Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Damon Agretto wrote: I love the new BSG. I really do. It has complex character development and a storyline that is mercifully bereft of the reset button at episode's end. But damn, would it be so hard to not have dumpsters in the background when shooting dialogue in some alien world's back

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:41 AM Sunday 11/27/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: I love the new BSG. I really do. It has complex character development and a storyline that is mercifully bereft of the reset button at episode's end. But damn, would it be so hard to not have dumpsters in the

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:44 AM Sunday 11/27/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: Damon Agretto wrote: I love the new BSG. I really do. It has complex character development and a storyline that is mercifully bereft of the reset button at episode's end. But damn, would it be so hard to not have dumpsters in the

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: After a lengthy period of isolation, though, why should all of their artifacts look exactly like those found in contemporary North America? Even on Earth, you can tell a difference between the scenery, the clothing, etc., when you travel to Europe, Asia, Africa, . .

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:43 PM Sunday 11/27/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: After a lengthy period of isolation, though, why should all of their artifacts look exactly like those found in contemporary North America? Even on Earth, you can tell a difference between the scenery, the

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Richard Baker
Rob said: If someone finds a dumpster jarring in a scene on pretend-Caprica, yet is not jarred by vehicles, asphalt, and average everyday warehouses also seen in the background, then ones suspension-of-disbelief is awfully selective. While we're at it, can't we have them all speaking Caprican

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:43 PM Sunday 11/27/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: After a lengthy period of isolation, though, why should all of their artifacts look exactly like those found in contemporary North America? Even on Earth, you can tell a difference

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Richard Baker wrote: Rob said: If someone finds a dumpster jarring in a scene on pretend-Caprica, yet is not jarred by vehicles, asphalt, and average everyday warehouses also seen in the background, then ones suspension-of-disbelief is awfully selective. While we're at it, can't we have

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: I don't find the suits identical myself. They would look quite strange on the street here. It's the ties that get me. Why are there ties? The suit itself looks like a truncated version of the formal robes from the original series. The cut looks odd to say the least,

RE: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Nick Lidster
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren Ockrassa Sent: November 27, 2005 2:24 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed On Nov 22, 2005, at 4:09 PM, Kevin Street wrote: William T Goodall quoted: SCI FI

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Nov 22, 2005, at 4:09 PM, Kevin Street wrote: William T Goodall quoted: SCI FI Channel announced that it has renewed its original series Battlestar Galactica for a third season. Production on the 20-episode order is slated to begin in Vancouver, Canada, in February 2006 for premiere later

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-26 Thread Damon Agretto
I love the new BSG. I really do. It has complex character development and a storyline that is mercifully bereft of the reset button at episode's end. But damn, would it be so hard to not have dumpsters in the background when shooting dialogue in some alien world's back alley? There's a lot

RE: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-22 Thread Kevin Street
William T Goodall quoted: SCI FI Channel announced that it has renewed its original series Battlestar Galactica for a third season. Production on the 20-episode order is slated to begin in Vancouver, Canada, in February 2006 for premiere later in the year, the network said. This is great

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-25 Thread William T Goodall
(Update) 20 new episodes, shooting starts in March with new eps airing in the US in the summer. No news of when SKY will show them in the UK - probably with a later start given their preference for avoiding repeats and hiatuses. SPOILER ALERT! The linked story has some spoilerish casting

RE: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-15 Thread Horn, John
Behalf Of Gary Denton The first series didn't crib only or mostly from the Mormons. It often has general religious names and beliefs from thousands of years ago. It was a reinforcement of the mythology of the series that they are descendent's of a lost advanced society on earth. Or

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-14 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 13, 2005, at 3:40 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: I think in the old series the Cylons were the robotic soldiers of a dead race. IIRC the original Cylons were lizards or something... My recall of it's vague too, but I believe the centurions had only one brain lobe and the Imperious Leader had

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-14 Thread Richard Baker
Warren said: My recall of it's vague too, but I believe the centurions had only one brain lobe and the Imperious Leader had three; there was a two-lobed version that never appeared in the series as well. Was the Imperious Leader the more human-looking one with the conical(?) head? Or was

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:04 AM Monday 2/14/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 13, 2005, at 3:40 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: I think in the old series the Cylons were the robotic soldiers of a dead race. IIRC the original Cylons were lizards or something... My recall of it's vague too, but I believe the centurions had

