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Sci-fi is in a bad state not just on Netflix but everywhere. I hoped arriving in the space age would mean more programming, but my fear of it becoming mainstream meaning that a sprinkling of science/space in the background of whatever drama, horror, thriller, etc becomes what's categorized as sci-fi. There's very little where science plays any meaningful part in the premise or plot.

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Sci-fi in books is doing quite well! Between Isaac Asimov and Alastair Reynolds there are 7 decades of high quality sci-fi.

I've read my fair share of Reynolds and for what it's worth if anyone was looking to get into him, I'd recommend House of Suns but to skip Pushing Ice. The latter starts strong but kind of gets nowhere.

> Sci-fi is in a bad state not just on Netflix but everywhere.

Yeah but Netflix is the one that most frequently gives me hope before smashing it. Ha ha, I got to get out of these abusive relationships.

So true, it gets me every time.

Another pet peeve is the grouping of sci-fi with fantasy or horror. There are few cases where there is sufficient science in the fantasy or horror that obeys some premise (e.g. differing physics) but mostly the grouping is noise.

What Netflix really needs is genre search that respects "-" as in "sci-fi -horror -fantasy".

There's Dark and Altered Carbon Season 1. Everything Everywhere All At Once just came out in theatres and that's supposed to be crazy Sci Fi (not supposed to go in knowing much about it)

Have heard Everything Everywhere All At Once is phenomenal. Am so looking forward to seeing it this wknd.

Would suggest: Katla

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a throwback not on Netflix rn: Continuum

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