[Satan]

You're all mad. I gave up halfway through season 2.

[Omega_Cell]

I'm new here, but saw the BSG thread and had to chime in. I thought the third season got a lot of flak it didn't deserve, but I do agree that the quality dropped some around the middle. The beginning and ending was great though.

The problem the season had wasn't exactly that the writers changing the original plot so much as why they had to change it. Sci-fi channel pressured the show to alter its format because they were afraid that the serialized nature of the show was too much for viewers to keep up with. The network wanted more stand alone episodes, and ended up winning the battle. The result of forcing the show into doing more stand alone eps was what we saw, a decline in quality. I think it should be said though, that even though it wasn't what the writers originally planned, it still ended up being one of the best shows on tv. That speaks to the talent of the cast and crew being able to make subpar material into something still enjoyable.

You'd think Sci-fi would have learned the lesson of messing around with the creator's vision from the decline in ratings and praise. However, they are currently looking at splitting season 4 in half. They want to give us half the episodes in 2008 and the rest in 2009. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't really enjoy the idea of waiting until late 2009/early 2010 to complete my dvd collection.

[McLovin]

Omega_Cell;211368 said:

However, they are currently looking at splitting season 4 in half. They want to give us half the episodes in 2008 and the rest in 2009. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't really enjoy the idea of waiting until late 2009/early 2010 to complete my dvd collection.

If that's true, that SUCKS.

But welcome to the forums Omega

[Werthead]

UK viewers rejoice! Razor will be released on DVD on 26 December. I'm also hearing that Sky One will show the movie on 4 December as a special event.

[Called-by-the-Voices]

I'm just listening to the BSG Soundtrack. It's great! That celtic tune that plays after Lee blows that tillium rafinery up is just magical... Can't wait till Razor comes... Oh, Gods, the pain!

[Werthead]

Razor webisodes preview.

There are old-school Cylon Raiders and a basestar in there, as well as a battlestar burning up in a planet's atmosphere. Very impressive.

[Werthead]

Nice one, check it out. I wasn't expecting a Season 4 promo for another few months but they've put one together quite early:

Spoiler

Anders thinks Starbuck is a Cylon. Adama is wondering what's up with Tigh. Baltar's followers believe that he can heal sick people. Roslin asks Tory how did she 'get there'. Starbuck is angered that no-one believes that she's seen Earth. Anders is in a Viper or Raptor helmet and is looking at what appears to be a completely new type of Cylon Centurion. Six tells Roslin that the Five are close. The clip ends with Starbuck lying on her back screaming, "We're going the wrong way!"

Looks better than Season 3, anyway

The current series of small clips is referred to as 'flashbacks', not 'webisodes'. The flashbacks form a 16-minute sequence taken out of Razor that was cut for time purposes and divided into eight two-minute chunks which air every Friday during Flash Gordon (or wait a few hours until they're up on the Sci-Fi Channel, or visit the Ragnar Anchorage website who are also hosting them, apparently region-free as well). The TV version of Razor will not have the flashbacks but the DVD release will.

Spoiler

It's the Galactica, roughly 4,500 days or 12.5 years into the First Cylon War. Adama is doing the horizontal tango with a female Raptor pilot. They talk about the war. Adama is amazed the war is still going on, as he thought it'd be over before he graduated. We find out that Adama's CO on the Galactica is where he got the, "What do you hear? Nothing but the rain," thing from. There's a big op coming up. Rumour has it that the Cylons are building some kind of superweapon on a remote ice planet defended by heavy Raider forces and massive AA defences. The Galactica Viper and Raptor squadrons are going in. Adama is annoyed at being called a 'rook' even though he hasn't seen combat yet. The flashback ends with the pilots being called to the ready room.

[Abyss]

RAZOR SIDEWAYS SPOILERS SPOILER
NOT REALLY BUT STILL SPOILERS
SPOILERS GUNS BOMBS SPOILERS

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Werthead;212878 said:

There's a big op coming up. Rumour has it that the Cylons are building some kind of superweapon on a remote ice planet defended by heavy Raider forces and massive AA defences.

Okay, GUN ON ICE PLANET ZERO, anyone, anyone....?

- Abyss, always liked that OS ep.

[Werthead]

I liked that episode.

Spoiler

Even if they did shoot down a Cylon Raider with a jeep :confused:

[Werthead]

Anyone watching the new webisodes. In particular Episode 3?

Spoiler

The biggest BSG space battle ever. Fleets of battlestars and basestars going at one another. The battlestar Columbia exploding violently (complete with the screams of the 5,000 people on board as they alternately burned or suffocated). Some nice dogfights (including one in atmosphere). Two minutes of carnage, with added geekery in the form of the old-series basestars and raiders.

Cool stuff.

[McLovin]

The third flashback was pure awesome.

[Abyss]

Werthead;215350 said:

Anyone watching the new webisodes. In particular Episode 3?
...Cool stuff.

Where are these? Linky pleasey.

- Abyss, loves those anti-aircraft jeeps...

[McLovin]

http://www.scifi.com/battlestar

The latest webisode will fire right up as soon as you hit the site.

[Werthead]

No, it won't for those living outside the United States (I imagine SFC webtechs running around screaming "Unclean! Unclean!" as dirty Europeans and Canadians try to access their precious webisodes).

Luckily this fansite is hosting them as well, with the BSG production team's knowledge.

[Werthead]

MFing lame.

[McLovin]

Oh that just sucks...

[Werthead]

Just saw Webisode 4. I think they're pumping Young Adama up into some kind of unstoppable badass a bit too much:

Spoiler

Fighting hand-to-hand with a Cylon warrior whilst both are plummeting through a planetary atmosphere? WTF?

[D Man]

The acting in those webisodes is pretty terrible.

I hope its better when viewed as a whole

[Abyss]

On the bright side, RAZOR is supposedly being screened in MOVIE THEATRES Nov 12ish.

- Abyss, likes his big spaceyships bigger.

[McLovin]

D Man;217460 said:

The acting in those webisodes is pretty terrible.

Yeah, the guy playing young Adama is pretty terrible - sometimes you think he's just trying to do some kind of EJO impersonation. But I think if these webisodes were viewed in their appropriate context we wouldn't mind so much...