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[boynightwing]

I watched the pilot back in 2003 but it did nothing for me .

If I gave up on shows because of the pilot (and I agree here the pilot for BSG wasn't strong) then I wouldn't have watched Star Trek TNG, or DS9, or any of the Trek movies (if one considers the Motion Picture like a pilot).

But I gave it another shot when I heard they were moving from mini-series to full series and I bought every season minus the last one. I didn't care for the ending. I guess it was the journey that's important not the destination.

There was a season finale and premier where the colonists were trapped on a planet and occupied by Cylon's that was just mind blowing. Some of the crazy stuff they did with Galactica and Pegasus made my heart jump in to my throat.

But to each their own. I'll never diss the original BSG because it was pretty cool too. I didn't grow up with it. I had heard of it and saw some as a kid. It was when I got older that I was able to grab most the series on vhs for cheap that I really came to enjoy it. It's cheesy but the good kind of cheesy.

[jds1911a1]

If I gave up on shows because of the pilot (and I agree here the pilot for BSG wasn't strong) then I wouldn't have watched Star Trek TNG, or DS9, or any of the Trek movies (if one considers the Motion Picture like a pilot).

But I gave it another shot when I heard they were moving from mini-series to full series and I bought every season minus the last one. I didn't care for the ending. I guess it was the journey that's important not the destination.

There was a season finale and premier where the colonists were trapped on a planet and occupied by Cylon's that was just mind blowing. Some of the crazy stuff they did with Galactica and Pegasus made my heart jump in to my throat.

But to each their own. I'll never diss the original BSG because it was pretty cool too. I didn't grow up with it. I had heard of it and saw some as a kid. It was when I got older that I was able to grab most the series on vhs for cheap that I really came to enjoy it. It's cheesy but the good kind of cheesy.

I think the BSG fans tend to be a younger age (mid 30's and under) and Battlstar Galactica (classic) fans are all over 40 becuase we saw the show when it was new

I gave BSG the entire first season hoping I would "get into it" (other than "wanting" to be in bed with Grace Park or the blond Cylon babe) but like Voyager it just bored me and the season finale didn't leave me aching for more so I stopped watching

[Brazoo]

MASH and Newhart

Those last shows were awesome!

In my own head I was kinda referring to shows in the same type of genre as BSG, with a big mystery or high concept as it's premiss - where you're kind of WAITING on a ending to solve the big picture or give closure to the larger story - but I never did say that. Shows like that tend to have disappointing endings - but I should have been more specific!

[megoscott]

So glad we can revisit again the debate over the female Starbuck. That was so much fun 6 years ago. Count me as pro-Girlbuck, pro new BSG. For what it's worth.

The best thing about that picture is it shows the first series of Starbuck's fantastic Extreme Mug, the World's Greatest coffee mug.