Got any suggestions for #SciFi TV?
No horror, please, nor gritty dystopic tough guy stuff. Over it.
Recently I've enjoyed #Foundation, #TheGoodPlace, #StarTrek: Strange New Worlds. Caught up on #DoctorWho.
ST:SNW in particular really hit the spot. We can actually work together to fix things, ya know. (I know ya know :) )
I'd also consider some light mysteries with some style - big fan of #NeroWolfe and #Columbo for instance. Or heist stuff like #LeverageTV and #HustleTV
@swordplay Have you tried the Becky Chambers series that starts with A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet? Pleasant stuff.
The Murderbot series is fun, as well.
Thank you! I think I have some Murderbot books somewhere.
I was thinking of television as my concentration isn't what I wish it were these days... 😅
I will research Becky Chambers, thank you, that's completely new to me!
Much aloha!
I edited it after you responded, so don't even worry!
I just looked into Becky Chambers on Wikipedia, that book seems pretty enticing.
Deadloch - is it Scottish?
EDIT: Australian! I have liked a lot of Ozzy TV - have you seen Mr. and Mrs. Murder? Super fun.
If you can find it, tell me where. One season, it's a loose take-off on Nick and Nora from The Thin Man.
Except they're crime scene cleaners.
Haven't heard of Ghosts, I'll look - what do you like about it?
I did! and the movies.
I think I may have missed the last season of The Librarians, though. I should look and see - good reminder!
One of those tax-dodges?
It seems like it might be a little more grim than I'd currently prefer...
I will have a look at both, Beacon 23 sounds moody!
Blake's 7 has been in my environment for years, never started - by the same fellow that created the Daleks, is that right?
Hadn't heard of Star Cops, will investigate
@swordplay Cowboy Bebop? (I think the original's great, not that hot a take, and people didn't like the live action remake, but I found it really comfy and enjoyable, and hit the spot as a "scifi that isn't absolutely miserable" show.)
Star Wars Rebels is great too.
Is Rebels animated? I remember Cowboy Bebop being on, but never watched it. I'll check into it!
I enjoyed Andor, but it ain't light - though I think the underlying message is good and ultimately uplifting.
@swordplay Yep, Rebels is animated. There's some really really great stuff in there, lots of my favourite moments and characters in Star Wars. More optimistic vibes than Andor, more friends being friends and affecting positive change together. And the Ahsoka show is basically a live action 5th season.
Cowboy Bebop's a classic, worth watching an episode or two at least to see if it's your vibe.
I'll look into them both, thank you!
Hell yeah! I forgot about The Orville, it's very good and very hopeful and if Seth McFarlane could act it would be amongst the very best Star Trek!
@swordplay @nyrath I enjoyed the SyFy channel series "The Ark" last year (although there is admittedly a dystopia in the backstory; the rest of your exclusions do not apply.)
It starts with a locked-room murder mystery on a starship; and it is in fact such a mystery - as opposed to the miniseries Ascension 10 years back, which was billed that way and then turned out to be something very different.
Sounds like my vibe! If I remember Ascension, I liked it but what, three episodes?
I think I remember liking the twist? But probably mre people felt as you do - it certainly ended quickly. 😅
That sounds super fun! I will definitely look for it. Has a plot, or more historical education?
I have seen it, it's excellent! Still an SNW fanboy, but The Orville is right up there!
For All Mankind is an alt-hist (then alt-present, then alt-future, I think) series that changes when the USSR lands humans on the moon a few weeks before Apollo 11. Four seasons complete; they are apparently aiming for 7.
That sounds cool, I will look into it, thank you! Good plot, actors?
I think so, but I'm just this disembodied voice on the Internet.
😀 I will look for it, O Voice!
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