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Old January 16th, 2005, 02:18 AM
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Well remember "pilot" episodes which that was don't always have the same begining as the rest of the series so they may add that later on

I personally like it a LOT, it has drama but it's not so overboard that it's one of those "OH PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK!" deal.

And it is realistic too in that some times hard choices must be made for the sake of the numbers, you know? unlike the original series where they NEVER lost a ship, or even if they did they never made a mention of it beyond "LORDS Of KOBOL" or somethin stupid like that and then it was never mentioned again, they never ran out of fuel/food/supplies/fighters and they could lose like 10 pilots a episode and have like 1,000 more waiting in the wings, WHERE do you get those pilots from?

Also they actually have PILOTS and MARINES instead of some stupid hybrid "WARRIOR" where they know how to do everything.

PLUS it's nice to know what the hell they are talking about when they mention time frames, I mean what the was a "CENTON" a minute a second? It seemed like it could go either way depending on the episodes!
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Old January 16th, 2005, 02:51 AM
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I have already posted my opinions, likes, and dislikes on the series in the other BSG thread. Aside from some prop issues, garage build sets, and some writting quirks, the series is off to a darn good start IMHO.
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I think the original BSG, in addition to sharing a similar base design for the Bridge, shares Voyager's Crew-Cloning Vats.

the new BSG earned high marks from me when Adama and the President discussed the nature of the military as the police. It seemed to hint to what the writers might think is a growing problem in Iraq at the moment.

I might be spoiling it, but I do think there is an episode that deals specifically with the fighter pilot numbers coming up.

Another good point is the white board. While out of place (and also wrong style since all papers and pictures have 8-edges as opposed to 4) in BSG, they keep a running tally of the survivors which goes down by far more than what it goes up by.
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There are a lot of things I like about the series. And then there are a few things that just erk me to no end.
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Are there any trailers we could d/l?
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The official site has 2 that I remember. The Teaser with a Colonial warrior being chased through woods, and the trailer covering the end of the war and the fleets escape.

Edit: read back a bit further and saw the crew vats mention. I remember in Voyagers first season they had a crew member around for a few episodes and then killed him off. A bit more depth than a redshirt, but they then dropped that after the first season and we get stuff like a dead crewmember returning that we have never seen before .
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The mini series is on DVD now. You can order it from the Sci-Fi site I think.
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