WOW.

Hot Dog looks white, too! Hokey smokes! Spien, where are you picking up the ratings info?

I agree, Ghostcloack! The imprecision and zoom-usage with the camera is an interesting cinematography choice. It makes the space scenes more realistic and believable, and breaks up the talking faces a bit. That, with other things like a sedate and unobtrusive music track, really separate...

I know, I know. I don't know though, it just boggles my mind how someone can somehow miss all of the things that make the new Battlestar Galactica special and remarkable... and then put it on the same level as another mediocre episode of Star Trek.

Except in the original show, immediately after the holocaust in which almost all of humanity was exterminated they went to the Casino Planet (for one). I think the tone of the new show is a tad bit different.

It has been a LONG time since i've watched Babylon 5... but I remember some pretty dang nice space combat scenes. Not much to speak of in season 1... but seasons 2, 3, and 4 had progressively more and spectacular space battles in many episodes. But you're right; B5 was on a tight budget...

That was a fun scene; I just about busted a gut laughing when Six shouts really loud (or something) at Baltar, and Baltar screams like a little girl, dropping his glass... and Adama, already obviously not happy with the conversation, gives him a dark "who the hell is this guy?" look...

I'm a little bit disappointed that it didn't beat out Atlantis's 3.2 premeire... but a 2.6 is pretty awesome for the scifi channel. Man SciFi has come a LONG way in the last 10 years. I remember when their biggest things were Buck Rogers and (the original) Battlestar Galactica. Now they're...

I disagree. It's not reasonable to expect the writers to explain every tiny little detail, especially unimportant ones. Expecting to hear an in-depth analysis of the Galactica's crew numbers, shifts, and other trivia is unreasonable. It's not unreasonable to expect the viewer to either...

They ran the two episodes together to keep people in their seats, I think. The Olympic Carrier thing could have NOT sucked if they just showed people in the windows when Apollo took a look. That's it! Maybe a few radio pleas for mercy from the pilot. I think that it would be reasonable...

I'd have to go with the opposite of what you said, Spien. The "shaky" camera work, both in space and regular scenes really helps to immerse me. The general lack of music, while not exactly space-opera-ish, also serves to make the situation a bit more "real". It's a deliberate artistic...

I think that the thing to remember when dealing with the wince-inducing parts of the miniseries (and even the regular show) is that just because a thing is bad... it isn't necesarilly NOT good. If you follow me. I mean, god, we're Wing Commander fans... we should be used to this.

I've seen a bit of the show now, and it's good stuff. I know there's people here who hate everything, but don't listen to them... the show is quality tv. I mean, how can you beat a show about an aircraft carrier in space? Err... what I mean is: a show about an aircraft carrier in space...

OK, I played around with the game some more, and it looks very promising! I spent a few minutes and did a little picture replacement. I stole some images from Vega Strike, the CIC ship database, and a Standoff wallpaper for the carrier deck screen thing. I might Photoshop up some new...

This looks pretty freakin' cool. I'm having some errors with the images. I'm on Linux, and some of the images have extensions with all caps. The pics seem to load OK when I lowercase them. Caps-sensitivity is fun, eh? : D Just wanted to fire that off right away. I'll give you some...

It should probably be noted that I didn't actually do the modeling on the Cent/Gal/Tars, Brad Mick did. I just... wrestled around with them a bit.

Peter S. "PeteyG" Griffin / 3D Model Wrangler and Emergency Maker of Textures (Tarsus, Galaxy, Centurion) I guess I did some testing too.

3 digits!? Damn, you must have a nice computer. That's (roughly) your framerate.

I think you're way off base for banning Wendy, LOAF. He wasn't trolling at all. We all know you don't think much of the Privateer remake project, you've made that pretty clear.

Who knows... perhaps some brilliant unknown developer will release "Baldur's Gate... In Space!", and it will magically turn the faded, once-proud genre of space combat "sims" into The New Hotness.