Boston.com's top 50 SciFi shows

nc10 · #1 09-25-2005, 10:09 PM

http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/gallery/topscifishows/

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A summary is here:
http://weblog.burningbird.net/archiv...-sci-fi-shows/

Farscape isn't even on the list.....sigh. Quantum Leap and Firefly should have been higher. Babylon 5 and the new BG are deservedly recognized.

Some other good choices, too, like Wild Wild West, and Greatest American Hero, which made the cut, barely. Still, I'd put Farscape in the top five.

**pippadaisy**[$] · #2 09-25-2005, 11:48 PM

GAH!!!!! That list is wacked. BG behind both of the Stargate shows??? Someone needs to remove those from the list. The sheer amount of suckage contained in the two hours taken up by those shows boggles the mind.

**drmomentum**[$] · #3 09-25-2005, 11:54 PM

My only real complaint (and it is a big one) is that Farscape isn't on the list, but Third Rock is? I don't care so much about the order, but it seems OK. Yeah, I would have put Firefly and Quantum Leap higher. Stargate SG-1 would be lower on my list.

BSG at number 2... Even though it's new, it's clearly up there in the top Sci-Fi shows of all time. I don't begrudge it hte #2 spot, it just seems so soon. I think if it continues at the current quality level, it should be #1. It stands on the shoulders of giants, but it uses some of the best of what's come before and avoided many of the mistakes of older shows.

One thing in particular -- though it has it's quirks (use of the word "frak") it largely uses popular language and mannerisms of today to get its message across rather than a lot of gobbledygook. Eventually, this may date the series, but right now it pulls the audience in. I think it's a smart move. "Won't return my phone calls" for example. You never hear that on Star Trek.

BSG isn't trying to seem futuristic. Just very human in a science fiction setting.

-JP

**drmomentum**[$] · #4 09-25-2005, 11:56 PM

Er, wasn't BG #2 on that list?

**pippadaisy**[$] · #5 09-26-2005, 11:40 AM

The new one was... not the old one. It may not stand the test of time, but it was wicked cool at the time.

The dreck that is the Stargate franchise is WAY worse than that, and they can't use the excuse that they made the shows back in the 70s!

Also, The Tomorrow People was NOT on the list. That show turned me into the SciFi geek that I am today.

**drmomentum**[$] · #6 09-26-2005, 12:16 PM

I likes the original BG, but I was a kid, so...

Yeah, nowadays not so much. Better than Stargate? I'm not a SG-1 fan, so it's pretty easy to get me to agree that "X is better than Stargate."

I guess I'd have to put it ahead merely for nostalgia, and the fact that it was a standout at a time when there weren't many such shows on.

Hey, anyone remember Automan?

Does "Knight Rider" count as scifi? That list was pretty loose with the definition.

**pippadaisy**[$] · #7 09-26-2005, 02:25 PM

LOL. ANYTHING is better than Stargate. G liked the movie and the start of SG-1, so he has a nostalgia thing for the franchise, which has often resulted in me being trapped by 2 hours of Stargate junk while waiting for Galactica to come on.

Honestly... those two shows are just AWFUL!

murasaki · #8 09-26-2005, 02:29 PM

Buffy at #27? I don't think so. And I just don't see putting Star Trek as #1 when the Next Generation was so much better.

**drmomentum**[$] · #9 09-26-2005, 02:53 PM

Good point. Buffy should be at least in the top third. And even that is being stingy.

-JP

*emeleel* · #10 09-26-2005, 04:44 PM

Third Rock from the Sun? I don't care if starred "aliens", it was a comedy for cryin' out loud!