I don't necessarily need all my TV to be "poked a badger with a spoon" original.

::snerk::

The fighter spaceplanes looked like Starfuries, or like X-Wing fighters.

Actually, they looked like the Vipers from the original series. I grant you, that's not original, because the original Battlestar Galactica stole it's look from Star Wars (to the point where Lucas sued them), but the look of the new BG is in keeping with the old. I don't have a problem with that, although I can see how someone coming to the series for the first time might feel that way.

Goes off to sit in the corner with Sean.

eta: or what Sean said. You guys type too frelling fast.

I don't necessarily need all my TV to be "poked a badger with a spoon" original.

I do! I do!

(Okay, not really.)

But in the end, I was sort of sorry I hadn't watched Everwood instead. And I don't especially watch Everwood, only for glimpses of Holli's Secret Boyfriend playing piano. Peter Jennings talking about corn subsidies was more interesting, to me. (Yes, I did watch that, and yes, it was interesting!)

I can see where Jennings talking about corn subsidies might be interesting...

Well, despite my staunch defense of the show, I'm not saying it's the next Big Thing. I'm just saying I liked it well enough, and if they do make a series out of it, I'll watch it.

Yup, this.

You know, they (Scifi) advertised it all over -- I saw several ads for it during things like the Tonight Show.

I'm in the corner with Sean and DX ('sup?). Since it's a retelling of BG rather than a sequel, I pretty much expected a lot to be the same. I didn't watch the show much in its original run, but enough to get the basics and remember some visuals. I thought they did it right -- too advanced or too different from original BG would've seemed wrong to me. I can also see that I might have had a different reaction if I'd never seen the original.

I liked the line about why one of the launch bays (or whatever they call them) wasn't useable ... it's a giftshop. That was silly and funny. Overall, enjoyed and will watch. Not blown away or anything, but I wasn't really expecting to be.

ETA: Retelling I use loosely. Obviously not the same exact story ... more a reimagining, I guess.

I was surprised I even liked BG at all, I expected to hate it and only watch it to 1) for CKR and 2) to mock how stupid it was.

I didn't think it was innovative because almost everything reminded me of something else, not just the original show. Plus I had the same beef about the colonies looking like North America---the look was kind of like the Stargate episode this season.

Also Sci Fi had ads with clips from various movies and things about Falling into Imagination or innovation or something like that, and those are obnoxious because sci fi really isn't doing anything imaginative or innovative. Just showing sci fi movies and shows claiming this ufo cover up was bigger than the last.

Speaking of, would any LFN fans be interested in seeing Roy Dupius' nude screencaps from some movie? I found them the other day, and can try to remember to post a link when I get home late tonight (or early tomorrow morning, as the case may be...).

Heh. Sure. I'd guess they're probably from J'En Suis, which is a fun movie.

Reiterating that the same SFX group did the effects for Galactica, and addressing the style of shot that tossed me out of BG when I saw them:

From the Firefly review here.

Another distinctive element of Firefly is its visual style. Whedon made a point of instructing his cameramen and visual effects crew to make their work a little messy, to lend a realistic quality to the show. As a result, instead of the clean visuals that typify the science fiction genre, we see lens flares, shaky handheld cameras, zooms, and sloppy rack focuses even in CGI shots. While initially the handheld stuff is a little annoying and distancing, these artless, vérité techniques give Firefly an immediacy and realism you'll never see on an episode of Enterprise. The show feels raw and lived-in, and that rough quality really sells the frontier premise.

I got angry because there will be people on SF boards going "Ge Whiz!" and they'll attribute the camerawork in the SFX to Battlestar Galactica.

I'd even feel better if they gave the SFX house credit. But they won't.