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-14 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 14, 2005, at 12:50 PM, Richard Baker wrote: Warren said: My recall of it's vague too, but I believe the centurions had only one brain lobe and the Imperious Leader had three; there was a two-lobed version that never appeared in the series as well. Was the Imperious Leader the more

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-14 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 14, 2005, at 7:25 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:04 AM Monday 2/14/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: My recall of it's vague too, but I believe the centurions had only one brain lobe and the Imperious Leader had three; there was a two-lobed version that never appeared in the series as

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-13 Thread Damon Agretto
I don't recall that in the original series there was much emphasis being made on the idea of the Cylons being created by humans? Is that just my fuzzy old memory, or is this whole Terminator kind of theme peculiar to the new series? I think in the old series the Cylons were the robotic

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-11 Thread Gary Denton
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:28:04 -0600, Steve Sloan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damon Agretto wrote: Which of course one should be willing to suspend in order to enjoy SF. I personally like how they're handling this aspect. Different enough from most other SF shows that have been on TV or

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-11 Thread Damon Agretto
I think it is a reasonable space drive, hyper jumps of some unknow but limited range, but don't see how the fleet is being tracked. I have missed a number of episodes and may have missed the technobabble.. The fleet ISN'T being tracked, as far as we know (or, the evidence doesn't point that

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread Nick Lidster
I'm all full of TV happiness :) -- William T Goodall as am i...as am i. i jsut hope i dont have to wait tillnext january for teh shows to aired on skyone... as i have already seen this entire season Nick I love StarBuck Lidster ___

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread kerri miller
--- Nick Lidster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm all full of TV happiness :) -- William T Goodall as am i...as am i. me three! I was never exposed to the original series, but I'm loving BG so far - it has a wonderful B5 feel to the darkness. ..AND isn't it nice to see the same

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 10, 2005, at 12:29 PM, kerri miller wrote: I was never exposed to the original series, but I'm loving BG so far - it has a wonderful B5 feel to the darkness. The original series was OK in some respects, but *awfully* silly in many others. Much of the mythology mentioned in it was lifted

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread Damon Agretto
(Of course the lightspeed stuff is another matter...) Which of course one should be willing to suspend in order to enjoy SF. I personally like how they're handling this aspect. Different enough from most other SF shows that have been on TV or the movies. Nothing original (and fans of Anime have

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 10, 2005, at 1:49 PM, kerri miller wrote: Wouldn't it be cool to have a show where the cast changed every week because it took them 14 generations to get to the next star system? That might be a stretch for most viewers, but a multiple year arc a la B5 or possibly in the spirit of

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread G. D. Akin
William T Goodall wrote: SCI FI Channel has ordered a second season of its hit series Battlestar Galactica, which has aired five episodes of its first season of 13 episodes. Details of the renewalincluding which cast members will return, how many episodes will be produced and when the second

Re: [SPAM] Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread G. D. Akin
kerri miller asked: Wouldn't it be cool to have a show where the cast changed every week because it took them 14 generations to get to the next star system? --- That WOULD be cool and COULD be very interesting, if done well.

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread Damon Agretto
Call me an old fart, but when I was growing up, series used to produce 26-30 episodes a year. Now we' re happy with 13, and they probably won't be in consecutive weeks. Yeah, but the series started mid-season. Normal seasons include 24 episodes. Damon.

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread Nick Lidster
-- Call me an old fart, but when I was growing up, series used to produce 26-30 episodes a year. Now we' re happy with 13, and they probably won't be in consecutive weeks. George A well when aired on SkyOne the only break was over

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread Russell Chapman
Nick Lidster wrote: and kerri with teh multinationalism of this list, im sure there are several memebrs that have seen the entire season. You'd think the networks would be more aware of how much these shows are being propagated around the world ahead of various broadcast dates, especially

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread William T Goodall
On 10 Feb 2005, at 10:39 pm, Damon Agretto wrote: Call me an old fart, but when I was growing up, series used to produce 26-30 episodes a year. Now we' re happy with 13, and they probably won't be in consecutive weeks. Yeah, but the series started mid-season. Normal seasons include 24

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread Steve Sloan
Damon Agretto wrote: Which of course one should be willing to suspend in order to enjoy SF. I personally like how they're handling this aspect. Different enough from most other SF shows that have been on TV or the movies. Nothing original (and fans of Anime have seen this before), but no less