Newer PostOlder PostM O N D AY, J A N U A RY 1 6 , 2 0 0 6"New Yorker" Praises "Battlestar: Galactica"As well they should -- "BG" is probably the most exciting and certainlythe most relevant show on TV right now.</p><p> But two things about theNancy Franklin review.</p><p> She's clearly playing catch up -- the piecespends so much time recapping the miniseries that launched the show,it might as well have been written in 2003.</p><p> And as a side note, shedescribes the SciFi channel's previous big success as "Mystery ScienceTheatre 3000." The wording is a little vague, so it may not technicallybe an error, but they certainly make it sound like MST3K is a signatureSciFi show when in fact it ran on Comedy Central for many years andSciFi dealt in the scraps when it began airing the show (with a newcast) some eight years into the run in 1997.</p><p> That was also the year SciFilaunched "StarGate," now about to become the longest running sci-fihit in TV history.</p><p> It's more of a signature series for the channel than"MST3K."POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 3:46 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: "New Yorker" Praises "Battlestar: Galactica"http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-yorker-praises-batt... 1 of 37/29/09 4:17 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyAaronMichael in New York POPSURFING.COM: "New Yorker" Praises "Battlestar: Galactica"http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-yorker-praises-batt... 2 of 37/29/09 4:17 AMPOPSURFING.COM: "New Yorker" Praises "Battlestar: Galactica"http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-yorker-praises-batt... 3 of 37/29/09 4:17 AM
