[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
[B]They might not. It does resemble science fiction, after all. [/B][/QUOTE]
True. Atleast they're giving SG-1 an 8th and final season (as a tie-in to Atlantis).
As far as the mini-series goes....
What a piece of SHIT! The Galactica looks like a flying penis with two fighter pods on the outside! Furthermore, they act like the original series happened 40 years in the past! That TOTALLY goes against the original timeline as they were already off searching for Earth well before this mini-series took place! And what the fuck is it with the obsession with the shitty zoom-in shakey camera work? I've seen fanfic movies with better camera work than this! Furthermore, it looks like they used old Farscape props! Look at the pistols used by Boomer and what's his name on that planet. Tell me those don't look remarkably similar to the peacekeeper pulse pistol design. Even the jump SFX reeks of a leviahthan going into starburst....
Baltar has turned into a pretty much useless character compared to the Baltar seen in the original series. Baltar in the remake was merely a victim of betrayal and his own ignorance. Baltar in the OS was an actual bad guy that intentionally did evil things.
RubberEagleWhat's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
better question would have been "Did you actually see the the mini-series" ;), cause lot's of Vertigo's comments sound like he watched it with his finger on the fast-forward button.
They don't try to have it sell the original series as taking place 40 years earlier, they just explain what happened in the past more "into the face" than the original series.
I very much like the fact that the galactica isn't a state of the art ship, and that it actually makes sense that she (I'm trying not to spoil anyone here) is actually better off fighting the cylons than any of the newer battlestars.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by WHY [/i]
[B]Actually, the first thing that came to mind when I saw the ships jump were the Wing Commander games... [/B][/QUOTE]
I have to say, all things considered I REALLY liked it. I'm going to be very pissed of if it doesn't make it to a series. It really left me wanting more! Sure they changed a few things and its not 100 percent faithfull to the original but its very interesting how they did it and I won't go into any more details. I was very impressed that it looked very well and professionally done. The acting overall was great and seems to have done away with a lot of the cheesy factor inherant to most science fiction shows. It had a very realistic feel to it which was awesome. Thats just my 1 1/2 cents.
Just saw the first episode and I have to say I was right, I was right!!! I did give it a chance and it didn't fail me at all!!!
The feeling in the episode was like a combination of S:AAB and the original Galactica. Minus the sex scenes IMO this was a great pilot.
It was nice how they had elements from the original series, like the old Vipers, the original Cylon warrior, and the original theme when the Vipers made the fly-by.
Galactica looked good and true to the original but I can't wait to see a basestar!!
Now only if the episode would come faster.....damnit
Oh and we didn't hear Pegasus on the casualty list :robot:
RubberEagleWhat's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
Yep, it was fun how they used the original BSG Theme :)
I think there allready was a basestar... the thing that destroyed the spacestation in the beginning (err... you know what i mean).
And having seen about as much of it as you, I totally agree with you. minus the sex scenes, it was very good
Biggles<font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
The problem with the ratings is that everyone just watched it out of a sick sense of curiosity. :D
RubberEagleWhat's a rubber eagle used for, anyway?
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
[B]Truthfully, I thought the ending stank. thanks for NOT answering anything! (Other then who one of the Cylon spies were)
sure, they left it open for a series, but they left it TOO open OMHO. it should tell, and end, a story. Just in case there is no series. [/B][/QUOTE]
Well, the ending was kinda like you would expect it for Battlestar Galactica... not very different from the pilot to the original series. ('cept for the spy thingie)
But what i would have done, is NOT show the Cylon model of the spy... at best some outline, and only hear the voice....
Kinda late here, and I didn't bother actually reading the thread :p, but here goes anyways...
Was anyone else annoyed at how many movie stereotypes they packed into this movie (and did poorly, IMO)? I mean, the whole "leaving people behind" thing made sense, but they did it all wrong, and TOO MANY TIMES. Not to mention the 10,000 other things I could b1tch about...
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
[B]Kinda late here, and I didn't bother actually reading the thread :p, but here goes anyways...
