HBO MAX
HAS A LOT TO
OFFER IN THE SCI-FI GENRE.
PRESTIGE DRAMAS
WITH GREAT PRODUCTION QUALITY
AND LENGTHY EPISODES OFFERS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR ALL
AGE GROUPS.
HERE'S A
LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST SCI-FI
TV SHOWS THAT YOU CAN STREAM
RIGHT NOW ON HBO MAX.
LET'S START OUR RUNDOWN AT NUMBER 7
WITH "BEFOREIGNERS".
THE FIRST NORDIC
ORIGINAL SERIES ON HBO
IS A FASCINATING
SCI-FI CRIME DRAMA
WITH THE MOST UNLIKELY
DETECTIVE PARTNERSHIP
YOU COULD IMAGINE.
THE STORY REVOLVES
AROUND TWO VIKINGS
WHO MAGICALLY COME TO OSLO.
LARS, A SENIOR
INVESTIGATOR, PARTNERS UP
WITH ALFHILDR
TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER
OF A STONE AGE WOMAN
AS THEY DISCOVER
MANY PEOPLE FROM THE PAST
HAVE SOUGHT SAFETY IN THE PRESENT.
BEFOREIGNERS
IS ONE STRANGE MURDER MYSTERY
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS WITH LOTS
OF RICH COMEDY MATERIAL
OKAY ONTO AT
NUMBER 6,
WE HAVE "YEARS AND YEARS".
YEARS AND YEARS IS A MUST
SEE IF YOU WERE BLOWN AWAY
BY RUSSELL T DAVIES' "IT'S A SIN".
THIS 2019 BRITISH SCI-FI
DRAMA FOCUSES ON POLITICIAN
VIVIENNE ROOKS
CONTROVERSY ON LIVE TV.
WITH ALL THE UPS AND DOWNS
OF THE LYONS FAMILY,
WHEN THEIR YOUNGEST SIBLING,
ROSIE GOES INTO LABOR,
FROM TECHNICAL ADVANCEMENTS
TO LIFE CHANGING EVENTS,
THE LYONS
GO THROUGH IT ALL
WHILE MAINTAINING A PLEASANT SENSE
OF HUMOR.
AS BRITAIN GRADUALLY TRANSFORMED
INTO A DICTATORSHIP,
OVER THE YEARS.
COMING IN AT NUMBER 5,
"PEACEMAKER".
AS TEMPTING
AS IT IS TO DISREGARD
SUPERHERO SERIES,
PEACEMAKER, UNQUESTIONABLY
HAS A SCI-FI EDGE TO IT.
THEREFORE,
IT EARNS A SPOT ON OUR LIST.
DESPITE APPEARING TO BE INFLUENCED
BY B-MOVIES,
THE SUICIDE SQUAD SPINOFF SERIES
FOCUSES ON THE TITULAR PEACEMAKER.
JAMES GUNN'S SERIES IS SIMPLY
AMUSING AND WELL-WRITTEN,
SUCCESSFULLY REHABILITATING
A HILARIOUS
BUT HOMICIDAL MONSTER
WITHOUT COMPROMISING
THE THINGS THAT MAKE PEACEMAKER
SUCH A MEMORABLE CHARACTER
WITH A SURPRISE HEART
IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR HIS FREEDOM.
MOVING ON TO NUMBER 4,
WE HAVE "PERSON OF INTEREST".
WHAT IF CRIMES COULD BE AVOIDED
BEFORE THEY'RE COMMITTED?
THIS PREMISE HAS INTRIGUED
THE INTEREST IN JONATHAN NOLAN'S
SCI-FI CRIMINAL DRAMA.
THE PLOT REVOLVES AROUND PRECOG-LIKE
LIKE TECHNOLOGIES
EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT
TO FORESEE FUTURE
TERRORIST ATTACKS.
HOWEVER,
THE MACHINE CAN ALSO DETECT
SMALLER, MORE
LETHAL CRIMES AS WELL.
AN UNDERGROUND DETECTIVE'S
SET OUT TO INVESTIGATE
THE PERSONS OF INTEREST.
THE SERIES IS CLEVER
AND ENTERTAINING,
RAISING IMPORTANT ETHICAL CONCERNS
WHILE PROVIDING
SPECTACULAR ACTION
AND COMPELLING CHARACTERS.
ON TO NUMBER 3,
WE HAVE "FRINGE".
THIS FIVE SEASON SCI-FI
MYSTERY TAKES THE X-FILES
FORMULA AND SWAPS IT WITH ALIENS
FROM PARALLEL UNIVERSES
WITH ALTERNATE TIMELINES.
AS A TEAM,
FBI AGENTS AND SCIENTISTS
WORK TOGETHER TO INVESTIGATE
A STRANGE PHENOMENON
THAT CANNOT BE EXPLAINED.
FRINGE HAS FOCUSED ON STORYLINE
AND CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
THROUGHOUT FIVE SEASONS
OF THE SHOW,
WHILE ALSO BRINGING NEW CONCEPTS
AND A POWERFUL EMOTIONAL CORE
ALONG THE JOURNEY
COMING ON
TO NUMBER TWO,
WE HAVE "WESTWORLD".
IT'S TOUGH TO IMAGINE
A WESTERN STYLE SERIES
WITH HEAVY SCI-FI ELEMENTS,
BUT WESTWORLD
ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL WESTERN.
SEASON FOUR OF THIS
INCREDIBLY MIND-BENDING
SCI-FI SERIES
IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE
ON STREAMING SERVICES LATER
THIS YEAR.
WE MAY JOURNEY
THROUGH COMPLICATED LOOPS
IN THIS NEW SEASON.
SEASON ONE IS SET AT A VIOLENT
AND OBSCENE AMUSEMENT PARK
WHERE WEALTHY GUESTS
CAN SHOOT, KILL,
AND VIOLATE
THE ANDROID HOSTS IN ANY WAY
THEY SEE FIT
WITH A FOCUS ON DOLORES
AND OTHER HOSTS.
SEASON TWO AND THREE FOCUSES
ON THE UPRISING OF ANDROIDS
WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HUMANS.
BUT THE STORY HAS NOW DEVELOPED
INTO A MUCH MORE DETAILED PREMISE
FINALLY, AT NUMBER 1,
WE HAVE "DOCTOR WHO".
AT THIS POINT,
IT MAY BE TOUGH TO RECRUIT
NEW FANS FOR THIS
LONG RUNNING BRITISH SHOW.
THIS SCI-FI JUGGERNAUT
ON THE OTHER HAND,
HAS BEEN CAPTIVATING AUDIENCES
FOR DECADES WITH ITS INTRIGUING
AND INNOVATIVE PLOTS
SINCE IT FIRST AIRED.
FROM TIME TRAVEL TO SPACE
FARING ALIEN EXPLORATION
THE SERIES HAS IT ALL.
DOCTOR WHO HAS STOOD
THE TEST OF TIME
AS ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED
SCI-FI SERIES
WITH A RICH WORLD OF ACTION,
COMEDY, HORROR
AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
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