TV Talk Rec Fest: SciFi/Fantasy

[yourlibrarian]

Welcome to day 4 of Rec Fest! Today please recommend shows which could be considered science fiction or fantasy. These may come in a variety of genre formats but are likely centered on supernatural or futuristic events, worlds other than our own or different versions of our world.

Please include in your recs the following information:

Show Title:
Audience Rating: Young Children/All Ages/Teen and Up/Mature Content
Warnings: (Could include gory content, raunchy situations, explicit sex, offensive content, etc.)
Length of Episodes: (30 minutes/1 hour/Other)
Length of Series: (Number of seasons or number of episodes)
Why you recommend it: (What draws you to it? What niche does it fill/mood is it good for?)

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<strong>Show Title:</strong> <strong>Audience Rating:</strong> <strong>Warnings:</strong> <strong>Length of Episodes:</strong> <strong>Length of Series:</strong> <strong>Why you recommend it:</strong>

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Comments

Babylon 5

[tinny]

Okay, seeing how many old classics there have been recced here, I decided to add one more that absolutely cannot be missing in this reclist:

Show Title: Babylon 5
Audience Rating: Teen
Warnings: none that I remember, it's very similar to Trek in tone
Length of Episodes: 40min
Length of Series: 5 seasons of 22 eps each + 8 movie-length specials
Why you recommend it:

OMG where to start. Off the top of my head: the space station is full of interesting characters with well thought-out motivations. Some of the most important characters are aliens, some good, some less so, most of them mysterious. We learn a lot about their cultures. There are mind readers. The main antagonist (alien race) is very scary. There's a central storyarc that spans all seasons and involves time travel. Michael J. Straczynski created the show with all five seasons in mind, so it holds together really well. Unfortunately, he was thwarted by the late renewal for season 5 so the plot timing in the last two seasons is a bit wonky, ymmv. Last but not least, it had one of the first canon lesbian characters.

Re: Babylon 5

[devilc]

I have heard B5 described as "Lord of the Rings In Space" and that certainly describes the epic sweep of the story arc and the nature of its good vs. evil storytelling.

It is also a tale of resistance and resilliance, and we need those in the days to come.