Best piece of recent US televisual programming

[Belushi]

Maybe I should just check Buffy out, but every time I ever caught it on the telly it just struck me as a silly teen soap, like a supernatural Dawson's Creek

It's just not your bag mate.

 

[Orang Utan]

It's just not your bag mate.

Hmm, I've got two friends saying that it's the best thing since sliced bread and now you're telling me not to bother.
B** loves it but him and A***** like all sorts of shit - they even liked Serenity FFS!

 

[Belushi]

Hmm, I've got two friends saying that it's the best thing since sliced bread and now you're telling me not to bother.
B** loves it but him and A***** like all sorts of shit - they even liked Serenity FFS!

I loved Buffy and I loved Serenity

I just dont think its your type of thing mate - I hate to break it to you like this but your missing the sci-fi geek gene

 

[Orang Utan]

I loved Buffy and I loved Serenity

I just dont think its your type of thing mate - I hate to break it to you like this but your missing the sci-fi geek gene

You may be right - I'm indifferent to Star Trak and Dr Who too, though I tend to get into these things if forced to watch them AND I've just received the first few eps of BSG season 1 from lovefilm

 

[Belushi]

You may be right - I'm indifferent to Star Trak and Dr Who too, though I tend to get into these things if forced to watch them AND I've just received the first few eps of BSG season 1 from lovefilm

You need to watch the BSG mini-series before season one!

 

[Reno]

I've just received the first few eps of BSG season 1 from lovefilm

Only recommended if you've seen the mini-series first which was the pilot. If not you won't have a clue what's going on.

*edit: Belushi beat me to it*

 

[Orang Utan]

Oh shit, really?
I saw an episode on Sky Three (or some Freeview channel), about a prison riot, and was gripped - wasn't very scifi though

 

[Belushi]

Oh shit, really?
I saw an episode on Sky Three (or some Freeview channel), about a prison riot, and was gripped - wasn't very scifi though

Best Sci-Fi series ever imho - you can get the DVD of the mini series for about a fiver lots of places.

 

[Reno]

Oh shit, really?
I saw an episode on Sky Three (or some Freeview channel), about a prison riot, and was gripped - wasn't very scifi though

BSG tells a continuous story and the 3 hour pilot sets up the plot and characters. I found it difficult to get into for the first 45 minutes, but then it really kicks off. Like Buffy BSG uses sci-fi for allegory (in this case 9/11 and the Iraq war) and it explores ideas about identity not dissimilar to what Philip K. Dick does.

 

[Orang Utan]

Arse, it'll take ages to get the pilot on lovefilm now and I'll have to hang on to the other disc in the meantime

 

[Orang Utan]

Best Sci-Fi series ever imho - you can get the DVD of the mini series for about a fiver lots of places.

Ooh - I'll check that out now - ta!

 

[Reno]

Arse, it'll take ages to get the pilot on lovefilm now and I'll have to hang on to the other disc in the meantime

When I got the pilot from Lovefilm it arrived pretty fast. It's four years old now, so there isn't a huge demand for it.