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Battlestar Galactica To End!

latimesblogs.latimes.com — Sci-fi channel announces next season to be the last.

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  • callthisnumber, on 10/11/2007, -38/+38Those bastards.
    • hater2win, on 10/11/2007, -14/+167Dwight Schrute is NOT going to be please to hear this...

      MICHAEL!
    • hater2win, on 10/11/2007, -55/+7pleased*
    • mcduckov, on 10/11/2007, -7/+224Cmon man...if the thing dragged on we'd all be hating on the producers. I think they are right that the thing is winding up naturally and on schedule.
    • HunterTV, on 10/11/2007, -9/+80Well this is pretty obvious, don't you think? It couldn't go on forever. I mean the filler episodes, when they suck (some are decent), they suck pretty hard. There are some weeks when I'll watch an episode and then wish there hadn't been an episode at all. Rather it ended than go through another season of that.
    • fober, on 10/11/2007, -14/+3Let's send them pretzels.
    • GraceMolloy, on 10/11/2007, -9/+52Yes, please kill this show before the producers do. Seriously, it's a wonderful show, but if it gets dragged out much longer it's gonna go straight to hell.
    • mojoel, on 10/11/2007, -3/+61I'm sad it's ending but I'm happy that it's ending before it turned to *****. This is my fave TV show of all time.
      There will be spinoffs, of course!
    • tpoc, on 10/11/2007, -21/+6YES!!!

    • Gaki, on 10/11/2007, -3/+22I'm glad it is going. When I watch great movies like Terminator or Matrix and then the money entices crap-ass sequels that ruin the whole thing for me, I get upset. Stories have an end and the best end is the one originally envisioned, not the one that they come up with so they can stretch the series out for money.
    • Jeffmr1, on 10/11/2007, -4/+18A couple of you have the right idea, IMO. This show is pretty awesome and definitely ranks in my top 10, so while I'm going to miss it, I'm glad it'll be leaving off "early" which i think will make it seem more complete.
    • bemenaker, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18Who didn't see this coming? I love the show, it is my favorite on TV, but who didn't see this as a limited season show? Frankly, I like this idea of a set start and ending to a show. The Shield has done that, and I called it from the very beginning. The show was always set to be a limited set, and that has allowed for more depth, since you don't have to worry how to keep it alive forever.
    • Kinjiru, on 10/11/2007, -15/+6Yep they are bastards indeed... for multiple reasons.. the ending of BSG is just the latest blunder from those morons.

      Separate broadcast dates for US, Canada & England anyone? Moron producers telling people to NOT download the episodes since they were delayed by 4-8 months??? No HD broadcast in North America for it? WTF? As good as this series is (and believe me I'm a fan) the 2 morons in charge at SciFi are very lucky it's been a huge hit.. no thanks to their incompetence.

      They deserve a swift kick in the head I say.

      (And contrary to popular opinion a large part of the work that has made the series a success are the talented people making it in Canada with allot of British staff involved.)



      Ohh and lets not forget the rip off DVD sales tactics....
    • rderveloy, on 10/11/2007, -2/+39Their business model seems to follow the 'ole bait and switch. They draw you in with Stargate SG1 and Battlestar, then replace it with sasquatch mountain movies.
    • yeediddy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+35no shocker - I'm actually happy to hear it.

      Its ironic - IMHO, BSG is one of the best Sci-Fi shows to have ever been produced (Firefly taking top honors), but I certainly don't want it to drag on without an end. There's a certain amount of satisfaction (and anticipation), knowing there will be a conclusive ending and when that ending will occur.

      Its kinda like how I've come to appreciate the Sopranos so much more now - knowing that there are only 2 more episodes left of a truly definitive Mafia series. Its neigh historic.

      I salute the entire cast and staff of BSG - and I hope they will be able to take that creativity and vision, off to other projects that we can enjoy.
    • OMGWTFROFLMAOx2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17IF YOU LOVE HER, SET HER FREE!

      You guys really don't want BSG to go on forever. You will only end up hating/criticizing it because of it's "lack of originality";X-Files anyone?

