quick question?

Riamfada

how many series in battlestar running for. will there be a 4 and perhaps a 5 ?

Goodshape

Four is confirmed, don't think five has been yet (will probably depend on four).

And as far as I know, season four will be shorter (13 episodes) than we've had so far.

Bazookatone

Goodshape wrote:

Four is confirmed, don't think five has been yet (will probably depend on four).

And as far as I know, season four will be shorter (13 episodes) than we've had so far.

I think Sci fi have commissioned 13 episodes, but that number will probably increse to 20 - 23, depending on how season 3 is recieved.

I think it's standard practice for a company to order an initial number of episodes and renew the number as the popularity is gauged.

Khannie

Bazookatone wrote:

I think Sci fi have commissioned 13 episodes, but that number will probably increse to 20 - 23, depending on how season 3 is recieved.

I think it's standard practice for a company to order an initial number of episodes and renew the number as the popularity is gauged.

This is welcome news to me. I thought 13 was a bit short, though like a lot of others, I see the potential benefits of a short season, I just love the BSG. Keep it coming, thank you.

Pepe LeFrits

It's been increased to 20. \o/

jor el

If the extra seven episodes are going to be like the last seven in season 3 then they should keep them. I'd much rather see 13 good episodes than 13 good and 7 sh*t filler ones.

Don't get me wrong, I love BSG and would like to see more and more episodes, but the crappy filler ones do nothing for the series as a whole and only end up spoiling your enjoyment of it.

Hopefully the makers will take note of the viewers unhappiness and we'll get a decent run from the whole 4th season.

8T8

In latest interviews with Moore he implied it's in the final act so very likely only 4 th season of which their are 22 episodes in that season planned.

He has said that it could go further which reading between the lines I would say one more season bringing it to 5 before it would stop.

He said he would like to see it go out strong rather than prolong it over more episodes so I think 4 will be the last season what with what happened at the end of season 3.

Bazookatone

I agree. 4 seasons would wrap it up nicely. Think of the shows that would have remained unspoiled if thay had stopped at 4 seasons and not jumped the shark:

Happy Days
Buffy (should have stopped at season 3, actually)
Angel (season 4, but it was downhill after season 1)
Charmed (season 0)
Andromeda (season -1,000)
SG-1 (season 8, but to be fair, 9 and 10 were suprisingly good)
ER (god, let it die!)

Khannie

I think 5 seasons is good myself. I think it represents a good meeting point between "don't stop!" and "don't get crap!"

Overheal

4 seasons making it 5 parts, when including the miniseries. Each one pretty much being an Act in a very long screenplay

Bazookatone

Overheal wrote:

4 seasons making it 5 parts, when including the miniseries. Each one pretty much being an Act in a very long screenplay

I may be repeating myself, but what do people think of the idea of wrapping it up with a second mini series, once all the character development and story arcs are tidied up, 3 hours of good ol' fashioned space combat and explosions. I mean, not just 5 minutes of fighting, then 20 minutes of "let's get to Ragnar Anchorage and refuel and waste some screen time", I mean literally, one massive, unbroken combaat sequence, a la Black Hawk Down or Return of the King etc. Kill a good few people off too. Maybe even destroy the Galactica!

Khannie

Bazookatone wrote:

I mean literally, one massive, unbroken combaat sequence, a la Black Hawk Down

Black hawk down was just too much IMO. I like the idea of a miniseries to finish alright.

Pepe LeFrits

Bazookatone wrote:

I may be repeating myself, but what do people think of the idea of wrapping it up with a second mini series, once all the character development and story arcs are tidied up, 3 hours of good ol' fashioned space combat and explosions. I mean, not just 5 minutes of fighting, then 20 minutes of "let's get to Ragnar Anchorage and refuel and waste some screen time", I mean literally, one massive, unbroken combaat sequence, a la Black Hawk Down or Return of the King etc. Kill a good few people off too. Maybe even destroy the Galactica!

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Black Hawk Down and Battlestar Galactica, nyom

aidan_walsh

Frakkin' Somalians and their killer robots...

Anti

AM i the only one that thought the mini series was a pile of crap ? And that bsg is getting worse and worse. With the occasional good episode ?

Khannie

Anti wrote:

AM i the only one that thought the mini series was a pile of crap ?

I rate the miniseries as a film, and it fits in my top 5 of all time, possibly top 3. :eek:

I should say that I had bought the old series box set and was dutifully watching it (and enjoying it) so I was already in a battlestar frame of mind when I was absolutely blown away by the miniseries.

Did you watch the miniseries before season 1?

Overheal

it was good and dark: not in my top 5 though. maybe in 10. I watched the miniseries on the assumption it was a once off and enjoyed it though.

Pepe LeFrits

I thought the first half of the mini-series was brilliant for the most part (the scenes with Roslin were a bit too slow for my liking), but the second part wasn't quite as good. Adama getting trapped with Leoben was a very contrived plot device and was too 'Star Trekky'. Still great scifi though.

User45701

Anti wrote:

AM i the only one that thought the mini series was a pile of crap ? And that bsg is getting worse and worse. With the occasional good episode ?

TBH its staying as good as it always was its an amazing show and the stuff they did this season was equally amazing to the first 2 seaons and the miniseries

Khannie wrote:

I rate the miniseries as a film, and it fits in my top 5 of all time, possibly top 3. :eek:

I should say that I had bought the old series box set and was dutifully watching it (and enjoying it) so I was already in a battle star frame of mind when I was absolutely blown away by the miniseries.

Did you watch the miniseries before season 1?

Yes

Actually its defiantly in my top 10, I think the reason i love BSG so much is you get more of a feeling of comeraderaty with the crew.
In Star trek which i love and have been watching since i was 5 (16 years+) its good but its not BSG,
BSG just has the feel to it and my single fav line in miniseries was

*Cylon radier launched 3 nukes, Kara destryos 2*
Adama: *looks at Saul* Brace For Contact My Friend
Saul: I Havent heard that in a while

robby^5

the miniseries is too long for me to watch as a film, so i usually watch it in two parts, so its good whenever its on TV.

User45701

i find it most enjoyable to watch straight and then watch 33 right after because those 2 together make a great story

Khannie

User45701 wrote:

i find it most enjoyable to watch straight and then watch 33 right after because those 2 together make a great story

Myself and my wife did this the first time we watched it iirc. Absolutely amazing follow on. Really keeps the sense of desperation and hopelessness there. Brilliant.