I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that BSG is the best sci-fi series I have ever seen!

Its just the perfect blend of sci-fi realism, action, and political process I have ever seen. I don't know how they did it as politics usually sends me to sleep after the first 5 minutes, but here it was engrosing and I actually gave a damn about it.

It also puts forth some very interesting ideas about the nature of human existence, what constitutes being "alive" and explores religious faith in a very compelling way.

If you have not watched it, for gods sake sort it out! ;) 

Have you seen Firefly? For the love of God don't let the emo community around it ruin it for you, just try it. I loved it. 

i think muffling sounds or some similar processing is the best way to handle sound in space. completely silent scenes can work though, as was proved by firefly, but the final space battle in serenity would have been pretty weak without sound. (i know they got away with it by having the fight in the upper atmosphere of that planet, but that was a cop out) 

I actually have the firefly season 1 dvd and enjoyed it very much. I did not know it was the same fx company that did BSG, but thinking about it, it makes sense now :)

I need to see the final half of season 4 of BSG, so I skipped most of the posts here about it in fear of spoilers! 

I completely agree, BSG is the most compelling and most interesting sci-fi-show I have ever seen. All in all I find it even better than firefly, which I enjoyed very much as well. I would even go so far as to say that BSG to me is the best TV show I have ever seen. But this is mostly because it just caters to my interests the most and because it really moved me emotionally a lot, which many other good shows did not.

I don't know what it is about BSG, but it just gets to me every time I watch it. 

I watched 01x01 of BSG last night 'cos of you guys...


You're all bastards, I needed my free time over the next week :( 

seriously 

BinarySolidGeometry 

I think I'll BSG some day, always thought it was nerdy Star Trek popcorn stuff. 

Bitter & Sad Geeks 

I always thought B5 was equally well rated for the sci-fi / politics / depth side. Not that I watched a lot of it myself. 

Thanks for the clarification....... 

nonentity, you have to start with the miniseries, not the first season of the series. The miniseries is kind of like a pilot. The correct order is

1. Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314979/

2. Battlestar Galactica: Season 1-3

3. Battlestar Galactica: Razor
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0991178/

4. Battlestar Galactica: Season 4

5. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (not yet released)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286130/

It's a little complicated ;-)

Shambler: Yeah, I hear that about B5 as well. I have tried getting into it a couple years ago, but it didn't do anything for me. The cheesy FX / costumes / aliens distracted me too much. But that doesn't mean that it doesn't have a lot of depth. 

I see. BattleStar Gaylactatingcow. 

i see 3 series!!!

Supernatural
Smallville
and
The Legend of the Seeker 

Yeh, I noticed the plot jump and had discovered from comments somewhere that there was a mini series prior to ep1.

Gonna watch it at some point, but I actually quite liked the sudden start if you haven't watched it. Works well with the semi-crazed mental state inherent in the episode... 

Although watching the mini before wouldn't have taken much from that feeling, because the mini has a different feel from the series. 

Watched the mini-series, you're right tbh. Prefer the main series tbh, but thx for the watching order :)

Also, why does nothing have corners? 

 

It's kind of an in-joke. Apparently they had to cut so many corners budget-wise, so they decided to have paper without corners. 

If they'd spent less money trimming the bloody corners off everything, then there wouldn't be so much of a budget issue?? 

Doubtful, but who knows... 

Here is an excellent fan made trailer to the first two seasons of the show that introduces it without major spoilers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfF-wHbIBnY

Unfortunately it's a bit out of sync. 

Being as picky as I am, and coming from quality hallmarks like Deadwood and (even moreso) Carnivale, is it not the case that BSG became crap before it hit season 3? If it returned to greatness after that, please inform me - I mean when it started it was great - but it seems very possible from what I know of the series, that they started it meaning to have a limited storyline, and found that public panting just meant that more story was needed - to the point where coherence dropped away, and it did indeed become a cross between soap opera (ie, who's dating who this week) and weekly attack match (who's fighting who, and what spaceships do they have!).

Maybe they fixed it - but I can say, I watched if a lot longer than I should have, and before they fixed it, they fucked it. 

You are right that quality dropped mid-season two, but it picks up again towards the end of the season. Season three is pretty strong again, and season four is a bit of a mixed bag, but overall I'd say it's good.