      Now that there is a set date for it's end they can wrap everything up nicely without having a rushed feel, unlike Seaquest , Firefly, Space Above and Beyond, etc. where the company basically gave the producers a 2 week notice after which they had to pack their ***** and get out (or security would do it for them).
    • emorphien, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Come on, seriously if this show dragged on people would get sick of it for dragging on too long. By ending it when it's supposed to end we don't have to complain about it fizzling out at the end, it can stay strong all the way through.
    • Cerialthriller, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3I, for one, welcome our ***** "reality" show overlords.
    • insomniacal, on 10/11/2007, -7/+5Like so many others, I started out loving BSG. The original miniseries was incredible ... so were seasons one and two. Then the series began petering out by introducing change for the sake of change. I agree with everyone who has advocated for an end within sight. Even Harry Potter is stopping at book seven. "Begin with the end in sight," as Covey says. Otherwise you're just filling air time.

      How good will Shrek 4 and 5 be? Or another Spider-Man trilogy? Even the freshest ideas become stale over time. Make your point, dazzle and impress us -- then get out of the way and begin something new.
    • qbert3k, on 10/11/2007, -4/+13Bears. beats. Battlestar Galactica.
    • BevansDesign, on 10/11/2007, -1/+13For those of you who didn't bother to read the article (and judging by the comments, there are a few of you):

      Sci-Fi Channel is NOT cancelling the show. The producers have decided to end the show. It's like a book; eventually you've read everything and there aren't any more pages. Maybe I shouldn't be using a book analogy for people who didn't read the article in the first place...
    • timmyboywonder, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3This is Fracking Stupid !!
    • slayernine, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Don't call them bastards, this decision makes sense as all good things must eventually come to an end. We can all still enjoy the next exciting season to come. Who knows maybe they will come out with Battlestar Galactica : Next Generation in a couple years to continue the story.
    • Scottamus, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3This show is awesome. They shouldn't cancel it, they should just stop putting in retard fillers. Stick with the fracking storyline.
    • aywwts4, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Would you rather they just let the show go on indefinitely, then can it unexpectedly after a cliffhanger where they vaporize most of the cast?

      Also, I wouldn't be surprised if a battlestar prequel was produced, Why not tell the story of a young Adama and all the other pilots as they fight the first war.
    • AriaStar, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4They can either drag it on for years to squeeze every episode out of it that they can, or they can wrap it up while we still love it and leave us with fond memories.

      Now if only Lost and 24 would do the same so people wills top bitching about how much it sucks now. We don't want BSG to follow the same path.
    • jake8689, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3i would raather have them end while it's good and not pull a lost and suck it up
    • joemc72, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7"Also, I wouldn't be surprised if a battlestar prequel was produced, Why not tell the story of a young Adama and all the other pilots as they fight the first war"

      http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Caprica_%28series%29

      Been announced for a while.
    • nestafett, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0Why does everyone think that lost is on to long from the beginning they said they wanted 4-5 seasons and they just anounced they are ending it after 6 seasons, but the thing is that the last 2 seasons will be the same amount of shows as one season, just split in 2, they had to compromise with abc, this is a business after all. so essentially lost is going one season longer than bsg yet you are all saying that bsg is great for ending now and lost is going way to long.

      ?
    • EnderTheThird, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1"...so essentially lost is going one season longer than bsg yet you are all saying that bsg is great for ending now and lost is going way to long."

      Not quite. BSG had a few filler episodes thrown in for season 3, but for the most part they didn't just needlessly bombard us with useless crap and character connections that just confused viewers without offering any answers to previously proposed questions. That's why Lost got old. They kept firing off question after question, further complicating the story, without ever resolving anything. Now that they have an end in sight, they can begin to tie up all of those loose ends that they threw at us for no reason.

      With BSG, the main ending is essentially them finding Earth. I think that they did a lot of useless things with Baltar in season 3, but it never got as bad as Lost IMO. Either way, I welcome the end of BSG and Lost because at least they can PLAN for the ending. Much better to end with a well prepared ending than no ending at all (Firefly, Jericho, Invisible Man). A lot better than carrying on for WAY too long and ruining the show (Smallville, X-Files, etc.).

