june gloom on 8/4/2010 at 17:12
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While not really Sci fi, if you're watching X files i'd strongly recommend Millennium. Also done by Chris Carter, he actually oversaw the entire first season himself (taking a break from X files that season, handing it off to his staff) Lance Henricksen has been in some pretty awful stuff lately, screamers 2 etc... , but this was filmed while he was in his prime imo.
This explains why X-Files season 4 seems a little off. Millennium, so far, is fucking fantastic, however, probably the darkest show I have ever seen.
EvaUnit02 on 8/4/2010 at 17:15
I haven't seen Harsh Realm. Is that any good and does it tie into the other Chris Carter shows at all?
Fragony on 8/4/2010 at 17:26
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Ohhhh, any decent Twilight Zone-esque anthology shows that are worth watching?
The Outer Limits was fun.
Movie recommendation: Artifacts, very cool Belgium sci-fi horror, really gets under your skin. Trailer (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqTrclLJ2Fg)
edit: gah to voice-overs, watch it in French.
Sulphur on 8/4/2010 at 17:36
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I saw that years ago in bits. Struck me as Australian Gilligan's Island in Space with muppets.
It was, until Season 2 arrived and turned everything around; it became a far darker thing after that, with better storytelling than most Trek episodes. Hell, it even turned some Trek tropes on their head with a wry grin. Farscape almost never believed in Trek's oft-abused 'reset button', where there's an incident/alien of the week and by the end everything's happily back to normal.
The alien muppets are an acquired taste. If you can't stand them, you'll likely never come round to liking Farscape. If you can, though, you'll find that it's a brilliantly written show with a penchant for the hilariously bizarre.
I mean, holy hell, there's an episode in the third season, 3/4ths of which takes place in John's head as an animated homage to Roadrunner. It comes at you from straight out of left field. There's not a show on TV that'd even think of taking a risk like that today.
Fragony on 8/4/2010 at 19:01
Thanks for the tip, didn't know there were so many episodes it was only briefly aired here. Does anyone know the name of the episode where two people, a man and a women are locked in a cell, the women is slowly turning into a member of the species humans are at war with, and the male is tortured for the fleet position (not sure about the torture part). That was a rather good one.
smallfry on 8/4/2010 at 20:08
I'm totally into Stargate Universe right now. I think you should give it a chance... really, so far it's NOTHING AT ALL like the previous Stargate shows.
TheCapedPillager on 8/4/2010 at 20:46
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
I haven't seen Harsh Realm. Is that any good and does it tie into the other Chris Carter shows at all?
Ooh, thanks for reminding me about this one, I've been wanting to see it for ages. I caught one or two episodes which I really enjoyed back when it was on TV and it didn't seem to tie in with other Chris Carter shows.
frozenman on 8/4/2010 at 20:49
Quote Posted by Fragony
Does anyone know the name of the episode where two people, a man and a women are locked in a cell, the women is slowly turning into a member of the species humans are at war with, and the male is tortured for the fleet position (not sure about the torture part)
I believe that was Quality of Mercy, season 1 episode 14, starring t1000
Fragony on 8/4/2010 at 20:58
US only I'm afraid, any way around that? Connection is fast enough to not put any strain on anyone.
