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December 8, 2003
January 10, 2010
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This final installment of Battlestar Galactica comes in the form of a Syfy Channel television movie and DVD. The special event follows the stories of the human-form Cylons on the Galactica and on Caprica during the preparation for the massive Cylon attack on the Colonial homeworlds.
The Best Show on Television? Yes, according to Time Magazine, The National Review, Rolling Stone and New York Newsday. Praised by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune and many other publications, Battlestar Galactica won a prestigious Peabody Award… More in the spring of 2006. Ronald D. Moore, the producer of Carnivale and writer for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , boldly re-imagined the original 1978 space opera of humans versus the robotic Cylons. He teamed up with fellow executive producer David Eick on a powerful and dramatic update of the Galactica story. Gone are the technobabble, disco-themed costumes and Egyptian helmets of the original series. The modern show introduces new elements to the Galactica story. The Cylons have developed human-form models that are indistinguishable from real humans. The Cylons have a monotheistic religion in contrast to the polytheistic religion of the human Colonies. The approach is serious and intense, with a focus on tough political, philosophical and religious issues set in a tale that manages to keep the focus on realistic and not always perfect characters. In the miniseries, the Cylons launch a massive attack against the humans and wipe out the Twelve Colonies, sending the 47,000 survivors on a desperate search for the fabled 13th colony -- Earth. Season One Overview The Cylons declare war on humanity, wiping out billions in an unprovoked first strike. The Colonial fleet is all but eliminated leaving just a handful of ships, including the soon to be decommissioned battlestar Galactica . Galactica is manned by a crew that never expected to be involved in real duty. With the president gone and the government all but eliminated, Laura Roslin, the Education Minister, takes on the mantle of President of the 12 Colonies. Gaius Baltar, a top researcher in Artificial Intelligence, inadvertently betrayed humanity by allowing a Cylon agent into the defense network, rendering it and all of the Colonial military forces impotent in the face of the Cylon attacks. He sees her everywhere when no one else can. He initially attributes this to stress-induced hallucinations. She tells him that she implanted a chip in his brain during their time on Caprica, which enables her to talk to him. Over the season Baltar falls in love with the Cylon, Number Six, eventually betraying humanity again and again. A lone soldier is trapped on Cylon-occupied Caprica, having given up his seat on a transport for Baltar, as he believes that his own life is not as important as one of the greatest minds of their time. He struggles against the odds, trying to stay alive amid the hostile Cylons. He is surprised to learn that Sharon Valerii, the pilot of the transport, returned for him. However, the truth is that she is actually another human-form Cylon. Sharon and Helo spend the season trying to escape Caprica. Sharon also finds herself falling in love with her human target. The season ends with her pregnant and fighting to save his life. Meanwhile, the copy of Sharon onboard Galactica (known as "Boomer") has set off several bombs and engaged in other acts of sabotage. The season ends with a stunning turn of events after a successful mission to disable a Cylon base ship. For a more detailed overview of the first three seasons, visit the pinned thread titled "Battlestar Galactica in Just Ten Minutes" located in the forum. Awards and critical praise The 2003 miniseries was the highest-rated miniseries on the Sci Fi Channel (soon to be known as Syfy) at the time. It was also the most successful cable miniseries that TV season. The first regular season premiered to excellent viewer numbers and critical acclaim. After the midseason break in Season Two, the show received widespread recognition from the mainstream media, including several outlets not always known for their interest in science fiction. As mentioned above, Time Magazine named BSG the best show on television for 2005. Rolling Stone Magazine and New York Newsday also named BSG the best show of the year. Many other publications like the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune lavished praise on the series. The American Film Institute added the show to its list of the ten best television shows of 2005. The show won Emmy Awards in the usual sci-fi categories of special visual effects but it also received Emmy nominations for writing and directing. It also won a prestigious Peabody award for its general excellence in creativity in the television medium. The Sci Fi Channel has used creative means to promote the series, including the release of certain episodes as free streaming video on the official website. In the month leading up to the start of Season Three, the Sci Fi Channel aired a Web-only series titled Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance . The brief, 2 to 3 minute episodes revealed key events from the time period between the Season Two finale and the Season Three premiere episode. Another Web-only series was shown on the official website in the lead-up to the Season 4.5 "final" episodes. A Battlestar Galactica television movie, "Razor", was broadcast in late 2007, followed soon after with a release on DVD. The story followed the struggles of Admiral Cain and young Kendra Shaw as they tried to survive the Cylon attack on the Colonies. The hard-hitting movie was well received by fans and critics. Even though the series "ended" on March 20, 2009, with the two-hour broadcast of "Daybreak, Part 2", the Sci Fi Channel (Syfy) will broadcast one final Battlestar Galactica television movie. "The Plan" is scheduled to air in the fall of 2009. The Galactica franchise will live on, even after the final movie and DVD. A prequel series, Caprica , began production even before Battlestar Galactica ended. The pilot movie will be released as a stand-alone DVD in April 2009. The movie will later air on Syfy along with regular episodes of the new series in 2010. For more information about this look at the early days of the development of the Cylons on Caprica, please consult the separate guide for that series. Original Broadcast History: Season One October 18, 2004 - January 24, 2005 - 8:00 PM SKY One (UK) January 14, 2005 - April 1, 2005 - Fridays @ 10:00 PM Sci Fi Channel (USA)
I recently started watching Battlestar Galactica andI was wondering whenI should watch the movies/specials/whatever you want to call them? The Plan and Razor
