What's your age range?

[Phoenix]

Just out of curiosity, what's the age range of the people here? I'm 34 and watched TOS when it was on ABC back in '78, I was a whole 9 years old then. I "out grew" it for 2 decades, but asw the video game and that snowballed into the huge BSG nut I am now. Brought back a LOT of memories watching the DVD shows. Ok, ayways, just asking how "old" you guys (and gals!) are.

[Rowan]

Hey Phoneix

just have a look under the calendar section most of us currently posting are listed there with our ages but I'd say between 30-50.

[gmd3d]

SNAP :) Phoenix I am 34 and saw BSG in 1978 at the movies but had to what for a few more years before it came to Ireland.
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[Phoenix]

Hey Phoneix

just have a look under the calendar section most of us currently posting are listed there with our ages but I'd say between 30-50.


Thanks, still kinda feeling my way around. :D

[GalacticanCajun]

I am 51 years old. I was in my 20s when TOS came on the air. I loved it then, and still do. I also like the new show as well, and hope for a continuation movie. I have read all of Richard Hatch's BSG Novels and loved them all. I am one happy camper. BSG everywhere!!!!

[Gemini1999]

I'm 43 (soon to be 44) - I was 18 and just starting my first semester of college when the original Battlestar Galactica premiered. I couldn't wait to see it - our whole family sat down and watched it together. It really was one of those historic TV events considering that Star Wars was still fresh in everyone's minds and there had never been a sci-fi show with this much money and fanfare on television before.

Bryan
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[braxiss]

33 and never lost the passion for bsg. loved it in the 70's and still love it today

[amberstar]

I'm 31 and remember watching TOS with my mother back in the 70's, and then again in re-runs in the 80's.
I've seen it through the eyes of a child and again through older eyes and still love it, just as much or even more than I did back then:).

Amber

[ernie90125]

22 and it has always been a part of my life, because I didn't exist at a time when the earth was pre-BSG !!!!

[Muffit]

Between 0 and 100 -- LOL!!!

Seriously, am 48 and BSG has always been the love of my life. I had just gotten engaged to the perfect person, which was my life long (and only) dream, when BSG came out and so my fav show happened during the very best part of my life.

A moment in time I would dearly give anything to relive...

:muffit:

[amberstar]

That sounds so wonderful Muffit!
We may not be able to go back in time but here is hoping for a future with BSG in a continuation movie! Just thinking what it would be like to see our dream come alive is sending chills down my arms!:)

Amber

[Muffit]

Thanks Amber! :heart:

[amberstar]

:)

Amber

[Rowan]

Ok I'll weigh in...
I just turned 40 a few weeks back, still having a tough time saying and writing that!!! I feel 20! ;) :D
And I was a young impressionable 14 year old when BSG came out and it sucked me in hook line and sinker. It's the only TV show in my life that turned me into a fan-atic. And it was my first lesson in letting go and feeling powerless when it came to falling in love with a show only to have it so abruptly taken away. I think it’s why I try not to become so emotionally invested in TV shows anymore, I love them but I don’t lose my heart to them the way I did BSG.

[Eric Paddon]

Just turned 35.

[kitty]

I am 31

[Phoenix]

This is pretty cool, reading all the stories! :cool:

[BST]

I'm 43 (soon to be 44) - I was 18 and just starting my first semester of college when the original Battlestar Galactica premiered. I couldn't wait to see it - our whole family sat down and watched it together. It really was one of those historic TV events considering that Star Wars was still fresh in everyone's minds and there had never been a sci-fi show with this much money and fanfare on television before.

Bryan


Gemini's story is eerily similar to mine, age and all. The only difference is that on the night of September 17, 1978, the TV lounge in my dormitory was standing room only!

[CommanderTaggart]

37.

I was 12 when BSG first hit the airwaves. It was all the talk on the schoolbus the next day.

Then we played Uno.

[Rowan]

This is pretty cool, reading all the stories! :cool:

Hey Phoenix if you like these stories you should go to the thread "I became a fan of bsg when?" there are some great stories there :D ;)

[tracyb144]

I'm 245 Yahrens...oh no wait...maybe that's daggit years ( sorry Muffit ;) )

I'm 35. Old enough to know better but young enough to do it again :D

Tracy

[Rowan]

old enough to do what again? ;) :D

[Senmut]

I am still somewhere between birth, and extreme old age.

