So it's no big secret that I'm a big Battlestar Galactica fan. Heralded as the show that "Killed TV", the people behind it embrace a new model of pushing a TV show. There are blogs and vlogs by the creators. There are podcasts of DVD-style commentary for every episode that are released just before airtime. They'll send you an SMS to remind you the show's coming on. You can even watch old episodes from last season streamed right from the scfi.com website (buried in some flash, no link, sorry). All of these have kept me excited about the show, but the latest outreach pushed me over the top and compelled me to write something. From the show's main page:
VCR Alert: This episode will run two minutes overtime!
Not "We're screwing with you by shifting the showtime around a little", but rather, "Hey, please record the show however you like. Watch it over & over. But don't miss the end of this one, it's that good". Outstanding.
I'm going to have to buy some Season 1 DVD's next week.
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