Consider this a place to dump thing I have watched or might want to watch, for various reasons. A pattern is forming where me and my other half binge watch things together, once we've watched one series, we'll go on a hunt for a bunch more, select one, binge it, and repeat the process.

This means every few months I have a new bunch of data and use slightly different approaches to find a few potential new things to watch.

Watched

Past few years been watching/rewatching classic sci fi:

Xfiles

Startrek

Farscape

Firefly

Babylon5

And then onto more modern scifi

Fringe (finished watching around March/April 2024)

Expanse (finished watching around May 2024)

Also enjoy comedy panel quiz shows:

Taskmaster

QI

Have I Got News For You

And youtube channels:

To watch

2024-01: Went looking for new scifi series as we're coming to the end of X-Files, these stood out and/or appeared a lot

Love, death & robots - I watched an episode somewhere once and enjoyed it, little random shorts, almost robot chicken-esque

For all mankind - sounds interesting, "alternate reality where space race never ended" and I think former colleagues have suggested it.

Upload - VR themed, so I might enjoy it?

Fringe - "underrated xfiles clone"

The Orville - Seth MacFarlane and startrek, apparently.

Foundation - Asimov based scifi

Watched Fringe

2024-03

asked Llama2:13b what I might like to watch after Fringe, and got:

  1. The X-Files (1993-2002): If you haven't seen the original X-Files series, it's a must-watch for fans of the genre. It follows FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully as they investigate paranormal cases.
  2. Stranger Things (2016-present): This Netflix original series is set in the 1980s and follows a group of kids as they battle supernatural forces in their small town.
  3. The 4400 (2004-2007): This USA Network series follows a group of people who are abducted by an alien race and returned to Earth with special abilities.
  4. Twin Peaks (1990-1991, 2017): This surreal, mysterious series follows FBI Agent Dale Cooper as he investigates the murder of a young woman in the small town of Twin Peaks.
  5. The Dead Zone (2002-2007): Based on the Stephen King novel, this series follows a man who develops psychic abilities after a car accident and uses them to solve crimes.
  6. Supernatural (2005-present): This CW series follows two brothers as they hunt supernatural creatures and save people from ghostly threats.
  7. The Walking Dead (2010-present): Set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, this AMC series follows a group of survivors as they try to stay alive and find safety.
  8. Doctor Who (2005-present): This long-running BBC series follows the adventures of a time-traveling alien known as the Doctor and his human companions as they travel through space and time, saving planets and civilizations from various threats.
  9. Orphan Black (2013-2017): This BBC America series follows a group of clones who must work together to uncover the truth about their creation and the sinister forces that threaten their lives.
  10. Colony (2016-2018): Set in a dystopian future where Earth has been occupied by an alien race, this USA Network series follows a family who must navigate the challenges of living under alien rule and resisting the occupation.

I asked Mistal for one more, and it suggested "The Expanse" also. Watched the Expanse. Tjhat was also good.

2024-06, just finished watching the expanse.

This time, watching The Outlaws, a BBC comedy drama. It's good - nice to see some modern British TV, it feels close and wholesome!

Watched The 100 - that was pretty good, was sceptical at first, as it's a little cheesy/cliche and feels a bit like an american highschool teen drama at times, but I liked how - over the course of all series - they put a similar set of characters through a whole bunch of different common sci-fi tropes ranging from last surviving humans in space, through to first humans colonising new planets, last few surviving humans on a plant, prison ships, splitting of human race due to evolutionary changes etc. Pretty much everyone else I've spoken to who watched this only made it through to the season 3 - 4, not sure why.

2025-09

Meesh has been rewatching Startrek TNG as we got access to the actual physical DVD boxset. I created a little script to rip a DVD into Jellyfin, so ripping a disk every week or 2 to keep ahead, currently half way through season 4. I do intend on sharing this script, it was a fun learning exercise: it's been a while since I used a physical DVD.