Re: BSG 2003 was Re: The NAC Navy Hymn

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 01:03:09PM -0500, John K Lerchey wrote:
>My take is that the Galactica seems... weak.  In the original series 
>(iirc), a single battelstar could take on 1 or 2 cylon base stars and
hold 
>it's own, or win.  In the new series, it seems they're either badly 
>outnumbered, or badly outclassed (my gut reaction was the latter), and 
>they run and run and run some more, and don't ever really seem to
engage 
>or fight their way free.

Well, it's an _old_ battlestar, and they're _new_ cylons.

>There are plenty of things to like about the show, but I'm not
convinced 
>that it will fulfill my desire to see some kick ass dogfights and watch

>some cylon base stars get obliterated.

Spoilers for the series (up to episode 12) follow.


Nope, basestars are definitely "oh sh*t run away" rather than "let's
take it out". There's actually very little dogfighting - and what there
is tends to be brief and fatal.

R