Hello /c/sciencefiction lemmies. I’ve put together an image of some of the most discussed shows from July 2023.

Are there any science fiction TV series you are currently in the middle of watching or plan on watching in August?

Here is last months post. What are you Watching? (July 2023)

  • harsh3466@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    3 years ago

    I’m watching Foundation (just started, so I’m on s01e01!), Silo, and I’m planning to rewatch Babylon 5.

  • Valen@lemmy.world
    19·
    3 years ago

    Currently watching Farscape. Such a bonkers show. About to finish second season.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      3·
      3 years ago

      I said this above- when you finish Farscape, check out Blake’s 7, because Farscape paid tribute to it a lot.

    • 31415926535@lemm.ee
      1·
      3 years ago

      YES! it’s so rare I find anyone else who’s seen farscape. only tv show I wish I could see again for the 1st time.

      • Riker_Maneuver@startrek.websiteEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        I think I’ve watched it completely at least four separate times; I love it so much. It’s just such good fun.

        Harvey was the best.

    • agentsarah6 @lemmy.world
      4·
      3 years ago

      I’ve been watching Star Wars Rebels slowly over the last few months. I’m currently part way through season 4 and it’s some of the best Star Wars I’ve watched. Such a great series that I think some people won’t watch because they think it’s a “kid’s show”. I’ll have it done before Ahsoka starts next month and I’m glad I finally watched it.

      And Chopper is by far my favourite character.

    • jcit878@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 years ago

      I really like foundation as it’s own thing, separate to the source material. top notch show

  • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.world
    10·
    3 years ago

    I’ve been working my through TNG. Watching every episode in order for the first time. I’ve always loved the show, but I only used to catch random episodes when they’d come on TV as a kid. Been slowly working my way through all of Trek for about two years. I started with ToS and it’s movies, then watched The Animated Series.

    Strange New Worlds, I’ve been watching as new episodes release, but when I heard the praise for the Lower Decks crossover, I decided to start and finish Lower Decks before I catch up on SNW. I’m about halfway through the second season of Lower Decks right now.

    Discovery almost killed my interest in New Trek, but man the Orville and SNW really revived my love of Star Trek.

    Once I finish Lower Decks, I’ll get back up to date with SNW and keep working through TNG. Once I finish TNG, I think I’m gonna start Picard.

    Oh, and I’ve also been keeping up with Futurama and recently watched Hello Tomorrow! And The Big Door Prize on Apple TV. They were both okay.

    • johnthebeboptist@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 years ago

      I’m going through TOS (nearing the end of season 2) and have been wondering whether I should watch the animated series, leaning on skipping it entirely, is it worth watching? I’m all for animation, but tbh a lot of american animation has left me disappointed.

      • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 years ago

        A few important character moments are in TAS. The animation is awful, but some of the stories are very good. It’s short anyway, I recommend watching it.

  • Bewilderbeast@lemmy.world
    9·
    3 years ago

    I’m watching Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I don’t know how I missed this back in 2008. It’s real good.

  • Riker_Maneuver@startrek.websiteEnglish
    8·
    3 years ago

    I’ve been watching the X-Files. Back in the day I’d only ever sometimes catch episodes here and there on TV, so this is actually the first time I’ve sat down to watch the whole thing. Only partway through season one at the moment, but really digging it.

    • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 years ago

      I did this recently with my wife, who’d never seen it. I love the show; I think there’s some fluff. It followed a sitcom schedule of 20+ episode seasons for a while and they can’t all be great.

      Eventually I looked up and pulled out specific episodes to show my wife, because there are the classics. The episode with the Peacock family, Home, I recall.watching Sunday night after the Simpsons at 9 years old and being woefully under prepared mentally and emotionally, and my dad questioning his parentening, but the episode was just wayyy beyond anything the show had done. Haunted me as a kid and I don’t recall but I probably ended up taking dad’s spot in bed, maybe a penance for him letting me watch.

      • Jonna@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 years ago

        I wasn’t watching TV when the X files came out. Is there a list of shows to watch? I found a recommended list of Buffy (at least which shows were important at the beginning) when I finally saw that.

        • Dozzi92@lemmy.world
          3·
          3 years ago

          There are definitely some best of lists out there, ranging from top 10 up to 50 episodes, which nowadays is 4-5 seasons’ worth, especially considering the episodes are 40+ minutes.

          You might search on the goog with the name of a popular website known for lists. This list covers my favorites and a few that I can’t specifically recall. And 25 is a good number.

          There’s a few episodes where the show steps outside of itself and takes on a more humorous tone, and they’re must see. Some are more scary. Some filled with solid mystery.

  • GreyShack@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 years ago

    Right now Strange New Worlds which has been extremely good this season following the merely OK first episode; Foundation which seems to have improved the weakest arc - the actual Foundation arc - from the first season; and Futurama which, on the evidence of the first episode, I can best characterise as being ‘back’.

    • johnthebeboptist@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years ago

      Have you seen the Futurama movies? I didn’t even know they existed until this year and I’m trying to decide whether I should see the movies before starting the new season.

      • GreyShack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 years ago

        I have seen them, but a while ago, whilst binging through all of the show to S11, which was airing at the time. I’d say, yes - go and watch them, but I don’t recall them as particularly stand-out from the rest of the show.

    • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years ago

      So would you say S2 of Foundation is worth it? I really liked the first few episodes of S1, but the rest of the season was just okay to me.

      • GreyShack@lemmy.world
        2·
        3 years ago

        Too early to say yet. The best part of the show is the Empire arc, IMHO. If you don’t care for that in S1, I doubt that there is anything tp grab you so far in S2. Personally, I think that it has some interesting ideas and some good character beats. The rest is merely OK.