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That's an impressive number of books, movies, and TV shows!

I like your thoughts on the Star Trek reboot. I think part of the dissonance with the reboot is has to do with J.J. Abrams's understanding of Star Trek -- which is to say, I'm pretty sure he's admitted in an interview that he doesn't like the original Star Trek and revamped the series to be more like Star Wars (at least in terms of philosophy and emotional structure). So he pretty much doesn't care too much about imitating the earlier Star Trek's progressiveness; he'd rather make action films that sell well :/ At least there's fandom?

Given how much you're already watching, I'm hesitant to suggest another TV show, but it's too good not to mention: if you get the chance you really, really should watch Orphan Black. Beyond having a fun (if sometimes predictable) scifi plot about clones, there are tons of female characters (admittedly, many of them played by Tatiana Maslany because, well, clones), three queer characters who get on-screen romances, and while there aren't a large number of characters of color, I think they do a good job of making the ones they have fully realized people instead of stereotypes. There are also only 10 episodes so far, so it wouldn't be too much of a time commitment.