Except the first story arc of season 3 is as good as SF TV has ever been.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Thursday, 2 June 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
Have Glen Campbell in my facebook likes and this ad appeared which made me think it referred to my BSG like.http://creative.ak.fbcdn.net/v41818/flyers/50/32/1313001135520333774_1_c863ebae.jpg
― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 07:23 (twelve years ago) link
Was thinking last night how different the series may have been, depending on which song was chosen instead of All Along the Watchtower. Like if it had been Don't Worry Be Happy. Wow, that would have been awesome.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:41 (twelve years ago) link
honestly the last season was not quite as bad as I remembered it. I think watching it all in a row made the overall plot arc seem a little more thought-out. nonetheless, they had written themselves into several corners and made numerous terrible decisions (All Along the Watchtower, the opera house, etc) that really sapped the momentum of the show. They can claim it was about "the characters" all they want, the fact is most of the characters weren't particularly well-written.
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
just watched the miniseries and started season one
kinda heavy-handed but liking it and looking forward to the purported stratospheric ending of the season + onward
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 April 2012 00:40 (eleven years ago) link
yay hoos
I hope you enjoy it, am jealous of all BSG firsttimers
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
My wife and I recently finished BSG and are halfway through Caprica now. You are in for some wild times, HOOS. Stay Strong.
― Frank Youngenstein (Phil D.), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
i have only just gotten into this too! A few eps into season 2. This is the most pleasantly surprised by a tv show in like forever. Man they deal with the big questions. Love it.
― owenf, Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:23 (eleven years ago) link
(also think I might be a cylon)
― owenf, Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
i kind of want to start a kev k style "big hoos watches battlestar galactica and no one talks about episodes he hasn't seen yet" thread
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
if you do I'll hang at my season two mark for you. (nobody I know would really be into this show)
― owenf, Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
i'm watching 2 eps a day so i'd prob catch up pretty fast
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:47 (eleven years ago) link
well ok then
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
*bites tongue*
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
Also I will wholeheartedly rep for Caprica as a good show that is worth yr time when you are done with BSG
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
looking forward to you guys hating this soon
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:53 (eleven years ago) link
big hoos & owenf watch 'battlestar galactica' and no one talks abt eps they haven't seen yet
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
I loved it all the way to the final episode and then I was kinda mad
You hate everything s1ocki :)
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 5 April 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/04/news/economy/fracking_rules/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3
oh sorry, wrong thread
― I'M THAT POSTA, AAAAAAAAAH (DJP), Friday, 4 May 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
The ending will be just as disappointing.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 May 2012 20:23 (eleven years ago) link
lol, g1.
― Nhex, Friday, 4 May 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah about that
http://io9.com/5932211/bryan-singer-claims-his-battlestar-galactica-movie-can-connect-both-bsg-tv-series
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 August 2012 20:06 (eleven years ago) link
well seeing as how the Moore version's mythos is a bunch of incomprehensible nonsense, of COURSE you could make it work with anything
― Harvey Cartel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 August 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
you're a bunch of..etc
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 August 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
actually I'm an angel... from the FUTURE
― Harvey Cartel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
fine. but you're still kind of a jerk :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
thinking about rewatching this
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
i've been thinking about the series ending.
there are two starbucks, one alive and one dead. there are two earths, one alive and one dead. dead starbuck ends up on dead earth and alive starbuck ends up on alive earth.
no idea if they planned this but it's a nice symmetry.
― get you ass to mahs (abanana), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
alive starbuck does not end up on alive earth
― Harvey Cartel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
what, because she vanishes?
― get you ass to mahs (abanana), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
ime experience this is not something live people are able to do
― Harvey Cartel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
Just because she's a ghost doesn't mean she's not there. That's racist.
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
tbf, dead people don't walk around and fly spaceships either
― your native bacon (mh), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
hhmmmmm yes, it's almost as if her entire character arc makes no sense...
― Harvey Cartel (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:54 (eleven years ago) link
has anyone here ever played the board game? it's REALLY fun, prob the best thing that came out of this series
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Monday, 6 August 2012 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.livingdice.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/img_0337.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 August 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
thats it!
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Monday, 6 August 2012 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
I never knew there was a board game!
SMH at the racism against ghosts on this board.
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 13:22 (eleven years ago) link
It's sad, she was a ghost.
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
my decision to rewatch this for winter 2012/13 is probably the best decision i have made in the past few months
i'd totally forgotten that the mini-series came out in *2003* - i do remember where i watched it and feeling the hype. it's still so good and so brutal! the part with the kid on the garden ship without an ftl drive, just before it gets nuked! whoa. harshness.and the fate of the human race, floating in space! and 33 minutes btwn jumps! the humanity!anyway. it's fun to experience this show again.
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
Did some recent skipping around thanks to Netflix. The series ending still falls apart big time, but sure started with a bang and then some. In retrospect not showing the fall of the Colonies much at the start was a brilliant move, everything felt more isolated from the get-go.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 03:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah imo everything after sbux reappearance is meh but everything up to and including her absence is a+
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 29 November 2012 05:45 (eleven years ago) link
the stretch around the end of the second season/start of the third is seriously awesome
― mookieproof, Thursday, 29 November 2012 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah the whole last 1.5 seasons is middling, except for the muutiny/sedition arc in the last season, which weirdly reverted to pure S1 awesomeness.
― Simon H., Thursday, 29 November 2012 06:28 (eleven years ago) link
mookie and simon utterly OTM.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 29 November 2012 14:14 (eleven years ago) link
Re the finale, I felt most* of the character arcs were resolved satisfactorily. It's just that the actual plot really really wasn't.
*glaring exception - STARBUCK IS AN ANGEL
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 29 November 2012 14:16 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, yes, and yes.
The finale was *not* good, but it didn't ruin the show. I still want to watch the whole thing again sometime, unlike (obviously) Lost.
The mutiny stuff was probably a series highlight.
I aslo keep forgetting the Rosyln assistant character – in my mind I keep thinking he’s Chris Addison.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 29 November 2012 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
I just watched the pilot last night, and now i have the first season ready to go. It'll have to be a few weeks but i'm going to nerd out so much on this pretty soon. It is pretty great! Hot-shot space marine who's the best starpilot in the galaxy? Commentary on the consequences of war from the perspective of both The President and a oblivious, doomed little girl? An army of sexy killer robots? Hell yes.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 22 March 2013 01:09 (eleven years ago) link
man you're in for about two seasons of really awesome shit
― adam, Friday, 22 March 2013 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
My favourite discovery of the past couple of weekshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKiQ2h_p8uM
― kinder, Friday, 22 March 2013 17:58 (eleven years ago) link