TALK BATTLESTAR !!

POSTED BY: Calhoun
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 8, 2005 06:23
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CALHOUN

Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:28 AM

You Americans should be getting into the new Battlestar series by now. Isnt it great!

Its the second best show ever! Anyone dispute that?

Just wait until you guys get to the last episode for season 1 ..... you'll be amazed!

I only hope they dont find Earth to early.

Speak your minds people.

SAMWIBATT

Saturday, February 19, 2005 5:07 PM

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
Its the second best show ever! Anyone dispute that?

Not exactly - but I have a hard time ranking good stuff with that kind of precision, and it is VERY good stuff. IMO the two best moves they made were:

1) Terrific visual effects (which I noticed right away were Firefly-like, and it's the same talent behind them, hooray!) Quite a departure from the old series, which had 3 space battle shots - or six, if you count them as different when they played them mirror-image. Don't get me wrong, I was glued to the set for the old series, at least until Galactica 1980 came along.

2) The characters all take the situation much more seriously than they seemed to in the original. It really feels like this is humanity's weakest hour. Arming everyone with bullets and nukes instead of ray guns and Bigger Ray Guns makes the fighting very accessibly threatening. I didn't think I was going to be able to sit through all of "33" for all the menace. Phew.

I also find the new theology interesting - that the Cylons are monotheist and the humans aren't. The original was, to bastardize a Muppet Show favorite, Mormons in SPAAAAAACE!

REEQUEEN

Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:03 PM

SamWibatt:

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I also find the new theology interesting - that the Cylons are monotheist and the humans aren't. The original was, to bastardize a Muppet Show favorite, Mormons in SPAAAAAACE!

Gawd. I was beginning to think I was the only person ever to have noticed the Mormons in Space thing.

Of course, I live in Utah, spent my life since I was 14 here, and was raised Mormon, so I wondered if perhaps I was a little super-sensitive to that subtext....despite Glen Larson being Mo'.

....a few minutes later, after doing a quickie google, I find out that there is actually a lot of information on what some have called Battlestar Mormonica.

"He has a gorm horizon. All gorm that falls past it is lost forever." UserFriendly http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050114

SAMWIBATT

Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:12 PM

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Originally posted by ReeQueen:
I live in Utah, spent my life since I was 14 here...

Well, howdy! I'm a Salt Lake City resident myself. Happy to know there are other Firefly fans here.

Battlestar Mormonica? hee hee!

REEQUEEN

Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:33 PM

Good to meetcha! You're the second person I've "met" who is in (well, Northernish) Utah and a Firefly Fan (the other is over at Buffistas). I'm sure there's gotta be more out there, perhaps enough for a meet-up or somp'um (to use strictly Utah speak)?

Wacky, I know.

Just so you know, I am no longer a practicing Mormon, but a practicing agnostic. I practice agnosticism and one day I'm going to get it right.

"He has a gorm horizon. All gorm that falls past it is lost forever." UserFriendly http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050114

OLDENGLANDDRY

Saturday, February 19, 2005 11:01 PM

Although i wasnt happy with the whole "enemy within" theme at first, it seems to be panning out nicely (except, why does it have to be my favourite female character? She's too hot to be a Cylon). The whole paranoia aspect of the situation is very realistic; The military versus the politicians with faith being used allmost as a weapon.
I know it wont happen but, in future series, I would really like to see them meet some Earth colonist coming the other way with a similar level of technology so that the Cylons get a run for their money.
Or maybe the Cylons already know where Earth is.
Maybe they are already here.
Watch the skies.

MACBAKER

Wednesday, March 2, 2005 6:53 AM

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Originally posted by oldenglanddry:
why does it have to be my favourite female character? She's too hot to be a Cylon?

Which female character? Six, or Boomer? They are both hot!!!!
Did you see this month's Maxim, with Grace Park? Yowzaa!!!!

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

OLDENGLANDDRY

Wednesday, March 2, 2005 10:22 PM

I mean Boomer of course, not so keen on six (I've got a thing about blondes).
So now I have to see if I have enough loose change in my pocket to buy a Maxim.
By the way, it's probably a silly question, but is Grace Park related to Linda Park from Enterprise?

MACBAKER

Thursday, March 3, 2005 12:01 AM

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Originally posted by oldenglanddry:
is Grace Park related to Linda Park from Enterprise?

I doubt it. Park is as common a name in Asia, as Smith is in America.

I'd given some thought to movin' off the edge -- not an ideal location -- thinkin' a place in the middle.

SNIPER

Sunday, March 6, 2005 5:38 AM

I love this show. Great acting, CGI and everything else.

Just finished a new site: THE CIC, which I'm going to use as a news/commentary site.

http://GalacticaCIC.blogspot.com

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