Battlestar Galactica

[unclejimbo]

Watched the new Battlestar Galactica on Sci-Fi Channel. I know there are 'purists' out there who believe that the S-F Channel should have gone with something closer to the original, but in all honesty, I liked it. It was gritty and there were character conflicts and development far beyond anything in the original series.

I liked what they did with the Cylons although having their origins changed so radically had me reminded of the Matrix in some ways.

The characters were all flawed and very human. They had to make tough choices in difficult situations. In its own right, this Galactica is superior in many ways to the original series, not just in the special effects, but in overall writing. As far as the FX goes, these Cylons are totally bitchin'!

Baltar is more of a patsy instead of an outright villain. It will be interesting to see where they go from here in their story development.

I enjoy the Richard Hatch (aka Apollo) Battlestar Galactica novels. I also enjoy this series from what I've seen so far.

kyburg wishes they had used these people and story to create an entirely new series instead of retellng the BSG story again. In a way I agree with her, but I also think it is fun to compare and contrast both programs. Overall, this Galactica is far better than I was lead to expect.

By Your Command.

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Wahhhh I had to work

[dragonrankmage.livejournal.com]

I was stuck at work from 3pm to 11pm, a local friend has sattelite and I 'could' have seen it but alas the almighty paycheck doth call. Today is my last day of 'training' and I use that word lightly. But that is the nature of SBC, dictate antiquated ideas of what some might actually mistake as training material that our poor instructor had to say, ignore that we don't do that anymore, over and over again. But as stated before it is a paycheck and it will interesting for a time learning all the troubleshooting involved. Ehhh could be worse, could be unemployed... strike that I am not sure which is worse right now.

Glad you enjoyed the show. Hope all is well with you and yours. Take care my friend!!!

[unclejimbo.livejournal.com]

You're working at SBC? That's awesome!

All things being equal, I think that being unemployed is far worse.

Now if only we could find some money around here. Paying off this house is a bitch!