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Only one more season. :eek::(

Reuters
"Battlestar" gets grounded by Sci Fi
By Nellie Andreeva
Yesterday at 1:27 am

The upcoming fourth season of Sci Fi Channel's "Battlestar Galactica" will be its final one after all.

After months of speculation, the show's producers are set to make the announcement at a press conference Friday.

Ending "Battlestar" with the upcoming 22-episode fourth season was a creative decision made by the hit show's executive producers Ronald Moore and David Eick.

"This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle and, finally, an end," Eick and Moore said in a statement Thursday. "Over the course of the last year, the story and the characters have been moving strongly toward that end, and we've decided to listen to those internal voices and conclude the show on our own terms. And while we know our fans will be saddened to know the end is coming, they should brace themselves for a wild ride getting there -- we're going out with a bang."

The fourth and final season of "Galactica" will kick off in November with "Razor," an extended two-hour episode, with the rest of the season slated to run beginning in early 2008.

Sci Fi executive vp original programming Mark Stern said the channel's brass "respect the producers' decision to end the series."

For months, Sci Fi had dispelled rumors about "Battlestar" ending its run after the fourth season.

A couple of weeks ago, one of the show's stars, Edward James Olmos, was quoted as saying that the upcoming batch of episodes were definitely the last ones. Sci Fi issued a statement denying such a decision had been made.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

I kind of figured that, considering that it wasn't doing pretty well, ratings-wise. I'm actually surprised that Sci-Fi agreed to a full 4th season. Maybe knowing their fate will get the writers back on their feed, because the 3rd season had major flaws in it.

and we got a long way to get near that season here

and we got a long way to get near that season here

Enjoy seasons 1 and 2, because season 3 has major, major problems.

i'm glad its coming to an end before they ruin it anymore

could you imagine how bad it would get if it ends up taking them 4 more seasons to find earth??? :eek:

I kind of figured that, considering that it wasn't doing pretty well, ratings-wise. I'm actually surprised that Sci-Fi agreed to a full 4th season. Maybe knowing their fate will get the writers back on their feed, because the 3rd season had major flaws in it.

Friday night is going to be pretty empty now for Sci-Fi. They already cancelled SG-1...well, actually, that was MGM doing it because MGM figured they could get more money out of Direct to DVD SG-1 movies, two of which are coming out in the Fall...and now Battlestar Galactica. Looks like Atlantis'll be all by its lonesome.

I just hope Sci-Fi doesn't do anything stupid and decide that, due to somewhat lower ratings, cancel Atlantis as well. It'd be the last thing they do before watching their channel go under in a way they've not seen since before SG-1 came to Sci-Fi.

Of course, it's not as if Atlantis would remain gone. Knowing MGM as well as the cast, crew, and whatnot, the show'll just move to another channel if Sci-Fi decided to cancel it, as Sci-Fi only has control over whether it is shown on their channel or not, no matter how often they like to promote it as a "Sci-Fi original series."

They showed it on Sky here in the UK. The recent final episode was the realisation of the final four out of five cylons (Tye, the chief et all) and the return of Starbuck with the revelation she had been to Earth. Was this the end of season 2 or 3?

They showed it on Sky here in the UK. The recent final episode was the realisation of the final four out of five cylons (Tye, the chief et all) and the return of Starbuck with the revelation she had been to Earth. Was this the end of season 2 or 3?

End of season 3.

They showed it on Sky here in the UK. The recent final episode was the realisation of the final four out of five cylons (Tye, the chief et all) and the return of Starbuck with the revelation she had been to Earth. Was this the end of season 2 or 3?

Seeing as how you guys are with us the whole way--and tend to broadcast the second half of seasons far before we do, even--I'm guessing third.

End of season 3.

Ta. So do you guys have a date for season 4 yet?

Ta. So do you guys have a date for season 4 yet?

Not till sometime in 2008. There's going to be a tv movie sometime in the fall of 2007 which will bring back Pegasus and will hopefully keep the fans fed until the final season comes to television.

