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What are some good space & ocean-based TV shows?

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What are some good space & ocean-based TV shows? Easy to find this in movie format, but less common as a TV series, because budget.

Here's what I am already familiar with:
Andromeda (Hercules in space)
Cowboy Bebop (anime series & film) + Netflix remake
Farscape (series) + The Peacekeeper Wars (2-part finale)
Firefly (series) & Serenity (film)
Lost in Space (original series / 1998 film / Netflix remake)
The Orville (I call it not-Trek :lol:)
SeaQuest DSV (starring the guy from Jaws)
Star Trek (the whole point of TrekBBS :D )
Stargate (film / SG-1 + 2 films / Atlantis / Universe)
Surface (sea monsters - great series)

What else is out there? Live action, animated, anime, I don't care so long as it's good. What I'm looking for: Outer space, alien planet, or on the ocean. If ocean themed, it doesn't necessarily have to be a ship or submarine. It can be something like Surface.

To those who answer, thank you! :beer:
 
Dang you already picked all the stuff I was gonna suggest. What about the new stars wars shows. I loved Andor, Mandalorian and Obi Wan. Boba Fett was ok but probably the weakest. Haven't seen Ashoka yet.
 
Dar70 said:
Dang you already picked all the stuff I was gonna suggest. What about the new stars wars shows. I loved Andor, Mandalorian and Obi Wan. Boba Fett was ok but probably the weakest. Haven't seen Ashoka yet.
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How did I forget to add Star Wars? :lol: Not something I'm into, but worth pointing out for anyone else looking for a good "space show." :beer:
 
Did you ever hear about "Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion"?
Of course, with a title like that, it's a german show, mid-sixties, dealing with Cliff McLane and the crew of said Orion to explore space, meet a new enemy, fighting them and e.g. Robots, that are running amuck. Apparently, it's on youtube and comes with english subtitles. Plus, SFDebris did a review of 5 of the 7 episodes. Have fun.
 
CaptainCalvinCat said:
Did you ever hear about "Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion"?
Of course, with a title like that, it's a german show, mid-sixties, dealing with Cliff McLane and the crew of said Orion to explore space, meet a new enemy, fighting them and e.g. Robots, that are running amuck. Apparently, it's on youtube and comes with english subtitles. Plus, SFDebris did a review of 5 of the 7 episodes. Have fun.
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How come there's only 7 episodes?
 
Babylon 5 - It's Deep Space Nine for Lord of the Rings fans. One of the top 5 space shows of the '90s.
Battlestar Galactica - The remake more than the original.
Dark Matter (2015) - Not the best show, but it was made by Stargate folks and has a bit of that spirit. Unfortunately, like Stargate Universe, it doesn't have an ending.
Doctor Who - Britain's #1 space sci-fi show since 1963. Doesn't spend a lot of time in space though, and even less time on the ocean.
Killjoys - Came out the same time as Dark Matter and is also about space rogues doing action-adventure stuff while a bigger plot emerges over time. I think this one has an ending but I never got there.
Lexx - Oh sorry, you said 'good' series, never mind.
Outlaw Star - Even more anime than Cowboy Bebop (the hero ship has arms to hold guns). Not on the same level, but it has its moments.
Red Dwarf - It's an absurd sitcom, so it's probably not what you're looking for, but it's been running for longer than The Simpsons.
The Expanse - The latest best space opera.
 
