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[Fenryx]

That you're a hopeless fanboy that will hate everything with no thought or reason? XD

No, I'm someone who prefers the classics to crap. I bought a bootleg of the mini series that started the fiasco and after the first few minutes decided nope, not for me. Star Drek has yet to impress me. Babylon 5 was a much better series than DS9 ever tried to be.

[Fenryx]

The two series that Roddenberry did that I found interesting was Earth: Final Conflict and the Andromeda series in the first few seasons with Kevin Sorbo as the Captain.

[Iscin]

The two series that Roddenberry did that I found interesting was Earth: Final Conflict and the Andromeda series in the first few seasons with Kevin Sorbo as the Captain.

You have Hewitt Wolfe to thank for Andromeda being a good show, problem was they sacked him after season two... RAAAAAAAAAAGE!

[Fenryx]

Ah, that's what changed, they got rid of the guy that made the show worth watching and didn't replace him with any one of his calibre.

[Iscin]

Ah, that's what changed, they got rid of the guy that made the show worth watching and didn't replace him with any one of his calibre.

Now that it is not past midnight I will respond:
Robert Hewitt Wolfe is the guy who "developed" Andromeda from Roddenberry's really REALLY concept of this captain, vessel and crew trying to bring order to the galaxies again etc. and he was essentially the co-creator.

If you judge the new BSG based on the miniseries then that is poor, I won't continue to try to convince a man against his will etc. BUT! Judging the new BSG on the miniseries would be like judging Star Wars on the prequel films: Its lowest point.

[Fenryx]

Every has their own opinions but the analogy you give doesn't hold water. Did Lucas make the horrible prequels before his initial trilogy? He did not. A mini series usually gives you a taste of what the full series will try to accomplish. As far as I remember there was no mini series produced before Star Wars hit the big screen. Probably because Lucas didn't thing of it but that's not a reason to say the prequels are precursors to the main series. They were made after because Lucas wanted more money and thought he could wring more blood out of his old creation. Heck Droids and the Ewok cartoon are better than the Clone Wars CGI monstrosity they have out now. They even went back to Endor for a couple of TV movies at some point which are better viewing if you can find them than most of the stuff they have now. The only program the silly channel has now that I even find partially watchable is Sanctuary when I can catch it and maybe Star Gate which I think they canceled. When it was the Sci Fi Channel it had some great programming. When I can afford it I still have plans of picking up DVDs of Farscape.

[Iscin]

Every has their own opinions but the analogy you give doesn't hold water. Did Lucas make the horrible prequels before his initial trilogy? He did not. A mini series usually gives you a taste of what the full series will try to accomplish. As far as I remember there was no mini series produced before Star Wars hit the big screen. Probably because Lucas didn't thing of it but that's not a reason to say the prequels are precursors to the main series. They were made after because Lucas wanted more money and thought he could wring more blood out of his old creation. Heck Droids and the Ewok cartoon are better than the Clone Wars CGI monstrosity they have out now. They even went back to Endor for a couple of TV movies at some point which are better viewing if you can find them than most of the stuff they have now. The only program the silly channel has now that I even find partially watchable is Sanctuary when I can catch it and maybe Star Gate which I think they canceled. When it was the Sci Fi Channel it had some great programming. When I can afford it I still have plans of picking up DVDs of Farscape.

Some things get better with time, some things get worse; the new BSG got better with time. I was just using Star Wars as an example everyone would know of that has some awesome stuff and TERRIBLE stuff, besides the worse Star Wars thing was arguably the "holiday special" and that was even before the prequels and clone wars stuff

[Fenryx]

You also use Star Drek as examples of things that were good which they never really were. It's been very rare that I have seen a remake that stands up to the original, especially if I actually enjoyed the original. Simply put, I have not seen much come around lately that I actually consider worth turning off the computer and the internet to go and see. Robot Chicken will garner my attention for a little while when it's on and I see that it is on. Batman Brave and the Bold is watchable as far as I'm concerned but Batman is one of my favorite comic book characters so I fully admit to being prejudiced in that regard. If they did a halfway decent adaptation of something classic like Buck Rogers or Flash Gordon I might be interested. Heck I find DVDs of the cheesy Flash Gordon serials better than what is available right now and that is sad.

[Fenryx]

I just had a brainstorm, you know what I would like to see? A TV show where they take Buck Rogers and/or Flash Gordon and make a TV series that is as close to the original series as possible. One of the VERY few things I found even remotely entertaining about Star Drek Voyager was how they used the holodeck to make a kinda old time serial. Make that pseudo-serial into a television series. That will be worth watching.

[Daryn]

So, about Caprica... Anyone else getting a Sopranos meets Law & Order type of vibe to it right now? While I am enjoying it, I'm pondering what direction they're going to go.

[Iscin]

So, about Caprica... Anyone else getting a Sopranos meets Law & Order type of vibe to it right now? While I am enjoying it, I'm pondering what direction they're going to go.

It seems pretty standard to me as an actual BSG fan, they are just putting a more actual family saga focus instead of the metaphorical one in the BSG series.

[Daryn]

It seems pretty standard to me as an actual BSG fan, they are just putting a more actual family saga focus instead of the metaphorical one in the BSG series.

It seems like there's a more narrow focus in this series. If the main BSG series has a lot of the same elements though then I think I'd really enjoy it. Any idea on how long Caprica is supposed to run? Is it a one series affair or do they plan to run it for a while?

[Iscin]

It seems like there's a more narrow focus in this series. If the main BSG series has a lot of the same elements though then I think I'd really enjoy it. Any idea on how long Caprica is supposed to run? Is it a one series affair or do they plan to run it for a while?

I suspect an extended show, maybe three or even four seasons like BSG itself was... minus the miniseries.

[Daryn]

Just watched the latest episode of Caprica. The series is getting really good now. I won't go into too many specifics, but I will point out one rather cool moment.

DANCING CYLON!