Explorers are natural heroes : they are bold, braive, ready to risk their life for their adventure, they may have a vision for the future… Besides, following them allow us to discover new cultures, new landscapes. On the downside, series about explorers can hardly be cheap, and that’s what stopped Marco Polo after two sesons, for example, which is really a pity. At the opposite, the success of Vikings allowed the series to explore Russia in the last seasons, and to have a sequel, although a bit less epic.
Explorers of the Earth in History
- Alexander / Netflix / A beautiful docu-series focused on the period of the first part of the conquests (Persia and Egypt).
- Marco Polo / Netflix / from 1270 to 1272, the first years of the famous explorer at the court of the great Kubilai Khan, in China
- Vikings / Amazon & Netflix / A powerful action series with numerous and complex characters. Beautiful and strong ! + spin-off Vikings Valhala : 100 years later, also very good
Science-fiction : explorers of new worlds
- The Expanse / Amazon / A brillant space opera, and an intelligent reflection on what makes us human.
- Stargate SG-1 / Amazon / The airforce opens a gate to distant worlds. A team, composed of an archeologist, a physcist, a miltary and a fighter born on a foreign planet, will explore these worlds.