Battlestar Galactica New Series

Hey, this is one of my favorite shows right now and I have to strongly disagree with LeHah, because the "new" Battlestar Galactica is anything but generic. It's actually a very unique sci fi experience with just about the right mix of action, characters and in-depth story.

Sure, some scenes might come across as cheesy, but if you've followed the show from it's awesome, three hour (!) pilot movie all the way to the very finale of the second season, you grow attached to the characters and notice the subtleties involved in their decisions and trains of thoughts.

My favorite character is XO Tigh. That flashback episode with him and Adama was so well-down and funny.

I also grew used to the shaky and zoomy camera and I think it looks awesome for the space-shots.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Actually, I don't see him being an asshole in recent episodes. He's pretty much a failure at life and he sort of knows this, making him the disgruntled negro errr... XO he is.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Can we stop with the bashing and discuss the show already?

I thought the first part of the season finale was awesome. Oh, I'm not going to put this into spoiler tags, so if you haven't seen the latest episode already, just don't read this.

The presidential election will actually be a lot more interesting with the discovery of a habitable planet and I didn't quite understand that Roslin and Adama are so opposed to the idea of permanent settlement. Why didn't anyone come up with the idea to split the group of survivors to increase their chances of not being hunted down by the Cylons?

Also, this "priest" who was talking to the chief was hilarious:

"How do you know I'm not a Cylon?"
- "Oh maybe I am and I know because I haven't seen you at the meetings."

Besides, did he actually kill Cally or what? Either I missed the information or they intentionally leave you in the dark about this. In any way, the fear of being a Cylon and not knowing it is an interesting idea and I wonder why I didn't care about this earlier or why they haven't brought it up until now.

I'm also starting to guess what the third season will be about. Maybe they actually decide to settle on this planet and we get to witness the building of a new colony. There's a lot of room for speculation and I'm definately looking forward to the things to come ...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

Changing the subject, does it bother anyone else that at the end of the opening credits, a bunch of images from the upcoming episode flash by? Why would anyone want to see spoilers like that?

Yeah, this has been bothering me forever. It's actually nice of them to add a different music to these spoiler scenes, so you can easily ignore them.

I thought these flashy episode previews were quite common with American shows, though.

There's another thing I'd like to add in regard to the last episode: I loved the suspenseful music that was accompanying the first half; I heard that Philip Glass was doing some music for the show, so I'd like to hear more about that.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Porteous

The episode just stopping didn't help matters any, either. Guess the real payoff will be next week.

That's why the season finale is a two-part episode. ;-)

I was speaking idiomatically.