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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vael" data-source="post: 9783616" data-attributes="member: 57043">Using [USER=7023840]@Snarf Zagyg[/USER] 's criteria, my list:1. Star Trek - I grew up with Star Trek, it's possibly in my DNA. There was a transporter accident, I shall not elaborate further.2. Doctor Who - I do confess that the size of the canon might be why these two rank 1st and 2nd. While I haven't watched much of the classic pre-revival Who, I have sampled it.3. Babylon 5 - If I were to say which three shows most influenced me as a kid growing up, it'd be ST:TNG, Babylon 5 and Buffy. This remains to me an iconic show. With flaws, to be clear, but still very rewatchable.4. Andor - TBH, if we were looking at average quality of an episode, Andor should be the top one, but because it's only 2 seasons, it doesn't have the weight of canon of the other franchises. And I'm disinclined to throw all the Star Wars shows into a blender, when the rest were ... middling to okay. Andor deserves to stand apart.5. Battlestar Galactica (reboot) - I don't think BSG stuck the landing, but I have different beef than most. I don't mind the revelation of the nature of Head Six or the Final Five or most of the character's fates. My beef is with [SPOILER="Sure, the show is 20 years old, but finale spoilers never the less"]Lee's speech about abandoning technology and scattering across Earth. I dunno, I find it Luddite talk and an automatic death sentence to the people who have been living on spaceships for the past few years.[/SPOILER]But regardless of the ending, it is still a solid show and worthy of being on my personal list.Outside of the top 5 ... this is just honorable mentions, I can't quite order them<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Expanse</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Farscape</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sense8</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The X-Files</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Outer Limits (more the 90s reboot) and the Twilight Zone - these anthology shows kinda fit as a pair for me. Black Mirror would make it a trifecta if I would actually watch the rest of it.</li> </ul>Finally, 4 ineligible shows that I want to talk about that died too soon:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Middleman - The whimsy of this show was endearing. But this was a show on the wrong network, which is a shame.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dark Skies - Anyone remember this one? In all the rush of X-Files rip-offs, this one as a 60s period piece kinda stuck out for me. I've not revisited it, if I can even find it, but it's one that has stuck in my brain.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Earth 2 - Taking the "Wagon Train to the Stars" quite literally, this was a bunch of settlers on a new world. I don't know how it would play these days, I'd imagine using aliens as indigenous stand-ins would rightfully raise an eyebrow or two, and there simply isn't enough scenery for Tim Curry to chew for his short guest spot, but I really liked this show when it aired. This, however, ironically probably died when it should have, some of the plans for S2 were appalling.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Space: Above and Beyond - WW2 ... IN SPACE! Some fun bits, I'll admit I didn't care much for the lead pilot. This show managed a dialogue-less episode way before Buffy's "Hush".</li> </ul></blockquote>

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