BillJ said:
Space Battleship Yamato.
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What's this one about?
Ray Hardgrit said:
Babylon 5 - It's Deep Space Nine for Lord of the Rings fans. One of the top 5 space shows of the '90s.
Battlestar Galactica - The remake more than the original.
Dark Matter (2015) - Not the best show, but it was made by Stargate folks and has a bit of that spirit. Unfortunately, like Stargate Universe, it doesn't have an ending.
Doctor Who - Britain's #1 space sci-fi show since 1963. Doesn't spend a lot of time in space though, and even less time on the ocean.
Killjoys - Came out the same time as Dark Matter and is also about space rogues doing action-adventure stuff while a bigger plot emerges over time. I think this one has an ending but I never got there.
Lexx - Oh sorry, you said 'good' series, never mind.
Outlaw Star - Even more anime than Cowboy Bebop (the hero ship has arms to hold guns). Not on the same level, but it has its moments.
Red Dwarf - It's an absurd sitcom, so it's probably not what you're looking for, but it's been running for longer than The Simpsons.
The Expanse - The latest best space opera.
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I have SGU on DVD & Blu-ray, great series. I'd argue it does have an ending of sorts in that the S2 plot was resolved, but the series has an open ending. They were hoping to cap it off with a film, but that fell through.

I thought about watching BSG. Is the original worth seeing, or just skip ahead to the remake?
 
Space Battleship Yamato is an anime series about a ruined Earth secretly rebuilding the wrecked WWII battleship Yamato into a powerful starship for a voyage to save the human race from aliens. Despite the premise it's actually fairly serious.

I can't give you a proper review of the original Battlestar Galactica, because I haven't seen most of it. I bought the discs, watched the pilot, and never got any further. It was a very expensive pilot though, with near-Star Wars level effects... which I expect will be reused in every subsequent episode. I thought the pilot was okay, but the tone became a bit too goofy and I couldn't be that enthusiastic about a series with no ending.

Battlestar Galactica 2004, on the other hand, does have a resolution. Everyone hates it, but it exists. It's a much bleaker show overall and it loves contriving things to be even worse than you expect, but it balances it out with big dramatic hero moments and lots of emotion.
 
Ray Hardgrit said:
Space Battleship Yamato is an anime series about a ruined Earth secretly rebuilding the wrecked WWII battleship Yamato into a powerful starship for a voyage to save the human race from aliens. Despite the premise it's actually fairly serious.

I can't give you a proper review of the original Battlestar Galactica, because I haven't seen most of it. I bought the discs, watched the pilot, and never got any further. It was a very expensive pilot though, with near-Star Wars level effects... which I expect will be reused in every subsequent episode. I thought the pilot was okay, but the tone became a bit too goofy and I couldn't be that enthusiastic about a series with no ending.

Battlestar Galactica 2004, on the other hand, does have a resolution. Everyone hates it, but it exists. It's a much bleaker show overall and it loves contriving things to be even worse than you expect, but it balances it out with big dramatic hero moments and lots of emotion.
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Why rebuild a wrecked WWII battleship? Why not just build something new?

Some of my favorite shows just end with "To Be Continued..." :lol: I can live with that. That said, skip, because too goofy? I tried watching the original Lost in Space, it was so bad, I bailed on the 4th episode and dusted off my TOS Blu-ray sets. :lol: Everyone says SGU is Stargate gone BSG. :lol: How similar are the two shows?
 
Ray Hardgrit said:
Babylon 5 - It's Deep Space Nine for Lord of the Rings fans. One of the top 5 space shows of the '90s.
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I disagree, Babylon 5 is actually good while Lord of the Rings is dull and humourless. I have no opinions on the Lord of the Rings movies as I have never been able to stay awake until the end of one.
 
BillJ said:
Something tells me that if you watch it, the questions may be answered…
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It's a discussion board, you can't just answer the question? :shrug:
tharpdevenport said:
There was also a few Stargate Origins mini webisodes that served as some prequel material:
en.wikipedia.org

Stargate Origins - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

I've not seen it.

Been a while since I've seen it, but what about "Sliders"?
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Now that the whole web-series is out, it's mostly available as a film. It's on the Roku channel. The idea was to do a prequel to the movie with SG-1 mythology in mind. The problem is that literally everything in the film (as far as I know) was already told in the film and SG-1, making it redundant. I may still check it out as it's the only thing we've had since SGU ended in 2011.

Sliders counts. The ocean, outer space, alien worlds, why not parallel worlds? Thanks! :beer:
 
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