Was anyone else annoyed at how many movie stereotypes they packed into this movie (and did poorly, IMO)? I mean, the whole "leaving people behind" thing made sense, but they did it all wrong, and TOO MANY TIMES. Not to mention the 10,000 other things I could b1tch about... [/B][/QUOTE]
I think that was the whole point. Helps drive the point that the few who managed to escape is ALL that is left as far as we know.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Rick [/i]
[B]I'll believe it when I see it. I don't recall seeing that on Pegasus in the past.
Though, if George Lucas did it to force Dykstra et. al. back to ILM, that may have some degree of feasibility (though I still tend to doubt it). It may even explain why Dykstra left after Empire.
I don't know why, but I have a hard time thinking Lucas would be that kind of an ass.
If there WAS a battle, I could see one between Fox and Universal, though. Studio execs are like morons running with scissors. Stupid and Stupid.
[/B][/QUOTE]
[quote]
[b]G6. Whatever happened to the lawsuits regarding BSG?[/b]
In June 1978, 20th Century Fox, later joined by Lucasfilm Ltd., sued Universal Studios for copyright infringement of its Star Wars movie, citing 34 similarities between the two films.
Prior to the lawsuit, Fox had leased its soundstage and John Dysktra's special effects personnel to Universal. The agreement was beneficial to both parties, for Dykstra's Industrial Light and Magic, later renamed Apogee, was not working on any projects at the moment, so leasing the personnel and sound stages was beneficial to both parties. To not infringe on the prerogatives of Star Wars, Glen Larson had an agreement with Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz not to do several things in the Galactica series, including laser streaks coming out of the pistols.
According to Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas, 20th Century Fox initiated the first lawsuit at the urging of Star Wars creator George Lucas. One possible reason for the lawsuit was Universal's decision to release the premiere theatrically in Canada, the same summer 20th Century Fox had planned to rerelease Star Wars.
Universal countersued, claiming that R2D2 was based on the Huey, Duey and Louis robots in its 1973 release, Silent Running (Universal lost the countersuit in 1980.) In response, Fox filed a suit attempting to prevent marketing of Galactica toys and merchandise. Universal countersued, asking Fox for damages because of a violation of the California business and professional code. The lawsuit that started it all was decided on August 22, 1980, when Los Angeles Federal court judge Irving Hill ruled in Universal's favor, stating that the two films were very different when viewed as a whole. Glen Larson commented on the differences between the two in Science Fantasy Film Classics (October 1978):
Battlestar Galactica is quite different. When it comes to who are our characters and what our story is, I would have to say that if you were trying to compare Shane to Gunfight at the OK Corral, you'd say, "Yes, they're both westerns," but I doubt if you'd find many parallels beyond that.
The second unrelated lawsuit concerns the December 31, 1978 death of a four year old boy in Atlanta after the misuse of one of the Galactica toys. The child aimed a Colonial Viper toy into his mouth and launched one of the projectile missiles, inadvertently choking himself to death. On January 11, Mattel issued a recall order for the Viper and three other vehicles. It also issued a missile mail-in for those who had had already purchased a missile-firing version of the toys. In exchange for the little red missiles, Mattel provided a Hot Wheels toys, "for the loss in play value." Mattel redesigned the vehicle line to have non-firing missiles.
The boy's death triggered a national outcry to remove projectiles from all toys. On March 23, the boy's parents sued Mattel. The judge presiding over the case singled out Star Wars space toys as the culprit (which upset Lucas very much.)
The controversy had an impact on Kenner's Star Wars' toy line, as it delayed the shipment of its Boba Fett dolls. The action figure—whose character would star in The Empire Strikes Back sequel—was part of a mailaway offer on the backs of other Star Wars figurines. Although Boba Fett's original design and promotion included a rocket-firing backpack, this mechanism was removed from its design. No rocket-firing Boba Fett's ever rolled off the line, and only a handful of the unpainted prototypes exist. [/quote]
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vorlons in my Head [/i]
[B]I think that was the whole point. Helps drive the point that the few who managed to escape is ALL that is left as far as we know. [/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah, probably not the best of my gripes to vocalize as it does make sense, but like I said, the main problem with those scenes was how terrible their execution was.