The fourth and final season of "Galactica" will kick off in November with "Razor," an extended two-hour episode, with the rest of the season slated to run beginning in early 2008.



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Enjoy seasons 1 and 2, because season 3 has major, major problems.

have no idea what seasone we are watching
the last three thing's i recall when is was last shown is land in a cloud mist, the doc guy with two hot babes and the tin cans landing

I kind of figured that, considering that it wasn't doing pretty well, ratings-wise. I'm actually surprised that Sci-Fi agreed to a full 4th season. Maybe knowing their fate will get the writers back on their feed, because the 3rd season had major flaws in it.

Can you explain what the flaws were, in your opinion? Because I consider the third series vastly improved over the first two.

Friday night is going to be pretty empty now for Sci-Fi. They already cancelled SG-1
SG-1 has nothing left anyway. Really, they are fighting evil ancients now - effectively gods; they have exhausted believable bad guys. They are continuing Atlantis.

Atlantis would be the last decent thing they have on. Painkiller Jane is ok but there is no story to give a rat's ass about, but most of the stuff they try to fill the Friday time slot with between Galactica and Stargate down times is crap. They will be airing reruns of at least Stargate for years on Friday because they won't have anything decent.

Not till sometime in 2008. There's going to be a tv movie sometime in the fall of 2007 which will bring back Pegasus and will hopefully keep the fans fed until the final season comes to television.

Didn't Pegasus get blown to Kingdom Come?

Didn't Pegasus get blown to Kingdom Come?Yup. This is a "what else happened while the Pegasus was still around" story, not an alternate reality or time-travel thing. It doesn't extend the current arc of the story, I guess is what I'm saying.

Didn't Pegasus get blown to Kingdom Come?

no was it not ramed in to a Cylon battleship

4 years seems to me to be a good run for a show like this. its great that they get to finish it and not just end without a resolution.

SG-1 has nothing left anyway. Really, they are fighting evil ancients now - effectively gods; they have exhausted believable bad guys. They are continuing Atlantis.

Atlantis would be the last decent thing they have on. Painkiller Jane is ok but there is no story to give a rat's ass about, but most of the stuff they try to fill the Friday time slot with between Galactica and Stargate down times is crap. They will be airing reruns of at least Stargate for years on Friday because they won't have anything decent.

I wouldn't say Atlantis is the only decent thing that Sci-Fi still has - I'm rather partial to Eureka, mainly because it has a sense of humor that I haven't seen in a sci-fi show since the early SG-1 episodes.

Unfortunately, Sci-Fi chose to run Eureka on Tuesdays (so Friday is still becoming a black hole), and I haven't seen any mention of the show since it had its season finale last year.

I wouldn't say Atlantis is the only decent thing that Sci-Fi still has - I'm rather partial to Eureka, mainly because it has a sense of humor that I haven't seen in a sci-fi show since the early SG-1 episodes.

Unfortunately, Sci-Fi chose to run Eureka on Tuesdays (so Friday is still becoming a black hole), and I haven't seen any mention of the show since it had its season finale last year.

It is coming back this July on Sci fi

Sad, I really like that show.

Even with its flaws Season, 3 did have several excellent episodes (Exodus Part II and Crossroads I & II were damn fine television) and was stil lworlds ahead of most of the stuff on TV these days anyway.

Anyway, I'm glad they're ending on their own terms rather than stretching out into mediocrity like SG-1 (I like Ben Browder but the Ori are LAME).

Didn't Pegasus get blown to Kingdom Come?

Pegasus did the big firework, while ramming a Base Star at flank speed. IIRC, it messed up a Base Star before they abandoned ship, destroyed the Base Star that the Pegasus rammed, and another Base Star was destroyed by the Pegasus' port flight pod after Pegasus exploded.

and we got a long way to get near that season here

I thought we had season 2 playing on the Sci-Fi channel...

SG-1 has nothing left anyway. Really, they are fighting evil ancients now - effectively gods; they have exhausted believable bad guys. They are continuing Atlantis.

