Welcome!

I’ve never watched Battlestar Galactica before, but I’m going to start, and I’m going to write about my impressions of it here.

I’ve heard the name bandied around for a while, probably since it first came on the air, but I never really thought of watching it. It was finally, through Buffy the Vampire Slayer that I came to consider it worth watching. In the season 8 comics, Xander mentions having watched it and I thought, if Xander likes this BSG thing, maybe I would too. Then I found out that BtVS writer, Jane Espenson, also worked on BSG, and it was a done deal. As soon as I could get my hands on the show, I’d begin watching.

I consider myself reasonably well-versed in the realm of sci-fi TV (other than BtVS, I’ve had various love affairs with Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis, Farscape, Star Trek (Voyager and TNG mostly), Firefly, Dollhouse and Flashforward, among others), and I follow blogs and podcasts relating to the genre, but simply as a consumer of the material, I’ve always felt that something’s missing.

I want to be part of the community that shares their comments, speculation and experiences of these shows with each other, and I want to put my own voice out there to join in the conversation. This is my first real attempt at doing so, and I hope you’ll join me.

I’m planning to watch 2 episodes at a time and write about my first impressions of them once a week (at first, I’ll be counting each part of the miniseries as equivalent to 2 episodes, simply in terms of length).

I don’t know anything about the show other than how many episodes and features it consists of and that there will be a few faces that I’ll recognise from other shows as I go along. I prefer not to know anything about a series when I first watch it, so I am very keen to avoid spoilers, so if you want to join in the conversation, please keep it spoiler-free.

Looking forward to seeing you along the way, and thanks for reading!

Sam