Final Ten Battlestar Galactica

2008-10-18 Thread William T Goodall
Air dates 4.11 Jan. 16 4.12 Jan. 23 4.13 Jan. 30 4.14 Feb. 6 4.15 Feb. 13 4.16 Feb. 20 4.17 Feb. 27 4.18 March 6 4.19 March 13 4.20 March 20 A two hour TV movie "starting before the events of the miniseries" will later in 2009. http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/ -- William T Goodall Mail : [

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-11 Thread Charlie Bell
On 12/04/2008, at 2:24 AM, Martin Lewis wrote: > On 4/11/08, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I noticed that take, >> >> Takes, dude. More than once in the movie. Over and over, long takes. >> OK, no single one of them quite as special as the first chunk of >> Snake >> Eyes, but a c

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-11 Thread Martin Lewis
On 4/11/08, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I noticed that take, > > Takes, dude. More than once in the movie. Over and over, long takes. > OK, no single one of them quite as special as the first chunk of Snake > Eyes, but a collection of great sequences. The thing is the Snake Eyes

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-11 Thread Charlie Bell
On 11/04/2008, at 12:09 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote: >> Interesting premise, reasonably executed. What makes it stand out are >> the long long (long) takes, 4 and 5 minute action sequences done with >> steadycam. Great stuff. > > I noticed that take, Takes, dude. More than once in the movie. Over an

RE: ***SPAM*** Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-11 Thread Curtis Burisch
>There have been between two- and three-hundred new sf novels >published in English every year since the seventies, and probably the >sixties when the paperback boom began. SF as a recognisable genre has >been published since the nineteenth century with Wells and Verne. SF >magazines began

Re: ***SPAM*** Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-11 Thread William T Goodall
On 11 Apr 2008, at 03:52, Curtis Burisch wrote: > I have read almost all science fiction ever published, and my > biggest gripe > with the genre is that there are not enough authors publishing > enough works > to satisfy my appetite. There have been between two- and three-hundred new sf nov

RE: ***SPAM*** Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-10 Thread Curtis Burisch
>Anyway, I hate it when someone criticizes my favorite shows, so I guess I >should have known better. I have to disagree with William's response in the strongest possible terms -- not your response, Olin (what an unusual and wonderful name!) I have read almost all science fiction ever published,

RE: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-10 Thread Curtis Burisch
>Interesting premise, reasonably executed. What makes it stand out are >the long long (long) takes, 4 and 5 minute action sequences done with >steadycam. Great stuff. I noticed that take, and rewound to watch it no less than 3 times. Great cameraman there, great teamwork in a LARGE cast, and g

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-10 Thread Martin Lewis
On 4/8/08, Curtis Burisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The first one only came out today in the UK! They are doing a bunch > >of films, aren't they? Is it one for each main character? > > Oh, don't you have internet in UK? I'm in SA, saw the movie about a month > ago :) Well, I saw it yesterday

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-09 Thread Charlie Bell
On 09/04/2008, at 2:14 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Olin Elliott wrote: > >> Anyway, I hate it when someone criticizes my favorite shows, so I >> guess >> I should have known better. > > You provoked some good discussion. :) > > (Babylon 5 is still my favorite. De gustib

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-08 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Olin Elliott wrote: > Anyway, I hate it when someone criticizes my favorite shows, so I guess > I should have known better. You provoked some good discussion. :) (Babylon 5 is still my favorite. De gustibus non est disputandem, before anyone jumps on me about that, m'ka

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-08 Thread Olin Elliott
t;mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:28 PM Subject: Re: Battlestar Galactica On 9 Apr 2008, at 01:22, Olin Elliott wrote: > > I have to admit that I don't get the Battl

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-08 Thread William T Goodall
On 9 Apr 2008, at 01:22, Olin Elliott wrote: > > I have to admit that I don't get the Battlestar Galactica craze. I > have tried diligently to watch it and though I recognize the quality > of the storylines -- I think it is written just about as well as any > drama cur

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-08 Thread Olin Elliott
I have to admit that I don't get the Battlestar Galactica craze. I have tried diligently to watch it and though I recognize the quality of the storylines -- I think it is written just about as well as any drama currently on television -- and characterizations, it doesn't grab me

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-08 Thread Charlie Bell
On 09/04/2008, at 2:45 AM, Curtis Burisch wrote: > > Saw "Children of Men" a few days ago. If you haven't seen this > movie, you > haven't lived. On IMDB, one critic wrote "[this movie] restored my > faith in > cinema". Interesting premise, reasonably executed. What makes it stand out are t

RE: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-08 Thread Curtis Burisch
>The first one only came out today in the UK! They are doing a bunch >of films, aren't they? Is it one for each main character? Oh, don't you have internet in UK? I'm in SA, saw the movie about a month ago :) Didn't know they were doing one per character, but I suppose it makes sense. Saw the Si