      Like so many have already said, all good things must come to an end. I have faith that the producers won't screw up Season 4, especially when they know it's the last season and they're the ones who WANTED it. I'm looking forward to some more BSG, even if it is the last of it. Now if only they'd release the seasons in HD DVD or Blu-Ray...
    • libertinette, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Stop saying Doctor Who is canceled, people! You almost gave me a heart attack. The BBC/Davies put out a statement saying that simply isn't the case and that they have a "long term commitment" to the show. I can cope with BSG ending because it has a logical beginning and end. Doctor Who is a very different type of show, and has life in it for a very long time. The Beeb aren't killing it off until they are damn well ready. Stop believing everything you read in The Sun!

      Oops, I meant to reply to the people below this comment. Sorry. This is what happens when you stress me out!
    • jimmiss, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@EnderTheThird

      While I agree, it still sucks that they're going. Man, sunday night when my torrent of BSG is done is a good sunday night.
    • shadus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The BG's had a good run, it's time to end it before it jumps the shark or becomes exceedingly stupid.
    • TheSack, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I think for the audience and rating it gets, its far too expensive a show to keep running.

      I'm sad to see it go, its been one of the great shows of this decade.
    • AegisGFX, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Yup, season 3 killed it.
  • jazh, on 10/11/2007, -8/+44Scifi is almost dead. Only Dr.Who and a lackluster SG:Atlantis left...

    Sad.
    • gigawatts2k, on 10/11/2007, -5/+29They just need more "sci-fi" and Ghost Hunters. And less D-Class movies like... "Creature" "Turtle" "Monkey" or whatever else crappy title they can come up with.
    • Ramble, on 10/11/2007, -10/+2Sci-Fi never dies, you know Doctor Who (not Dr. Who) was cancelled in the 80s, only in 2005 did they bring it back.
    • Zaldor, on 10/11/2007, -4/+18Actually, I think they announced yesterday that Dr. Who is going to be canceled too..
    • Jeffmr1, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Ive been a fan of SciFi for a while now, but as far as i can remember, hasn't scifi always been kinda dead? The channel didn't even explode until Battlestar, maybe SG1.
    • Kinjiru, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14@ Dr.Who ppl...

      You do realize that Dr. Who is British and SciFi has no control over it being produced.
    • naio, on 10/11/2007, -9/+4HEROES.
    • naio, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5"You do realize that Dr. Who is British and SciFi has no control over it being produced."

      Pal, he was talking about the genre, not the channel... :-/
    • Chetopuffs, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8I think if they put more wrestling on Sci-Fi, it would save the channel. WTF is wrestling doing there anyway?
    • Smuikas, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2You forget Torchwood.... damn good series!! (Spinoff of Dr. Who, is more similar to X-Files though..)
    • vulgrin, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7Yes, SciFi had been a last great friday night retreat for me for many years, but imho, its been sliding steadily since Farscape got axed.

      We really do need more Grade A SciFi. BSG, Farscape, Stargate (some of the time), Doctor Who are all good examples, and they are all dead or dying it appears. They better invest in new shows or they are going to be the next UPN / CW.
    • BevansDesign, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Yea, the only good sci-fi shows on TV now are Doctor Who and Heroes (and BSG).

      I watched every episode of Torchwood (thank you, internet) and unfortunately it was about 30% good and 70% crap. And it pains me to say that, because I really wanted it to work.

      Oh, and of course Futurama when it comes back.
    • OswaldKenobi, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Actually, Doctor Who is gone. I think one more season left.
    • geoff1210, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6cancel SG-1 and battlestar? pick up ***** wrestling? get bent sci-fi.

      the day atlantis goes, so do I.

      whats left?

      Atlantis and Eureka? I think heros too...
    • Pssdoff, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Wouldn't Futurama be considered Sci Fi? At least I have SOMETHING to look forward to still.......
    • jamessavik, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I disagree: sci-fi is alive and well.

      The sci-fi network however is very ill. Only relatively recently has the sci-fi network begun producing their own stuff. Most of sci-fi networks series are old, crap series killed off by other networks. They appear to be trying to transition their winners like BSG and SG1 to spin offs.

      In fact, the Sci-fi network used to drag out the original BSG every year during the Christmas holidays and make a day of it.

