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First look at new Battlestar Galactica Episodes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the are-you-ready-for-this dept.

mikrorechner writes "GateWorld has had a look on five new episodes of the upcoming season 2 of Battlestar Galactica. Beware of spoilers. In other news, season 2 will be shown first in the US by the Sci-Fi Channel starting July 15, with UK's Sky One following in October." If only UHD would simulcast in HD this would be perfect.

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  1. Interesting by taskforce · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A sure sign of the show's success is that it is now being shown first in the US as opposed to the UK as the first season was.

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    1. Re:Interesting by slapout · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Have you seen most of the junk Hollywood puts out? They seem to think that all consumers are second class.

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    2. Re:Interesting by Durandal64 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Hey, you guys gave us the first season before it aired over here, and we'll return the favor. BitTorrent makes all this "who gets what first" bullshit meaningless.

    3. Re:Interesting by toad3k · · Score: 2, Insightful

      This is not national favoritism, dude. Every station does this with every show, and they have since the beginning of time. They wait until their magic eight ball says they'll get the best ratings or ad revenue, then they show the show.

      The networks just haven't brought their marketing department to the realization that cnosumers now have a choice in this matter now.

      I'll watch the first 10 on sci fi, but after that it may well be that I'll download the rest, as I don't feel like waiting 3 months to resolve the inevitable cliffhanger sci fi adjourns on every season of every show.

    4. Re:Interesting by Johnny+Mnemonic · · Score: 2, Insightful


      same here. I'll buy it if you want to sell me it, but I won't beg.

      Christ when will they get it. Newsflash: the intarweb makes the entire world one big market, and we laugh at the attempts to use 20th century notions of regionalism on us.

      How about you try to change your models to accomodate piracy, instead of just whinge about it? 'Cause it has been amply demonstrated by now that there is no technical or legislative fix. The only way to manage piracy is by changing the demand structure, which, believe it or not, means giving consumers what we want when we want it.

      It's up to you to charge us for it; failing that, we'll steal it. And until you can patent 1s and 0s, there's not a lot you can do about it. Simple, really.

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  2. Set your TiVos on stun... by http101 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They may be able to curb some of the pirating if they would just broadcast simultaneously.

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    1. Re:Set your TiVos on stun... by dorsey · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "Simultaniously" in this context means on or about the same day, as opposed to several months apart. It does not mean at the very same moment.

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  3. If only... by yotto · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I missed season 1, but should be able to catch season 2 on TV. Too bad season 1's not coming out on DVD until (apparently) after season 2 starts. Really, do they realize the benefits of releasing a DVD of a seson of a television show BEFORE the next season starts?

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  4. Re:Torrent? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Writing *ducks* at the bottom your comment does not automatically make it funny, as most Slashdotters such as yourself seem to think.

  5. Re:Shown first in the US? by OS24Ever · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I think I speak for all US Slashdotters when I say... HA HA :)


    It was a tough few months not downloading those episodes. I wanted the show to survive here in the US. Though I can't understand why they won't show them in both countries at the same time considering how successful they were, unless Sci-Fi paid more to get a 'world' exclusive

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  6. Re:Why must... by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "The channel should be split into two channels: SciFi Prime and SciFi Classic. SciFi Prime can show what they believe to be the best science fiction that they produce"

    You left out an important part of SciFi's programming: made-for-TV-movies about giant bugs/worms/vermins attacking redneck towns. Mansquito, Tremors, Mant.... if it squirms or crawls, you can bet some guy in a John Deere cap is ready to shoot it in a blaze of fakey CGI bug-ichor. Seriously, the channel devotes way too much time to this "genre".

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  7. Re:Why must... by Total_Wimp · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Why must... ...SciFi persist in making these dreary, crappy, rehashed programs when there are already ton's of decent programs out there in the SciFi vein? Where is Doctor Who 2005 for example?


    You're calling BSG a rehash but you're looking for more Doctor Who? This isn't a crack on Dr. Who, just a warning that if you want to crack on BSG you should at least have a reason that you don't contradict in the very next sentence.

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  8. Re:Shown first in the US? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    > bollocks

    Indeed. I will therefore be downloading it.

    I might have not bothered downloading it if there was less than a month difference between US and UK.

    I would even not download it if they released the season on DVD in the UK within a month of the US showings. Yes, I'd PAY FOR IT.

    Let's see, I have a choice between:

    waiting three months (and being spoilered to fsck)

    and

    three megabit per second download ... I think I know which is going to win.