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Sci Fi TV Tier Listings
#1
GasBandit
And here's my listing.
S-Tier: Babylon 5. Star Trek TNG. The Expanse. Legendary, genre redefining, must-see TV.
A-Tier: DS9, Firefly, Mandalorian. You really couldn't ask for much more in a series except for more of it.
B-Tier: ST:TOS, ST:Enterprise, Stargates SG1 and Atlantis: Often corny, often flawed, but still a fun watch. Enterprise got a raw deal, IMO, and its only real flaw is the writing of its captain and a couple REALLY bad episodes. Granted, those are big flaws.
C-Tier: Battlestar Galactica (new), Doctor Who, Farscape, ST: Picard, ST:Voyager. Meh. Not the WORST thing ever, but not something I'd pick to watch if there was something else available.
D-Tier: Battlestar Galactica (original), ST: Discovery. Bury it in the desert and ban anyone involved in its production from ever putting pen to paper again.
Incidentally, I can still edit the template, so if I forgot some shows, just chime in and I can add them.
GasBandit
So I went ahead and made the template for this. Ugh, I had to sign up for twitter (with a burner account of course) to be able to save the template. I feel icky.
And here's my listing.
S-Tier: Babylon 5. Star Trek TNG. The Expanse. Legendary, genre redefining, must-see TV.
A-Tier: DS9, Firefly, Mandalorian. You really couldn't ask for much more in a series except for more of it.
B-Tier: ST:TOS, ST:Enterprise, Stargates SG1 and Atlantis: Often corny, often flawed, but still a fun watch. Enterprise got a raw deal, IMO, and its only real flaw is the writing of its captain and a couple REALLY bad episodes. Granted, those are big flaws.
C-Tier: Battlestar Galactica (new), Doctor Who, Farscape, ST: Picard, ST:Voyager. Meh. Not the WORST thing ever, but not something I'd pick to watch if there was something else available.
D-Tier: Battlestar Galactica (original), ST: Discovery. Bury it in the desert and ban anyone involved in its production from ever putting pen to paper again.
Incidentally, I can still edit the template, so if I forgot some shows, just chime in and I can add them.
#2
Frank
Frank
I CAN'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.
Farscape deserves a lot better (and I honestly think Picard is a worse show than Discovery because Discovery is at least not assassinating TNG with it's awfulness) and I think that Firefly is overrated as EFF but it's mostly good.
It's kind of not fair to the Stargates because while I acknowledge they have their fanbases and are probably good, they never did anything for me. Same thing with Doctor Who.
I honestly want to put B5 higher, but holy shit the special effects are SD and ugly as sin, even at the time they were ugly and poor. Trying to watch it now is very difficult.
FOR REFERENCE, this was airing:
At the same time as this:
Farscape deserves a lot better (and I honestly think Picard is a worse show than Discovery because Discovery is at least not assassinating TNG with it's awfulness) and I think that Firefly is overrated as EFF but it's mostly good.
It's kind of not fair to the Stargates because while I acknowledge they have their fanbases and are probably good, they never did anything for me. Same thing with Doctor Who.
I honestly want to put B5 higher, but holy shit the special effects are SD and ugly as sin, even at the time they were ugly and poor. Trying to watch it now is very difficult.
FOR REFERENCE, this was airing:
At the same time as this:
#3
Gared
Gared
#4
mikerc
mikerc
Left The Mandalorian off my listing because I haven't got D+ so haven't seen it.
Although if you're only going to have 1 Scott Bakula series in here then it should be Quantum Leap rather than Enterprise.
Although if you're only going to have 1 Scott Bakula series in here then it should be Quantum Leap rather than Enterprise.
#5
Frank
Frank
#6
drifter
drifter
#7
Bubble181
S tier - TNG and B 5 defined my childhood and are still the pinnacles of the type of scifi I like best.
A tier - DS9 is great, but it's not as innovative as TNG. Firefly died too young, the Mandalorian was great fun and has potential to become great. Farscape... I dunno. I was really in doubt where to put it. I only watched it 10 or so years after it ended.
B tier: I've only seen the first season of Discovery but it's the new Trek I like best - it feels more trekky to me than Enterprise, or what little I've seen of Picard. I like Dr Who, but I've never really latched on. It has some great parts, though also some really rough bits. TOS was original and stuff for its time, but it feels more dated to me - this has more to do with my age than the show, I guess. Voyager... It's no TNG or DS9, that's for sure. It's got lots of bad bits, but I like it when I was younger and I think it gets a bad rep because it came out more or less at the same time as DS9. The original Battlestar... I haven't seen it in 25 years, but I really did love it as a kid. Another one I struggled with, though. SG-1...maybe it should go a tier higher. I dunno, I liked parts but certainly in the latter seasons I disliked more than I liked.
C-tier: new Battlestar. It had lots of potential, great visuals, good acting and special effects, it was a Thing... And completely crashed and burned in the end. It's like A Game of Thrones, but scifi.
D-tier: two spin-offs that didn't need to exist and retroactively made the original worse. I never made it past the second season of Enterprise, or the third of Atlantis.
Not featured: Picard and the Expanse. Haven't seen them yet.
