If you liked Foundation, you will love these sci-fiction treasures

Season two of Foundation, aired on Apple TV to great acclaim.  It is based on novels by the well-known author, Isaac Asimov and has received a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes and got raving reviews from critics. “With its complicated bedrock now established, Foundation spreads its wings in an improved sophomore season that rewards viewers’ patience with a brainy sci-fi epic of genuine grandeur.” So, highly recommended to put aside your casino coupon codes gameplay and be sure to check it out.

It is also becoming clear that Apple TV is streaming some of the best sci-fi out there. Some other shows like For All Mankind and Silo have also received critical acclaim.  And there are other excellent sci-fi series showing on other platforms, Netflix, HBO’s Max as well as Apple TV+.

Below are a number of new sci-fi series that will enthrall fans hooked on the sci-fi genre.

Silo – Apple TV+

Silo is all about the remaining 10,000 people alive on Earth.  They are all inhabiting a deep underground home which is keeping them safe from the toxic environment outside.  As in “We do not know why everything outside the Silo is as it is.  We do not know when it will be safe to go outside.  We only know that day is not this day.”

No one is allowed to get too curious about what is going on outside of the silo, the reasons they are there or why it was built.  Any questions are immediately squelched.  If anyone is overheard saying that want to learn more about the outside, they are immediately offered the option to leave but they need to know that there is no coming back. Once out, that’s it.

Those living in the silo also know that living in the silo means everything remains the same, always.  For example, those living on the lower floors of the silo, “the deep down”, are looked down upon by those on the upper floors who are more privileged.   The so-called leaders or founders keep people in line using “religious’ and other rituals, as a means of control.

A great TV drama, keeps you hooked in.  With each episode you get more sucked into the post-apocalyptic narrative, just waiting for the next episode.

The executive producer, Rebecca Ferguson also plays Juliette in the series.  Juliette is an engineer on the hunt for answers to the murder of a loved one and is a central figure in most of the mysteries around the silo.

Alice in Borderland – Netflix

This series is based on the novel by Haro Aso.  It was released in 2020. Netflix outlines it thus:

“Arisu – a listless, jobless, and video-game-obsessed young man – suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.  In this strange world, Arisu meets Usagi, a young woman who’s navigating the games alone.  Together, they set out to unravel one mystery after another as they risk their lives and confront what it means to live.”

The director, Shinsuke Sato says “It’s a battle of life and death.  These guys are not warriors. They are not soldiers or heroes.  They’re regular people in Tokyo. So, when they gather in Shibuya at the end to finish this chaotic game, I thought it would be great to show them standing up to the fight as heroes.”

When asked about Alice in Borderland, Kento Yamazaki, who stars in the series, praised it and said “so many things about it (the series) have never been done in Japan before.”

Station Eleven – HBO’s Max

A series, very appropriate for our time is Station Eleven, a post-apocalyptic drama based on the novel by Emily St. John Mandel of the same name.  Station Eleven is about those who have survived a deadly flu pandemic and their attempts to reconstruct and recreate a new world while trying to keep hold of the prized things that they had before the devastation took place.   Perhaps it’s a little too close to home?

Rotten Tomatoes gave a 98% critics’ score which ain’t half bad.  Mackenzie Davis, Gael Garcia Bernal and Himesh Patel are among the cast.

Another sci-fi series that shouldn’t be missed.