And am I alone in hoping that Madam Prez succumbs to cancer soon? :rolleyes:
(Dons flame-proof underwear)
Ok, I just gotta say this. I thought the original Battlestar Galactica sucked bigtime. Especially that little bingy bingy bingy robot thing.
This show was MUCH BETTER.
Not as good as B5 mind you, but still much better than the original.
There, I said it. I feel much better now
You're thinking of Twikie, the chrome robot in "Buck Rogers," not Galactica. In Galactica, Joey (whom I believe was Apollo's Kid), had a robotic dog (played by a monkey in a suit).
Not one to be afraid to admit it, I stand corrected-- I guess he CAN be that much of an ass.
In the end, I shouldn't be too surprised, I guess... (OMFG...JAR-JAR??!?!? WTF was he thinking?!!!??!)
BUUUUUUT......
They are quick to state that the lawsuits weren't the cause of hte cancellation (IMO, that's "sour grapes" from Mr. Hatch). Lawsuits in Hollywood are like candy racks at a cash register...they're everywhere.
Read on to [url]http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/faqs/index.html#G7[/url]
[quote][b]G7. Why was Battlestar Galactica canceled?[/b]
On April 29, 1979, ABC aired "The Hand of God". It would be Galactica's last original episode, for the network had just canceled the series. No longer riding the initial momentum of the premiere, ABC felt Galactica wasn't getting high enough ratings for the investment they put in the show, and believed it could maintain or exceed its ratings in a show with a much lower investment value. ABC's assumptions were wrong, for when it moved Mork and Mindy, into the same time slot (Sunday, 8PM EST), it got even lower ratings than Galactica did. The network realized it made a mistake, but by then it was too late. In a controversial article in Fantastic Films #29, the author claimed that Galactica was actually a ratings success, and that ABC exaggerated its ratings loss to kill a series it viewed as too expensive.
In his book, Confessions of the Kamikaze Cowboy (pg. 139), Dirk ("Starbuck") Benedict relates the thinking behind Galactica's cancelation:
[i]For whatever reasons... Battlestar Galactica failed to live up to its blockbuster beginning. The ratings sagged and finally settled at a level that would have been sufficient for the continuation of any other show. But not for a project that had numero uno written all over it by everyone months before it went on the air. Anything but the top was too near the bottom and not good enough.[/i]
Glen Larson elaborated on Galactica's cancelation and its Sunday time slot in Starlog #36:
[i]When you put the most popular show on the network [Mork and Mindy] there and [ABC] has to move it out, it proves the problem... was in the time slot, not us...
The original Galactica, I think, started off just right. It's like an airplane that takes off from an aircraft carrier—it sort of dips before it really gets going. Galactica by its sheer weight and expectations, took a natural dip as it left the carrier deck. Then I think it started to climb. We did better stories and concentrated more on the characters...
[Galactica] had either the good fortune or the bad fortune to be on the most successful schedule in the history of television. In the ABC schedule last year, literally every show was in the 40's. That was just phenomenal. Galactica was canceled with a position of 24th in the top 100 shows, according to Cashbox's annual sweepstakes lineup. We happened to be on a network that misinterpreted how competitive, how tough the eight o'clock time slot was on Sunday night. [/i]
[/quote]
Oh no, I was too busy masturbating to porn, working on setting up a phpBB board to look like a UBB one I post at to read this thread. :rolleyes: I've already posted in this thread idiot! Of COURSE I read it! :rolleyes:
What's the matter, can't stand it because I don't share the opinion of the majority? You liked it? Good for you. I don't share your opinion, so I must have not been paying attention. :rolleyes: You know, I got the same shit over my opinion of Matrix 2. I absolutely hated it, and people bitched how "I wasn't paying attention". I payed $10 for the damn ticket + snacks. Of fucking course I was paying attention! I shared my opinion of BSG, and I didn't like what I saw. Don't like it? Thats tough shit. I have the right to my own opinion like you have to yours. Don't bitch at me because my opinion doesn't co-encide with yours.
