Battlestar Galactica Revival

season 3 started out really good with the new caprica stuff but once they left it kind of petered out. i liked the wacky finale though.

can't wait for season 4.

seasons 2 & 3 both flagged in the middle but started & ended strong. they should stick to like 12 episode seasons, and leave out the bullshit in the middle (if heroes did this i would still be watching it)

also i think on season 3 the mid-season flagging was not helped by the network-mandated standalone episodes.

oh was that why there were all those water-treading disconnected relationship issues eps??

season just GROUND to a halt.

yeah i HATED those, when my friends started watching i told them to skip em

season 3 is great cos it has fat lee, the big battle to get them off new caprica, tie as "one-eyed drunk", the genocide of the cylons ep., and some class balthar weeping

it was getting a bit bogged down and filler-y for a mo, but now onto 'the eye of jupiter' and the story's kicking back in

when does season 4 start and when does razor take place?

Season 4 starts in April. Razor takes place during the American Civil War

Mostly it alternates between late season 2 and Cain's command of the Pegasus.

season 3 DVDs out today...?

okay I have seen Season 3 now and am eagerly awaiting Season 4 where they explain WHY THEY RUINED THE SHOW WITH A SHITTY DYLAN/HENDRIX REFERENCE

i know, rite?

I've spotted weird anachronisms before (Colonials quoting Shakespeare, for ex.) but that was so heavy-handed AND unnecessary, very lame. rest of the cliffhangar episode was pretty great actually. although not as OMG as Season 2s.

this is heartening:

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw18598.html

David Eick, what will we see in season four as we build to the conclusion of the series?

Eick: I think you're going to see one continuous story from beginning to end, unlike other seasons where we'd done a multitude of stand-alone episodes and episodes that would introduce different political movements. This is really going to be about starting from ground zero, where we left off season three, and a sprint all the way to the end. And I think the fans, really, are going to feel like they're getting their due. They're going to feel like they're finally getting the season of Battlestar Galactica that they have always wanted, where we're not worrying about inviting a new audience, necessarily. We're just really committed to finishing the story in a way that feels legitimate and at the level I think fans have come to expect.

What can you tell us about the direction of season four?

Bamber: Based on what we've already shot, you're going to see these new Cylons who've discovered they're Cylons trying to figure out what the hell they're doing and why they are where they are and what's going on. That's kind of a microcosm for what everyone is doing, basically trying to figure what they hell they're doing alive, breathing, wandering through space. It's pretty riveting space. There's no fluff. There's no stand-alone episodes. It's one big, tight arc. No fat, all muscle. All sinew and great storytelling.

sounds promising

sure, why not. but i mean basically all he said was "this season is gonna rock!" tho the no stand-alones is a relief.

excited

GET ON WITH IT

the no stand-alones is a relief.

that's mostly what I was referring to. the rest is just hype

EXCITED

people seem to forget that we last left our refugees being attacked by a massive cylon fleet without the ability to spin up their FTL drives. I just hope the resolution to that is fun, and not something solved after three minutes by Starbuck flying in saying "live together die alone" guys.

Anyway, started re-watching Season 3 with my friend who is catching up on what he has missed last night. I had forgotten how amazing that season started.

ONE YEAR LATER

15th of april for sky viewers :(

tomorrow, so stoked!

ugh I have to watch this with my mom

haha

the group of friends I'll be seeing it with is all dudes.

I think I'll bring bratwust.

sausage party!

there is no bigger fan of this show than my wife, but yeah mom is in town to help out with baby so we're kinda stuck. my mom has a tendency to talk through movies/ask a lot of questions/start side conversations, etc.

First episode is streaming on scifi.com as of noon tomorrow...

15th of april for sky viewers :(

i don't understand it when people say things like this about tv! are you not on the internet?? it is a glorious day and age!

can't decide whether to watch this or party in milwaukee. why must it be on friday nights????

i know, internets etc.

ok watched the live stream on scifi. it was good. this ep doesn't waste any time getting started.

can't wait to rewatch it tonight.

link? can't find it on the sci fi site.

it was streamed live from 12-1 est. not on there now. :-/

;_;

wtf I was channel-surfing last night and came across some hyper-fastpaced series synopsis on the sci-fi channel that went on for like 20 minutes. it was really weird.

it was like listening to a drunk 13-yo describe each episode as quickly as possible

i am totally doing delayed gratification on this
saturday morning awyeah

Why do the Cylons come every 33 minutes?

Shakey - I think you mean this.

Or this, maybe?

It's part of these weird recap meme this year. I think it got started by some fan doing one for The Sopranos, then ABC did one called Lost in 8:15, and The Wire also had one for seasons 1-4. They even got the same (still unknown?) narrator from the Lost one to do BSG's.

you can watch the season premiere "He Who Believeth In Me" here!

http://www.scifi.com/rewind/?sid=32850

Not a bad premiere. Drunk John McCain's on-going meltdown keeps getting better.

Apparently, Edward James Olmos is on the internets telling everyone that the final season is heartbreaking. It's not clear if he means that as in "not good" or "sad."

ejo is all up in the internets?

Not to be cranky, but I was pretty unimpressed.

it was pretty unimpressive

After Apollo brought up Zack last night, I had to wonder if maybe the Lost Adama doesn't play a significant role this season.