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-08 Thread G. D. Akin
Already have "Razor." Thanks. George A - Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 8:48 AM Subject: Re: Battlestar Galactica > > On 6 Apr 2008

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Apr 2008, at 16:58, Martin Lewis wrote: > On 4/7/08, Curtis Burisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On another note, I also loved Futurama. There's a second Futurama >> movie >> coming out soon, FYI. > > The first one only came out today in the UK! They are doing a bunch > of films, aren't

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 6 Apr 2008, at 08:00, G. D. Akin wrote: > William T Goodall wrote: > > Subject: Battlestar Galactica > > >> That was not disappointing. > > > Please, please, please, announce **SPOILERS** if you talk about >

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Apr 2008, at 16:58, Martin Lewis wrote: > > PS BSG is balls. As in the "the dog's" or "of steel" or "big hairy" or "minty" ? None of the above Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "There's no chanc

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-07 Thread Martin Lewis
On 4/7/08, Curtis Burisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On another note, I also loved Futurama. There's a second Futurama movie > coming out soon, FYI. The first one only came out today in the UK! They are doing a bunch of films, aren't they? Is it one for each main character? Martin PS BSG i

RE: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-07 Thread Curtis Burisch
>That was not disappointing. Best televised sci-fi series EVER. Ok, so there were a couple of slow points in the plotline. But I can't wait for the rest of the series. And the movie. Disappointed I WILL be when it all ends :( On another note, I also loved Futurama. There's a second Futurama mov

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-07 Thread John Horn
Agreed! My wife and are definitely looking forward to the rest of the season. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-06 Thread John Garcia
Now that The Wire has finished its run, BSG is the best show on television. john On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:13 PM, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was not disappointing. > > > Final 19 Maru > -- > William T Goodall > Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-06 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 6, 2008, at 12:00 AM, G. D. Akin wrote: > P.S. Season 3 wasn't disappointing either. Srsly? There were things I liked, sure -- there were effects that were visually gorgeous, frex the translight jump of the BSG as it fell into atmo, I just about freaked as it vanished, leaving only a

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-06 Thread G. D. Akin
William T Goodall wrote: Subject: Battlestar Galactica > That was not disappointing. Please, please, please, announce **SPOILERS** if you talk about season 4. I live in Korea. I just finished the season 3 DVD set last night (and can't

Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-05 Thread William T Goodall
That was not disappointing. Final 19 Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." ~Voltaire. __

Re: Bionic Woman & Battlestar Galactica

2007-10-05 Thread Charlie Bell
On 06/10/2007, at 1:13 PM, Gary Nunn wrote: > > > > No spoilers > > Is anyone watching the Bionic Woman? I was pleasantly surprised > by it. Yes. Started last Thursday here in Ozland. Has promise. > > Of course Katee Sackhoff, from Battlestar Galactica,

Bionic Woman & Battlestar Galactica

2007-10-05 Thread Gary Nunn
> No spoilers Is anyone watching the Bionic Woman? I was pleasantly surprised by it. Of course Katee Sackhoff, from Battlestar Galactica, plays a renegade bionic badass of undetermined allegiance. Anyway, in one scene, the bionic woman walks by a TV that's playing

RE: New Battlestar Galactica - no spoilers.

2006-01-08 Thread kerri miller
--- Nick Lidster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That wasn’t the season premiere that was the midseason break ender that > sci-fi channel is so found of doing. I guess you could call it season > 9.5 But that is just a little foolish sounding. Not to be snarky and bitchy, but you're the 3rd p

RE: New Battlestar Galactica - no spoilers.

2006-01-08 Thread Nick Lidster
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kerri miller Sent: January 8, 2006 2:33 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: New Battlestar Galactica - no spoilers. --- Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Harney wrote

Re: New Battlestar Galactica - no spoilers.

2006-01-08 Thread kerri miller
--- Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Harney wrote: > > One series that I hope wraps up in this or the next season is Stargate: > > SG-1. Despite Ben Browder being one of my favorite actors, I think the > > series has had a good run and really needs to conclude rather than >

Re: New Battlestar Galactica - no spoilers.

2006-01-07 Thread Max Battcher
Michael Harney wrote: One series that I hope wraps up in this or the next season is Stargate: SG-1. Despite Ben Browder being one of my favorite actors, I think the series has had a good run and really needs to conclude rather than running it until it fizzles out like Sci-fi Channel seems inte

Re: New Battlestar Galactica - no spoilers.

