scifi post

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It seems that there is a higher rate of sci-fi shows airing over the Summer (winter for southern hemisphere folk), and more often than not they are only 13 episodes long.

At the moment we have Defiance, Oprhan Black, Warehouse 13, Continuum.... with more starting up soon. (Haven!) Scifi also tends to go hand in hand with the shorter fantasy seasons too (Game of thrones! Teen Wolf!)

(please not their MIGHT be spoilers for the latest episodes in the comment)

<B>Which current sci-fi shows do you watch?</b> <B>Why are there no shows with spaceships?</b> <B>Does the 13 episode (or less) format suit scifi shows?</b> <B>Favourite cancelled scifi shows</b> <B>Why do you think big networks seem to be doing more scifi than syfy?</b> <B>Any sci-fi tropes or formats you don't like?</b>

of course pick and choose which questions you answer!

Comments

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Which current sci-fi shows do you watch? all the above.
Why are there no shows with spaceships? I DON'T KNOW this is such a good question for the ages.
Does the 13 episode (or less) format suit scifi shows? I think it does actually. I find that scifi with too many episodes of the week can get a little stagnant, and a decent arc is great. Of course i also want MORE EPISODES for some shows but i think the storylines might suffer.
Favourite cancelled scifi shows stargate(s), farscape, battlestar, star trek(s), fireflyyyyyyyy
Why do you think big networks seem to be doing more scifi than syfy? I think they have more money, sadly, and can afford to be risky. syfy seems to be putting all its eggs in a basket with defiance and sadly, not much room for anything else :( BUT ITS OK BECAUSE ALMOST HUMAN WITH KARL URBAN.
Any sci-fi tropes or formats you don't like?

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ALMOST HUMAN.

I'm really hoping Defiance improves. As you know. When I'm feeing bad about it, I remind myself of the first seasons of SG-1 and TNG. That helps.

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i think it will, maybe? i mean if it was a 22 episode season i wouldn't even question it at the moment, but we're almost halfway and i'd like a bit faster.

PLUS ORPHAN BLACK HAS SPOILT ME FOR SPEED.

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Almost Human is probably the only new show I'm REALLY looking forward to. I'll watch SHEILD because so many others do and I hope it's good, but I'm really excited about Karl robots.

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ITS GOING TO BE SO GREAT. i am excited for shield. but only half excited because i feel like lately the internet ruins everything i love, and i HAVE to learn to stick to good spaces. but clark gregg....