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Breaking News: EDWARD JAMES OLMOS SAYS THIS IS THE LAST SEASON FOR 'BATTLESTAR GALACTICA'

The man behind Adama gives us hints of what to expect and tells about the 2-hour movie as well

By SEAN ELLIOTT, Senior Editor
Published 5/10/2007




LOCATION: Saturn Awards
 
THE SKINNY: iF MAGAZINE was on the red carpet covering the Saturn Awards at the Universal Hilton this evening and talked to several interesting people from all walks of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror. One of the most interesting things was our conversation with Edward James Olmos, Admiral Adama, from the SCI FI Channel series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. Olmos told iF that this is the final season for the show and what fans can expect to see in the two-hour movie filling the gap between seasons three and four.
 
iF MAGAZINE: What’s coming up for season four?
 
EDWARD JAMES OLMOS: It’s fantastic. I think they’re going to discover some very important issues about what the fan base really, really wants to see and what’s to understand about this show. We’re heading into the final season. This is the final season as we speak. All of us are very saddened by that, but we always knew there was going to be a conclusion and we would find Earth, so we will be finding Earth this season. I wish it would [keep going]. I could do 10 years like this season. I think that this is some of finest usages of television that I have been a part of in my life. Bar none. I’ve been doing this for 42 years. I’ve done some really good work in television and motion pictures but there really is nothing like this show. I can honestly tell you that this is one of the finest dramatic pieces work on humanity I’ve ever seen in my life.

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iF: Are you wrapped on the series then, yourself?

OLMOS: No, I was just getting started. [Laughs] You’ll see, this year we’ll eat them up and spit them out and they’re going to wish they would’ve gone on for 10 years.
 
iF: So anything special we can expect for the new season?

OLMOS: You can expect lots of energy. The closer we get to the discovery and the understanding of what this show is really about, the more intense it’s going to get and the more difficult it is to watch.
 
iF: What can you tell us about the 2 hour movie in between seasons?

OLMOS: My involvement is minimal; it’s more of a situation about what happened to the Pegasus prior to getting to us. It’s a very powerful piece of work. The writing is…these kids are doing very well! Ron Moore, I don’t think he’ll ever have this opportunity again.
 
iF: Will Adama and Roslin heat up for this final season then?

OLMOS: Probably! [Laughs] We’re heating it up. We’ve been pretty intimate without getting intimate. It’s heating towards that. My instincts are that it’s going to do a tremendous about face.
 
iF: How did you react to the resurrection of Starbuck?

OLMOS: That’s interesting. I’d like to know what that means myself, because we thought she was gone. We were all led to believe that. We weren’t even around when they filmed that shot. We saw it at the end like everybody else. The best part of working with a really understanding group of people so they kept it.


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JMD from USA sez....
i guess we have alot of original series fans here. open up your minds to some new possibilities, dont just strike something down because it isn't what you want it to be, Battlestar Galactica 1978.
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TOS fan from C sez....
Any show that thinks you need to have rape and a baby being killed is NOT good science fiction. Galactica in name only is now gone. Thank the Lords of Kobol! Fans have been leaving the show. Now we can get back to Battlestar Galactica as it was meant to be a show that has family values, morals and integrity. Now the continuation of BSG can continue as it was meant to be. I
4/9/2008 2:53:46 PM

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3/18/2008 9:42:13 AM

Kush from Higgara sez....
TOS was before my time, sp I can only go off what I've seen. I rather liked TNS, and am currently working on some game mods for it. I was planning on watching the old series, but after reading all the unfounded, and biased statements put out by Languatron, I don't know if I should. If TOS truly creates such animosity in a person, perhaps it should be forgotten. Languatron, you are a truly depressing little person, I hope you've learned better by now.
2/3/2008 1:39:15 AM

justnoone from louisiana sez....
i think the battlestar gallactica series is a waiste of time and film very boreing and don't make sense
12/2/2007 8:15:03 PM

justaname from louisiana sez....
i think the battlestar gallactica is a good series but need another plot
11/22/2007 8:29:04 AM

kenny wiles from jeaneerette louisiana sez....
here is a plot that might help the series come back, the arrival of another battlestar called the plantica, a sister ship to the pegasus, but larger comes in when the gallactica is in battle with the cylons with it's batteries blarreing, causeing the cylons to retreat, admiral adama contacts the plantica to learn it was hidden behind the moon of caprica dureing the attacks in drydock a newly commissioned battlestar, with twice the arsonal of pegasus, the commander of the plantica wants to persue the cylons, but adama is against it, the plantica command beggs the admiral to let him go then adama agrees starbuck and appollo goes along, leaveing the plantica to take on 4 baseships while the gallactica leads the cylons away from earth the plantica heads head on with the cylon baseships lunching it's nukes and batteries starbuck and appollo looks on to see if they see her but the explosion it to great wipeing out nearly all the raiders along with the baseships. after takeing the surviveing vipers and personel back to galactica adama presses on away from earth
9/2/2007 11:36:15 AM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
All emotionally disturbed NBC-Universal/Sci-Fi Channel executives move into position, because I'm pissing on Ronald D. Moore's series again.
8/14/2007 3:11:22 PM

Todd Berliner from San Francisco, CA sez....
You mean people are weird, what have you done even close to such a creative work (good or bad). BSG, new and old, rocks.
8/8/2007 11:06:48 AM

Anti0-Languatron from NYC sez....
Seriously, you should get some medication. Go soapbox somewhere else...preferably in a fashion covered by your mental health insurance. Calm the hell down.
7/12/2007 7:08:08 AM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
It's because those who have been involved with Ronald D. Moore's series (including Moore himself and his cast members) have made it such a priority to attack and slander the 1978 series in interviews. They have acted as though if the 1978 series were revived, it would have put them out of business. And indeed it would have. If this doesn't imply a conspiracy, then nothing does.
6/11/2007 11:27:58 AM