2006-01-07 Thread G. D. Akin
Michael Harney wrote: > Given the Sci-fi Channel's past, I think it's a better hope that the > show reaches a conclusion before it's canceled. I like this new BSG > too, and I never was a fan of the original, so that says a lot, but > Sci-fi only cares about the same thing that other networks do:

Re: New Battlestar Galactica - no spoilers.

2006-01-07 Thread Michael Harney
Gary Nunn wrote: Anyway, I hope that BSG doesn't peak early and then go downhill. Given the Sci-fi Channel's past, I think it's a better hope that the show reaches a conclusion before it's canceled. I like this new BSG too, and I never was a fan of the original, so that says a lot, but

New Battlestar Galactica - no spoilers.

2006-01-07 Thread Gary Nunn
I just watched the first episode, of the second part of season 2, that I had saved on DVR from last night. I have always liked it from the start, but that show just gets better and better. I didn't see that end coming. Well, at least the end that will be concluded next week. Earlier in the w

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: > >

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, an

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,

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 dif

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 Caprica

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 clo

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 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 th

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 > i

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" >> wo

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
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 background when shooting dialogue in some "alie

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

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

2005-11-22 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. T

Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-22 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue448/news.html "Galactica Renewed For Season Three 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 200

Re: New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis & Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-19 Thread Max Battcher
Gary Nunn wrote: WARNING! - MAJOR SPOILER FOLLOWS for Stargate Atlantis. S P O I L E R S P A C E . . . From the episode guide on scifi.com, it looks like this ship is going to stick around, at least for a few episodes. I thought I remembered someone saying (maybe it was in a pr

RE: New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis & Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-18 Thread Gary Nunn
> > Lexa Doig? Interesting. I didn't notice her, nor her credit > on the last episode, but shall look forward to seeing how she > fits into that role. She was listed in this episode on the IMDB, but I watched it again and didn't see her. However, a Google search produced this bit of informat

RE: New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis & Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-18 Thread Gary Nunn
WARNING! - MAJOR SPOILER FOLLOWS for Stargate Atlantis. S P O I L E R S P A C E . . . > We are way behind the US on Atlantis, so forgive me if this > sounds stupid, but are the Atlantis team in contact with SGC > on a regular basis? > I don't recall anyone getting direction from the

Re: New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis & Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-18 Thread Russell Chapman
Max Battcher wrote: From what I heard RDA isn't completely being phased out, but he's going to be much more like the President in terms of on screen "special appearances". I'm hoping that they play this really well, because as the coordinator of Stargate operations across two galaxies it mig

Re: New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis & Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-18 Thread Max Battcher
Gary Nunn wrote: Warning... Some minor spoilers follow.. Stargate SG-1 Browder's first Stargate episode was last night. Basically, it was John Crichton meets Stargate. All the Crichton humor, mannerisms and arrogance was there, but I think that will work. Unless the writers compl

New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis & Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-16 Thread Gary Nunn
a Stargate convention. Yes, I admit, I will pay the $35 for the photo-op with her. http://www.creationent.com/cal/sgohio.htm Stargate Atlantis I'm still undecided about last nights episode. I loved this show last year, but after last nights episode, well, let's just hope it gets better. Batt

Ten Minutes with Tricia Helfer (Number 6 from Battlestar Galactica)

2005-03-24 Thread Gary Nunn
Short interview with Tricia Helfer from Battlestar Galactica. Nothing earth shattering, but kind of interesting. Ten Minutes with Tricia Helfer written by Coury Turczyn on Friday, March 04, 2005 Number 6 from the New Battlestar Galactica Doesn't Want to be Just Another "R

Re: Legal Download of Battlestar Galactica First Episode

2005-02-28 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ronn! wrote: I will get around to seeing what is on it in the next few hours, either . . . ) So Ronn, how are the computer wars progressing? -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Legal Download of Battlestar Galactica First Episode

2005-02-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:33 PM Monday 2/28/2005, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: Just in case anyone here is interested, SciFi Channel has posted the entire first episode (post-miniseries) of Battlestar Galactica, along with a few short deleted scenes. http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/33_full_episode/ MD They were giving

Legal Download of Battlestar Galactica First Episode

2005-02-28 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
Just in case anyone here is interested, SciFi Channel has posted the entire first episode (post-miniseries) of Battlestar Galactica, along with a few short deleted scenes. http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/33_full_episode/ MD ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

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 inform

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 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 well.

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-14 Thread Warren Ockrassa
human-looking one with the conical(?) head? Or was that an intermediate caste? I think the IL was the humanoid one, yeah, with the weird red coral (?) growing from his skull. Also, didn't they spend an inordinate amount of time watching Fox News Channel? No, that last part was Babylon 5 not

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 ha

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-14 Thread Richard Baker
) head? Or was that an intermediate caste? > Also, didn't they spend an inordinate amount of time watching Fox > News Channel? No, that last part was Babylon 5 not Battlestar Galactica. Rich ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

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 t

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 soldie

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-13 Thread Russell Chapman
Gary Denton wrote: 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.. Don't we know at least one Cylon is aboard BSG? Couldn't they be send

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 way

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

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

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 episodes.

