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Weltraumaction mit Kultpotential, angelehnt an die Serie 'Kampfstern Galactica' von 1978. Hintergrund der Handlung ist der Konflikt zwischen Menschen und Zylonen. Die Zylonen sind humanoide Maschinenwesen, die sich gegen ihre Schöpfer aufgelehnt haben. Millionen von Menschen wurden in diesem erbitterten Krieg vernichtet sowie die zwölf Kolonien der Menschheit. Nun suchen die letzten Überlebenden im Weltraum nach einem neuen Planeten, den sie besiedeln könnten. Das Schiff der Truppe heißt "Battlestar Galactica" und wird angeführt von Commander William Adama und der Interims-Präsidentin Laura Roslin. Die große Sehnsucht der Flotte gilt der 13ten Kolonie, einem sagenumwobenen Planeten namens Erde. (TELE 5)
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A space opera in dirty garb that is equally clever, topical, mirror holding, epic, fateful, provocative and riveting as it is naive, amateurishly acted, full of filling, moralizing and full of moments that get the audience’s eyes rolling. In any case, at its better/best moments it’s really really good and at its feeblest it is really really bad, but never unwatchable; this is also thanks to the fact that the first situation described occurs considerably more often than the second.
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1st season - 90% - Sci-fi is not dead. Combine several genres, add likeable actors, ambiguous characters, and you'll get a bomb. Solving various social problems against the backdrop of such an attractive mythology, I can't remain indifferent, and because no character is clear-cut and anyone can act in a way that shatters your sympathy for them, Galactica gains the mark of true drama. Furthermore, when I add in the nerve-racking space battles with captivating effects, I have very little space left for criticism. Perhaps only the storyline with Caprice could progress faster. 2nd season - 80% - In the beginning of the anticipated sequel, I experienced a cruel disappointment. In the first five or six episodes, the storylines initiated in the first season were concluding, but they developed so incredibly slowly and uninterestingly that I sometimes felt like I was watching a different series. Problems that previously could have been resolved in one episode were suddenly stretched out over several more, and the characters became schematic figures, and I no longer cared about them. When the mythology didn't bring anything new and Six repeated the same phrases like a broken record, what had to happen finally happened. The writers hit a wall and started over anew. They brought new motifs to the characters' past, equipped Galactica with a new pile of societal problems, and tension or emotion began to appear regularly again. The second half of this season is pure gold, including the specific mood of each episode (the noir-infused part with the black market is a true delicacy). The storyline of the two Cylon prisoners became riveting despite its intimacy, and the final episodes with the elections show that the world of Galactica is merciless, selfish, but fortunately still human. The last twenty minutes are a true demonstration of how to wow the audience beyond expectations. The creators skillfully try to avoid possible stereotyping, but it will be the third season that will tell us whether this shift was too drastic a means. 3rd season - 90% - Now we make our own laws and justice. We've devised a way to let anything go, from theft to murder. We had to. Because we're no longer a civilization. We're a band of people on the run. We have to fight for survival! We have to break the rules, bend the laws, we have to improvise! This process is built on emotions. On anger. Resentment. Calls for revenge. But most of all, it is built on shame. Shame for what we did on that planet. It's about the guilt of those of us who escaped. We try to place all that guilt and shame on one man whom we toss out of an airlock, hoping to rid ourselves of it! So that we can live with ourselves. But it won't work. It's not going to happen. That's not justice. Just like everything human, justice is imperfect, it has flaws. But it's precisely those imperfections that distinguish us from machines. And maybe they make us a species worthy of salvation. 4th season - 100% - Leaving at its peak means becoming immortal, and the creators of Galactica are heading towards it by leaps and bounds. Just ten episodes away from the conclusion of the story, they are closer to that pinnacle than ever. The fates of the last ship in space have never been more fascinating. The combination of imminent destiny and the actions of both cowardly and courageous successors of the human race have reached a point where I have no reservations. From the deliberate beginning to the last episode, where so much happens that the viewer might not catch it all at once. And if the fate of humanity were to depend on such individuals who simply sit calmly with a book among the stars, then it wouldn't turn out so bad for us. Season 4.5 - 100% - Calculate everything that has remained to you over the years, come together and prepare for the end of the journey. Galactica has reached the conclusion of its arduous journey. It has arrived somewhere different from its original intention, with a different composition, where the losses cannot be considered negligible - and with people who have lost all remaining life ideals. But that ending has finally arrived, and if there's even a hint of sentiment left in you, try to awaken it now. This moment is truly the last one, and it's worth experiencing it fully. A big farewell to all, and never forget. So say we all.
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Battlestar Galactica appeared during the boom of TV series production when budgets of individual projects reached multiples of what crews could have asked for just a decade ago, and it really shows in its visuals. I vaguely remember the original series from the late 70s, which looks really laughably cheap compared to this. The visuals and the level of the script pleasantly surprised and even amazed me in the first episodes, so I was willing to consider giving it the highest rating. But as time went on, certain script shortcomings started to show, and there was a decent amount of dead weight in the episodes. Not to mention that as time went on, I started to feel like the Cylons were trying to dig under the house, break through the wall, or jump down the chimney, when all they needed to do was turn the doorknob and walk in. Basically, they come up with insane conspiracies that are not worth thinking too much about, where in reality the exhausted opponent is waiting for a mercy blow. Over time, it increasingly became a social game about which crew member, again against all logic, hides their Cylon nature. Too many traitors and conspiracies for too small a community of refugees. Overall impression of the series as a whole: 60%.
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Schade, dass Lucy Lawless diesen Dienst im Pegasus nicht öfter anbietet, ich würde häufiger hingehen. Oder: sämtliche Versuche, das Ganze kontinuierlich zu verfolgen, scheiterten daran, dass D´Anna Biers erst in der zweiten Staffel als Gast auftaucht. Also entscheide ich mich für das selektive Verfolgen nur ihrer Episoden, und damit ist die Mission gerettet. _Dann breche ich in echte Trauer über Lucretia aus. Als Reporterin hat sich D'Anna geschickt auf die Galactica geschlichen, um ihren Feind kennenzulernen. Nach einiger Zeit kehrte sie zurück und offenbarte ihre wahre zylonische Natur. Sie ist unsterblich, sexy, hat eine herrlich ironische Mimik und ist eine mörderische Rachemaschine. Was will man mehr? Hier gibt es ungefähr so viel antike Mythologie wie in Andromeda. Aber BGS, sorry, du gibst dir Mühe, aber du bist einfach nicht Spartacus. Die ganze Geschichte über Menschen, die gegen Roboter kämpfen, die ihnen über den Kopf gewachsen sind, gab es schon unzählige Male. Die Charaktere sind immer noch dieselben, die Moral ist immer noch dieselbe, die Zusammenarbeit ist immer noch das dringlichste Problem, und außerdem ist der Glaube an Gott nicht dasselbe wie der Glaube an Götter. Wird beide Hauptlinien ein Kind, ein Bastard - retten? ... Nein, ich brauche keine Science-Fiction-Interpretation, um meine eigenen Antworten auf die Fragen zu finden, die jeder Krieg aufwirft und wie sehr er seine Beteiligten bis zur Unkenntlichkeit verändern kann. Außerdem bin ich nicht wirklich glücklich über die wahnsinnige Beleuchtung, die wilde Kamera und den halluzinogenen Schnitt.
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