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More things like Star Trek? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by darthelmet@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (9 children)

I'm going to tag on to this and say another more adult themed Sci-Fi trip you should take on Apple TV+ is Foundation. It is somewhere between GoT, The Expanse, and Star Trek. It is loosely based on the Foundation book series by Isaac Asimov. I highly recommend it.

[–] NIB@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (8 children)

If you have read the Foundation books, the series will piss you off. Not just because it has very little in common with the books but because it goes against what the books stood for. And the most interesting parts of the Foundation tv series are the emperor arcs, which are original and arent from the books.

It seems to me that the creator wanted to make a scifi series of his own but just used the Foundation name for branding, name dropping and some abstract story elements. And then try to marry all the elements with some inane movie alchemy bullshit.

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Huh. Watched the TV show and haven’t read the books. It did feel a little odd in a way that was hard to put my finger on. Maybe it’s that? What’s the pitch on the books if they’re that different from what I see in the show?

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent

Salvor Hardin

I can't think of a better way to explain the difference between the books and the show then that quote.

Can you imagine Salvor of the show ever saying that?

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is the most parroted comment on this topic. Please actually say something original.

[–] Kepabar@startrek.website 0 points 10 months ago

No.

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