Battlestar Galactica........

[beecee]

finaly saw this the other night.... the shakey camera movement seen in way too many amercan tv shows makes an appearance, which makes the battle sequnces a bit sh*te. other than that not too bad.

and where have i seen that cylon chick before?

[MartyG]

The Cylon "chick" was played by Tricia Helfer - she's not really done that much acting work.

I noticed the new series is down for Jan 2005 in the US. Sky are screening it on Oct 18th. Unless it's a re-run of the mini series.

[anephric]

No, it's the new series. We get it before the Yanks...

[anephric]

Scorpius is the nastiest most vile villain ever.





" Hello, John "

He's just like a naff Pinhead...

[Ravon]

Well on the advert it says start of the "mini" series... which would sugest otherwise...

[anephric]

The Sky listings mag says it's the new series: they're repeating the "mini" series anticipatorily...

[Vanicent]

About the miniseries:

Did anyone else spot the (brief) use of the orignal Battlestar Galactica theme music in it?

I thought I heard it at one point, but it was over too quickly for me to check.

[anephric]

Yep: they play the original (top) theme when the Vipers do their ceremonial flyby...

I think it's supposed to be the colonial anthem...

[Darwock]

Alright what's the difference between a mini-series and an actual series? Have I missed the start of this?

[Vanicent]

Yep: they play the original (top) theme when the Vipers do their ceremonial flyby...

I think it's supposed to be the colonial anthem...

Yep, that's where I heard it.

Colonial Anthem...I can see how that might be it. Thanks.

Darwock, I think a mini series is like a sampler for a possible new series, consisting of 4-6 episodes. A series would be 13-24 episodes in length.

Don't quote me on that though, as that's just a guess.

[anephric]

The "mini series" is actually a great honkin' 3-hour film split into 2 parts - Sky have shown it intact at three hours on Sky Movies... they're repeating it on Sky One in the run up to the series proper.

It's gunna b gr8. I tell thee.

[Vanicent]

I'm curious, I'll admit, so I'll be watching the pilot episode if nothing else.

[JRMacumber]

Here in the States the 2-part miniseries will hit DVD in December, and then the new series will launch in January 2005. I really enjoyed the 2-parter, so I'll definitely be watching the series.

[Vanicent]

Here in the States the 2-part miniseries will hit DVD in December.

Really?

That's unusual, as it's been out in the UK since April at least.

We've had both the DVD and the series before the US , and that doesn't happen very often at all.

[Commander Marklar]

I was gonna say that... reading the last few posts is confusing >_< Great remake though, I'm pleased with how that manage to pull off some totally new stuff but acknowledge the heritage of the series at the same time. I think the characters are pretty damn good, Adama being the best (as it should be).