I haven’t watched Battlestar Galactica either. I had seen a few episodes with my ex, but he didn’t save them the DVR to watch together. One day, I’m sure I’ll watch them.
@duodec@RiotDemon@sammydog01 The new one got much, much worse, they added in rape and torture, just in case they weren’t being grimdark enough. And for the final episode they just gave up and threw crap on the screen, a lot like Lost.
@aetris@RiotDemon It seemed to me (even as a teenager) that the original series had an ongoing bet between the writers for who could do the worst ripoff of a classic movie. The western episode with the Cylon sheriff is up there. But the winner has to be “The Dirty Dozen take out The Guns of Navarone on Ice Station Zebra”. They even stretched it into a two-parter.
Both shows had good bits though, and I love the ships from both of them.
Oh yea, in the pilot, the Cylons executed Baltar after he betrayed the humans. Shame they undid that for the series. He was almost as annoying, feeble and ineffective as Dr. Smith was on Lost in Space. (The old one, I gave up on the new one after a few ridiculous episodes.)
@blaineg - I hear that Glen Larson stole so many plots his nickname was “Glen Larceny.” I didn’t really mind the Guns of Navarone ripoff, but when they did a Western-themed episode I knew the series was finished. Going Western was the equivalent of jumping the shark after the early '60s. It was fast to get to a Western in half a season - it took Star Trek 3 seasons to get there.
I still have mixed emotions about Jonathan Harris’ performances - in BOTH Lost in Space AND Battlestar Galactica!
@blaineg - I’m on board with you and @duodec on the reboot. I watched a good part of that episode where the new Starbuck slaps some captured Cylon spiritualist around and realized I had better things to do with my life!
The shipboard fire episode where they have to make precision bombing runs with the Vipers to put out the fire.
A: You’re in SPACE, open the door and let vacuum take care of it.
B: If that won’t work for some absurd reason, park the Vipers in front of the fire, and spray it out. They’re not going to fall out of the air if they quit moving. (Remember, you’re in spaaaaaaaace!)
@macromeh This is one I want on a wall plaque, because it bears a certain logic: “Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
@rockblossom
“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” — Jack Handy
I haven’t watched Battlestar Galactica either. I had seen a few episodes with my ex, but he didn’t save them the DVR to watch together. One day, I’m sure I’ll watch them.
@RiotDemon I saw the first series.
/giphy Dirk Benedict
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 The original one started out great then turfed. The new one had so much angst and whining I dropped out by episode 3.
@RiotDemon Well, that’s closer than naked Benedict Cumberbatch. You’re weird, giphy.
@sammydog01 but naked Benedict would of been a welcome sight.
@RiotDemon - I wanted Dirk Benedict to die after seeing that “Long Patrol” episode. Not Maren Jensen, though!
@RiotDemon OK I’ll try to get it back.
/giphy Dirk Benedict
@RiotDemon Nah, this is better.
Dangit, @sammydog01.
/image half naked Benedict gif
@duodec @RiotDemon @sammydog01 The new one got much, much worse, they added in rape and torture, just in case they weren’t being grimdark enough. And for the final episode they just gave up and threw crap on the screen, a lot like Lost.
@aetris @RiotDemon It seemed to me (even as a teenager) that the original series had an ongoing bet between the writers for who could do the worst ripoff of a classic movie. The western episode with the Cylon sheriff is up there. But the winner has to be “The Dirty Dozen take out The Guns of Navarone on Ice Station Zebra”. They even stretched it into a two-parter.
Both shows had good bits though, and I love the ships from both of them.
Oh yea, in the pilot, the Cylons executed Baltar after he betrayed the humans. Shame they undid that for the series. He was almost as annoying, feeble and ineffective as Dr. Smith was on Lost in Space. (The old one, I gave up on the new one after a few ridiculous episodes.)
@blaineg - I hear that Glen Larson stole so many plots his nickname was “Glen Larceny.” I didn’t really mind the Guns of Navarone ripoff, but when they did a Western-themed episode I knew the series was finished. Going Western was the equivalent of jumping the shark after the early '60s. It was fast to get to a Western in half a season - it took Star Trek 3 seasons to get there.
I still have mixed emotions about Jonathan Harris’ performances - in BOTH Lost in Space AND Battlestar Galactica!
@aetris @blaineg Ahhhhhhhh!
/giphy spoiler alert
@aetris “Glen Larceny”, that’s good!
I’d forgotten Jonathan Harris was Lucifer.
@RiotDemon Rosebud was his…
@RiotDemon If you’re serious, my apologies, but I tried to be vague, and it has been almost 10 years.
@aetris Whatever his faults, Glen Larson did give us the “Larson Scanner”: the Cylon eye, and KITT’s scanner.
Of course that means (SPOILERS!)
/giphy spoilers! river song
that KITT is a Cylon.
@aetris @blaineg I’m skipping everything. I was serious about wanting to see it. I just saw another spoiler.
@aetris @RiotDemon 1978 or 2004 version?
Anything I posted with details was the original series.
@blaineg - I’m on board with you and @duodec on the reboot. I watched a good part of that episode where the new Starbuck slaps some captured Cylon spiritualist around and realized I had better things to do with my life!
@aetris Another low spot for the original:
Spoilers for 1978:
The shipboard fire episode where they have to make precision bombing runs with the Vipers to put out the fire.
A: You’re in SPACE, open the door and let vacuum take care of it.
B: If that won’t work for some absurd reason, park the Vipers in front of the fire, and spray it out. They’re not going to fall out of the air if they quit moving. (Remember, you’re in spaaaaaaaace!)
I love you Irk!
Love the new casual threads.
My initial thought on how I’d like to die is by plunging my spaceship into one of the last remaining suns billions of years from now.
Appropriate spot for a bit of wisdom from Jack Handey?
"When I die, I would like to go peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather did. Not screaming and yelling like the passenger in his car."
@rockblossom That was the first thing that came to mind for me.
@rockblossom Actually, it was Will Rogers.
@macromeh Duh! You are correct! It was quoted in one of Handey’s books, but he got it from Will Rogers.
@rockblossom Yeah, but Jack Handey has some pretty funny stuff of his own, too. I have a file of some of his twisted observations somewhere.
@macromeh This is one I want on a wall plaque, because it bears a certain logic:
“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
@rockblossom
“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” — Jack Handy
@rockblossom Came here for this, I can leave peacefully now.
In any way possible. 3426 years is long enough.
@ocifersven There can only be one?