      The genre isn't dead. It is alive and well and there are a number of both new and established authors who are writing good stuff. The problem is that the major networks have never known how to package sci-fi and the Sci-fi network itself really only knows how to regurgitate it. Taking good writing and making commercially viable television and movies has always been a big challenge. That is why every fall there are a dozen or so new shows that are dead on arrival and a similar number of mid-season replacements.

      The reason we're seeing more and more reality show ***** is that it is cheap to make versus a "Battlestar Galactica" type show that takes months to do and requires quite a lot of CGI and special effects. You are much more likely to see yet another incarnation of "Friends" than a show like "Babylon 5" for the simple reason that it is just plain easier to make.

      Sci-fi is an important genre. As our technology continues to take off in areas like genetic engineering, nanotechnology, space exploration, biotechnology and a million other directions that could radically change our lives, sci-fi authors continue to explore how this effects people and where mankind fits into the picture. It provokes thought, entertains, opens eyes and even inspires.

      When we think of all the technologies that have developed since 1970, a great many of the scientists and engineers that created those technologies got their inspiration as children watching a starship boldly going where no man has gone before.
    • leedonahoe, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2^^^^ Dude, what? Its not just the Sci-Fi Network that is creating sci-fi, everyone in hollywood to some degree is making some sci-fi content.

      Lost, Heroes, and Transformers are just a couple that come to mind right now. Sci-Fi (whether people know it as that or not) is one of the most successful genres ever in Hollywood. Not all sci-fi needs to be hard sci-fi with tons of pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and ***** flying in space.
    • jamessavik, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2>>Dude, what? Its not just the Sci-Fi Network that is creating sci-fi, everyone in hollywood to some degree is making some sci-fi content.

      Sci-fi that sucks.

      >>Lost
      Is boring and NOT sci-fi. Maybe horror. Definitly a horror to watch.

      >>Heroes
      WTF is this even about!? Save the cheerleader save the world!? Flush it, its stinking up the room.

      >>Transformers
      Retards in disguise?

      >>are just a couple that come to mind right now.
      Of pseudo-almost-sci-fi that sucks.

      >>Sci-Fi (whether people know it as that or not) is one of the most successful genres ever in Hollywood.
      True: Star Wars, Aliens, Star Trek, Babylon 5 and the new BSG are all winners because they are well written and produced. Most of what is classified as sci-fi IS NOT.

      >>Not all sci-fi needs to be hard sci-fi with tons of pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and ***** flying in space.
      The best sci-fi starts with a scientific truth. STNG won awards for using ideas from theoretical physics like cosmic strings and quantum effects.

      Not everything that is being called sci-fi actually is sci-fi. The B-movies that the sci-fi network are doing are actually more horror oriented.
  • TiCL, on 10/11/2007, -5/+18The best news I heard so far today. It is a good show, and there is no point dragging it the point where it loses its originality.
    • orientis, on 10/11/2007, -6/+4I'm disappointed because there's nothing close to this series in terms of quality, but gratified in that they won't even kill the horse, let alone beat the corpse.
    • digitalrogue, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2Originality? You do realize this is based on the 80's version of Battlestar Galactica... very loosely I might add. However, this is still one of the best shows to ever hit TV waves, in either incarnation. I loved it when I was a kid, and I love it as an adult now. Good to see they aren't going to destroy the BG legacy by dragging it out. End it and move on to the next series to replace it :) I personally can't wait to see what comes out next.
    • Kinjiru, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5@ digitalrogue

      Original BSG was from 1978-1980 not 80's per se

      And while it's a remake of the original I'd give it full points for being original.. and not as cheesy as the original either (which I remember watching when it was new)
    • Protoss, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Actually they make it very clear its a reIMAGINING not a remake. Look at the wiki article for BSG, there are many difference between the two shows.
    • orientis, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Reimagining is just another name for remake.
  • hater2win, on 10/11/2007, -27/+8bury
  • Varney, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8I guess Olmos wasn't blowing smoke when he said it would be the last a month ago.

