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Battlestar Galactica Miniseries Opener...
It was very good, visually and acting wise...

Edward james olmos did a good emotional run throughout the whole 2hr opener...


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Let's go though it a step at the time.(Spoiler tag in use)
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1.  The Galactica is a Hero of the Colonies.  She's also 50 years old and is in the process of being decommissioned and turned into a museum.

2.  Starbuck is a girl and way tougher than Dirk Benedict ever was.

3.  Boomer is a girl now also, and a rookie to boot.

Suffice to say it's shot in the style of a War Documentary.  That is to say the sound effects during the space battles, of which there are far less than you would expect, are minimal.  Also there is a lot of camera movement like the cameraman is having a hard time keeping the action in frame.


All in all, it looks like a good successor to the original.
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What an excellent beginning
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I liked it. Especially all of the tongue in cheek references to the old Cylons :)
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I thought it was OK. It definately had that "polished" look that most Sci-Fi channel series had, but it was good nonetheless, although the space fighting was a bit boring, and some of the acting wasn't the greatest I've seen.


I'll reserve further judgement until I see the second part tonight.

 

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Bit more detailed...

I thought it was OK. I'm no fan-boy of the original, however, I do recognize the promise it had.

The new one seemed, I dunno, it still has the "polished" look of most sci-fi channel original series, which isn't bad, it's just they could've made it a bit more "gritty".

The constant sex was so. dumb. She's complaing about a "gimbal", and five seconds later, as soon as they enter a closed door, shoosh, her clothes are off, and they're...doing some sort of funky monkey mating dance. I dunno, but it looks like they were trying eat each other's face, not kiss and make "passionate, sweet love"  :rolleyes:

Also, the space combat, while OK, was a little boring...the sound effects could've used a major boost, it sounded as if everything was coming through a pillow. Some bass added to the gun sounds would've REALLY helped things. The space combat itself was also merely OK, as mentioned above, however, it was missing...something. Everything just seemed to happen too slow. Hell, the whole episode was pretty slow.


Lastly, I never thought I'd say this, but this thing has too much emotion in it. Every scene was "emotion-packed," and everybody in the scene seemed to be holding back some sort of tears, or anger, or whatever. Heck, through the entire show, no one ever smiled, and if they did, something bad happened to them, at most, 5-6 minutes afterwards.


All in all, though, it was acceptable, but can use some improvement.


Oh, P.S. Didn't the show say that the Galactica was the LAST battlestar (the tour guide said that). Where did the other 30 come from? Oh, and about the (is it Raptor or Rapier?) thingies: if the newer versions got screwed cause they're fly-by-wire, then what are the old ones using? They can't be using analog, cause, well, that would just be impossible, unless you want to have fragile control strings pull a little lever that fires each thruster when the stick is pulled.

 

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Bit more detailed...

I thought it was OK. I'm no fan-boy of the original, however, I do recognize the promise it had.

The new one seemed, I dunno, it still has the "polished" look of most sci-fi channel original series, which isn't bad, it's just they could've made it a bit more "gritty".

The constant sex was so. dumb. She's complaing about a "gimbal", and five seconds later, as soon as they enter a closed door, shoosh, her clothes are off, and they're...doing some sort of funky monkey mating dance. I dunno, but it looks like they were trying eat each other's face, not kiss and make "passionate, sweet love"  :rolleyes:

Also, the space combat, while OK, was a little boring...the sound effects could've used a major boost, it sounded as if everything was coming through a pillow. Some bass added to the gun sounds would've REALLY helped things. The space combat itself was also merely OK, as mentioned above, however, it was missing...something. Everything just seemed to happen too slow. Hell, the whole episode was pretty slow.


Lastly, I never thought I'd say this, but this thing has too much emotion in it. Every scene was "emotion-packed," and everybody in the scene seemed to be holding back some sort of tears, or anger, or whatever. Heck, through the entire show, no one ever smiled, and if they did, something bad happened to them, at most, 5-6 minutes afterwards.


All in all, though, it was acceptable, but can use some improvement.


Oh, P.S. Didn't the show say that the Galactica was the LAST battlestar (the tour guide said that). Where did the other 30 come from? Oh, and about the (is it Raptor or Rapier?) thingies: if the newer versions got screwed cause they're fly-by-wire, then what are the old ones using? They can't be using analog, cause, well, that would just be impossible, unless you want to have fragile control strings pull a little lever that fires each thruster when the stick is pulled.


The Galactica was the last of her class as I recall.

The older fighters were using very basic computers, ones that are probably much more resistant to the jamming.

But yeah, the sex scene things were a bit lame, even though I was supposed to lead up to "Great Sacrifice!!!!111111" later on when they landed on that planet.
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this thing has too much emotion in it


You've got to remember. they're telling the story of the genocide of billions of people.  Everybody onboard the Galactica has lost friends and family.  I would be more incredulous if they didn't show some emotion.
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Yea, but they're also trained to A) Take thousands and thousands of casualties, and B) Kill thousands and thousands of people.

So they should be a LITTLE better at hiding their emotions. I mean, the captain should not immediatly almost break down on the bridge after his son died. It'd probably be even more dramatic if it showed him doing whatever for a bit, then retiring when to his room they're jumping, and break down crying or something.

 

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They do, they're not breaking down and crying in public.  As far as they know they're the only active warship of any real power left and they realize that if they go out of action, humanity has no hope left.
So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

There are only 10 types of people in the world , those that understand binary and those that don't.

 

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Meh, I just don't like how every time an ensign hands the commander a message, it looks like he's gonna cry.

 

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That's because every time he gets a message, it's a casualty report.

The whole thing is very somber.
So as through a glass, and darkly
The age long strife I see
Where I fought in many guises,
Many names, but always me.

There are only 10 types of people in the world , those that understand binary and those that don't.

 

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Bah. Sorry I missed it. Anyone know if they will rerun the opener?

 

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From what I've heard so far this sounds like it bites. :(
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Dunno about anywhere else, but the season opener is on right now where I'm at. Looks like it started at 7:00.:yes:

I'm too young to have loved the original (when I watched it, it was like me watching Star Wars at the time. I didn't understand the meaning, I just liked the fighting.:D), but this one seems like a pretty good show. Not sure how it compares to the original though.

 
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Ok, HELLS NO!

BIG SPOILER:

Spoiler:


they ****ing made BOOMER a cylon!