# Battlestar galactica sucks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645 "2011-04-25T14:29:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Smurfie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@Smurfie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smurfie)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/161 "2011-06-08T13:48:33Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Crown of Thorns, or Game of Thrones? 😕 FRAK! What in the hell was I thinking… Oh, I just came from a Jesus thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/162 "2011-06-08T18:31:19Z")
> [@Walmarticus](#): > > I didn’t start this thread to defend my position. Ideally me and people who didn’t like BSG would bash it while the fans sat back and took it. You people need to feel worse. Sorry that didn’t work out for you. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Well, of the two of us I’m the one who watched it the whole series, so I think I’ll stick with my opinion of liking it. But I promise to feel bad about every 33 minutes for a while if that will make you happy. 33 1/2 minutes. But who’s counting? > [@Walmarticus](#): > > I can’t believe I have to _convince_ you people that you should feel bad and that you didn’t already know it. And that you are fighting me not to! Maybe because your reasons suck ass. > [@Walmarticus](#): > > Mock me because I think BSG fans should feel dirty and ashamed, not because you don’t agree with my criticism. Will do. > [@Walmarticus](#): > > I’m going to wet my pants and have a tantrum if I have to keep repeating that I understand the show. You mean you haven’t yet? > [@SenorBeef](#): > > I like the “we’re the last survivors of our race, struggling to keep things together with no resources/help/under constant attack/etc” angle of it. But I have to say the “omg who’s a cylon?!!” stuff bores me to death. > > Which is more prominent throughout the series? If it all ends up being secret cylon drama I might as well bow out now. Bow out now. The “who’s a cylon” crap doesn’t really go away. Even after they reveal the first 8, they turn around and have a secret 5. They put several characters through a guessing game about themselves for no reason. They throw out the whole prophesy stuff to toy with who is and is not a cylon. Then they really fuck up Starbuck. Just because. > [@Ibanez](#): > > I might give it another shot some time. Don’t bother. If you didn’t get sucked in right away, it doesn’t get better. Sure, there are some interesting moral dilemmas that get dropped in and explored, but overall it was a major letdown. It’s all about emotional abuse of the characters. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/163 "2011-06-08T18:37:25Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Bow out now. The “who’s a cylon” crap doesn’t really go away. Even after they reveal the first 8, they turn around and have a secret 5. Too late, I watched the whole series already 😛 It was… alright. Worth watching. Probably made easier by expecting the negative parts of it by reading this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/164 "2011-06-09T15:23:22Z")
Good Christ. If Starbuck’s a 6, and 6 is a 7, I’m frakked. That’ll put me at about a 1 or a 2. You people can’t be serious with these rankings. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/165 "2011-06-09T15:28:16Z")
As Jerry Seinfeld said, 95 percent of all people are undatable. So, yeah, you are probably a 1 or a 2! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/166 "2011-06-09T16:05:39Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > As Jerry Seinfeld said, 95 percent of all people are undatable. So, yeah, you are probably a 1 or a 2! Fortunately, there’s alcohol. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/167 "2011-06-09T21:16:49Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Too late, I watched the whole series already 😛 > > It was… alright. Worth watching. Probably made easier by expecting the negative parts of it by reading this thread. Mission accomplished, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/170 "2023-11-09T05:50:04Z")
The fanfics on Archive of Our Own for Battlestar Galactica are great! Very sexy. Adama and Roslin…hmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/171 "2023-11-10T19:05:21Z")
The new Battlestar Galactica goes out of it’s way to be overly depressing. If the robodog isn’t destroyed in one episode I’d be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645/172 "2023-11-10T22:52:31Z")
I don’t think he ever appeared on the new show. The original series had a daggit and a boy named Boxey. The new one had Starbuck as a girl and foxy Cylons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battlestar-galactica-sucks/579645.md?page=8)