You know the old addage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" ? Its apparently obvious that the idiots that were behind this bastardization of a damn good TV series didn't learn this. I guarantee you that you'd be bitching like mad if someone re-made B5 and really screwed it up.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Vertigo1 [/i]
[B]Oh no, I was too busy masturbating to porn, working on setting up a phpBB board to look like a UBB one I post at to read this thread. :rolleyes: I've already posted in this thread idiot! Of COURSE I read it! :rolleyes:
What's the matter, can't stand it because I don't share the opinion of the majority? You liked it? Good for you. I don't share your opinion, so I must have not been paying attention. :rolleyes: You know, I got the same shit over my opinion of Matrix 2. I absolutely hated it, and people bitched how "I wasn't paying attention". I payed $10 for the damn ticket + snacks. Of fucking course I was paying attention! I shared my opinion of BSG, and I didn't like what I saw. Don't like it? Thats tough shit. I have the right to my own opinion like you have to yours. Don't bitch at me because my opinion doesn't co-encide with yours.
You know the old addage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" ? Its apparently obvious that the idiots that were behind this bastardization of a damn good TV series didn't learn this. I guarantee you that you'd be bitching like mad if someone re-made B5 and really screwed it up. [/B][/QUOTE]
Vertigo, Hold off a bit. You're bordering flaming.
Well, I finally saw it, and I'll admit, I did like it.
Alamos was a fantastic Adama, and I even liked the gender-bendered Starbuck--she actually held the character close to Dirk Bennedict's--in a female body.
(BTW- Did anyone else think Baltar looked familiar? I do believe that was the good doctor Bashir from DS9...)
The effects were top-notch, and they pulled off many of the things I thought would be cheesy.
The acting was spectacular, especially considering this was a PILOT.
Thumbs up, and I [b]really[/b] hope they get a green light.
Comments
sure, they left it open for a series, but they left it TOO open OMHO. it should tell, and end, a story. Just in case there is no series.
That was the ending?
I thought there was another episode.
[B]They might not. It does resemble science fiction, after all. [/B][/QUOTE]
True. Atleast they're giving SG-1 an 8th and final season (as a tie-in to Atlantis).
As far as the mini-series goes....
What a piece of SHIT! The Galactica looks like a flying penis with two fighter pods on the outside! Furthermore, they act like the original series happened 40 years in the past! That TOTALLY goes against the original timeline as they were already off searching for Earth well before this mini-series took place! And what the fuck is it with the obsession with the shitty zoom-in shakey camera work? I've seen fanfic movies with better camera work than this! Furthermore, it looks like they used old Farscape props! Look at the pistols used by Boomer and what's his name on that planet. Tell me those don't look remarkably similar to the peacekeeper pulse pistol design. Even the jump SFX reeks of a leviahthan going into starburst....
Baltar has turned into a pretty much useless character compared to the Baltar seen in the original series. Baltar in the remake was merely a victim of betrayal and his own ignorance. Baltar in the OS was an actual bad guy that intentionally did evil things.
Hell, where was the Pegasus in all of this?
did you actually READ the thread?
They don't try to have it sell the original series as taking place 40 years earlier, they just explain what happened in the past more "into the face" than the original series.
I very much like the fact that the galactica isn't a state of the art ship, and that it actually makes sense that she (I'm trying not to spoil anyone here) is actually better off fighting the cylons than any of the newer battlestars.
[B]Actually, the first thing that came to mind when I saw the ships jump were the Wing Commander games... [/B][/QUOTE]
...and how awesome they were?
The feeling in the episode was like a combination of S:AAB and the original Galactica. Minus the sex scenes IMO this was a great pilot.
It was nice how they had elements from the original series, like the old Vipers, the original Cylon warrior, and the original theme when the Vipers made the fly-by.
Galactica looked good and true to the original but I can't wait to see a basestar!!
