Ok, so I was wondering if there are any sci-fi movies/shows resembling Star Conflict? You know, huge space battles between massive fleets with frigates and capital ships and all that? Like Ender’s Game, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica etc.
Come on, hit me, I’m aching for a good space opera. (I watched Ender’s Game, Star Trek 2009 and Star Trek Into Darkness, anything other than that?)
viewed by many as the best scifi series of all time. watch the series first, then the movie. may be hard to get used to, but it’s an epic piece of work.
Also, the interior sets match the CGI very much, so actually, once you are in it, the story can devour you.
The Stargate franchise has some nice space battles in the last SG-1 seasons, and of course in the spin-off Atlantis. And the series are fun. Even tho I never was completely into it, I still regard SG/Atlantis space battles as one of the best to watch at in series.
Star Trek has multiple series you can watch (except the original ones, which are really really outdated now), i still think, DS-9 has some nice “war theme” going on; Of course there it’s more the story, than the actual CGI.
If you like Star Trek and Babylon 5, Star Wreck - In the Pirkinning is a nice little afternoon snack.
Star Wars ?
not so many epic battles, and quite a weird story, but lets not forget Farscape as a worthy space opera.
- Firefly (has one season) + the movie Serenity in the end (has the big battle and concludes the series)
viewed by many as the best scifi series of all time. watch the series first, then the movie. may be hard to get used to, but it’s an epic piece of work.
- Babylon 5 has some of the more decent stories, but the CGI is old. However nobody can forget G’Kar and Mollaris epic acting. Which unfortunately does not mean, every actor in that series is good, but at least, some try
Also, the interior sets match the CGI very much, so actually, once you are in it, the story can devour you.
The Stargate franchise has some nice space battles in the last SG-1 seasons, and of course in the spin-off Atlantis. And the series are fun. Even tho I never was completely into it, I still regard SG/Atlantis space battles as one of the best to watch at in series.
Star Trek has multiple series you can watch (except the original ones, which are really really outdated now), i still think, DS-9 has some nice “war theme” going on; Of course there it’s more the story, than the actual CGI.
If you like Star Trek and Babylon 5, Star Wreck - In the Pirkinning is a nice little afternoon snack.
Star Wars ?
not so many epic battles, and quite a weird story, but lets not forget Farscape as a worthy space opera.
If you’re going to mention Stargate, you should definitely at least glance at SGU. It’s extremely different from the other two series, and only got two seasons before Stargate was put to its final rest, but it still has some nice space scenes.
I wasn’t mentioning it directly, because SGU has a lot less space battles imho, but of course a very good character development.
the pace of the series was also a bit too slow, watching them fighting small problems for a whole season, full of plots which actually were not really anything new for any sci fi fan, just makes it a show, which is enjoyable for purists mostly.
In the end i basicly watched it to see Dr. Rush - and even if the series are much more stupid, i can enjoy the same actor in Once upon a time, too.
SGU might have become quite good if they would have continued yet another season, very similar to ST:ENT; however with Enterprise (Cpt. Archer), at least they really nailed the fourth season.
True enough. There are a lot of nicely animated space scenes, though. The planet blowing up, the FTL effect, looking at the ship from the exterior, and an admittedly sparse amount of space battles.
And also, Eli was absolutely the best character. Rush was pretty good, too, but didn’t get developed as much, and was kind of a jerk. And then Greer was also pretty neat.
But yeah, SGU doesn’t have as many explosions as many people like in their sci-fi.
Thanks for the responses, will check these out, if you come up with anything else, post it 
What about Battlestar Galactica, worth watching?
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Thanks for the responses, will check these out, if you come up with anything else, post it
Lol i thought from your post that you have watched B. Galactica already?! You asked for battles in TV shows, well there you go.
Ok, so I was wondering if there are any sci-fi movies/shows resembling Star Conflict? You know, huge space battles between massive fleets with frigates and capital ships and all that? Like Ender’s Game, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica etc.
Come on, hit me, I’m aching for a good space opera. (I watched Ender’s Game, Star Trek 2009 and Star Trek Into Darkness, anything other than that?)
Only sci fi film like Star Conflict I know of is Wing Commander; it focuses primarily on fighter actions rather than capital ship warfare. It is also terrible. I mean really, really terrible. So bad you can be executed for showing it to people in eight US States kind of terrible.
So basically, it’s like playing T4 PvP.
Only sci fi film like Star Conflict I know of is Wing Commander; it focuses primarily on fighter actions rather than capital ship warfare. It is also terrible. I mean really, really terrible. So bad you can be executed for showing it to people in eight US States kind of terrible.
So basically, it’s like playing T4 PvP.
Wing commander is not that bad really. Ok, the acting and the script are just awful, but the CGI and the battles are fun to watch.
Capital ship warfare in that movie is horrible tbh, they move in Battlefleet Gothic fashion, with slow moving torpedoes and broadside passes at short range. But it is cool.
