Yeah, I was thinking a while back how both Buffy and BSG have suffered because of their names. I might have even posted something about that. Or maybe I dreamt it.

I wonder if it was the same episode that freaked me out. I also can't recall the details of it, but I know I was freaked.

I wonder that, too. And also can't recall the details, just the freaked.

Probably the same number of people who refuse to watch Buffy, just because of the name.

There are plenty of people with a visceral hate-on for the the original BSG who didn't want to watch a remake because of said hate-on. We are hard to convince, but some of us have added the mini-series to our Netflix queue. I consider our fear a more legit reason to avoid something than the Buffy name thing.

I consider our fear a more legit reason to avoid something than the Buffy name thing.

I don't think it's more legit (because stuff has changed, and many probably have no idea if it was the stuff that bugged them) but it does read better.

I consider our fear a more legit reason to avoid something than the Buffy name thing.

I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because of the movie, so I sympathize.

I really am surprised at the number of people who actually remember the original BSG. I know I watched it, at least occasionally, because I have vague memories of a crush on Richard Hatch and seeing Lorne Greene in some highly amusing glittery robes, but other than that--nada. I remember Hatch more from the Jan and Dean TV biopic than the original BSG.

I remember Buck Rogers in more detail.

I was gonna watch the miniseries when it was first on, but I missed it. (I was intrigued by the stuff I read on Slashdot - the Firefly cameo and the more accurate physics of the ship movement.) Then when all the hoopla started about the regular series, I watched the first episode of season one and went back and got the mini. Hmm, I can't remember what specifically made me watch the first episode... although I think part of it was the desire not to miss out on the first few seasons like I did on Buffy.

I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because of the movie, so I sympathize.

Ahah. Forgot about the movie. They stay kinda equivalent in my head now.

I really am surprised at the number of people who actually remember the original BSG.

I was way-obsessed with the original BSG, although I missed about half of it (usually I missed half of each episode) due to conflicts with chores.

I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because of the movie, so I sympathize.

I stayed away from Buffy until S4 because I loved the movie. Figured a tv show would just be a cheap knock-off.

Andi, I liked the BtVS movie too. It was fun. It suffers in retrospect, but at the time, there was no show to compare it to, and I liked the idea of the only person able to fight vampires being a girl. I also liked the idea that she knew they were around because she got cramps, and I wished that part had been in the show.

I remember original BSG. At the time, nothing that wasn't Star Trek could really hold my interest. I didn't watch the new series because I hadn't liked the original all that much. Plus, beautiful female robots! I figured it would suck.