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There seem to be more new Sci-Fi shows coming out now than ever. Tell me, Soylent, which is the best?
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There seem to be more new Sci-Fi shows coming out now than ever. Tell me, Soylent, which is the best?
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2015, @01:30PM
I'm not American and don't get American TV, you insensitive clod.
Honestly, I know exactly zero of those shows. And that's not for a lack of TV.
(Score: 5, Informative) by khedoros on Monday July 20 2015, @08:47PM
I'm an American, and I get American TV, but honestly I haven't heard of the others either.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday July 22 2015, @03:21PM
Yes, they are all basically brand new. I posted the poll and I haven't heard of most of them either. I just looked on Meta-Critic for recent Sci-Fi series and tried to find ones that were actually airing.
The goal is to find out if any are worth watching.
Also, "recently" was the improved wording for the joke option that I though of immediately after I hit submit.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Murdoc on Thursday July 23 2015, @12:10AM
And Killjoys and Dark Matter are both Canadian. We're starting to see an explosion of Canadian sci-fi ever since Continuum, and doing a pretty decent job of it, IMO. I've only started watching Killjoys, but Dark Matter is pretty good and Continuum is awesome (only 6 episodes left forever! :'( ) It throws me every time they mention that they are in Vancouver and I'm like "Whoa! I forgot this was Canadian!" because of how good it is.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2015, @09:21AM
Having prejudice, eh?
(Score: 4, Informative) by tangomargarine on Friday July 24 2015, @11:26PM
Stargate, Andromeda, Lexx, Battlestar, Fringe, The Dresden Files, Warehouse 13, etc., etc. were all Canadian sci fi [wikipedia.org]/fantasy. They've been doing it for ages.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 1) by Murdoc on Saturday July 25 2015, @01:52AM
Filmed in Canada and produced BY Canada are two different things. Two of your examples were joint American/Canadian ventures, but the ones I'm talking about are actually made by just Canada, showing we can make good stuff on our own.
Oh yeah, I forgot Orphan Black too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 26 2015, @12:53AM
You forgot the old-timers like Quark, and comedies like Tripping the Rift.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2015, @12:19PM
Airing between "Queef in Mah Face" and "I Wanna Taste Her Strange" of course.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @07:10PM
> Continuum is awesome (only 6 episodes left forever!
Ugh, continuum has become so random and unfocused that I stopped watching out of not caring anymore. When Curtis showed up in Dark Matter I just assumed continuum was dead and gone.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @09:22AM
He's also a major guest star in The Strain, playing as the son of the 'public face of the villain''s ex butler.
I've seen him guest starring in at least one or two other shows from this season too.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 21 2015, @02:49AM
I am American, and watch a lot of Sci-Fi. I must be getting old, I also have heard of exactly zero of these shows. Then again I only watch live TV (read - watch TV with actual ads) when watching occasional sporting events, and do not do social media. So I may be a bit late to the party with any new TV shows.
However, with streaming options I actually prefer being late to the party, particularly for Sci-Fi. How many Sci-Fi shows has FOX killed in the last 15 years, usually before their time? If a show is canceled early I don't care, as I am likely not watching it. If it doesn't I don't have to wait weeks or months between episodes by the time I start watching.
Now stop complaining when your favorite show gets canceled, and get off my lawn.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by hendrikboom on Tuesday July 21 2015, @07:28PM
Sense8 is a Netflix series, so the whole season shows up at once. You could watch the whole season in a suitably long day.
Netflix is not going to cancel it partway through the first season, as normal broadcast TV has done with every good series I've started watching in the last decade. I've pretty well given up on normal broadcast television.
I'm watching sense8, and it's good. Straczinsky, of Babylon 5 fame, is the writer. He was delighted by the absence of the constraints that the networks normally put on him. And there are no commercial breaks.
The show put you right in the middle of everything right at the beginning. I found the first episode utterly confusing and utterly fascinating. Things start to clear up after a few more episodes. I don't have time to binge-watch. I'm only up to episode 6, and it's still going strong.
I don't know yet whether this is a complete story or just one season of a longer tale. Of course it could be both.
-- hendrik
(Score: 3, Informative) by Marand on Wednesday July 22 2015, @04:54AM
I don't know yet whether this is a complete story or just one season of a longer tale. Of course it could be both.
