Serenity in Battlestar Galactica
POSTED BY: pzadvance
UPDATED: Saturday, December 17, 2005 18:35
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Originally posted by pzadvance:
For anyone who hasn't seen BSG, they also steal some stuff from Firefly, such as the quick camera movements and zooms.
It's not really stealing - the same studio (Zoic) produced the effects for both series.
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OMG, that's hilarious!! I love that!
Good eye!
Psolaris
"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"
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Originally posted by flywithmecaptn:
Oh.....ANDRE83 This may sound stupid but how old is BSG? Most folks have already been into it, but I don't have much time to watch tv and I know I've seen it but not sure when it came out and ended.
Well, the original series is from the 70's. However i've heard its quite different and i have never seen it. Personally from what i've heard, the new one sounds better.
The show is running right now. Season 1(2004 i think) + the miniseries (2003) is avalible in a box set. first 10 episodes of season 2 has aired, and the next 10 will air after newyear.
Season 3 is confirmed. I belive that will start after summer '06. Hope this helps :)
Jayne: All those years of preacher training, getting knocked out by one bounty hunter
Book: Oh, dont get me wrong. I gave him a hell of a fight
Jayne: Epic i'm guessing
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It was 1978 when the old show came around, and I believe it only lasted for one season, maybe two. I have to admit, I liked it...still do. Sure, the special effects were cheesy, but that's what we had for the late 70's, early 80's. It starred the likes of Dirk Benedict (Faceman from the A-Team), and Lorne Greene, and Jane Seymour was even on it for a few episodes. I've seen some of the new BSG, and yes, the special effects are better...much better, however I have problems getting past the fact that they turned both Starbuck and Boomer into girls, or that uh...perhaps this is spoiler territory...
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That Boomer is a cylon!!
Perhaps I should take ya'lls advice and just sit and watch for a spell...perhaps it'll grow on me. Especially since they're giving shout outs to our beloved show!
Psolaris
"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"
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At first I avoided the new battlestar Galactica because I had liked the the original battlstar Galactica, but once itunes started offering all the new BSGs for downloading into the new video ipod...I downloaded the whole mini-series plus season 1 and season 2.
I watched them all. My opinion of the new BSG is that its GREAT/WOMDERFUL....its so much better than the original BSG to the point where I would gladly forget that the original even existed.
The characters are awesome, and the stories are thoughtfully put together, and the visuals just keep you wanting more. The New BSG's "Starbuck" is my hero!!! The new Apollo is better than the old one, and the new Boomer is also a better character than the old one, even if she is living a tragic life.
At 1st I was angry that they made Starbuck and Boomer women instead of men like the were in 1978, and I was annoyed that in this new BSG, they made colonel Tigh a weak, old, bitter, drunk. I was also not amused that in this new version of BSG, Zack had already died, but now that I have watched the whole thing, I think that the people who put the new BSG together, seriously know what they are doing, and the show is better than the old one could ever be.
I love the fact that the President of the 12 colonies is aboard the Galactica, I also find it interesting that the Cylons believe in God, and that Baltar is stuck with that Cylon woman in his head....good twist of the story.
The new BSG is exciting, scary, dark, thoughtful, relaxing, and just about the best bit of sci-fi on television right now.
The difference between the old BSG and NEW:
Old - Starbuck is a cigar chomping guy with an additude and really bad lines.
NEW- Starbuck is a cigar chomping woman with plenty of additude, and she's smart, loveable, unstable, and the best fighter pilot in the fleet.
OLD - Boomer is just some black fighter pilot that hung around Starbuck.
NEW - Boomer is an asian female, Raptor pilot that doesnt know she's a cylon and there are copies of her everywhere; her role is tragic.
OLD - Colonel Tigh is a dignified 2nd in command to Adama. His roles is rather empty.
NEW - Colonel Tigh is a drunken, old, weak, fool who cant stand Starbuck, and he has a loud-mouthed wife, and he's always drinking from this flask that he keeps on his person.
OLD - Apollo is a handsome son of Adama. He's a fighter pilot, he's compassionate, and he makes great speeches.
NEW - Apollo is arrogant and somewhat a "daddy's boy" but he's strong and a good fighter pilot and is NOT good at speeches.
OLD - Adama is a good leader. he's thoughtful and wise.
NEW - Adama is a good leader. he's angry, and does not run away from a fight. He makes harsh decisions sometimes, and he holds grudges.
OLD - The famous Commander Cain is a "Patton" like character that commands the famous Pegasus battlestar.
NEW - This Commander Cain is "Admiral Cain" and she is a woman, and there is nothing famous about this person, or her shipload of thugs, and I hate her.
OLD - Boxy is a lovable kid, so lovable that when the Cylons were in the process of destroying all the 12 colonies, some soldiers took some time off from defending the colonies to help boxy get over the death of his "daggit" The kid was so loveable that he even got his own theme song in the orignal BSG soundtrack.
NEW - Boxy is a depressed kid who lost both his parents...all the people on the Galactica did was give him a cookie and told him to sit down and shut up and you never see the kid after that.
OLD - Baltar was some kind of government offical that who had hammered-out some kind of peace deal with the Cylons, which allowed the Cylons to wipe out the entire fleet, and led the way to the fall of the colonies. Baltar was a cartoon character.
NEW - Baltar is a well known scientist, who is a womanizer, and he's also very much into his own ego...his mistake is that he hooked up with the wrong woman who just happened to turn out to be a cylon.
If any of you havent bothered to watch the new BSG, i say go out and get
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Somebody may have put this in one of the previous replies, my computer won't load them for some reason. Just wanted to add that Serenity makes a cameo in BSG, but the Galactica also makes a cameo in Serenity. It's decked out as one of the big Reaver ships, or at least one of them looks an awful lot like Galactica.
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Wow! Sounds excellent. I better get watching. Thanks for all the info guys.
Wash: We got to go to the crappy town where I'm a hero!
Don't forget to call him "Sir." He likes that.
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I think most of your responses here are excactly what i meen. The show grows on you.
And for you who didnt like the sharon you saw, there is copies you know, and the other sharon (later "main" sharon) is truly one of the best caracters in the show. Trust me, just watch on. You'll like it.
Jayne: All those years of preacher training, getting knocked out by one bounty hunter
Book: Oh, dont get me wrong. I gave him a hell of a fight
Jayne: Epic i'm guessing
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Sorry.
I have enough sexual identity issues without seeing my childhood hero as a woman.
Good catch on spotting the Firefly, though! :D
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I just wanted to toss in my expression of love for the new BSG. Interestingly, whether intentionally or not, it owes a lot to Joss's style of television writing, i.e., building up tension through character relationships that have plot consequences, sometimes many episodes down the road. BSG's characters are complex, and like Joss's, they each have an agenda, which can't be reduced to simple good guy/bad guy TV archetypes.
Another point to be made is that I think BSG might just be the wedge to bring Firefly back to TV. If BSG continues to gather critical acclaim and to build a crossover audience for thoughtful sci-fi, then maybe the powers-that-be will take a second look at Firefly, which really is BSG's spiritual predecessor in many respects.
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