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the 2004 series was so good. it was the main reason i got ADSL internet so i could torrent episodes as they came out
by potatoicecoffee 2y ago
the 2004 series was so good. it was the main reason i got ADSL internet so i could torrent episodes as they came out
- sedatk 2y agoIt's even more politically relevant today. It's on Prime Video, I'm currently re-watching it.
- rbanffy 2y agoIt’s pretty much one of the best TV sci-fi ever made.
- Tomte 2y agoI love BSG2K, but I‘d still give that title to Babylon 5. it doesn‘t have the modern political references, but its got a coherent vision and incredible world building.
- baq 2y agoThe Expanse for me.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 2y agoThey aren't in competition, both the expanse and the new Battlestar were excellent sci fi shows. I wish they would make more shows like this.
- chasil 2y agoOne major problem with The Expanse is that none of the alien influences were investigated in any detail. They really just served as plot devices.
- baq 2y agoThe last three books provide exactly that. We'll probably never see them on the screen, but the source material is there.
- 3eb7988a1663 2y agoThat is rather of of how I think the books as well. Alien space magic exists. Every once and a while a researcher discovers some mini Cthulhu, how do the humans respond? It is a book about human drama. If you lean too heavily on space magic, the human component becomes uninteresting because there can always be some unknowable deus ex machina that flips the world on its head.
- rbanffy 2y agoI imagine this is how contact with abandoned alien technology would play out. Chances are it’s totally incomprehensible to humans and if you are unlucky enough to turn it on, it’ll bite you in unpredictable ways. Think Dave Bowman activating Big Brother.
- CrLf 2y agoI was enjoying The Expanse until the Marco Inaros arc started. From that point onwards the show felt rushed, mostly repeating the formula of so many other shows, and sidestepped all the alien bits that could have been interesting. I much preferred BSG, even though it had plenty of boring "west wing in space" episodes.
- rbanffy 2y ago> boring "west wing in space" episodes. I thought the political episodes were some of the most interesting ones. I love how Apollo grew up to challenge the attempted coup and ultimately became President as the series wound down. Also loved Richard Hatch's Tom Zarek character and the religious cult formed around Gaius Baltar. All in all, I really enjoy all the moral greys in the series.
- baq 2y agoIt’s unfortunate since it all ties together at the end and hints at more, which you can read about in the books. BSG could’ve easily been two seasons, the filler was mediocre and IIRC the part on the planet was just bad. I’ve enjoyed it all in all, though.
- fire_lake 2y agoDoes Babylon 5 hold up compared to modern prestige television? Always heard great things.
- Tomte 2y agoStory? Yes? Graphic effects? The remaster is okay to watch, but a few sequences are painfully old. All in all? YES! Just don‘t listen to people who claim there is a fifth season.
- conception 2y agoS1 isn’t great, it’s more adventure of the week to get used to the characters, life on the ship etc. is not bad but it’s pretty dated. But it sets the backdrop for 3 seasons that changed TV reaching out even today - planned multi season story arcs.
- f4c39012 2y agoPrepare to work for it. Series were longer back then, and all of season 1 is slow. Later season 2 starts to reward this effort. There are a couple of episodes in S3 & S4 that aren't great. Otherwise - S3 and S4 are absolute top notch. They blow the shit out of any TV made before or after, on every level and in every way. Be prepared for B5 to set a standard everything else fails to meet by a very, very, very long way. Try to avoid spoilers.
- fredgrott 2y agoahem it has a non USA political bent...ask Canadians!
- MegaDeKay 2y agoBoth were indeed great. It is a shame that B5 is so terribly underrated. Michael O’Hare as the commander was its one big negative - he was so wooden it was painful. Then Bruce Boxleitner came on board and he was amazing. BSG2K still gets the nod from me though. It was next level.
- sillywalk 2y agoAt the time Michael O’Hare was having paranoid delusions, which probably wasn't helping. JMS agreed to keep it a secret until O'Hare passed away.
- jylam 2y agoFsck. You just wasted my coming month. Thank you, and not.
- BuyMyBitcoins 2y agoYou had the perfect opportunity to say frak instead!
- marci 2y agoUnless they are a Cylon...
- evanelias 2y agoJust a heads up, the frackin' toasters at Prime Video inexplicably left out the excellent Razor movie, which came out between seasons 3 and 4. Also missing the Resistance webisodes from between seasons 2 and 3. Looks like Razor is rentable on Google for a fee, and The Resistance might be on Youtube, not sure of quality or completeness though. Aside from those omissions, they do have the mini-series (as one long stream), 4 main seasons, and the Plan movie, all free with Prime Video, at least in the US. The Blood & Chrome prequel movie can be streamed for a fee, and ditto for the single-season Caprica spin-off series.
- blue1 2y agoI remember enjoying it a lot until the end, which I found stupid and contrived.
- steve_adams_86 2y agoHm. I actually can’t bring myself to watch the series through again because I know I won’t enjoy the end. I remember I was living with my roommate at the time and we’d watch the show religiously as episodes came out. At the end we both couldn’t help but laugh at how bad it became, haha. We really didn’t want it to be true, but… It was cheesy as hell. I won’t watch it again. Otherwise an absolutely awesome show, though.