Which would be why Season 3 is coming out now. Especially good for poeple like me who happened to mist almost all of it. Now I can grab ahold of it, catch up on everything, and be ready to go when Season 4 comes out next month. Perfect timing, if you ask me...
(the new) Battlestar Galactica is THE BEST show on TV hands down
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Is Season III DVD out yet?
Love the music in the series also.
Too bad Season IV will be the last. Sigh.
Love the music in the series also.
Too bad Season IV will be the last. Sigh.
did I see another Battlestar?
right at the end of the trailer.
It had "Titan" written on the side.
right at the end of the trailer.
It had "Titan" written on the side.
yeah, this is the last season of BSG so the next one will be BST lol.....The Cunning Linguist said:
I mean, seriously, if yet ANOTHER battlestar comes out of the woodwork I'll say they "jumped the shark".......
Anyhow, it will be a good series again if they stop following "Lost" and dragging everything out......
Yes, I agree they are both GOOD shows, but sorry, especially with lost, not everything needs an hour long backstory......I was happy to find that lost is starting to introduce a sub-plot and finish the sub-plot in one episode. For a while there they'd start with Locke going to take a dump and then explain all the various history facets of the toilet seat and asswipe that was located in the secret shithouse controlled by the evil smoke spirit......lighthouse boy said:
Well...it's not quite like they have introduced a new battlestar each week, so I'm not sure why the sarcasm ? They've hardly "jumped the shark" yet.tboy said:
I watched that clip twice....I just wanted to know if anyone else thought they saw a battlestar with "Titan" on the side. It was only a brief glimpse.
I do think they(the writers) have lost their focus a bit....tonights episode was about some doctor who was practicing his own little form of genocide against a particular "sect" among the survivors. I guess they needed to give the actor who plays "Helo" something to do besides defend his "Cylon" wife.
Still the best show on television since the Sopranos went off the air.
I wouldn't say they've jumped the shark yet but I found that last season, they (like lost) introduced TOO many sub plots and many were so minor as to be more bothersome than interesting. LIke the sub-plot you referred to.
I mean, honestly, there is enough of a plot in the fleet trying to find earth than trying to intro all these sub-plots continuously and all these flashbacks. I mean, tell the story dammit lol. I mean the movie Highlander was bad, but that only lasts for 2 hrs, not 3 FRICKEN YEARS lol......
I mean, honestly, there is enough of a plot in the fleet trying to find earth than trying to intro all these sub-plots continuously and all these flashbacks. I mean, tell the story dammit lol. I mean the movie Highlander was bad, but that only lasts for 2 hrs, not 3 FRICKEN YEARS lol......
The Cunning Linguist said:
I saw it near the end. But I also saw about 4 other battlestar's
I think the creator of this picture had way too much time on his hands
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Well, the budget for stargate is probably about 1/10th of what BSG is and what happens is: when they start filming or producing a show or movie that turns into a series, they are kind of stuck dollar-wise as to sets, costumes etc. Once they set a certain "look" they are stuck with it and while it is ok to spend x amount of dollars for a 2 hr movie, when you produce 40 or 50 episodes, the costs can skyrocket.5andman said:
I think it was the original Alien movie where in a final scene (where Ripley blew the alien out of the escape ship) and the alien was seen being burned up by the firing of the engines they had run out of money so they made a simple alien costume for someone to wear. The future producers were "stuck" with the humanoid shape for subsequent movies. Same goes for everything else: if they had a major budget for the movie for items or scenes etc that will be shown in future episodes, they are stuck with those expensive to produce scenes......
I remember watching a program on the production of the original star trek and their budget for sets was about $400.00 an episode. Which is why the sets were basically cardboard and very very basic compared to movies etc of their time. Like does anyone remember the "plumbing" panels glued to the walls of the original enterprise? Honestly, they were just pieces of PVC pipe, cut in half, and glued to a piece of plywood and stuck to the wall.
Another issue about Stargate vs Galactica. Stargate receives heavy US syndication for local affiliates, so it's return is greater than Galactica. Galactica receives ZERO syndication (not including the NBC US network rebroadcast of the original mini-series). I'm sure if Galactica and Stargate were up for grabs with syndication rights, Stargate would be cheap to buy with a large following, compared with Galactica as mucho expensive with only a cult following.tboy said:
Star Trek: TOS, TNG and DS9 all received massive local affiliate syndication, including its premiers. Voyager had some, but its premiers were the flagship of the defunct UPN network, which kept it alive as an investment for 7 Seasons. Enterprise, got ZERO and we all know what happened to that show and the UPN Network. Galactica is suffering the same fate, unfortunately.
Gyaos Baltar
Sorry Gyaos, that isn't exactly true. BSG is syndicated but maybe not quite as widespread as SGA. BSG is carried on Space, CityTV here and I have seen repeats on other stations as well...just can't recall them at the moment.
Those aren't syndications. Those are cable channels under contract. A syndication is something like a local Buffalo TV station carrying the show at 7pm on Saturday after their news broadcast. Now multiply that by X number of stations in small, medium and large markets in the United States that do the same thing, each under a mutually exclusive contract with MCA/Universal, or under a package with numerous shows. We're talking MAJOR dollars as a return in investment. That's what a syndication is. Star Trek TOS became popular because of that business model.tboy said:
Galactica is on HD on the Universal Network as well as SciFi, Space, CityTV, etc. Galactica is on the air in Japan through the Super Drama Channel. Again, those are contractual cable TV Channels, NOT local affiliates that buy the rights for their own profits in advertising space, in which they will renew the contract and keep the show rolling for more advertising profits.
Don't worry, you're very correct about the production values and the cost of making the shows. But after that, it's the return that makes moola. Galactica tries to get $$ through DVD sales. But if ONLY, NBC could broadcast all their episodes, they'd be in high gear to make a motion picture.
Gyaos Baltar.
I'm betting they do make a movie or two.
Odds are in this 4'th season, they do NOT find earth.
Finding earth will be for the first movie.
The second movie will be a battle with the cylons over earth.
The third movie will be about the survivors adjusting to life on earth and ending up on Oprah.
Odds are in this 4'th season, they do NOT find earth.
Finding earth will be for the first movie.
The second movie will be a battle with the cylons over earth.
The third movie will be about the survivors adjusting to life on earth and ending up on Oprah.
Come on, Oprah isn't THAT big that they could end up ON her lol.....james t kirk said:
Brings new meaning to the term: Crossing the galaxy to find earth and instead of landing on earth, they end up on Oprah (which is the second largest planet in our solar system and it is often found circling uranus)
