I should just hand him Janelle Monáe's back catalogue, right
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Seconding above recs for Sleepy Hollow (silly and ridiculous but good, as long as you are willing to ignore the blatantly misogynist writing of Katrina Crane), DS9, and Elementary (OMG how perfect is Joan Watson? The perfectest, that's how). If your dad watched Eureka, he's probably already aware of Warehouse 13 (also campy and ridiculous at times) which featured a black woman in the main ensemble for the first three(?) seasons, and a black woman in the supporting cast for the entire run. The supporting character, Mrs Fredericks, didn't show up in every episode, but she was the Person in Charge of Everything. I felt like sometimes her role verged into Magical Negro territory, but she wasn't the only character who had mystical whatsits going on. I'm not sure if Person of Interest counts as scifi or dystopian thriller, but the black woman cop in the first three seasons was excellent. She got written out and replaced with a light/passing Iranian/Spanish actress, sadly.
There's also the whole universe of J-dramas, K-dramas, Bollywood, Lollywood, etc. I'm not as familiar with what scifi is available there, but I feel like I have to shout out Enthiran for the single most ridiculous mecha scene in film history.
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Seconding above recs for Sleepy Hollow (silly and ridiculous but good, as long as you are willing to ignore the blatantly misogynist writing of Katrina Crane), DS9, and Elementary (OMG how perfect is Joan Watson? The perfectest, that's how). If your dad watched Eureka, he's probably already aware of Warehouse 13 (also campy and ridiculous at times) which featured a black woman in the main ensemble for the first three(?) seasons, and a black woman in the supporting cast for the entire run. The supporting character, Mrs Fredericks, didn't show up in every episode, but she was the Person in Charge of Everything. I felt like sometimes her role verged into Magical Negro territory, but she wasn't the only character who had mystical whatsits going on. I'm not sure if Person of Interest counts as scifi or dystopian thriller, but the black woman cop in the first three seasons was excellent. She got written out and replaced with a light/passing Iranian/Spanish actress, sadly.
There's also the whole universe of J-dramas, K-dramas, Bollywood, Lollywood, etc. I'm not as familiar with what scifi is available there, but I feel like I have to shout out Enthiran for the single most ridiculous mecha scene in film history.