Now only if the episode would come faster.....damnit
Oh and we didn't hear Pegasus on the casualty list :robot:
I think there allready was a basestar... the thing that destroyed the spacestation in the beginning (err... you know what i mean).
And having seen about as much of it as you, I totally agree with you. minus the sex scenes, it was very good
[B]Yep, it was fun how they used the original BSG Theme :)
I think there allready was a basestar... the thing that destroyed the spacestation in the beginning (err... you know what i mean).
And having seen about as much of it as you, I totally agree with you. minus the sex scenes, it was very good [/B][/QUOTE]
Yes that thing in the beginning was a basestar. They show it more clearly on the second part.
[url]http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|85110|1|,00.htm[/url]
[B]Truthfully, I thought the ending stank. thanks for NOT answering anything! (Other then who one of the Cylon spies were)
sure, they left it open for a series, but they left it TOO open OMHO. it should tell, and end, a story. Just in case there is no series. [/B][/QUOTE]
Well, the ending was kinda like you would expect it for Battlestar Galactica... not very different from the pilot to the original series. ('cept for the spy thingie)
But what i would have done, is NOT show the Cylon model of the spy... at best some outline, and only hear the voice....
Was anyone else annoyed at how many movie stereotypes they packed into this movie (and did poorly, IMO)? I mean, the whole "leaving people behind" thing made sense, but they did it all wrong, and TOO MANY TIMES. Not to mention the 10,000 other things I could b1tch about...
[B]Kinda late here, and I didn't bother actually reading the thread :p, but here goes anyways...
Was anyone else annoyed at how many movie stereotypes they packed into this movie (and did poorly, IMO)? I mean, the whole "leaving people behind" thing made sense, but they did it all wrong, and TOO MANY TIMES. Not to mention the 10,000 other things I could b1tch about... [/B][/QUOTE]
I think that was the whole point. Helps drive the point that the few who managed to escape is ALL that is left as far as we know.
[B]I'll believe it when I see it. I don't recall seeing that on Pegasus in the past.
Though, if George Lucas did it to force Dykstra et. al. back to ILM, that may have some degree of feasibility (though I still tend to doubt it). It may even explain why Dykstra left after Empire.
I don't know why, but I have a hard time thinking Lucas would be that kind of an ass.
If there WAS a battle, I could see one between Fox and Universal, though. Studio execs are like morons running with scissors. Stupid and Stupid.
[/B][/QUOTE]
Rick, its a bit late, but from
[url]http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/faqs/index.html#G6[/url]
[quote]
[b]G6. Whatever happened to the lawsuits regarding BSG?[/b]
In June 1978, 20th Century Fox, later joined by Lucasfilm Ltd., sued Universal Studios for copyright infringement of its Star Wars movie, citing 34 similarities between the two films.
Prior to the lawsuit, Fox had leased its soundstage and John Dysktra's special effects personnel to Universal. The agreement was beneficial to both parties, for Dykstra's Industrial Light and Magic, later renamed Apogee, was not working on any projects at the moment, so leasing the personnel and sound stages was beneficial to both parties. To not infringe on the prerogatives of Star Wars, Glen Larson had an agreement with Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz not to do several things in the Galactica series, including laser streaks coming out of the pistols.
According to Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas, 20th Century Fox initiated the first lawsuit at the urging of Star Wars creator George Lucas. One possible reason for the lawsuit was Universal's decision to release the premiere theatrically in Canada, the same summer 20th Century Fox had planned to rerelease Star Wars.
Universal countersued, claiming that R2D2 was based on the Huey, Duey and Louis robots in its 1973 release, Silent Running (Universal lost the countersuit in 1980.) In response, Fox filed a suit attempting to prevent marketing of Galactica toys and merchandise. Universal countersued, asking Fox for damages because of a violation of the California business and professional code. The lawsuit that started it all was decided on August 22, 1980, when Los Angeles Federal court judge Irving Hill ruled in Universal's favor, stating that the two films were very different when viewed as a whole. Glen Larson commented on the differences between the two in Science Fantasy Film Classics (October 1978):
Battlestar Galactica is quite different. When it comes to who are our characters and what our story is, I would have to say that if you were trying to compare Shane to Gunfight at the OK Corral, you'd say, "Yes, they're both westerns," but I doubt if you'd find many parallels beyond that.
