Out of Pod Experience

Spacepron, nuff said, it's about time someone released some more BSG, the remake really kicked it in the backside.

Saw the original trailer like a year ago, then they announced that they weren't picking it up for series. Was a bummer. Hopefully it has the same quality as BSG did.

Jeebies, the production values of this look dreadful.

I might go as far as to say the original pilot had better production values.

Also, I don't remember asking for this and certainly didn't ask for that caprica crap.

This just appears to be making attempts to cash in on something, kinda like they did with the revamp last decade. Difference is they used the original premise as a launching point into something new and unique; like having Starbucks sell more coffee.

AND

I fuckin' hate shaky cam.

Every-time I see shaky cam, it takes me right out of the scene, because I KNOW there is a camera operator TRYING to make it look like a documentary, by purposefully shaking the camera around like a moron.

Hate it more than I hate inappropriate lens flares - and combining to two: URGH, it makes me wanna put my right foot through my plasma.

AK

I'll give it a watch, cant be any worse than Caprica.

This. Made me laugh.

I can finally stop cutting myself now that more BSG is being made. \o/

Ha, me too. The part about laughing.

Let it die? Thats the problem with today. Too much fast consumption. BSG was one of the best space pilots to ever be made. The remake was great but short. I don't get this rush to the finish line. There was some much potential that was left on the table.

I hope this has some success. I would rather watch this than some rehash Star Wars drivel. Shows like Firefly and BSG were fantastic and original. But I guess I am the vocal minority that has no real voice. RIP TV.

Anyway, now that it's been out a couple days, so those that didn't see it probably don't give a frack about spoilers..
First thing I noticed was the lighting. Seemed more like a dream scene, over-bright sampling. Initially I thought it was annoying, but as the video progressed it made the look and feel ... well ... chrome like heh. But it was pretty heavy on post-processing, yet it still worked.

The CG looked pretty good, lots of stuff on scene. I mean the original BSG v2 the flight decks were material, tangible models, and not much clutter with little to no digital modeling, sparse. Clearly this was heavily CG, 3D models cluttering much of the scene, a good deal of realism though. Space scenes looked good too, well detailed.

Can't say much about the characters as of yet, justifiably, as it's only 30 minutes into it. But how it was playing out, I recall thinking of starship troopers, or a flavor of it. After all, it's 10 years into the war, newcomers coming in while veterans looking for a way out, while others duty bound. But not just talking about the shower scene, but in the seemingly never-ending war and with such a situation that produces unique personalities over time. With an hour left, I suppose the perspective of the viewer will now focus more on the main characters as they move forward into the mission, or salvaging of the circumstances. So they are two days out and no jump capability. I do recall seeing Adama on some planet in one of the early trailers, so off to the planet they go I suspect.

Sound was good
Music was good - mix of old and new
Dialog worked, though still early

I saw one really odd scene though. How long does it take to get two helmets? What, ten seconds? Lets see you put on a pair of real boots that quick let alone two guys quick change into flight suits in a small cockpit ...under fire lol. yeah uh-huh. But maybe they just over shortened it and cut out the stumbling, tripping and fresh floor dropped faeces as bolts of energy whiz by.

Good start.