Ace from Missouri sez....
I really don't get why people hate the new series so much. You like the older version...okay. We get that. I just don't understand why people act like the creators of the new show are raping, killing, and eating their first born in front of them. I highly doubt some conspiracy exists to keep down the original version. It's a TV show, not a presidential assassination. Just get over it.
6/11/2007 9:17:36 AM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
Ironically, those who would benefit the most from a vast knowledge base of material regarding the 1978 series (NBC-Universal executives), are the last people on Earth who would want to sit down and listen to it. NBC-Universal executives have become so animostic, vindictive, and irrational towards the 1978 series, that I am fed up as you are when it comes to attacks on the 1978 series by quote unquote "Ronald D. Moore fans who also just happen to have suspicious empathy towards NBC-Universal." The problem here is, is that Universal Studios has never been the slightest bit interested in anyone who could bring a wealth of knowledge regarding the 1978 series to the table. And this includes Tom DeSanto and Richard Hatch. My patience with Universal Studios expired over a decade ago, and as long as they continue down their path of attaching Urban Legends, rumors, innuendos, myths, and flat out lies about the supposed failure of the 1978 series, to the 1978 series, this Internet conflict is going to continue years after Ronald D. Moore's series is long gone.
6/8/2007 1:08:07 PM

Lexx-2 from Melbourne, Australia sez....
Well, that's where you don't know me Langy. I have actually watched the entirety of the original Galactica, including Galactica 1980 and read two of Richard Hatch's novels. And while I hated G80, I still had fun with the orignal series. I just happen to be quite sick and tired of the venom, personal attacks and general nastiness levelled against the makers of the new series from the likes of yourself, Spiderr987 and other obsessed fans. With TNS ending I ask you this: in years to come will you still spend all of your energies ranting, raving and making personal attacks on the people involved with this show? Or will you actually move on and do something constructive with your life? Even, say make a fan film or write some TOS fanfic? I'm sure with your level of passion towards TOS, you can bring a lot of knowledge of the original show to the table.
6/7/2007 10:06:29 PM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
I've lost count at how many times I have confronted scum like you on Internet bulletin boards, and you always say something like: "I like Ronald D. Moore's series better than I like the 1978 series. While I'm at it, I would also like to say that Universal Studios had every legitimate business reason in the world to crap all over the 1978 series, and continue crapping all over it." The NBC-Universal distributed mandate obviously being: "While praising Ronald D. Moore's series, always criticize the 1978 series in the same sentence or paragraph." You and your Universal employed hoodlum cronies have been spounting this bile on Internet bulletin boards for the longest time. And guess what Bitch? You're doing it right now.
6/7/2007 3:52:57 PM

Lexx-2 from Melbourne, Australia sez....
That makes no sense whatsover. So if someone were to say, like both versions of Galactica AND be critical of Universal's handling of the Original property, would that assuage your concerns? What if they just happen to like the show? It is possible in your mind that someone can like Sci-Fi's Galactica and NOT be an employee of NBC-U?
6/7/2007 3:41:34 PM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
When they defend NBC-Universal'a actions and policies while disagreeing, yes.
6/7/2007 6:51:04 AM

Lexx-2 from Melbourne, Australia sez....
Er, who is Jim Bennett? Regardless Lang, do you sincerely believe that EVERYONE who disagrees with you is an employee of Universal?
6/6/2007 10:36:41 PM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
Well, well. If it isn't Jim Bennett. I take it you have much more free time on your hands now since I banned two more IP networks in Canada, and I also banned your master host in California. How are going to get on my Fun Fortress board now, Jimbo? Your "hidemyass" IP's are dwindling down to mere specks of dust now. The question here is, what is Universal Studios going to do now against the "Galactica" copyright since they won't have an on air counterfeit series anymore (GINO) to attack the "1978" series. Now, go ahead Jimbo. Take a hit and pass the crack bong around to your fellow "Black Tower" executives.
6/6/2007 6:19:36 PM

Lexx-2 from Melbourne, Australia sez....
Yeah, right. I need medication... I'm not the one who alledges a mass conspiracy by Universal to keep the original Galactica down. I'm not the one who accuses every single person who disagrees with me of working for Universal. I haven't started a website and registration-disabled message board posting fake news articles to back up unfounded paranoia. Now that TNS is coming to an end Lang, what exactly are you going to do with your life? And if there is a continuation of the original Galactica, will you find some conspiratorial reason to dislike it?
6/6/2007 4:46:51 PM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
Have you? The mass mental illness at NBC-Universal/Sci-Fi Channel is spreading like wild fire isn't it? You better take your Prozac prescription for the day, starting now. And it would be more likely that the illegal aliens would begin returning home, than if Edward James Olmos actually learned how to act.
6/6/2007 6:39:47 AM

Lexx-2 from Melbourne, Australia sez....
Ah Langy. Have you thought about getting that paranoid schizophrenia looked at yet?
6/6/2007 12:22:53 AM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
NBC-Universal/Sci-Fi Channel executives have yet to learn that correctly idenetifying their original programming as "Crap" is not mental illness, it is correctly discerning the obvious. In terms of how many decades Edward James Olmos has been in the acting profession, he should be exhibiting much greater emotional range and mobility when in front of the camera. Sadly, this is not the case. With each passing decade, Edward James Olmos either remains his usual frowning, emotionally fractured self, or he actually gets much much worse than he was in Miami Vice circa 1986. His lack of mobility, ease, and naturalism in front of the camera destroys the quality and integrity of every production he is in. His inability to crack so much as a smile in any production he is in, points to deep deficiencies in his ability to act. I suggest every executive working for NBC-Universal/Sci-Fi Channel take advantage of the General Electric HMO, and make claims for immediate psychiatric care and treatment.
6/4/2007 4:32:37 PM

Misa from Boston sez....
Every negative comment came from a crackhead. This is scifi. It's a show. It's not your life. The rest of the world calls it entertainment and the rest of the world says Edward James Olmos is a great actor. If you have problems and want to vent, medical insurance covers most of the cost of seeing a shrink.
6/3/2007 7:25:53 PM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
In short, Ronald D. Moore's "GINO" series is a major turd festival of the highest order. It contains all of the ingredients that NBC-Universal executives love. Zero imagination, the inability to attract a mass market audience, a hollow shell of a television series to attach the "Battlestar Galactica" brand name to in order to exclude Glen A. Larson from what little profit participation "GINO" has generated, the worst scriptwriting in the history of the medium, and a cast who couldn't act their way out of a paper bag. Edward James Olmos is the worst actor in the entire history of television to be holding an SAG card. He frowned and mumbled his way trough Miami Vice, Blade Runner, and now "GINO." That's over two decades. When is this guy going to learn how to act, not frown, and not mumble?
5/31/2007 1:10:36 PM

