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

Firefly

[yourlibrarian]

Show Title: Firefly
Audience Rating: Teen and up
Warnings: Episode with torture
Length of Episodes: 1 hour
Length of Series: 1 Season (14 episodes)
Why you recommend it: Although Firefly is a mixed bag in terms of how forward thinking it was about societies, there is an enjoyable group of characters here and some wonderful humor. The show presents a mix of rollicking adventures, tense action and a running conspiracy. Unfortunately the series never gets to properly develop its premise given its short run and significant tampering by its network. There is a movie which weaves together some of those threads but the biggest reason to watch is how much the characters grow on you.

Re: Firefly

[colls]

This show scratches that "found family" itch, for sure. It's practically a formula for it. <333

Re: Firefly

[rogueslayer452]

Ah, Firefly, my beloved. My beautifully flawed show.

It's certainly not a perfect show, especially in terms of its world-building (interesting, but not quite as polished and certainly not as forward-thinking or as diverse as it should have been for the concept it was going for) however I consider Firefly to be kind of that comfort level of nostalgia that's equivalent to a warm hug. I adore rewatching it, loving the space cowboy vibes, the characters and their found family dynamic, the warm western atmosphere in a scifi setting. As much as I would've loved to have seen what could've been done had it got its chance to properly flourish as a story, it's fun and enjoyable as it is. :)