God I hate the SciFi Channel

wilhil · #1 January 2nd, 2006, 06:25 PM

sci fi chanel in America has the weirdest horrible breaks, I can not speak for BSG, but I can for Atlantis and SG1, so I am almost sure it is the same for BSG.

What they do is air the first 10 episodes of each show, side by side, then they take a break for almost or over 4-6 months, then they air the second half.

www.gateworld.net shows stargate sg1, stargate atlantis, like all other series of stargate have the full 20-22 episodes, but sci fi only showed the first half.

England starts showing the episodes months later than sci fi, but then instead of having months and months off, we only have 2 weeks off for Christmas, then we get them both back, and usually finish the series 1 - 2 weeks before America.

didn't the first series of bsg actually have under 10 episodes :S (excluding mini series?)

anyway, looking at http://www.playusa.com/DVD/Region_1/...-/Product.html (where I get region 1 dvds for England) it says "the first 10 episodes" so it indicates that there will be a diffrent second half

It really sucks for you! but dont worry, it will return!

Atrocities · #2 January 2nd, 2006, 07:14 PM

Season one of BSG had 13 episodes.

The DVD set of Season 1 of BSG had the four hour premier movie from 2003 along with the 13 episodes of from 2004.

Atrocities · #3 January 2nd, 2006, 07:15 PM

It would be kinda ok if the SciFi channel was only selling the first half of season two, but they aren't. Or at least that is the way it is appearing to be. Their web site is about has horrible as they come. Worthless is the best way to describe it.

Fyron · #4 January 2nd, 2006, 07:30 PM

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Atrocities said:
Season one of BSG had 13 episodes.

That is actually quite normal and traditional for shows where it is questionable whether or not it will get good enough ratings to make money...

geoschmo · #5 January 2nd, 2006, 08:52 PM

I don't like the 13 episode seasons and I don't like the the 8 week split in the middle of a 20 week season, and the special effects in the Scifi special movies are god-aweful. Mansquito? And what the hell was that flying dinosaur piece of crap?

But I have trouble hating SciFi channel. As far as I'm concerned anything they need to do to make money and stay on the air is fine by me. I'm old enough to remember when the only choices for science fiction on TV were 34 weekly showings of the same six Star Trek episodes, and 2am reruns of "Krull" and "The Last Starfighter" on some grainy UHF channel.

TurinTurambar · #6 January 2nd, 2006, 09:42 PM

Here, here.

sachmo · #7 January 2nd, 2006, 10:17 PM

Maybe 13 episodes fit much better onto a DVD with extras and all of that?

Colonel · #8 January 2nd, 2006, 11:29 PM

ahem AT, from the link you provided..

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The first half of Battlestar Galactica's second season left no doubts about the continuing excellence of the best science fiction TV series of 2005.

Thats from the first review a bit of the way down the page. It is just the first half of the season. trust me. The same is true for SG1 and Atlantis.