# šŸ¦‡ The sci-fi, fantasy and capeshit thread **URL:** \ **Category:** TV\ **Created:** [16 February 2016 13:26 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911 "2016-02-16T13:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 78
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [22 March 2024 13:25 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1545 "2024-03-22T13:25:36Z")
The biggest and most anticipated Sci Fi event of the year has been the launch on Netflix of 3 Body Problem. An adaptation of a Chinese trilogy. (They love their SciFi - Wandering Earth and stuff is all not shit) So the show has dropped and wow, the responses and reviews are as divisive as a new Nike England Kit. So after one episode my review? They tried very hard to be not shit, but went one step further. Itā€™s watchably not shit and comes almost close to ā€œwanting to watch the next episode NOWā€ Iā€™m sure some will hate it some will love it. I am fighting for access to the TV as I type > **[3 Body Problem comes apart in a tangle of unlikeable characters](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13220555/Like-rocket-disintegrating-lift-years-hyped-Netflix-release-3-Body-Problem-comes-apart-tangle-unlikeable-characters-cliched-plot-devices-hours-boredom-writes-CHRISTOPHER-STEVENS.html)** > > What's mind-boggling about 3 Body Problem ( Netflix ) is that it cost a record-breaking $20 million (Ā£15.7m) per episode... when parts of it look like a low-budget BBC crime drama. \*The worldā€™s best physicists look, talk and act like theyā€™ve just come from the set of Love Island. Who in Godā€™s name cast this? It is like seeing Logan Paul play William Shakespeare, or Dolly Parton play Margaret Thatcher, Mike Tyson play Ghandi. \* _In terms of suspending disbelief, that is not a good start. Understandly, the writers didnā€™t want to go against the flow of current fashionable DEI themes, but the casting here is beyond ridiculous. It also immediately tells you a lot about the (un)originality of the writers, their unwillingness to surprise, shock, subvert the current platitudes of identity politics we see in almost everything on TV. This alone ensures it cannot be good art. Art is subverise, good art, not propagandisticā€¦like in Maoā€™s China. How ironic. This is yet another series that seems to sacrifice good storytelling to push an agenda. Be diverse by all means, but at least hire someone who remotely looks believable in their parts. The desperation to miscast tells you a lot about the quality and intellect of the creators._ > **[Review: ā€˜3 Body Problemā€™ Is a Galaxy-Brained Spectacle](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/arts/television/3-body-problem-netflix-review.html)** > > The Netflix sci-fi adaptation has done its physics homework, even if it sometimes falls short on the humanities. > **[3 Body Problem review ā€“ the creators of Game of Thrones have done it again](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/mar/21/3-body-problem-review-the-creators-of-game-of-thrones-have-done-it-again)** > > Not content with turning one borderline unfilmable set of novels into highly watchable TV, theyā€™ve repeated the trick with this deeply complex sci-fi series ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [22 March 2024 22:10 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1546 "2024-03-22T22:10:16Z")
šŸ¤¬ Iā€™m on episode 4 already ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [23 March 2024 20:24 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1547 "2024-03-23T20:24:00Z")
Yep [https://twitter.com/HIDEO\_KOJIMA\_EN/status/1771441105743278389?t=B\_dugo\_aZ4Lruv\_6Kchjlw&s=19](https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1771441105743278389?t=B_dugo_aZ4Lruv_6Kchjlw&s=19) ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [23 March 2024 22:50 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1548 "2024-03-23T22:50:24Z")
I never read the books. Why have they not released S2 books 2.5 to 3 already? ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [24 March 2024 22:07 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1549 "2024-03-24T22:07:24Z")
![](https://media.tenor.com/4EYaYAMus0cAAAAC/michael-scott-the-office.gif) Constellation Ep 7. Genius Maybe Gripping Fuck Yeah ![](https://media.tenor.com/Wqr1RKTPCnMAAAAC/what-happened-tim-robinson.gif) ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [26 March 2024 14:40 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1550 "2024-03-26T14:40:25Z")
Iā€™m really getting put off watching it by the acting, and I use the term loosely, of the girl. Just like the little girl in Invasion, which is also good BTW, was putting me off :- Mum : Shush or the aliens will hear us Little Girls : in an annoying high pitch whine, Iā€™m scared mummy, Iā€™m scaredā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [27 March 2024 11:41 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1551 "2024-03-27T11:41:04Z")
Spolier alert Constellation You can read if up to date with the show. Before the finale, it is recommended to watch Episode 1 again. There are a number of very subtle ā€œcontinuityā€ errors eg annoying girl having slightly different clothing. A back pack/no backpack, a wine glass filling itself and bedtime stories. And obviously the annoying little girl and her language / interaction issues These are very clever Easter Eggs helping to set up the story, designed to be almost subliminal Read more > **[Constellation Fans Need to Rewind and Rewatch Episode 1](https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/constellation-fans-need-to-rewatch-episode-1/)** > > Those werenā€™t continuity errors. ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2024 22:15 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1552 "2024-03-29T22:15:46Z")
