Top 5 Battlestar Galactica Ships

These are my picks for the 5 best ships of BSG; either series.

5. Pegasus

Glorious original series tribute turned bittersweet ally, the Battlestar Pegasus captured the 70's Battlestar design superbly. The only thing I don't like about it is the sound of the doors... However, it makes up for that by leaps and bounds in one of the best space battles ever. No, I'm not talking about the Resurrection Ship.

4. Resurrection Hub Basestar

Speaking of Resurrection, these guardians of heavily defended Cylon Resurrection Hubs are a menacing presence to say the least. Basically a technological fusion of a Resurrection Ship and a Basestar. 

3. Viper Mark II

In the fine Re-Imagined Series tradition of honoring the original series with retro ship designs, here comes the Viper Mark II. This is the fighter most frequently used on BSG due to the limited supply of supposedly-superior Mark VIIs.

2. Cylon Raider

It's alive. Literally.

1. Original Series Cylon Basestar

I love these so much, as well as the ominous music that plays whenever we cut to one of them. Utterly classic.

Star Trek XI: The Random Aliens

So in Star Trek XI, we had Romulans, Vulcans, and an Orion. I believe that there are also Klingons in a deleted scene.

All familiar Trek species, but in this movie there were several Random Aliens... 

1. Alnschloss K'Bentayr (A Kelvin Bridge Officer)

2. Kelvin Nurse

3. Long-faced bar alien (This actually might be a Markalian, but I'm not sure)

4. Cadets at Kirk's hearing

5. Enterprise Bridge Officer that Turns to Look When Sulu Can't Explain Why They Aren't Warping

6. Keenser (Scotty's Assistant)

Just a little overview... (and sorry that this isn't about TV but this movie is such a big deal that I had to say something about it)

The Top 5 of Babylon 5

It's time for my top 5 of Babylon... 5. This is in chronological order, and only concerns the show. 

1. The Coming of Shadows - A classic story balancing character, plot, and prophecy beautifully.

2. Severed Dreams - "The Babylon Project was a dream given form." Not anymore.

3. War Without End - This two-parter pretty much defines the word "epic".

4. Into the Fire - Anticlimactic to some, brilliant to others. Like me, of course.

5. The Fall of Centauri Prime - The title says it all. Gut-wrenching for a truly tragic character.

It is ridiculously hard narrowing down 5 seasons of brilliance to 5 episodes. I'm not even 100% sure that this is my definitive top 5. However, in the interests of spontaneity I shall leave it as it is.

SG-1 Season 4 Analysis Part 5

This is the final part of the analysis, where I briefly talk about the season as a whole.

Season 4, to me, is the best season of "Stargate SG-1". It is firmly entrenched in the golden years of the show and features great team dynamics and character episodes along with an unbeatable aura of classicness (which isn't a word but it works!).

This season, like every other season of "SG-1", expands on the mythology and story arcs while simultaneously creating new ones and producing episodes that are largely stand-alone.

"Small Victories", "Upgrades", "Divide and Conquer", "The Serpent's Venom", "Chain Reaction", "Absolute Power", "Double Jeopardy", and "Exodus" all continued existing story threads and wrapped up a big one: the Harcesis.

"Crossroads", "Watergate", "The First Ones", "Point of No Return", "The Curse", "2010", and "Prodigy" all started new threads and mini-threads by drawing on established ideas. Of these, the biggest one is the Russian presence began in "Watergate". "The First Ones" begins two stories: that of Chaka and that of the P90!

"The Other Side", "Window of Opportunity", "Scorched Earth", "Beneath the Surface", "The Light", and "Entity" were all largely stand-alone episodes.

Overall, a brilliant season with only a few sore thumbs (every season has a few). Long live SG-1 - the show, the team, the legend.