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Hello /c/sciencefiction lemmies. I've put together an image of some of the most discussed shows from July 2023.
Are there any science fiction TV series you are currently in the middle of watching or plan on watching in August?
Here is last months post. What are you Watching? (July 2023)
I’m watching Foundation (just started, so I’m on s01e01!), Silo, and I’m planning to rewatch Babylon 5.
Foundation is great. I’m enjoying the hell out of it. Silo was really good too
They Cloned Tyrone is a surprise for me. Great modern scifi/blaxploitation film, though I have about 30 minutes left to finish.
Finally finding the time to finishAndor and what the fuck?! How is it so good???
Andor is SOOOOO GOOD. Andy Serkis straight up made me cry. (I have the last couple of episodes still to go so no spoilers pls lol)
But the characters, the writing, the acting, the storylines and the theeeeeemmes omg. It's like a dramatic embodiment of Seeing Like a State.
I'm sorry, you're only allowed to say "what the fight? How is it so good???"
But otherwise, yeah - it's a show that really benefits from tight plotting, dedicated performances, an excellent score and some Tony Gilroy & Friends bangers for speeches. I kind of have to stop myself re-watching it (for the millionth time)
Strange new Worlds. I think it's the best Star Trek series since the original. I don't think the casting is particularly great, but Anson Mount makes up for it. Like William Shatner was born to be Captain Kirk, Anson Mount was born to be Captain Pike.
The casting is good enough, the writing is great, and second season the directing and editing are also great.
Currently watching Farscape. Such a bonkers show. About to finish second season.
YES! it's so rare I find anyone else who's seen farscape. only tv show I wish I could see again for the 1st time.
Just finished it recently. Chrichton being completely unhinged the whole show was a blast.
Rewatching The Expanse. First 3 seasons are so intense and so good
Watched silo, then read silo. Excited to see how the show adapts the next book.
I've been binging Lower Decks and looking forward to the new season, it's really a solid show and is definitely more than it seems.
I've been working my through TNG. Watching every episode in order for the first time. I've always loved the show, but I only used to catch random episodes when they'd come on TV as a kid. Been slowly working my way through all of Trek for about two years. I started with ToS and it's movies, then watched The Animated Series.
Strange New Worlds, I've been watching as new episodes release, but when I heard the praise for the Lower Decks crossover, I decided to start and finish Lower Decks before I catch up on SNW. I'm about halfway through the second season of Lower Decks right now.
Discovery almost killed my interest in New Trek, but man the Orville and SNW really revived my love of Star Trek.
Once I finish Lower Decks, I'll get back up to date with SNW and keep working through TNG. Once I finish TNG, I think I'm gonna start Picard.
Oh, and I've also been keeping up with Futurama and recently watched Hello Tomorrow! And The Big Door Prize on Apple TV. They were both okay.
I'm watching Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I don't know how I missed this back in 2008. It's real good.
Man, I wish to see more of The Expanse
I just started The Expanse and also just learned it got cancelled. I'm hoping by the time i finish it it'll be picked back up.
It was canceled by Syfy, but then picked back up by Amazon. I haven't finished it myself yet but I'm pretty sure they ended the show. That's different from getting cancelled.
The problem is that the show ends before the end in the books. There's still material for other 3 seasons I think.
Currently re-watching The Orville for the 100 somethingth time! Love the show so much!
I've been watching the X-Files. Back in the day I'd only ever sometimes catch episodes here and there on TV, so this is actually the first time I've sat down to watch the whole thing. Only partway through season one at the moment, but really digging it.
I did this recently with my wife, who'd never seen it. I love the show; I think there's some fluff. It followed a sitcom schedule of 20+ episode seasons for a while and they can't all be great.
Eventually I looked up and pulled out specific episodes to show my wife, because there are the classics. The episode with the Peacock family, Home, I recall.watching Sunday night after the Simpsons at 9 years old and being woefully under prepared mentally and emotionally, and my dad questioning his parentening, but the episode was just wayyy beyond anything the show had done. Haunted me as a kid and I don't recall but I probably ended up taking dad's spot in bed, maybe a penance for him letting me watch.
Right now Strange New Worlds which has been extremely good this season following the merely OK first episode; Foundation which seems to have improved the weakest arc - the actual Foundation arc - from the first season; and Futurama which, on the evidence of the first episode, I can best characterise as being 'back'.
I'm rewatching Lexx. The greatest and best show ever made!
Currently watching Second season of Foundation. And also started watching 3rd rock from the sun.
Mid-way through the second series of Dark. It is consuming me. It's so well done, there's not even time to consider plot holes.
I’m enjoying strange new worlds. Best trek since voyager. Though s3 Picard was fun as hell.
Still waiting for the new season of "For all mankind", started right after when the Expanse ended, right now I'm starved for a good scifi
Just finished Orphan Black again. Still a fav.
Orphan Black is one of my favs. Tatiana Maslany puts on an absolute clinic in disappearing into a character. So many times, there will be multiple of her on the screen and you just don't even think about it's the same actress.
Very nice list. I’m watching Secret Invasion, finished watching Silo (now reading the first book), and I plan to rewatch Babylon 5 to get ready for the reboot and also the new animated movie. I also intend to continue watching Star Wars Rebels (only watched the first three seasons).
Wait, B5 will reboot??
Yup. B5’s creator (JMS) has been talking about it for a while: https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Babylon_5_(reboot)
A friend wanted to show my SO and I Twelve Monkeys (the TV series) badly enough to buy the whole thing as a box set, so the three of us have been working our way through it, we're in season 2 now - it's been a lot of fun
Fringe, and rewatching agents of shield
Currently in the middle of season 3 of that 90s sci-fi show Sliders. The theme definitely, to me, goes from amazing in seasons 1 & 2 to what feels like more of a campy and more generic theme, but so far I am still enjoying the show.
Started watching Farscape. I've only seen season 1 when it aired in Finland the first time. It's stuck with me ever since and while it certainly has a lot of problems, it holds up quite well as a camp scifi action show.
I watched Silo on my 3-month free trial to Apple TV. Great show, 100% recommend.
I think "I'm a Virgo" is flying under most people's radar. Just finished it a couple days ago and I highly recommend it. It doesn't initially present as scifi but there are definitely scifi elements that come in to play.
Also S2 of Good Omens was great. It felt a little... pointless compared to the stakes in S1 but the writing was great and it was a very fun watch.
Good Omens, just finished like candy, Lexx, struggling, worth it ? compare to Andromeda S1...
Nice list! Thanks for that. What is "From?" Wouldn't have heard of it had I not seen this.
I'm waiting patiently each week for a new Strange New Worlds and Futurama.
Currently rewatching agents of shield, season 5 right now. As always, was floored by the Aida character, mallory jansen was phenomenal in that role, absolutely killed it.