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.

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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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The Expanse

[yourlibrarian]

Show Title: The Expanse
Audience Rating: Teen and up
Warnings: None that I remember
Length of Episodes: 1 hour
Length of Series: 6 Seasons (62 episodes)
Why you recommend it: Complex plotting as well as great roles for women make this show stand out for me. I had a hard time getting into it, as S1 had to set up a lot of stuff and it was late in coming together as a coherent whole. But I don't think future seasons had this issue and I really enjoyed the show.

I particularly liked how political issues and factions were central to how the story played out as I don't think this gets seen so clearly in many other shows of any genre.

Re: The Expanse

[rogueslayer452]

The Expanse is such a good show. It certainly filled that good scifi itch that I've been having ever since BSG. A space opera that has a lot of interesting twists and turns in regards to political issues and conflicts between different factions of humanity, spread across our solar system. I love the world-building, the way there is a distinct kind of culture between those different factions (Earthers, Martians, and Belters) and how there is just this ongoing tension. I love the complexity of it, how human it is, and how, because it is set in the near-future, it does focus on things that we're currently facing today so it's both foreign (with the protomolecule) but also familiar, as well.

I love it very much, it's such a brilliant show and I cannot wait to start reading the books as well.