Sci-fi movies / TV shows to watch

[inix40]

Hello there,

just started playing ED. The whole space-sim genre is completely new to me, but i love it already. Now im searching for some movies or series i can watch on TV, that is thematically close to space-sim, space adventuring or space-whatever. I know there is some Star Trek stuff and Stargate, but i would gladly hear some tips from Sci-Fi fans. Thx in advance

[5hadowfax]

Have you seen Firefly?

[hibble]

Farscape, Firefly, Andromeda (in that order) all center on one loan ship and there adventures.

Babylon 5 is also very good set on a traiding station. (piracy, smuglers

[Mescaleen]

Go for some Stargate Atlantis, Star Trek Enterprise or even some Star Wars The Clone Wars !

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

Hello there

Star Wars original Trilogy. That is all.

For now...

Rdgs

LoK

[Steve]

Babylon 5

[wraith_unleashed]

firefly is what i think is the closest to ED

[Thanatos]

Originally posted by hibble:

Farscape, Firefly, Andromeda (in that order) all center on one loan ship and there adventures.

Babylon 5 is also very good set on a traiding station. (piracy, smuglers

THIS^

[Twelvefield]

Elite derives from Brit SF more than anything else. The Frontier art dept. aped the designs of the incomparable Derek Meddings, proving the maxim that if you're going to steal designs, at least steal from the best!

Look for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Space:1999, Moonraker, and anything by Gerry Anderson, especially Thunderbirds, UFO, Space Precinct, anything where Meddings was given authority over the model making and the great, great Ken Adam had set design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Anderson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Meddings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Adam

One way or another, these good folks had an influence on George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, who in turn were the mentors to the people that created this generation's SF.

[corrosivetoejam]

The recent battlestar galactica is amazing. Was so lost when it ended. 10/10

[corrosivetoejam]

I try and fly the eagles like they did in battle star. Keeps me alive

[Jonny*Combat]

Space: Above & Beyond. Only one series, but it was done by the guy who did The X Files.

The inspiration for Elite though is 2001 A Space Oddyssey. If you haven't seen that, where have you been? :D

[Ser Cartoon of House Head]

i can wholeheartedly recommend:

Farscape (my favourite SciFi show)
Buck Rogers (oldie but a goodie)
Space 1999
Chronicles of Riddick (movie)
Riddick
Last Starfighter
Ice Pirates
Space Truckers
Space Cowboy

if you only watch one Star Trek series The Next Generation is THE choice closely followed by Voyager. You can ignore Enterprise and DS9 completely as they are trash.

[inix40]

Oh man, thats a ton of info, thank you all! I was really not interested into sci-fi (if i dont count Dead Space series and Aliens). But .. you know .. i was searching for something new and now im glad that i found THIS. Again, thanks for all the tips here

[funkynutz]

Stargate SG1 is well worth watching, and Stargate Atlantis was good. I also enjoyed Universe but the final episode leaves a sour taste: show cancelled due to not enough viewers (much like firefly, another one I miss).

Originally posted by Sly Rax:

if you only watch one Star Trek series The Next Generation is THE choice closely followed by Voyager. You can ignore Enterprise and DS9 completely as they are trash.

TBH that bit's quite a hotly debated topic even among fullborenerd trekkies (you know the type, they dress up as vulcans or klingons for ANY sort of fancy dress thing). I for one actually enjoyed Enterprise more than Voyager (though I liked voyager as well), and going back and watching the next generation these days, it's almost as cheesy as the original series (which I also used to love). Deep Space 9 wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. The films (all of them) are miles better than any of the TV series though.

[Sceles]

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

It's animated but it captures the feeling of space sims and space strategy games far better than any real tv show. It's also one of the highest rated animes ever made so you're not just watching some random crap.