Monthly Archives: January 2010

I reviewed the “uncut” DVD of the premier here.

For those who haven’t seen the DVD and will watch it tonight (or delayed on some DVR), here’s a place to discuss it.  Here’s the conclusion of what I concluded in that older review:

Overall, I enjoyed the movie – enough so that I look forward to the series.  There are a few discrepancies – for a series set almost 60 years before BSG, some of the technology seems more advanced than what BSG had access to, and some of it seems to have hardly changed at all.

The character dramas are compelling, though.  This is a very different series than the BSG that just ended.  It’s Dallas and the Sopranos set in space, as I said above.

The only sour spot is that Ron Moore (once again, as in the New Caprica storyline) seems to justify suicide bombing as a legitimate means of social protest.  However, as this is only the pilot, it’s hard to see where he is going with this underground monotheistic cult, so I will give him the benefit of the doubt and hope that as the series progresses this will be addressed.

A highly recommended view, though it’s not for kids.  I’m sure the edited for TV version will be more family friendly, though.

OK, I know this has been out for awhile. But I just saw it. They are broadcasting the heck out of it before the season premier of Caprica. Presumably in hopes of cleansing the bad taste many of us had with the finale and the last two seasons of BSG in general. Because, in my humble opinion, this was actually pretty good.

I’ve always enjoyed the “one off” two hour movies outside of the regular series of BSG. They seemed to often flow better than the series proper. Further they give a lot more back story and make minor characters much more understandable. This one is no different. It really does explain the Cylons and their actions.

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Well an other week an other… What? Meltdown at NBC? Holy cow. I can’t believe the drama. I’m sure you’ve all seen the clips from Letterman, Conan, and so forth. Letterman’s have thus far been the funniest. But, man. Conan is brutal to NBC. I, like nearly everyone, thinks Conan was treated like crap. (He waited 6 years for this promise only to have Leno back out of the deal?!?) The latest on the actual battle between Conan and NBC’s Zucker is here if you really need to follow the drama.

On TV we got THREE new episodes of Chuck. They were all pretty good although I’m really disappointed that they are bringing back the Best Buy and the Nerd Herd. That joke had kind of worn itself out. There was a shocking death though I didn’t see coming. And kind of brutal for the normal tone of the show.

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