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First look at new Battlestar Galactica Episodes
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.
How in the name of all that's holy did Star Trek Enterprise survive so many seasons while Firefly got cancelled and the excellent BSG only had 15 episodes made.
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They should do simultaneous release to DVD as the episodes air... Ok, one can hope
OK, I can understand a simultaneous broadcast, but why doe the UK have to act as testers for the program, and then have to wait an additional 4 months because the test went well???
Karma be dammed, I'm going to download these episodes and boycott the TV showings. The UK are NOT second class consumers despite what the studios believe.
There is no excuse not to broadcast shows that already have a UK distributor in the UK at the same time as in the US. I'm quite happy to sit through adverts if something is worth watching; but I'm not going to wait months for a show that's available as a torrent.
...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? If anything, there should be a presentation of that wonderful series here in the U.S. I've been watching it via eDonkey since no channels here seem to be enlightened enough to show it. A pox on SciFi because they also ruined and then killed off Sliders as well. That was one of the only other science fiction programs that the U.S. has made in recent decades that was worth anything.
But no... American SciFi audiences have been high jacked by the action/adventure crowd. Think about how lame most science fiction is today. Almost 100% of it is war stories or action movies set in the future with a bunch of lame CGI FX. It could be so much better if the focus was on speculative fiction which extrapolates REAL science with REAL social issues and shows us what COULD be if we all band together and work hard to make the future a better place for everyone regardless of who they are (except for the non-transhumanist troglodytes who should jus[tt] be evolved out of existence).
Every show that I've seen come out of the SciFi channel as an "original" has sucked ass. Every series that started out on another network with great promise has been ruined and then unceremoniously killed by SciFi (Sliders, SG-1, Andromeda, etc...). They also seem to be completely missing the boat where their audience is concerned. 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. SciFi Classic can show the best science fiction of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Why don't they show Night Stalker anymore? What about the original Outer Limits? What about Lost in Space? Where are all the greats of science fiction like "The Angry Red Planet", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (50s)", "Forbidden Planet (or anything with Robby the Robot)", or even Have Rocket Will Travel??? There are tons of good science fiction films that are completely ignored by this stupid network. West World, Logan's Run (both the film and the series), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (both the Buster Crab and Gil Gerard vehicles), The Andromeda Strain, Woody Allen's Sleeper is even a better science fiction film than anything SciFi has ever originally made!!!
I hate the SciFi channel!!! They've ruined science fiction for the current generation. Ray Bradbury was the god of science fiction writing!!!! Long live Philip K. Dick!!!! Viva la Heinlein!!!!!!!!!
-"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
about the only things I can agree with you on are The Andromeda Strain (one of the few decent Crichton adaptations) West World (oh, look Chrichton again) and Logan's Run.
I mean, you're using Sliders as a basis for judging what constitiutes good sci-fi? Really? Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan, but highbrow entertainment it aint.
Personally I think it's a pretty good time for Sci-fi at the moment. The Serenity movie's coming out soon, Dr Who is on TV again (and it's awesome), I'm loving BSG so far, and lots of people are getting excited over Lost and Atlantis, not that I've watched either.
Looking back to last year, when the world looked pretty grim - no Buffy, no Angel, Firefly and Farscape cancelled and seemingly nothing rushing in to fill the void - I'm grateful for what we're getting now, and I want more.
"The dew has clearly fallen with a particularly sickening thud this morning"
Great spoilers and all (wish I hadn't read it) but who is going to be doing the writing?
I hope they have axed Carla Robinson and Jeff Flaming and hopefully even Bradley Thompson and David Weddle from the writer lineup. They suck. They aren't science fiction writers and can't write. They are responsible for the only bad episodes in season one. And why in the name of god is it necessary to use a different writer for each episode? It's so fracking stupid. Obviously the episodes are going to be uneven if you do that.
David Eick, RDM, and Michael Angeli should be doing all the writing. They actually know how to write. Toni Graphia is not that bad either. I pray to the Lords of Cobol that these folks will be doing all the writing for season 2. We don't need any more filler episodes like Secrets and Lies or You Can't Go Home Again. I'd rather have fewer episodes and better writing.
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
Since they started showing Season 1 on UHD, they've been advertising Season 2 the entire time. They even show the last episodes cliff-hanger in the damn advertisement and it hasn't even aired yet!!