BattleStar Galactica (Is over)

**Rem** · 22 Oct 2006, 08:39 PM

I know quite a lot of people could never get past the truly awful effects.

**Error** · 22 Oct 2006, 09:20 PM

So I watched last nights episode of Galactica (or at least last nights Canadian episode). It was the first time I'd watched BG since I struggled to finish watching the first season DVD set. And while I enjoyed many of the special effects last night, the show still sucks. It was nice to see they gave the Pegasus a similar send off but all of the annoying characters are still there. Dammit Starbuck is a dude. I can't help it. Say I'm stuck in the 70s, whatever. HOW IS BALTAR NOT DEAD YET.

Sorry, don't mean to shit up the thread.

**gir** · 22 Oct 2006, 09:25 PM

i never saw the original show, but i like starbuck as a girl.

i do wish kat would die, though. she's annoying. very annoying.

**haohmaru** · 23 Oct 2006, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by Yoshi

Anyone who owns a 360 and isn't sporting the free BSG theme is a pinko.

I can't find this theme, unfortunately. The trailers are up, but no themes.

**haohmaru** · 23 Oct 2006, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by Error

So I watched last nights episode of Galactica (or at least last nights Canadian episode). It was the first time I'd watched BG since I struggled to finish watching the first season DVD set. And while I enjoyed many of the special effects last night, the show still sucks. It was nice to see they gave the Pegasus a similar send off but all of the annoying characters are still there. Dammit Starbuck is a dude. I can't help it. Say I'm stuck in the 70s, whatever. HOW IS BALTAR NOT DEAD YET.

Sorry, don't mean to shit up the thread.

Baltar didn't die in the original, either. He ruled the Cylon empire.

This show sucks? You're nuts.

**Error** · 23 Oct 2006, 03:11 AM

The update has many elements of awesome. All (except the special effects) which have been lifted from the old show. The ship, the vipers, the main characters. The enemy. The inclusion of Cylons looking for god is not very interesting, and is just an excuse for the writers to talk about fundamentalists in the real world.

And Baltar wasn't in command of the Cylons, just like Vader wasn't in command of the Empire. He's just portrayed for most of the show as the leader.

Anyway, I'm not going to belittle the show any more than I have, because its just my opinion anyway. Alot more people feel the way you do than the way I do, so if you can accept that there are people out there who find the show to be less than enjoyable I'll accept that there are people who think it deserves all the praise it has recieved.

**haohmaru** · 23 Oct 2006, 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by Error

The update has many elements of awesome. All (except the special effects) which have been lifted from the old show. The ship, the vipers, the main characters. The enemy. The inclusion of Cylons looking for god is not very interesting, and is just an excuse for the writers to talk about fundamentalists in the real world.

That's why it's called "Battlestar Galactica"

Originally Posted by Error

And Baltar wasn't in command of the Cylons, just like Vader wasn't in command of the Empire. He's just portrayed for most of the show as the leader.

Same difference, I'm not going to argue semantics. Baltar will turn out to be a cylon IMHO, anyway.

Originally Posted by Error

Anyway, I'm not going to belittle the show any more than I have, because its just my opinion anyway. Alot more people feel the way you do than the way I do, so if you can accept that there are people out there who find the show to be less than enjoyable I'll accept that there are people who think it deserves all the praise it has recieved.

Well, it's incomparable in many, many ways to the original. However, the original spawned very little "attachment" to the characters and I believe that this series successfully makes you give a shit about what's going on. I could care less about Moffit (or whatever his name was) and Jayne Seymour's kid in the original series. This incarnation is far more adult, far more engaging, and far more realistic. Nostalgia should be tossed aside.

**Error** · 23 Oct 2006, 03:40 AM

I don't love the old series as much as I might have sounded. I wanted a remake. I just didn't want it to be this remake. Yes the robot dog and the kid and all the cheesiness sucked, and most of the show was the same clip of the ship getting attacked. I don't really care. Adama, Apollo, Starbuck and hell, even Cain are what made that show fun to watch. Its far outdated and difficult to watch any but the best episodes of the show now, but when they got it right they really did make some enjoyable episodes. All I've seen from the new series is dark dark dark. A show needs some lighter moments. Not stupid robot dogs, but a joke or something every now and then is not such a bad thing.