Comments on: 5 Scifi or Fantasy Shows Now Streaming Via Netflix

By: Patrick Hester

Patrick Hester — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:55:46 +0000

Farscape is also on Netflix. I’ve never messed with Amazon Prime, myself. Netflix feels easier.

By: Paul (@princejvstin)

Paul (@princejvstin) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:38:25 +0000

Amazon Prime has a lot more Who. Netflix needs to step up…

By: Paul Weimer

Paul Weimer — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 23:07:48 +0000

And there are a bunch more on Amazon Prime, too. I’ve been rewatching Farscape, amongst other things.

By: jenn brissett

jenn brissett — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:40:02 +0000

I never read the books (probably will at some point) so I can’t really judge the show based on them. Maybe that’s what the producers of the show were hoping for–that folks would go in cold and watch it for its own merits which were pretty good. I suppose, in the end, that didn’t work out.

By: Patrick Hester

Patrick Hester — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:21:16 +0000

Atlantis and Universe are also streaming (last time I checked). As for Dresden, it was an entertaining show, but left so much of what Butcher created off-screen as to be very frustrating.

By: Patrick Hester

Patrick Hester — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:19:01 +0000

I noticed they have a few Classic Doctor Who episodes, like Baker’s Key to Time, but, yeah – they could use more Who. I believe the new series is available. Torchwood was as well, not sure if it still is (shows come and go based on licensing agreements with various markets).

By: jenn brissett

jenn brissett — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:43:45 +0000

I’ve been catching up on old “Stargate SG-1″ episodes. There is so much of their really long run that I missed. Also “Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories” is much better that I remember. And “The Dresden Files”!! It’s a real shame there aren’t more episodes of those. That was a seriously good show.

By: Greg L.

Greg L. — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:36:15 +0000

I’ve been having a blast watching the original Dark Shadows on streaming Netflix. But it doesn’t have all the seasons and it abruptly ended midseason 4! More, please! (It also has the complete revival series, which was also good.)

Not enough Doctor Who available on Netflix.

By: Brian Ruckley

Brian Ruckley — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:15:26 +0000

Yay for the Primeval recommendation. Absolutely not to be taken too seriously, but plenty of fun on offer.

Don’t know if they’re only streaming the most recent series, but I reckon Primeval was actually at its best in its earliest episodes when it was pretty much a ‘monster of the week’ show, with continuity and long-form story arcs present but not intrusively so most of the time. As it’s gone on, it’s tended to take itself a bit too seriously for my liking, building up a show ‘mythology’ that’s compromised some of its initial charm and invited a bit too much viewer consideration of distractions like logic, science, sense etc.

But still, one of the more entertaining UK-originated sf shows of recent years (not that that’s exactly a large field of competitors …)