I've been catching up on the previous 2 seasons and just saw the premier this afternoon. It was pretty damned good. They seem intent on pushing the envelope this season. They've got a lot of guts to go in the directions they have.








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Cant remember the last time I saw a bleeding child on TV. It was disturbing.

Not sure how I feel about the suicide bombers.

Lee Adama as a fatty was pretty damn funny.

I've already set the DVR for next weeks episode. Curious as to who, if anybody made it through "The Great Escape" like mass execution.

I've been catching up on the previous 2 seasons and just saw the premier this afternoon. It was pretty damned good. They seem intent on pushing the envelope this season. They've got a lot of guts to go in the directions they have.








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Cant remember the last time I saw a bleeding child on TV. It was disturbing.

Not sure how I feel about the suicide bombers.

Lee Adama as a fatty was pretty damn funny.

I've already set the DVR for next weeks episode. Curious as to who, if anybody made it through "The Great Escape" like mass execution.

This is what I love about the show. It makes you change your perspective and question things.

This is what I love about the show. It makes you change your perspective and question things.

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I agree. As stated before I think this is the best written and acted show on TV right now but I was a bit disappointed with the premier. It seemed kind of clumsy in that they seemed to try to hard to correlate it to things going on in todays world.

I think it is great, provactive writing but it just seemed to try too hard. The Colonel Tigh turning into a fanatic wouldn't have been so bad if they hadn't had him with the full beard and always seeming to be in some obscure location. Is it just me or did it seem they tried really hard to draw a comparison to Osama Bin Laden?

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I agree. As stated before I think this is the best written and acted show on TV right now but I was a bit disappointed with the premier. It seemed kind of clumsy in that they seemed to try to hard to correlate it to things going on in todays world.

a) why is this a bad thing? It is hardly a new thing for TV shows to mirror and comment on current events.
b) how did they "try too hard"?

I think it is great, provactive writing but it just seemed to try too hard. The Colonel Tigh turning into a fanatic wouldn't have been so bad if they hadn't had him with the full beard and always seeming to be in some obscure location. Is it just me or did it seem they tried really hard to draw a comparison to Osama Bin Laden?

This partially answers my second question, but do you have more examples?
Because frankly this never occured to me.

a) why is this a bad thing? It is hardly a new thing for TV shows to mirror and comment on current events.
b) how did they "try too hard"?


This partially answers my second question, but do you have more examples?
Because frankly this never occured to me.

OK Jimbow to try and elaborate on my clumsy post

a) Never meant to imply that mirroring current events is a bad thing. It just seemed to me they just smashed us over the head with it in the premier where in the past they have been more subtle, at least in my opinion.

b) Hard to explain I guess but it just seemed really really in your face with it without any subtleness. Once again just my opinion. I did really enjoy the premier for the story arcs it seems to be setting up for the upcoming season.


Maybe I am reading too much into it but it just seemed they really tried to put a spin on the tactics used by the Islamofacists and show that they become more acceptable depending on your view of the conflict.

Even with this take on the premier I stick by my earlier statement that this is the most well writen and acted show on TV right now. The writers are not afraid to be controversial and I really like that in that most fiction on TV nowadays is so concerned about being PC and not offending that they hamstring themselves as far as being creative.

OK and now a question that comes completely out of left field.

Does the actor who plays Gauis Baltar remind anyone else of a young Roddy McDowell?

OK Jimbow to try and elaborate on my clumsy post

a) Never meant to imply that mirroring current events is a bad thing. It just seemed to me they just smashed us over the head with it in the premier where in the past they have been more subtle, at least in my opinion.

b) Hard to explain I guess but it just seemed really really in your face with it without any subtleness. Once again just my opinion. I did really enjoy the premier for the story arcs it seems to be setting up for the upcoming season.


Maybe I am reading too much into it but it just seemed they really tried to put a spin on the tactics used by the Islamofacists and show that they become more acceptable depending on your view of the conflict.

Even with this take on the premier I stick by my earlier statement that this is the most well writen and acted show on TV right now. The writers are not afraid to be controversial and I really like that in that most fiction on TV nowadays is so concerned about being PC and not offending that they hamstring themselves as far as being creative.

I wasn't trying to be argumentative, so apologies if that was the result.

I guess I might not have seen it because the show has a refreshingly peculiar way of showing both (man?) different sides of issues. For instance, remember they already addressed this issue from a different standpoint. They showed the heavy hand of government and security in the episodes containing Richard Hatch (forget his char name) as the terrorist. Didn't they destroy one of their own ship because they thought there were Cylons aboard it ... not knowing for sure or caring about the killing of civilians? This is the type of thing that I referred to and why I love the show.

I guess I just didn't make the direct analogy. But you know what they say, "One person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter."

OK and now a question that comes completely out of left field.

Does the actor who plays Gauis Baltar remind anyone else of a young Roddy McDowell?

He reminds me of someone, but I haven't placed it. I hadn't considered Roddy (though I'm more familiar with Malcolm), but I will when I watch it Friday.

I can't wait!

Does the actor who plays Gauis Baltar remind anyone else of a young Roddy McDowell?

Not so much the actor as the character "Cornelius" or rather, Baltar reminds me of Cornelius

I've not been that happy with this season's Battlestar Galactica episodes, but liked the previous seasons.

Having the "good guys" use tactics that are being used by the "bad guys" in the middle east seemed very trite and partisan and political, falling into everyone's preconceptions of "Hollywood" politics. Plus, what's going on with Starbuck? Starbuck is supposed to have an indominatible character, someone we can always trust to be strong, resilient, and so on. I don't want her to "break"...

I just distrust the SciFi Channel lately because it seems like they are killing off specific shows so that they can show less expensive shows, like wrestling, ghost-chasing, Dr. Who, and stuff where the quality or script-writing isn't as good.

It seems like they are moving toward less science fiction and more fantasy. I think they are even going to have a Warlock Private Eye show come up in the near future.

Frakkin' toaster!

Frakkin' toaster!

Hehe, Nice Jimbow.