So say we all…
In December of 2003 a miniseries named Battlestar Galactica aired on good ol’ Scifi. This series had a lot of doubt as it was a reconceptilization of the original Battlestar Galactica (referred to hereon as BSG) which ran in 1978. It did well for its time but ABC (which was the channel it ran on) cancelled its series as 1. It had a lawsuit pending as George Lucas claimed it stole ideas from Star Wars, something that was dismissed in 1980 2. It cost ABC a million to produce each episode, which was a lot back then. However it created a huge fan base. A fan base that wasn’t too happy with the remake. However it turned out for the better. The ratings were very well back in December 03, especially for Scifi. It was cable’s most watched miniseries after Taken (another Scifi series). Not to mention that it was two Oscar nominated actors in the series.
Well last week the series (to the miniseries) premiered in the US with very well ratings and yesterday’s show did well as well. However this year is a little weird as the UK has been airing scifi shows in advance to those in the US, which means they are ahead 10-12 episodes. Thats because this year the networks are trying something new. This year they have two shows sharing the time slot. However the first part of the season they have one show running w/o any repeat shows and then the second show the second half of the season. Pretty cool but because of that BSG is basically almost over in the UK (one more ep left, which airs this Monday on SKYone, a channel that is available on Dish!).
Anyways… the show it self is awesome. Unlike Star trek, which I never really cared for that much and Stargate, this show is more appealing as it has less technobabble like the aformented shows. They show the human side of characters and each character has flaws. No one is perfect like it always seems on Star trek or SG-1 where they always find solutions to this. Plus sometimes the characters on those shows feel like plastic, in BSG you really feel for some of them. The only antogonist/protagonist that exists is that its Humans vs Cylons (AI gone wrong really) but there in lie a lot of levels. Its difficult to explain… watch the show I suppose. Now this show isn’t necessarily played in the future as it isn’t even set on our lovely planet Earth. It is set in a Galaxy far far away. Now there goal is to go to Earth, however you have to watch the show to find that one out.
So if you ever run across the miniseries at Blockbuster / Netflix / Hollywood… rent it. Or if your bored at night on a Friday… see it on Scifi at 10pm or 1am.
That is all for now…..
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