Best Sci-Fi television series EVAR!

[Phoenix8008]

I gotta vote for Stargate as the best Sci-fi show. Great stories, solid acting by a wonderful cast, and great big story arcs that just keep building on one another to expand and flesh out the SG1 universe to it's wonderful perfection!

Farscape was indeed excellent. My second place vote goes here. Another show with a wonderful cast who did great acting to tell some great stories. If I had been watching this show from the begining instead of just the last season or two, it would surely be right up there beside Stargate for me.

Third place: Star Trek TNG was good, and it came at a good time, but the stories were hit and miss and there wasn't any real growth or change in the universe until late in the series. Felt kinda stagnant sometimes.

I would also give X-files an honorable mention here. It should rank pretty high also, but I never could see enough of it to get the whole storyline in my head together. It had to be good though since it went for like 8 or 9 seasons? I hope that Stargate SG-1 can equal or surpass this record myself.

 

[Jamdin]

I cannot and will not pick just one best science fiction series since there are just too many good ones as opposed to the bad ones.

 

[Tsyr]

Stargate SG-1 or ST:TNG... And echo the "If only Firefly had done better" thought.

A strong contender for me was Earth: Final Conflict, but I know it got a lukewarm reception from a lot of people...

 

[Hand of Evil]

Stargate SG-1 or ST:TNG... And echo the "If only Firefly had done better" thought.

A strong contender for me was Earth: Final Conflict, but I know it got a lukewarm reception from a lot of people...

Earth: Final Conflict started strong but was not constant, cast changes, story arc, vision changes hurt that show.


X-Files and Buffy should be in my list but I saw them as more paranormal/mystery shows and not sci-fi. I know it is a fine line but I had to draw it.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Tie between Farscape and B5 for me. I think the edge goes to B5, just because I like JMS as a person a lot.

 

[Viking Bastard]

To choose is hard, especially because my choices keep changing.

A year ago I'd have said Farscape. Before that I'd have chosen
B5. Few months ago I went through a Stargate craze. Now?
Dunno. Kinda been burned out for a while sci-fi wise. Can't for
the life of me find myself interested in any show that much I'd
like to call the best one.

The one that has had the most effect on me throughout the
years is though without doubt The X-Files. No show of any genre
has influenced me as much as that show.

 

[Alaric_Prympax]

Very tough choice but as much of a Star Trek fan that I am I'd have to say B5 was the best.

 

[s/LaSH]

I'm saying B5, judging from my gut response. The episode at the end of Season 4 where they attack Earth still stirs something in me... no other TV show has done that to me.

Honourable mention: Deep Space 9 and Farscape. DS9 because it hits a couple of the same buttons B5 did, especially towards the end, and was generally a great show. Farscape, even though they've only shown season 1 here in New Zealand so far, because it's so very different - and the music is just awesome.

Final Conflict, while cool, doesn't quite make the grade because of the aforementioned muddying of the feel of the show. Still, it is cool to have a show where only one character makes it from start to finish (well, almost - byebye, Sandoval. I shall wave, like this).

And I won't list any anime because, well, I'm sure someone would object and I can't integrate it into my SF thought processes too well.

 

[jonesy]

Damn, forgot to mention this little gem:
Space: Above and Beyond.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

X-Files and Buffy should be in my list but I saw them as more paranormal/mystery shows and not sci-fi. I know it is a fine line but I had to draw it.

Good point. If not X-Files then, make mine DS9. Everything that Enterprise seems like it's trying to be and failing at.