Hello /c/sciencefiction lemmies. I’ve put together an image of some of the most discussed shows from July 2023.
Are there any science fiction TV series you are currently in the middle of watching or plan on watching in August?
Here is last months post. What are you Watching? (July 2023)
I’m reading Dune :)
I’ve been binging Lower Decks and looking forward to the new season, it’s really a solid show and is definitely more than it seems.
Strange new Worlds. I think it’s the best Star Trek series since the original. I don’t think the casting is particularly great, but Anson Mount makes up for it. Like William Shatner was born to be Captain Kirk, Anson Mount was born to be Captain Pike.
They Cloned Tyrone is a surprise for me. Great modern scifi/blaxploitation film, though I have about 30 minutes left to finish.
Finally finding the time to finishAndor and what the fuck?! How is it so good???
Andor is SOOOOO GOOD. Andy Serkis straight up made me cry. (I have the last couple of episodes still to go so no spoilers pls lol)
But the characters, the writing, the acting, the storylines and the theeeeeemmes omg. It’s like a dramatic embodiment of Seeing Like a State.
One Way Out. ONE WAY OUT.
I just started watching The Orville (Fun little story: when I went to start it I got it mixed up with The OA, and spent the whole first episode of that wondering when the spaceship was going to show up). I’m not sure I’d call it good TV, but it’s enjoyable!
Rewatching Westworld, the first season was truly a masterpiece.
Recently started a TNG rewatch and was surprised how many good episodes were actually in seasons 1 and 2.
Edit: Why did autocorrect turn seasons into dragons?
A friend wanted to show my SO and I Twelve Monkeys (the TV series) badly enough to buy the whole thing as a box set, so the three of us have been working our way through it, we’re in season 2 now - it’s been a lot of fun
Fringe, and rewatching agents of shield
Electric Dreams
It was recommended to me as “what [Black Mirror] should have been.”
I binged the first five episodes a week after the newest season of Black Mirror was released and the remaining five just this week.
Still waiting for the new season of “For all mankind”, started right after when the Expanse ended, right now I’m starved for a good scifi
Red dwarf
I watched Silo on my 3-month free trial to Apple TV. Great show, 100% recommend.
I liked the last episode
I want to watch foundation and silo, but want to try reading them first. Unfortunately, I don’t think I have any good sci-fi to watch at the moment other than those two.
Frankly, you’ll enjoy Foundaton more if you don’t read the books first. Otherwise, you’ll be sitting there shaking you head wondering why they continuously mangle the core concept of the books so badly, despite characters occasionally directly stating how it works (only for the same episode otherwise showing utter disregard for said statement)
Good Omens, just finished like candy, Lexx, struggling, worth it ? compare to Andromeda S1…
Dunno if Lexx is really worth it tbh. The original movies were worth watching just because it was so weird and different.
But if you were on the fence after those, well it doesn’t really change. Just season after season of the same sort of plots…if you like that, it’s great. If you don’t, it’s gonna get old really fast.
I rewatched all of Andromeda recently, and after a season and a half is was mostly awful, but it was occasionally entertaining.
I rewatched the first Lexx movie, remembered why I never finished the show the first time around, and moved on to something else.
Yeah, I watched Andromeda, hence the comparison to S1 (which was OK and of the era). Maybe I use it to put me to sleep, like first wave…
