What to watch next? Just finished The Expanse

The Culture series by Iain M Banks is fantastic

You might like For All Mankind

Season 1 of altered carbon and only season 1.

When I watched season 2 I was like "Oh OK, so we're doing a completely different show now, got it"
- I really like the idea of changing actors, it obviously fits right in with the main plot od the universe, but it felt too much like they changed the character. Joel Kinnaman really cemented what the character should be to me and I guess any other actor is going to play it slightly different.
- That was what confirmed my suspicion that i don't really like Anthony Mackie

The Foundation
Silo
Severance

In no particular order

Battlestar Galactica
Farscape
MST3K
Travellers
Most Star Trek and Stargate
Dr Who
Electric Sheep
Twin Peaks
X-Files

I'll probably add to this as they occur to me

I really want to know why MST3K comes up on these lists so often. I sat down to watch it and it was just some shitty old movie being watched by 2 semi-funny average joes. Like, Gogglebox is better, and that's not even good. What am I missing??
- It was a show a bunch of us watched late at night for years. Cable didn't have a ton of great options in the 90s. But mostly I love it because it's made by huge nerds doing nerdy crap with props and generally having fun. It's just a comfort show for me I reckon.
Agree. Also

Firefly — if you somehow haven't seen it yet

Babylon 5 — if you can stick with it past a very rough season 1, seasons 2-4 are very good

Stargate SG-1, and to a much lesser extent Atlantis
- Ooh yeah all solid. Firefly obviously, Babylon 5 was a lot more enjoyable than I expected. And I did mention Stargate, but I'm only now kinda watching SG-1.
Farscape has been in my peripheral vision forever, does it hold up?
- Farscape is excellent, but it's very trippy and the heavy use of Muppets may be offputting to some. And it's far from harder scifi like the Expanse.
- Just watch it. It's great
- Oh yeah, it's great. I've been watching it lately.
I second Battlestar Galactica. I keep meaning to rewatch it. All of this has happened before, all of this will happen again.

Firefly

The books (or audiobooks) of The Expanse continue the series. Highly recommended.

This might be obvious, but don't think you can watch series and continue with books.

You could catch up, but the characters, while same, can be different. And the early books are worth it even when tou watched the show already.
- Oh, yes, I meant to start again from the beginning with the books.

Fringe

Silo. Andor.

Yes to these also. Don't sleep on Andor just because it's Star Wars
- I'm ignoring Andor because it's Disney. Star Wars died in 2012.

Stargate SG1 + Atlantis + Universe

J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Like most series it starts slow and awkward, but when it starts moving...also Crusade, a lesser known spinoff in the Babylon 5 universe that got pulled by the same creator because of network stupidity.

Later show G'Kar and Molari are worth it alone. The great story and actors is all just a lovely extra.

Crusade still lives on in my heart because of those crazy technomancer guys and their weird ships.
I have the DVD box set. Wish I could get my wife to watch it with me. She likes BSG but I feel like she’d just make fun of the graphics now. Also it might be too slow paced for her.

I was recently surprised by The Orville. A surprising project to come from Seth McFarlane, but an absolutely well-made homage to Star Trek.

DS9 has been my go-to lately, a classic now

I just watched through Continuum. It's pretty solid.

If Continuum's not your thing and you'd prefer keeping with something space-y, but still want to stick with the "Canadian Sci-Fi Starring Roger Cross" genre, there's the original Dark Matter.

I fucking hate how it has essentially turned into the next Idiocracy.

People are born with a life debt because corporation run everything. WTF. It’s not that bad yet but I see too many similarities happening.
- ....yeah. This was the second time I've watched the series, and it seemed way more relevant this time around than the last.
Love Continuum. Laughed at the "Canadian Sci-Fi starring Roger Cross" comment. Made me think 'Show where Richard Harmon plays a jerk whose kinda right (See also 'The 100'). Or 'Any Sci-Fi with Lexa Doig'- Continuum, Andromeda, a bit of SG-1. And Dark Matter was good, should have gotten more seasons.
- I can't look right now, but wasn't there a comic that wrapped up after the cliffhanger when Dark Matter ended? Obv if there is, I haven't seen it yet. Maybe I'm thinking of something else though.

People mention the old (ish) dark matter but I also quite enjoyed the new Dark Matter on apple TV.

If you have that then severance and silo are also on there. Apple is doing a great job with well written sci-fi.

Foundation is okay

I agree with this sentiment, some episodes are good but a lot are just... Ok
- I especially like the genetic dynasty aspects of the series. The books weren't my thing so that was a pleasant surprise!
- And some are ooooo..kay.

Some classics and mostly UK ones (none, bar Red Dwarf, are set in space). Westworld, Fringe, Black Mirror, Red Dwarf, Bugs, The Lazarus Project, Life on Mars, Misfits, The Leftovers, Quantum Leap, Utopia, Severance.

Utopia is such an underrated show, it’s unlike anything else I’ve seen. The cinematography is first class
Ashes to Ashes is the conclusion of Life on Mars.

Dark, Killjoys, and Sanctuary (the one starring Amanda Tapping)

Foundation

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