[ChicagoHebrew]

I've already seen the first 11 eps. They are fantastic, and for the most part very WOT friendly. I'm not kidding when I say that other than South Park, the new BG might be the best show that's been on TV the past 20 years at least.

[silent_jonny]

NERDS REJOICE!

[abner]

What time?

[xm177e2]

I was watching an episode of "Battlestar 1980" on SciFi this morning. DANG, did it suck.

But the new BG miniseries was pretty good.

[Question_Assumptions]

A friend who has been watching it via file-sharing over the Internet had some nice things to say about it. I could do with less Lexx-like T&A than was shown in the pilot and there are certainly some silly moments in the pilot (most of the moral dilemmas seemed a bit contrived) but I do plan on giving it a chance as a series.

[atomicpossum]

Nope.

1) It's on Sci-Fi, and they are the nexus of scum, and--

B) No remakes. None. Uh-uh. Nada.

[Wormwood]

I thought science fiction was effectively dead on television. I mean seriously...Enterprise? Stargate? Andromeda? This is the best we could come up with?

Thankfully, BSG has single-handedly breathed life into the genre.

One of the best television shows I've EVER seen...sci-fi or not.

If you are not watching it, please consider giving it a try.

[Question_Assumptions]

Watched the first two episodes tonight. I was more impressed by those two episodes than I was by the mini-series and liked what I saw. There are still some things that I wish they did differently but they're doing a good job with several of the elements that had annoyed me the most (in particular, Boomer and Baltar, though Starbuck still annoys me -- I think that perhaps the character was miscast). So far, thumbs up.

[RandallFlagg]

Bumping for BG!

Taping the first ep as we speak (while at work).

[tortoise]

They need to push the President lady out of the airlock...

[FierceDraka]

I watched the first 2 episodes of the new series tonight, and I gotta say that I really like it.

What the miniseries and new series has, that the original did not have, is the undercurrent of sheer apocalyptic horror and desperation that would come from seeing one's homeworlds nuked and one's people slaughtered.

In that respect, it's a lot closer to the hard sc-fi that I hold so dear.

I liked that they showed scenes of Cylon-occupied Caprica, and Lt Hilo setting up claymore mines to destroy the "toasters" that were chasing him. (Something the original series completely neglected was what was happening on the original 12 colonies after the Cylon onslaught) That guy's got BALLS - stuck on a nuked, radioactive planet, fighting a one-man war against an enemy that makes Skynet (The Terminator) look like an amateur.

It's dark, and it's gritty. It's a lot more realistic as far as how the survivors would react than in the original series. Horror and desperation, but with a bit of hope. (Like at the end of the first episode where the President's secretary announced that a baby had been born aboard the Far Star.)

The new Cylons, holy sh*t - those are automatons from my nightmares! MUCH more sinister than the clunky-looking ones from TOS. (That's geek-speak for "The Original Series")

The new Battlestar Galactica is science fiction for adults. Where the characters from TOS were noble, noble, noble from the very start, the new characters are scared, desperate, and very, VERY human. (And occasionally stupid and petty) I've got nothing but praise for the new Battlestar.

Whiners, tossers, whingers, and that guy from The Android's Dungeon on The Simpsons can go p*ss off, stick with their Betamax tapes of Galactica 1980, and go frak themselves.

Sorry about the rant, but I've got another window running with the Scifi.Com message boards, and let me tell ya, the trolls and haters are out in force tonight.

SO SAY WE ALL!

[Redcloak]

Very cool, but, how long until Jesse Jackson complains because Col. Tigh and Boomer aren't Black anymore.

[AngryJawa]

I absolutely loved the mini series. Last night's episodes were even better.

The parallels to the WOT are handled just right, IMHO. The decision to destroy the cylon-compomised passenger liner and it's after effects was particularly nightmarish.

[beezdotcom]

SO far, I've enjoyed the show - but I keep waiting for it to veer into some serious political correctness. The little half-hour intro section they did had some "viewer email", where somebody asked "will there finally be any gay characters"? They didn't really answer, but the fact that they spotlighted this particular email makes me wonder if they're going to turn the show into a "showcase" of PC. Some might argue they already have, with some of the character switches.

And then again, they might find themselves in trouble. They took the two most important black characters from the original series (Tigh and Boomer), and replaced them with an old white drunk and a hot white chick. Won't be long before Jesse Jackson calls for a boycott!

[finnman69]

The new series is soooooo much better than the original. The concept was always riveting, but with 21st century effects and a few new twists, like the human looking cylons, it's great TV.

[nkycincinnatikid]

bump for son

[k2blader]

Poor acting. And no character is really endearing. I'll keep watching to see if it gets any better.

[BibChr]

<< ... the new BG might be the best show that's been on TV the past 20 years at least >>

Yeah, except Buffy, Angel, Babylon 5.....

Dan

[Charles Martel]

Sci-Fi *ping* (thread is slightly stale)