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It's amazing what all these ex-startrek writers/producers can do without the constricting 'rules' of trek.

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Originally posted by Harlock:
If somthing could suck and blow at the time this so called show would. I am sorry but I love the original, I remeber watching the show when I was a boy and I love it. I was just thinking what it someone tried to reimage Firefly and see what happens, that is why I am against it. I just like the parralles to world war II in the old show, the show makes more sense now and real.

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Originally posted by Harlock:
I don't think you understood what I was trying to say, if they can change the characters in BSG why not do the same thing for Firefly. The original was good for a reason, I thought Richard Hatch was ok as an actor but I thought Dirk Benedict was great for the part he played he is a great character actor. You have to be stupid not to see that the cylon's were ruined, one of best scifi creations, and they were turned into replacants I was expecting Dekard to pop out at any time and retire them. I will take the chessy origanal than to the new soap opera, Tune in to next week to see if Apollo and Starbuck kiss, is that a canceris lump that the President has or is it a cylon bomb. What a bunch of crap.

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Originally posted by Veteran:
I know that this was supposed to be true, but I've always found the continuity aspect of 'Trek' to be poor if not sometimes totally lacking.

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Originally posted by Channain:
btw - GOOD EYE!! I didn't even see that Boxey was in the picture on the ambassador's desk in the prolouge.

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Originally posted by Samus:
I saw Gallactica Part One, and thought is was good - not GREAT - but really good. I was pleasantly surprised.

So, as some points for discussion, I present: something I thought was weird, some things I didn't like, and some things I liked:

Weird:
I was a bit surprised at the sheer amount of sex that took place in the first hour. It just seemed strange and slightly out of place. Oh well, I guess sex sells.

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Didn't Like:
although I understand the story value to having human-looking cylons, this disappointed me. The CGI robotic cylons looked really great - I want more of them, not less.

Plus, I thought the whole point of the Cylons is that they think organic life is inferior. Other than using them for spying purposes, I can't see them having much desire to emulate humans at all.

Also, conspicously missing was that traitor guy who ended up working with the Cylons in the original series (I forget his name). I liked that character, would have like to see him included.


Liked:
Liked the mixing up of the characters. Liked Starbuck and Boomer being women - great twist there. Starbuck being the same rowdy fighter pilot, but a woman, was a GREAT twist. Liked that Apollo and Adama aren't the perfect happy family of the original series.

Overall, I guess I give it a "B"

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Originally posted by Enderspawn:
Hey, I just wanted to add that I loved the new BSG almost as much as Firefly, and I've got two points to throw in.

1) Of course the FX look similar. Same VFX people did both shows. So they were already good at "shaky-cam" space fights. And they already had that Serenity model sitting around on a hard drive somewhere for the cameo.

2) The 12 Cylons. Okay, maybe I'm the only one who counted. Boomer is the only Cylon onboard now. If you count, including the first "#6" on Armistice station and that Baltar's #6 and the guy on Ragnar Anchorage who all died, that leaves EXACTLY 12 total Cylons. They weren't talking about 12 *types*, they meant 12 clone Cylons PERIOD. Refute my point if you dare, but first, do the math!

Firefly DVD is a godsend! These two shows have satisfied me immensely. Made my year, so to speak.

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