  • okiemike, on 10/11/2007, -16/+5Glad its ending since everyone is a dmaned Cylon now. Starbuck, The Chief, Tigh Guess we're all cylons. The show seriously got depressing by the last season.
    • psbpv3o, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14It might be cool if everyone was a cylon...maybe earthlings created cylons and then sent them off to caprica? no, might be lame.
    • Gaki, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3This is precisely why I haven't been so diligent in watching the current season. Everyone's a cylon? Give me a break. The amount of effort to get all those moles in place would have been enormous, all for a battlestar that is being decommissioned at the start of the series. I don't buy it. Even when the cylons intimate that this cycle has been going on for a long time, which could be a plausible explanation for the number of cylon moles in the fleet (they know Galactica is the key to finding Earth before the war starts), I still don't buy it. It is a prime example of plotus nonexisticus - create a character change so you can create a plot where there isn't one, now.
    • ncdave101, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Yeah, I'm glad it'll be ending. For me, and some other folks here at the office, the Galactica jumping into the atmosphere of New Caprica to rescue the colonists was the pinnacle. Everything since then has been this weird, metaphysical, "ooooh, we're all Cylons!" stuff that has completely gotten away from the "We humans must survive!" attitude that made the earlier episodes so much more entertaining and memorable.

      -- Dave
    • hockey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@gaki
      You haven't been keeping up with the show and interviews then. The new cylons have been reported by RDM that that are fundamentally different from the other's that we've seen up to those point. The other 7 cylons who are moles don't even know who the "final 5" are.
    • fpssledge, on 10/11/2007, -0/+7btw Starbuck IS NOT a cylon. The producer of the show has verified (after season 3 of course) that she is not a cylon. Just clearing that up.
    • TheSack, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@ncdave

      Yeah that first few episode of s3 were amazing, and the whole rescue and evacuation was so well done.

      Maybe they blew their entire budget on all the effects for those episodes that they had to fill the rest of the season with filler.
  • cortlandjim, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Sad, because this is my fav, but happy because it wont get old and sappy like some shows that hang on too long, change most of the original cast and end up sucking the big one.

    Lots of spin off potential if it is written and run in the same manner as the original. otherwise dont bother.
  • Laytonx, on 10/11/2007, -10/+9I am glad there not going to drag it out like they are doing with Lost. Battlestar is great, but it needs to end with some class.
    • nestafett, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Except that lost is ending also and is following there original plan for when they wanted it to end (they've said they wanted 4-5 seasons from the beginning
      )
    • harpwn, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2LOST also has a set end date.

      The extent I know of battlestar galactica I leared from Dwight K. Schrute, Assistant Regional Manager.
  • tortfeasor, on 10/11/2007, -4/+31i am the saddest panda.
  • mutatron, on 10/11/2007, -43/+6Good riddance. BSG was bad the first time around, remaking it didn't help much.
    • arbulus, on 10/11/2007, -15/+2It's actually not a remake, it's a continuation.
    • gbarger, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5Actually you're both right. It seems to kind of create its own story arc. The new BSG uses the same character names (but not necessarily same sex with them), but in the original the humans were running from the cylons and found Earth. Both series have the pegasus...there are similarities and differences abound. They couldn't even keep track of the original plot timelines when movies were made for the original. So the truth is, the timeline is kind of like the highlander movies or zelda games. None of it really makes any sense, just take each individual series/movie/game etc for its own entertainment value and leave it at that.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_galactica
    • pailsOfGrease, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1I don't understand the hype about this program either. I watched 5 episodes in a row and it looked like New World Order propaganda to me. Can someone tell me what's redeeming about it?

      I didn't love Verhoven's Starship Troopers, for instance, but I could at least appreciate the fascist irony/allegory.

      /signed 'curious'
  • clickwir, on 10/11/2007, -15/+4..... to make way for the new TRI FORCE OF STARGATE including the surprise return of SG-1!!!!!!!!!1111@#$%@$!$#OMGLOLWTF!!!!!!111