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 a

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 christmas

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: [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 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 renewal—including which cast members will return, how many episodes will be produced and when the s

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 _Robotech

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 10, 2005, at 1:46 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: (Of course the lightspeed stuff is another matter...) Which of course one should be willing to suspend in order to enjoy SF. Mm, it was meant to be wry in juxtaposition to my praise of projectile weapons. ;) I personally like how they're handling

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread kerri miller
--- Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (Of course the lightspeed stuff is another > > matter...) > > Which of course one should be willing to suspend in > order to enjoy SF. Wouldn't it be cool to have a show where the cast changed every week because it took them 14 generations to ge

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 hav

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 mor

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 s

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 ___ http://www.mccme

Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-02-10 Thread William T Goodall
http://scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=30357 " 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 renewal—including which cast members will return, how many episodes wi

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-25 Thread Jim Sharkey
Damon Agretto wrote: >>Starbuck's a chick??? Maru >Yes, and much better for it, IMHO. Given that Dirk Benedict is only about the single worst actor ever, I'd have to agree. :-p Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized porta

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 24, 2005, at 8:31 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: Starbuck's a chick??? Maru Yes, and much better for it, IMHO. Me too. I like her a lot more than Dirk Benedict's portrayal. Actually watching the miniseries made me forcibly face how sexist the original series was. Even by late 70s standards I thi

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-24 Thread Damon Agretto
Starbuck's a chick??? Maru Yes, and much better for it, IMHO. Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: UM's PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf. C ---

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
I'm very pleasantly surprised so far. I went in expecting crap-o-la, since for every Farscape SciFi gives us five to ten Earthseas, but I caught the miniseries a few weeks ago and have seen the three espisodes since, and I'm hooked. It's on my short "must watch" list already. Jim Starbuck's

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 24, 2005, at 5:04 PM, William T Goodall wrote: I saw the second part of the two-part season finale tonight here in the UK, and it was awesome. It seems to be doing well in the USA too, so it is looking good for it be renewed. Now I have a long wait to see what happens next... Mm. Nearly a

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-24 Thread William T Goodall
On 22 Jan 2005, at 6:46 pm, Gary Nunn wrote: WARNING - VERY minor spoilers of the first three episodes below I liked the Galactica miniseries, but it felt emotionally distant. I did not have that same feeling with Friday's episodes. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the series, and

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-22 Thread Nick Lidster
"Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 3:16 PM Subject: RE: Battlestar Galactica WARNING - VERY minor spoilers of the first three episodes below I liked the Galactica miniseries, but it felt emotionally d

RE: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-22 Thread Gary Nunn
WARNING - VERY minor spoilers of the first three episodes below > I liked the Galactica miniseries, but it felt emotionally > distant. I did not have that same feeling with Friday's > episodes. I am looking forward to seeing the rest of the > series, and perhaps having a bit of discuss

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-19 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:10:06 +, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Finally started airing in the USA last Friday. In the UK we saw the > penultimate episode of the first (thirteen episode) season on Monday. > > (We got to see it first because SKY is putting in $400,000 per episode

Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-19 Thread William T Goodall
t all.) I think it's very good, and gets even better in the later episodes. http://tinyurl.com/4pwsw " The two-hour Jan. 14 premiere of SCI FI Channel's original series Battlestar Galactica was the number-one cable program on that date in key demographics and ranked as the highes

Battlestar Galactica

2004-12-13 Thread William T Goodall
Last episode here until January 3rd. This one and last week's kept up the standard of the show so far. Just four more to go in this 13 ep season. We won't know if another series is commissioned until the US viewing figures are in. So you USAns had better watch it! S P O I L E R S P A C E S P O

Re: Battlestar Galactica Was: Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

2004-11-29 Thread William T Goodall
On 29 Nov 2004, at 10:26 pm, Richard Baker wrote: William said: [For the benefit of foreigners...] S P O I L E R A L E R T S P O I L E R A L E R T [...some of whom I bet will read this anyway] [...and then regret it bitterly] I have no idea what the point of the "Cylon-occupied Caprica" thread is

Re: Battlestar Galactica Was: Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

2004-11-29 Thread Richard Baker
William said: > [For the benefit of foreigners...] > > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > > A > L > E > R > T > > S > P > O > I > L > E > R > > A > L > E > R > T > > [...some of whom I bet will read this anyway] > >> I have no idea what the point >> of the "Cylon-occupied Caprica" thread is though. > >

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