Comments on: Science Fiction I Have Been Watching

By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 01:48:42 +0000

I dont mind characters doing horrible things for survival.. and yes I agree, Khalesee is simply power hungry, so not a big fan of hers.. what makes characters endearing is their warmth towards others, their sense of humour, a sense of honour.. granted there's a couple of characters in WD like that.. Rick and Hershel.. but there's little humour in that show.. i dont hate them, just dont partiualrly like them.. unlike say, Tyrion, Arya, Jon SNow, big Sandor and really, plenty of others.. i think the writing is simply better, but hey, each to their own…

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 05:42:31 +0000

I am curious Anthony, how can you like the Game of Thrones then, because just about all the characters are arseholes struggling for power. Even the girl seems to be quickly becoming a sadistic murderer. I am hoping the Dragon Queen sets her dragons loose and burns the whole place down. But I will probably have to wait until 2016 to see that.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 04:51:04 +0000

I am having no problems liking quite a few of the characters in the Walking Dead, even though they often do things that only bad people would do in real life, that is because the circumstances dictate that it is survival of the fittest. The show really explores what people would do to stay alive and whether those actions render them as evil. For example Carol's actions in season four. Is she a bad person or someone who is just doing what had to be done? The show also explores whether hope and charity survive in such circumstances. Ric is a big barometer of hope, having spent much of the fourth season in despair, he ends with hope.

By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 02:07:47 +0000

I think i'm going to retire Walking Dead. Not much of it has impressed me after the first season. Thing is, I dont really like any of the characters. And the 2nd season was bad. Just not enough time.

Forgot to mention i'm also watching Justified. Pretty good.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 07:10:59 +0000

Hi Anthony,

Like you I have too much to watch and not enough time. That's why I especially liked Utopia, Orphan Black and The Returned, they were all mini series, no 26 episodes to wade through to get to a hanging ending. The Walking Dead really picked up in the second half of season 4, good of foxtel to schedule the final ep of season 4 one Monday and then have Game of Thrones starting the next week.

By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:03:59 +0000

Ps perhaps you should do a post on your favourite top sci fi series of all time…

By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:03:19 +0000

Long term sci-fi head here.
Falling behind though these days.
Inadvertently caught five minutes of Orphan Black – out of context so did'nt like it-not to say its not good.

I bought Utopia on your recommendation so looking forward to that at some stage. Too many series, not enough time.
Currently watching The Returning, Game of Thrones, House of Cards & now Spartacus as have been watching historical docos which has inspired me.

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend Rome. A brilliant series, cut short at only 20 eps.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 06:55:47 +0000

I saw Orphan Black advertised (while watching Real Humans) for SBS2 in a week or so I thought, sometime in April.

By: Helen V.

Helen V. — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 04:44:13 +0000

Loved Orphan Black, Real Humans and the French series The Returned had me on the edge of my seat – series two is apparently being made for release at the end of the year or early 2015. I'm not sure but I think Series 2 of Orphan Black is starting later this month on SBS Two. Fingers crossed