Amazing SciFi Shows That Are Still Great To Binge Watch
By Ronnie Kayla Neiman
Science Fiction is an amazing genre. It is often called “sci-fi,” and it is a fiction genre where the content is imaginative but based on some degree of scientific realism. It relies heavily on scientific facts, theories, and principles as support for its settings, characters, themes, and plot-lines, making it different from fantasy.
Several SciFi shows that range from a few episodes to show’s success science fiction seems to bring out such an intense fanbase, no matter the show’s success on networks. An excellent example of that is Firefly which lasted only 14 episodes but was so popular with fans that it received its movie years later. Star Trek also has many series, and each had its range of success with the fanbase. The original series lasted only three seasons but is very popular and celebrated sixty years after it first aired.
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1.Stargate SG1
A show that followed a low-budget film from 1994 simply titled; Stargate, which starred Kurt Russel, and James Spader. A movie where a ring-like object nearly two stories tall was found in Egypt and allowed an air force team accompanied by an archeologist to another planet inhabited by humans lorded over by an alien species that looked human on the outside. The show changed the casting but kept the original premise of other-worldly travel through a wormhole, saving humans and other species from a race of aliens that portrayed themselves as gods. The series follows a team called SG1, the primary team for the Stargate program, as they travel to other worlds, make allies and fight their enemies.
The team remains essentially the same for the entire ten seasons of the show, though lead Richard Dean Anderson left at the end of season eight but continued to make guest appearances for the rest of the series and one of the movies that followed.
The series lasted ten seasons and had two movies and two spin-off series.
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2.Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis is the first spin-off series related to Stargate SG1. This show was initially supposed to follow right after Stargate SG1 as a series, but the other show continued, and Atlantis aired simultaneously with the last few seasons of SG1.
This show followed the primary team of Atlantis. It focused on running the City of Atlantis, a technologically advanced city designed to sit on the surface of a massive body of water with the ability to sink under the surface would also function as an enormous spaceship.
This series only lasted five seasons and sadly had no movie to follow, though a third series, Stargate Universe, followed the year after the cancellation of Atlantis. It was much less successful than SG1 and Atlantis.
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3.Battlestar Galatica (2003)
Battlestar Galactica was remade from its original series that aired in 1978. The show was remade shortly after the horrible events of 9/11. This show focused on many political, economic, and human rights issues of a group of people trying their hardest to keep their species alive while being chased by the enemy that destroyed their colonies. Battlestar Galactica is a three-hour miniseries starring Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell with an ensemble cast.
The series follows immediately after the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a race of mechanical beings that developed the ability to have human-like Cylons. The survivors of humanity search for their original home, Earth, while being chased by the Cylons and dealing with numerous issues that plague the fleet.
The pilot was a two-part mini-series followed by four more seasons and two prequel movies titled Razor and The Plan. This series is placed on many most-watched lists because of the issues the show dealt with, including abortion, domestic terrorism, and election stealing. It received large amounts of awards for its special effects, storytelling, and acting.
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4.Star Trek: The Next Generation
This series was the spin-off to the original Star Trek series, though it was over twenty years after the Original Series aired. As with the original Star Trek, TNG was still very much about exploration, "boldly going where no one has gone before.” Similarly, the plots captured the adventures of the crew of a starship named the USS Enterprise-D.
One hundred seventy-eight episodes produced over seven seasons, making it the longest-running Star Trek series to date. The crew’s adventures continued onto the big screen in four movies.
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5.Star Trek: Voyager
This star trek series was aired when Star Trek Deep Space Nine was half-way through their series, though finished years after that series had finished. Voyager was the third spin-off to the Original Series. Star Trek: Voyager (VOY) focuses on the 24th-century adventures of Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew aboard the U.S.S. Voyager. Voyager’s team combines forces with the staff of a destroyed Maquis ship to find their way home. Stranded over seventy thousand light-years from Earth, the crew tries to make the journey home while also adhering to the doctrine of exploration that Starfleet prides itself on.
Due to its great distance from Federation space, the Delta Quadrant is unexplored by Starfleet, and Voyager is truly going where no human has gone before. Voyager is fast and powerful and can land on a planet’s surface. It is one of the most technologically advanced vessels in Starfleet, utilizing computer circuitry that incorporates bio-neural circuitry.
Voyager aired 172 episodes over seven seasons from 1995 until 2001. While it didn't run for as many episodes as TNG did, Voyager discovered numerous new alien species and was better balanced with its gender ratio, with a female lead and several strong supporting female characters.
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6.Warehouse 13
A unique series is considered Science Fiction, but it is also described as a dramatic comedy and supernatural. The series follows U.S. Secret Service Agents Myka Bering and Pete Lattimer when assigned to the secretive Warehouse 13 for supernatural artifacts. As they go about their assignments to retrieve missing artifacts and investigate reports of new ones, they come to understand the importance of what they are doing.
It is somewhat of a short-lived series with six seasons, but only 12 episodes in season 1, 13 in both seasons 2 and 3. Season 4 was its most extended season with twenty episodes and just six episodes in its fifth and final season.
These are only six possibilities of different Science Fiction shows to watch. There is always more to find, more to watch, and many more to love. As Warehouse 13 is described, "Welcome to Endless Wonder."