The second unrelated lawsuit concerns the December 31, 1978 death of a four year old boy in Atlanta after the misuse of one of the Galactica toys. The child aimed a Colonial Viper toy into his mouth and launched one of the projectile missiles, inadvertently choking himself to death. On January 11, Mattel issued a recall order for the Viper and three other vehicles. It also issued a missile mail-in for those who had had already purchased a missile-firing version of the toys. In exchange for the little red missiles, Mattel provided a Hot Wheels toys, "for the loss in play value." Mattel redesigned the vehicle line to have non-firing missiles.
The boy's death triggered a national outcry to remove projectiles from all toys. On March 23, the boy's parents sued Mattel. The judge presiding over the case singled out Star Wars space toys as the culprit (which upset Lucas very much.)
The controversy had an impact on Kenner's Star Wars' toy line, as it delayed the shipment of its Boba Fett dolls. The action figure—whose character would star in The Empire Strikes Back sequel—was part of a mailaway offer on the backs of other Star Wars figurines. Although Boba Fett's original design and promotion included a rocket-firing backpack, this mechanism was removed from its design. No rocket-firing Boba Fett's ever rolled off the line, and only a handful of the unpainted prototypes exist. [/quote]
[B]I think that was the whole point. Helps drive the point that the few who managed to escape is ALL that is left as far as we know. [/B][/QUOTE]
Yeah, probably not the best of my gripes to vocalize as it does make sense, but like I said, the main problem with those scenes was how terrible their execution was.
And am I alone in hoping that Madam Prez succumbs to cancer soon? :rolleyes:
Ok, I just gotta say this. I thought the original Battlestar Galactica sucked bigtime. Especially that little bingy bingy bingy robot thing.
This show was MUCH BETTER.
Not as good as B5 mind you, but still much better than the original.
There, I said it. I feel much better now
Z:shadow1:
You're thinking of Twikie, the chrome robot in "Buck Rogers," not Galactica. In Galactica, Joey (whom I believe was Apollo's Kid), had a robotic dog (played by a monkey in a suit).
The Dog never went "Beedub-beedup-beedub". ;)
-R.
[B]Rick, its a bit late, but from
[url]http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/faqs/index.html#G6[/url] [/B][/QUOTE]
Not one to be afraid to admit it, I stand corrected-- I guess he CAN be that much of an ass.
In the end, I shouldn't be too surprised, I guess... (OMFG...JAR-JAR??!?!? WTF was he thinking?!!!??!)
BUUUUUUT......
They are quick to state that the lawsuits weren't the cause of hte cancellation (IMO, that's "sour grapes" from Mr. Hatch). Lawsuits in Hollywood are like candy racks at a cash register...they're everywhere.
Read on to [url]http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/faqs/index.html#G7[/url]
[quote][b]G7. Why was Battlestar Galactica canceled?[/b]
On April 29, 1979, ABC aired "The Hand of God". It would be Galactica's last original episode, for the network had just canceled the series. No longer riding the initial momentum of the premiere, ABC felt Galactica wasn't getting high enough ratings for the investment they put in the show, and believed it could maintain or exceed its ratings in a show with a much lower investment value. ABC's assumptions were wrong, for when it moved Mork and Mindy, into the same time slot (Sunday, 8PM EST), it got even lower ratings than Galactica did. The network realized it made a mistake, but by then it was too late. In a controversial article in Fantastic Films #29, the author claimed that Galactica was actually a ratings success, and that ABC exaggerated its ratings loss to kill a series it viewed as too expensive.
In his book, Confessions of the Kamikaze Cowboy (pg. 139), Dirk ("Starbuck") Benedict relates the thinking behind Galactica's cancelation:
[i]For whatever reasons... Battlestar Galactica failed to live up to its blockbuster beginning. The ratings sagged and finally settled at a level that would have been sufficient for the continuation of any other show. But not for a project that had numero uno written all over it by everyone months before it went on the air. Anything but the top was too near the bottom and not good enough.[/i]
Glen Larson elaborated on Galactica's cancelation and its Sunday time slot in Starlog #36:
[i]When you put the most popular show on the network [Mork and Mindy] there and [ABC] has to move it out, it proves the problem... was in the time slot, not us...