    On a serious note... I never liked BSG. I watched a few and just didn't get into it. But the Stargate.... I love em. Can't get enough of them. When there aren't new ones I watch the back episodes. It's just nonstop amazing.
  • xelloss, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Hopefully this last season will be in HD. I guess after this Sci-fi is dead, no reason to watch the channel anymore. But at least we are getting an ending and aren't being cut off mid way.
    • arbulus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+14Sci-Fi has been dead for a while now. There's hardly been anything remotely "sci-fi" about the channel for years. The do more horror than anything else, and bad ones at that.
    • OnlineAlias, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1I only recently have been watching BSG, and only because I got sucked into watching the first one by chance and thought it was great. But, I only have seen it in HD...why is everyone saying it isn't available in HD in the US?
    • xelloss, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Scifi Channel hasn't gone HD yet, they will according to Direct TV go HD this Sept/Fall. NBC universal channel plays reruns of BSG in HD.
  • GoneSouth, on 10/11/2007, -1/+36Well, at least it's a 22 episode season. Not, say, two 8-episode mini seasons like some shows (cough).
  • Georgy, on 10/11/2007, -23/+2the amount of spin required to just say the show would prob(or already did) get cancelled after the next season...
    don get me wrong though i love BSG...
  • TheG2, on 10/11/2007, -9/+29This just in!

    Sci-fi channel cancels all good shows in an effort to ruin themselves.
    • martoq, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14*cough* Farscape *cough*
    • Klydethegreater, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11This is the producers call not Sci-Fi Channel
    • Urusai, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5I think the Sci-Fi channel is trying to be to sci-fi shows what MTV is to music videos.
    • harpwn, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1RTFA, you're wrong. Shows need to END, they all don't get canceled
  • MacintoshSauce, on 10/11/2007, -28/+4This newer version of BG sucks like the first version did.
  • usercc, on 10/11/2007, -29/+5It is not nearly as good as the original Battlestar Galactica but it was good enough. The Stargate shows are my favorites. You gotta love Amanda Tapping.
    • Treoinmypocket, on 10/11/2007, -3/+28You must be joking.

      The original BSG was a freakin cheeseball fest on the order of every other 1970's era television show - don't get me wrong, I watched it every day but THIS BSG is ten times better.
    • TheKillDoctor, on 10/11/2007, -9/+8The old BSG didn't take itself serious enough, the current incarnation takes itself way to serious.
    • Treoinmypocket, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3@killdoctor

      I'll give you that - lol. I think the new is much more interesting (the characters are deeper) and the visuals are pretty cool.
  • skull24, on 10/11/2007, -5/+3The ratings don't match the cost per show. Therefor, they get canceled. It doesn't mean its not a good show.
    • Smuikas, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Heh, you must not realize how cheap it is to produce BSG. In actuality it's a very low cost show.
    • HeatVision, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Actually smuikas, the show is quite expensive considering it's airing on a specialty channel.
    • Bdog2g2, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Cost doesn't matter any way. RTFA like you read the comments and learn that the producers are ending it.
  • Goner, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Maybe they'll make a few made-for-tv movies later -- like the original did...

    favorite quote from the original as Starbuck looks at the recon video of Earth's traffic: "Wow, they're so organized.. Look at those formations!"
    • jkoski, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Those weren't made-for-TV movies, that was the series 'Galactica 1980'.

      And it wasn't Starbuck, because it took place twenty (?) years after he disappeared.
    • Goner, on 11/14/2007, -0/+2don't make me go to my video tapes...
  • mweflen, on 10/11/2007, -3/+26Best news I've heard all day. BSG can end on a high note, instead of sucking donkey balls in its later years like X-Files or, apparently, 24.

    Hopefully, they resolve all threads and questions in a slam bang finale story arc. Get to Earth, explain the Cylon God, etc. etc. BSG has always excelled at "Big" stories, all of their cliffhangers have kicked ass. It's when they bog down with boxing matches and love triangle soap operas that the show grinds to a halt.
    • ironrex, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I agree with you, and to emphasise your point about X-files, it started sucking about the time Mulder left the show. I'm pleased that BSG will end the series with all of it's major players still in the game instead of limping blindly on like X-files.
    • gummih, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I wonder if they'll end it with a movie.
      I really like the shows - I'm fine about next season being the last - and I would probably like it too if they would end it in a movie.
    • Turambar, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1only thing that could top BSG the show would be BSG the totally awesome feature motion picture.

