Friday, April 06, 2007

Line in the Sand

Battlestar Galactica - Season 1 (2003, 2005)
directed by a few too many overzealous jump-zoom hacks
rating: 2 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix

I'm tough on "Battlestar Galactica" because, as much as I sometimes hate to admit it, it's the sort of show that inherently plays to one of my most admirable weaknesses: loving sci-fi on TV. And when the opening credits rework the image of LBJ taking office inside Air Force One and accompany it with some gorgeous space war visuals, I'm already sold. But I don't necessarily stay sold, and I didn't this first mediocre season - which means that Steve Brady is now calling in a favor when the first disc of Season 2 shows up from Netflix tomorrow.