Science Fiction shows

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Thread for shows that aren't Star Trek, Star Wars, or have their own dedicated threads. For space/future/etc type shows.

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Orville finally gets its third season and a subtitle, The Orville: New Horizons. Drops March 10, 2022 on Hulu.

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There are a lot of sci fi series out there, most of them truly awful.  Beyond Babylon 5, the Stargate shows, and a few others, there isn't much that's good.  The Lost in Space reboot thing was beautiful, but boring at least at the start, where it lost me.  Krypton was better than I thought, but yeah, not really just a sci fi show.  The other good stuff is mostly old and/or British.

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Hmn, never got into the original for some reason. I know it had a lot of fans.

‘Babylon 5’ Reboot From Original Creator J. Michael Straczynski in Development at The CW

The CW is adding yet another science-fiction series to its stacked roster of shows. The network has announced that it is partnering with Warner Bros. Television to create a reboot of the Emmy-winning space opera series Babylon 5, developed by original series creator J. Michael Straczynski, who most recently created and show-ran Sense8 with The Wachowskis for Netflix. According to the network, the reboot will be a “from-the-ground-up” project, leaving no trace of the original 90s series behind and opting for a brand new take on the sci-fi classic.

Straczynski is set to write the series, which will follow John Sheridan, an officer with a mysterious background, assigned by his employer Earthforce to a Babylon 5, a five-mile-long port of call for space travelers, corporate explorers, shifty smugglers, and extraterrestrial diplomats during a time in the distant future threatened by war. Sheridan finds himself in the line of fire when an exploration company dives into war with an alien civilization a million years ahead of Earth, unintentionally ending up as the last hope for the survival of the human race.

[achilles]

Sept 27, 2021 19:17:45 GMT sdsichero said:

Hmn, never got into the original for some reason. I know it had a lot of fans.

‘Babylon 5’ Reboot From Original Creator J. Michael Straczynski in Development at The CW

The CW is adding yet another science-fiction series to its stacked roster of shows. The network has announced that it is partnering with Warner Bros. Television to create a reboot of the Emmy-winning space opera series Babylon 5, developed by original series creator J. Michael Straczynski, who most recently created and show-ran Sense8 with The Wachowskis for Netflix. According to the network, the reboot will be a “from-the-ground-up” project, leaving no trace of the original 90s series behind and opting for a brand new take on the sci-fi classic.

Straczynski is set to write the series, which will follow John Sheridan, an officer with a mysterious background, assigned by his employer Earthforce to a Babylon 5, a five-mile-long port of call for space travelers, corporate explorers, shifty smugglers, and extraterrestrial diplomats during a time in the distant future threatened by war. Sheridan finds himself in the line of fire when an exploration company dives into war with an alien civilization a million years ahead of Earth, unintentionally ending up as the last hope for the survival of the human race.

Weird, JMS had said he'd never work for WB again after they stiffed him on royalties for the original Babylon 5.  I guess they backed up a dump truck full of cash at his house and unloaded it.  And...it was NEVER a CW type show.  It had literally nothing in common with any of CW's shows.  It was cast with real people instead of CW actors, (just fit in Cat Grant's snarky comment about SG and the Flash in that crossover and you get the type), had none of the soap opera drama stuff the CW loves...none of that.  I fear that in retooling it for CW, it will just suck totally.  Even if JMS is involved.

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Orville pushed back 3 months

[achilles]

Feb 4, 2022 18:33:17 GMT sdsichero said:

Orville pushed back 3 months

I didn't even know it was still going.

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Feb 4, 2022 22:36:33 GMT achilles said:

Feb 4, 2022 18:33:17 GMT sdsichero said:

Orville pushed back 3 months

I didn't even know it was still going.

Yep. It halted then was announced going to hulu. Then more delays.

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Feb 4, 2022 23:28:06 GMT sdsichero said:

Feb 4, 2022 22:36:33 GMT achilles said:

I didn't even know it was still going.

Yep. It halted then was announced going to hulu. Then more delays.

I'm still looking forward to it despite the delays.

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guess jurassic world can be considered sci-fi

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Not hard science, but not really fantasy either

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