Battlestar Galactica On SciFi Channel

[Atrocities]

This Version of BSG is like several other movies and television shows rolled up into one.

Battlestar Galactica (TV)
Screamers (Movie where mans killing machines started out simple, but evolved into humaniods, then human, and then took over.)
Blade Runner (Movie - Nuff said here, the father of them all, human looking robots killing humans.)
Star Trek (Voyager - Seven was a blond - Seven is a blond.)

I don't believe the bridge set at all. It looks more like a room than a CIC or command deck. This is one area where the original BSG had them.

Lighting effects on the Galactica herself, again the original has them here. Far more dynamic. The new one is just way to grey for my tatest even if it is a nice model.

Vipers, both Mark 2 and Mark 7 are nice. Good work. The Cylon Raiders, good idea here. Make the ship a complete robot, excellent concept.

Nukes and DUC's with tracers again excellent ideas.

I like the silence in space as much as any one, pioneered by Cursader mind you. (Call to Arms)

All in all it is a worth while show, limited mainly by its budge.

[gregebowman]

Originally posted by mac5732:
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all in all, I would give it a high rating, definitly make it into a series but don't let it go the way of the original when they found earth, that Last yr sucked ruined the whole series

just some ideas Mac

Please, PLEASE, never confuse Galactica 1980 with Battlestar Galactica. It was not season two. It was just ABC's very failed attempt to make a few bucks out of an attempt to revive the franchise. The only thing the two shows had in common were the models and Lorne Greene (and he must have been under contract, or I don't even think he would have been on the show).

As far as Boxey, it wasn't as hokey as the original plot. The kid's just an orphan and he's not whining for his daggit. At least they didn't try to re-create that particular storyline. Can't wait for an on-going series.

[sachmo]

Geo,

I thought the same thing about Six, but then I decided that a race of robots would probably "Version" their robots just like they did in the show...I doubt they would try to come up with interesting, futureistic sounding names.

[gregebowman]

Was it just me, or did all of those models looked familiar? I don't know if any or all of the models were CGI or not. If not, then someone went to several warehouses to salvage any and all sci-fi related models they could find. A lot of those ships looked like they were from the original show. That one ship with the plants looked like the same ship from Silent Running. I'm half-surprised they didn't use the original models for the Galactica and the base stars, especially if they were bound to a strict budget.

[geoschmo]

It's unfortunate they had to abandon the agro ship. That would have made a nice setting for some episodes when the series get's underway.

[kalthalior]

I tried really hard to keep an open mind about the new Version, but they jacked with too many things for my taste. That being said, there were some positives, namely the special effects (esp. the mechanical Cylons and their ships), Olmos acting, and the "realistic" tone and feel. I did find a useful site that explains some of the differences between the two Versions and the rationale behind some of the changes (posted below). Overall, I initially had high hopes, then determined that the changes weren't to my liking, decided to watch anyway and found it lacking, but better than I feared. Completely ambivalent about a possible series, although I have to say more scifi on TV is better than none.

OLD vs NEW Versions

[ December 10, 2003, 18:20: Message edited by: kalthalior ]

[gregebowman]

Speaking of Olmos, it looked like he went to the Richard Pryor school of free-basing. What's with all of the pock-marks on his face? I don't remember those being there during his Miami Vice days. I almost found it distracting just watching his face. I'm curious. does anyone know anything about it?