Archive for November 17th, 2009
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So, my wife and I finally watched the entirety of the Battlestar Galactica remake (or re-imagining, if you’re so inclined). I started on a longer write up of it, but then I decided I didn’t enjoy writing about BSG as much as I did talking about it. This probably would have made for a good podcast episode now that I think about it…
I will say I did enjoy the series as a whole and I will certainly check on the prequel series that’s going to debut on Sci-Fi Channel next year. But BSG as a whole, I give it 2 thumbs. In fact, if I could just borrow my wife’s thumbs for a moment (she won’t mind), I’ll give it 4 thumbs up!
Although it was a great character show (seriously, it’s a shame none of these people won Emmys) I was definitely more interested in the mythology of the show. The origins of the Cylons, the hunt for Earth, the phantom characters that may or may not have been angels(more on that below). I was disappointed (or maybe surprised) to learn how much of the show had been made up on the fly, without much of over-arcing plan. But, regardless, it worked. ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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