What are the other top notch space television shows besides DS9?

[BaldingSoHard]

Just to let you know you dont need to watch any of the other Stargate series to get into Universe. shyt is dope from the start.

Couldn't disagree more. There's 15 years of SG history that comes first. Technology, factions, etc...

 

[BaldingSoHard]

Star Trek DS9 is one of my all time favorites. Finished it late last year, and I still miss it, so I started looking up alternatives and saw some say they feel a show called Babylon 5 is just as good or better, so I'm on that now. I was forewarned that season 1 is bad, but im enjoying it for what it is so far. I guess hearing it supposedly gets epic season 2 onwards keeps me engaged. It reminds me a lot of DS9: they're living in a ship, lots of shades of grey, etc. Both have a hard ass woman as second in command, alien politics, Londo and G'kar remind me of Quark and Odo too lol.

Man....

If you're actually enjoying season 1 of Babylon 5...
Then you're in for a LOVE AFFAIR during seasons 2-4.

 

[Versa]

Man....

If you're actually enjoying season 1 of Babylon 5...
Then you're in for a LOVE AFFAIR during seasons 2-4.

Yeah it's not the worst thing ever. Just finished episode 6 with the dad from Moesha being experimented on to the point where he has psychic powers he can't control anymore. Weird episode. 16 episodes left lol.

What about season 5?

 

[ORDER_66]

Couldn't disagree more. There's 15 years of SG history that comes first. Technology, factions, etc...

Yeah he might want to skim over alot of shyt such as naquadria, the chevrons, the ancients, the goau'ld, the Tok'ra, the Ori, the Replicators, The stargate itself...

 

[BaldingSoHard]

Yeah it's not the worst thing ever. Just finished episode 6 with the dad from Moesha being experimented on to the point where he has psychic powers he can't control anymore. Weird episode. 16 episodes left lol.

What about season 5?

Mind War... Not a bad episode.
So here's the thing about Babylon 5 Season 1.
You'll notice every episode has 2 plots, the main and then the subplot. Every episode is basically filler, with a few very notable exceptions (Sky Full of Stars, Signs and Portents, Voice in the Wilderness, Babylon Squared, Chrysalis are all considered "arc" episodes). Each episode is mostly designed to give you a piece of information that will be built upon later. In Mind War, you're supposed to assimilate 2 things:

1. Psi-Corps exists and is a corrupt organization that monitors Telepaths.
   
2. "There are beings in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They are vast, timeless, and if they are aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant does with us. We know; we've tried. And we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot, or be stepped on. Whatever they are Ms. Sakai they walk near Sigma 9-5-7, and they must walk there alone." You will hear this in various forms throughout the series. I typed that from memory.

Season 5 is better than Season 1, but they really blew their load in Season 4 since they thought the show was going to be cancelled, so S5 falls off in quality from the previous 3 seasons.

If you couldn't tell, I fukking LOVE Babylon 5.

Edit: In Season 1, skip the episodes named TKO and Grail. I don't think I've ever watched either of them to completion. All you need to know from those two episodes is:

• Babylon and Babylon 2 were sabotaged. Babylon 3 blew up before it was finished. Babylon 4 vanished without a trace in front of witnesses 24 hours after going online. Babylon 5 wasn't going to be built until the Minbari pledged financial support for creation of the station.
• Ivanova's brother Ganya was killed in the Earth-Minbari war a year after her mother committed suicide. This is why she wears one earring, she gave him the other one before he went out on patrol and died.

 

[BaldingSoHard]

Yeah he might want to skim over alot of shyt such as naquadria, the chevrons, the ancients, the goau'ld, the Tok'ra, the Ori, the Replicators, The stargate itself...

I recently watched the entire series again over the course of about 5 months.
It's ridiculous the technological leap they made between the first season and the last.
I can't imagine watching Universe and not being lost as fukk.