The original Galactica, I think, started off just right. It's like an airplane that takes off from an aircraft carrier—it sort of dips before it really gets going. Galactica by its sheer weight and expectations, took a natural dip as it left the carrier deck. Then I think it started to climb. We did better stories and concentrated more on the characters...
[Galactica] had either the good fortune or the bad fortune to be on the most successful schedule in the history of television. In the ABC schedule last year, literally every show was in the 40's. That was just phenomenal. Galactica was canceled with a position of 24th in the top 100 shows, according to Cashbox's annual sweepstakes lineup. We happened to be on a network that misinterpreted how competitive, how tough the eight o'clock time slot was on Sunday night. [/i]
[/quote]
-R.
I still never cared much for BG though...
or Buck Rogers...
I kinda liked Buck Rogers and BSG as a fun thing to watch now and then, although I much prefer B5, Farscape, SG-1 and Space:1999.
No sense of escapism or objective opinions, just comparing this to that and so on an so forth.
Nothin will ever be B5 again, understand that and you may even enjoy something.....
But anyway, I beg to differ. Jeremiah is at least as good as the height of B5.
[B]...
did you actually READ the thread? [/B][/QUOTE]
Oh no, I was too busy masturbating to porn, working on setting up a phpBB board to look like a UBB one I post at to read this thread. :rolleyes: I've already posted in this thread idiot! Of COURSE I read it! :rolleyes:
What's the matter, can't stand it because I don't share the opinion of the majority? You liked it? Good for you. I don't share your opinion, so I must have not been paying attention. :rolleyes: You know, I got the same shit over my opinion of Matrix 2. I absolutely hated it, and people bitched how "I wasn't paying attention". I payed $10 for the damn ticket + snacks. Of fucking course I was paying attention! I shared my opinion of BSG, and I didn't like what I saw. Don't like it? Thats tough shit. I have the right to my own opinion like you have to yours. Don't bitch at me because my opinion doesn't co-encide with yours.
You know the old addage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" ? Its apparently obvious that the idiots that were behind this bastardization of a damn good TV series didn't learn this. I guarantee you that you'd be bitching like mad if someone re-made B5 and really screwed it up.
[B]Oh no, I was too busy masturbating to porn, working on setting up a phpBB board to look like a UBB one I post at to read this thread. :rolleyes: I've already posted in this thread idiot! Of COURSE I read it! :rolleyes:
What's the matter, can't stand it because I don't share the opinion of the majority? You liked it? Good for you. I don't share your opinion, so I must have not been paying attention. :rolleyes: You know, I got the same shit over my opinion of Matrix 2. I absolutely hated it, and people bitched how "I wasn't paying attention". I payed $10 for the damn ticket + snacks. Of fucking course I was paying attention! I shared my opinion of BSG, and I didn't like what I saw. Don't like it? Thats tough shit. I have the right to my own opinion like you have to yours. Don't bitch at me because my opinion doesn't co-encide with yours.
You know the old addage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" ? Its apparently obvious that the idiots that were behind this bastardization of a damn good TV series didn't learn this. I guarantee you that you'd be bitching like mad if someone re-made B5 and really screwed it up. [/B][/QUOTE]
Vertigo, Hold off a bit. You're bordering flaming.
Alamos was a fantastic Adama, and I even liked the gender-bendered Starbuck--she actually held the character close to Dirk Bennedict's--in a female body.
(BTW- Did anyone else think Baltar looked familiar? I do believe that was the good doctor Bashir from DS9...)
The effects were top-notch, and they pulled off many of the things I thought would be cheesy.
The acting was spectacular, especially considering this was a PILOT.
Thumbs up, and I [b]really[/b] hope they get a green light.
-R.