Because I need to do something with this blog, and because I believe writing helps to keep the Black Dog at bay, I’m going to start a series on the latest (wow, last-decade) incarnation of Battlestar Galactica. Here it comes.
Despite a life of loving Science Fiction, I’ve never stayed
current with SF TV. I missed most of the
90’s and all of the 00’s, including Babylon
5, Buffy, Firefly, and the entirety of BG’s run as a new show in 2004-2008. (I did track down new Trek, though not exhaustively.)
I haven’t had cable since leaving home, and it wasn’t convenient to
catch up via the early internet, so I let the whole thing go.
I knew at the time that BG was thought good, and I knew
Starbuck was now a lady and that Cylons looked hot and worshipped God, but that
was really it.
Now, Hallelujah. I
have Netflix, and BG is streamable. The
world breathes anew. I’ve just recently started
watching the show, and I’m going to capture impressions and criticisms
here. While I’ve encountered a few
spoilers before now, I don’t think they’re tremendous. I’ve begun from the beginning, and there are,
what, 75 episodes ahead of me? It looks
like fun.
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