Even having Anubis (after he was torn apart by the Earth Ancient weapon) back again was pushing it IMO.

I thought we had season 2 playing on the Sci-Fi channel...

that's if you got foxtel

that's if you got foxtel

Oh yeah :ashamed:.

Oh yeah :ashamed:.

well if all the sports end up on foxtel
we would get so mum can watch the V8s other then that no way
FYI Sci-Fi channel be for me

well if all the sports end up on foxtel
we would get so mum can watch the V8s other then that no way
FYI Sci-Fi channel be for me

Join the dark side: They have fox news.

Also a history channel that seems to have about 60-75% of all programs related to WW2...

Join the dark side: They have fox news.

Also a history channel that seems to have about 60-75% of all programs related to WW2...

forget foxnew i watch naked news and history channel be for me too :D

forget foxnew i watch naked news and history channel be for me too :D

If there was anything that makes you not want to get foxtel it is having to pay for foxnews (as it is part the the news section).

BBC news does easily cover the rubbish that is fox news though...

Naked news used to be one th comedy channel. That always seemed odd to me...

I wonder who is going to commit suicide when they cancel it this time?

They could fill up friday nights with Sliders and Quantumn Leap... I loved those shows, Quantum Leap was my favorite as a kid.

Usually when I watch TV its HIstory, Discovery, or TLC. Sometimes Cartoon Network or COmedy Central.

I wonder who is going to commit suicide when they cancel it this time?

They could fill up friday nights with Sliders and Quantumn Leap... I loved those shows, Quantum Leap was my favorite as a kid.

Usually when I watch TV its HIstory, Discovery, or TLC. Sometimes Cartoon Network or COmedy Central.

Adult Swim FTW!

If there was anything that makes you not want to get foxtel it is having to pay for foxnews (as it is part the the news section).

BBC news does easily cover the rubbish that is fox news though...

Naked news used to be one th comedy channel. That always seemed odd to me...
Naked news it's not the news i'm in to
I wonder who is going to commit suicide when they cancel it this time?

They could fill up friday nights with Sliders and Quantumn Leap... I loved those shows, Quantum Leap was my favorite as a kid.

Usually when I watch TV its HIstory, Discovery, or TLC. Sometimes Cartoon Network or COmedy Central.

Quantum Leap i don't recall but Sliders i do an that was a cool show to me whne i was young

I beleive Fridays will be very full with Dr. Who and I believe Eureka. I have also heard some where they may have a nother spin off of SG-1.

Naked news it's not the news i'm in to


Quantum Leap i don't recall but Sliders i do an that was a cool show to me whne i was young

Quantumn Leap was great, if you get the chance I highly recomend you watch it. Bascially it was about a man who invented a time machine, however there is a major flaw; the machine only sends your conciousness back in time. He has to travle seemingly randomly through time righting wrongs until he can return to his own body. In the mean time... his body is inhabited by the conciousness of the person he inhabits. Makes for some interesting stuff.

Quantumn Leap was great, if you get the chance I highly recomend you watch it. Bascially it was about a man who invented a time machine, however there is a major flaw; the machine only sends your conciousness back in time. He has to travle seemingly randomly through time righting wrongs until he can return to his own body. In the mean time... his body is inhabited by the conciousness of the person he inhabits. Makes for some interesting stuff.

mm
do you recall the Sliders Episode man having the babys and did we see the Maggots using human in breeding purposes

mm
do you recall the Sliders Episode man having the babys and did we see the Maggots using human in breeding purposes

Yep, seen them all. It was a great show. Someday I will likely by it on DvD if it ever gets released. Its on my wishlist along with GIJOE, Masters of the Universe, and Transformers (Original)

Yep, seen them all. It was a great show. Someday I will likely by it on DvD if it ever gets released. Its on my wishlist along with GIJOE, Masters of the Universe, and Transformers (Original)

it is out on DVD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliders

it is out on DVD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliders

Shows you how much TV I watch don't it?

