What are some good space & ocean-based TV shows?
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The original series is very campy, but it's a classic piece of the foundation for modern society so it is worth checking out. If you're familiar with the Book of Mormon, you might pick up some subtext that went over my head. Nu BSG is the vision of Ronad D Moore, inspired by what he felt ST Voyager got wrong. It is gritty with shaky cameras and weird lighting on planets so Vancouver doesn't look like itself. It really is a pretty great story, although the ending divided a lot of people.
For nu Doctor Who, you can jump on at the beginning of any season really, but the Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi eras are my favorite from the new Seasons. Although if you do, there are probably a couple of David Tenant episodes you should watch first just because they start recurring story lines that come back in later seasons. There are some really great episodes in this series that really do a great job doing original things with time travel.
The original BSG is just one season and a short-lived half-season spin-off, is that right?
Give it a go, or just skip ahead to the remake? Why do people call it nu-BSG?
BSG the remake - big fan?
I've tried Doctor Who, used to have a friend who was really into it. I couldn't get into it. It always felt like a one-hour sitcom without a laugh track.
nu=newThe original BSG is just one season and a short-lived half-season spin-off, is that right?
Give it a go, or just skip ahead to the remake? Why do people call it nu-BSG?
BSG the remake - big fan?
I've tried Doctor Who, used to have a friend who was really into it. I couldn't get into it. It always felt like a one-hour sitcom without a laugh track.
No shit, Sherlock. My question remains unanswered. I will elaborate. With Star Trek, it's usually used in a derogatory and hateful manner toward 2009-present productions. How is it used regarding BSG?
It's really just 'new', like Nu-Who. It's quicker than calling it 'BSG 2004' or 'The BSG Reboot' or 'Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar'.
It means it's New.
Thank you for the answer. Why do people make distinctions like this? Lemme check Wikipedia. If I were a fan, for me, it would just be BSG 78 or BSG 04.
It's like the Star Trek reboot movie, I just call it Star Trek 2009, Star Trek 09, Trek 09, or something like that. When remakes are involved that have the same title as previous iterations, I just slap the year on the end. I guess it all boils down to communication style, and maybe I've dived into the deep end of Seinfeld-grade talking about nothing here. 
Where's my thanks?
Seaquest is the only ocean based sci fi show I know of. Are there other water-based Sci Fi shows?
The Expanse is a good space based show.
The Expanse is a good space based show.
The Man from Atlantis!
The original BSG is just one season and a short-lived half-season spin-off, is that right?
Give it a go, or just skip ahead to the remake? Why do people call it nu-BSG?
BSG the remake - big fan?
I've tried Doctor Who, used to have a friend who was really into it. I couldn't get into it. It always felt like a one-hour sitcom without a laugh track.
There are some truly great Science Fiction episodes of Doctor Who. Matt Smith's doctor has one of the best time travel stories ever. There is a companion character who Tenant's doctor meets after she has already known him for many years and they continue to meet over the next four or five seasons at different points on her timeline. It is really well done.
As for BSG, I call it Nu-BSG to make it short but also I can never remember if I'm supposed to date it from the mini-series or the first regular episode. I would rank it in my top five science fiction universes with Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate and Farscape.
How would you describe the overall production vibes and tone of the show? I've enjoyed British movies, but I don't think there's been a single British show that's actually grabbed my attention, except for Mr. Bean.
I mean, you could call it BSG 04 and just include the 2-part miniseries which is really just a long movie with an intermission. I know 2-parters are miniseries, but I just see them as long movies. BSG 04 on part with Trek / Wars / gate / Farscape? Good to know.
Don’t forget Sealab 2021!
I generally don't care for anything from the BBC. What's the appeal of Blakes 7? Make an exception to dodging BBC?
If you had a downer on the BBC for whatever reason I can't see B7 being this show that radically changes your mind
Less a downer, more... I just never really "connected" with British TV. I do like South Korean TV shows, though.
I also hear Stargate Origins contradicted SG-1 in some ways.
Less a downer, more... I just never really "connected" with British TV. I do like South Korean TV shows, though.
Blakes 7 is very British
Well, if I'd know. I'd say, the series was expensive at the time. I mean, today it looks all a bit campy (a faucet as part of a console, a pencil-sharpener as something, the Commander uses, etc.) but it still was expensive. Another reason was: well, Germany is not that big in all things Sci-Fi. After Space Patrol, there was no real competition in that wheelhouse. We helped finance the later seasons of Primeval, LEXX had some german funding and actors, but Orion was the only, real bonafide german sci-fi- show. And the media back in the day hated it. Some newspaper even called it "Faschistoid".
I can't say, but maybe I will give this a go this weekend and let everyone know if it's worth seeing or not.