Both. By the end of the season several of the story arcs get completed, including the primary "big" conspiracy type plot, while others are left hanging and the big plot introduces its own cliffhanger, presumably to lead into a new season storyline later.
My take on Sense8 is that it started out weak, at least for the first couple episodes; it was strongest in the middle up until the last episode or two; and then the end of the season was interesting but slightly unsatisfying. I don't want to spoil anything, so I can't say a lot about it, but the way the last couple episodes of the season played out, it basically turned one of the characters into a damsel-in-distress trope as way to give the characters a high-stakes problem to solve.
Still, I'd watch a second season if one gets made. The concept is interesting and enough of the characters were either entertaining or interesting that I was willing to sit through the annoying or boring characters' parts to see more.
Probably my biggest complaint is that it came across vaguely preachy in a few places, mostly related to the transgender hacker character. There was so much emphasis placed on her difficulties with her family and acceptance of being transgender that it just seemed jarring when compared to the amount of screen time and focus that other characters, placed life-or-death situations, got at the same time. I couldn't shake the feeling that it was shoehorned in by the Wachowskis as a way to preach about transgender acceptance or something. It wasn't just screen time, either, though I can't pinpoint exactly what else gave me that impression; something about the presentation of it just seemed off, like it was getting extra emphasis because it was someone's pet agenda.
Luckily, that was mostly an early-season problem and it improved greatly when they started focusing on the wider cast more. I think my favourite character arc was the Seoul businesswoman's, followed by the German safecracker guy. They had stories that could have stood well alone, separate from the rest of the show, and left me wanting to see more of their stories. I also liked the Mexican character's arc, but it was a weird one; it seemed fairly trivial and largely disconnected from the rest, and by itself wasn't very interesting, but the characters (and their actors) made the arc far more entertaining than it had any right to be. I ended up liking it despite itself entirely based on the merit of the characters within it.
TL;DR: If anyone's thinking of watching it, give it a shot. It's worth a try, even if the beginning seems off-putting, because there's a large, varied cast and they all get their share of screen time over the course of it. Even if you hate some of the arcs or find some of the characters annoying, you'll probably like some of the others enough to want to keep going. Also, it's better taken as a whole than as single episodes. You don't need to binge watch, but it's not a show that you can judge by any single episode.
(Score: 1) by meustrus on Thursday July 23 2015, @10:12PM
It looks like Nomi was Lana Wachowski's "first trans character" and much of her story is autobiographical. I can see how that might come off as a "pet agenda" though, and I hope her future trans characters will feel more integrated into the story.
http://www.chicagomag.com/arts-culture/May-2015/Wachowski-Netflix-Series-Sense8/ [chicagomag.com]
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Marand on Saturday July 25 2015, @01:28AM
It looks like Nomi was Lana Wachowski's "first trans character" and much of her story is autobiographical
Yep, that's exactly what I was talking about. It was obvious that the character's problems were personal to one of the writers, and at times -- especially early on -- it came across ham-fisted, like she was determined to tell everyone about her problems in story form. Because it was clearly personal to the writer, there were times when it felt like the gravity of Nomi's problems were exaggerated compared to the other characters, and I found it off-putting. Still, like I was saying, it got better about it a few episodes in when the conspiracy plotline started to pick up and more attention was given to the other characters' stories. By the end of it, Nomi showed signs of being an actual character in the story instead of just being the author's megaphone.
Overall, even the characters I didn't like as much generally improved by the end of the season, and most of the clunkiness could be attributed to first season growing pains. The exception, in my opinion, was the Indian woman. Like the Mexican actor, she was mostly irrelevant to the greater plot, but also had the added problem that her own personal storyline was less interesting than his and the characters involved weren't entertaining enough to hold it together.
Not that everyone had to be super-important to the main plot; Sun Bak and Wolfgang weren't tied into the main plot except to provide convenient skills (primarily Sun Bak's martial arts), but their own storylines were interesting enough that it didn't matter. Especially Sun Bak, whose story was probably one of my favourite parts and the bastards left it hanging with no sign of any resolution. Even if I disliked the rest of the show, I'd probably watch a second season just to get a continuation of that story.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @07:19PM
FWIW, I thought Sense8 was much like the first season of Kiefer Sutherland's Touch. [imdb.com] A sort of mystical (in the kabala/sufi/gnostic tradition) fantasy story rather than science fiction. If you watch Touch, don't even bother with the 2nd season, they tried to turn it into 24 by taking away all the stuff that made S1 unique. Sense8 was better than S1 Touch, but given the constraints of primetime Touch was decent.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Subsentient on Tuesday July 21 2015, @04:11AM
I am American, and I too, have heard NONE of these shows. None. Not even in a passing reference.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 1) by anubi on Saturday August 01 2015, @08:50AM
At the risk of a "redundant" mod, neither have I heard of a one of them either.
