EXO Posted December 31, 2004 Posted December 31, 2004 I don't know why I would bother watching the series if the mini made you so miserable. Let me tell you now that in the series, you're going to get more of what you saw in the mini, so just save yourself some time. The Gaius Baltar character in the new series is probably one of the most interesting characters. He's completely insane. Or maybe he isn't. Reality and fantasy becomes a complete blur to him and somehow he manages to get thru it. I'd say there's definite depth to the characters and it becomes more evident as the series moves along. As for shows ripping off one another, I suppose you can say BSG ripped off Star Wars, but does it stop there? Remember that SW is taken from a lot of other sources, so I don't see the point of arguing that angle, regardless if it's SW or not.
Noriko Takaya Posted December 31, 2004 Posted December 31, 2004 At what point in Star Wars did the Rebel Alliance or the Galactic Empire fight an race of machines hellbent on the destruction of all organic beings in the universe?The Borg are rip-offs of the Original BSG Cylons... There was a lawsuit brought up by Lucasfilm against Universal Pictures back in the 70's when Battlestar Galactica first aired stating some similarities between the first movie (Star Wars) and the pilot episode. I vaguely remember what became of it, but I think Lucas lost. If anything, the Borg from Star Trek are very blatant rip-offs of the Cybermen, and possibly the Daleks, from the British sci-fi series Doctor Who. If you were to put the two races together side by side, their modus operandi would exactly match. Example: Borg: "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated..." Cyberman: "Why do you resist when it is useless to do so? You will become one of us. It is futile to resist." All in all, I think I will give the new series a chance. Even after blasting the movie, which since it aired I have rewatched. It kind of grows on you like a fungus.
GRAND CANNON Posted December 31, 2004 Posted December 31, 2004 Well, I plan on pickin' up my DVD set tonight. Now if they would release something for Space: Above and Beyond.....
Myersjessee Posted December 31, 2004 Author Posted December 31, 2004 ...so I don't see the point of arguing ... WHAT!!?!?!?! You don't see the point of arguing?!?!?! BAN HIM!!!!
EXO Posted December 31, 2004 Posted December 31, 2004 (edited) context man! context! arguing that angle... I didn't think much of SAAB. *gets ready to duck* Edited December 31, 2004 by >EXO<
Knight26 Posted December 31, 2004 Posted December 31, 2004 *looks at Exo evilly* I'll be sure not to pass that little comment onto all the marines I know becuase we're friends, but watch the company you say such things in.
bsu legato Posted December 31, 2004 Posted December 31, 2004 Oh come on...insult SAAB and you're insulting the present day real-world marines? Puh-leeze. Besides, there's members of this very board who've served and have been critical of their fictional brothers in arms. I believe it was Noriko who panned the fundamental skills of the Colonial Marines, for example.
Coota0 Posted December 31, 2004 Posted December 31, 2004 Well, I plan on pickin' up my DVD set tonight. Now if they would release something for Space: Above and Beyond..... We can only hope. My biggest regret about that series is there is no real conclusion to it, it just stopped. I always kinda wished someone would pick it up in novels or that a movie would be made or something, I however doubt it since it hasn't even been released on DVD.
Coota0 Posted December 31, 2004 Posted December 31, 2004 (edited) Oh come on...insult SAAB and you're insulting the present day real-world marines? Puh-leeze. Besides, there's members of this very board who've served and have been critical of their fictional brothers in arms. I believe it was Noriko who panned the fundamental skills of the Colonial Marines, for example. Gotta agree with you I love SAAB, but i have a few problems with the way things are done aboard the Sara and within the Wildcards. P.S. I do however like the new BSG Edited December 31, 2004 by Coota0
Gaijin Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 (edited) edit: never mind. Edited January 2, 2005 by Gaijin
CoryHolmes Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 The Gaius Baltar character in the new series is probably one of the most interesting characters. I'd take that even further by saying that Baltar is one of the most dynamic and interesting characters on TV today. The man is so slimy and obviously self-centred that you have to loathe him. On the other hand, you just have to admire how carefully and completely each one of his actions is designed to give himself the most benefit. Even just going by what we see in the miniseries, it'll be great to watch as he plays everyone off of everyone else to his maximum benefit.
chrono Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 If anything, the Borg from Star Trek are very blatant rip-offs of the Cybermen, and possibly the Daleks, from the British sci-fi series Doctor Who. If you were to put the two races together side by side, their modus operandi would exactly match.That aside. I really don't expect the new BSG series to go very far. Not much more longer then Space Above and Beyond did. People are tired of ship based material. Why do you think Stargate was so popular!!!!! VERY unlikely that it came from Doctor Who, though I won't deny it's influence. Fred Saberhagen's Berserker book series started in 1969 and Issac Asimov's materials started in the 1940's. It was the time period between 1940's-1980's was ruled by the giants of fiction where the question of "What makes us human?" was explored in the early days of mass market electronics. That's where they most likely got their ideas from.
haro genki Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 forget the old series. You won't be able to enjoy it. When I first saw it all the changes bug me. But I saw it again and it's a brand new series to me now. Oh, don't worry... I meant that more as a good thing than anything else I know this and the original series are two whole different things. I had that mindset when I saw the miniseries back in December (03)... In fact, the only thing that bugged me was, as posted previously, the possibility of Cylon infiltrator plot device abuse. It happened once, and they already hinted at the end of the pilot (?) episodes that it was going to happen AGAIN. They can only do it so much before it gets old...
