Comments on: Ten of the best… Science fiction television series

By: Falconer

Falconer — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:53:38 +0000

1. Battlestar Galactica (1978)
2. Star Trek (1966)
3. Alias (2001)
4. Firefly (2002)

…that’s all I’ve got…

By: James Rye

James Rye — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:15:22 +0000

you Numptys.

Firefly ahead of Galactica? what the….

Having TNG at 6 is patently ludicrous as it is the single most influential and popular SciFi ever.

And what is it with you and the lamentable Charlie Jade. The 4400 should be put in its place.

Again! Firefly. 13 episodes barely counts as a TV series.

Does Lost count as SciFi, where is that then?

Here are the top ten:

Star Trek TOS (the first and the best)
Star Trek TNG
Dr. Who
Star Trek DS9
X Files
Lost
Battlestar Galactica (remake)
Stargate SG1
Babylon 5
The 4400

Yes I think SG1 is very good and only pretentiousness prevents reviewers rating it higher.

Ryeman

By: jay

jay — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:49:27 +0000

The first season of Moonlight has just finished here in the UK on Virgin-1 and i appalled to hear that’s it no more it’s been cancelled by the US network…

Bugger is all i can say, yet again that’s another great US TV series that hit the skids way, way to early and we won’t be seeing any more along with:

Terminator (The Sarah Conner Chronicles)
Heist,
Firefly,
Life,
Dirty Sexy Money,
The Unit,
Reaper,
Chuck,
That one about troops in Iraq can’t remember the name
Deadwood,
My Name is Earl
Kipnapped,
Jericho,

Need i go on, i think you get the idea..

Ok not all Sci-Fi but all excellent shows, in their own right, but now vanished forever, while we get sado and mostly crap reality TV shows, and poxy Eastenders, shoved down our throats for years and years, i for one am sick of it…

Time for a revolt, i feel, And why in 2009 with all the Freeview channels and Satelite channels available are we still paying that out dated stealth tax the TV Licence Fee, the BBC should now be independant and have advertising.

By: Dontlk

Dontlk — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:51:23 +0000

Great list, I agree with you about Charlie Jade (truly the best show I’ve ever seen), Babylon 5, The Prisoner, X-Files, SG-1 – true classics of the science-fiction genre – and partially on BSG (one of the best shows, but the ending ruined it for me).
Firefly – Very enjoyable, but also very unoriginal. Joss Whedon clearly stole many ideas for Firefly(2002) from Starhunter(2000).

By: nerdjuice32

nerdjuice32 — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:49:37 +0000

‘KC’.. That wouldn’t happen to mean Kansas City does it? Where I’m living currently.. lol

Ah man, you don’t even think he’s a good writer? Well.. that’s just something I can’t explain.. different tastes to blame I guess. I suppose you could be correct if by ‘far, far better…’, you’re inferring he’s AMAZING at publicity and just really really good at writing..

James,
Yeah I know.. I have a lot of problems with FOX. Didn’t want to get into it too much, so I didn’t just come off as bias against Fox. It’s not because I hate Fox that I defend Firefly…

They also didn’t air I think 3 other episodes near the end of the season, although one, I honestly didn’t like so much. I think it was ‘Heart of Gold’. Not my fav.. Not terrible, but probably my least favorite.

By: Jordan T.

Jordan T. — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:48:27 +0000

shame about BSG’s end, one of the best series finales ever, but no mention of the inimitable shame that was (and still is) the end of the X-Files? and by “end” i mean the last three seasons and most recent film? :p

By: KC

KC — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:23 +0000

“I did consider Space: Above And Beyond. What a great show! I would point out again though that the list isn’t in any order, and I do disagree with you on Firefly, but each to their own.”

Fair enough James, but I’d say Whedon is a far, far better publicist and cult leader than he ever was writer.

And when I say cult leader, I’m not inferring you’re one of the nutters, you’re far, far too polite for that.

By: maddy

maddy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:03:02 +0000

I would proudly defend Buffy 6 and 7 over 1, 2 and 3.

Just sayin’.

By: Bobathin

Bobathin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:18:35 +0000

Just for the record, I loved the Battlestar finale. I don’t think it’s at all a shame where the writers decided to take it. It’s just an incredible episode in my book.

Anyway, it’s nice to see TNG and Firefly on the list too.

By: Luiz

Luiz — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:10:22 +0000

One last random thought… the original Galactica may be of some worth, as well Buck Rogers in the XXVth Century (although I’d rather stick with Duck Dodgers in XXIV1/2 Century, in any of his both encarnations): these Glen A. Larson’s series brought the sound and fury of Star Wars space opera to the tv, shaking off the pessimism and glooming mood of 70’s sci-fi tv shows, such as Ark II and the Planet of the Apes tv series.