Top 10 Favorite Science Fiction Series
 

See title.

As for me, in NO specific order...

Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam 08TH MS Team
Mobile Suit Z-Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam: 0083 Stardust Memory
Outlaw Star
Trigun
Invader Zim
Star Trek The Next Generation
Dune
The X-Files

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Nadesico
Cowboy Bebop
Saber Marionette J (hehe)
Trigun
Evangelion
Armitage III (Japanese Version)
BGC 2040
X-Files
Xenogears, if it was a TV series
Crest of the Stars

These aren't in order.

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Top 6 (ones I still do/would watch) -
ST:TOS
ST:NG
B5
Dr. Who
Red Dwarf
X Files
MST3K

Honorable mentions -
Star Blazers (more nostalgia than anything)
Space 1999 (how many people here remember THAT one?)
ST:DS9
Battlestar Galactica (again, nostalgia over content)

EDIT - misspelld "nostalgia"

[ October 20, 2003, 10:48: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]

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Series is a very open term.

Robotech (for nostalgia, the books more than the anglified series of three unrelated anime, but that works too)
Babylon 5
X-Files first few seasons (though I'd call that Weird-Fic more than Sci-Fi)
Nadesco
El Hazard (more Fantasy than Sci-Fi, really)
David Brin's uplift books

That's probably all I'd call 'favorite', there's plenty more I'd watch/read happily. And of course there are plenty of isolated works I'd rank high than any series, Starship Troopers, How Much for Just the Planet, many others.

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Lexx (canadian made, one ****ed up story, gotta love it)
Babylon 5 (one of the best stories that was on tv)
star trek ds9 (good, not great)
FARSCAPE (another
one of the best stories that was on tv)
red dwarf (hillarious)
the whole Dune series, mini series too (epic of epics)
alien series (1 and 2 were great, the rest were meh)
Stargate SG1 (another canadian made show, that just happens to be great)
x-files (didnt like the Last season but meh still great series)
Earth above and beyond (unfortunately they dont show this up here too often)

others
any great anime, mobile suite, robotech... cant remember anymore names

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I limited my response to tv series,

Top 10 Sci- Series that I liked which should have included books.

The Stainless Steel Rat (Old - original, new stuff was not that good)

Shadows of the Empire (One of the best Star wars books ever.)

Han Solo and the Lost Legacie (SP) This book inspired me tremendiously. I fell in love with such concepts as finding lost civilizations that were destroyed or forgotten through time but still held great secrets that could be used today.

(Some of Star Treks and B5's best episodes delt with this subject. Forbidden Planet set the standard though)


Has any one else noticed that Fiction sound a lot like (Forgive the language) Fake ****? Say really fast. My nephew sad this the other day when I said he should write Fiction after a lie he told me about something he had done. He looks up at me and says, "I can't right fake****." I sware that is what it sounded like. I about died laughing.

This reminds me of another thing he once said.
My newphews are twins, One of them said something smart to his mother, and she responded by saying he could keep his two cents. The other twin then replies by saying "If I had two cents, I would spend it."

That had to be one of the best lines ever. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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My top ten sci-fi series?

Star Trek: ToS (well, the first 2 seasons anyway)
The Time Tunnel
6 Million Dollar Man
Star Trek: TNG
Babylon 5
The X-Files
Quantum Leap
Star Blazers (seasons 1 & 2, I haven't seen the others)
Battlestar Galactica
Buck Rogers (except for the Last season)

I'm sure there are others I've watched and enjoyed, but can't think of them now. And since I don't watch the Sci-Fi channel as much as I'd like to, I didn't include any of the shows that appear on there.

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Nobody has mantioned Quark? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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I guess I would have mentioned Brin's "Uplift" first trilogy and the Hitchhiker's Guide long trilogy, as well as Simmons's Hyperion duet, if I thought books were included. And Red Dwarf, if I had a good memory:)

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If books are included, then the Foundation series would have to be my number one pick.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">And I thought I was the only one whoever saw that stupid show. I'm glad it died a quick death, but every time I watch DS9, I"m reminded of that show. Why did they name the Ferengi that?

Oh, 2 more favorite shows I had forgotten. They are Dr. Who and Red Dwarf, which IMO, is the funniest tv show ever made.

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Well if we are doing books...

Anything by Niven, but mostly the Ringworld Quartet(IIRC, a new one is coming out soonish!)
The Ender Quartet
Foundation series
Anyuthing Asimov.

And although its not a series, I think it deserves mention as it is IMHO the greatest video game ever. Period. Final Fantasy VII. Rivaled only by the Marathon Trilogy and Halo. Thank you! Goodnight new york!

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ST TOS
ST DS9
B5
Farscape
Stargate SG-1
ST TNG
BSG
Earth Above & Beyond
ST ENT
Buck Rogers (In the 25th century)

Horrible Ones
ST VOY (Voyager)

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In no special order

Deep Space 9
Bablyon 5
Star Gate
Battle Star Glactica (1st yr)
Star Wars (original 3 Versions)
The Hobbit series (twin towers etc)

just some ideas

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Star Trek DS9
Odyssey 5 - Until it got cancelled
Firefly - Until it got cancelled
Andromeda - Until they screwed it up

*Sigh*

Sci-fi fans can't get a break.

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when did they screw andromeda up?

the episode with the sex-famished alien queen in the ice-cave?

yes, they really did that episode. i ignored it and did something other than watch it. but other than that, it's been pretty good.

[ October 21, 2003, 03:28: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

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Best TV series: Babylon 5, for sure! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
Best books: Foundation series by Isaac Asimov.

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Odyssey 5 was cancelled? DArn, I was hoping to watch it again the next time Showtime had a free weekend. I saw the first episode, and I wished I could have seen more of it. Maybe they'll release it on DVD, as well as Jeremiah.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">After the first season. It just went screwy after the andromeda crew encountered the Magog worldship.

I gave up on the series when the evil-all-powerful-unknown-mysterious-stealthy-leathal-dark-insect-like-with-sharp-knives-that-murder-everyone-important-cept-the-main-characters aliens showed up and battled the improbable-impossible-but-it-happens-anyways-and-against-all-odds-valiantly-triumphs-over-the-uberaliens-with-a-ragtag-fleet+Andromeda.

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despite your precise description, the sheer number of times they've won against impossible odds prevents me from figuring out which episode your refering to. where those the guys that go invisible?

anyway, they've explaned how the crew triumps against the odds.

SPOILER!

the purple girl can turn back time.

ok, ok, maybe it is a little over the top. but they do it well.