tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post4437606333493320497..comments2023-09-12T06:18:38.552-04:00Comments on The World in the Satin Bag: Science Fiction Withdrawals (or How to Survive When Your Favorite Series Ends)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-68905453065848513462009-07-19T12:08:34.422-04:002009-07-19T12:08:34.422-04:00Anon: Yeah, I stopped watching because it was far...Anon: Yeah, I stopped watching because it was far too cliche. Chosen ones and all that crap. It was a story I'd already seen before, but executed better.<br /><br />Of course, we're talking about science fiction withdrawals :P. So all this fantasy stuff is relatively moot, if that's a correct way to say that.<br /><br />Ausir: I've heard Life on Mars was good in the UK. I might dig up the old one online. I have no idea what Ashes to Ashes is. Is that UK as well?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-41658732628728425892009-07-19T07:31:53.141-04:002009-07-19T07:31:53.141-04:00The US version of Life on Mars is pretty bad, espe...The US version of Life on Mars is pretty bad, especially if you've seen the UK original. Can't wait for series 3 of Ashes to Ashes!Ausirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05779184030358944900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-57409000174799895992009-07-18T22:23:32.367-04:002009-07-18T22:23:32.367-04:00The Terry Goodkind one was "Legend of the See...The Terry Goodkind one was "Legend of the Seeker" or something. I know two Terry Goodkind fans that watched it for an episode or two, but both hated it, because it was, in their eyes, needlessly untrue to the books. <br /><br />There are a few fantasy shows that are pretty good, but they are a rarity--like there was Xena and Hercules. There's Merlin right now, which I love (the first season is available on Hulu). Avatar, though I know you weren't a fan, was generally considered to be pretty good (I loved it because the villains, were generally written as human, not psychopaths). Though it's old and was unsuccessful, Pirates of Dark Water was awesome. Also, I like Krod Mandoon, which is still going on, despite it being described as terrible. <br /><br />--Dr. C-Roc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-41163053333212409962009-07-18T18:05:07.465-04:002009-07-18T18:05:07.465-04:00Cassandra: I loved Buffy too, but I didn't ge...Cassandra: I loved Buffy too, but I didn't get into that until well after the series had ended. I used the first three seasons to survive the wait between the first half of Season 4 of BSG and the latter half. Was a rough few months.<br /><br />Anime is definitely a good way to find something new, if you like animation. There are a hell of a lot of great shows in Japan that are now coming here. And you should really try the new BSG, if you haven't already.<br /><br />Oh, and look out for the Game of Thrones miniseries. That should be good (I hope, but who knows). There was also the Terry Goodkind series (forget the name), but it wasn't all that great, to be honest. Fantasy television has a tendency to be remarkably terrible, except urban fantasy, which seems to be good a lot of the time (Buffy and a handful of others).<br /><br />I'm also bored of all the crime shows. It's all pretty much the same and the market is saturated with the stuff.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13571452656553970472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33813337.post-44813852994722988982009-07-18T17:52:54.560-04:002009-07-18T17:52:54.560-04:00I've had sci-fi and fantasy withdrawal for a w...I've had sci-fi and fantasy withdrawal for a while now. I was a huge fan of Buffy and Angel as well as Roswell and the like a few years back, and then they all ended. Since then I tried to make do by rewatching stargate, andromeda, old Battlestar Galactica but I still really wanted a new series. Something I hung out for all week and would stay up until midnight if necessary to watch regardless of work the next day. So far, nothing has come along. I'm kind of settling for buying a lot of anime of DVD and working my way through that, but I'm still waiting for a sci-fi or fantasy series that is a must watch. Enough with crime investigation and reality television.Cassandra Jadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17515442718374750674noreply@blogger.com