Last full TV show I watched was Southpark sometime in January *nod*

Shows you how much TV I watch don't it?

Last full TV show I watched was Southpark sometime in January *nod*

it's not till you said the show that i recalled it myself

Sliders was good until they decided they had to have an identifiable enemy and started losing characters.

So I've heard. *sad* But at least the next episode will happen this November, and not in '08 like they said. Small consolation, since the earlier it begins, the earlier it will end. :(

I beleive Fridays will be very full with Dr. Who and I believe Eureka. I have also heard some where they may have a nother spin off of SG-1.
I havn't heard anything about Eureka being moved to Fridays and I havn't heard a peep about Dr Who for months, not even reruns. You have to watch BBCA for Dr Who reruns. Friday is going to be Painkiller Jane, their upcoming series Section 9, Special Unit 2, and some other series they started a month or so back which I never watched. I think it is about a bionic boy who got his powers from nanites getting into his blood from cut class flying from a jar holding nanites that was shot, and now I'm not sure if it was USA or Sci-Fi.

So I've heard. *sad* But at least the next episode will happen this November, and not in '08 like they said. Small consolation, since the earlier it begins, the earlier it will end. :(

bet i don't see it till 09

I think it is about a bionic boy who got his powers from nanites getting into his blood from cut class flying from a jar holding nanites that was shot, and now I'm not sure if it was USA or Sci-Fi.

That would be Jake 2.0 that you're talking about.

Even having Anubis (after he was torn apart by the Earth Ancient weapon) back again was pushing it IMO.

Actually, the original plan for SG-1 was to end it after seven seasons, so they made the Season 7 finale a total finale in order to allow a smooth transistion into Atlantis.

Then SG-1 got renewed for an eighth season, and things started going downhill from there... especially since the writers wrote yet another total finale into the Season 8 storyline, which killed off almost the existing villains in the storyline...

I beleive Fridays will be very full with Dr. Who and I believe Eureka. I have also heard some where they may have a nother spin off of SG-1.

Sci-Fi showed Doctor Who episodes on Friday during the winter, so this isn't implausible... depends on whether the BBC continues to let Sci-Fi run the new episodes.

Eureka on Friday would be news to me, but it would make it far easier to catch all of Sci-Fi's remaining good programs on tape.

Wiki lends support to a second Stargate spinoff ("Stargate: Universe"), but if that show materializes it won't appear until 2008.

That would be Jake 2.0 that you're talking about.

IIRC, Jake 2.0 isn't a new series, but rather Sci-Fi rerunning an older, now-discontinued series (like the Dead Like Me reruns on Tuesdays and the Dark Angel/Enterprise reruns on Monday).

Actually, the original plan for SG-1 was to end it after seven seasons, so they made the Season 7 finale a total finale in order to allow a smooth transistion into Atlantis.

Then SG-1 got renewed for an eighth season, and things started going downhill from there... especially since the writers wrote yet another total finale into the Season 8 storyline, which killed off almost the existing villains in the storyline...

Ahhh, so thats why is was so odd...

Quantumn Leap was great, if you get the chance I highly recomend you watch it. Bascially it was about a man who invented a time machine, however there is a major flaw; the machine only sends your conciousness back in time. He has to travle seemingly randomly through time righting wrongs until he can return to his own body. In the mean time... his body is inhabited by the conciousness of the person he inhabits. Makes for some interesting stuff.

Sometimes it was not just interesting, but hysterically funny. Imagine Scott (Captain Archer) Bakula playing a pregnant woman.

In fact, when Enterprise first came on, I wasn't sure I could take Scott Bakula seriously as the captain of a starship because of the Quantum Leap role. Turns out I couldn't take him seriously as a starship captain and it had nothing to do with the previous role.

Sometimes it was not just interesting, but hysterically funny. Imagine Scott (Captain Archer) Bakula playing a pregnant woman.

In fact, when Enterprise first came on, I wasn't sure I could take Scott Bakula seriously as the captain of a starship because of the Quantum Leap role. Turns out I couldn't take him seriously as a starship captain and it had nothing to do with the previous role.