However I am right on 65, and still running OTA. I never felt like cable TV offered me sufficient bang for the buck.
No way could I justify spending the kind of money cable companies ask.
To top it off, I hardly ever watch the TV anymore because of the heavy ad burden. I simply no longer have the patience to sit through ad after ad. Ads had become such an annoyance in my life that I started doing other things.... like writing posts on SN.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @03:28PM
Become a pirate. No ads. And if you do it right, nobody tracking your viewing either
It's like the internet is a giant collaborative DVR giving us all the things the 'free market' is failing at.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @03:25PM
> I am American, and I too, have heard NONE of these shows. None. Not even in a passing reference.
That's why the poll was posted. Now you have heard of them and you might want to seek them out.
Orphan Black should have been on the list. Mr Robot too, although it is barely science fiction it still top notch and apropos to this audience.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by isostatic on Wednesday July 22 2015, @06:38AM
I don't watch anything until there's at least 3 seasons -- I won't be fireflyed again. Or Terra Novad.
(Score: 2) by pogostix on Thursday July 23 2015, @03:59AM
Haha you wouldn't watch firefly now knowing there's only 2 seasons?
(Score: 3, Funny) by isostatic on Thursday July 23 2015, @10:05AM
Two seasons?!??!!
Score -1 false hope
Seriously it's tricky, like most people I have a lot of heartache over firefly. That could be avoided. Tis better to have loved, perhaps.
(Score: 2) by pogostix on Thursday July 23 2015, @07:01PM
It 'tis.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @07:28PM
like most people I have a lot of heartache over firefly. That could be avoided. Tis better to have loved, perhaps.
Learn to embrace the ephemeral. Nothing lasts. Enjoy the stories for what they are today, not what they might be in the future.
This might seem completely unrelated at first -- one of my favorite places to buy packaged food is Big Lots. They sell the random weird stuff that has been canceled by the manufacturers. The strange, what the hell were they thinking? and the just not very popular. The prices are cheap and the inventory rarely lasts more than a month or two. So when I shop there I am pretty much guaranteed to never get another chance to buy the same stuff again. I love it. Doesn't matter if it is crap or a diamond in the rough, it is always an experience in the here and now with the expectation that I will never get another chance to experience it again. Take life for what it is today and let come what may in the future.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2015, @10:30PM
I won't be Terra Novad again, either: that show was awful, which is even worse given how much potential it had.
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday July 25 2015, @05:26PM
Therefore you missed season one of space 1999, captain nice, and 2 stupid dogs. So sad.
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 22 2015, @03:16PM
I'm American, and don't get any of these shows either. There's actually a television sitting in the living room. I haven't turned it on in years. Since the wife has learned to stream her soaps and stuff on the internet, she hasn't turned it on either. It sits in it's little cubby-hole, collecting dust.
Dang, I just looked at the thing. HDMI support. Maybe I should grab it to use as my monitor! I mean - no one watches television here - I might as well have a monster monitor! Hmmmmmmm - might be to big though . . . .
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @06:58PM
> I'm not American and don't get American TV, you insensitive clod.
Is soylent so full of greybeards that y'all have forgotten about the internet?
All of those shows are available online in one form or another, accessible by anyone in any country with a fast enough internet connection. I say this from personal experience because I watch all of them and I don't have cable TV and only use OTA for PBS.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2015, @02:57PM
No TV here. Not because there isn't interesting stuff on, but (as per the anti-advertising thread) I don't find it worthwhile to trade 22 minutes of my my life for 38 minutes of "free" entertainment.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 20 2015, @11:01PM
Install Adblocker. Go to a streaming site like Putlocker. [putlocker.is]
Interesting thing about streaming. In the USA violation of copyright is via distribution. Thus, consumption via direct download or stream isn't infringement (you're not infringing, the source is). However, "file sharing" typically includes distribution to peers so that remains infringement.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by meustrus on Thursday July 23 2015, @10:01PM
Yes but how do the pirate distributors pay for their servers and the liability? By giving you worms, that's how. But we're hacker types ourselves here, right? So put it in an isolated VM before you watch it, then shut it down and restore it to a clean state. Just as you might inspect a questionable USB drive with a Linux live CD.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @09:29AM
They crimininalized viewing this past year. Somebody in the soylent community should be able to link to it. Also pretty sure slashdot covered it last year before it went into effect.
