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Galactica Commentary Podcast Available

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-isn't-that-clever dept.

Kichigai Mentat writes "Apparently SciFi channel is pushing the bounds of your average TV viewing experience with "Battlestar Galactica." First came a full, uncut stream of the first episode, now a full episode commentary podcast available as a Podcast stream, episode-length MP3 file for download, or invividual MP3 files for each "Act." The podcasts are released a week in advance, and listeners are warned about spoilers."

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  1. Isn't it great... by anti11es · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't it great when somebody actually get's it...unlike some people.

    1. Re:Isn't it great... by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Oh, I don't think that Sci Fi and Comedy are the only real innovators in Cable, at least in North America. HBO reinvented the miniseries, Discovery-History reinvented the documentary/educational series and later on the whole home and auto improvement genre. ESPN totally redid sports reporting and news as well as creating events like the NFL draft which had gone from a non-event to 3-4 day round the clock event with very high ratings for cable.

      And of course Cinemax created a whole new market for softcore porn at all hours.

  2. Battlestar Galatica icon by minairia · · Score: 3, Insightful
    We've seen lots of BSG stories lately on Slashdot,and with the quality of the show plus forward thinking initiatives on that part of the producers such as this "podcast", there will likely be many more stories to come. So, when will BSG gets it's own icon ?(Instead of that StarTrek TOS looking bumpy headed alien.)

    There really hasn't been anything like it on TV in a while, and it is obvious that the producers pay attention to what fans think. I rememeber last year, there were postings on Slashdot about why after all the nuking Caprica didn't have nuclear winter effects, radiation. Now, 2nd season, the characters need radiation shots and the weather is awful (although shouldn't it be cold and icy instead of rainy?)

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    And the Baltar character is hilarious. Like last episode when Starbuck caught him and his imaginary(?) cylon GF doing it doggy style. It was sexy without being UPNish and funny without being stupid and, well, UPNish. I like how they introduce an edgy, troublesome character like commander Ty's wife and don't just send her off at the end of the episode StarTrek syle. Or it was cool when Boomer started getting hot and bothered over the Cylon fighter ship. I could go on and on. I wish the people who were doing Enterprise had had 1/10nth of the creativity. The one episode where they came close to the human level BSG gets is when they had shoreleave on that one planet, and Hoshi got bent over by that big alien guy. It was funny, totally unexpected from that particular character and made them seem like real people.

  3. pushing the boundaries by dean.collins · · Score: 3, Insightful

    this is a great idea, and I do think it's pushing the boundaries. Cheers, Dean