Dark Numbers from UK sez....
Chip on your shoulder Languatron? Silly person, you talk a lot about production and profits but what I've read about actual narrative from your rants seems completely aimless. Bsg is a high quality and artistic series for more reasons than I need site. Most importantly it deals with human emotions and philosophy in a unique and up to date manner while presenting it in a high quality format. Silly, small minded person. Anyhoo, I only just stumbled on this thread and felt this fool needed slapping down. Good luck dealing with any new rants he posts people.
5/31/2007 7:54:04 AM

Languatron from Hammer's buttocks sez....
NBC-UNIVERSAL EXECUTIVES SUFFER FROM ASPERGER'S SYNDROME. It is with great sorrow that I must report that the vast majority of NBC-Universal executives suffer from a neurological disorder known as Asperger's Syndrome. One of its symptoms is an unhealthy preoccupation with one particular subject. As we all know from experience, NBC-Universal, Universal Studios, and Sci-Fi Channel have suffered from an unhealthy preoccupation with the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series. What is always on their minds, year in and year out, and decade in and decade out, is how they can screw this copyright in new and original ways. This of course, is one of the many symptoms of "Asperger's Syndrome." I must also sadly report, that based upon my interactions with NBC-Universal executives and NBC Stealth Marketers on Internet bulletin boards (the poster known as "Burns" in particular), that these individuals have exhibited other symptoms of "Asperger's Syndrome" as well, such as eccentric or odd speech patterns, unusual and eccentric sentence structures, other eccentric characteristics which leads one to believe that NBC-Universal executives are social isolationists, incapable of deciphering non-verbal cues from others, are incapable of demonstrating empathy towards others, and are total social cripples. Thus, NBC-Universal executives exist in the only habitat where they will be free from social ridicule and the scorn of society. The Internet. For eight years, NBC-Universal executives have existed and attacked the general public on Internet bulletin boards, because there is no place else on this Earth where NBC-Universal executives can exist, and not be mocked. Maybe sooner than later, these social and neurological cripples known as NBC-Universal executives will get zapped by their laptops, and turned into megabytes of ever traveling Internet atoms.
5/24/2007 1:41:53 PM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF NBC-UNIVERSAL EXECUTIVES The Internet has always been a crutch for NBC-Universal, Sci-Fi Channel, Bonnie Hammer, and anyone affiliated with them. It is a dumping ground for all of the bad programming decisions that NBC-Universal and Bonnie Hammer routinely come up with. And then when the general public rejects these terrible programming ideas clearly rooted in the political whims of NBC-Universal and Bonnie Hammer, NBC-Universal uses the Internet as an instrument for attacking the general public. NBC-Universal likes to affectionately refer to this as "Stealth Marketing." What it clearly is however, is an eccentric mode of behavior of NBC-Universal executives that has clearly crossed the line of mental instability. At some point during their most unwelcome presence on the Internet, NBC-Universal executives decided that the normal guidelines and procedures established by the television industry to govern the life span of television series, would not apply to Ronald D. Moore's "GINO" series. Perhaps because there is alot at stake in terms of political agendas, riding on Ronald D. Moore's series. To the point that money is no object, in keeping this FAILED television series on the air. It has apparently become standard procedure at NBC-Universal to put the wants and needs of political agendas and fragile egos, ahead of the economic realities of the television industry which dictate that Ronald D. Moore's series should have been cancelled long ago. NBC-Universal's behavior towards Ronald D. Moore' "GINO" series initially bordered on madness, and has now crossed the line into permanent, PSYCHOTIC INSANITY. NBC-Universal has gone into permanent CORPORATE MELTDOWN over Ronald D. Moore's "GINO" series, and they will be damned if low ratings in the 0.5 to 0.9 range will kill Ronald D. Moore's series. They also will be damned if anything other than DEFICIT FINANCING will be the mode of footing the bill for Ronald D. Moore's series. And indeed DEFICIT FINANCING, has coasted Ronald D. Moore's series along from one ratings failing season after another. Parent corporation NBC-Universal won't discipline Sci-Fi Channel over the matter, because NBC-Universal shares in the madness. There is alot at stake for NBC-Universal in keeping this series on the air. It is a matter of life or death to them that they keep a piece of trash on the air that utilizes the "Battlestar Galactica" brand name only, is a badly written and poorly produced commentary on the Iraq War, is a badly written Soap Opera, and is an ANTHOLOGY SERIES which as of late, has not found a permanent format. NBC-Universal tied a hunk of junk into their long wish list of political agendas, and they got exactly what they wanted, along with all of the financial consequences for them that go along with it.
5/23/2007 11:57:55 AM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
RONALD D. MOORE'S FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER Ronald D. Moore is not a visionary. He does not break ground with new ideas. Ronald D. Moore is the utimate regurgitator of cliches that have been done thousands of times before. Ronald D. Moore's "GINO" series is a stitched together smorgasbord of multiple formats competing for dominance. Iraq War commentary, Soap Opera clap-trap, an envious failed imitation of infinitely more successful dramas such as "Nip & Tuck" and "West Wing", Ronald D. Moore's "GINO" series is perhaps the most cowardly incarnation of conflicting political goals of NBC-Universal, Bonnie Hammer, and Ronald D. Moore. This "GINO" series is not a television series, nor is it entertainment. It is a stitched together, political wish list of all involved in its making. NBC-Universal is using the series to slap the "Battlestar Galactica" logo onto, so they can use the copyright in such a way, where they actually aren't utilizing the contents of the "Real 1978 Battlestar Galactica" series. Bonnie Hammer is using the series in such a way, where she doesn't have to present hardcore, outer space, space opera. Ronald D. Moore is using the series as a career bump, too naive to realize that he hasn't produced and written the series good enough to warrant genuine future career prospects. What we are left with, after the "1978 Battlestar Galactica" series has been removed, and after outer space space opera has been removed, and after Science Fiction has been removed, is a weird hollow shell of a television series about nothing in particular which would make Jerry Seinfeld proud. Ronald D. Moore's "GINO" series is an ANTHOLOGY SERIES with rotating, conflicting formats competing for dominance every week. Moore himself has admitted that "GINO" is not Science Fiction, Space Opera, or what we know to be "Battlestar Galactica." Where does that leave us? With a television series that is such a stitched together, FUCKED UP MESS, that it defies conventional wisdom to define it. Ronald D. Moore himself has changed the definition of what "GINO" is so many times during the past three years, that even he doesn't know what it is anymore. A series without a discernable format or talent to put the whole thing together. Just the way NBC-Universal and Sci-Fi Channel likes it.
5/22/2007 10:00:34 AM