      i would ***** dress up and go see the midnight showing of that.
  • eightyd, on 10/11/2007, -5/+16I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
  • Izacus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Yes! Battlestar Galactica is way too good of a show to be dragged over 10 seasons. Most other shows lose their appeal in about 5th or 6th season, so I support the producers, when they claim that BSG will say its goodbye at its best.
    • bbandito, on 03/16/2008, -0/+0Yeah but 5 seasons wouldn't be that bad, I'm just not ready to say goodbye this year. sob!
  • trer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+34And yet garbage like American Idol, I Love New York, Laguna Beach and The Real World continue season after season after season....
    • DaveV, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Three words: Lowest Common Denominator
  • Darksaber11, on 10/11/2007, -7/+4People need to complain less when series come to an end. I mean, most of us remember shows like Star Trek that basically just dragged on 'till they died. It's much better if a series can come to a satisfactory ending.
    • Treoinmypocket, on 10/11/2007, -2/+123 seasons is dragged on?
    • pdbailey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3@...pocket
      I think @Darksaber11 was trying to say next generation. Which is odd because I thought seasons 6 & 7 were among the best (the finale was one of the best Star Trek movies ever), certainly the latter seasons were far better than the first two.
  • tinker123, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2No surprise.......how many months between the season finale and the new season in January 2008? That and talk of a spin off, the place in the story arc.....the show is winding down and that is okay. 4 years is a good run for a television show, especially sci-fi.

    I just hope they end it in a good way.
  • inukki, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2What date will they present , what timeline will they show?
    Will they present earth as primitive? to introduce evolution on earth?
    "WHO will "we" be on their version?" or of cource, bring wonders to viewers as be in the future version of the earth?
  • SirBotchness, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Time for nerd fanfiction to take over!
  • jus10case, on 10/11/2007, -4/+18Frack.
  • Caspercreep, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2Frackin Cylons!!
  • Badnewsbear, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5This was already a given, they had been talking about the fact that they were able to get 22 episodes instead of 13, Sci-fi was being gracious in giving them that.

    There was talk about a spinoff awhile ago called "Caprica" dealing with life on the Colonies, but far as I know, it's on the backburner at the moment.

    This August there will be a two hour "movie" of sorts that go into the back story of Pegasus before they found Galactica, it's going to be premiering on Sci-fi and then go straight to video.

    But, this is all good, because after awhile of seasons and seasons of a show, it losses everything we loved about it. It will suck, but at the very least it's a good thing we GET to see the ending as opposed to what they did to the original series and other modern shows like Firefly. Wasn't THAT hell to deal with, even though they did a feature length movie.
    • Ndiggnation, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14Am I the only one that doesn't really want the movie to be about the Pegasus? Don't get me wrong, I love BSG, it's my favorite show..but who cares about what happened to the Pegasus? Admiral Cain deserved to die, I think we all hated her, except for Starbuck. :) The succeeding commanders were all useless douchebags, except for Garner's noble gesture in sacrificing himself to save the ship.

      The crew were all seemingly the very worst kind of human beings the military could produce, they had no morals. Seems like the only good crew members of the Pegasus came from Galatica. Anyone know what happened to the crew of the Pegasus? Did they mention it at all after it's destruction? I'd hate to see them lower the quality of the rest of the fleet..

      Do I really need to hate them all anymore by watching them dice up the fleet they had, separate families by pressing thier mother's and father's into service, and leaving the rest for dead? Screw the Pegasus, it was only worth something whem Lee Adama commanded it. Now it's gone.
    • peagle, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Believe the crew of Pegasus ends up on Galactica, because Apollo launches all the ships launch before its destruction (IIRC).

      And yes, the prequel Caprica sounds interesting, hopefully DVD sales will keep such ideas on the table after the series draws to a conclusion.
    • Ndiggnation, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2@Peagle: I agree about Caprica. While it'd be an entirely different premise, I think it'd be an interesting show. No space battles I would guess, because it's peacetime, but Galatica isn't really about that either. It's the people, and their relationships that make the show so interesting. You could do the same with Caprica.

      In fact, isn't one premise of the show all about the Adama family's history? I'd watch just for that. Well, now that I think about it, might get to see some interesting war time stuff, like when William Adama and Tigh were both pilots.

