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I know I should be a prime audience for Sci-Fi shows but I could not find a single one that I can bear, outside of Expanse. Everything is a soap opera, just in

I know I should be a prime audience for Sci-Fi shows but I could not find a single one that I can bear, outside of Expanse. Everything is a soap opera, just in some sci-fi setting. Arguably, so is Expanse, but out of all shows it feels the most believable (I could totally see its events happening in few hundred years), I like the dark slant and the idea that if and when we meet non-human intelligence, it is going to be beyond our comprehension (and totally not like humans in some ridiculous makeup).

hoosieree 3y ago
I hear you about the Expanse. The books are a blast and I'm hoping Amazon finishes the series because they are good adaptations. My dream series to watch (are you reading this HBO?) would be set in the Dune universe, with Denis Villeneuve doing prequel series covering the creation of the Bene Gesserit, discovery of Ecaz, etc.
- midoridensha 3y ago
  As much as I liked the Dune books, if you're looking for "realistic sci-fi", Dune just isn't it, it's purely fantasy. One of the main premises the whole story rests upon is the idea of genetic memory, which isn't real. Lord of the Rings is more realistic than this. And that's just one point; there's a bunch of other stuff in Dune that really makes no sense in our universe.
orev 3y ago
You’re objecting to what I might call “pop sci-fi”, and while I wish there was more “hard sci-fi”, those are just doomed from the start. Big effects budgets just aren’t compatible with the very low expected audience for stuff like that. Hard sci-fi will (almost) always be relegated to low budget indie films (and those may have a better chance on streaming compared to cable tv). The few notable exceptions include: Solaris, Contact, and Arrival. At a certain point, you have to be realistic about how closely a big budget production will cater to one’s very specific tastes.

hoosieree 3y ago

I hear you about the Expanse. The books are a blast and I'm hoping Amazon finishes the series because they are good adaptations. My dream series to watch (are you reading this HBO?) would be set in the Dune universe, with Denis Villeneuve doing prequel series covering the creation of the Bene Gesserit, discovery of Ecaz, etc.

midoridensha 3y ago
As much as I liked the Dune books, if you're looking for "realistic sci-fi", Dune just isn't it, it's purely fantasy. One of the main premises the whole story rests upon is the idea of genetic memory, which isn't real. Lord of the Rings is more realistic than this. And that's just one point; there's a bunch of other stuff in Dune that really makes no sense in our universe.

orev 3y ago

You’re objecting to what I might call “pop sci-fi”, and while I wish there was more “hard sci-fi”, those are just doomed from the start. Big effects budgets just aren’t compatible with the very low expected audience for stuff like that. Hard sci-fi will (almost) always be relegated to low budget indie films (and those may have a better chance on streaming compared to cable tv). The few notable exceptions include: Solaris, Contact, and Arrival. At a certain point, you have to be realistic about how closely a big budget production will cater to one’s very specific tastes.