefer series with more action, darker/dramatic series only if they have humor (snarker characters are a must)
Sci-Fi:

The Tripods - a show from the 80's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tripods_%28TV_series%29

Fantasy (humorous):

Catweazle - from the 70's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catweazle
Post edited October 24, 2015 by BreOl72
Posted October 24, 2015
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gandalfnho: I'm looking for suggestions of good sci-fi and fantasy TV series. Isn't necessary to be new ones, older ones like from 90's and early 2000s are OK too because many of these productions weren't exhibited in my country at the time or were restricted to pay TV. I normally assist these series with my parents then is interesting to avoid series with too much violence and/or sex, like Game of Thrones. And I prefer series with more action, darker/dramatic series only if they have humor (snarker characters are a must)
Does it have to be live action? In case animation is ok then you pretty much described Cowboy Bebop.

-plenty of snarky commentary, dark humor and drama
-lots of action but the violence is nowhere near as gratuitous as Game of Thrones
-suggestive themes and innuendo but no graphic sex depicted
-safe to watch for kids aged 12/13 or older but is more geared towards adult audiences
-highly enjoyable even for people who otherwise hate anime

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLcjvroVllU
Post edited October 24, 2015 by awalterj
Posted October 24, 2015
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KasperHviid: KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974-1975)
Nice to see someone else remembers Kolchak. The series was never quite as good as the first tv movie that started it all (one of the best vampire movies set in modern times in my opinion), but it was still a lot of fun.
Posted October 24, 2015
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InfraSuperman: Forever Knight
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gandalfnho: Isn't too much terror?
Not really. While it does veer into slight horror territory at times, it's mostly a cop show with the twist that the main character is also a vampire. So, he uses his powers to solve crimes and bust criminals. Interestingly, many of his cases aren't supernatural at all.
The show also makes heavy use of flashbacks, cutting back and forth between the present and the past, usually because some current event in the show is reminiscent to or mirrors something that happened in Nick Knight's long history.
Posted October 24, 2015
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Wolfehunter: A classic is Space Above and Beyond Damn good. both of these shows had promise but was cut after the first season.

I like shows to have good story with awesome characters. I don't care if they use models or puppets or CGI as long as its feels believable to the universe. First seasons tend to be the worst because of character development. So I try to keep and open mind. I prefer dark and mature stories but on occasion cheese is good. ;)
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gandalfnho: - Eureka is the classic 'small town with a secret', in this case, the town is full of scientific geniuses and the main character is the town's sheriff, who is a newcomer. Lots of humor.
- Warehouse 13 is another Sy-Fy series, is inspired by the warehouse scenre in the end of the first Indiana Jones movie (a giant place full of mysterious artifacts and the people who collects them).
- Seven Days is a time travel series where the time machine can only travel seven days to the past and is only used to reverse tragedies because the fuel is limited (is alien technology)
- Early Edition is one of these series where the main character can see the future and try to avoid bad things, in this case he receives every day the next day newspaper (and a cat)
- Primeval New World is a spin-off of Primeval, which ocurs in the United States instead of England, like the original.

Never saw Space Above and Beyond, looks interesting but is always bad try to get after a series you know is already cancelled prematurely...

I like good characters too, this is why I liked SG-1 and Atlantis and not Universe, because lacked charismatic characters
Thanks for the info. SG-U was good concept. Derelict ship and the crew try to survive on it. Shame some of the characters sucked :( Still all first season shows start off with cheese. Actors need to get a feel.. Or it could be just bad writers. :P Even ST voyager I had high hopes but poor acting broke it for me.
Posted December 05, 2015
Almost forget this topic, lots of nice suggestions, sadly doesn't tried nothing new in the last weeks, but will try both Dark Matter and Killjoys.

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Wolfehunter: SG-U was good concept. Derelict ship and the crew try to survive on it. Shame some of the characters sucked :( Still all first season shows start off with cheese. Actors need to get a feel.. Or it could be just bad writers. :P Even ST voyager I had high hopes but poor acting broke it for me.
The premise of SGU was interesting (they got one of the themes of the first season of SGA, "isolation from Earth" and turned darker) but the lack of interesting characters killed the show and considering they shared production personal with SG-1 and Atlantis is very strange that happened, not even a decent snarker character to help a bit...
Posted December 05, 2015
VR5-Great show about a woman who stumbles upon a VR technology that is able to simulate all five of our senses. She uses this as a vehicle to figure out what happened to her father as a child. This also stars Anthony Steward Head before Buffy. The show only ran one season and had a good finale. Every airing of the show was new, down to the end. At times, so I could watch it I would have to be awake in the middle of the night. By some miracle the local affiliate ended up airing every episode. The sad thing is that if this show aired now it would be picked up by Netflix, Hulu, SOMEONE online and really show that it had an audience. Lastly, it included the main character from "Total Recall 2070".

Galaxy Express 999-Basically this Anime series is a Civilian Space Opera which I would argue is one of a kind. No offense to Star Trek and its motto but it's a ship with weapons; conversely, the Galaxy Express 999 is a train that travels the galaxy. The ship may have weapons but if I remember they were once used for breaking up rocks, not so much ships. This show asks the question "Why stay human?" as most people with money decide to be cyborgs and humans are hunted for sport(not ruining anything as the first episode starts into this). One of the episodes in this show feels inspired by by the novel Shambleau, at least in terms of its setting. The series was created by the famous Leiji Matsumoto. I would love to have a philosophical discussion with this man.

Fringe-I know you've already seen this but I can't help but applaud JJ Abram's portrait of the true Mad scientist, people that we know exist in our world. I love seeing a scientist glare at himself in the mirror, so to speak, and condemn himself for his hubris and other traits that some scientists in our own world possess. I hope they took a hard look at themselves after this.
Posted December 05, 2015
I also endorse Orphan Black even though it's kind of borderline-sci-fi (clones, but no aliens or monsters or spacecraft, etc.); Tatiana Maslany does a terrific job playing at least half the main characters, and a good number of minor ones as well.
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