westothemax

Something I just thought of... why are they making a 2 hour special "from their point of view" for this fall? Seems like they should've stuck it between the Season 4 break or something. I'm definitely going to set my DVR for this, but it seems kind of weird to wait so long after the series finale to do something like this.

QuasiMondo

Because SciFi (or SyFy as it will be known as) is trying to capitalize on this franchise while it's still hot. What they fail to realize is that with all of these specials and spinoffs, they will inevitably run this thing into the ground.

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guy44

Yeah, but BSG did start out as a miniseries, and then has had two sets of webisodes, and also another "from someone else's point of view" movie in Razor that was pretty decent, so all in all they've done a good job so far. Plus, the show itself was only 4 seasons long.

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westothemax

What I meant was it seems like it'd make more sense for them to air it now or during the season 4 break (like they did with razor between seasons 3 and 4) while it's still actually hot, and not 6 months after the series finale when only the really hardcore fans will remember to tune in. I don't know I guess it doesn't matter anyway, just struck me as odd. Its not like its the first time SciFi... er SyFy... did something odd. And I agree anymore spinoffs and specials to milk the BSG franchise only serve to hurt the original show. The preview for Caprica they showed during the finale didn't look too interesting to me.

Speed_Gibson

Alrighty then, I have added the first 2 of the 10 DVDs of the original series to my netflix que and will watch at least the first few episodes to get refreshed. Not sure how long nostalgia will last when faced with cheesy stories and effects. This was the show where that lame shepherd boy falls down the crack in the ground and comes back as some kind of angel right?
I shall compare with the new mini-series after that.

semi-offtopic: Is anbody out there planning on doing an updated Buck Rogers anytime soon? That could be incredible if done right.

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I don't know if anyone watches numb3rs and saw the season finale, but I thought it was a riot that James Callis was playing the leader of a cult/harem.

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Yeah, I saw that. I thought he was more believable there than as Baltar. ;-P

Also, the lady that played Ellen Tigh was on The Mentalist last night. Her daughter(s) had been kidnapped. One killed.
Another near Battlestar story.

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Finally getting a chance to see the pilot and possibly the rest of season 1 if it is worth it soon. I shall share my thoughts on this new work then. A bit skeptical now but completely willing to give it a chance - has to be better than that recent Star Trek travesty.

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Speed_Gibson

I have just finished the first 90 minutes of the new show, here are some of my thoughts:
- They should have kept Starbuck male, but she plays the part well so far
- It seems wrong on several levels that the pilot trades his seat for the "brilliant mind" scumbag that sold out the human race. Exactly how I would have written the story.
- Good suspensful ending, they have me wondering what happened to the President's and Apollo's ship with plenty of incentive to watch the next part to find out. I am guessing the ship jumped to warp/light speed as both characters are too valuable to kill in the pilot.
- I love the knobs, corded phones, etc. Reminds of the look in ST: TOS, which I still prefer over the newer series in that apsect.
- wonderful visuals and audio, especially showing the raptors flying silently through the vacuum of space. As "neat" as hearing the "swoosh" of ships traveling in space is, it is completely unrealistic and not always necessary but of course it is better in the dogfights though.
- How does a robot have "faith"? Or is that just some BS to appear more human?

enough for now, it looks promising and should prove interesting unless it drifts too far down some odd or silly path.

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If you like the pilot/mini-series, You'll love the actual series. It took me probably 3 nights to get though the mini-series but after that I could and was watching 3-5 episodes per night until I caught up and had to start watching new episodes every week.

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ratbastid

We should organize a mass re-watch-through!!

robot_parade

I thought so at first, but she (and the writers) proved me wrong. So very wrong.

Oh, you have no idea how wrong and fucked up things will get as the show progresses. Just...so much awesome.

Heh. You'll see. I guess a robot has faith the same way you meat-bags do. :-)

I think it stays very well-grounded except arguably for the season finale, which I quite liked, despite what can only be called deus ex galactica.

Enjoy. Truly a great show.

Speed_Gibson

the second half of the pilot lost me twenty minutes in but I will finish it at some point.
My memory is a bit rusty, but is this womanising Baltar character the updated version of the evil human who was bossing the cylons around in the original series and always gettting the "by your command" response?

