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jack_ryder ([personal profile] jack_ryder) wrote2006-03-21 01:55 pm
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Question -

Not that I need to add a new show to my already crowded schedule of writing postponers such as Veronica Mars, Six Feet Under, West Wing, Deadwood and The Sopranos but-

Is the new Battlestar Galactica worth watching?
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[identity profile] jack-ryder.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
What if it was a choice between Farscape or Battlestar Galactica?

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[identity profile] ferkster.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
There's got to be better choices than that.

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[identity profile] blzbob.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 01:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Farscape would win in my arena. I tried to watch BG but I loved the originals and with the sexchange of a character and a few other modifications, I just don't think I can enjoy it.

Farscape? I loved it and although they attempted to finalize it, they didn't.

AND, to put Ben Browder on Stargate and then add Claudia? C'mon. Still, after a few shows, Ben has proven his skills and has some of the nice acidity that was "Jack". But when Claudia is on I still get throwbacks to Farscape.

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[identity profile] mrteufel.livejournal.com 2006-03-22 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Me, I loved all of the new Battlestar Galactica - but then, I loathed the old series. I can't stand 'camp' outside of burlesque shows.

Choice between BSG and Farscape? Bloody hell, what a choice to have to make! I guess it comes down to taste: if you like your SF gritty and paranoid, BSG. If you like it better slightly cracked and off the wall, then Farscape.

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[identity profile] blzbob.livejournal.com 2006-03-22 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Camp. When I was originally watching these back in the 70s, they didn't seem quite so "campy" as they appear today.

Perhaps I was a tad hasty to say I don't like the new series. I mean, I watched the finale and was quite enamored with it and wondered if I could go back and watch the series. I just cringed when it first came out a few years aback and certain characters and things had changed from the original. I just never tried to watch it since due to another show on another channel my wife likes to watch. She endures my SF/F habit but I do have to give in from time to time. [g]

Even Farscape changed (warped?) from its beginnings, as did Stargate.

Like you said, it all comes down to taste. I'm willing to try new things so I'll give BSG another try.
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