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Comforting science fiction (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by nodimetotie@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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Which sci-fi titles (movies, books) do you consider comforting, cozy, something you come back to from time to time? For me, I guess it is The Matrix. Still holds up to this day, gets better with every re-watch, and gives me a sense of peace when I need it.

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[–] joneskind@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My favorite all time movie is Interstellar but I wouldn’t call it comforting or cozy

I loved Orson Scott Card’s Ender and Alvin cycle

YSK Card had some problematic words regarding LGBT community at some point but made amend since. I read the books before hearing about that, and that’s something I wish I had known of. You might want to check his words before giving him your money.

I guess one cozy and comforting show would be some old stuff from my youth like Stargate SG1, X-Files or Sliders maybe? Something that I would put on a screen like an old friend and doing something else in the meantime.

[–] nodimetotie@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I read the Ender's Game (and watched the movie after that) recently. It was pretty brutal at times, but I liked it.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 11 months ago

The first couple seasons of Sliders are really comfy. It starts fast, episodes are self contained, and the world is usually in a slightly better state at the end of each episode. Often it's thought provoking too, but not in a Black Mirror doom and gloom way.

SG1 is great and can have the same feeling, but it takes a couple seasons to get there. Definitely worth watching in my opinion, but if you want an immediate hit of comfort it may not work unless it's a rewatch.