That show had bigger problems than Scott Bakula. It started with the theme song and lasted through the closing credits.

That show had bigger problems than Scott Bakula. It started with the theme song and lasted through the closing credits.

It had so much promise, and there were a couple of episodes that almost lived up to the promise, but in the end it was a disappointment.

Probably for the best - good to have it properly ending, unlike Space : Above and Beyond, which was pure genius (mostly), but ended really amazingly badly.

It had so much promise, and there were a couple of episodes that almost lived up to the promise, but in the end it was a disappointment.

Agreed. The writing did get better over the course of the series, but it retconned so much that it was hard to see it as fitting the Star Trek timeline. For example, Phasers were introduced over the course of the show despite the fact that a century later the Enterprise under Captain Pike was still using laser weapons. I know that's a really nitpicky geek thing to worry about, but it's the sort of thing that makes the difference to hardcore fans and shows whether or not the writers are paying attention.

Probably for the best - good to have it properly ending, unlike Space : Above and Beyond, which was pure genius (mostly), but ended really amazingly badly.

QFT

...does anyone know if this is or will be available on DVD?

QFT

...does anyone know if this is or will be available on DVD?

In 2005 Space: Above and Beyond was released on DVD in United States

I've kind of wondered why the whole damn channel doesn't end.

Oh yeah, it shows excellent movies such as Leeches, SS Doomtrooper, and of course...

SHARK ATTACK III: MEGALADON!

:D

I've kind of wondered why the whole damn channel doesn't end.

Oh yeah, it shows excellent movies such as Leeches, SS Doomtrooper, and of course...

SHARK ATTACK III: MEGALADON!

:D
The sad part about it is, my parents watch a lot of those movies and really enjoy them. Their sense of taste is...at best, poor.

At least it's a huge amount of potential Rifftrax and Film Crew fodder, though.

The sad part about it is, my parents watch a lot of those movies and really enjoy them. Their sense of taste is...at best, poor.

At least it's a huge amount of potential Rifftrax and Film Crew fodder, though.

See, I love watching bad movies. You name it I've watched it. My immune system to bad movies is like a diamond rock.

However, do your parents watch them and enjoy them for the same reason I do, as in "they're so bad they're funny," or do they actually think they're watching good films?

There was a time that the only thing worth watching on Sci-Fi was Saturday Morning Anime (my gateway drug) and MST3K. At least they've improved somewhat over those days.

Now if they just weren't regressing back to that so quickly.

See, I love watching bad movies. You name it I've watched it. My immune system to bad movies is like a diamond rock.

However, do your parents watch them and enjoy them for the same reason I do, as in "they're so bad they're funny," or do they actually think they're watching good films?
I have no idea. I never bothered to ask them.

In 2005 Space: Above and Beyond was released on DVD in United States
w00t thanks!

w00t thanks!

good luck finding them

good luck finding them

Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Space-Above-Beyond-Charles-Martin/dp/B000BCCAEQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-3728758-3558863?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1180983112&sr=8-1)

Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/Space-Above-Beyond-Charles-Martin/dp/B000BCCAEQ/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-3728758-3558863?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1180983112&sr=8-1)

that's not cheap when changing it to AUSD

that's not cheap when changing it to AUSD

I would imagine. I feel sorry for anyone trying to order anything out of the US and get it shipped abroad. It sometimes doubles or even triples the price.

I would imagine. I feel sorry for anyone trying to order anything out of the US and get it shipped abroad. It sometimes doubles or even triples the price.

i think one USD gets two of our AUSD

i think one USD gets two of our AUSD

Ick. You have my sympathies. I barely make enough to keep my own hobbies going, I can't imagine having to work thru an exchange rate like that on top of everything.

Ick. You have my sympathies. I barely make enough to keep my own hobbies going, I can't imagine having to work thru an exchange rate like that on top of everything.

thats why i don't buy online and try to find it here