I just realized that every streaming platform seems to have a couple heavy-hitter big-budget sci-fi series these days. Most of them turn out to be critically acclaimed as well.
Sure, we all know that there are Star Trek fans who dislike Discovery and Picard, or Foundation fans who dislike Apple’s adaptation. Even though much of what is on TV is still decades-old franchises, it seems that we’re getting more original sci-fi along with it.
- Scavengers Reign
- For All Mankind
- Invasion
- Cyberpunk: Edgeruners
- Tales from the Loop
I could go on…
No longer is it simply a single channel on cable tv that was also 50/50 with horror content, plus Star Trek and a handful of others that other networks syndicated.
Today there’s a rich tapestry of new ideas, concepts, and just plain art in media that was normally reserved for paperbacks published by Tor and others.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love me some SG1, TNG, DS9, B5, and others - all shows I grew up with; but I’m so happy that we get so much more now!
Also, DARK.
Yes, there seems to be a sci-fi revival, there’s also a horror revival recently (works from Jordan Peele, Ari Aster, Mike Flanagan).
There was a crime fiction revival / trend, but I’m not sure if it’s already been oversaturated and exploited to death. Zombie is definitely (un)dead.
Platforms and studios make their bets depending on trends, and with how shitty the real world is, I could see a large number of people got tired of crime genre right now.
I bounced off Dark. It started to get overcomplicated without really answering questions. It felt like Lost to me.
Everything gets answered eventually. There’s a handy interactive tree on the Official site that helps. You can specify what episode you’ve watched up to and it won’t spoil anything
I never doubted that, but it was just kind of exhausting for me. I really don’t want to have to use an outside tool to decipher things either. I’m not saying the show is bad, just not for me.