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Battlestar Galactica Season 2 This Summer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the meet-the-new-boss dept.

jangobongo writes "SCI FI Channel announced that the second season of its hit original series Battlestar Galactica will premiere this summer with 20 new episodes, after earlier confirming their commitment to the show. Production will resume in March in Vancouver, B.C., with the entire ensemble cast returning, along with executive producer and writer Ronald D. Moore and executive producer David Eick. Averaging over 3 million viewers per episode, the series has quickly become SCI FI's highest-rated original series. No news on when a UK premeire might occur, but with Battlestar Gallactica ranking number 9 out of the top ten most popular TV program downloads worldwide, I don't think UK fans would have to wait long in any case." They're offering the first episode of the show for viewing in a no-charge commercial free venue on the official site.

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  1. Re:Sorry, not enough by Skyshadow · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The thing that kills me is I hear this line of "reasoning" a lot from people I talk up Galactica to: "Oh, they cancelled Farscape!". Yeah, look, I liked Farscape too. That's in the past. This argument is right up there with the folks who object "But Starbuck's a woman now!". Yeah, get over it.

    If you're missing out on what is possibly the best Sci Fi series of our lives because you're still mad about the cancellation of a great show that was (and I say this as a huge Farscape fan) past it's prime, that's your problem.

    But let me say: You're missing out big.

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  2. Interesting... by diggory · · Score: 5, Interesting
    "Production will resume in March in Vancouver, B.C., with the entire ensemble cast returning..."
    Hmmm.... The entire cast you say? That's interesting...
  3. Re:Are they still going to rip-off old storylines? by The_Whole_Fn_Show · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The whole thing with the imaginary nympho Cylon "queen" is crap.

    The dual storyline back on Caprica is pointless.

    It's odd that you specifically mention those two points, as those are two of my favorite parts of the story.

    On the first, I particularly liked it (though it looks like they're getting away from it) how Baltar would be in two seperate conversations, one w/ the Cylon chick and one w/ someone else, and he'd respond to both w/ the same statement, which had very different meanings in each conversation. I thought that was rather clever. I'm not sure why she's a nympho, but her being in Baltar's head is part of what makes him so interesting. IMHO, the series would not be as interesting w/o him, though I think they're all great (not enough shows have truly human [flawed] characters).

    On the second part, I've been enthralled w/ what's happening on Caprica. The guy's a rat in a maze, and the Cylon's are just observing him, studying him. I look forward to the 5-10 minutes each episode that they cut to Caprica.

    Just my feelings on the series.