5 Most Family-Friendly Sci-Fi Shows to Watch with Your Kids, Picked by Reddit
It's a tall order to create a series that both kids and parents won't get bored watching, but these projects did the best job possible.
It's easy to get confused in the world of content, because today's platforms are teeming with different series about everything under the sun.
Here are five sci-fi series that a child will enjoy watching while also learning something new.
1. Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1987-1994
In 1987, a new series based on the Star Trek universe was launched. One hundred years after Kirk and Spock, Captain Picard, the navigator Crusher, the android Data and the Klingon Worf set out to explore space.
The Next Generation brought the ideas of the original to perfection and finally shaped the appearance of the universe, introducing much that Star Trek cannot be imagined without. It was the most popular project in the history of the franchise, and it was with The Next Generation that many fans were introduced to Star Trek.
2. Farscape, 1999-2003
No matter how enthusiastic fans are about The Next Generation, they still admit that the show's characters are just too perfect. This is natural for a show aimed at enthusiastic children, but older viewers, teenagers, prefer shows with more complex and ambiguous characters.
And it is these characters that Farscape offers – a series in which a modern Earth astronaut finds himself in the depths of the galaxy and becomes a member of the crew of a former prison ship piloted by freed prisoners from different planets. Watching such a show is much more exciting than The Next Generation, because you can expect some questionable decisions not only from the villains, but also from the main characters.
3. Lost in Space, 2018-2021
Netflix 's extensive library includes, among other things, overlooked sci-fi that is suitable for the whole family.
Lost in Space is a surprisingly naive and even overly childish series about the survival of humanity’s last hope. In the story, the large Robinson family is sent onto a huge spaceship with hundreds of earthlings who are about to be sent to colonize new universes.
Due to a sudden attack, the characters fall on an unknown but habitable planet, not knowing whether anyone else from the ship's crew has survived.
4. Star Wars: The Clone Wars, 2008-2020
The Star Wars animated series are created to attract children and ensure the longevity of the Star Wars franchise. But because The Clone Wars is a canonical show that shows how events unfolded between the blockbusters, adult fans watch it with pleasure and interest.
The Clone Wars depicts Anakin's dramatic fall into darkness and Ahsoka 's loss of faith in her teacher. The series expands the universe, answers many of the questions that have plagued fans, and introduces new characters who quickly rise to the level of the saga's main stars.
5. Red Dwarf, 1988-...
Red Dwarf is an iconic British sitcom set in the distant future – so far in the future that humanity is extinct. The only person left in the universe is Dave, a junior technician on the Red Dwarf mining ship who accidentally spent three million years in suspended animation.
Now he wanders the vastness of space in the company of a hologram of his former colleague, an eccentric robot, an intelligent on-board computer, and a humanoid creature evolved from a domestic cat.
Despite their existential loneliness, the characters in Red Dwarf have so much fun that you won't be able to tear yourself, or your children, away from the screen.