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Battlestar Galactica To Continue After All
turboflux writes "According to executive producer David Eick, Battlestar Galactica is still an open-ended adventure and it will not be ending after the 4th season as previously reported. Evidently Edward James Olmos jumped the gun on confirming the show would be ending while attending the Saturn Awards this month. Eick goes on to say that the fourth season would actually be 22 episodes (2 more than prior seasons) rather than the reported 13 episode order."
As a kid I was a big fan of Galactica. It's now hard to watch because as an adult I painfully understand just how corny it got. However I've seen one other slashdotter refer to it as baywatch in space, with hot cyclons and a hot starbuck etc. I agree. More specifically I hate:
- the bad acting. Please don't hire a supermodel to look sexy in my sci fi. If i want porn it's not exactly hard to find - don't waste my time with soft-pseudo porn actresses who couldn't act to save themselves.
- the awful cinematography and camera work. I haven't watched since season 1, but are they still doing that awful backing music and quick zooms etc. to try to build tension. Keep the fucking camera still or smooth it out jackasses!
- the awful plot and scripting. I mean please I've seen better scripting on daytime soapies. Quit already with the twists that go no where and make no sense.
In short, as a sci fi fan I feel it's trash. In fact there's not been anything since Babylon 5 that's really captured my imagination. (Original stuff, I fucking hated Crusade and all the movies except "In the beginning". I watched the whole season of Crusade because I paid for the DVDs but while there were some good moments most of it it bored me to tears)
Bring back good sci fi.
These posts express my own personal views, not those of my employer
Yay, The Young and The Restless in Space is over. This one should go in the 99 cent bin with Battlefield Earth. And while we're on the subject of crass American cinema...28 Weeks Later? Give me a break.
Personal opinion, no need to get high on it or somethin. BSG sucks big time. I stopped after the 5th episode. The constant shouting, the overdramatization, the cliche lines ("hey mr president, we have terrorists; oh my God, our way of life is in danger"), the use of rifles and pistols instead of lazers, people wearing 3 piece suits, even with ties, the constant references to religion, the sucky music, and many other elements, are enough to put off any reasonably thinking person with an IQ better than a pea.
The original was magical: it had captivating characters, an optimistic mood, it was futuristic (ok, silly at times, but in a nice way), Cylons were not humans (why should aliens be humans?), very nice and captivating music, ties to ancient history of Egyptians/Mayans/Toltecs, and great battles, at original Star Wars levels. It wasn't much of science, but it was many times more entertaining than this modern piece of shit.
And, as any self respecting televised sci-fi fan would say, Star Trek is miles ahead from the best of BSG, even in its uglier form (i.e. Enterprise).