[Rowan]

Sen do you think you could be more vague??? ;) :D

[Senmut]

Sure. I was born very young, and will be considered old at some point in the future.

[Rowan]

:P: Brat!

[Senmut]

So spank me!

[Rowan]

wrong thread! ;)

[Senmut]

Okay, then [ ] me!

[martok2112]

For 800 years have I trained Jedi.....OOPS! Wrong answer. :D

I will be 35 in July. I was 9 when Galactica hit the TV Screen. Wow...I could remember just wanting to clutch the TV guide with the promo pics of Galactica on it. I remember reading the close up in the TV guide...the running time listed at THREE HOURS! I thought "WHOA!" Fortunately, I did not have to do too much begging of mom and dad to let me stay up and watch it all the way through, considering that the next day was a school day.

I can remember, in the week before BSG had come out on TV, it was already the talk of the school playground with many of my friends. I remember the preconceived notions some of the kids had. I just came sauntering up to a few of my friends, and they must've been in the middle playing out what they imagined to be Battlestar Galactica. One of them runs up to me, places his hand on my shoulder as if warrior to warrior, and said: "Battlestar has returned!" Of course, I look about in amazement, but decided to play along. Little did we know that "battlestar" referred to a type of warship. :laugh:

The show came on. I was glued to the set. Bathroom breaks could wait for commercials. I watched it in the room I shared with my little brother, whilst the rest of the family watched whatever else happened to be on. (They did not share my love for science fiction, or space fantasy...although we did go see Star Wars as a family.)

What blew me out of the water was when the show was going off, I heard Lorne Greene's voice on TV "This is Lorne Greene. Here are some scenes from the next episode of Battlestar Galactica!" My ....jaw....dropped! :yikes: What?! This is gonna be a SERIES! I remembered jumping up and down on my bed...and getting promptly rebuked for my overenthusiasm over such a revelation.

Now...if I can just pick up that DVD boxed set asap!

Respectfully, and with fondest of memories,
martok2112

[Rowan]

I still have the tv guide and some teen beat mags etc...and I audio taped the shows..FAN-ATIC!!! :D ;)

[Muffit]

I'm 245 Yahrens...oh no wait...maybe that's daggit years ( sorry Muffit ;) )

I'm 35. Old enough to know better but young enough to do it again :D

Tracy

LOL Tracy! I was really young when I was born too Sen'. :D
On the bright side, when I die I will never get any older - "bright side???" :blink:

Some people believe life begins at 30.
I think my life began when my Dad winked at my Mom, LOL!!! :D
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[Ian_W359]

Moi... I am the ripe old age of 31 and a half.

Ooh, I'm having a flashback.... it's going all wobbly....wobbly....wobbly....

Having hit the age of 6 (six) on Sept 17 1978, things are a bit dim and distant - being in the UK and all that, I guess I was still curious why I couldn't go to see Star Wars the year before (my brother was 8 that year, and he went! :( ). My first memory of Battlestar Galactica was wading thru a BsG 'coloring-in book' armed with little more than a collection of felt-tip pens!

Anyhoo, time passed, and the good ship Galactica had braved the twin temporal distortions of the Atlantic Ocean, and the maze-like thing that was the 'Independent Television' network, ending up in my part of the world (the 'Central Television' region) in circa 1984 (I was aged 12/13). How did it make me feel? Many things - brave, bold, sometimes a little crazy, but warm & fuzzy too.

But time is a fickle mistress... and as I had discovered new passions, Galactica had become something of a distant relative, only visiting occasionally in re-runs. However, the tale is not without a happy ending, for at my first (& so far only) Trek convention in 1997, I discovered that it was re-running again. When I returned home, watching it again brought back some of what I felt the first time around - I was older, maybe wiser, but definitely more appreciative of what Galactica was & what it is. It has encouraged me to branch out and try many things, few other shows could achieve the same.


