barmar Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 Personally I separate fantasy as well, there is plenty of each to justify two categories. Many people lump them together though.Whether they should be lumped together depends on the context. If you're laying out sections in a bookstore or video store, a few broad categories are best, and they get combined. But for a top 10 list, combining them would dilute things too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMan Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 1. Star Trek2. Twilight Zone3. Battlestar Galactica (the new one)4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer5. Doctor Who6. X Files7. Farscape8. Star Trek: The Next Generation9. Babylon 510. Stargate SG1 Finally some love for Stargate! SG-1 was consistently better than most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 I also think DS9 was the best Star Trek, especially the last 4 seasons or so. I agree that DS9 was better than The Next Generation, however, TNG was what brought the series back to the small screen and seems like a more significant achievement.(On the other hand, the first few seasons of TNG were bad. VERY VERY bad. Part of what made B5 look so good was the comparison with TNG) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 While early TNG may have been bad by Star Trek standards, it was still very good in comparison to most televised SF at the time. Babylon 5 didn't arrive until the end of its run, and Farscape a few years later than that. And I think it was better than most of ST:TOS -- it was excellent for its time, but seems very hoky in comparison to TNG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbodell Posted February 8, 2013 Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 I agree that DS9 > TNG > TOS in terms of series quality (for individual episode quality there are a few TNG that are hard to beat). In terms of impact, clearly TOS > TNG > DS9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 great thread must admit i gave up on buffy after season one so....and never got into farscape when first one tv. Not sure why so many hate on tng...farscape with Q. Clearly I was not the only fan of the Q. So Iguess I put TNG a bit higher but in any case great discussion and fun. Love the new Doc Who but I also loved the old One with you whats his name...tom baker? BAB5 DS9/started out great but ran out of gas pretty =quik.... BG was great.. never really got into SG1 so pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 I actually thought the first season of "Gene Rodenberry's 'Andromeda'" was pretty good, but after Wolfe quit writing for it and Sorbo turned it into "The Kevin Sorbo Show" it went downhill fast. The Buffy spinoff Angel wasn't as good as Buffy, but pretty close - and the series finales of both shows were pretty good. I've always liked Angel's last line: "Well, personally, I kinda want to slay the dragon. Let's go to work." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 I actually thought the first season of "Gene Rodenberry's 'Andromeda'" was pretty good, but after Wolfe quit writing for it and Sorbo turned it into "The Kevin Sorbo Show" it went downhill fast. The Buffy spinoff Angel wasn't as good as Buffy, but pretty close - and the series finales of both shows were pretty good. I've always liked Angel's last line: "Well, personally, I kinda want to slay the dragon. Let's go to work." Black...this post says so much more about you...than I ever knew.....:)....:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paua Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Love the new Doc Who but I also loved the old One with you whats his name...tom baker? Jon Pertwee was the best Dr Who, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billw55 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 BAB5 DS9/started out great but ran out of gas pretty =quik....Disagree completely. Both shows built their long term plots and got better as they went on, especially DS9. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Jon Pertwee was the best Dr Who, IMHO. Seconded! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Watching the new version of BG now. The visuals are great....the story and acting seems ok so far. Fast pace with many quick cuts seems to be the style. The story picks up ten years into the "first war" with a very young Adama. Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome was to be an upcoming spin-off series from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series.[23] Syfy approached show runner Ronald D. Moore to produce another spin-off set in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica universe, and will begin as a two-hour pilot that will focus on William "Husker" Adama.. during the First Cylon War... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica ---- the last 5 minutes bring up many twists and turns regarding honor, integrity, when is it ok to lie...and many ethical issues.....they are discussed for 2 seconds and they move on. At this point I am rooting for the robots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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