Skaara from P8X-783 (Abydos) sez....
Personally I think TNS is one of the finest works of recorded media that mankind has ever produced. It would seem that most of it's detractors on this page are small-minded conservative types, intimidated by the more "mature" themes and confused by storylines that take patience and a semblance of intelligence to comprehend or diehard old scifi nerds whose misguided loyalty to a mediocre, purile series clouds their judgement and allows them an outlet for their virginal angst in the form of TNS. I am of the opinion that throwing these pathetic little self loathing fracks out the airlock would make the universe an immensely more pleasant place to be. SO SAY WE ALL....
5/19/2007 12:36:42 PM

Jess from UK sez....
I am saddended that the show will be finishing next season ..but best to go out on a high I guess...I am just glad that EJO has confirmed some kind of heat between his character and Roslin...I Mean come in in real like they'd be frakking right now! Sorry but I love my shippiness
5/15/2007 4:57:33 AM

Mucho Grande from Crossing The Border sez....
It's fairly obvious that Eick is full of it. If Olmos has made these kinds of statements before, (statements which no one can find an example of mind you) then why would Eick choose this particular instance to make some kind of statement. Obviously it's a transparent attempt at damage control, to prevent anymore viewers from leaving an already sunken ship.
5/14/2007 10:57:05 AM

Angry Fan from "so say we all" sez....
I don't believe the David Eick statement. He's lied to the fans so many times to make either the show or the producers look better, it's ridiculous. Moore is the only one who says in black and white how things are and he hasn't commented. Just because Eick says the show isn't ending I still feel in my gut that it is....this last season was WEAK. It was ass in terms of good episodes vs. bad ones.....I mean what the hell was the doctor episode in there for??? This show needs to end now before it goes the way of X-files season 9....season 3 of BSG was already pretty much season 8 by killing off a main character only bring them back at the end... let it die Eick--you have several other series now.
5/14/2007 9:09:09 AM

David from Netherlands sez....
We in Holland are somewhere in the second season. But I have seen all three seasons already. I also will buy it on DVD. With the dollar so low is very cheap for us. I think it is the best science fiction I have seen so far. It is maybe a little over the top but it is far better then everything else.
5/14/2007 6:40:22 AM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
NBC-Universal Relinquishes Ownership of the Galactica Copyright United Kingdom International Nathaniel Brown May 9, 2007 Citing numerous complaints from shareholders regarding the underperformance of their portfolios, combined with NBC-Universal finally admitting that they don't know what to do creatively with the Battlestar Galactica copyright, the property was put up for sale today in Los Angeles, California in what will turn out to be an unprecedented action taken by any American movie studio. NBC-Universal's relinquishment of the Battlestar Galactica copyright comes at a time when the corporation is experiencing unprecedented profit losses across the board in all of its units, including motion pictures, television, and theme parks. Industry analyst Sid Hastings notes that Battlestar Galactica is only one component of the numerous problems being experienced by shareholders in their portfolios. He notes that it is NBC-Universal's inability to manage the property creatively which is contributing to the problem, and not the property itself. It has always been the policy of NBC-Universal to not sell what they own. This time however, they were pressured by the shareholders to do so. They see the mismanagement of the Battlestar Galactica copyright by NBC-Universal as a much deeper symptom of what could spread to other copyrights and ultimately affect other units as well. Shareholders have begun to exert much greater authority at NBC-Universal lately read: Micromanaging middle and upper management staff in response to record profit losses in television and motion picture units. Prime Time schedules of commercial and cable units being their biggest concerns. Shareholders are especially keeping a greater watchful eye on Sci-Fi Channel, which they regard as a superfluous money burner which repeatedly fails to ROI. One shareholder reportedly told the Chairman that gutting Sci-Fi Channel would be in the best interests of the parent corporation in the long run. A theoretical extrapolation was done regarding NBC-Universal's long term prospects as a money maker. When Sci-Fi Channel was excluded from the picture entirely, the shareholders expressed sighs of relief when they saw the theoretical profit margin improving dramatically. Mr. Hastings notes that when a corporation is suffering the magnitude of profit loss that NBC-Universal is, it's not difficult nor time consuming to pinpoint where the loss is primarily coming from. You simply shake and bake the books of all of the owned units, and see where the shortage is primarily coming from. It could be from an entire unit itself, mismanagement of a particular property, or in this case, both. Battlestar Galactica is already out of NBC-Universal's picture. Sci-Fi Channel may be next. _________________
5/13/2007 7:28:50 PM

Selwyn from Australia sez....
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5/13/2007 5:46:08 PM

Blue Gloves from Northern California sez....
Amended-- Olmos is self important...and everything surrounding this show is self important!!! Now, Olmos statement, as I first suspected, has turned out to be nothing but a publicity stunt to get attention for the show...a program, BTW, that keeps losing ratings. Anyway, it turns out, after all, that the producers are planning to run this depressing show into the ground with season after season of more depressing episodes yet to come. So don't fret new Galactic fans...just grab your Prosac and enjoy...further seasons of rape, betrayal...murder, paranoia, blaming others for everything, self important speeches so Olmos can find an excuse to yell...while still hoping for the Emmy he's never going to get, space fights, back biting, more paranoia, more rape, some garbage about "So say we all", rape, more betrayal, self important speeches--which never seem to go anywhere, more rape, more murder...more blaming others for everything, more space fights, and of course more...we need a Star Wars like Credo which reminds the kids of the saying "May The Force Be With You"...I know, we'll use the dumbass and uncomfortable term--"So say we all"...or some B.S. like that!!! This show is as lost as Lost!!! Both shows need to be cancelled!!! Save your money and time kiddie's and just watch the some that the new Galactica ripped-off: It's called Firefly!!! You know the show, with no sound in space??? You know, the one with toilets on star ships...where there are no aliens...and people have sex??? You know, the same show with live action steady cam shots and regularly featured rack focusing special effects shots for its space sequences??? You know, the same one that Ron Moore openly studied with his crew, stealing shots...and even stole the special effects team for the new Galactica from??? Hell, isn't this fun, we even stole some of his writers!!! Oh, wait...we can't give credit for that...it sounds too much like doing the right thing...so we'll just continue taking credit for things we stole from Joss Whedon...and collecting kudos for his fine work!!!
5/13/2007 6:42:23 AM