All the best,
Ian W359
:salute:

[Antelope]

I'm 36 and all the Galactica fans outside this site I know personally are between 34-60. I think this shows that the demographics issue is a big one. We are not the prime audience they are looking for unless you figure we are good for the prime price car market (maybe some of you are hitting the Cialis market-this might be good for the mini, cylon 6 and Baltar:devil: We are a good base but they need to get the 18-25 year olds if this franchise is to survive.

My little brother and sister 13 and 14 didn't even care or notice when the mini came out. This will need to change if any Galactica is going to make it, mini or continuation.

[ernie90125]

Having looked back through this thread, I have noticed that the majority of people seem to be 30-35. Going back to 1978 that means that, based upon the ontributions to the thread, Galactica appealed more the those in their early teens ?

It was the people of that age (again this is based only upon this thread) that went on to be BSG's long term dedicated fans ? This would be a very valueable piece of research for anyone trying to emulate the success of the original BSG.

Also, as a side question. When I was getting into BSG, which for me would have been the 80s, I found it impossible to find any of the toys. I don't think, despite my huge Star Wars and Transformers collection etc, that I have had any of the toys for BSG, not a one....

I accept that I am in the UK, which was not the primary release area for the toys, but considering the audience age as mentioned above, I think BSG was under-marketed considering the playground reaction to it ????

Ernie90125

[Antelope]

I think Battlestar Galactica appealed to those who are now in their 50's but we don't see them represented in internet chat. I know a few Battlestar fans who are my parents age. I don't think any of them use internet bulletin boards.

[Muffit]

Moi... I am the ripe old age of 31 and a half.

But time is a fickle mistress...

All the best,
Ian W359
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That would make a cool name for a book Ian... brings back memories of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress". :D

I think Battlestar Galactica appealed to those who are now in their 50's but we don't see them represented in internet chat. I know a few Battlestar fans who are my parents age. I don't think any of them use internet bulletin boards

Right you are Antelope! Most of the people I know who tuned in were in their 20's and 30's (younger ones tuned in too, but it was the older ones who were the most excited and got the others involved). But it's very important to note, the real reason for the popularity of BSG was its unusually broad appeal --- all ages! We had a crowd at my parents house. Even though we had all moved out, we gathered each week to watch together, the whole spectrum of ages from young teens up to the 50's. It was truly a gala event!

The kids liked it cuz of Boxey and Muffit. My parents liked it cuz of Astaire, Bolger and Greene. And we middle'uns liked it cuz of Apollo/Starbuck/Cassie/Athena/Sheba et al.

You will never see the 30's+ group that watched BSG here on the boards (at least not in any big numbers). They want little if anything to do with computers.

But that doesn't mean they aren't out there. And it especially doesn't mean they don't care...

:muffit:

[Rowan]

of the 105 members of this forum who have posted their birthdays
5 are in their 50's
24 are in their 40's
61 are in their 30's
15 are in their 20's

;) :D

if you were 24 when it came out you are now 50
if you were 14 when it came out you are now 40
if you were 4 when it came out you are now 30

:D

[kat]

I love the new avatar Rowen. I am 35 so I think I was 9 when it came out :warrior:

[jewels]

Kat, I believe you are either the same age or within a year of the age of a certain young Xmen producer that's already made 1 try at bringing Galactica back.

As to me, I would be in that unlisted birthdate portion of this membership and I'm 38 with a bday in a little over a month....ask me next year and I will likely cease to answer.

[Rowan]

I love the new avatar Rowen. I am 35 so I think I was 9 when it came out :warrior:
kat which avatar I've changed it three times today! :blink:

[Senmut]

Ooooooooooooooooh, Rowan. Change nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Soulmage]

Twenty-seven.

[bsg1fan1975]

I was 3 when it aired and am now in my late 20's!

[braxiss]

just for your information my dad is 65 and the biggest fan i know

[kat]

Kat, I believe you are either the same age or within a year of the age of a certain young Xmen producer that's already made 1 try at bringing Galactica back.

As to me, I would be in that unlisted birthdate portion of this membership and I'm 38 with a bday in a little over a month....ask me next year and I will likely cease to answer.


I am looking forward to my 40's. My 30's have been about work and kids and stuff and my 20's I wasn't sure of myself and didn't know what I wanted. Now I know what I want and who I am, I just need the time. :devil: :girl: ;)