| To anyone who loves Star Trek, Firefly, BSG etc: I want to highlight Blake's Seven for you as a really great series that's well worth a watch: Imagine a gritty British version of the original Star Trek. In this story, the federation are evil, and the crew aren't all that nice either, and basically just want to survive having lucked out on finding a ship at the right moment. They're forced into cooperation by necessity. It's not about exploration or Tribbles, it's about a bunch of people just trying to stay alive and eventually organise a rebellion. The primary antagonist (Servalan) is a) female b) fairly competent at her job Two of the characters in the series are artificial intelligences. The ending of the show is excellent. There are audiobooks that tell further stories in the Blake-i-verse. Amazon has most/all of them. There seem to be quite a few episodes on Youtube (Blakes7Movies) if you're curious to watch. If you like the genre of 'space warship crew on the run', you may also enjoy LEXX and The Expanse. It's hard to believe that B7 hasn't been rebooted. |