time.com — Time Magazine's Television Critic James Poniewozik has put Battlestar Galactica at the top of his list of the Best TV Shows from 2005. His summary starts off 'Most of you probably think this entry has got to be a joke. The rest of you have actually watched the show.
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ksdigeratiDec 28, 2005
My wife even likes the show, but I had to make her watch the first few episodes. I'd like to see it get an emmy.
nanxDec 28, 2005
now that i've calmed down, i read that, yes, the guy did put up Arrested Development in his best of returning shows, my bad. ...but putting up Veronica Mars in that list? Seriously?^^^lol, "kiddin' me?"
jawsDec 28, 2005
@ KSDigeratiMy wife loves the show too. I too had to make her watch the first 2 shows but baby, she's more of an addict than I am. Excellent plot lines. Excellent writing (sorry Yanked, but I completely disagree, the writing's as good as West Wing was at the beginning...you must have been drunk for those 7 episodes you watched). More importantly it leaves me thinking about it for more than a few hours after each episode which in today's blank tv-scape VERY few shows do. In fact, most shows these days are Fox-like drivel that you can barely spend 3 minutes before your brain is biologically dead.Hope to see BSG going for years to come.
jizzmaster0Dec 28, 2005
I thought this was cool until I saw the other shows in his top 10. The Office, come on, that's a horrible show... completely unwatchable. Then he leaves out great shows like 24, Family Guy, The Shield, Nip/Tuck, etc.My Name Is Earl is a pretty good show... so he gets 1.5 out of 10 right.
timmyk_Dec 30, 2005
"Plus the papa-knows-best military crap annoys me, but this has nothing to do with that. It's just poor stuff."Well since you only watched seven episodes you don't know that you are oh so wrong about that. Everyone who has watched the entire series so far is laughing at this comment.I guess the show isn't for everyone. Fine by me. As long as it's doing well enough to stay on the air, I could care less if it gets any more popular.
tranixJan 2, 2006
I guess those of us who are annoyed by laughably poor & dumb writing/acting/directing are in the minority. But yeah, I'll watch a new episode or two on the slim chance they shaped up. Why is smart sci-fi such a rarity?
tranixJan 2, 2006
[continued] Stargate was refreshingly smart sci-fi until the Sci-Fi Channel got their dufus drool soaked mits on it.
turgiddahliaJan 6, 2006
You'd need to have a pretty pissweak constitution for camera wobble in a television show to make you "sea sick".