Battlestar Gallactica

[ducati_EL34]

Originally Posted by Glen B

I preferred the original Battlestar series and its robotic Cylons to the remake. After the first 2-3 episodes of the remake I stopped watching. I just could not warm up to the show.

I have set down to try and watch this show on several occasions, but the episodes are so painfully slow. I wanted to slash my wrists, so I turned the TV off, went downstairs and fired up the 2A3 and LaScalas and all was well.

[deeder7001]

I have to say that I may like BSG better than the newer Star Trek(TNG and newer) series. BSG has more intrigue to it I guess. More in depth storyline. More to think about. Star Trek had great shows but always seemed to lack something.

[Ashfan]

Another here and gone series on Fox that I really liked was Space: Above and Beyond. Got the entire series on DVD and it has some great space battle scenes as well as some thoughtful commentary on war in general.

[gearhound]

I thought Farscape was a thumbs-up riot!!
One of the very few Sci-Fi shows that wasn't wooden and predictable.

Steve

[Fuzzy Lumpkins]

Originally Posted by Ashfan

Another here and gone series on Fox that I really liked was Space: Above and Beyond. Got the entire series on DVD and it has some great space battle scenes as well as some thoughtful commentary on war in general.

That was a great show while it lasted. Putting it on Sunday at 6pm during football was the kiss of death. I wish I had it.


I have the whole Babylon 5 series (fantastic!). I loved the G'kar and Londo
characters. Some of the lines they had were pure comedy gold.

[KlipschFan61]

I have to agree on the raves for Bab5. Haven't seen it since it was aired in its entirety over 10 years ago but I know that I made the effort to watch every episode I could, in order. Great stories, great characters and most of all, a very watchable show.

The new Battlestar kicks ass 90% of the time and I really like it. It can get a tad slow from time to time but the writers always find a way to kick it up a notch or two when you least expect it.

Enterprise was very good. I'm still working my way through the episodes I missed.

I actually liked ST-Voyager very much as well as ST-TNG. I'm old enough to be a big fan of the original Trek too.

Firefly was also a real winner. I watched a marathon of all the episodes once and never left my chair if I didn't have to.

The one series I've yet to watch is Stargate. I just can't seem to catch any interest in that one yet.

[Handlebar]

I'm watching the BSG season three now and it's good. I have also just picked up season one of Bab5.. spose I should have got the 2nd and 3rd season too while I was there. Sounds like Bab5 was a good one with the comments given on it here..

Hbar

[1980'slover]

Sick im also a big fan of BSG! i watch it every friday night!

[deeder7001]

Did anybody see last night's episode? Seems the one of the four have had their programming take over. Right after she said they weren't evil.



Who is the final Cylon?

[goldear]

Originally Posted by Handlebar

Have Firefly and would agree. Wished they never pulled it. Also watched Serenity.. the follow-up movie to firefly..
Any comments on Babylon 5..

Yes. Babylon 5 is IMHO possibly the greatest Sci-Fi TV series ever made.

These need to be watched from the begining to the end, in-order as there is a fantastic storyline that progresses throughout the series. Season 1 is very good, but won't knock your socks-off. However it provides the foundation that is needed for the rest of the storyine. But Seasons 2-4 are great, with seasons 3 & 4 being the best. Season 5 the series switched over to USA Network, after being cancelled by thier previous network, and one of my favorite characters left the cast. Unfortunately Season 5 suffered as a result. But even so, it is still good, but by comparison to Season's 3 & 4, it is a dissapointment.

FYI - My avatar is an Alien called a Vorlon from B5.

[gyusher]

I love Battlestar. . . That said however why do these shows start off great then the story line gets spread out in directions that make you wonder sometimes.

Some are worse than others like "Lost" for example. . . Started off great but not long afterwards it just went in so many directions I couldn't keep up with it. . . Still liked it just dissapointed is all. . .

BG took off great. In my mind the best of this type then it wasn't good enough to just have toasters. . .They had to make some look human. . . At first it was OK as it added to the suspense then now there are 12 models. . . I guess thats OK too. . .

Maybe in the end we will learn that everyone is cylon. . .

Why wouldn't I be surprised??

Still a great show. . . I just wish SciFi was HD. . . BG on DVD is much better to watch. . .

[mpdhrd]

My wife and I have been watching the dvd's of BSG and tonight we are going to start Season 3. I wasnt sure if I was going to like this series when we started it but I'm totally hooked and I love it. I wonder if things move slower when you watch one episode a week and have to WAIT forever for the next show. I love when we can knock out 4 episodes a night and everything is fresh in your head.

[chathamdad]

I am a confirmed BSG nut-job. I hated the silly original series and think the new (when it is on its game) one is one of the best shows in 20 years. I am especially fond of the first season, when the whole post-911 WTF-is-going-on theme was right up front. The first episode of season 1, "33" is one of the best single-arc 60 minute dramas I have ever seen. Season 1 DVDs are worth owning just for that episode. Season 3 was uneven but the New Caprica occupation was fascinating in the way it tried to depict the roots and strategies of an insurgency fighting against an occupying army (can you say "Baghdad"?). When Eick and Moore are on their writing game and feel like they have a political point to make they can really nail it.

[deeder7001]

"33" is the episode that got me hooked on the show. I just happened to catch it on SciFi while channel surfing.

[Arkay]

I remember watching the original BG series years ago and enjoying it, so a year or two ago I picked up the original pilot movie and first season of the original series on DVD, and enjoyed it. They showed the first two years of the new series on TV here, and I enjoyed them, too, but seem to have missed the third and subsequent years, if they have shown them.

I sort of preferred the Cylons all being toasters, but have got used to the human-clone aspect; it adds an interesting twist and some suspense, and helps "update the science" involved. One thing that bugs me is that they re-gendered Starbuck to be a girl. Having a female in that sort of role is fine, but they should have altered the name at the same time to reflect the change ("Stardoe" sounds corny, but something other than the original Starbuck ... who himself was a clone of Han Solo, and the inspiration for the coffee place! ).

The other thing I found way over-played was all the religious nonsense about the scientist guy with the "invisible" blond companion. I got tired/bored with all that stuff. Adding some elements of prophecy, religion, etc... and elements of mythology is in keeping with story-telling and even sci-fi tradition, but that part of it I thought was over-blown.

I recently picked up and re-watched the first three seasons of Babylon Five, and thoroughly enjoyed them.

Also found a couple seasons of a Star Trek spin-off called "Enterprise", which was never shown here in Hong Kong, so I knew nothing about it. Ended up enjoying it.

I also have some of the original Star Trek shows as well as the movies, on LaserDisc. Dated as they are, even those are enjoyable enough when I'm in the mood for them.

I agree with the idea that it is better not to have to wait a week between episodes of a series. When you watch the shows back-to-back over several evenings instead of spread out over weeks, you pick up more details of the over-arching story lines. For that reason, I keep my eyes open for the seasons of these shows that I'm still missing. Sci fi may be "geeky" to some people, but I like it!