LOL okay…
In the meantime I actually remembered more sci fi series I've watched, some good and some bad. Also I didn't want to repeat those already mentioned, but then again, why not make a sentence or two, right? So here goes (hopefully I won't forget some again, but even if I do, I'll post it later) a list of sci fi series (not?) worth your time.
Already mentioned and why, corresponding links are in the post above:
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Stargate: SG1, direct2dvd movies, Atlantis and Universe
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Jack of all trades
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Brisco County Junior
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This is not my life
Others mentioned:
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Space above and beyond - cancelled after one season and I wasn't impressed, as it wasn't really connected to Verhoeven's "massacre hollywood perfect plastics" ST masterpiece, can't recommend it sorry
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Firefly+Serenity - one of Fox' biggest sins was cancelling it as it's one of the best series ever made not just in sci fi genre, the movie tries to close all arcs left open (some like the priest arc however remained a mystery), there are also three comics (to my knowledge) not a masterpiece but still good, this series is a must have
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Babylon5 - I had a chance to watch it but for several reasons I'm constantly skipping it, however everyone recommends it so I guess it's good
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Star Trek: Original series, cartoons, books, comics, movies, TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise, fan made series - do please watch at least something from that franchise, Star Trek is perhaps a huge soap opera, but many things you can see in it were (are?) revolutionary, while dartagnan marked TNG as the best part IMO it's DS9 that is the best, but well…
More on the matter:
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X files - not really sci fi, but then again partially is sci fi thus I'm putting it, not bad, but also not as near good as could have been, a must watch if you smoke (and I do)
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Fringe - also not bad but in the case you skip it, don't worry you didn't miss much
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SyFy cheap crap series: Warehouse13, Haven, Eureka, Sanctuary, later seasons of Sliders etc - watch this junk only if someone pays you to or if your boyfriend/girlfriend would appreciate if you watch those with them, otherwise stay the hell miles away from those
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Cancelled before finished anything but very promising series: Jericho, 4400, Total Recall 2070, Sarah Connor Chronicles, Terra Nova, Painkiller Jane, The Invisible Man, etc - do not and please do not give those a try as you'll get frustrated when you find out they will never have an ending, it's in most cases very good stuff but it feels like not being able to finish a buggy game that will never get patched due to evil managers' decision
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V - watch the original series with Robert Englund, it's so silly that is actually fun, the remake is an utter crap
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Blake's 7 - (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076987/ ) a genuine masterpiece, I don't have it, watched it ages ago on TV and I still remember many stuff from it, today it's special effects can't compare to modern CGI, it was not series about effects but a series with brilliant story
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Doctor Who
—— old series before 2005 - if you can get episodes with Tom Baker, don't miss them
—— The Curse of Fatal Death - do not miss this parody even if you're not fan, it's unbelievably hilarious
—— 2005… - a must see stuff, targetted audience is family so there is no excuse not to watch it, don't miss cartoons, special episodes, webisodes, documentaries, concerts (yup!) and comics (there is a crossover comic TNG/doctor who)
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Sarah Jane Adventures - an utter crap, can't believe ppl watched that stuff, I couldn't be arsed to bare more than a few episodes of that
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Wizards vs Aliens - currently very close to an utter crap, but possibly gets better in the next season
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Torchwood (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485301/ ) - sci fi with sex and violence, IMO a masterpiece of it's own (first three seasons) that got tainted in season 4
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Misfits (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850 ) - again one that is not really sci fi, but partially it is, brilliant first three seasons about "misfits" that got superpowers but instead of becoming heroes they really do not know what to do with those powers, current (fourth) season is below expectations
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Heroes, Alphas and other similar stuff about ppl with powers who's IQ is 87356834763845 and they *knew* what to do with those powers since they were born… get serious, it's bullshit, don't watch that crap
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Lexx (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178149/ ) - I've seen only the first (pilot) episode and never got the rest of it, it's so bizzare that I can't describe in just one sentence what's going on in it except it's about "perfect" future, but I do say it's a masterpiece of it's own (the pilot episode), so do please watch at least that one, there were four seasons made
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Red Dwarf (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094535/ ) - if you didn't watch this, I don't know what you did watch, unique humor, bizarre stuff that actually doesn't feel that bizarre while you're watching it, completely mad characters, decades old but still ongoing and still great
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Farscape + The Peacekeeper Wars (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187636/ ,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387736/ ) - 4 seasons and a two part TV movie, not a masterpiece but so much fun that I couldn't believe it was cancelled, a mix of all series above (yes, I believe I've described it correctly) that actually respects them all and still works, get it if you can, there are a few boring episodes but the rest of it is worth watching
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Galactica (1980), Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, The Plan, Blood & Chrome, Razor - just as in the case of Star Trek series I must recommend watching at least one part of the franchise, most of it is enjoyable and good
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Automan (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084978 ) - skip it, if it was comedy as promised it would be great, but humor was so bad noone laughed so it got cancelled fast
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Andromeda (
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213327/ ) - almost forgot about this one, I must admit I got hooked in the start, but series got worse and worse so I dropped it and never actually saw how it ends