Battlestar Galactica Revival

no, Honey Hi

http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/2008/11/another-coming-out-party.html

i figured it was those two!

I've just finished season one of this, and while I'm enjoying it as a drama I don't think all of the sci-fi elements have been very well thought through. The world lacks coherence and consistency somehow, and much of the politicking seems quite simplistic. I also wish they'd curb the spiritual nonsense a bit.

I adore Gaius Baltar, however. I suspect he's partially basing his performance on Tony Blair.

Ok, two episodes into S3 now and it's kicking so much arse. S2 excellent as well, the first series is the weakest by a large margin. LOVING Dean Stockwell's performance.

You might want to check the thread started this season, although lots of complaints.

Too scared of spoilers.

Christ but Lucy Lawless is aging well. Far hotter in this than she ever was in Xena.

lol watched razor thinking it was s04e1 d'oh; was thinking all the way through 'what a weird way to start season 4'

I do think that viewed as an episode rather than a side-story movie it was ok

still not watched The Plan yet

The main girl's story is pretty predictable, but I liked the way it fleshed out some minor characters.

xpost re: Razor

Has the plan been aired in the States?

i dl'd it a while ago so presumably yes

Cool, I'm going to get on that shit. Love me some John Cavill.

The Plan was on DVD, not telly.

in the UK are the 'final season' DVDs just the second half of season 4? still got to work my way through its first half anyway.

I thought season 3 was rubbish, first time through, but re-screened it this past week and it's definitely stronger than I initially thought; pretty incredible reveal of four of the final five at the end

Yeah, the DVDs were split into 'Season 4' and 'The Final Season'.

dumm

I thought season 3 was rubbish, first time through,

The first four or five eps of S3 is Galactica's creative peak, IMO.

yeah but there is a definite sag around the middle; as I say tho it's not as bad as I thought first time through

Actually now that you mention it, I'm struggling to remember what happens in that season post-New Caprica.

Me too. Still haven't watched The Plan yet, because I fear it will be as disappointing as the finale.

Actually now that you mention it, I'm struggling to remember what happens in that season post-New Caprica.

Lee shags a space hooker.

oh god 'the plan'. i didn't get far with it but it is the absolute nadir of the whole thing.

watch yr spoilers obv but what was the consensus on sn4?

terrible.

seriously one of the worst resolutions possible

ya i have the plan but it looks so bad i'm afraid it'll ruin my memories of the good seasons (cuz it shows them from "the other side" right?)

its a bunch of outtakes basically filling in a bunch of pointless details of the first half dozen or so episodes

sort of. it's a mish-mash of deleted scenes, "from the other side" stuff, and... just pure crap. they upped the fx and portentous music budget iirc. i've pretty much wiped it from my memory.

i doubt it'll ruin the earlier seasons: it may as well be a fan video, if the final seasons have any fans.

xpost

man they effed this show up so bad.

yep. tragic, really.

One good two-parter in S4 (the mutiny one).

4 suxx then? ;_;

big time

the worst ever

i liked season 4 okay but i feel like they rushed through the really dope shit (the mutiny being a good example) and lingered way too long on the portentous shit and lee and starbuck's final scene was closer to marky mark having a chat with his dead mom in 'four brothers' than anything that belonged in BSG.

Avoided this forever having a very strong attachment to the original. Every short clip I saw seemed silly. When the mini-series/season one became available on Blu-Ray recently, I said what the heck and put it on my queue. Furious torrenting and 2-3+ episodes per day and a month later I am just astonished at how good it all was! I haven't felt like a kid in this way in a very long time. I kept expecting things to go downhill but I was purely riveted throughout and up to the final shot - maybe watching it all at once helped. Perhaps too much speculation leads to disappointment. I haven't devoured this much of a tv series in as short a time since I obsessed over Heimat/Die zweite Heimat.

We started re-watching the series again this weekend. It's cool seeing the Galactica with all the lights in the hallway working, when everyone's still...well, alive. Look! There's non-beardo Chief! And look, oh look it's Kallie! Helo's got a thing for lollipops! And Gaeta all fresh-faced and non bitter. It's like flicking back through an old yearbook from a highschool that you actually liked and have fond memories of.

I lol'd at Six's wacky go-go-dancer-hooker-from-space outfits in the early episodes. ie the crazy plastic lace getup with giant silver panels on the skirt that she wears right as Caprica goes KaBoom. WTF.

And cosign upthread, re: The Plan. It's truly dire. Eddie Olmos' paint splattering directorship left a bad taste in my mouth and The Plan fares even worse in his hands. Plus it's totally needless, the 'revisionism' is just boring. Cavill was the only high point and I even got tired of him in the end.

I lol'd at Six's wacky go-go-dancer-hooker-from-space outfits in the early episodes

i totally "lol'd" at this amirite fellas

ok, watching the "miniseries" rite now, seems pretty good. there's a lot of stuff i'm feeling.

but every performance from anyone under 30 is real bad. is that the way it is for the whole show? kind of a problem imo.

someone please put this franchise out of its misery. it's getting worse than sonic now
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/10/battlestar-blood-chrome/

Awesome! Can't wait.

nothing's worse than sonic :(

No wonder they switched to a new series.

The show, which Stern said wouldn’t air before the end of 2011, said the show would employ virtual sets produced by digitally scanning the Battlestar Galactica sets before they were taken down.

greaaaaaaat

Episode I -- The Cylon Menace

what?

great. Caprica's cancelled? shiiiiittt

been re-watching the BSG reboot. even the weaker episodes in the first couple seasons are redeemed by the presence of Baltar. oddly in retrospect the weakest character/link in the show seems to be Apollo.

love how they totally dropped the Boxy character after like three episodes. it's amazing how well structured the early seasons are in terms of character arcs and multiple storylines, given the huge clusterfuck it turned into by the end. Like, everything seems exceptionally well paced for the first few seasons - actions have consequences that resonate across episodes, a lot of subtle characterizations with various people getting their moments in the spotlight, the larger backdrop seems complex but also logical and realistic...

season 2 finale was perfect. they didn't know where to go after that.