1 Out of 5 Stars From ign.com

[Starbuck]

:blink: http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/444/444434p1.html

[Micheleh]

I really love this part....

"No matter how you look at it, the show's core was about faith. The characters in the original series did not always agree with each other, nor did they always comprehend (individually, or as a populous) what their future held. Not all of them were certain they would even find the new home they were seeking – "a shining planet known as Earth" – nor did they always believe in the people leading them there. But, somehow, they always found faith. Not just faith in "Gods" or "lords" (although religion & its place in society were certainly elements in the series) – faith in The Way of Things. Faith that tragic endings really can herald new beginnings. Faith in the axiom that we are only as alone as we let ourselves be. Faith in the strength of fellowship – sometimes having someone at our side in the darkest hour is more meaningful than the most powerful weapon anyone can construct. Faith that hope is more significant than all the answers we could ever actively seek. Faith that somehow, in some way, things will be better."

That says it all, really.

[thomas7g]

and twice too!

[GalacticanCajun]

Good review. Says everything we have been saying and then some.

[amberstar]

Finally someone else gets our point!!

[Titon]

That was the best written review i've seen so far.

[BST]

OMG,

Mr. Oliver has absolutely HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD!!! :)
I found myself going, "yep, heard that", or "yep, said that", throughout the entire article. It's nice to be able to read an article from an impartial source who really understands (and says) everything we've been trying to say.

Give that man a fumarello (or two) and a few of these - :beer: :beer:

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

BST

[Trevor Angelus]

ALRIGHT! First Harry now this guy! I love what he said about the REAL BSG! It REALLY hit home with how we feel. Hopefully his other readers will feel the same.

[Dark_Man]

Damm I'm in shock. For ages now I've hated IGN because they constantly screw up video game reviews. Now they pull this. Quite posably the best writen and most acureate review ever writen. Well if one person out there realy understnads the fans plite maybe there is hope after all.

[jewels]

THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!! PERFECT!

Sorry, needed to shout from the rooftops!

It was a scathing rebuff to all that is wrong with Hollywood marketing too:
Which begs the question: If this is all The Powers That Be ever intended to bring to the show, why bother to utilize such a compelling premise at all, especially in light of the abandonment of its most basic tenets? Glen A. Larson – who did not write this miniseries, but was owed a "written by" credit on this new project (as creator of the source material) per Writers Guild of America stipulations – opted to not place his real name on this reboot, installing the pseudonym Christopher Eric James instead. Which, in itself, speaks volumes.
Allright Mr. Larson!

[michaelfaries]

Brilliant review. Simply brilliant. It was thorough, well-thought and filled with supporting arguments throughout.

I especially loved this. It's so true:

In the end, it is Galactica fans – who have waited decades for their show to return – who will be most hurt by potentially negative fallout from this miniseries. Should the project evolve into a television series, it's unlikely anyone interested in the original will be able to stomach Battlestar Light on a weekly basis. Should ratings for this broadcast not pan out, the fanbase will be summarily blamed by a network decrying "no one wants to see Galactica anymore!" – and little thought will be given to the disenfranchising nature of the product being generated.

Michael
:colwar: ...who will not be watching this felgercarb.

[Apollo]

Beautifully written and I agree with it a 100%!!

[JLHurley]

The paragraph about faith and BG was so, so on target--and definitely one of the things I loved about the original series and just don't see in this 2003 spin. We'll see if something resembling it pops up in tonights continuation, though...