Galactica Renewal - Its Official!

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CHANNAIN

Friday, February 11, 2005 2:42 PM

Hey Veteran

Well, we had the blond bombshell, Number 6 (whose virtual wardrobe seems to be diminishing by the episode), we have Boomer, we also had the presidential liaison... or was he the tour guide? The one in the purple suit in the pilot. Frak! Now I need to go look up who that was.

Anyhoo, all I'm saying is that the Cylons have shown a high margin of patience and due diligence, and have probably been infiltrating the Colonies for a long long long long time. And then this kid shows up out of nowhere during the evacuation? Pretty strange.

In my little corner of the 'verse, SciFi would live up to its name and have all science FICTION. They'd give up the so-called reality or shock TV they're doing now and have not only Firefly and BSG, but John Doe as well. They'd still be showing FarScape, the Invisible Man and The Chronicle and they would be the ones to bring us the new Dr. Who - for better or for worse. They'd spend more time and more money on their miniseries and make them live up to the novels they were based on. They could even revive the old serial format of days gone by. IF I were running SciFi, that's what it would look like.

EOR (End of Rant) I think I need to put all that into a blog...

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BROWNCOAT1

Friday, February 11, 2005 2:55 PM

Channy wrote:

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Well, since the Cylons haven't really used the good old BSG standby, so I guess I would say why not?

But the Cylons did say "By your command". It happened at the end of the second part of the pilot when we got our first look at the Boomer Cylon model. Remember? It was the last line in the scene.

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Your wife sounds cute. My reaction was more like a full-throated "NOOO!" that had my housemates staring at me. But they do that a lot anyway, so no big.

LOL @ Channy. I'll tell my wife you said so, though w/ her Irish blood she sometimes reminds me more of Zoe, and I am not about to tell her she's "cute". I might get hurt.

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Cybersnark's right though, BC. He did show up in the second regular episode.

You see? My forgetting him is just evidence of my mind shutting out his appearance because it relates to the horror that was Boxy & Muffet in the original series.

Thanks for recalling that nightmare!

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I have this notion that he might be Cylon model number 12. Any takers?

No thanks. I'm not going to lose my money on that bet. My wife and I were kind of wondering about him anyway.

How satisfying would it be to see Starbuck or Adama gun his little Cylon butt down?

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ZOID

Friday, February 11, 2005 5:40 PM

Channain responded, in part:

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Now you've got to be kidding. SciFi and other networks are cognizant and responsive to only one thing - the Almighty Dollar, who is their god, their guide, their savior...

We seem to be agreeing here, 'though it doesn't particularly have that tone. When I said "prime market force", I meant a TV show flushed down the tubes over two years ago that is still generating Almighty Dollars and building new business in the form of movies and new converts purchasing DVDs. That's pretty remarkable, and I do believe that VU are aware of Firefly's strong performance.

This is all fascinating. I also believe that VU have understood the power of the Internet in FF's continuing success. They are really going out of their way to curry online support for BSG, by advertising their 'insider comments' on each show via AOL. This strong attempt to curry the online community's favor and encourage fan interaction may be a result of the Firefly (et al) fansites phenomenon. Chicken or egg, it's indisputably a good way to grow a show's fanbase.

Unfortunately for me, they're doing it with AOL, which I consider to be a virus. I wouldn't mind hearing the "commentary on tonight's show"; but I ain't goin' anywhere near Plug-in City...

Respectfully,

zoid

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re: 'crossover fanfic': I'm gonna start a new thread, here in General Discussions, on the subject, titled "Crossover Fanfic Discussion".
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CHANNAIN

Friday, February 11, 2005 6:31 PM

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Originally posted by zoid:
We seem to be agreeing here, 'though it doesn't particularly have that tone. When I said "prime market force", I meant a TV show flushed down the tubes over two years ago that is still generating Almighty Dollars and building new business in the form of movies and new converts purchasing DVDs. That's pretty remarkable, and I do believe that VU are aware of Firefly's strong performance.

It is pretty darn remarkable indeed - VU is probably saying right now "Hmmm... Boy, Fox really dropped the ball on that one, huh? Isn't that just too bad? *maniacal laugh*"

Anyway - yes, somewhere in all of this, I think you and I are complete in agreement.

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Originally posted by zoid, in part:
This is all fascinating. I also believe that VU have understood the power of the Internet in FF's continuing success. They are really going out of their way to curry online support for BSG, by advertising their 'insider comments' on each show via AOL...Unfortunately for me, they're doing it with AOL, which I consider to be a virus. I wouldn't mind hearing the "commentary on tonight's show"; but I ain't goin' anywhere near Plug-in City...

That makes two of us, and AMEN! I'm in the middle of a campaign to get a friend of mine away from that A-O-L (paraphrasing George Francisco, Alien Nation) as soon as humanly possible.

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Originally posted by zoid:
P.S.
re: 'crossover fanfic': I'm gonna start a new thread, here in General Discussions, on the subject, titled "Crossover Fanfic Discussion".

*Going off to find that thread right now*

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CHANNAIN

Friday, February 11, 2005 6:42 PM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
But the Cylons did say "By your command". It happened at the end of the second part of the pilot when we got our first look at the Boomer Cylon model. Remember? It was the last line in the scene.

I so need to get the miniseries DVD - Nice return, BC.

I wouldn't want you getting in trouble with your Irish bride or getting wounded or anything. How about Engaging, or charming, or delightful... ee-yeah, okay, that might have been going to far. How about "Married yourself a real prize there, BC."

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You see? My forgetting him is just evidence of my mind shutting out his appearance because it relates to the horror that was Boxy & Muffet in the original series. Thanks for recalling that nightmare!

SMAT my liddle hand! Bad girl!

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How satisfying would it be to see Starbuck or Adama gun his little Cylon butt down?

If the word "orgasmic" offends you at all, let me know, will you? I can't think of any other word to describe that particular level of satisfaction.

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BIBSY

Friday, February 11, 2005 8:56 PM

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
If you ever feel that perhaps this board or indeed any sci-fi board goes a bit over the top when it is pro or con a topic, you might like to bear this example in mind of what happens when someone really, really hates a series:

http://xsorbit26.com/users5/languatron/index.php

Scary.

Ah, yes, the scary amusement that is Languatron and his crusade against the reimagined BSG. Can you just imagine if people like that put a fraction of that energy into something important like, oh, curing cancer?

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LETOV

Friday, February 11, 2005 10:09 PM

OMG.

I just spent a few minutes looking at Languatron's "message board", if it can be called that honestly. That is absolutely hilarious. Does he not allow others to post or what? Or, I wonder, is everyone else like me unable to bring themselves to post on such a hilarious crock. I would've amused myself my reading more of the rants but I'd feel bad about supporting his advertising.

Anybody know the backstory on this Languatron? His daddy was a grip on the original and he's got a grudge against his childhood heroes being re-invented? Funny, funny, sad, pitiful stuff...

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