Watch where you step and wear a thick coat of crypto.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2015, @09:21PM
Instead of "OMGWTFBBQZADBLOKZ" like everyone always says here, I recommend learning to multitask/divide your attention. I can't remember the last commercial I watched, and not because it wasn't on TV. One could easily make a case that modern advertising is subliminal enough that it doesn't matter if you don't watch it, but then, hey, no problem right? I don't mind being brainwashed to enjoy consumer products, I just don't like wasting time to do it.
(Score: 2) by mendax on Monday July 20 2015, @07:42PM
What's this "yet" business? I will not own a TV again. Or more specifically, I will not hook up a screen to cable or a satellite dish again. The only TV I want to watch these days is the pope celebrate midnight mass on Christmas Eve and I can use my housemate's TV for that.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 4, Informative) by khedoros on Monday July 20 2015, @08:51PM
(Score: 1, Troll) by isostatic on Tuesday July 21 2015, @03:20AM
So you buy into the cult thing, fine. When you grow up and live in your own place, how will you watch him yabber on in latin?
Dont you guys have TV via a rooftop aerial?
(Score: 2) by mendax on Tuesday July 21 2015, @06:58AM
I live in a house with my name on the deed, I'm probably older than you, and my housemate does have an HDTV antenna. As for the Latin, there is a talking head that translates it. As for the cult thing, well, maybe. I am Roman Catholic by choice. ;-) But I don't take my faith too seriously... or literally.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday July 23 2015, @09:41PM
I am Roman Catholic by choice. ;-) But I don't take my faith too seriously... or literally.
Says the guy who only uses his TV to watch the Pope's speech.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 3, Touché) by DECbot on Thursday July 23 2015, @11:34PM
If he only gets his operating instructions updated once a year, he certinally operates with more intelectual freedom than those who need a daily broadcast of talking heads to gauge how they should think (24hr news networks and AM talk radio, take your pick, no wrong option).
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(Score: 2) by mendax on Friday July 24 2015, @05:24AM
I user my housemate's TV for that. And it just might be streamed this year. It's going to happen.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Geotti on Tuesday July 21 2015, @11:00PM
For some reason, I read that as
"the pope's celibate midnight mass on Christmas Eve;" thought I'd share ;)
(Score: 2) by mendax on Wednesday July 22 2015, @02:25AM
I would hope it's celibate! After all, I don't want to be watching a mass orgy on TV. Others may tune to the appropriate channel on their satellite TV for a non-celibate mass. The things one can do with a crucifix!
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 27 2015, @12:28PM
it will be a mass-turbation of roman catholics turning into muslims
(Score: 3, Funny) by jimshatt on Thursday July 23 2015, @10:47AM
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Monday July 20 2015, @11:30PM
#1 would be Dark Matter, Humans a close second. Not getting into Killjoy like I thought I would, have no intention of watching Zoo, never heard of the rest.
How about The Strain? I liked it last season, haven't had time yet to watch any of the new season.
Also enjoyed Wayward Pines, season finale is coming up.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 1) by seeprime on Tuesday July 21 2015, @04:03AM
I agree with you. Also, Defiance, in it's third season, is arguably the best sci-fi show currently on TV. The Sy-Fy network must have made a serioius investment in their Friday night lineup. All three Friday prime time shows are more entertaining, better produced, and better written then the Friday night basic cable and network competition.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Wednesday July 22 2015, @05:21PM
If Dark Matter is the best the others can't be very good. Dark Matters felt sort of like a somewhat bad version of Firefly except it wasn't as good and everyone has amnesia but at least one of them might be evil -- or more evil then the others that don't remember that they are evil. That is my impression of watching three episodes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2015, @06:32PM
I'd say it's getting both better and less "Fauxrefly" with every episode, but yeah, it's certainly not great so far. Still watching, because as I said it is improving (or is that the Stockholm syndrome kicking in?) and may be worthwhile by the end of the season.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by looorg on Thursday July 23 2015, @06:54PM
I agree. I have since the previous post watched the other available episodes, six in total at the moment I believe. It's growing on me, like space fungus. They are slowly fleshing out the story and it is becoming better -- or at least more interesting. Having given the other shows in the poll a quick glance I do believe that Dark Matter is probably the superior sci-fi show on the list. Mostly due to the others just being awful.
