# I've just discovered Battlestar Gallactica **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602 "2019-01-11T17:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/21 "2019-01-11T20:38:48Z")
I’m not ready to give up my evil toastermen and my robot monkey-dog… ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/22 "2019-01-11T20:56:33Z")
I thought the show maintained it’s quality throughout the run. Even if it wasn’t as good as the heights of Season 1, the 3rd season was better than just about anything else on TV at the time . And I am one of the people who thought the ending was fantastic. People’s opinions are divergent on the second half of Season 4, but I enjoyed the frack out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/23 "2019-01-11T21:08:02Z")
I’d skip the last season, but watch everything up to that. You know it’s bad when you can say, with all sincerity, that they should have used time travel for the ending, because it would have been cleaner and made more sense. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/24 "2019-01-11T21:29:07Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think the miniseries, while great, is the low point. I think it was the greatest show of all time and only improved over the course of its run. Well, it started with high quality and maintained it. There are a few dips in there, I guess. > > I am a full-blown fanboy, here. > > Best. Show. Ever. Period. Final. No question for me. > > Best final episode of all time, best music of all time. The peak of all television. Agreed. I LOVED the final ep. The mini-series is crushing and the following ep ‘33’ is Ron Moore’s fave. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/25 "2019-01-11T21:35:23Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > I think so. He was going to melt down his DVD collection and pour it down Ron Moore’s nose, IIRC. I would have volunteered to hold Moore down while he did it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/26 "2019-01-11T21:36:53Z")
_Battlestar Galactica_ had (until _Westworld_) the distinction of being the only TV series I’d ever watched whose central theme is, literally, “What does it mean to be human?” IMHO, they batted it around well. I’m very much of the “watch the whole thing, then form your own opinions” group. But what do I know? I thought the last episode of _Quantum Leap_ was handled well. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/27 "2019-01-11T21:41:11Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > But what do I know? I thought the last episode of _Quantum Leap_ was handled well. FWIW, I loved the ending of _Quantum Leap_, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/28 "2019-01-11T21:57:34Z")
Ditto for “this is great television.” If we’re keeping score, I was basically happy with the ending. And season three, while it had some excellent episodes, was a little too on the nose about current events; nothing takes me out of a world more quickly than the feeling of “oh, they wrote this just so they can talk about [this specific thing happening right now].” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/29 "2019-01-11T22:03:11Z")
I like the Original Series. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/30 "2019-01-11T22:18:37Z")
I loved the original series as a kid. It was all I thought about sometimes. But I find it hard to watch now because it gets so cheesy so fast. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/31 "2019-01-11T22:27:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Very late to the party, of course. I’m talking about the early 2000s series. I saw that it’s considered one of the better TV series to come along and found it on Amazon included in Prime. I’m about in the middle of the three-part mini-series intro, and like it a lot. I’m hoping that the succeeding seasons are also worth watching. You have made an outstanding choice, and you should congratulate yourself for this. I wish to share this with you now: [Portlandia Battlestar Galactica sketch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYjLrJRuMnY) (about 3 mins) Edit: dammit it’s truncated. Now you have to watch Portlandia first, I’m really sorry. Portlandia is also good. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/32 "2019-01-11T22:30:24Z")
I don’t like science fiction, but I loved it from beginning to end, including and especially the finale. FWIW I like the ‘Lost’ finale too. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/33 "2019-01-11T22:30:53Z")
I loved the entire series. My only criticism is Starbuck. ZERO redeeming qualities. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/34 "2019-01-11T22:32:33Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > FWIW I like the ‘Lost’ finale too. Controversial choice. I applaud and agree. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/35 "2019-01-11T22:34:44Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > My only criticism is Starbuck. ZERO redeeming qualities. I’m sorry, what? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/36 "2019-01-11T22:35:04Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > If we’re keeping score, I was basically happy with the ending. And season three, while it had some excellent episodes, was a little too on the nose about current events; nothing takes me out of a world more quickly than the feeling of “oh, they wrote this just so they can talk about [this specific thing happening right now].” I mean I kind of think that’s the main point of sci-fi (well, non-hard sci-fi I guess): to shine a light on what is happening at the present by altering one’s frame of reference so folks can see it in a different way. I thought what BSG did in the 2000s was brilliant in that way. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/37 "2019-01-11T22:54:40Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > I’m sorry, what? It’s been years since I’ve watched the show, so I can’t remember the details. I just remember her being a bat shit cray horrible person. And could NOT understand that whole love triangle thing she had going on. Or what those two guys saw in her. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/38 "2019-01-11T23:18:31Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I loved the entire series. > > My only criticism is Starbuck. ZERO redeeming qualities. Katee Sackhoff (she really should change her name) is fine in this. This is the bad-ass she should have brought to the **Longmire** series, instead of that lame version. The only thing I really remember about the original BSG was my son and I walking around saying “By your command” in robot voices and giggling a lot (he was about seven years old at the time). ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/39 "2019-01-11T23:25:53Z")
> [@HMS\_Irruncible](#): > > I’m sorry, what? Grrr is right. Judgemental as \*\*\*\*. More self-interested than your average Colonial. Not that she wasn’t charismatic. If she were real, I would have been just as drawn into her “damaged bad girl persona” as any other man in her life was. Don’t get me started on Roslin. God I hated Roslin. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602/40 "2019-01-11T23:37:50Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Katee Sackhoff (she really should change her name) is fine in this. This is the bad-ass she should have brought to the **Longmire** series, instead of that lame version. I liked her at the beginning too. I’ll leave at that since you’re just starting out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-just-discovered-battlestar-gallactica/827602.md?page=3)