Blue Gloves from Northern California sez....
Olmos is self important...and everything surrounding this show is self important!!! Now, Olmos staement as I first suspected has turned out to be nothing but a publicity stunt to get attention for the show...a program BTW that keeps lossing ratings. Anyway, it turns out that the producers are planning to run this depressing show into the ground with season after season of more dpressing episodes yet to come. So don't fret new Galactic fans...just grab your Prosac and enjoy...further seasons of rape, betrayal...murder, paranoia, blamming others for everthing, self important speeches so Olmos can find an excuse to yell...while still hoping for the Emmy he's never going to get, space fights, back biting, more paranoia, more rape, some garbage about "So say we all", rape, more betrayal, self important speeches--which never seem to go anywhere, more rape, more murder...more blamming others for everything, and more space fights!!! This show is as lost as Lost!!! Both shows need to be cancelled!!!
5/13/2007 6:18:07 AM

Man Of Reason from Mother Earth sez....
TOS Vs. TNS Myth #5: TNS is an extremely popular show. Not true. At its lowest point during it's continual ratings slide, TNS hit a 1.2 rating. To give you an idea, a broadcasted game of Pong should receive no less than a 1.3 rating. Hardly the mark of an extremely popular show.
5/12/2007 12:25:21 PM

Ira from Los Angeles sez....
What is is it with cable (or Sat)channels. They run a series that's extremely popular for a short time, with great production quality and a large fan base then cancel it (Stargate SG 1 is the only exception). Series like Rome, Deadwood and now Galactica take you in with their wonderful writing, acting and high quality of production then are gone leaving most of us pretty pissed off. It appears these production executive have the attention span of a 3 year old. It's a shame.
5/12/2007 9:02:03 AM

Matilda from Boston sez....
I love this show and although I appreciate the 'original' for laying the foundations for the current show, there really is no comparison, now is there? The new (and improved) BSG challenges and tackles so many political, ethical and psychological issues; it's astounding. I don't think the original show can even pretend to have done the same. Also: get over it already! The new BSG is amazing and I wish it wouldn't end so soon.
5/12/2007 6:43:35 AM

MdmAirlock from UK sez....
I echo ellymelly's statement 100%. The new BSG is of an incredibly high calibre. Best show to have graced our TV screens in a very long time. I adore it and will miss it very much should it end after 4 seasons. However, we will have 4 seasons of TV perfection to cherish. Interesting that BSG has amazing DVD sales figures. Must be doing something right!
5/12/2007 3:13:23 AM

Your God from The U.N. Council sez....
How can this show be misconstrued as thought provoking when all it does is stroke the egos of far left wacko moon-bat yes-men? Even its cinematography was already dated 10 years when it began.
5/12/2007 1:19:51 AM

Annie from Brisbane, Australia sez....
Very sad news, but as someone said before, it's such a tremendous series and season 3 was so amazing it deserves to go out with a big bang rather than wait until it jumps the shark. The old Battlestar, while I enjoyed it as a child is a bad joke now, the New BSG is totally awsome and as EJO said, comprises the very best television since TV started. It's thought provoking 'inextremus' and often not comfortable viewing but it's always comment worthy. I can't wait to see what happens in S4. And of course, I have the DVDs. Re Katee's comment that they don't get the viewers - it's certainly true while the show has been going that it hasn't had anywhere near the viewship it deserves, but I think everyone will find that the show will gain viewers long after it goes out of production - and remember, there are a lot of countries that haven't seen season 2 yet, let alone season 3, so there's plenty of potential for more viewers in the future.
5/12/2007 12:31:20 AM

ellymelly from Australia sez....
Unlike some of the people who seem to use this place as another excuse to mutter crap about the new series they haven't even watched because they clearly have nothing better to do, I thought I might comment on the article. Anyway I do watch bsg and it's time to end the series but only because it is of such a high callibre that it deserves to go out with a bang. Sure, there were some mistakes, a few backtracks, but all in all it has been a joy to watch this thought provoking TV while it lasted. When galactica is gone it'll be back to the tiresome, forumlaic boredem we had before. Thank you bsg, for four seasons of cinematic joy. You will be missed (and re-watched on dvd).
5/11/2007 11:26:06 PM

Norbert from Germany sez....
So, and now comes David Eick and tells us that BSG may as well continue, and that Ed Olmos has foreseen the end of the show more than once. Can anyone remember that?
5/11/2007 11:25:05 PM

jkpits from Saskatoon, Canada sez....
I liked TOS, but I love TNS. If you don't like it, shadup and go wath Desperate Houswives. Long live Season 5
5/11/2007 10:00:22 PM

John J from Mass sez....
GOOD!!! While I did enjoy the show they seem awful ballsy with their scheduling, run a couple of new shows, then months of reruns just for another couple of new shows, none of which were worth the wait. Than after akk that the season ends Feb. 2007 I think, and they have the bals to say it won't be back until 2008..... my thinking, save the money and let it die
5/11/2007 7:42:03 PM

Man Of Reason from Mother Earth sez....
TOS Vs. TNS Myth #4: TNS is ending on its own terms. Not true. RDM stated that he intended the show to last 5 seasons. It is ending on its 4th season, thuus ending earlier than he had planned, thus not ending on it's own terms. As Katee Sackhoff said, "It just doesn't have the viewership."
5/11/2007 4:28:02 PM

Lucas from UK sez....
The new BSG is one of the finest TV shows ever made. I cannot wait for Season 4! It's going to be amazingly intense. I will miss it so much once it ends, but I'm glad that RDM can end it how he wishes, as opposed to being forced to rush a conclusion.
5/11/2007 3:36:08 PM

