Battlestar Galactica On SciFi Channel

kalthalior · #1 December 10th, 2003, 08:19 PM

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

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gregebowman · #2 December 11th, 2003, 04:55 PM

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?

Wardad · #3 December 12th, 2003, 02:00 AM

I like his pock marked rugged look.
A military comandor does not need to be a pretty boy.

TV and Holloywood are brainashing us about looks.
Being ugly is the new predjudice. It is plain wrong. ask GEO... J/K

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geoschmo · #4 December 12th, 2003, 04:08 AM

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Originally posted by 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?

He's always had that somewhat, although on his other shows they probably hid it more with makeup. People with that kind of complexion do commonly have the marks get deeper as they age. Also, the dark lighting in the show accentuates the effect.

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Originally posted by Wardad:
Being ugly is the new predjudice. It is plain wrong. ask GEO... J/K

Hey!

I'm not ugly, just fat.

sachmo · #5 December 12th, 2003, 04:24 AM

Olmos has great screen presence. Watch Stand and Deliver sometime for a good example of it.

Or maybe I like him because he was in Blade Runner!

Starhawk · #6 December 12th, 2003, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by 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?

First of all that's harsh by anyone's standards man. Especially considering someone can't help having a severe case of Pocks and then getting really nasty acne on top of that when they are kids.
He's always had them but as you get older Pock marks tend to show more and he's not one of those self absorbed pretty boys so I had no problem with this.

Okay now as to Galactica it's self I greatly enjoyed this series because it was much more realistic and had much more "people" presence instead of just a bunch of space ships flying around blowing each other up in the same repeated scenes every two minutes.

Now as to the effects and Galactica being too "grey" well I hate to tell you pal but it's a warship and warships tend to be grey or a dull white not that shiney "Hit me" color of the original Galactica. And like they so clearly stated "Form follows function" so in the Colonial's weren't interested in making her a pretty girl but more of a tough kick your *** up between your shoulder blades kind of ship that looked intimidating instead of the star trekky "shiney" ships.

And anyone notice that this Galactica is far "younger" then the one from the Original series, she's only 50 years old the original was well over 600 (also nice touch as I can't imagine anyone keeping a ship in service for over 600+ years unless it was in the warhammer 40k universe).

gregebowman · #7 December 12th, 2003, 10:29 PM

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Originally posted by Starhawk:

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Originally posted by 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?

First of all that's harsh by anyone's standards man. Especially considering someone can't help having a severe case of Pocks and then getting really nasty acne on top of that when they are kids.
He's always had them but as you get older Pock marks tend to show more and he's not one of those self absorbed pretty boys so I had no problem with this.

Okay now as to Galactica it's self I greatly enjoyed this series because it was much more realistic and had much more "people" presence instead of just a bunch of space ships flying around blowing each other up in the same repeated scenes every two minutes.

Now as to the effects and Galactica being too "grey" well I hate to tell you pal but it's a warship and warships tend to be grey or a dull white not that shiney "Hit me" color of the original Galactica. And like they so clearly stated "Form follows function" so in the Colonial's weren't interested in making her a pretty girl but more of a tough kick your *** up between your shoulder blades kind of ship that looked intimidating instead of the star trekky "shiney" ships.

And anyone notice that this Galactica is far "younger" then the one from the Original series, she's only 50 years old the original was well over 600 (also nice touch as I can't imagine anyone keeping a ship in service for over 600+ years unless it was in the warhammer 40k universe).

Ok, maybe I was being too harsh on Olmos's looks. It was just too distracting for me, but you're right, people can't help it if they have such looks.

As far as the age of the Galactica, unless it was mentioned in the background when they were going over the museum scene, I didn't catch that. I don't remember the original's age, but we're talking about an advance civilization who is probably using some sort of combination of technology and metallurgy that may have kept a ship in function for over 600 years. It will be interesting if a new series does develop to see how they keep the Galactica active when they're going into unknown space toward an unknown destination. Just the matter of logistics will be a nightmare, considering you have a ship the size of the Galactica, plus 50+ other ships. They might have to stay at a planet for months to reprovision the fleet, and that will give the Cylons plenty of opportunity to catch up to them.