Last night was the return of Battlestar Galactica, which picked back up with the final 10 episodes of the season (and series). SciFi Channel has been teasing us for a while that “we will know the truth” and they didn’t disappoint.
The episode last night ran over a about 4 minutes, during which we were given the identity of the final Cylon. And the 5th is… (more…)
I hadn’t really thought about this until today, but it looks like Janurary might be a good month for TV. Returning seasons, new seasons, finalies… there is a lot going on this month!
24 – I’m hooked on this show, and season seven which starts on the 11th will be the first season I’ll actually watch on TV. Yup, I’m late to the 24 club, but thanks to a friend (and Best Buy) I’m now caught up and eagerly awaiting the new season. There’s not enough time!!!
Battlestar Galactica – For a show that started out as the “best thing on TV” it sure went downhill fast. Part of that is because they broke 6-12 months between seasons, and part of it is because the show just lost it’s edge. It returns on Janurary 16th for not only the final episodes of season four, but also the final episodes of the series. Will we find out what happened to Earth? Who is the final Cylon? What happened when Starbuck “died”? At this point does anyone care anymore? It’s coming to an end, and hopefully it’ll end on an up swing.
House M.D. – Returning on the 19th is Dr. House and staff. This show is simply awesome, and I’m always eager for more House.
Fringe – The best way to describe this is to probably call it a modern day X-Files. It’s close, but certainly doesn’t do the show justice. It comes back on the 20th, and I cannot wait to see what Walter has to say in the new episodes. 
LOST – The new season starts up on the 21st after a rather pathetic online game, “Dharma Wants You”. I love LOST, but lost intrest in that whole game very quikly… it simply didn’t hold up to the past games. Will we get any answers this season? Probably, but as always expect every answer to bring a dozen more questions. Will we find out more about the four toed statue? Doubt it.
Burn Notice – The 22nd is the return of Burn Notice. This show really took me buy surprise. I read about it on Neowin.net, and finally caught an episode of it. Prior to Neowin.net, I hadn’t heard or seen anything about it. It’s about a spy who has been blacklisted and dumped in Miami, and he’s trying to figure out who did it and why. Bruce Campbell is a co-star, which should be more than enough reason to watch it! 
Stargate: Atlantis – I guess I should also note that Stargate: Atlantis finally dies on the 9th. I’m really surprised that the show lasted as long as it did, but it’s finally leaving. Oh sure, we’ll get a couple of direct to DVD movies out of the series, which will most certainly suck as much as the Stargate: SG-1 movies did.
There was quite a bit of news concerning Stargate this week.
First, Stargate: Atlantis has been canceled. Personally, I think this is long overdue as I expected the show to die in the first season. But, it proved me wrong. However, while the show has been canceled, it is not finished with. The series/season will end with a cliffhanger, and next year a straight to SciFi Channel movie will be released (pdf).
While the Stargate: SG-1 movies have done well, I don’t think I’ve seen any fan reviews that actually thought they were spectacular. And those were straight-to-DVD. How will SGA do with a direct to TV movie?? Let’s just say that the SciFi Channel doesn’t have the best reviews when it comes to their original movies. Though, I’ll admit, every once in a while something good will come along (e.g. Battlestar’s Razer).
Additionally, the next Stargate series has been officially announced. Stargate: Universe – which we’ve all known for a while was coming – sounds like it will be something a bit more like Star Trek.
Well, so far Comcast isn’t off to a great start. I had an install scheduled yesterday between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM to set up my Digital Cable, High Speed Internet, and Digital Voice (VoIP). So, silly me, I get there before 1:00 PM and wait… and wait… and wait.
Around 3:00 PM I get a call from someone at Comcast that tells me that the installer is on his way. Could have been good news, but she follows up by telling me that the installer had used his last Digital Box, and we’d have to schedule someone else to bring one back to me…. or I could go pick one up at the main office. No biggie I though. If he was out by 4:00 PM, I’d be able to get my other errands done and still swing by the Comcast office.
So the guy arrives, looks at a few jacks, and mumbles something about the wiring. Apparently the new house (20 year old hose that is) has what he called “old 45 wiring” which isn’t going to work to well. He tells me that they need to schedule someone to come back out and run all new wiring. Thankfully, they will be able to get someone out there this Saturday… again, between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM. There goes that day.
Thankfully, I was able to talk the guy into at least turning on the TV. With a little reluctance, he does so, but not before saying “I don’t know how well the reception will be”. So, after he leaves, I hook up TiVo and the TV. Crystal clear. Don’t know what the guy was smoking, but it works, and works just fine. I’d bet that the internet would have worked as well had the guy at least tried to turn it on.
Oh well… at least I was able to watch Heroes last night, and schedule TiVo to records the episodes of Battlestar Galactica and The Dresden Files that I missed.
Time has named Battlestar Galactica the 2005 show of the year. All I can say is, well duh. Don’t forget BSG returns in Janurary.
For those of you wanting more BSG, Amazon.com
No, that isn’t my christmas list.
I think tonight’s episode of Battlestar Galactica, 208 Final Cut, was probably the best episode of this season so far. Personally, I loved hearing the origional BSG theme song during the show. I wish it was played more often. Time to grab Ron Moore’s Podcast and see what he has to say about it.
Stargate: Atlantis was also pretty good, though I wish it hadn’t been one of those episodes where right at the last minute everything turns out to be ok. Personally, I think the writers/directors from SG:A could learn some stuff from BSG. But what do I know, eh? :p
I couldn’t really complain about Stargate: SG1. I enjoyed the hand-to-hand combat scenes. It actually reminded me a lot of Gladiator, only on a much smaller scale. It was nice to see something other than the Ori (??) and the friars being the focal point. I’m already sick of them. They either need to do something, or go back to being hermits in a distant galaxy.
Can’t comment on Firefly, as I haven’t seen it yet. It’s TiVo’ed so I’ll watch it tomorrow. Gotta love that little toy.
Once again it was SciFi Friday, probably one of the best nights on TV.
I think this is probably the first time I’ve enjoyed Stargate: Atlantis more than Stargate: SG-1. Hopefully both shows will pick up more next week.
As always, Battlestar Galactica fraken kicked ass. Looks like next week’s episode of BSG, “Home Part 1″, will be pretty interesting. Considering I’ll be in Panama City Beach, Florida next Friday, I’ve got my TiVo set up to record it, as well as the rest of the SciFi Friday (and Wednesday) lineup.
Hopefully I’ll be able to watch it Friday night, but if not there is always TiVo.
The Battlestar Galactica Blog (by Ron Moore) has a nice Q & A session up talking about some of the stuff to come in season two. It’s a nice read if you like BSG and have some time. 
The Q & A was actually posted on 02/19/2005, but as I said the other day I’ve been a bit preoccupied. :p
Speaking of BSG, has anyone read the series written by Richard Hatch? Yeah, the guy that played Apollo in the 1978 and 1980 series NOT the guy from that stupid Survivor show. Looks like there are about seven books according to Amazon.
Let me know if you’ve read any of them and what you think.
This weeks poll @ OCC is more of a TV/Movie poll than it is related to computers. Though, with a title like “What Is Your Favorite Star?” you might think the poll is about people. It’s not. The poll wants to know what show or movie with the word “star” in it you like best. This could be Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica or a few other things… maybe there is one that you like that I didn’t think about. Let us know.
Yes, I voted for BSG. :p