Hey guys, have you heard? The new Battlestar Galactica has gotten renewed for another season.
Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :
Awesome! Linky linky. Posted by MarianLH (Member # 1102) on :
So when are the first season DVDs coming out?
Marian
Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :
I'm looking forward to season two so much. Posted by Mighty Blogger Snay (Member # 411) on :
Excellent. Especially now that I've seen the finale. Can you say "cliffhangers?"
Posted by FawnDoo (Member # 1421) on :
quote:Originally posted by MarianLH: So when are the first season DVDs coming out?
Marian
According to Play.com the first season is due out on DVD on 28th March 2005...at least in the UK, not too sure about the US release dates.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Result!
Posted by FawnDoo (Member # 1421) on :
Have to admit I was quite pleased to see it up for release myself...that they are eager enough to get it out on DVD so quickly, coupled with the news of a second season, bodes well (I hope) for the future of BSG.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Presumably, the US release won't be until after the season actually finishes airing over here.
Incidentally, Mr. Doo, why are you named after deer shit?
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
I'm guessing "FawnDoo" is a clever play on "fondu".
Because melted cheese gets me all hot and bothered.
On the topic of the thread, yay for the second season. It would have been the mother of all bitches to cut production after this season. The heads of network execs would surely have been piked for that.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
The fun part to me is, that early in the second season the new BSG will have eclipsed the original in terms of footage shot and episodes produced. Like it or not, the re-imagining is here to stay.
Mark
Posted by FawnDoo (Member # 1421) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: Incidentally, Mr. Doo, why are you named after deer shit?
It strikes me that I should make my students call me "Mister Doo", if only for the sheer amusement value... :-) Actually the deer shit angle was never one that occurred to me - it's a mixture of a play on words with "fondue" and the Scottish slang for pidgeon, which is "doo". It was a drunken joke which, like most drunken jokes, doesn't translate properly in the cold light of (sober) day, but it does for an online ID I suppose! ;-)
quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: The fun part to me is, that early in the second season the new BSG will have eclipsed the original in terms of footage shot and episodes produced. Like it or not, the re-imagining is here to stay
I wouldn't have thought so, but looking at the listing on TV Tome I see you are absolutely right...if they get another 13 episodes then it will have overtaken it. I wonder if they will include a reference to this in the episode that actually marks the "overtake", as they did on TNG's 80th episode?
Of course if you include Galactica 1980 then the remake might not overtake the original until (fingers crossed) season 3! :-)
Now I'm off to perform an act of penance for bringing up Galactica 1980...
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
"Incidentally, Mr. Doo, why are you named after deer shit?"
Well, it's more imaginative than a name that just consists of someone's initials, isn't it? ISN'T IT?
Posted by Marauth (Member # 1320) on :
Woo! And DVDs! and they come out end of march, I'm no longer p!ssed off at Sony for delaying the PSP.
Incidentally, what was the 80th ep. of TNG? Just so I can go and watch it for the overtake reference like the saddo SOB that I am...
quote:Now I'm off to perform an act of penance for bringing up Galactica 1980...
No I'm afraid there's no penance for that, you'll have to endure a reading of the entire mormon bible, then whatever the Jehovah's Witnesses like to read, then maybe a couple of other dodgy bible translations.
(edited for slightly less bad taste)
Posted by machf (Member # 1233) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: "Incidentally, Mr. Doo, why are you named after deer shit?"
Well, it's more imaginative than a name that just consists of someone's initials, isn't it? ISN'T IT?
What do you have against initials?
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by Cartman: "Incidentally, Mr. Doo, why are you named after deer shit?"
Well, it's more imaginative than a name that just consists of someone's initials, isn't it? ISN'T IT?
HEY! I resemble that remark!
(At least it's my real name rather than something made-up.)
B.J.
Posted by FawnDoo (Member # 1421) on :
quote:Originally posted by Marauth: Incidentally, what was the 80th ep. of TNG? Just so I can go and watch it for the overtake reference like the saddo SOB that I am...
It was "Legacy", an episode in the 4th season. In it Picard says that the Enterprise is diverting past Camus II, where they were supposed to participate in an archaeological survey or something like that. Camus II was the planet where the events of "Turnabout Intruder" - the 79th and last episode of TOS - took place, so it was included as a nod to the fact that TNG had overtaken TOS in terms of episodes.
quote:No I'm afraid there's no penance for that, you'll have to endure a reading of the entire mormon bible, then whatever the Jehovah's Witnesses like to read, then maybe a couple of other dodgy bible translations.
Nooooooo.....well it could have been worse, you could have made me actually *watch* Galactica 1980 again, so I suppose I got off lightly there!
Posted by Marauth (Member # 1320) on :
Hmmm, well since you bring it up, instead you shall be forced to watch BSG80 again, while someone reads a dissertation on mormonite mythology and it's influence on BSG80 to you. And we'll play some Cheeky Girls cut in with James Last records in the background, the same few seconds of music over and over.
Maybe that's too cruel, but you did imply we should consider Galactica 1980 as part of the original BSG.
Cheers for the TNG ref. BTW, I hope they do do something similar for the overtake episode of BSG:TNS
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"Well, it's more imaginative than a name that just consists of someone's initials, isn't it? ISN'T IT?"
And even more more imaginative than stealing the name of a fat loudmouth from television. OH, SNAP!
Posted by Home Decor and Gardening (Member # 239) on :
All your names suck-zor.
Posted by machf (Member # 1233) on :
Well, guess what, I just learned yesterday that starting March 1, TNT will show the series for Latin America. I wonder if anybody will show the miniseries before, though. Oh, it was on pay-per-view cable several months ago, but otherwise, I don't recall it being shown...
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