I've just finished this first season (after watching the miniseries); this was my first experience with the show. It's quite interesting -- despite the religious weirdness . Particularly it's interesting to see humans dealing with extreme difficulty and faced with tough choices. After 'Trek it was also a bit refreshing to see a rather more proper military org with a more competent commander (Adama) than most any Trek captain. They even pull it off with rather modest tech level for modern sci-fi! The ship herself looks solid (I've read about how she kicks ass -- no contest so far and it should be interesting to see her in more combat). This Gaius Baltar character is an oddball even without Cylon implant-driven daydreams, but he's rather an incorrigible coward.
Just my impressions.
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wonderous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross... but it's not for the timid." Q, Q Who
"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
To expand on Kendall's warning without going into spoilers, Season 3 takes a major nose-dive in terms of quality after the first four or five episodes. The finale is pretty damn good, though. It gets better in Season 4, particularly at the half-way point.
Oh, and watch out for the last episode. That one caused some controversy among fans.
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
Well, this is my next project. Thanks to Netflix (for anyone who doesn't know, thats a DVD by mail company) I'm going to start nBSG to give it a fair chance. I'll start my brand new reviews as soon as I get through Season 1
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
Sionnach Glic wrote:To expand on Kendall's warning without going into spoilers, Season 3 takes a major nose-dive in terms of quality after the first four or five episodes. The finale is pretty damn good, though. It gets better in Season 4, particularly at the half-way point.
Oh, and watch out for the last episode. That one caused some controversy among fans.
In reference to Season 3: I read somewhere, I believe in notes about Caprica actually, that the network tried to force the showrunners away from complicated story arcs and forced them to retool the latter half of the season into a bunch of stand-alone episodes.
"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
It would certainly explain why the show just suddenly shifted direction and became Battlestar Coronation Street.
Mark - Make sure the watch the Miniseries first. It's not actually all that great, but you'll be lost as to what's going on for a good while if you don't see it.
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
Tyyr wrote:And there's no real controversy about how nBSG ends. The first hour of the episode was pure awesome. The last half was incredibly stupid.
I liked it.
"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
Sionnach Glic wrote:It would certainly explain why the show just suddenly shifted direction and became Battlestar Coronation Street.
Mark - Make sure the watch the Miniseries first. It's not actually all that great, but you'll be lost as to what's going on for a good while if you don't see it.
I've got the mini series at home to rewatch. I VAUGLY remember the mini series, as I was still using quite a bit at the time. Do I need to watch webisode and all that to keep up on whats going on? Are the webisodes cannon?
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
Sionnach Glic wrote:It would certainly explain why the show just suddenly shifted direction and became Battlestar Coronation Street.
Mark - Make sure the watch the Miniseries first. It's not actually all that great, but you'll be lost as to what's going on for a good while if you don't see it.
I've got the mini series at home to rewatch. I VAUGLY remember the mini series, as I was still using quite a bit at the time. Do I need to watch webisode and all that to keep up on whats going on? Are the webisodes cannon?
I don't think they're required watching. I never did, I'm sure they're certainly interesting but I don't believe they're required.
"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
. Particularly it's interesting to see humans dealing with extreme difficulty and faced with tough choices. After 'Trek it was also a bit refreshing to see a rather more proper military org with a more competent commander (Adama) than most any Trek captain. They even pull it off with rather modest tech level for modern sci-fi! The ship herself looks solid (I've read about how she kicks ass -- no contest so far and it should be interesting to see her in more combat). This Gaius Baltar character is an oddball even without Cylon implant-driven daydreams, but he's rather an incorrigible coward. 
I liked it.