Battlestar Galactica marathon on Monday! What's up with that? I know Monday is a psudo-holiday but why not have it on Sunday when more folks could enjoy it!! I would have.

I know,,I don't expect an answer but this is the first time I really thought a TIVO might be a nice thing for me to have,,,just need to string together another dozen or so of these events before I'll pull the trigger.


[Duh...edited to ad] It's on the SciFi network.

*goes to check for 2 conflicts during the day tomorrow *

(As stated above, on Sci-Fi, all times Central, check your local listings )

8:00 am Battlestar Galactica Part 1 of 3: Pilot - The remnants of an ambushed space fleet, one huge mothership and 220 smaller vessels, undertake a new mission.

9:00am Battlestar Galactica Part 2 of 3: Pilot - Apollo, Boomer and Starbuck seek supplies on a distant planet after finding the fleet's stores contaminated.

10:00am Battlestar Galactica Part 3 of 3: Pilot - Adama becomes concerned when Sire Uri (Ray Milland) authorizes much of the fleet population to visit Carillon.

11:00am Battlestar Galactica Part 1 of 2: Lost Planet of the Gods - A mysterious disease strikes the fleet's fighter pilots after they investigate a Cylon base on an asteroid.

12:00pm Battlestar Galactica Part 2 of 2: Lost Planet of the Gods - Adama, Apollo and Serina (Jane Seymour) investigate a planet circling a pulsating star.

1:00pm Battlestar Galactica Part 1 of 2: The Gun on Ice Planet Zero - Apollo leads a mission to an icy planet to destroy a huge laser weapon; guests Dan O'Herlihy, Britt Ekland.

2:00pm Battlestar Galactica Part 2 of 2: The Gun on Ice Planet Zero - Enslaved clones join Galactica fighters in an attempt to destroy a planet-based laser. With Dan O'Herlihy.

3:00pm Battlestar Galactica Part 1 of 2: War of the Gods - A lone alien survivor (Patrick Macnee) charms the fleet with his abilities and his promises to locate Earth.

4:00pm Battlestar Galactica Part 2 of 2: War of the Gods - Iblis (Patrick Macnee) offers the Galactica leaders three wishes in exchange for their unquestioning loyalty.




I was always an Athena fan, more than Cassiopeia...

It's basically to promote the DVD Release, which I just ordered today.

Booo... wish I knew about this, I woulda ReplayTV'd it!

It is also possible they are doing this to prepare people for the Battlestar Galactica Miniseries coming in December...

I just saw a commercial for the miniseries. Looked pretty good, I thought, though I'm only slightly familiar with the original series.

Anybody have a shot of the new Galactica?

Fixed.





Will this do for now?

Is that one of the Fembot Cylons?

Cameltoe.

HAHAHAHA.

Is that a good guy or a bad guy?

from what i've read about the upcoming mini-series, they've totally overhauled everything about it, including making starbuck a female.

From the short 30 minute special I watched the other day, so is Boomer. The whole series is barely a shadow of the original.

It looks like the new one will be remembered in the same vein as Galactica 1980. Sometimes you have to wonder how a remake can get so screwed up.

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So, I take it you're done with being the Defender of SciFi [sic] Channel?

Actually, I think a total rework is the only way to go. I'm looking forward to it.

I'll still defend SciFi over in that other thread.(and only in that thread since it's basically an experiment to see if I can defend the undefendable).

BSG didn't need a total rework, the original had a great premise but the execution was flawed at times. They really didn't need to remake the series into a Dawson's Creek clone to make it better.

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I remember when they announced Star Trek the next generation everyone thought it was the end of the world, or at least the franchise. But that turned out okay. maybe this will, too.

I don’t remember that. I remember multiple orgasms from just about every Trek-lovin’ soul in the English-speaking world.

No - G80 will be remembered more fondly than G03 for one simple reason. The only redeeming factor of G80 was the Starbuck episode. G03 doesnt even have that going for it. . . .