[citation][nom]hasten[/nom]Watching the new series for the first time on Netflix. It's great. Even my girlfriend, who in 7 years of us together has always ripped on my geeky tendencies, loves it. Hopefully I'll be able to finish it before February - my TV time is usually devoted to NFL and NBA during the fall/winter.[/citation]
the new series sucked due to it's design soap opera style for women.
[citation][nom]Dax Corrin[/nom]I've been watching both the old and new series again On Demand through Xfinity cable, who I also happen to work for... I forgot how cheesy the old series was, too many shots of the Vipers that were shown over and over, and wow, you can see all the blocky matte images around the moving ships.. but it was cool when I was 16.[/citation]
whine whine whine stereo tv was just coming out and the largest common screen back then was 25".
of course when you play it on your new HD 55" dolby digital TFX certified it's going to look and sound like crap. over 50% of the budget went to the models and special effects also which were state of the art for star wars and BSG which mind you was a TV SHOW.
between BSG, Buck Rogers, Star Wars, GI Joe Transformers, Voltron and Robotech i was in HEAVEN as an 8 year old.
after babysitting my niece and nephew for a few days last year, the stuff they have for kids now is so utterly terrible i introduced them to the old school Voltron and they will with out hesitation turn down watching anything made in the last 20 years for kids shows, even barney and yo gabba gabba gets the boot.
the nephew even went trick or treating as Voltron in a labor intensive costume he forced his mom to make him and the sword had to be bought online as the one at the store i checked at was real and sharp forged steel polished until it blazes and taller than he was. (no i will not tell you where you can get it or how much it costs until after i buy it.)
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