MCM from Los Angeles, CA. sez....
This incarnation of Battlestar has so much wrong with it that its hard to know where to start. From the get go, making the cylons a creation of man rather than an alien race was a curious (and IMHO a wrong choice). Be that as it may, with the Cylons acting as Frankenstein's monster, its hard to buy the whole Cylons are more authentically religious (ie monotheistic) than the polytheistic humans. If the Cylons are intent on converting mankind to their superior beliefs, genicide would seem a poor strategy especially since they were not given a choice ( as per the Orai in SG1) The characterizations are pitiful, can anyone distinguish Apollo, from Stardoe, from Tieg when it comes to emotional outbursts and prolong bouts of self-pity. They must hose down the decks of galactica with emo-juice on a daily basis. Other than for Sharon, I would not want any of these individuals as friends or colleagues (which I could never say of the original BSG). Plot contrivances abound, with silly stuff like requiring a nuke to make a cylon detector..uh yeah sure, i could sure use a fusion reactor to power my laptop virus scanner. We have faster than light travel but no treatments or cures for cancer?!? WTF? Last season, the Cylons made peace and stated that they would retreat back home..so why settle on that pitiful ball of mud, new Caprica, when they could just return home to the original colonies. Hell, why not send a few ships just to scavenge supplies or medical equipment that would be sorely needed in starting a new colony?? I can go on and on. I credit the show for having outstanding special effects, nice ship battles! But thats not enough to make this mess rewatchable as all great Sci-Fi/Fantasy is. I think this might be due to a ham-handed handling of current political issues (terrorism,torture,class warfare,bigotry,insurgencies,etc) at the expense of clear story arches and good storytelling. I can't say I will miss this show when its gone, RIP BSG.
5/11/2007 2:25:27 PM

Greg from Arizona sez....
The new BSG wil have been one of the finest dramas -set in space for this one- I have ever seen. Far far away from the sillyness (but also a product of its time, fondly remembered from our childhood) of the original BSG. 4 seasons sounds just about right, as we had the feeling at the middle of season 3 that they really had the material for 15 episodes and were stretching it out with the apparently universally decried soap between Lee-Dee-Kara and Anders (with a bit of the chief and Cally in there). But when compared to countless other shows, there was what ... 1-2 episodes of lesser quality in season 1, 1-2 in season 2, 3-5 in season 3? That's still a ton of excellent material, for which the show has received a lot of prestigious awards, including the very coveted Peabody. I very much look forward to season 4, and to the 2 hour spin-off TV movie about the Pegasus. And maybe, one day... Caprica ?
5/11/2007 2:21:01 PM

Captain Insight from Omnipresent sez....
I think people need to use the word "vitriol" more. It's all the rage.
5/11/2007 2:04:00 PM

Man Of Reason from Mother Earth sez....
TOS Vs. TNS Myth #3: No one is watching TNS because of its name. Not true. This preposterous accusation didn't come up until the powers that be decided they were unhappy with the dwindling ratings, somewhere around early season 3 I think. So if people are not watching the show because of it's name in early season 3, why were they watching the same show with the same name when it began and everyone was so happy about it's ratings? The fact is that people who chose to watch it in the beginning, both because and in spite of it's name, left watching the show at a steady rate after it's first season. This has nothing to do with the brand name, since it receveived good ratings in it's early run with that very same brand name.
5/11/2007 1:20:54 PM

Man Of Reason from Mother Earth sez....
TOS Vs. TNS Myth #2: TOS was a Star Wars Rip-Off. Not true. First, the concept was developed by Larson in the 60's under the title Adam's Ark. It wasn't until the success of Star Wars that the studios decided to give LArson's idea a chance. Second, visually, both TOS and Star Wars, were worked on by conceptual artist Ralph McQuarrie and SPFX artist John Dykstra. So when you have the same artists working on both productions, chances are, you're going to have visual similarities. Third, Star Wars is based on Greek Mythos, whereas TOS is based on the Biblical Exodus story.
5/11/2007 1:17:01 PM

Man Of Reason from Mother Earth sez....
TOS Vs. TNS Myth #1: TOS is for Children, TNS is for Adults Not true. Children need to have everything explained to them, whereas adults can read between the lines and can understand subtext. Adults don't need to see the knee humping in the hallways, they can understand what is going on with suggestion, without wasting precious screentime on it. Children need to have things explained for them in great detail. Is that to say that TNS is made for children? No instead it is to say that TNS is made by children, or those with child like minds. It's something you might expect teenagers to come up with using their parents camcorder without adult supervision, while the parental units are away on vacation.
5/11/2007 12:59:51 PM

L from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
Excuse me, Mr. Moore and Mr. Eick? Could you please supsersize my order of fries with my "Whopper with Cheese" value meal?
5/11/2007 12:40:11 PM

Chris from Philadelphia sez....
I sure Season 4 will be amazing even if it is the end. And maybe all this "end of the show" is hype to get ratings. And maybe Season five will be in a different format. Maybe an untelevised TV show, direct-to DVD, or something similar.
5/11/2007 12:00:20 PM

robbbb from new yawk sez....
i think the vitriol towards the show comes from the sheer inability of many people to enjoy what they really want when they get it. it's as if the only thing people hate more than a terrible show is a really great show that didn't ask them for their opinion on what it should be. go Galactica! i love it. even when it confounds my expectations. that's what it's FOR!
5/11/2007 11:54:16 AM

Mitsu from New York sez....
This is one of the greatest shows of all time (not just science fiction shows). Anyone who thinks the original schlocky Battlestar Galactica was classic science fiction have already embarrassed yourselves out of all credibility. As Olmos says, above, the new BSG is one of the best dramatic works ever made, on television or in film, period. It's got gripping writing, excellent acting, fabulous production values, it's smart, timely, and beautifully shot.
5/11/2007 11:51:40 AM

Al from Orbit sez....
Languatron, A name from the past for all us hardcore fans. BSG has been stellar television and I predict a season yet. Olmos is keen.
5/11/2007 11:19:14 AM

David from London sez....
I really don't understand the vitriol levelled at this series. With uniformly excellent performances (our own Jamie Bamber and James Callis being particularly good),fantastic production values and a formula-breaking boldness in the story telling (Am I alone in thinking the leap forward in time in New Caprica was inspired)I think it's taken TV sci -fi to a whole new level. I'll admit that not every episode in season 3 was riveting (the corrupt doctor ep, while well-acted, felt like it was just marking time) but with so many amazing moments, surely we can forgive the odd mis-step. As much as I admire it, I'm glad to hear that it's quitting while the quality is still so high.
5/11/2007 9:55:03 AM

Digz from Montreal sez....
Tastes are relative, I'll chime in with mine. The original BSG was a show geared to 10 year olds, I like it as a child. The new one is an adult show. One of the top adult shows of all time. I found the New Caprica arc to have been fantastic drama, the third season as a whole was great, best drama on TV this year, The Office the best comedy. Too bad about no 5th season, but if the creators think it's best then fine. They have done a superlative job so far.
5/11/2007 9:40:13 AM

