I kinda liked the slow pacing.  It felt more ... epic.  Rather than
battle on battle on tragedy on battle.

Yeah.  The butterfly had me ready to pull wings off a ... well, you
know.  Frickin' butterfly.

And I didn't even come close to seeing the twist at the end coming.
Now, I'm going to have to watch it again to see if there are clues I
missed, or if it's one of those annoying unforshadowed twists that bug me.

As far as a series goes....
I could use some new TV in my life.  :-)

--benD

Kevin Graeme wrote:

> Oh I liked it. It just needed a lot of editing. It does beg for a series.
> Hatch must be praying to every god known right now.
>
> -Kevin (I still want to punch the butterfly.)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Heald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:18 PM
> Subject: RE: Battlestar Galactica
>
>  > I liked it.  Good twist at the end.
>  >
>  > Damn I hope they bring it back as a series.
>  >   -----Original Message-----
>  >   From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >   Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 11:14 PM
>  >   To: CF-Community
>  >   Subject: Re: Battlestar Galactica
>  >
>  >
>  >   Dammit. I give them the benefit of the doubt and then they give me
> that?!?
>  >
>  >   Can you say "vehicle for AOL vs. MSN ads?" I wanted to punch that damn
>  >   butterfly.
>  >
>  >   Okay. Really. I still stand by what I said before about what I liked.
> But
>  >   the whole damn thing could have been an hour long, 1:30 at most, and it
>  >   still would have had all the good stuff.
>  >
>  >   I hate miniseries writers.
>  >
>  >   -Kevin
>  >
>  >   ----- Original Message -----
>  >   From: "Heald, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  >   To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  >   Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 8:21 AM
>  >   Subject: RE: Battlestar Galactica
>  >
>  >   > I'm with you man.  Good so far.  Can't wait for part two.  I
> wonder if
>  >   maybe
>  >   > this isn't just a test case to see how it works as a series?
>  >   >
>  >   >
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>  >   > -----Original Message-----
>  >   > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >   > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:23 AM
>  >   > To: CF-Community
>  >   > Subject: RE: Battlestar Galactica
>  >   >
>  >   >
>  >   > I was pleasantly suprised as well by the first part, and am looking
>  >   forward
>  >   > to the second half. it makes me wonder how they can complete the
> story
>  > in
>  >   > just two hours, when they went as slow as they did in the first half.
>  >   >
>  >   > -----Original Message-----
>  >   > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >   > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 9:19 AM
>  >   > To: CF-Community
>  >   > Subject: Re: Battlestar Galactica
>  >   >
>  >   > Details? Ha! I sent the message and then went to bed.
>  >   >
>  >   > It was shown twice again last night and will be shown again tonight
>  > before
>  >   > the second part. And it's on again this Sunday. So I'm not going to
> say
>  >   > anything about the plot itself. It's a two-parter and while I was
>  > pleased
>  >   > with it, that's because I thought it was going to be crash and burn
>  >   > sucktackular.
>  >   >
>  >   > Spoilers?
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > .
>  >   > IMO, they more than adequately addressed the stylistic differences
>  > between
>  >   > the original and this series. In fact, I think it was a damn fine
>  > cop-out.
>  >   > The first shot of Galactica came in at that rear three quarters angle
>  > with
>  >   > odd optical lens distortion that was part of the original show, and
>  > later
>  >   in
>  >   > the show there's even a bit of the original theme music. The show
> picks
>  > up
>  >   > 20 years after the first Cylon wars. Technology has progressed. The
>  >   > Galactica is an aging vessel and about to be decomissioned. It's used
>  >   > primarily as a tourist exhibit and there's a gift shop and museum
>  > display
>  >   in
>  >   > one of the hangers. In the museum they have an old Cylon in a glass
> case
>  >   and
>  >   > old Vipers on display. The old equipment though is going to be the
>  > saving
>  >   > grace against the Cylons and their new ability to affect networked
>  >   computer
>  >   > systems.
>  >   >
>  >   > The evil Cylon woman is sexxay. Olmos as Adama is haggard and
> gravelly.
>  >   He's
>  >   > looking old, but his character is supposed to. Starbuck is fine as a
>  > woman
>  >   > (I got over that kind of problem 15 years ago when I saw a stage
>  >   production
>  >   > of Romeo and Juliet with Mercutio played by an asian woman), but her
>  >   > tremulous first line left me wondering if she was going to be a
> strong
>  >   > enough character. She makes up for it later.
>  >   >
>  >   > My only complaint? It's fucking SLOW. Why is it that when you have a
> TV
>  >   > miniseries it automatically means that it's going to be waaaaaay too
>  > much
>  >   > exposition? The whole 2 hours was basically initial character
>  > development.
>  >   > Sure some stuff happened, but it was just to set up the second
> episode.
>  > I
>  >   > hope.
>  >   >
>  >   > -Kevin
>  >   >
>  >   > ----- Original Message -----
>  >   > From: "Haggerty, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  >   > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>  >   > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:50 PM
>  >   > Subject: RE: Battlestar Galactica
>  >   >
>  >   > > Details.... some of us are still working.
>  >   > >
>  >   > > M
>  >   > >
>  >   > > -----Original Message-----
>  >   > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  >   > > Sent: Mon 12/8/2003 11:15 PM
>  >   > > To: CF-Community
>  >   > > Cc:
>  >   > > Subject: Re: Battlestar Galactica
>  >   > >
>  >   > >
>  >   > > Yay! It doesn't suck! Yay I say!
>  >   > >
>  >   > > -Kevin
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