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December 5th, 2003, 09:58 PM
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I'm 100% female
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1 Out of 5 Stars From ign.com
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December 5th, 2003, 10:45 PM
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Watashiwa Shin no Noir
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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.
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December 5th, 2003, 10:58 PM
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out there somewhere
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and twice too!
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December 6th, 2003, 04:24 AM
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Warrior
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Good review. Says everything we have been saying and then some.
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December 6th, 2003, 07:05 AM
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Strike Leader
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Finally someone else gets our point!!
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December 6th, 2003, 08:01 AM
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Retired or am I?
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That was the best written review i've seen so far.
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THE ART OF GALACTICA!
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December 6th, 2003, 09:42 AM
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Snowball, My Angel Baby
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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 -
BST
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Your sweet and weary head
The night is falling
You have come to journey's end
Sleep now
And dream of the ones who came before
They are calling
From across the distant shore .
Children are a message that we send
to a time that we will never see.
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December 6th, 2003, 10:50 AM
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Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hurst, TX
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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.
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December 6th, 2003, 07:50 PM
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Bad Email Address
Join Date: Nov 2003
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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.
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December 6th, 2003, 09:08 PM
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Stablemaster, Livery Ship
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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:
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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.
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Allright Mr. Larson!
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December 6th, 2003, 11:52 PM
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Great Honored Warrior (ret.) BG Fandom Leader (ret.)
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: San Jose, Calif., U.S.A
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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.
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December 8th, 2003, 09:17 PM
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Beautifully written and I agree with it a 100%!!
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December 9th, 2003, 04:51 AM
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Warrior
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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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...
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