And also, Eli was absolutely the best character. Rush was pretty good, too, but didn’t get developed as much, and was kind of a jerk. And then Greer was also pretty neat.
define “best”
(now i am going a bit offtopic)
i think it’s a quite different character, and of course eli appealed to me aswell, since he is supposed to be the character you identify with: young gamer, full of ideas and potential, gets beamed up to the spaceship by a funny general and suddenly finds himself in a galactic adventure. also his love story was quite impressive and also quite dramatic in its own way.
however, dr. rush appealed way more to me, since his role is deeply intellectual, deeply emotional, and very good writing and acting - he is the cold science, who actually makes a lot of sense, and sometimes you can see that he actually has a big heart, but does not want the opportunity wasted to solve the mystery of the gateship.
having lost his wife, rush seems to be reduced to cold logic and science at times, but exactly the portrayal of this deeply torn character needed a very impressive piece of acting, and the fact, that you kind of “hate” the character at times, is just a result of that.
Greer is of course yet another well played character, indeed. And by far one of the most entertaining ones. Even the Colonel, who turns out to be quite corrupt in his own way, is in fact a great character, and some of the plot twists with the Lucian Alliance were awesome conclusions of the other SG series.
So it’s really not the characters, or the idea itself, basicly, SGU was missing a greater *new* plot arc, and was focusing too much on the characters and the SG background story at times. Which made it look like a C.S. Lewis sci-fi story, with great morale questioning characters, great visions of scifi, but little entertainment value; a hard to read book that tells a very intellectual story with beautiful pictures, but sometimes misses to actually keep it interesting to appeal to everyone.
This made SGU sometimes almost the opposite of what the rest of the franchise was: not taking yourself seriously, funny lines while portraying murrican heroes, trying to avoid senseless tech talk, and coming up with rather good villains, like Ba’al, Yu, Adria. Even Atlantis did that one right.
It was definitely canceled before it could reach its full potential, without question. But maybe it could have needed a couple more epic space battles, like entering a galaxy where some alien factions were at some giant war; they could have taken a look at Star Treks “Voyager” for that part, which is in fact a very similar storytelling, but way better; even if SGU was way more dark, serious and could have been awesome at some point.
So, yeah, Voyager is also quite nice btw. at least Species 8472 vs. the Borg story arc e.g. has some really nice space battles in it.
Every time I watched that series again, at least, I was like “Oh yeah, now they enter borg space, prepare to be assimilated!” - voyager clearly did its part to define that alien race, which is one of the big intuitive and original ones of the st universe.
Wing commander is not that bad really. Ok, the acting and the script are just awful, but the CGI and the battles are fun to watch.
you just kinda made me wanna see that one. i played the games, but never wanted to see the movie…
Wing Commander aint bad movie (ok it’s not for oscar obviously) it’s from 1999, maybe someone will see it outdated these days, 'am not going to explain here “pros and cons” about this movie, but don’t forget that Chris Roberts is director (hehehe) and everyone should see it and then get yourself in film critic mood. It’s more for true sci-fi and game likers, something like when someone say “you played DOOM 3, but did ya watched the movie???” So, for true DOOMers, DOOM movie is a must. Same with Wing Commander
heh, but doom didn’t really strike me with the epic back story while playing so the expectations for that were pretty low, and that made it quite a fun movie
anyway, now watched wing commander, not that bad anyway. the game story had more to it tho.
dat camo of chris roberts in wing commander as the concordia rescue service pilot however (i would not have recognized him in 1999 anyway) was my biggest smile
Only sci fi film like Star Conflict I know of is Wing Commander… So bad you can be executed for showing it to people in eig; ht US States kind of terrible.
You can’t knock that soundtrack though…
Also, Titan AE
Also, Titan AE
Titan AE was very good. I still don’t understand why it was such a big office flop. Maybe because it is too adult for children but too simple for adults (also, adults didn’t go watch cartoon movies, not in the late nineties)
Wing Commander aint bad movie (ok it’s not for oscar obviously) it’s from 1999, maybe someone will see it outdated these days, 'am not going to explain here “pros and cons” about this movie, but don’t forget that Chris Roberts is director (hehehe) and everyone should see it and then get yourself in film critic mood. It’s more for true sci-fi and game likers, something like when someone say “you played DOOM 3, but did ya watched the movie???” So, for true DOOMers, DOOM movie is a must. Same with Wing Commander
Doom the movie wasn’t DOOM. It wasn’t even a particularly good Doom 3 spinoff, let alone the superior original pair.
Doom the movie wasn’t DOOM. It wasn’t even a particularly good Doom 3 spinoff, let alone the superior original pair.
It’s not about game, it’s about a name which can promote the game a little or something (even when it has a barely 10% of the game) Of course DOOM movie is not actually that “Mars” as you can play in the game, but it can hold some ropes.
It’s not about game, it’s about a name which can promote the game a little or something. Of course DOOM movie is not actually that “Mars” as you can play in the game, but it can hold some ropes.
I’d much rather have a movie based loosely on a video game, than a video game based loosely on a movie. Terrible superhero videogames anyone (Spiderman, Ironman)? Except for Batman, of course.