Otis_Spunkmeyer from Hot Tub Ranch sez....
Languatron spontanteously orgasmed after reading this.
5/11/2007 9:36:00 AM

chig splurge from Saratoga, UK sez....
I fell in love with the new Battlestar Galactica before the end of the mini-series, loved season one and season 2 was very good although it did have a few shall we say dubious episodes. Unfortunately season 2 ended with the awful new Caprica story and everything just went wrong. I can't honestly say one episode of season three was any good. I like dark and gritty yet Ronald D Moore and his fellow cohorts just made the show miserable, depressing and so boring I'm just not surprised it has been cancelled. Not too long ago I watched the original Battlestar Galactica which has dated badly but it seems like once outside of the original series framework the writers just don't know what to do. If you ask me all Ronald D Moore and David Eike have done his ripped-off other better shows like Space Above and Beyond, borrowed a little from Babylon 5, took the documentary style CGI from Firefly. Then mixing in the original Battlestar Galactica made a potentially great show but when they had to use their own ideas, well they came up short. I think it's a shame that in such a character-driven series I gave up caring what happened to the rag-tag fleet because of poor writing. They lost sight of writing a decent story and just wrote pointless character "stories" destroying all the characters. What can you say except for what a waste to a great beginning. I won't be disappointed when it finally ends.
5/11/2007 9:27:02 AM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
Well, it's nice to know that the mindless Zombies known as the "Ronald D. Moore supporters" are mustering on this board. I mean, where else can vagrants hang out? Ronald D. Moore's series he had the nerve to call "Battlestar Galactica" wasn't a professional production by any means. It was alow budget, High School stage play thrown together by Hollywood reject degenerates who don't know what well constructed drama is. Good "drama" is not Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell staring Zombie faced at one another while mumbling Ronald D. Moore's absurd dialogue. Ronald D. Moore threw together "poor man's drama" if you will. An unacepptable substitute for the real thing, by a staff of producers and writers who don't know how to deliver the real thing. Ronald D. Moore's series was producing and writing at its worst, most reckless, most naive, and most boring. The mindless Stealth Marketers still on the NBC-Universal payroll who still feel the psychological need to attack the "1978 Real Thing" in order to try and pump up Ronald D. Moore's "Schlock Festival" have lost the war, haven't they? Ronald D. Moore's series is now CANCELLED!!
5/11/2007 9:23:40 AM

Lothar Buttersex from Huge Pleasure Palace sez....
What Matthew said, with the exception that Heroes is, so far, right up there with Buffy.
5/11/2007 9:22:34 AM

Matthew from Athens sez....
Wow, you idiots who love that piece of Star Wars-rip-off crap that was the original Galactica really have no clue what great Sci-Fi really is, do you? Great Sci-Fi doesn't take a trip to a casino planet directly after the genocide of the human race. Great Sci-Fi is a way to look at the human condition set in a spectacular setting. The first two seasons of Star Trek: TOS was great Sci-Fi. The last four seasons of Deep Space Nine was great Sci-Fi. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was outstanding Sci-Fi/Fantasy. The original Galactica? Was a craptacular grab for money in the wake of Star Wars. Had horrible plots and story lines, and terrible special effects. The worst, cheesiest acting this side of Jason of Star Command. Face it, just because you loved Galactica as a little kid and couldn't let go doesn't make it great, no matter what kind of temper tantrums you throw. I was born in 1980. I loved shows like Voltron, Thundercats, Transformers, and Robotech. While Robotech has stood the test of time, I tried to recapture my childhood by buying the Voltron DVDs and watching Thundercats and Transformers. You know what I realized? Unlike you retards, I realized that all of that was purile crap meant for 6 year olds. Kind of like Original Galactica. Now, Moore's Battlestar Galactica is everything that Sci-Fi should be. It doesn't speak down to its audience. If anything, it speaks up to its audience. The effects are first rate, as is the writing and acting. The stories reflect our lives and the mirror it holds up does not always cast a pretty reflection. For you idiots who can't let go of such a bad, bad piece of crappy 70's Sci-Fi television, I really feel sorry for you. You're missing the best show on television since Buffy went off the air. Lost and Heroes are good, but they're not transcendent. Galactica and Buffy are transcendent television. You retards can have your pitiful attempts to hold on to your pathetic childhoods. You're only hurting yourselves.
5/11/2007 9:01:47 AM

Cello Mike from San Diego, CA sez....
As sad as I am to see this brilliant show end, it does seem like a very natural time for it to do so. Kudos to the producers for doing this because of creative reasons. I watched the original show back in the day and was only mildly entertained at best. In '03 I was skeptical that anything with the BSG name could be any good because I couldn't get past the mediocre quality of the original. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that this new version really made me think and feel things that are pertinent to the real world. Hats off to a stellar cast and crew for making a sophisticated science fiction show for adult viewers.
5/11/2007 8:53:46 AM

Gaff from Los Angeles, November 2019 sez....
It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does?
5/11/2007 8:53:00 AM

Languatron from Hammer's Buttocks sez....
The "Piss Factory Explosion" known as Ronald D. Moore's "GINO" series has taken ego flexing to new depths of slime. This urinated turkey was "done" three years ago, and Sci-Fi Channel forgot to turn off the gas. Crater faced Edward James Olmos has taken Zombie faced mumbling, and turned it into the "new excuse for not acting." This guy couldn't act his way out of a Tortilla blanket, and Maren Jensen would win hands down in an "acting competition face off" against this "mumbling, walking excuse for animated Taxidermy." This crumpled bacon crumb of a television series has become harder to watch (and was difficult to watch in the first place), because Ronald D. Moore and David Eick were never taught how to entertain mass market television audiences while attending "Puu-Pee Fay Wray Business College For The Chronically Inept." Thank god this is the last season for "Battle Schlock Ineptica." No more of Edward James Olmos's and Mary McDonnel's "Manic Depression Verbal Orgies" on our television screens. No more of British speaking Fruits named Baltar dressed head to toe in the latest "Business Suit Ensembles from 'Sears.'" This "Manic Depressive Orgy" from the sub-standard mind of Ronald D. Moore gutted Battlestar Galactica, Science Fiction, and devolved into a "wet behind the ears" anthology-esque "Freak Show" that wasn't about anything in particular. I say "Hoo-Raaa" to this "Piss-Poop Abomination" of wasted airwaves space, and the justified cancellation graveyard it is heading to.
5/11/2007 8:27:27 AM