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Reese

new trailer for BSG: The Plan
Don't watch this speed_gibson.

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Is it wrong that seeing that trailer will probably be the highlight of my day?

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Willravel

From the Battlestar Galactica panel at SDCC:
*referring to "The Plan".

Could this be true? Could there be 3, 4, 5, 6 Battlestar made-for-TV movies in the future? Is this a wonderful thing, or could it be troubling? Could it overshadow Caprica?

My head's spinning.

QuasiMondo

So they're finally going to get around to revealing all that was supposed to be revealed during the second half of that final season?

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SecretMethod70

Will: was that RDM?

I think there's plenty of room for in between stories... if nothing else, they have a whole year on New Caprica to play with. That said, I think I'd rather they leave it alone. BSG was great as it is, and as good as the extras might be, they are unlikely to live up to the series proper.

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No, it was EJO.

I hope they don't delve into life on Earth too much, as it would feel more like a prologue than an important part of the narrative.

BTW, who else is loving their BSG season 4 soundtrack?!

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Speed_Gibson

my updated thoughts on both series:
the new series was excellent in the first half/hour of the miniseries and completely lost my interest twenty minutes into part two several weeks back. I am thankful I got to see it from the start and form my own opinion finally, but it may be sometime before I even see the end of the pilot.
On the other hand, I was just watching the original pilot courtesy of Hulu.com (finally looked at the site) and want to spend hours now tonight watching those episodes. I DEFINITELY want to buy that on DVD and see what I missed watching as a young kid. That Baltar guy is truly scum in both takes though, he must do some seriously foul shit in the new series. Not going to do the "check wikipedia for full details" in case I ever do get past the full pilot or first season though. I still have no clue what happens in the new series and not going to spoil that.
*offtopic* HD DVDs are damn sharp looking */offtopic*
edit: the nukes and defense grid loophole in the new series are good and certainly better than the massive wave of fighters, and that scene with the little girl certain she is going to see her parents at the spaceport is sad and powerful.
I think it was the new Baltar halucinating/whatever else the blonde that finally lost me, but it was rapidly losing my interest for mostly intangible reasons (at least right now they are) from the start.

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SecretMethod70

What about the pilot made it lose your interest? You should really finish the pilot and watch the first normal episode - '33' - before giving up.

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Shauk

dangit....

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got 2 of them half nekkid, but wheres mah Starbuck!?!? /drool

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I have just obtained the disks for season 4.5. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I watched as much as I could. I'm at the point where the fleet is looking for the Cylon colony.

so many story lines to keep up with. What I would love to have is more on Life on Earth prior to the departure.

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Shauk

oh and the blu-ray of season 1 is slated for Jan 2010

thats on my wishlist

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Not sure if you guys have seen this... but thought it might fly in this thread:

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yup! post #1064

not that there's anything wrong with repeating the material. mmmmmm

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gosh, so far behind.

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Speed_Gibson

When is this Caprica prequel coming out? I suspect I might see that before actually getting anywhere in the new series. So far it ranks up there with nearly every one of the relatively few Stargate shows I have seen on the "visually attractive but not that interesting" list.

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Willravel

January 22, 2010. It starts 58 years before BSG.

SecretMethod70

It's also worth noting that you'll get more out of it if you watch it after seeing BSG, but it's not a requirement. Caprica was originally conceived of as its own series, unrelated to the BSG universe, but Sci-Fi (sorry, SyFy) figured it's better to cash in on the love of BSG and tie the general concept of not-Caprica to BSG, creating Caprica. Because of that, I'm positive it will be enjoyable without knowledge of the BSG universe, but at the same time there will surely be many things mixed in throughout that will only have meaning if you've seen BSG beforehand.

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dkenpachi

Caprica is Fail. totally boring

Leto

just on the last episode of season 4.5 and I must say, I was surprised. Now I need to go back and re-watch some of the episodes.

I want to see what the old earth looked like. I want to see a diagram of the whole timeline/universe.

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SecretMethod70

I dunno, I can't say I was blown away but I found it pretty interesting. I suspect I might have liked it more as a standalone series though.

SecretMethod70

This... is pure WIN.

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Shauk

hands down, best tribute on youtube
Loaded with spoilers

Xerxys

I recently watched this show from season one to end with mini series here and there. It's awesome.