Serenity in Battlestar Galactica
POSTED BY: pzadvance
UPDATED: Saturday, December 17, 2005 18:35
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Originally posted by Brownedshorts:
I just wanted to toss in my expression of love for the new BSG. Interestingly, whether intentionally or not, it owes a lot to Joss's style of television writing, i.e., building up tension through character relationships that have plot consequences, sometimes many episodes down the road. BSG's characters are complex, and like Joss's, they each have an agenda, which can't be reduced to simple good guy/bad guy TV archetypes.
Another point to be made is that I think BSG might just be the wedge to bring Firefly back to TV. If BSG continues to gather critical acclaim and to build a crossover audience for thoughtful sci-fi, then maybe the powers-that-be will take a second look at Firefly, which really is BSG's spiritual predecessor in many respects.
Looks like I'm reallllly going to have to watch now. I don't know if anything can live up to FF though. But, I will give it a chance.
Don't forget to call him "Sir." He likes that.
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BSG is my new addiction... at least they're still making it. Just finished getting caught up late last night - and was soooo disappointed to find out that the next episode isn't out until next year.... why can't they come out with a new show every night?
I wish you hundreds of fat children.
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SameErtia wrote:
Friday, December 16, 2005 10:58
Sorry.
I have enough sexual identity issues without seeing my childhood hero as a woman.
Good catch on spotting the Firefly, though! :D
It took me a while to come to terms with Starbuck as a woman also but it works well.
I cant believe all you people just discovering serenity in BSG now.. where y'all been?
The new Battlestar Galactica is a very close second to Firefly for all time best TV show for me.
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The new BSG IS VERY addictive. I went into expecting to hate it....I just wanted to pick it apart, but I found it to be the most engaging of all shows.
The people who love the old Starbuck and Boomer...get over it. The original Starbuck had no real personality except for the cigar-chomping and the bad jokes, and neither did the original Boomer, and even Colonel Tigh in the orginal had no real personality. The Starbuck of the new BSG is loaded with personality, and so is Boomer and her other copies, and even Tigh, who is a drunk, is much more colorful, and engaging than the original Tigh.
The best change of all in the new BSG is the Cylons! They are amazing, and they have a religion, and a plan!
The one thing that was bothering me as I watched this new show, was that the BSG group was trying to act like a family, which I thought they totally failed at, but once the Pegasus showed up with that boat load of thugs, and once they showed how mean they were, I finally got that the people on the Galactica had indeed formed a family, and a pretty good one at that. God! I hate admiral Cain!
The Cylons may have been mean, and they may have wiped out the human colonies, but the concept of rape is new to them, and it made my blood boil knowing that some of the Pegasus crew raped a Cylon... a whole new low for the human race. I hope the Galactic blows the Pegasus, and their evil crew up during the next 10 episodes of season II.
Sorry for all the spoilers.
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Yeah whats with the raping a cylon thing? Who would risk sticking their manhood into a dangerous and violent machine with super strength?
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Forgive my low view of the human race, but yes, those bastards raped a cylon. In real life I believe we would have done the same....I hate humanity.
I think I'm getting more bitter every year.
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BSG is the mutts
I don't knw about it rubbing shoulders with firefly though. I felt BSG had everything firefly had bar the warmth.
that for me is what i love about firefly, the warmth of the characters. It's like i realy feel drawn to them. for example kaylee, now she if a fine looking woman, but the lust which as a red blooded male, i should feel is not there. Why, because she feels like, well family.
I don't want to be a nerd, this kind of devout love seems bordering on it. but dammit, that show makes me feel warm inside.
I am drunk on precious lovely booze!! and i love you all. My fellow browncoats. Mr Joss. The lovely cast. Dammit i love you all.
I look forward to reading the replies tomorrow, because i know they will contain the same huggy warmth this is written it.
Love John.
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i'm going to avoid reading all the posts, since i've just netflixed all the BSG seasons and am planning to start watching BSG. i heard from a really good friend that Zoic did the effects, so that actually led to the aforementioned netflixing.
that screenshot is really cool! now i'm excited to catch up on BSG. said friend is very into it.
http://violetrix.blogspot.com
the arithmetic of absence
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Originally posted by RiveR6213:
A LOT of information!
Thanks. I've just recently got into this show, and i'd never seen the original Battlestar for comparison. I understand now why it got everyone so upset. It's like someone turned Spock and Bones into women, and made Scotty British or something.
Still, I have no qualms with the 'reimagining' of BSG, and I think it's probably the best sci-fi show on TV right now.
Didn't know about the iTunes thing. How much is an episode, is it .99 like a song?
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5x5: Alan Tudyk was in 28 Days, not 28 Days Later. There's a difference.
Paladin: So, no wacky zombie with a Hawaiian shirt, then?
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The Mini-series is $15.00. Its only 4 episodes...2 of them are about an hour, and the other two are 40 minutes each.
Battlestar Galactica, Season 1 has 13 episodes, and its $25.87 for the whole season, or $1.99 per episode.
Battlestar Galactica, Season 2 partial, is only $19.90 for 10 episodes, or $1.99 per episode.
You can download them into your new ipod video along with Firefly and Serenity.
I found this nifty program on the internet that enables you to burn your DvDs straight into your ipod. I have every Firefly Episode in it, and when Serenity comes out, I'm going to continue my software piracy endeavors, and burn it into the ole ipod also.
Another blow for freedom...
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