Well let me tell you that I have started watching the series, and seen episode 1 and episode 2, not watching the pilot small series. Some of the characters bothered me so much that I stopped watching the series immediately: Sharon "Boomer" Valerii finds that 6 bombs are missing (one… More being in her bag) but she does nothing but talking to her buddy so she can clear out her name in her mind. I have never seen such stupid selfishness in any show. I thought she was supposed to be a ranking military officer, not a 13 year old freaking out on her first period. Lets see whats more logical... Keeping the intelligence of 5 bombs being hidden by an unknown force in a ship you are flying in to yourself because people might think you stole them and planted them, or directly talking to your commanding officer about it as soon as finding it. Those bombs could have killed thousands but 'writers' put them near a water tank that supposedly has nearly all supplies of the human kind. Sure, lets not split the stock incase of such terror attacks, not like 'something' is attacking them every 33 minutes. Another character that bothered me is Laura Roslin. I know how democracy is loved every part of this universe but it is highly improbable in a chaotic time like that to have a 'President' that asks illogical questions every moment. Such as her asking about finding a water supply, and asking probability of finding it with a demand. I know presenting someone as 'people' person is lovely but I am sure the personnel there is perfectly capable of making decisions without the bothering of a 'president'. It is sad but true, in chaotic times, we like putting the 'cruel' people on charge so they can make the 'right' but killer choices for us. Same as todays military, or Roman senate putting a dictator in charge. Another part that bothered me is the technology they are using, which is far from us. The technology for that kind of speed and jump is only possible with even leaping through time as such speeds does change the course of time they belong to. Anyways with that kind of technology they still seem to have very primitive equipment in the ship. This is 2010, even I have better technology in my house than they have. Also it is really stupid to think the machines would use missiles rather than using Rays that travels in light speed. Them running from missiles but not the source is stupid. In such technology they would have been 'ray'ed to death once they were in the distance of such technology. The guns and bombs they are using are pathetic as well. Anyways as I have said, I really wanted to like the show but only two episodes made me mad to stop watching it. Is there a part where they actually explain any of these eccentric ways of the writers? If so please do explain, I would start watching it again. No offense intended for people that are following the show. Sometimes you just like the show no matter what logic it has but in my case didn't work our yet.
In a couple of months I'm gonna start watching "Battlestar Galactica", i was wondering if this is the right order: - Miniseries (2003) - Season 1-3 (2004 - 2007) - Razor (2007) - Season 4 ( 2008 ) - The Plan (2009) Is this OK, is there something missing? Let me now.
One of the best shows ever! Excellent writing and cast. hide show
Battlestar Galactica is one of the best written shows out there. It has highly believable characters portrayed amazingly by the shows actors that will have you loving all men; good and evil, and sympathizing with genocidal Cylon robots. The plot focuses on mortality, morality, and faith. It makes the characters; human and robot alike, to face hard truths about themselves and the rest of their species. From the series first episode '33', which will have you sitting on the edge of your seat to its last episode 'Daybreak', with its shocking and enlightening ending and revelations this series will have you entranced.
A recommended watch not only for Sci-Fi lovers but for everyone who loves high quality television.
What an awesome series! hide show
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica is a reimaginning of the 1978 series of the same name. In a future, the humans live in 12 colonies. The humans created the Cylons, robotic beings, to make life easier. They rebelled and a war was held. An attack was done to the 12 colonies, and the humans joined a fleet of ships lead by Commander William Adama of Battlestar Galactica to the legendary 13nth colony: Earth.
It has been around a month since I started watching BSG, and Im already lovin it! Im on the beginning of seson 2, is going pretty cool. I havent seen the original series, and people say is better than the 2004 (this) one, I dont know but I would like to see it. Anyway, BSG 2004 is an amazing series!
The most culturally relevant scifi of this decade. hide show
In the grand fashion of taking an old TV series or movie and revitalizing it, this show found its start. From the impressive miniseries, the tumultuous episodes of season 1, the peace and tragedy on New Caprica, the elation over finding Earth, the devastation over finding Earth, to the timeless series finale, this was an amazing emotional roller coaster of a series.
One of the best aspects of Battlestar Galactica was that, unlike other popular scifi series, characters were never safe. In the 28 seasons of canon Star Trek, only 3 main characters died; Tasha Yar, Jadzia Dax and Trip Tucker. In the 4 seasons of Battlestar Galactica, at least a dozen major characters died. This kept the show fresh and unexpected.
Viewers found themselves emotionally vested in the characters. It was like we were sharing these people's tragic lives every week. This was a new breed of scifi, a bold new future for the genre.
Great show that says a lot about today's society hide show
This show is all about gloom and doom, and how 50,000 people are trying to live on after their worlds are destroyed.
There are happy moments, because let's be honest who wants to watch a completely depressing show that just wants to make you slit your wrists? But the main story is about trying to move on when the rest of the world is destroyed. But the show moves us past that by making us want to know the characters, to know about the interaction and to know if they find a way to a new home. The writers of the show are fabulous they take us from the human side to the cylon side effortously. They make the stories and the characters come alive on the screen and make us want to cry when any of the main characters are hurt or die.
This show is about being main stream political issues to a head and making you think about why they are saying and doing these things. They also make you want to change why you think that something that has always been right, may not actually be right.
An awsome show with great characters that just draw you in. You should definatley check it out on dvd, because if you watch it on tv you will just get upset because you have to wait for the next episode.
Itīs incredible thrilling for any watcher: fans of science fiction or not. hide show
It's incredible thrilling for any watcher: fans of science fiction or not.
I'm a science fiction fan long before I watched this serie. But I have no words to tell how I feel after I watched it. Probably amazed because this is one of the best series I ever watched.
Battlestar galctica is the most real science fiction serie. And the story is a real piece of art. It's hard to describe it in any other way, because the story is so wonderfully written that the suspense, the emotion and the action feel almost real. Like you are right there in the middle of their fight for survival.
And the merit must be shared with the cast. They really do a very nice job.
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