 

[Versa]

Mind War... Not a bad episode.
So here's the thing about Babylon 5 Season 1.
You'll notice every episode has 2 plots, the main and then the subplot. Every episode is basically filler, with a few very notable exceptions (Sky Full of Stars, Signs and Portents, Voice in the Wilderness, Babylon Squared, Chrysalis are all considered "arc" episodes). Each episode is mostly designed to give you a piece of information that will be built upon later. In Mind War, you're supposed to assimilate 2 things:

1. Psi-Corps exists and is a corrupt organization that monitors Telepaths.
   
2. "There are beings in the universe billions of years older than either of our races. They are vast, timeless, and if they are aware of us at all, it is as little more than ants, and we have as much chance of communicating with them as an ant does with us. We know; we've tried. And we've learned that we can either stay out from underfoot, or be stepped on. Whatever they are Ms. Sakai they walk near Sigma 9-5-7, and they must walk there alone." You will hear this in various forms throughout the series. I typed that from memory.

Season 5 is better than Season 1, but they really blew their load in Season 4 since they thought the show was going to be cancelled, so S5 falls off in quality from the previous 3 seasons.

If you couldn't tell, I fukking LOVE Babylon 5.

Edit: In Season 1, skip the episodes named TKO and Grail. I don't think I've ever watched either of them to completion. All you need to know from those two episodes is:

• Babylon and Babylon 2 were sabotaged. Babylon 3 blew up before it was finished. Babylon 4 vanished without a trace in front of witnesses 24 hours after going online. Babylon 5 wasn't going to be built until the Minbari pledged financial support for creation of the station.
• Ivanova's brother Ganya was killed in the Earth-Minbari war a year after her mother committed suicide. This is why she wears one earring, she gave him the other one before he went out on patrol and died.

Thanks a lot of breh. Will be skipping those episodes. So basically the two plot filler stuff ends after season 1? If so, good.

Edit: So far my favorite character is definitely G'Kar lol.

 

[FocusedDaily]

I can't believe no one has mention BSG the new version.

Easily one of the best SCI FI series on netflix, and there are a decent amount of episodes to watch too.
Kiss a month goodbye if you get hooked.

 

[Monoblock]

Couldn't disagree more. There's 15 years of SG history that comes first. Technology, factions, etc...

I got into it pretty easily. I mean I know the main story and how Stargates generally work. One being on board an ancient ship flying endlessly through space was a fukking dope concept.

 

[BaldingSoHard]

I can't believe no one has mention BSG the new version.

Easily one of the best SCI FI series on netflix, and there are a decent amount of episodes to watch too.
Kiss a month goodbye if you get hooked.

BSG is fire, at least till the 2nd half of Season 3 then it becomes hot garbage.

 

[BaldingSoHard]

Thanks a lot of breh. Will be skipping those episodes. So basically the two plot filler stuff ends after season 1? If so, good.

Edit: So far my favorite character is definitely G'Kar lol.

G'Kar is one of the greatest characters in cinematic history.
The G'Kar you see now is not the G'Kar you will see at the end of the show.
What a change he undergoes.

 

[BaldingSoHard]

Thanks a lot of breh. Will be skipping those episodes. So basically the two plot filler stuff ends after season 1? If so, good.

Edit: So far my favorite character is definitely G'Kar lol.

And the two plot stuff carries through to parts of Season 2 as there is still some stage-setting going on, but is gone by S3.

 

[Versa]

G'Kar is one of the greatest characters in cinematic history.
The G'Kar you see now is not the G'Kar you will see at the end of the show.
What a change he undergoes.

You bent the realms of spoilers as far as you could without detailing what happens

 

[BaldingSoHard]

I have yet to fully watch DS9 but I heard Sisko is much more "bold" than Jeneway when it comes to dealing with Alien species who have a issue with them or whatever

DS9 was so fire .
Sisko + Worf + The Defiant =

 

[TheNatureBoy]

Syfy has Dark Matter coming next month, which looks interesting