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  • windchime@kbin.socialtoScience Fiction@kbin.social•Apple Has Saved Smart Sci-Fi After The Movies Died Out - But There's A Catch
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    1 year ago

    I haven’t seen Silo yet (soon!), but Severance was amazing, and very unique. For All Mankind is great, too. And I know people have mixed feelings about Foundation, with all the changes from the source material, but I enjoyed that, as well.

    One thing I like about Apple TV’s shows is that they don’t seem to be afraid to try new directions - Severance is a great example of this. As is Servant - I didn’t enjoy that one, but it was certainly different! While other streaming services appear to be primarily focussed on the next big media property they can adapt (The Witcher, Wheel of Time, Rings of Power), Apple seem to be a bit more willing to think outside the box.

  • windchime@kbin.socialtoScience Fiction@kbin.social•AI: The worst-case scenario
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know about causing extinction, but I was having a conversation with a friend the other day about how disappointing it is that, as kids, we were promised in fiction/movies/TV that in the future robots and AI would be doing all the menial work, freeing humans up to spend more time being creative…

    And instead here we are, faced with the prospect of AI doing much of the creative work, while we’re left with the menial stuff.

  • windchime@kbin.socialtoBooks@kbin.social•What do people use to track their reading?
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    1 year ago

    I used to use Goodreads, but switched to StoryGraph at the beginning of the year, and haven’t looked back. The only time I refer to Goodreads now is when I want to know if a book in a series can be read standalone, since that’s often mentioned in their question/answer section for the book, and it saves risking spoilers by reading reviews.

    Though that said, I’ve yet to come across a spoilery review (that wasn’t indicated as such) on StoryGraph…

    I looked at BookWyrm, and did set up an account on an instance, but I prefer StoryGraph.

    ETA: I haven’t really looked at the recommendations feature on StoryGraph, so I can’t help you with how well that does or doesn’t work. My TBR is way too long already…!

  • windchime@kbin.socialtoScience Fiction@kbin.social•Which is your favourite scifi TV show?
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    1 year ago

    Everything I was going to say has already been mentioned, some numerous times: The Expanse, Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5, Firefly, Farscape, Fringe, Altered Carbon season 1, Dark Matter, Killjoys, Twelve Monkeys.

    So may I offer up Timeless and Warehouse 13? Both character-focussed and on the lighter side, but also dealing occasionally with some pretty deep character arcs. And they were just FUN (especially Warehouse 13).

    Also, more recently I really enjoyed The Peripheral (though I would have preferred a proper ending, rather than the dangling threads we were left with - especially since, at the time, we didn’t know if there would be a second season).

    ETA: Oh, and I haven’t seen any Star Wars shows mentioned besides Andor - which was admittedly fantastic. But my favourite Star Wars TV series are SW: Rebels and SW:The Clone Wars. The latter because it added so much depth to Anakin and Obi-Wan, along with many other characters, and also gave us great new characters like Ahsoka and Wrex. And Rebels holds a place in my heart - many of my favourite Star Wars characters come from that series (Hera, Kanan, Sabine… and Chopper!)