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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5361711" data-attributes="member: 19675">My take on the various series mentioned here:Andromeda: syndicated action/sci-fi fast-food.&nbsp; It didn't need huge viewership to survive, and because it was primarily an action show with a sci-fi setting, it didn't really need to be quality.&nbsp; Stations that aired it could choose where it fit best in its lineup.Farscape: a decent show I found only in rerun after it had been cancelled.&nbsp; Some of it I found to be pretty well done, some of it meh.&nbsp; It was too inconsistently written for my taste, but I thought the cast did pretty well.BSG: an OK show for its time, it nevertheless lost me as a routine watcher fairly early.&nbsp; I consider it to be a better show than Gil Gerrard's Buck Rodgers, but not by much, especially towards the end of its run.nBSG: this version of the series struck me as better written and acted than the original, but not without its flaws.&nbsp; I watched from beginning to end, and was rarely disappointed for the first few seasons.&nbsp; I thought the last season and the ending were weak- using All Along the Watchtower as the secret signal revealing the Final 5 was self-indulgent and cutesy and bugged the CENSORED out of me- which meant I had really low expectations for Caprica...which lost me after episode 1.&nbsp; (I saw an interview with the show's creators: they claimed it was the best sci-fi series ever.&nbsp; I disagreed, given the existence of Bab5 and other shows.)Firefly: a sci-fi Western with Civil War themes and a Blake's 7 vibe.&nbsp; A good, rollicking ride, but again, not consistent enough for me.&nbsp; While its highs were not as high as nBSG at its best its lows were nowhere near as low.&nbsp; Overall, a killer cast top to bottom, including some of the villains 'o' the week.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5361711, member: 19675"] My take on the various series mentioned here: Andromeda: syndicated action/sci-fi fast-food. It didn't need huge viewership to survive, and because it was primarily an action show with a sci-fi setting, it didn't really need to be quality. Stations that aired it could choose where it fit best in its lineup. Farscape: a decent show I found only in rerun after it had been cancelled. Some of it I found to be pretty well done, some of it meh. It was too inconsistently written for my taste, but I thought the cast did pretty well. BSG: an OK show for its time, it nevertheless lost me as a routine watcher fairly early. I consider it to be a better show than Gil Gerrard's Buck Rodgers, but not by much, especially towards the end of its run. nBSG: this version of the series struck me as better written and acted than the original, but not without its flaws. I watched from beginning to end, and was rarely disappointed for the first few seasons. I thought the last season and the ending were weak- using [I]All Along the Watchtower[/I] as the secret signal revealing the Final 5 was self-indulgent and cutesy and bugged the [B][I]CENSORED[/I][/B] out of me- which meant I had really low expectations for Caprica...which lost me after episode 1. (I saw an interview with the show's creators: they claimed it was the best sci-fi series ever. I disagreed, given the existence of Bab5 and other shows.) Firefly: a sci-fi Western with Civil War themes and a Blake's 7 vibe. A good, rollicking ride, but again, not consistent enough for me. While its highs were not as high as nBSG at its best its lows were nowhere near as low. Overall, a killer cast top to bottom, including some of the villains 'o' the week. [/QUOTE]

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