Still the show, Dark Matter, is like a sci-fi cliche or parody when it comes to the crew, we have: the hot babe in charge, the cute teenage girl with the colored hair and punk outfits, the clean nice guy, the scruffy guy (that is probably a softy on the inside), the token black dude, the asian dude that is a ninja and finally a robot/android that just doesn't understand human interaction or speech mannerisms at all and instead tries to interpret everything literally. All this while flying around in an awesome spaceship which I guess they explained how they got in a the last episode -- spoiler the black dude stole it. The only thing missing is the comic relief alien. But I guess they might find one of those eventually.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @07:08PM
> All this while flying around in an awesome spaceship which I guess they explained how they got in a the last episode -- spoiler the black dude stole it.
No he didn't. Their ship is their ship. The stolen ship is a totally different ship which we haven't actually seen on screen and probably never will because it was only a plot device for his back story.
> Still the show, Dark Matter, is like a sci-fi cliche or parody when it comes to the crew,
Oh please. There are only so many character variations available. If you want characters who aren't archetypes you have a choice - either they are completely flavorless or they are so nuanced and complex that the show turns into a character study instead of a sci-fi adventure.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 04 2015, @09:42AM
Go look at the ending credits. Apparently this Dark Matter is based off a Dark Horse Comic.
If you look at some of the other camp they've put out (Like the early Star Wars Comics, Spawn, etc) Dark Horse has always been about stereotypes and camp.
(Score: 2) by penguinoid on Tuesday July 21 2015, @05:10AM
There's enough already finished stuff (and available conveniently and commercial-free on streaming services like Netflix) that I don't generally worry about upcoming shows. Besides, I don't have enough "want to be mindlessly entertained" time to keep up with even just the good shows.
RIP Slashdot. Killed by greedy bastards.
(Score: 2) by CoolHand on Tuesday July 21 2015, @06:42PM
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(Score: 2) by WizardFusion on Tuesday July 21 2015, @02:20PM
I hated Dark Matter, it's really bad.
Killjoys is the same, also bad.
Humans is great.
For me Sense8 was amazing.
(Score: 2) by splodus on Tuesday July 21 2015, @06:50PM
I think it's the best 'British' TV scifi since they brought back Dr Who (and which I think suffered from over-ambitious attempt to outdo itself each season ever since).
I like the understated acting, the lack of special effects, the absence of crazy chase scenes and fights. It's what British scifi used to be about - posing questions, letting you think about the options, then offering it's own take on the answers.
Sure, they've glossed over some of the hard scifi issues, and there are anachronisms given the setting of an alternative world in our time. It's not perfect by any means.
But it's far and away the best series of its type that I've scene screened free to air in the UK for a very long time indeed.
BTW if you haven't seen it, you should be able to watch via proxy from the channel 4 website (I think the first episode is still up, but will probably be 'expired' by the end of the week)
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday July 27 2015, @10:10AM
But what do I know - I'm still watching re-runs of TNG. Special effects may have improved, but, IMNSHO, naratives haven't. The special effects budgets of "The Measure of a Man" and "The Most Toys" was practically zero, for example, and those still stand out today as absolutely classic science fiction episodes.
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(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Tuesday July 21 2015, @10:37PM
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by FakeBeldin on Wednesday July 22 2015, @07:13AM
- Have I told you I don't have a TV in the USA?
Other ideas for polls:
- Which of these new German TV shows is the best to watch?
- Which of these new French chefs in the Liege area is the best?
- Which of these gelaterias in Italy are the best for an ice cream?
- What are the best swimming pools within cycling range from Geldrop?
This poll is clearly not intended to be answered by Europeans. Nor by anyone not living in the USA.
Suggestion: let's at least be aware of locational bias when it arises on SN.
(Score: 2) by DECbot on Wednesday July 22 2015, @10:51PM
Missing Poll Option:
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(Score: 3, Touché) by Eunuchswear on Thursday July 23 2015, @01:55PM
Because Netflix doesn't exist in Europe and Humans isn't a British remake of a Swedish series.
