# As a Sci-Fi fan would I like Netflix? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022 "2011-09-03T02:52:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/1 "2011-09-03T02:52:30Z")
I gather Netflix has all the Star Trek series (Except DS9). That alone makes me almost want to join. What else does Netflix have to offer in the way of Sci-Fi? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/2 "2011-09-03T03:04:09Z")
I assume you mean Instant Watch. Just picking a few on my own queue I have: Blade Runner Contact Serenity Firefly Doctor Who Futurama Stargate SG1 and Universe Lost Eureka BSG I say it’s got a pretty decent selection. And I think DS9 is coming soon. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/3 "2011-09-03T03:17:14Z")
Because of Netflix, my wife has been able to see many of my fave sci-fi movies and tv from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Some of it cheesy and fun, some of it classic and interesting, but all of it sci-fi. Some of it she’s really liked. As for the rest, she says now she knows why about certain things I say and do. / ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/4 "2011-09-03T03:28:12Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I gather Netflix has all the Star Trek series (Except DS9). That alone makes me almost want to join. > > What else does Netflix have to offer in the way of Sci-Fi? Streaming? Yep, it’s worth it for Sci-fi/Fantasy. They have Legend of the Seeker, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/5 "2011-09-04T05:27:16Z")
They have _Farscape_. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/6 "2011-09-04T05:54:12Z")
You’ve also got the whole run of _The Twilight Zone_, most of which is _extremely_ corny but some of which is truly classic. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/7 "2011-09-04T13:45:10Z")
Battlestar Galactica - the newer one with Edward James Olmos. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/8 "2011-09-04T14:17:51Z")
Most importantly, they have episodes of _Doctor Who_. Update: It was listed by **enalzi** , but it is important enough to list on it’s own. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/9 "2011-09-04T16:26:41Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Streaming? Yep, it’s worth it for Sci-fi/Fantasy. > They have Legend of the Seeker, too. I have a friend that loved that. She ended up listening to all the books. She also likes **Robin Hood** and **Merlin**. The is also a fair amount of Sci-fi on Hulu. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/10 "2011-09-05T03:35:28Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Most importantly, they have episodes of _Doctor Who_. > > Update: It was listed by **enalzi** , but it is important enough to list on it’s own. And Torchwood! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-sci-fi-fan-would-i-like-netflix/595022/11 "2011-09-05T13:02:37Z")
I was given a gift subscription a while back and the first 3 movies I looked for they didn’t have. All nerd faves. (Like [The Race for the Double Helix](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093815/), which is more Science Fact rather than Science Fiction.) Not available on DVD. I very quickly exhausted their supply of interesting (to me) SF movies. Ended up renting a bunch of 60s low budget exploitation films for fun just to run out the clock. So it’s really hit or miss, with a lot of miss. Not all of which is their fault.