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I don't look to TV for sci fi. There's a lot of crappy scifi TV out there (Lost in Space has it's campy fun moments, but it wasn't good sci fi, and I never got into anything like Lexx or Firefly or that thing with the farting alien and the oversexed plant).
Even most big budget scifi movies miss the mark ... all you people who loved Avatar? If it weren't for the 3D distracting you, you would have realized it was just Dances with Flying Lizards ... nothing special, nothing non-formula about it.
I didn't like the Battlestar remake or reboot ... I wasn't fond of the original series, and despite multiple tries, I cannot get into the new one at all.
X-files was okay, Fringe started all right, but I haven't followed it at all to know if it has gone from quirky to stupid, and has that dude figured out he's a clone of his crazy "dad" yet? (I don't know if that's even supposed to be a plot point, but it seemed pretty obvious to me from the outset).
Current sci fi TV seems to have to be confusing (The Event) and shiny. I like my scifi a bit gritty, if I may.
Luckily, there is plenty of good scifi to read ... a friend just turned me on to Greg Egan, Neal Asher, and I've been very enchanted with John Scalzi.
You know what you should do, dana? Look for a set of Blakes 7 DVDs.
Oh, and I hear they might be doing a remake of that, probably going to bollux it up something fierce.
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