Why?

People outside the US can’t see the videos! Sorry, our video library can only be streamed in the United States blah blah blah.

That said, I’m a fan of BSG. I hope there’s a BSG blog like this one. I’d like the stuff here to stick to Star Trek. If you have a story about Ronald Moore or any other Star Trek vet, then run that. This isn’t a BSG blog.

Oh don’t worry. I wasn’t even going to. I watched a couple of seasons of Voyager and didn’t like where it was going. I watched the first episode of Enterprise and loathed every second of it. I even watched that stupid Borg episode that only confirmed what I had for the series all along. I was a prequel to TNG, not TOS. Over 30 HD screens on a bridge when the original series had no screens at all 100 years later? Not buying it.

But you know what’s sad? I actually felt bad for all of the show’s fans that had to endure the so called “treat for Star Trek fans” final episode of Enterprise. Awful. Absolutely awful. Where is the logic in taking a series that was so good for people and turning it’s very episode into another episode of TNG? Nothing spells “Let’s just quit on Enterprise and do another TNG. Those were always good!” like that last episode did.

And I LOVE shows with continuity where characters go through change, past events are either mentioned or play a big part in what’s to come and how nothing is the same from when it started. There were a lot of Sci-Fi shows that did that which I really like. DS9, Firefly, Doctor Who and Stargate.

I’m glad BSG is following suit and that’s why you and a lot of other people like it so much. There was just nothing about it that clicked to me. I didn’t like the idea of Cylons taking human forms or how TERMINATOR like the opening story was handled with humanity being nuked by machines that they created and must now fight them in order to survive. And that “in brain Six” stint is a complete “Harvey” scenario from Farscape. But hey, who ever said there was a perfect series out there?

Maybe if the show introduced the character of Lucifer I’d watch it again, but since this is the final season and only the human like Cylons are dominant here, it doesn’t look like it will happen.

That said, Trek and BSG are completely different animals (add to that list some of my other favorites like Babylon 5, Farscape, and Firefly). When I want an optimistic view of the future that, at its best, spins a good speculative yarn I will watch Trek. When I want to watch a show that is closer to reality, closer to home with dark contours, shades of gray, and characters who feel the consequences of their actions I’ll watch BSG. While I love both (and the others mentioned above) I have to admit BSG usually offers superior drama, acting, and suspense.

Thanks for the weekly BSG story.

Is there anyway you can get an edit function on the site? I think faster than I type and I make really stupid spelling and punctuation errors. I go crazy looking at all the mistakes I made here.

Maybe I’m just a dope?

No, I mean (and I think you know what I mean) that I hope that Abrams can return Star Trek to the days where it was a cutting edge, thought provoking/ground breaking program. Much like BSG is today.

I don’t want more of the same stale old copy of a copy that Star Trek has become over the last 15 years.

Ron Moore’s BSG is a mature redefining of the sci-fi genre. While on the other hand the latest bunch of Star Trek spin-offs where becoming less and less relevant. They were dumbed down lifeless product handed to the masses by Paramount in an attempt to continue milking their golden cow. After a while the general public simply lost interest in these programs that were living off the Star Trek name.

Can you tell me with a straight face that Enterprise or Voyager are in the same league with BSG as far as quality goes? With all due respect please don’t try and argue that they are because they simply are not.

Please stop with the inferiority complex towards BSG. Star Trek will soon have it’s day (about a year from now) to reemerge and prove to the world that it is once again worthy of the thrown that Kirk and co. earned so many years ago. Until then get out of BSG’s way because it is blowing sci-fi’s doors off the wall.

ps: By the way I have confidence that the current creative team is on the right track to reinvigorate the franchise much the same way that Moore did with BSG. Although they should get Shatner a cameo… Sorry I had to get that last bit in.

After taking the time to freze frame Starbuck’s paintings, she has painted something that looks more like a funky re-designed basestar then anything resembling the ship of light.

I think Starbuck may have been to Earth, but I think the feelings she is having are meant to direct her course to the Cylons for both sides mutual benefit.

The Galactica has been following a pretty straight forward course based on the clues it has uncovered so far. Adama and Roslyn have no reason to believe anything but the markers they have found and continue on that path.

After 58 days, Starbuck is no closer to finding her way back to earth then when the mission started. I have a feeling there will initially be two paths back to earth that eventually merge into one. May may be longer and more harrowing, the quick path will have its own perils and difficulties to overcome.

The quick path is easy, quicker and leads into darkness (forgive the Star Wars alligories), the longer path will lead to the light and the eventual discovery of Earth.

I was also talking to a friend about this… our current thery is that while there may be 12 models of Cylons that are known (well with the exception of the 12th model), by the time the fleet arrives at earth it will be discovered that we are all Cylons and always have been.

And what could they possibly have planned for the last four hours that caused the producers to tell the writers to conserve the SFX budget for the season as they were pulling out all the stops in the last 4 hours?