Battlestar Galactica: Coversation Starter or Killer?

Try this: Next time you're at a party or bar, anyplace where 10 or more people are congregating, ask if anyone has heard of the TV show "Battlestar Galactica". I'm willing to bet that at least 9 of those 10 people will avert eye contact and let out a little nervous laugh. Just the name, Battlestar Galactica sounds so amazingly dorky that people will shift uncomfortably in their shoes. I was turned onto the far out space Sci-Fi drama by two kids known affectionately in my circle of friends as Cornbread and Buckles. True, they sound more like two 1950's blatantly racist cartoon characters rather than TV critics, but they were right about this show. IT IS AWESOME! Fracking Awesome! (to use some BSG lingo). Its got great special effects, gripping story lines (bleak, slim odds of survival stuff), and hot cyborg chicks! It's got some quirks, such as paper with trimmed corners ( think octogon-shaped), and phones with cords....in outer space....in the year 3000. The best part is the earnestness of the show. The makers of the show are going for it, not stopping to care if it looks campy or cheesy. As New Yorker TV critic Nancy Franklin put it, "Battlestar Galactica, refreshingly, is as real as science fiction gets". I'm including the link to the review as well as a fan site and a link that my change your life (for as long as it's legal). TV links lets you watch hundreds of TV shows streaming online. There you can watch the entire BSG series, as I have. I hope your like it. So say we all!! (you'll have to watch the show)

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/television/articles/060123crte_television?060123crte_television

http://www.battlestargalactica.com/

http://www.tv-links.co.uk/


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Colin