Topic: Has anyone seen a shot of the actual Galactica?

[Rat_Boy]

A caveat to the above review: it was written by site founder Harry Knowles, whose credibility in my eyes dropped to the basement after he panned Star Wars Episode 1 yet praised Episode 2, both pretty much the same movie.

[Death_Merchant]

Big 'ole Harry is quite a character..

Has he gone "Hollywood" now that his site has gained a measure of notoriety? Did the BSG producers not comp him enough stuff or offer him a plane ride to the set? Who knows? Can his site possibly include the f-word a few more times? See? We're fanboys, not studio hacks posting anon! We use the f-word a lot!
Harry claims to still be a pure fanboy, but he does talk shows and interviews...

I dunno. I do know he saw the unfinished product. From his opening paragraph, I can tell he HATES the new Cylon-made-by-Man premise.

Will the BSG mini suck? Dunno. Is Harry right? Dunno.
I'll know what I think of it about 4 seconds after I see it....

 

[Dogmatix!]

Quote:
It's HIDEOUS!  

Shore is...


...they took a beautiful ship and remade it into something quite ugly.  Damn shame, really...


 

[Stormbringer]

Heh! Didn't this sort of thing get you in hot water before? Don't make me call da man!  

Seriously I dont like the redesign of the ship. I care somewhatless for the character changes. The alternate timeline in the first link  kind makes sense. I don't know if I'll be happy with it but Some people are way over the top in thier reaction to it.

[ferretlxix]

   
Here is something I picked up from  A Galactica Fansite  

[Death_Merchant]

LOL @ Stormy....

I'm with you on the ship design...ugh. I was hoping this was one of the "new" Battlestars that gets nuked-not Galactica, and that the Galactica looked like the original... Sigh...

I still reserve judgment on the mini until I see it.

I do have one overall problem with the stated goal of the mini (and much Sci-Fi on the air now): "Character-driven" plots.

Moore has said much about how this mini is about the characters. "Imagine if you were on an aircraft carrier and the world ended". I strongly think characterization should flow from good STORY, not the other way around. Look at Enterprise and Voyager: a Seven episode, a Hoshi episode, a Tucker episode, etc. Please do not force the characters on us! A please don't keep employing the B-plot just to "develop" a character.

I want good storytelling. Good characterization comes from reacting within a good story. The reverse is seldom true.