OT: BSG Series

[Azselendor]

Remember, Sci-Fi and the UK Networks only agreed to 13-episodes. Plus the miniseries, we got 17 episodes total. SciFi channel has a nasty history of cancelling series for totally random reasons.

But it's still good to see some attempt at a stronger sci-fi series again. I was starting to fear that Enterprisidice had spread worse than the plague.

The reason why they use real world items is the same reason why Kirk in 1967 had a common suitcase in one episode or why Galactica 1980 was created and why UPN made so many bad sci-fi/horror series...

Cost.

It's not making the show accessable or dumbing it down. It's Cost. The original BSG had episode costs between 1 and 2 million per episode. Plus a history of expensive lawsuits with George Lucas. Most networks won't even consider touching such a series without an assurance to reduce cost.

That's what "Water" was about. Water set the tone that the series is gonna be mainly a bottle series with a handful of scenes on earth-like planets. Bottle shows are cheaper, less expensive than on-location shows - one of the key factors in driving up the original series costs.

A more current example is Enteprise's first season where episode costs briefly spiked up as high as 4.5 million each. It's the main reason why the network is hesistant to pick it up. Another is Farscape which reached 2-3 million per episode - but after so many seasons, the audience stopped growing for an unknown reason.

ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY GREENBACK!

Anyways

I also like the Helo arc which I hope will be something they run for a long time. I'm also looking forward to seeing Kobol's Last Gleaming Laster this season and how that effects thier quest for earth.

It has potential.

[Atrocities]

Thanks, that was good info. It all boils down to cost in the end. To bad they cannot get someone like Bill Gates to invest in their shows. A cool half a billion would go a long way toward fixing the $$ issues.

[Starhawk]

Let us hope the NEW BSG Lasts for more then 13 episodes because if it does then it will likely pick up budgeting like Andromeda did, every year Andromeda's budget went up a little bit until where finally they now have enough money to stop using stock footage in every single episode.

BSG is actually a very good very "real" show and I hope they stick to their guns like UPN did when it came to Enterprise because BSG will definately be a unique and good series for modern TV which is mainly now just a bunch of reality bull hock.