Was curious to see what other eve players are into and would like to broaden my sci-fi pallet. Been watching Farscape, which surprisingly is a great show. Currently on season 3 and needing some more shows to add to my list.

I would have to say Star Trek: The Next Generation is my favorite series but I like any good sci fi.

So, any recommendations anime/live will do fine or if I have already seen it, it would be nice to have some discussions.

Edit, and of course Futurama ;)

Space: Above and Beyond (this one will be fun to find)

Babylon 5: The most epic story arc ever. The first season is slow, but when you realize that things said in the first season are relevant to the events in the fourth, you'll be glad you watched it. The fifth season almost didn't happen and the primary events that were scheduled for it got condensed into the fourth. So S5 feels a bit like it's tacked on, but it does stay true to the original planned story arc and covers all the stuff that got cut when S4/S5 got pushed into one season.

Farscape: OP is watching this already, but I want to recommend it to everyone. It's a great piece of storytelling and has amazing characters.

Stargate (SG1, Atlantis, and Universe were all pretty good): If you haven't seen this,watch it. You'll know you're hooked when you understand what "In the middle of my backswing???" means.

Doctor Who: Old ones are kind of tedious, new ones are awesome.

Bit disappointed that I've already seen almost everything in this thread.

I'll have a hunt around on my comp, I'm sure there was some sci-fi show I've clued onto recently that was quite good.

Space: Above and Beyond (this one will be fun to find) - A great one-season sci fi war flick that was among the first to show space combat that felt like more than a rehash of Star Wars or Star Trek.

Especially after reading the conspiracy of the Series Bible and how the first season of DS9 and Babylon 5 are roughly the same.

some things not already mentioned:

Star Trek Enterprise (the new one)

Stargate Universe (although annoyingly they axed it)

Lost (this counts right ;))

Quantum leap (oldy but a goody)

Lexx (very surreal - be warned)

V (again axed-grrr)

Dark Angel (i enjoyed it - so sue me :P)

Cant think of any others atm. I remember Farscape with a great fondness, loved that program. It ends quite nicely as well ;)

You and I differ greatly in opinions of what constitutes "good" :)

Enterprise was decent. I'm not a *huge* Star Trek fan, but if you're going to watch 24 seasons of TOS/TNG/DS9/Voyager, you might as well watch the 4 that make up Enterprise so you can say you did it. It had some good episodes, like every Star Trek.

Lost started as a great light sci fi mystery show, meandered in the middle, and went for outright nonsense in the last season. They completely abandoned interesting plots and clearly had a massive change in direction halfway through.

I'm not sure I'd call Quantum Leap real sci fi. The sci fi is just a lose wrapper to enable the plot premise.

Lexx was terrible. I have no other word for it. I found Andromeda to be more tolerable.

V had a strong start and then spent too long doing nothing. It's a common problem among network television sci-fi: they try to treat it like it's Grey's Anatomy and spend a whole season developing characters with no real plot advancement. That doesn't work with scifi fans.

DS9 and Firefly are both great.

The DS9 Episode In the Pale Moonlight is probably my favorite.

Star wars the Clone Wars was not what I expected. Murder, Torture (Once to death), Firebombing villages full of starving civilians, mass casualties, hostage taking, blowing up hospital stations, acts of genocide, slavery... the list goes on and on. They basically said screw the sensors.

It isn't bad.

They're fairly equivalent, yes. Random crap happening on a psuedo-interesting space station, with a few episodes set to lay the groundwork for the overall plots of each series. It goes rather farther than that, though - DS9's later seasons are awash in, "Last week, on Babylon 5..."

Absolutely nothing wrong with that; it's probably why DS9 was the only Trek series with a coherent, epic plot. And it's not like JMS wasn't digging around in Tolkien's pockets for B5. Good artists create; great artists steal.

Lexx was terrible. I have no other word for it. I found Andromeda to be more tolerable.

Lexx was terrible. I have no other word for it. I found Andromeda to be more tolerable.

New version of "The Outer Limits" is still my personal favourite sci-fi show.

I can't believe no-one has mentioned Falling Skies.

Oh right, I remember that. I watched it, was somewhat entertained. TBH I'm surprised it got renewed. I'll have to go back and watch the first season again to figure out what I missed.

Some other stuff:

Fringe! I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it until now.

Terra Nova was a decent time travel show for the one season it aired, and actually did a pretty fair job of wrapping up the major plot and not leaving a massive cliffhanger before it got cancelled.

Eureka and Warehouse 13 are two light sci fi shows set in the same universe. They're half comedy and half adventure. Don't take them seriously at all.

Alphas is a decent "secret mutant team" show where for once the mutants aren't absurdly overpowered. No flying bridges and instant tornadoes here.

Heroes is another. Save the cheerleader and all that.

The miniseries Taken was quite good.

The X-Files, of course.

Joss Whedon's Dollhouse is one of those that some love, and some hate.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Another one from around the same time as Space: Above and Beyond was Earth 2.

Earth: Final Conflict is one I keep meaning to check out.

The 4400.

SeaQuest DSV, another "classic".

Seven Days for more time travel.

Sliders.

That's all I can think of for now.

Oh right, I remember that. I watched it, was somewhat entertained. TBH I'm surprised it got renewed. I'll have to go back and watch the first season again to figure out what I missed.

Fringe! I'm surprised no one else has mentioned it until now.

The 4400.

These two are among the shows I have on my comp that I hadn't got around to watching yet, reckon you can give a quick synopsis and rating?

Despite being animated, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and 2nd Gig are pretty damn good scifi series. Even if you don't like anime, give this one a try, it's very grownup and rather complex, you may need more than one watch to get all the references and nuances.

It plays in 2029, in a futuristic Japan. The series revolves around a squad of the most elite law enforcers in the country, tackling some very high profile cases. There's a main case threaded throughout both seasons which can get incredibly complex - One of the early episodes in season 1 is almost only dialogue, but it's still pretty fantastic imho.

The rest has already been mentioned i think :)

Doctor Who: Old ones are kind of tedious, new ones are awesome.