Are there any science fiction TV series you are currently in the middle of watching? I’m sure there are plenty of people watching Silo. What else are you guys watching?
Personally I’ve been on a bit of a Star Trek Next Generation binge. I’ve also recently completed the Chinese version of Three Body Problem as well as the animated Three Body Problem which is actually just The Dark Forest.
The animated Three Body Problem was kind of a let down as they strayed from the source material in a weird way and made some aspects of it a comedy as well as a love story. Hopefully if it is renewed for a season 2 they get back on course and get to some of the good stuff. There are some scenes I would love to see animated. The trailer for it was so cool too. It seemed like they knew what they were doing.
This is what makes me like sci fi. It seems that as CGI effects became more accessible, people started leaning into them instead of focusing on the actual science fiction ideas. Very few modern shows attempt to tackle social or philosophical issues in a nuanced way. Part of that is certainly a turn towards large overarching stories and the abandonment of an episodic format.
As you can probably guess from the above, I bounced off the newer Trek pretty hard.
Yeah you’ve got a point there, I know its not sci-fi but I really liked the show poker face, gave me some good nostalgia feels for the episodic daytime detective shows my dad used to watch. I enjoyed raised by wolves but typically it got cancelled after two seasons, season one had decent effects but the funding for the second season must have been cut because the cgi was markedly worse. Nevertheless it was some of the most inventive sci-fi I’ve seen on tv for a long time.
It’s a shame we can’t get another tng style show but it’s probably not bombastic enough for modern audiences.