OT: Battlestar Galactica Final Season

gregebowman · #1 June 7th, 2007, 01:36 PM

Hey, AT, what's wrong with a time booth time traveler? I admid I wasn't too interested in the original show when I was a kid (with half hour episdoes and never finding a consistent time to watch it), but when they started showing the complete episdoes, that got my attention and my viewing time. I liked the first new Doctor on this new show, but not being to watch the show now and not being able to buy the dvd sets, I'll pass judgement for now.

I missed the first season of Lost, and was getting into the second season when American Idol happened that year and I couldn't watch the last few episdoes. now I have no interest in the show. I loved Heroes, but d&#n NBC wouldn't reschedule the show against 24, and Jack Bauer won out. I'm planning on buying the dvd set of Heroes when it comes out, hopefully this summer. And I hope that BSG is worth the wait, as I'll have to wait for the dvd set also.

Caduceus · #2 July 5th, 2007, 10:47 PM

Interesting cast interviews from ign.com

http://tv.ign.com/articles/801/801123p1.html

mac5732 · #3 July 9th, 2007, 02:42 AM

they needed more space warfare. The old series had continuous fighting against the cylons. This one sort of turned into a soap opera. Space battles make the show. Not who dunnit, who is it and so on. IMHO,, they could have had more space battles that would have helped the ratings.. oh well, who ever said the producers were fan smart...

Randallw · #4 July 9th, 2007, 03:55 AM

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mac5732 said:
The old series had continuous fighting against the cylons.

More like the same fight, I imagine. I haven't seen the Original series for decades, but I remember there was a bit of overuse of the old stock footage. They only had so many ways of having a raider fly onto screen and shoot, by which I mean one. Always seemed to be the same PD battery too.

I'll admit I mostly like battlescenes and am not that interested in Drama. I like DS9 for the war and it was quite annoying when the final battle was mostly just old footage edited together. I expected they'd at least make an effort to get some new space fighting.

narf poit chez BOOM · #5 July 9th, 2007, 04:49 AM

Apparently, space battles are very costly. Even movie ones.

Randallw · #6 July 9th, 2007, 06:10 AM

I've heard that. Some programs that do well apparently get shut down because the beancounters believe the ratings aren't worth the cost of an epsiode. Wasn't that the problem with Firefly? Despite Joss Whedon being my cousin, sort of (didn't you ever wonder what the W stood for

),I only looked at one epsiode, which I liked because it had a giant Alliance battleship in it.

mac5732 · #7 July 13th, 2007, 03:43 AM

Firefly was a great series while it lasted, It seems that the powers that be just can't stand it when a good Sci Fi show becomes popular.. They always ax it..there are a few exceptions to that rule.. but it appears they just don't like good sci fi series. If you do a space sci fi series, common sense tells you it has to have space battles or some type of action just like good old fashion shoot em up westerns. With computer Tech today, it should be a lot easier then it was many years ago.. it also seems that as a sci fi series becomes popular, they go and change writers, producers, directors or whatever and that usually is the downfall... oh well....