      Hope to see it once BSG is over.
  • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I thought that everyone already knew that... Especially since they ended the most recent season early so that they could have an extended season this next go-around.
  • acdcfanbill, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1plenty of time and energy for Moore to work on that Caprica series then.
  • mkmega, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!11111
  • Foodstamp81, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3I for one love the show and I'm glad they are not going to drag out the story for 10 seasons. I agree completely with ending it while its good and not ruining it.
  • DarthGreg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I ***** love this show and would watch it until it was awful, but it's better to have it end well than to continue on into obscurity.
    • btgoss, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6I'm with you Darth... why else would I still be watching FarGate...I mean StarScape...
  • ShArKSe7eN, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Didn't the original series only have 4 seasons as well?

    Hate to see it go, but all good things must come to an end, er... at least before they get bastardized or go off in bad directions.
    • BillyK, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The original had one season.
    • sdhowe, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Dude the orignal ran for one season. They did Galactica 1980, but it died quickly.
  • elck03, on 10/11/2007, -1/+14Hopefully they'll pick up Firefly now...
    • archer75, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8amen brother!
    • Badnewsbear, on 10/11/2007, -8/+2Haha, you're delusional. They're not going to bring Firefly back. They finished that thread off with the movie, maybe not the best way to end the series, but regardless, it's dead.
  • rmeddy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I am glad its ending next season, let it go out on top.
  • dsxmakina, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'd rather see a good show end with a bang after a few seasons than die a long, slow death. Good for them to at least let us know what's coming down. Let's just hope they make it a good one.
  • JD52, on 10/11/2007, -10/+2About ***** time..... haven't you fanboys raped the franchise enough?

  • Juaquin, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2I agree that it had to end sometime, and that I don't want them dragging it on. However, considering it took them 3 seasons to get this far, it almost seems like only 1 more season would be rushing it. Maybe they should do two slightly shorter seasons - 16 episodes each? It just feels like we need more closure than one season.
  • brianbennett, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1How is this news? Didn't we learn this a couple months ago?
  • pitfallharry, on 10/11/2007, -9/+13First LOST. Now Battlestar? Is TV starting to actually care about quality instead of just dragging things on for the sake of killing any integrity?
    • ironrex, on 10/11/2007, -11/+37Don't you ever compare Lost to BSG, you sick son of a bitch.
    • nestafett, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1Your right,

      lost is better =)
      Im just happy there is 2 quality sci fi shows on at once!
    • Protoss, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2BSG does in one episode what it takes LOST a month to do. If the LOST writers were in charge of BSG, the Pegasus would have exploded in this season finale.
    • nestafett, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1I was just joking, I think they are both quality and instead of having a str wars v star trek type argument I (being a sci-fi geek) am just happy that they are both quality shows that will both be ending in their prime instead of going downhill, and yeah lost moves slower than bsg but thats the style of that show and thats what i like, slow and in depth. they are apples and oranges but both high quality.
  • simmonsdd, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2Nuts!
    Well it worked so well for jericho
    • Dadelus, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4No, not Nuts... Send Toasters!
    • Dumbledorito, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I'll open checking accounts as fast as I can to secure a good supply.
  • markp93, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3At least there won't be another Galactica 1980....
  • davebg8r, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0I dont think the original series ran for very long. 4 seasons seems pretty short but it is better than it dragging on and dying a slow painful death like some shows. 5 seasons I think is a good run. 4 seems just a little short. But hopefully itll be atleast really good.
    • ericdano, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1It didn't. It had one season (18 months). Well, two if you count the failed, impossible to find 1980 second season.

      Next time, don't think. Wiki or google it. Makes you look less stupid.
    • davebg8r, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Actually, comments like that is what make you look stupid. My 'thought' was correct. You should a try little more thinking. It would be useful if you used your brain a little bit more..
  • jkoski, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8KAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHN!!!!!
  • ericdano, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Frack!

    Hopefully we'll see some nudity of Boomer before the show ends. And maybe some more of no. 6.........;-)
  • laughatyou, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0man im not going to be watching tv much more killing shows that i like to watch (sad) but before they started to suck. unlike sg1 to many new charcters still watch it though (see all but 4 epsiodes of the entrie series)
  • augurry, on 10/11/2007, -5/+0Ow people come on, stop the whining.
    This was on digg a few months ago, and this is a good thing.
    Just think of Lost. Do we really want it to drag on and on and on until it makes us hurt little fluffy kittens ?
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