Amph The End of the World: The New Battlestar Galactica- Blood & Chrome

I see what you mean. However, I think that BSG is the perfect name for this series. I really can't think of anything better than it.

Another example for you is Earthsea, which is the title of the miniseries based off of A Wizard of Earthsea. However, the mini is based off of two books, so it's more appropriate in this case.

 

Well, adaptations across media lines are a different matter I think. Keeping the original name fully intact only makes sense.

Edit: Doh, you were helping me there, weren't you?

Ooh, Transformers became Transformers Armada.

For this.... I agree, Battlestar Galactica would be most of the title, but I really would have wanted some kind of modifier.

The small things that annoy me. :\

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The music sounds a lot like Homeworld 2's.

 

How good is it compared to the orginal??

 

I haven't seen the old series, but I've read the novelization. Overall, the new one is a lot more serious.

 

I wouldn't say it's more serious, but it has less "silly" elements. It's also darker.

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Well, with fewer silly moments, I think serious. There really wasn't any humor, save for a couple points in the miniseries. Plus, the plot is a lot darker and doesn't really allow for much humor at all.

 

I know how these new series work, I've seen it all too much. Just like Space: Above and Beyond, Stargate and Farscape, their first episodes were smash full with special effects and excitement, then it all becomes mundane and lacklustre. They never pick up till much later.

 

I hope they don't slack off too much, so much of that show depends on it. Though I'm glad they are going into the characters more. When does it start again?

 

I know how these new series work, I've seen it all too much. Just like Space: Above and Beyond, Stargate and Farscape, their first episodes were smash full with special effects and excitement, then it all becomes mundane and lacklustre. They never pick up till much later.

I disagree, at least in the case of BSG. There was some eye-blowing effects in there, but the story was the main part that really blew my mind. There was more time 'indoors' in the pilot with less time outside.

 

Hm... it seems that we have three BSG threads- one for the miniseries and two both created by me for the upcoming episodes... Weird.

The new episodes have started in the UK. Someone please summarize these please!

 

Well now at least both of the old topic on NEW BAttlestar Gallitica are locked.

 

Space: Above and Beyond had about the same effects throughout the show, and the plots got better and better I thought.

Stargate started off with horrendous special effects, acting, and so so plots, that too just got better and better.

Farscape has always been so so, yet always fairly good. The effects were never bad, and only got better. They never shirked away from using what was needed as the script called for it.

Basically, I have no idea what you're talking about.

The UK is already airing the new episodes? They have it first? Wha? That is so weird.

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Stargate's wasn't the worse, because there wasn't many there, save for most of the planet shots, and they werent' very good. Looking at the seasons now, they've come a long way.

Firefly still has the best CGI IMO, although BSG has the same company do theirs.

 

Just found this on amazon.com: The miniseries will be released on DVD December 28th. I've heard this from a couple other sites, so it looks like it could be legit.

 

I was surprised at how good the miniseries was. I was expecting "more of the same", alluding to some of the other lackluster sci-fi out there right now. The Cylon attack on their homeworlds was chilling, with nuke after nuke detonating in the distance while Baltar and whats-her-name are talking, and then again, seen from space.

It was also vaguely realistic. No "photon torpedoes" or quantum whatevers, just thermonuclear bombs. And especially the maneouvering jets on the Vipers.

BTW, don't get me started on Space: Above and Beyond! There were many times I would see somebody with their stupidly long (for the army) hair caught in those dumb clamshell helmets!

 

The physics seemed to be very accurate, and realistic. It was a nice change of pace.

 

i really enjoyed the pilot it was more adult orientated than most scifi shows , its hard to have realism in scifi but they managed it , i loved how they still used bullets and nukes it just wasnt over the top. as long as it doesnt go the stargate route of 9 out of 10 planets looking the same

 

I think that a majority of the episodes are on the ship.

It's airing in the UK. Has anyone seen it yet?

