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Requesting recommendations of good ship-based shows (self.star_trek)

submitted 1 month ago by indie_wall to c/star_trek

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There aren't many of the classics I haven't watched to death.

Farscape, I have seen too many times. The re-imagined BSG is my all time favourite, I have seen it more than too many times.

Right now, I am watching TOS. It is good. After that, I have been considering seeing the first three seasons of Andromeda again, or continue with B5 after the shadow war, which I haven't seen since I was young. DS9 is an option, because I have only watched the whole thing once.

My preference is for ship-based shows, but a space station will do in a pinch.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Orville? I've never been into any of the shows you listed, but my partner and I do like The Orville. Seems to struggle to decide if its a joke show or serious, but its definitely enjoyable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It tried to start off as a joke show as that was Seth McFarlane’s claim to fame and the only way he could get it greenlit, but it steered straight into TNG territory because that was his passion project and what he wanted to do.

You could tell also because he specifically got TNG set designers, script writers, composers, etc. It basically became a spiritual successor to TNG with some humor still thrown in.

I think what I really like about it was anyone on the Enterprise was “best of the best”, but The Orville takes the premise of “what happens when space is commoditized and you just need a person to staff a ship as their job, not their calling?” And you know what? It works really damn well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It didn't take long to dive into some fairly heavy topics, but the comedy nicely balances that out.

The characters are definitely quite relatable, but I have no experience with Star Trek, so I have nothing to compare it to.