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December 10, 2003
SciFi's New 'Battlestar Galactica' Pretty Good
I remember when watching Lorne Greene battle Cylons was a weekly feast for my 9-year-old senses. The original Battlestar Galactica series, which aired 1978-1979, was high-quality science fiction...at least that's the way I remember it. Sure, it got pretty bad the last several episodes, but hey, don't most shows?
Well, SciFi, the cable channel, has been touting the new Battlestar Galactica, its two-part mini-series that picks up 40 years after the previous series ended...sort of. It's a bit complicated, and no quick summary could accurately describe the relationship between the two series, but it's enough to say that the premise is pretty much the same: humans are good guys, Cylons are bad robots that humans once created, and now the Cylons want to kill all the humans. SciFi's website described it thusly:
Forty years after the Cylon Wars, humanity's deadliest enemies have reemerged with a vengeance. In a sudden, devastating nuclear attack, the Cylon robots — who have now taken human form — wipe out billions of people. Only a ragtag fleet of Colonial forces is left to shepherd humanity's few survivors to safety.
Anywho, the second of the two-part mini-series played yesterday and I have to admit to enjoying it. The action was pretty good, the acting was better than the original show (not hard to do), and the special effects were top-notch. There's a pretty nice, long review of both episodes at the UGO Battlestar Galactica Hub. SciFi is showing both episodes back-to-back this coming Sunday (Dec. 14, 2003), so catch it if you can.
Posted by Craig in Popular Media
Comments
I remember the original series as a kid, and I'm still a fan over 20 yrs later! The concept of Battlestar is fantastic, totally original, and if you are thinking, "Naw, Terminator is man vs his machine creations too, and so is the Matrix even!" Well, BRAINIAC, where do you think those writers all got their ideas from?!? Battlestar Galactica! And although there are aspects of the 2003 miniseries on Sci-Fi that I had problems with, a few aspects were AWESOME, like the very realistic space battles for example. Getting to the point, I wait for the new Sci-Fi channel's series to air, and I'll enjoy what I can out of that series, BECAUSE I'm such a fan. I must be more of a fan than those who want to boycott the new series, because I know there isn't much I can do to change things. So I might as well look on the bright side!!
Posted by: Derrik at March 14, 2004 4:04 PM