Viksar from Oregon sez....
Oh this does suck. I love this show, flaws and all. From the first season, I got sucked right in and I never want it to end. But I hope that if Season 4 really is the end, that it goes out with a bang. Here's to one of the best Sci Fi shows in existance!
5/11/2007 8:12:19 AM

Keith from Los Angeles sez....
This article lost me at "Bar NUN." Bar nuns? From Our Lady of Happy Hour?
5/11/2007 8:05:05 AM

Bob Is Shoe from Chicago, Illinois sez....
This travesty of science fiction is ending because each season it becomes harder to watch as Olmos predicts. Its no surprise to anyone with objective eyes who has seen Battlestar Galactica that this show has declined as Ron Moore ran out of original series ideas to mine and rape.
5/11/2007 7:29:30 AM

Match from USA sez....
How come every time this show is talked about morons come out in droves to spew uninformed idiocy? This show is ending because it's the right time for it to end and that's the only reason. Also, the original series sucked in the special way only really cheesy 70s Sci-Fi could suck. Now, maybe you all would like to get a life and stop reading stories about a series you aren't into. Retards.
5/11/2007 6:43:33 AM

Shoe of Ultimate Quality from Hell sez....
This show has, indeed, gotten harder to watch. So much so that almost nobody is watching it.
5/11/2007 6:12:39 AM

Norbert from Germany sez....
I'm almost totally with you here "V"! I loved the show from the beginning till the end of season 2. Don't misunderstand me, but I got bored by that soap-like stuff, like the stupid starbuck-dee-apollo lovestory or Baltar being in love with #6 and #3... and I actually DO like lovestories! But here I felt that it didn't suit up to the rest of the story and got far too much into the foreground. And after a while I thought that Ron Moore tries to let us know what Caprica might be like. A boring soap. But at the end I was really surprised that the last three episodes presented us one of the best characters of the season with Baltar's lawyer Romo Lampkin and one of the best scenes of the season with Lee's monologue at the trial of Baltar. After two seasons of BSG I also felt that I began to miss a certain fantastic element in the show. Something that gets it a "little" closer to other shows like Babylon 5, SG1 or Trek... but not too close. I found those elements in early episodes like in the stonecircle on Kobol or the coming supernova in season three. That kind of mystic riddles are IMHO an important element for a show like this. So I'm not really shocked about the end of the series getting so close. After the last season I thought, it might come sooner than I expected. I am sure that they have to hurry up now, to tell the end of the story in fewer episodes as they thought they might get. I hope they will concentrate much more on the basics of the show and the stories that made BSG to that fantastic character driven action-series that it was before. And, as you pointed out (V), I too would like to see the Earth of that universe. And not only from afar. And there is one thing I'm sure of. When season four is finished, I will miss Galactica! Especially if Caprica comes to be true!
5/11/2007 5:14:20 AM

martine from belgium sez....
Shall we get to know what D`anna Biers saw? Think it should be interesting who are the last 5. What will happen to the Cylon/Human kid? Would be interesting to know that. Unless they keep that as an opening for a movie on widescreen
5/11/2007 4:53:14 AM

John Rogers from Enid, OK sez....
Thank the gods this will finally end. This show has gotten worse and worse with each hour, each season, it became more soap opera Shock 'N Flaw.
5/11/2007 4:41:44 AM

TOS fan from UK sez....
Phew..........no more rape scenes, Galactica in name only will be gone. Let's face it, fans leaving in droves was sending a message. Perhaps, given time the tarnished name of BSG can recover.....and a Continuation of the original show can happen, complete with its morals, spirit, integrity, and family values.
5/11/2007 4:24:45 AM

Nowonmai from Perth, Western Australia sez....
What is with SciFi channel, and bagging the best TV shows created?
5/11/2007 12:22:39 AM

V from the Shadow Gallery sez....
Crud. Well we were hoping for Season 5, but Ron Moore said that even with total control over the series with money as no object, they'd end after 5 seasons at most. They finished the third Act out of three "Acts" with the season 3 finale he said, there's only one "Act" left with "two chapters" of story within it to tell. I think everyone's general assessement was "after they left New Caprica, season 3 turned into a poor soap opera with the Love Polygon, episodes that ran too long so key scenes were cut, and last minute script rewrites" Personally, I consider "Season 3.5" to be the darkest hours of the series...not in terms of "darkness" but of quality. I seriously hope Pegasus Flashback Movie, "Razor, Parts I and II" wins us back. *****What I loved was that Ron Moore confirmed that the show will NOT end with just them finding Earth on the screen in the last 30 seconds; they'll find Earth and the fallout from finding Earth will form the final multi-episode storyarc. ***On the one hand, what's sad about BSG ending is that there can be no sequel. On the other hand.....I never heard of "the Original Series" until I started watching "Ron Moore's dark new political scifi show"....indeed, had BSG come back under someone else, and Ron Moore made "Untilted Dark Edgy Scifi show"....dude I'd be watching Ron Moore's show. I don't like it for its "battlestar mythology" elements, but for the storytelling style: ensemble cast, realism, political awareness, dark mature tone, strong female characters, strong writing. (unfortunately, post-New Caprica all of these were largely absent from Season 3). ****Although I will miss Battlestar, the good part about liking the show not for being "battlestar" but for the writing style of "naturalistic scifi" (as RDM puts it) is that I can easily transition to then liking whatever Ron Moore's next project is. Just as Joss Whedon fans upset at the end of Buffy found Firefly, I'm watching for the writers. Plus along the way I think they'll reuse some of their old favorite cast members. For the moment, David Eick is gearing up Bionic Woman. So BSG didn't get Season 5, and the Season 5 storyline will have to be condensed into Season 4. So it goes. But at least this way, they pull out all the stops, condense all the good stuff in, and make the best damn season imaginable.
5/10/2007 11:55:19 PM

Lexx-2 from Melbourne, Australia sez....
Oh woe! Oh verily doth this suck much arse. Still, at least the show looks like it'll get a real ending, unlike the original. *Erases Galactica 1980 from brain*
5/10/2007 11:25:51 PM

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