Coota0 Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 I agree with you, but I think the writers may be trying to cause paranoia among the crew.
Gaijin Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 (edited) There were some trailers for the series and a short clip of Helo (Boomer's co-pilot that got left behind) being chased by Cylons in a forest. Boomer teaser Season 1 Trailer Preview Clip Cylons Chase The season 1/Boomer trailers for the series already show the "paranoia" and fear/anger of the crew of Galactica over the fact that there may be Cylons among them. I'm looking forward to it. Edited January 2, 2005 by Gaijin
EXO Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 MWUAHAHA! I've seen those episodes! Now I'm addicted... Grace Parks/Boomer is a cutie.
Gaijin Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 (edited) MWUAHAHA! I've seen those episodes! Now I'm addicted... Grace Parks/Boomer is a cutie. Mmmmmmmmmmm...Grace Park. Edited January 2, 2005 by Gaijin
Otaku-Smeghead Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 MWUAHAHA! I've seen those episodes! Now I'm addicted... Grace Parks/Boomer is a cutie. exo are you talking about Torrents cause I just found out that Suprnova.org is DEAD no more torrents from them. So where are you getting the Eps?
EXO Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 yup... Suprnova... for some reason I can still get in here at home but the downloads are hella slow... If I type it in at work, it won't let me in...
Knight26 Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 I should be home tomorrow, my Japan trip was cancelled due to a nasty stomach bug, when I get home I will post up my torrent sites, all very nice. And while I agree that Grace Park is a cutie I'll take Starbuck and Six any day of the week, mmm Starbuck, Six sandwich.
Otaku-Smeghead Posted January 2, 2005 Posted January 2, 2005 www.suprnova.org Did you try and go in today?? I did and was told that Nova no longer has Torrents =(
terry the lone wolf Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Boomer: Super Cutie. No. 6: Sexy Fine!! Starbuck,hmmmmmm......A little too butch. Bwa,ha,ha,ha,ha!!!!
EXO Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 (edited) Yeah... 6 doesn't do it for me... even though she's suppose to be the sexpot. Edited January 3, 2005 by >EXO<
terry the lone wolf Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Yeah... 6 doesn't do it for me... even though she's suppose to be the sexpot. Hey, you gotta see Six as Farrah Fawcett( she did a Charlie's Angels bio pic). She had to wear fake nipples.
Gaijin Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 I heard that the opening music will be changed from the UK ones. Having not seen the UK ones (and don't care to watch TV or movies on my computer anyways), does anyone know if this is going to be the case? What IS the opening music in the Skyone versions?
Otaku-Smeghead Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Its Mainly Clasical with some chick singing kinda like Lord of the rings. mostly instrumental Im not sure of they will change the music for Sci-fi so we will see.
vt102 Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Wow, just saw the Summer 2004 Wonder Festival report on the Japanese IT Media site and it looks like there are going to be some Battlestar Galactica original series trading figures made. Not sure whose making these, I would guess either Konami or Takara? No idea of price or release date either.Graham Konami is making them. I think they are trading figures. supposed to be coming out in march. Here is a link. Click here. Joy Ride the company that make the OCC bikes are also making Battlestar Galatica stuff. Click here.
HWR MKII Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 the UK music starts out slow and instrumental then picks up and has a tribal drum beat to it by the time the credits end and the show starts. im gonna watch it tonigt!!!
haro genki Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Konami is making them. I think they are trading figures. supposed to be coming out in march. Here is a link. Click here. Nice... not a bad price either
Gaijin Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 Found a clip of the music...similar to the Mini with the Taiko drums. Hope it stays intact for the US.
Coota0 Posted January 3, 2005 Posted January 3, 2005 I should be home tomorrow, my Japan trip was cancelled due to a nasty stomach bug, when I get home I will post up my torrent sites, all very nice. Knight the wait is killing me!
Knight26 Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 Ok, I litterally just walked back in the door, feel like hell but here are the Torrent sites I use: http://torrentchannel.com/ http://62.212.84.26/ (aka torrent search, this one I use the most) Both of these are really good and fairly comprehensive, though torrent search can be hit or miss sometimes.
Gaijin Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 Hmmm....both Sci-Fi & NBC will be re-airing the mini-series though the NBC version will be cut down for time. Also, Universal HD (The old Bravo HD) will air the show as well...grrrrr, no Universal HD on Time Warner Cable. Wish it was on a High Def station I could catch...Sci-Fi analog station on my digital cable looks like crap.
Nilrem Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 i just watched last nights one, and have to say that so far this has been one of the best series of the (last) year I was rather worried at first about the changes from the original one, but so far most of the changes haven't been for the worse. From what I remember of the old series there wasn't a great deal of ongoing story, the new one seems to have a well thought out ongoing storyline (or four). i've got the opening credit's music as a video clip if anyone wants it (about 8mb), but it's not great quality as it's recorded from the video out on my digital cable and i've not had much experience compressing my TV' cards mpeg2 output to divx.
Yang_Neumann Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 So, now Boomer's Female AND Asian to boot. Oh well, I still have Sisko and Lando to look up to for black sci-fi role models
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