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Smiling Jack posted:I loving hated the peaches redemption arc. Filip also. gently caress that noise Brainwashed children raised to worship their demigod megacorp solar system dominating ceo father, do stupid things because they believe stupid things in the belief they are doing good by their worship figure. A story older than the bible.
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What's wrong with the Peaches arc? I kinda like her.
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Crazycryodude posted:What's wrong with the Peaches arc? I kinda like her. Ditto. One of the things I look forward to the most.
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Her redemption is really less from what she did than from Amos just being incredibly stubborn.
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I am so ready for Amos & Peaches: A Post-Apocalyptic Joint to grace my screen. I guess we, in theory, have 2 or 3 more seasons before we are supposed to get to that, but  Collateral posted:Brainwashed children raised to worship their demigod megacorp solar system dominating ceo father, do stupid things because they believe stupid things in the belief they are doing good by their worship figure. A good synopsis.
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AirborneNinja posted:Will there be a new thread for the next season? If it hasn't already materialized, I will crank one out once we get an actual premiere date.
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AlternateAccount posted:I will crank one out once we get an actual premiere date. Me too man, me too. 
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I played the board game last night with the group of people I watch the show with, and it's actually really fun when you figure out the rules! You and 3 other people take the role of power players for various factions with different abilities vying for influence and orbital control, working through a deck of various event cards that covers basically everything from the show. I liked it a lot.
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Just finished binge watching season 1 and 2. Haven't been this entertained watching TV in years, and can't wait for season 3. Is this a popular show? I have never heard anyone talk about it, the only reason i even heard of it in the first place was because i saw a GIF from the show on imgur and wondered what the source of the GIF was from. (Im just worried we might not get more seasons than s3, or maybe not even that one)
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Ineptitude posted:Just finished binge watching season 1 and 2. Haven't been this entertained watching TV in years, and can't wait for season 3. Not really popular in terms of actual ratings but hopefully all the streaming services means it will get a wider audience over time. I'm also glad that it got a 3rd season despite the weak ratings
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It's SyFy's new passion project and gets them good critical-acclaim ala BSG used to and already has another 10 seasons or so of material out in book-form: I think it will get at least 2 more seasons and a better-than-zero chance they finish the series.
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I think we'll definitely get to the end of Book 3. I also wouldn't be surprised if we get even further given that the first episode mentions the OPA stealing stealth tech. Anyone who has read Book 5 knows what that's some early foreshadowing for, especially since the series has said time and time again that the Protogen conspiracy is Earth-based.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:It's SyFy's new passion project and gets them good critical-acclaim ala BSG used to and already has another 10 seasons or so of material out in book-form: I think it will get at least 2 more seasons and a better-than-zero chance they finish the series. Yeah, even if the viewership doesn't quite justify the budget, I could see SyFy (still hate this name) keeping it around as a loss leader. It's probably good for their brand, holistically, to have a prestige scifi drama to point to.
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And given that a lot of the physical sets/props/clothing and digital models are already built, isn't it relatively efficient to keep going compared to starting a new series?
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Pander posted:And given that a lot of the physical sets/props/clothing and digital models are already built, isn't it relatively efficient to keep going compared to starting a new series? Pretty sure they also have exclusivity rights that make it more attractive than their other IPs (like Dark Matter  ), as well. The whole "SyFy Originals" label means a lot for their downstream monetization. 
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Pretty sure they also have exclusivity rights that make it more attractive than their other IPs (like Dark Matter Was Dark Matter any good? It seemed fireflyish by description.
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Iirc, seasons 3 and 4 are being shot consecutively.
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etalian posted:Not really popular in terms of actual ratings but hopefully all the streaming services means it will get a wider audience over time. It has a rating of 8.3 on IMDB, is that not good?
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Season 1 of Dark Matter was aggressively mediocre. If you're really hurting for a space adventure with mystery boxes you could do worse. You could also do a lot better though. It was right on the threshold of holding my interest to keep watching it but I haven't yet. I might one day.
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Pander posted:Was Dark Matter any good? It seemed fireflyish by description.
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Watch Killjoys over Dark Matter IMO
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Phobeste posted:Watch Killjoys over Dark Matter IMO I tried to watch the first episode of Killjoys and almost killed myself the music was so terrible.
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Dark Matter and Killjoys should have stayed in the late 90s where they belonged
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i watched all of dark matter on netflix when i was sick. i found the second and third seasons to be much better than the first
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Ineptitude posted:It has a rating of 8.3 on IMDB, is that not good? That's not what he meant by ratings. He meant ratings in the sense of "how many people watch a show," not "how good the people who watch a show think it is."
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Dark matter was fine but it took 3 seasons to find its footing and now it's canceled so they aren't going to finish it. Moral of the story is get your poo poo together with your sci-fi shows.
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Invalid Validation posted:Dark matter was fine but it took 3 seasons to find its footing and now it's canceled so they aren't going to finish it. Moral of the story is get your poo poo together with your sci-fi shows. Not to completely derail, but that kind of is Mallozzi's MO. If you're looking for something to tide you over to season 3 that is stylistically similar to Expanse,  is the obvious choice if there is anyone left who hasn't seen it. After that Stargate Universe feels very similar to The Expanse, and DS9/B5 are good, plotty shows if you can handle the 90s aesthetic.
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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:Not to completely derail, but that kind of is Mallozzi's MO. I've seen everything here but Stargate & can heartily second those recommendations. Question of my own: Is it worth jumping straight to Stargate Universe or are the earlier Stargate shows worth watching too? (I assume there aren't SUPER strong plot ties between each...but dunno.)
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Oh no start with SG1 if it's your bag then go to universe. Universe doesn't get good till season 2 and then it's canceled.
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SG-1 is an overall great show that basically has just enough of a lighthearted sense of itself that it can do the "exploring brave new worlds" thing without needing contrived space god hand plots or over the top interpersonal dramatic edge. They could also get away with a lot more adult themed crap in the first half of the series than shows usually did in the late 90s/early 2000s because it aired on Showtime, so you get some pretty real human interaction between the characters. Richard Dean Anderson was basically the perfect actor to lead the series.
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Is there really anything you need to know about the Stargate series to watch SG:U beyond "Stargates exist"?
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NZAmoeba posted:Is there really anything you need to know about the Stargate series to watch SG:U beyond "Stargates exist"? There's a couple of the OG characters in the 1st few episodes to tie it all in, but no, there's no "need". But SG:1 rocked.
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And it was laughably bad the first season. Like literally body swap rape.
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SG1 is great. The first season definitely has some high points and some (very, very) low points. Luckily the show has enough of a sense of humor to mock some of that poo poo in later seasons. Somewhere around season 8 or so when the entire cast of Farscape shows up and takes over as the main cast it kinda becomes less good though.
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The best thing about SG1 is it never lets itself get too serious. It's aware its a silly show, so it doesn't try to hide that, but at the same time still has good emotional arcs and a lot of character growth. It was part of those 90s syndicated sci-fi/action shows right? I only watched it in reruns on Space.
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MGM sold it to Showtime and simultaneously sold it on a six month delay to syndication. The only reason it survived more than a couple seasons was because Showtime's higher ups thought it was a good show despite ratings being meh in the first couple seasons. I think here in Canada, Space had it for the entire run.
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bitprophet posted:I've seen everything here but Stargate & can heartily second those recommendations. Universe is complete garbage, and nothing like the other two Stargate series. Start with SG-1, if you really enjoy it, give Atlantis a try, and if you're a masochist who hates good things, start up Universe.
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