Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome

[Galvatron]

Looks better than I expected. I'm cautiously optimistic that it won't be a snoozefest like Caprica was.

[Themightytom]

Wasn't that cancelled?

[Galvatron]

Yeah, but it was resurrected as a web series (apparently).

[Themightytom]

Yeah, but it was resurrected as a web series (apparently).

That's awesome! No commercials... maybe...

[Galvatron]

More info here:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/59482

[Darksider]

So how do they plan on marketing this? is it going to be to-order on itunes or something?

[Galvatron]

I think you can watch it for free online, then they'll compile all the webisodes and show them as a movie on SyFy. I'm sure they're hoping to sell DVDs and Blu-rays of it too.

[wautd]

Looks pretty good

[Eternal_Freedom]

This is the same bunch that did the Halo Forward Unto Dawn series, so it should be at least reasonably good.

[CaptJodan]

Looks like fun. I'm ready for a bit more nBSG music to add to my collection, so hopefully Bear has come up with some good themes.

[FSTargetDrone]

First part is up:



Galactica seems to have more dorsal heavy guns (?) than on the nBSG series. Also, enough with the lens flare/blowouts. Gah!!!

[gigabytelord]

Hot damn this looks and sounds nice.

[JLTucker]

Galactica seems to have more dorsal heavy guns (?) than on the nBSG series. Also, enough with the lens flare/blowouts. Gah!!!

The lens flares are likely done to mask some probable dodgy special effects.

[GrandMasterTerwynn]

Hot damn this looks and sounds nice.

It had me at the point where they did the first establishing shot of the Galactica to a beautifully spare rendition of the classic Battlestar Galactica theme.

[weemadando]

Not available in your country. Oh Internet. You so funny.

[weemadando]

And here's a working link for those of us who the internet doesn't like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ZAvPebsc8

No idea if it's any good as I haven't watched it, but fuck region locking.

[Grumman]

Youtube's being a laggy POS so I can't say for sure, but I think you've got the video set as private, Weemadando.

[Ahriman238]

Mildly annoyed by Adama's indignant self-entitled whining when he finds out the military won't always let him do what he wants. Was it also necessary to call him Husker every minute? We know that it's him and I'd have rather had the callsign introduced a bit later with a story beyond "first co-pilot thought I was a farmboy and wouldn't hear a word otherwise."

[Batman]

Episode 2 is up though the graphical quality is pretty atrocious.

[JLTucker]

Episode 2 is up though the graphical quality is pretty atrocious.

Click the cogwheel and choose 720p or 1080p.

[Batman]

Or I could try that.
EDIT: Also, 2 days on a Raptor? That thing makes Trek shuttles look roomy.

[JLTucker]

Mildly annoyed by Adama's indignant self-entitled whining when he finds out the military won't always let him do what he wants.

It fits his character. Do you recall "It's a military decision" in the original series?

[Ultonius]

Was it also necessary to call him Husker every minute? We know that it's him and I'd have rather had the callsign introduced a bit later with a story beyond "first co-pilot thought I was a farmboy and wouldn't hear a word otherwise."

This explanation for the callsign looks like a retcon, since it was earlier explained as a reference to Adama's gravelly voice. It might have been changed because Luke Pasqualino's voice isn't particularly gravelly.

It's also interesting that early-generation raptors (or at least some) don't have jump drives. Maybe the drives can't be made small enough yet.

[Batman]

This is decades before nBSG so that wouldn't be particularly surprising. Alternatively it was at this point simply not affordable, or Colonial High Command at the time figured putting a jump drive on a ship that small was a waste of resources.

[Ahriman238]

Mildly annoyed by Adama's indignant self-entitled whining when he finds out the military won't always let him do what he wants.

It fits his character. Do you recall "It's a military decision" in the original series?

The original series? No, I don't.

One thing to be extraordinarily self-possessed and willing to push the envelope of your authority, quite another to argue with a superior officer about your assigned duties. Which is what really got me, it's not the CAG or deck officer's job to explain that you get assigned a bird, you don't pick one. Some variation on this idea should have been introduced to him the very first day of whatever training he's had.


Ooh, secret mission gone horribly wrong. Always good for a first week on the job. I'm also slightly annoyed at the bull[loud clang] way of editing profanity when the series already made up their own swears to get around the issue.