About 50 years after it came out, i like to think i kind of understood the ending of 2001 a Space Odyssey. Not sure Iā€™ll be around in 50 years time to fully work out the ending of Constellation though. I think it was very clever ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2024 22:29 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1553 "2024-03-29T22:29:36Z")
Of course. There were two Aliceā€™s Double tge annoyance Bob. They were Twis. Freaky. Oh and obviiusly Superposition theory of Quantum Mechanics. Simples Should have known that from A- Level Physics ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2024 23:44 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1554 "2024-03-29T23:44:56Z")
> [@Polski\_Filip](#): > > A- Level Physics Iā€™ve got a degree in the stuff, doesnā€™t make it any easier to understandā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\ **Post date:** [30 March 2024 07:22 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1555 "2024-03-30T07:22:59Z")
Reassuring to know I saved all that time not talking a degree in Physics. Thanks. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![PhilippineSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/philippinesaint/32/3978_2.png) [@PhilippineSaint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/PhilippineSaint)\ **Post date:** [30 March 2024 08:03 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1556 "2024-03-30T08:03:24Z")
> [@lifeintheslowlane](#): > > Reassuring to know I saved all that time not talking a degree in Physics. Thanks. šŸ˜ƒ I can talk a good job at physics but only got a CSE in it @scotty No ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2024 17:51 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1557 "2024-04-04T17:51:15Z")
šŸ‘€ LOTS of unconfirmed rumours popping up in different feeds on Twitter and FB that Season 4 of The Orville has actually been given the go ahead šŸ™ šŸ™ šŸ™ ![](https://media.tenor.com/pfkzWugoB2YAAAAC/isaac-the-orville.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [10 April 2024 13:09 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1558 "2024-04-10T13:09:34Z")
[https://twitter.com/notesfrompoland/status/1778021413003166127?t=AHGQB3vQL4h2P3XXYUyWqw&s=19](https://twitter.com/notesfrompoland/status/1778021413003166127?t=AHGQB3vQL4h2P3XXYUyWqw&s=19) ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [15 April 2024 18:13 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1559 "2024-04-15T18:13:24Z")
For the live of God do not start watching Fallout. Itā€™s a trap. You will need a sick note to explain why you binged it and forgot to go to work ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [17 April 2024 16:28 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1560 "2024-04-17T16:28:08Z")
![](https://media.tenor.com/3yPBPC_dwe8AAAAC/leonardo-dicaprio-clapping.gif) Series 5 of For All Mankind confirmed AND a new Spin Off series - boom! > **[ā€˜For All Mankindā€™ Renewed as Apple Expands Franchise With Soviet Spinoff...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/for-all-mankind-renewed-spinoff-star-city-1235875657/)** > > Ron Mooreā€™s alt-universe space race drama will return for its fifth season as the iPhone maker and streamer will further explore the Soviet space program with the offshoot series. ---
**Author:** ![pap](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/pap/32/74795_2.png) [@pap](https://www.sotonians.com/u/pap)\ **Post date:** [20 April 2024 09:58 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1561 "2024-04-20T09:58:13Z")
Iā€™ve been watching X-Men 97. Iā€™m very impressed with this continuation of the 90s show. Itā€™s had considerably more money spent on it, which was one of the few problems the original show had. Episodes seem as long as they need to be to tell the story. Oh, and that theme musicā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [11 May 2024 18:06 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1562 "2024-05-11T18:06:29Z")
Space Babies Bogey Man Snot And a huge fart. This new Dr Who could be fun ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [15 May 2024 21:43 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1563 "2024-05-15T21:43:30Z")
Oooh. A Dune prequel T series - coming soon no less > **[Dune: Prophecy: first trailer for female-led prequel TV series](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/15/dune-prophecy-trailer)** > > Show follows origins of Bene Gesserit sect as seen in Denis Villeneuveā€™s movies, with Emily Watson and Olivia Williams ---
**Author:** ![Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/polski_filip/32/75318_2.png) [@Polski\_Filip](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Polski_Filip)\ **Post date:** [16 May 2024 22:04 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911/1564 "2024-05-16T22:04:21Z")
Outer Range. Amazon. This was Josh Brolinsā€™ 1923. Or even Yellowstone in S1. Except there was a hole in the ground. And some sort of shit went around. Well. S2 has dropped and episode 1 starts with well, not a lot to be honest, some leftovers from a stampede of Buson, a Deputt finding herself in 1888, Josh explaining heā€™s 146 years old and more. This is a very good SciFu show. Like Constellation makes you think. [Previous page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911.md?page=77) [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/the-sci-fi-fantasy-and-capeshit-thread/1911.md?page=79)