The new Battlestar

[jdavis]

I taped it, but haven't gotten around to watching it. In fact, I planned on watching it while it taped, but I had to turn it off after the first few minutes because that opening was so awful. However, the bits a pieces I saw afterward were much better.

The first five minutes of the show was pure crap (except the cg cylons) but it does get better (and I'm even one of the ones who didn't like it).

Back to BSG, no matter how good it is, part of me will still hate it soley for the way Sci-Fi (aka, The New USA Network) handled the whole thing. They seemed to have a "screw the fans" mentality. Do you really want people who worked on the show talking about how they would only be involved if it had nothing to do with the original?

Sci Fi channel needs to go into group therapy or maybe get a good PR man, they always come out of every situation looking like lowbrow thugs (even when things may work out ok). They have a horrible reputation with the very fan base their channel caters to, somebody get them some Tony Robbins tapes or something.

 

[jdavis]

Since this will likely go to series, give the characters time to define themselves. In the face of an apocalypse, I don't see why being somber is inappropriate. If you remember, Star Trek II was a fairly dark movie and the characters seemed a little less like their usual jovial selves. Nevertheless, this is considered by most to be the best Trek movie.

The big thing going for this show is the lack of any other sci fi out there right now, we got Stargate and Andromeda and the Star Trek thingy but two of those three are not that good, Stargate is good but it is on it's last legs as the cast is starting to wear out. It's possible that by 2005 Battlestar of our Lives could be the only game in town for space show fans. If they are smart (this is Sci Fi channel we are talking about ) they will try and tighten the show up and actually look and see what problems the actual tv critics are pointing out. There were points where I could see promise for the show (the guy who plays Baltar could carry this show on his back, a real network needs to get a look at this guy, he actually has some charisma and some talent)but some things just made me want to pull my hair out (sets, wardrobe, cylon tongue kissing close ups, some poor lines that just didn't fit, dizz-o-rama camera shots, a couple of actors who needed some actual direction, and maybe a acting coach too). The producers come off as egotistical, the writer has tons of talent (and another series on HBO), and the director did Queen of the Damned (which wasn't the title it was a warning to viewers), I just got no hope this will turn out well for me in 2005, but they could suprise me (it suprised me I didn't get up and turn the show off, I watched the second part three times in a row looking for reasons for me to give it a chance).

 

[Mistwell]

Sci Fi, on the other hand, is ecstatic over the performance of "Battlestar Galactica." Its average audience is the third-best in the channel's history, trailing earlier miniseries "Taken" and "Dune." After drawing just under 3.9 million people for Monday's premiere, "Galactica" averaged 4.46 million viewers Tuesday.
Tuesday's installment was the most-watched show on cable for the night and also beat broadcast networks UPN and The WB in total viewers. It was Sci Fi's best night of the year in total viewers and all key demographics.

That is just amazing. Yeah, they would be dumb to not green light a series. I'm so happy.

I also like Stargate, Alias, and Enterprise. Yes, I know, I am close to being alone on liking Enterprise. But, to me, it is a great show. If BSG becomes a series while all those others are still going, it will be a great year for sci-fi in my book (and yes, I count Alias as sci-fi). Not to mention Stargate: Atlantis will be coming out as well.

Now if only they would bring back firefly...

 

[jdavis]

I forgot about Stargate Atlantis, I also saw where Stargate SG1 signed for another season, so I guess there will still be Stargate in 2005, anyone know of anything else in the works?

 

[Darrin Drader]

I forgot about Stargate Atlantis, I also saw where Stargate SG1 signed for another season, so I guess there will still be Stargate in 2005, anyone know of anything else in the works?

Other than the possibility of another Babylon 5 show, nothing that sounds good.

 

[jdavis]

I was looking at the 2003-2004 pilot episodes and it looks like wastland for Science Fiction: NYPD 2069...? Kamalot (King Arthur in the future), Future Tense (another future cop show) and a remake of MacGyver (yea it's not sci fi but it's funny). http://www.pazsaz.com/fallplt.html

Looks like Galactica might be able to fill a niche that is severly lacking at this time, gee I might be stuck watching it or watching a remake of MacGyver (that gave me goosebumps, I better stock up on DVDs next year).

 

[Darrin Drader]

I was looking at the 2003-2004 pilot episodes and it looks like wastland for Science Fiction: NYPD 2069...? Kamalot (King Arthur in the future), Future Tense (another future cop show) and a remake of MacGyver (yea it's not sci fi but it's funny). http://www.pazsaz.com/fallplt.html

Wow, its almost like they're not even trying anymore.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Wow, its almost like they're not even trying anymore.

Well, given the recent events around shows like Farscape and Firefly, why would they even bother?

On a related note - SFC doing that Mad, Mad, House - I will seriously castrate myself if I ever think about watching that show. If I even find it interesting, they're going, because there's just no point to reproduction at that point.

 

[Psion]

They leave you for the rest of the show thinking Baltar is a rat who used this guy as a scapegoat and made up all that stuff about the test. Then, in the last scene, you find out he really is a cylon. Now, you have to wonder if it was just blind luck he stumbled on an actual cylon as his scapegoat or if he really did find a way to detect cylons and was on the up and up the whole time.

I know people despised this, but it worked for me.

Why? It showed that Baltar is the right guy with the wrong intentions.

He knew that this guy was about the CIC and had access to the place and was in and out of there a lot. He used these facts to find a convenient scapegoat who would have the qualities of the mysterious Cylon and thus fit his scapegoat. But by no coincidence, that behavior is the one that the Cylon spy would have to have. It's not just convenient. It fits. Baltar deduced who the spy could have been; the only thing he manufactured is proof.

Baltar rocks.

 

[Hand of Evil]

On a related note - SFC doing that Mad, Mad, House - I will seriously castrate myself if I ever think about watching that show. If I even find it interesting, they're going, because there's just no point to reproduction at that point.

I am with you here but I am will be in line if someone ever decides to place playmates and gamers/geeks in the same house!