"Battlestar Galactica" (2004) TV series 2004-2009

User Rating:

9.1/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

14 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The fight to save humanity rages on.

Plot:

After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew speed toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin face waning supplies, crushed morale, ... and the credible threat Cylons aboard the ship.

Plot Keywords:

Cylon | Space | Guilt | Robot | Refugee

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 17 wins & 38 nominations

Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Mary McDonnell	...	President Laura Roslin / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Jamie Bamber	...	Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
James Callis	...	Dr. Gaius Baltar / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii / ... (74 episodes, 2004-2009)
Katee Sackhoff	...	Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace / ... (72 episodes, 2004-2009)
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh (70 episodes, 2004-2009)
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol (67 episodes, 2004-2009)
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon / ... (65 episodes, 2004-2009)
Alessandro Juliani	...	Lt. Felix Gaeta (59 episodes, 2004-2009)
Kandyse McClure	...	Officer Anastasia Dualla / ... (54 episodes, 2004-2009)
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Dr. Cottle / ... (37 episodes, 2004-2009)
Bodie Olmos	...	Brendan 'Hot Dog' Costanza / ... (37 episodes, 2004-2009)
Michael Trucco	...	Ensign Samuel Anders / ... (36 episodes, 2005-2009)
Nicki Clyne	...	Crewman Specialist Cally Henderson / ... (36 episodes, 2004-2008)
Leah Cairns	...	Lt. Margaret 'Racetrack' Edmonson (34 episodes, 2005-2009)
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster (32 episodes, 2006-2009)

Also Known As:

"BSG" (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:12 (Season 1) | UK:15 (Season 2) | Singapore:PG (Season 2.0 boxset) | USA:TV-PG (Some Episodes) | Canada:14+ (TV re-rating) | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:12 | Malaysia:18PL | Singapore:NC-16 (Season 1) (season 2.5 boxset) (season 3) (season 4.0 boxset) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:M (season 4 - part 1) | Australia:MA (some episodes) | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

British Columbia Railway, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)

Trivia:

Starbuck, who is played by Katee Sackhoff, was a man in the original "Battlestar Galactica" (1978) show, played by Dirk Benedict. It's also the name of the first officer aboard the Pequod in the book Moby Dick.

Quotes:

Commander William Adama: I gave the order, Son. It was my responsibility.
Captain Lee 'Apollo' Adama: I pulled the trigger. That's mine.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard (2007) (V)

Most LAME ending to any series EVER

Well, I haven't seen EVERY series ever made, but still, I can't imagine any series having a more lame ending than BSG.

As for the series...great characters, great acting (granted...a little heavy-handed at times), OK story-line (a bit heavy on the "this has all happened before and will happen again theme"), with many unexpected, clever and satisfying plot twists.

But skip the last 50 minutes of this series. Your disappointment at missing the ending cannot possibly be matched by your probable disappointment at seeing the ending.

It doesn't matter how good a movie like Robin Hood might be, how good the characters, acting, sets, cinematography are, if suddenly at the end of the show all the Merry Men decide to fan out across England, making Dutch wooden shoes. BSG's ending, by comparison, is much more absurd.

...been looking at some of the comments from other people.

First, I don't think I would have enjoyed watching this show AT ALL with commercials. More: I'm pretty sure the series would have suffered a LOT if I had to dribble it in across 4 years of real time.

Second, wow...people really watch that many episodes of a show they hate? The quality of the series (except for the final episode) is fairly consistent. If you don't like it and watch more than 3 or 4 episodes...what's WRONG with you?

Third, WHY would anyone compare the latest series to the original BSG? They're completely different. Compare the original BSG to its inspiration: Star Wars (BSG fails) and compare the latest BSG to a contemporary dark serial like...True Blood (True Blood is better (so far), but not by such a huge margin).