Watch this Heartland Institute video [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Friday July 31 2015, @10:53AM
sudo mod me up
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @07:41PM
Other ideas for polls:
- Which of these new German TV shows is the best to watch?
As an American I would totally go for that. Many high-quality non-english tv shows get pirate releases with english subtitles, official or 'fansubs' and I don't just mean anime and asian dramas. Examples include the danish show "The Killing (Forbrydelsen)," the swedish "The Bridge (Broen)" and the israeli "Prisoners of War (Hatufim)."
The other thing you are missing is that the US entertainment market dominates the world. Many US shows get dubbed/subtitled releases in other markets or just outright pirated. For example, the star of Empire has publicly thanked pirates [indiewire.com] for generating the interest required to bring the show to the UK on a traditional channel.
When it comes to digital media, we live in a global village.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by meisterister on Wednesday July 22 2015, @06:08PM
...I don't use it to watch TV. Instead it's just a large monitor for the various video game consoles, tapes, and DVDs I own.
(May or may not have been) Posted from my K6-2, Athlon XP, or Pentium I/II/III.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday July 23 2015, @08:22PM
No spaceship...no spaceship...
Oh my god this one [wikipedia.org] sounds like Firefly.
*disregards rest of options*
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2015, @10:32PM
I found Dark Matter to be much like Firefly, if someone threw Blake's 7 at it really, really hard.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2015, @11:01PM
Best description yet, I'm gonna steal that.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Sunday July 26 2015, @03:10AM
I cannot think of a recommendation that would make me more likely to actually watch a tv series. Seriously.
Thanks, will be watching it soon.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by Fluffeh on Monday July 27 2015, @08:35AM
Although the number of characters is different and the story is clearly different - I sort of feel like Killjoys is much closer in spirit to Firefly than any of the others in the list.
Having said that, Humans is simply AMAZING (very very different though, which is what makes it so good).
Zoo, I am a little meh about, but I've watched worse - could go either way. I'm yet to have a look at Sense8 when I get time for a marathon and I have some bandwidth free for netflix to chew up :)
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday July 24 2015, @11:38PM
After watching the first 2 episodes, it tastes like Firefly crossed with Lost Girl with annoying lighting.
Still not sure how I feel about this.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Tuesday July 28 2015, @04:28AM
Funny thing, that's exactly the opposite of how I go through SF lists.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Natales on Saturday July 25 2015, @10:52PM
Geez people, not being able to get them where you live is a poor excuse if you frequent sites like this. Just get Sickbeard. It will find each and every one of these shows, in HD with no commercials. [sickbeard.com]
Pair it with a good NZB downloader like SabNZBd [sabnzbd.org] and a Usenet account and you are good to go. No torrent needed. If you want Torrent, just get Sonarr [sonarr.tv] and Transmission and you are good to go. All those shows are available. Here is a design [goo.gl] that includes all those.
In terms of favorites, definitely Humans and The Strain.
(Score: 2) by tynin on Saturday August 01 2015, @12:16AM
I assumed such things must exist but had not yet stumbled on them. Thank you kind Sir!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 02 2015, @07:46PM
> Here is a design that includes all those.
For anyone who would prefer that google not be the middle-man between you and that site, here's the actual URL:
http://ramirosalas.com/putting-together-a-software-centric-home-entertainment-system.html [ramirosalas.com]
I'd like to see a pre-configured VM with all of that stuff set up, something I could just drop into vmware/qemu/etc, enter my specifics like usenet account and set it off. That would be nice.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Snotnose on Tuesday July 28 2015, @02:03AM
2-3 weeks ago I read a comment on Mr Robot that sounded interesting so I googled it, then had my DVR search for reruns of the eps. They started showing up last night. I'm on the third episode and this is a pretty good show. Better than any in the poll list.
Snotnose sez, give it a shot. What do you have to lose except for an hour of your time (assuming you DVR'd the 90 minute pilot).
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Wednesday July 29 2015, @04:11AM
Have I told you about how I don't own a TV, yet?
Heh. The vegans of the geek world.
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(Score: 2) by Translation Error on Thursday July 30 2015, @08:16PM
Yet what?
(Score: 1) by jdavidb on Friday July 31 2015, @01:47AM
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