New Galactica Series

Atrocities · #1 January 16th, 2005, 02:51 AM

I have already posted my opinions, likes, and dislikes on the series in the other BSG thread.

Aside from some prop issues, garage build sets, and some writting quirks, the series is off to a darn good start IMHO.

Azselendor · #2 January 16th, 2005, 03:41 AM

I think the original BSG, in addition to sharing a similar base design for the Bridge, shares Voyager's Crew-Cloning Vats.

the new BSG earned high marks from me when Adama and the President discussed the nature of the military as the police. It seemed to hint to what the writers might think is a growing problem in Iraq at the moment.

I might be spoiling it, but I do think there is an episode that deals specifically with the fighter pilot numbers coming up.

Another good point is the white board. While out of place (and also wrong style since all papers and pictures have 8-edges as opposed to 4) in BSG, they keep a running tally of the survivors which goes down by far more than what it goes up by.

Atrocities · #3 January 16th, 2005, 04:33 AM

There are a lot of things I like about the series. And then there are a few things that just erk me to no end.

Daynarr · #4 January 16th, 2005, 07:12 AM

Are there any trailers we could d/l?

Randallw · #5 January 16th, 2005, 07:16 AM

The official site has 2 that I remember. The Teaser with a Colonial warrior being chased through woods, and the trailer covering the end of the war and the fleets escape.

Edit: read back a bit further and saw the crew vats mention. I remember in Voyagers first season they had a crew member around for a few episodes and then killed him off. A bit more depth than a redshirt, but they then dropped that after the first season and we get stuff like a dead crewmember returning that we have never seen before

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Atrocities · #6 January 16th, 2005, 10:01 AM

The mini series is on DVD now. You can order it from the Sci-Fi site I think.

Caduceus · #7 January 16th, 2005, 01:53 PM

Somebody mentioned the voice over opening... If I recall, Olmos gave a good portion of this in the rousing finale speech at the end of the miniseries.

Which I would take as a nod to the prior show.

Everybody needs to remember just how bad some of our favorite shows are when they first start. In case you forget, watch the first few episodes of ST:TNG. Their sets are horrible.