 

Old Boomer was awesome. New Boomer is hot. Choices choices.

elequently said Trell, lol. I too am really psyched for this series I still haven't seen the original series just because I'm to cheap to drop 90$ for it and I wasn't alive when it originally aired I do own the movie on DVD though and like that. I am really anxious to see how the story progreses and everything else. I still like the original Starbuck A LOT better than this new girl. The series would be a lot better if they had kept him a guy, eh well. Does anyone know the official date for it?

Forcebewitya.

 

How long before the writers start working the sexual tension in between Starbuck and Apollo...

 

From the trailer, it looks like they've already got some thing like it there.

 

Woohoo! I just found Skyone's website, the UK channel that's airing BSG this fall. Here's their site:
SkyOne Battlestar Galactica


AND, a summary of the first episode!:


Episode 1: "33"

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LEE ADAMA leads a group of Viper fighter pilots from the Galactica in a seemingly endless series of "jumps" that take them from one part of the universe to another. For 2 days, the vipers have been chaperoning civilian spaceships on these jumps in an effort to elude the CYLONS, the race of robots hell bent on destroying humanity. As is happening too often, the CYLONS show up earlier than expected and begin firing on their ships. President LAURA ROSLIN notes there are now fewer than 50,000 human beings alive; if they want to find a planet and regenerate the species, they need to get away from the enemy robots. The exhausted crew prepares for the next jump in 33 minutes.

Meanwhile, HELO, who has been stranded on the Cylon occupied Planet Caprica, wanders through the dangerous wilderness and is almost sniffed out by some Cylons, who step on land mines before they uncover him.

Back on the Galactica, Sharon Valeri & her new flight officer, CRASHDOWN, discuss the latest rumours that the Cylon robots have taken on a resemblance to human beings. Sharon is sceptical. Laura notes that the number of living humans are dropping; over 300 civilians and fighters have been lost during the last few jumps. Baltar voluntarily slips into another daydream involving Number Six who teases him. During a staff meeting on the ship, Baltar "wakes up" from his daydream when he hears a familiar name mentioned, Dr. Amarak. Baltar gets very nervous when he hears that the doctor has been trying to speak with President Roslin.

Elsewhere on the ship COLONEL TIGH and DUALLA, are briefing COMMANDER WILLIAM ADAMA on the last jumps. Tigh suggests the possibility that "sleeper agents," somewhere in their fleet, are sending out their destination coordinates before they jump, enabling the Cylons to be waiting to intercept them. Adama barely pays attention to this theory. He's very worried about the crew's sanity and ability to function due to exhaustion. He orders the ship doctor to pump them full of stimulants.

On Caprica, HELO is captured by Cylons, including Number Six.

The crew begins plans for the next jump when Dualla realizes that one civilian ship, the Olympic Vessel with 342 civilians onboard, remains unaccounted for. The crew discusses the strange disappearance of the vessel. This was the ship that contained Dr. Amarak.

Suddenly, the Olympic Vessel comes back into view, unharmed. Via radio, the Galactica crew asks the staff of the Vessel how they were not blown up by Cylons, but they don't know? On Galactica, Number Six tells Baltar the Olympic Vessel had been infiltrated by Cylons awhile ago; this is why they were not destroyed during the last attack.

Independently, the Galactica crew comes to the same conclusion; the Olympic is infected with Cylons and must be destroyed. Laura makes the sober decision to order the ship blown up. Kara, Lee and Sharon fire on the ship, destroying it. Lee has a heart-to-heart about the morality of this decision with his father. He's torn by what they did; Adama sees it as necessary business. Billy tells Laura that despite the fact that the ship was blown up, their population number has grown by one; a baby was born on he Rising Star ship.

HELO is almost killed by a group of Cylons, when at the last second Sharon appears and saves him.

 

I'll bet a hundred Huttlings Aust will get this dog years after the world, just you wait.