I do want to say my list is not meant as a fair "which is the best", but a personal "which did I like best". They're definitely different
Bubble181
S tier - TNG and B 5 defined my childhood and are still the pinnacles of the type of scifi I like best.
A tier - DS9 is great, but it's not as innovative as TNG. Firefly died too young, the Mandalorian was great fun and has potential to become great. Farscape... I dunno. I was really in doubt where to put it. I only watched it 10 or so years after it ended.
B tier: I've only seen the first season of Discovery but it's the new Trek I like best - it feels more trekky to me than Enterprise, or what little I've seen of Picard. I like Dr Who, but I've never really latched on. It has some great parts, though also some really rough bits. TOS was original and stuff for its time, but it feels more dated to me - this has more to do with my age than the show, I guess. Voyager... It's no TNG or DS9, that's for sure. It's got lots of bad bits, but I like it when I was younger and I think it gets a bad rep because it came out more or less at the same time as DS9. The original Battlestar... I haven't seen it in 25 years, but I really did love it as a kid. Another one I struggled with, though. SG-1...maybe it should go a tier higher. I dunno, I liked parts but certainly in the latter seasons I disliked more than I liked.
C-tier: new Battlestar. It had lots of potential, great visuals, good acting and special effects, it was a Thing... And completely crashed and burned in the end. It's like A Game of Thrones, but scifi.
D-tier: two spin-offs that didn't need to exist and retroactively made the original worse. I never made it past the second season of Enterprise, or the third of Atlantis.
Not featured: Picard and the Expanse. Haven't seen them yet.
I do want to say my list is not meant as a fair "which is the best", but a personal "which did I like best". They're definitely different
#8
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
I too would put Discovery over Picard, if only because Picard should have been like 3 episodes shorter, should have saved the Borg stuff till Season 2...
Also, no Expanse on my list because I haven't seen it.
... and didn't turn Seven in a space vigilante murderer for shits and giggles.
Also, no Expanse on my list because I haven't seen it.
#9
Squidleybits
Squidleybits
#10
Kovac
Kovac
#11
GasBandit
GasBandit
#12
MindDetective
MindDetective
#13
Squidleybits
Squidleybits
#14
PatrThom
PatrThom
#15
GasBandit
GasBandit
#16
bhamv3
bhamv3
#17
PatrThom
PatrThom
#18
Squidleybits
Squidleybits
#19
PatrThom
PatrThom
#20
GasBandit
It's not ANY AND ALL SCI FI SERIES.
As it says in this thread, and in the link, it is space-faring sci fi of non-comedic bent. I guess I should also clarify non-animated.
So the vast majority of that list doesn't apply (or isn't noteworthy enough to merit a D rating or higher)
That said, added Buck Rogers, Lost in Space, Space: Above and Beyond, and The Orville.
If you want an exhaustive all-sci-fi stable, you can make a TierMaker yourself
GasBandit
You clearly didn't read the thread and missed the point.
It's not ANY AND ALL SCI FI SERIES.
As it says in this thread, and in the link, it is space-faring sci fi of non-comedic bent. I guess I should also clarify non-animated.
So the vast majority of that list doesn't apply (or isn't noteworthy enough to merit a D rating or higher)
That said, added Buck Rogers, Lost in Space, Space: Above and Beyond, and The Orville.
If you want an exhaustive all-sci-fi stable, you can make a TierMaker yourself
#21
drifter
drifter
#22
evilmike
evilmike
#23
PatrThom
yourself.
--Patrick
PatrThom
You are correct that I did not read the OP, because I started before it had its own thread and didn't realize the tier page itself had further instructions, soIf you want an exhaustive all-sci-fi stable, you can make a TierMaker yourself
yourself.--Patrick
#24
Squidleybits
Squidleybits
#25
GasBandit
GasBandit
#26
PatrThom
PatrThom
#27
Squidleybits
Squidleybits
#28
GasBandit
tiermaker.com
you could just pick one and use it to make your list.
GasBandit
The site has a LOT of Pokemon-themed templates, ranging from filtered by generation to ALL of them up to date.
Search Results for 'pokemon'
you could just pick one and use it to make your list.
#30
PatrThom
PatrThom
#31
Shawn
Shawn
#32
fade
fade
#33
PatrThom
PatrThom
#34
GasBandit
GasBandit
#35
fade
fade
#36
Frank
Frank
#37
Bubble181
Bubble181
#38
AshburnerX
AshburnerX
#39
Squidleybits
Squidleybits
#40
mikerc
mikerc
#41
Dei
Dei
#42
GasBandit
GasBandit
#43
PatrThom
PatrThom
#44
sixpackshaker
sixpackshaker
#45
Frank
Frank
I thought it was funny that in season 1 Starfleet uniforms were unisex, skirt or pants.
THIS IS THE FUTURE LIBERALS WANT.
And without it, we'd never have Zap Branagan.
THIS IS THE FUTURE LIBERALS WANT.
And without it, we'd never have Zap Branagan.
#46
Celt Z
But I have seen/met Marina at cons and she's one of my favorites.
Celt Z
They were going to kill her off the 1st season, but since Denise Crosby asked to be let go, Troi got to live. And get better writing. But they decided she needed to be eye-candy and made her anorexic, so yay for toxic male showrunners.
But I have seen/met Marina at cons and she's one of my favorites.
#47
Frank
Frank