Battlestar Galactica Season 2 This Summer 592
jangobongo writes "SCI FI Channel announced that the second season of its hit original series Battlestar Galactica will premiere this summer with 20 new episodes, after earlier confirming their commitment to the show. Production will resume in March in Vancouver, B.C., with the entire ensemble cast returning, along with executive producer and writer Ronald D. Moore and executive producer David Eick. Averaging over 3 million viewers per episode, the series has quickly become SCI FI's highest-rated original series. No news on when a UK premeire might occur, but with Battlestar Gallactica ranking number 9 out of the top ten most popular TV program downloads worldwide, I don't think UK fans would have to wait long in any case." They're offering the first episode of the show for viewing in a no-charge commercial free venue on the official site.
Be worried... (Score:3, Funny)
Slashdot usage may drop off unexpectedly.
(Not me, I was never a BSG fan... I was a TNG fan)
Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
Re:original? (Score:5, Funny)
So what can we expect in the Slashdot comments (Score:5, Funny)
Season 1 spoilers in this comment. Look away now!
So what can we expect in the Slashdot comments for this article?
Re:So what can we expect in the Slashdot comments (Score:5, Funny)
People wishing Starbuck was still a womanizer
I won't complain much about the being a girl part. She's actually pretty cute. But I definately find myself wishing she were still a womanizer.
Re:Hmmm (Score:5, Funny)
Chief: Right away, sir.
Re:original? (Score:3, Funny)
Erm, you do know that is just a way to save money on special effects right?
Save Galactica (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Are they still going to rip-off old storylines? (Score:2, Funny)
really have nothing to say... (Score:3, Funny)
HELL YEAH!
Re:New Galactia SUCKS! (Score:4, Funny)
Dude, have you seen the chick he's seeing?
Chip H.
Surreal watching Caprica downtown... (Score:5, Funny)
It's really weird for me watching the Occupied Caprica scenes. They keep showing shots of downtown Vancouver and I keep going "But that's not an alien world! Hey, that's the building I work in!!"
The worst cog-diss was in the pilot at the Market scene. That was the AQ of my alma mater, Simon Fraser University [www.sfu.ca]. Nothing ruins the mood of an alien world than locating the benches you used to take naps on between classes.
Do you guys in NY and LA have the same cognitive dissonance when watching your towns subbing for other parts of the world?
Re:Be worried... (Score:5, Funny)
This explanation is both hilarious and completely true : )
But you forgot to mention that the best thing about the old Galactica has been included in the new galactica: Shiny robots with a red "eye" that goes back and forth! W00T!
Now I'll go back to pondering the possibility that K.I.T.T. was the illegitimate child of a Cylon and General Lee... carry on.
No TiVo yet (Score:3, Funny)
Nah, I just don't have TiVo yet.
Re:New Galactia SUCKS! (Score:3, Funny)
Really? They seemed to take a lot more killing than the originals. One shot with a laser pistol and one of the old ones was dead. The new ones can take several hits and keep coming.
No Imperious leader.
Yes, a guy made of paper mache was really intimidating.
No Lucifer.
Oh yes, flashing lightbulb head really made the Cylons seem scary...
Balter is a fag.
I think many of the women (and at least one female Cylon) in the series would disagree with this assessment...
Re:Be worried... (Score:4, Funny)
There already was a firefly-class ship in the show; they have established the presence of cowboy planets as far as I'm concerned.
All good sci-fi universes include some form of space cowboys, they just have to : )
Re:original? (Score:1, Funny)
Yes, it's all in caps. That's because I actually am yelling.
Re:DVD (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Good news also has bad news (Score:2, Funny)
Opportunity cost is what you give while doing an activity. The opportunity cost of watching anime is sex. The opportunity cost of sex is watching anime. Marginal benefit is the benefit you get of an additional unit of sex or one additional unit of anime. The marginal cost is the opportunity cost of that additional unit.
If the marginal benefit is greater than the marginal cost, do it. If the marginal cost is greater than the marginal benefit, do not do it.
Utility is the feeling good points you give to an activity.
The first time you had sex with your girlfriend the marginal utility was 500. The second time, it was 450. The third time 400, and so on. As you can see, there are diminishing returns. The second time is not as good as the first. The third time is not as good as the second, etc. At this point. Your total utility of sex is 500+450+400 = 1350. If that marginal utility gets close to 0, go back to watching anime. You don't want it to get into negative. You know, sex gets boring with the same person after a while.
There is a little bit more to the microeconomic terms I gave you; look them up if you want a deeper insight. I would have told you more, but I got to go home.
Re:New Galactia SUCKS! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sci Fi (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So what can we expect in the Slashdot comments (Score:3, Funny)
StarBUCK should be both a man and a womanizer! Boomer should be a black man, and human! Ditto for Colonel Tigh! The Cylons suck, the old series WAS better, it's boring without the space battles, and the religion sux.
And just because I'm too late to yell "First Post" doesn't mean I didn't think about it.
Re:DVD (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Sci Fi (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sci Fi (Score:3, Funny)
You say that like it's a bad thing.
Re:New Galactia SUCKS! (Score:3, Funny)
I dunno -- he keeps saying he's dating some hot chick, but I have yet to meet her; I think it's all in his head.
Jay (=
Re:Not Original (Score:4, Funny)
Yes. The rest of us remember the older, crappier series.
Re:still can't make money (Score:3, Funny)
So basically, all we have to do is hac^H^H find a technical solution that will boost the Nielson ratings of our favourite shows!