"Battlestar Galactica" (2004) TV series 2004-2009

User Rating:

9.1/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

14 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The fight to save humanity rages on.

Plot:

After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew speed toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin face waning supplies, crushed morale, ... and the credible threat Cylons aboard the ship.

Plot Keywords:

Cylon | Space | Guilt | Robot | Refugee

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 17 wins & 38 nominations

Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Mary McDonnell	...	President Laura Roslin / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Jamie Bamber	...	Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
James Callis	...	Dr. Gaius Baltar / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Katee Sackhoff	...	Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace / ... (72 episodes, 2004-2009)
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh (70 episodes, 2004-2009)
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol (67 episodes, 2004-2009)
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon / ... (65 episodes, 2004-2009)
Alessandro Juliani	...	Lt. Felix Gaeta (59 episodes, 2004-2009)
Kandyse McClure	...	Officer Anastasia Dualla / ... (54 episodes, 2004-2009)
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Dr. Cottle / ... (37 episodes, 2004-2009)
Bodie Olmos	...	Brendan 'Hot Dog' Costanza / ... (37 episodes, 2004-2009)
Michael Trucco	...	Ensign Samuel Anders / ... (36 episodes, 2005-2009)
Nicki Clyne	...	Crewman Specialist Cally Henderson / ... (36 episodes, 2004-2008)
Leah Cairns	...	Lt. Margaret 'Racetrack' Edmonson (34 episodes, 2005-2009)
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster (32 episodes, 2006-2009)

Also Known As:

"BSG" (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:12 (Season 1) | UK:15 (Season 2) | Singapore:PG (Season 2.0 boxset) | USA:TV-PG (Some Episodes) | Canada:14+ (TV re-rating) | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:12 | Malaysia:18PL | Singapore:NC-16 (Season 1) (season 2.5 boxset) (season 3) (season 4.0 boxset) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M (season 4 - part 1) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

British Columbia Railway, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)

Trivia:

The Battlestar Pegasus set is actually the recycled set of the Jupiter 2 from The Robinsons: Lost in Space (2004) (TV). The set was purchased when the latter's pilot failed to generate a series.

Quotes:

Number Six: Life has a melody, Gaius. A rhythm of notes which become your existence once played in harmony with God's plan.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#36.10)" (2006)

Award-winning Crap is still Crap

So the show won awards... Big Woop....

How is that related to quality in the slightest? After all, we live in a world where The Office won an Emmy (feel free to choose your own example here).

Awards these days are a function of the time and money spent in the campaign to buy them.

Galactica's producers, and especially Ron Moore, are focused on getting awards and hyping their show.

Awards is what they're getting as the audience dwindles to nothing.

Yes, gentlemen (and Ladies!) the much hyped, much publicized premiere of BG had 2.2 million viewers, compared to 3.1 last year.

Now, forget that 2.2 million viewers is anemic for a show that spends so much money advertising itself, it's a third lower than last year, in spite of claims of "quality" and "relevance". If the show is so great why are people not watching it any more? Maybe if the producers re-thought the ill-fated "concept" of shaking the camera at everything, casting dead-eyed models and shooting on video, they'd get an audience. But no, they are too interested in getting awards.

That the SciFi Channel puts up with that nonsense is a tribute to how out of touch with its potential audience they are (see all those ridiculous "creature" movies for another example).

Oh, and making a remake of a much-beloved, if imperfect, show is not a good idea if you're going to call it "cheesy" every chance you get.

Yes, audiences have kept an open mind and they saw that Battlestar Galactica, the new edition is not worth watching.

UPDATE: The ratings have fallen even more, and yet SciFi still acts as if it has something special there (and still produces atrocious "creature" movies). Baffling...