Best space series

[Travis Kroells 0]

This head ache is killing me and looking at these posts will cause me to hock a couple of Tylenol 3's god those things will take you out...I hate migranes.....

[Sovak 0]

I have come to enjoy SG-1 of late, simply because I have become familiar with the characters and the story line.  Once  you do that, any series becomes enjoyable.  The trick for a series is to tell engaging stories that will hook your audience long enough to become enamored of the characters.

 

The critisism I had for B5, and SG-1, and to some extent, even DS-9  was that they were too soap opera-ish, that is, you couldn't sit down and enjoy an episode without a thorough understanding of every episode that led up to it.  Star Trek was always unique in that, in my opinion, with a rudimentary knowledge of the ST universe, every episode was self contained.  With the exception of those wonderful cliff-hanger two part episodes, you never had to watch a previous episode to figure out what was going on.  Each one stood on it's own.

[FredM 0]

Hey there,

 

I don't know...I personally like shows that have a long running story line. In part, I find that more realistic than an expectation that you'll be able to solve a planet's problem in 24 hours. Now, that's not to say I don't think episodes should also be able to stand on their own, but too often I see shows and go "What's the point?"

[Nemesis 0]

but Sovak that is one of the things I liked about DS9 was its indepth detail and greater character and plot developement. This was also a thing to have viewers attached so they would figure out what would happen next. They also were not truly confusing to new viewers either because when you came in mid series it would explain previous episodes and things to help understanding some voyager did aswell.

[ensign_Stron 0]

GO Voyager!!  :)   Anyway I got off to a bad start with DS9, i saw what had to be one of the crappiest episodes they made. No offence intended nem. :D

[Captain Huff 0]

Ohhh but there be as much soap operatic element as possible!  Give me more!  More angst, more intertwined history, more skin, more complexity!  Bring it on!