Buffy or Battlestar Galactica
 

Hey guys. Just finished the Sopranos and now I need a new show to delve into. I love Fantasy/Sci-fi so I know I'm most likely gonna like either show. Please help me pick the next one to start!

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Silly fun or one of the three best drama series of all time--no contest.

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Both

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I think you're overstating it a bit calling Battlestar Galactica "silly fun".

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Buffy

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If you want great sci-fi try Babylon 5.

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If you enjoyed the Muppet Show, give Farscape a shot!

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This.

Buffy and BSG are both great, too. Honestly, whichever order you watch them in, all 3 are shows you should owe yourself to see before you die. Of the two, I say go with BSG first, since Buffy will take up more time, especially if you end up adding in 5 seasons of Angel (which you'll probably want to do once you get hooked).

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Buffy is my choice, BSG is too long and does not have enough humor for me.

I can watch one Buffy show, then move on with my life. BSG is not a watch on show and movie on type show.

Shows that go on and on take to long to invest myself info them. I think this attitude 1st started with LOST, now I have shows like LOST that take to long to end.

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Buffy. No contest.

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Agreed. I love that show.

Buffy and BSG are both great and I cannot choose between either of them. Either way you go, you are in for a treat.

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Both are great in their way, and you should watch both when you can. I think both shows take turns for the worse as they go along, but of the two BSG is a lot easier to marathon. It seems built on a foundation of making the viewer just have to see what comes next. Buffy is a bit more episodic in nature (though it does have larger plot arcs that span seasons).

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Battlestar, easily IMO. I tried but just couldn't get into Buffy's oh-so-precious cutesyness. I did like Angel and Firefly though.

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:up:

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Battlestar Galactica

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If you want to gouge your own eyeballs out about a season and a half in, go Battlestar.

If you want to watch an amazing show that helped shape modern TV, go Buffy.

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Battlestar.

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Buffy.

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You should read this thread too

bsg, b5, farscape, or x-files (which to watch first?)

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I vote both, but it depends on what you're in the mood for. If you want something with more levity after a heavy show like the Sopranos, go Buffy. You will get far more comedy mixed in with your drama.

If you want to stay with a darker, even more dramatic show, go BSG. Far less humor there, but definitely a kickass show too.

The problem with Buffy is that you'll most likely want to watch Angel after you get done. :)

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Buffystar Galactica - I'd watch it!

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Experience them in the same order that most of us did...Buffy/Angel then BSG.

Though as someone else said, BSG is easier to marathon.

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They're both hit & miss - though Buffy hits a lot more often than BSG, and BSG misses (and misses hard) far more than Buffy.

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Bsg

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I join the voices of support for Babylon 5... if only Seasons 2-4, dayenu...

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There is no show that pisses me off more than Battlestar Galactica. It is a massive waste of time and I can't discourage one enough from watching that piece of crap. The show steadily goes down hill and the final season is Ronald Moore raising two middle fingers at his audience. They had no plan while writing the show and it was obvious. What an absolute turd.

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I can agree with you a lot on this actually...my brother told me to start watching it, he had a huge boner for it, and the first 2 seasons were great, but I felt it went so downhill after that....

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This! As such, my vote goes to Buffy.

and +1 for Farscape.

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Oh, and in case it wasn't obvious, my vote goes for Buffy. Season 1 was pretty weak, but I thoroughly enjoyed every other season.

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Another vote for BSG.

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Buffy

Battlestar started off nice but degenerated into a POC

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I'm actually deciding between Homicide and X-Files so I feel your pain. Between the 2 BSG.

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I really only watched it live, so I don't know how I'll feel when I go back for a rewatch, but I need to stick up for late-era BSG. The last two seasons were my favorite period of the series.

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It definitely pissed me off too after about mid-late S3 up until the finale. I actually liked the finale though. It was so great the first couple seasons. I borrowed the DVDs from a friend (before the second half of S4 aired) and went through those seasons so fast.

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I feel the EXACT same way.....about Lost.

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Same here. Except in Lost's case, I hated the finale.

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Man, I love BSG, easily one of my favorite shows of all time, certainly in my top three. I don't get the complaints at all, that show hooked me from the beginning and I couldn't watch it fast enough. I've watched it about five times completely now, never gets old for me...with the exception of the Black Market episode, talk about an episode I do not give a fuck about.

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I love Battlestar but I'd say go for Buffy/Angel - so damn good. Battlestar has amazing acting and lots of great intense moments, but it fizzles in the end.

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Between the two I'd say Battlestar Galactica, but I definitely agree with others who've recommended Babylon 5 and/or Farscape and will add Stargate SG-1/Atlantis into the mix as well. -kd5-