I really liked the strong female role of Mary McDonnell in battlestar. Shame there aren't more roles like that for good female actors in hollywood.

Babylon 5 is the gold standard of blending story arc and episodic television. It was written from the start to last five years. Some of the scenes and characters are burned into my mind, but it has been so long. I really need to watch it again. I'm sure the CGI is dated now, but at the time it was fun.

You can't even compare this with Battlestar "makin' it up as we go" Galactica. Bablyon 5 also didn't make you want to slit your wrists every damn episode. It could make you laugh as well as cry. That's what good writing is.

One thing that was really sad was the cancellation and station change between seasons 4 and 5. The main story arc was abbreviated and wrapped up in season 4 because nobody knew if season 5 would even happen. Though tragic, season 5 still had some amazing episodes, with character moments and a story arc that looked almost as if it was planned all along.

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

Really should get around to watching Babylon 5 at some point. mumbles


Pretty good for pre-battlestar sci-fi. Episodes can be rather episodic at times, and the characters are always a bit stiff and predictable but there are some really good overall story arcs, and a couple of lines that are my favorite in life.


( have a link to a good torrent if you are intesrted hrph hrpm)

>> ^Yogi:

Every once in awhile I pull out Firefly and watch them. To me it's just like Arrested Development...I could feel like crap and it'll make me feel amazing. I wish there was more but I'm damn grateful that there was something.


Sometimes it's best things die early before they sour. I pretend the first and second seasons of Battlestar Galactica are all that exist!

I upvoted for the battlestar at the end

I just finished The Pacific. I really liked Band of Brothers, so I had high hopes, but in the end I felt it was not completely up to par with its predecessor. Nice to learn a little bit of WW2 history from the other side of the globe, though.

Right now I'm at a loss as to what I should watch next. I watched the first two episodes of Mad Men, and while I enjoyed the retro scenery, the storyline didn't really drag me in. I'm thinking of continuing on with season 3 of Dexter, and watch Arrested Development for comedy, since everyone speaks so highly of it. When Game of Thrones comes out, I will watch that. I would love suggestions, though. Things I've seen and enjoyed in the past:

-Deadwood
-The Wire
-Battlestar Galactica
-Firefly
-Doctor Who
-Rome

I was IMDB'ing the director and producer...and they producer is also producing a Battlestar Galactica movie!

>> ^radx:

Poking might have given a clue as to who was a clone and who was not.


Poking where?

What's wrong with clones? The more, the better like in 2003's Battlestar Galactica.

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

5 quid says the game will be full of the same lame religious crap that ruined the last two seasons of the show. Spoiler alert: God did it.


Ya, that wouldn't of even been bad if they did it cleverly. I don't know how they were able to take killer robots that wipe out humanity, and turn them into such pussies. The first 2 seasons are legendary television, the third season starts out strong, but, to me, is the end of what made BSG great. From there, you go to episodic non-sense with no real since of overall story telling. I mean, the first 2 seasons had all sorts of neat religious interplay; was the 9 in his head an angel, what's the deal with the cylon faith, what's the deal with cobal and earth? They manage to drop the ball on nearly every question, and by drop the ball, I mean answer the question in such a trite way as to ruin all the tension built up over the course of years.

Ahhh rant over...I try and pretend that seasons 1-2 are the only ones that happened then the show got canceled. I am conformable with this state of denial.

This is a browser client game....

[edit] I did sign up for the beta out of curiosity though.

http://us1.battlestar-galactica.bigpoint.com/

So about the lizard episode... From my understanding they hit warp 10, so... Why don't electrons turn into lizards?

Ahhhah!!! Maybe, when electrons are measured a sock disappears! That's it!

/If Voyager had writers that new what "strongly-episodic" meant, that may have been the best trek made. Like, the Battlestar Galactica writers or the writers leftover from Deep Space Nine; especially, during it's last four seasons or so.

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Electric shavers don't work. I've tried 4 of them.

I've got one electric shaver right now that works great assuming you've got less than 5 o'clock shadow, but can't shave anything longer than that.

I got the idea of using old fashioned razors from Battlestar Galactica, honestly. They have a bit of a fetish for scenes involving old-fashioned razors.

It doesn't help that my beard is to a regular beard as rigatoni is capellini.

Just two chords, but it sounds like a song from Battlestar Galactica. I can't recall which one or the scene right at the moment though.

>> ^Harzzach:

I expected Vipers and Cylon Raiders flew out of the machine after opening it. Great Battlestar Galactica soundtrack


Yeah Im definitely hearing the battlestar galactica beat in this, now we just need the shaky camera action and bad tracking.