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More things like Star Trek? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Over the last few years my family and I have binged all of Star Trek, then moved on to Star Trek adjacent shows like The Orville and Stargate. At the moment we're not really watching anything sci-fi. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for similar shows (or maybe some books) that fill the void left by Star Trek. In particular I really like the episodes that deal with interacting with other civilizations, diplomacy, and exploration more-so than say, an anomaly episode.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

100%. Just finished watching the entire series a couple days ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Concur. I'm a huge Trek fan, and The Expanse fits that blend of optimism and realpolitik.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'd have enjoyed it a lot more with a better main character. He really is the blandest white man in the universe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

the infuriating thing is that according to the books he is a pretty unique mix of ... checking ... ”the only child in a family co-op of five fathers and three mothers“

they could have done almost anything with the character in terms of appearance and chose this sigh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Definitely. There were a few things that could have been optimized a bit more, like dat invented language wot dey speaking in. David Strathairn totally sounded like Bruce Lee when he tried to get the accent down. But I appreciated their attention to details, like requiring “juice” for high-g burns (as opposed to Star Trek ships hitting near light speed with the crew only needing to hold the edge of a nearby desk to handle the acceleration).

I’m still wondering what the heck the storyline idea was with those weird dog like creatures 🤷🏻‍♂️