Battlestar Galactica 3.0
POSTED BY: misbehaven
UPDATED: Friday, October 13, 2006 13:48
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BTW: Cybershack, who said two seasons = two years in space?
Before the year gap the colonials had only been in space 8 months. (Admiral Cane asked what had they been for the past 6 months in "Pegasus". So were not even in season 2 yet. 
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I am looking forward to it.
There is so little on TV to watch that's worth my time.
1. Firefly marathons
2. SG1
3. SG Atlantis
4. BSG the new one.
5. Star Trek TNG
6. Star Trek
7. any Star Trek series
8. Space Above And Beyond (I wish this show would be produced again)
9. EUREKA (kinda hit a miss for me but ....)
I've been through the system.
It dont work.
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Thanks Choo1701 for pointing out that a TV year doesn't equal a plot year (although I don't think Cybersnark stated they had been on the run two years before the leap forward - I may be wrong though).
I think it's great that shows like BSG and Lost aren't running to the one season equals one year.
It's convenient and useful coz actors grow older at the same rate as their characters.
I always liked that Buffy started school some way into the year and the first season was roughly half the episodes of the others.
But that doesn't mean that it has to be that way and it's great to see shows doing something different.
As for the original topic:
I don't have a problem with moving one year on. It's a brave move but I can't imagine they did it without a good reason.
It should be good as the Cylons have almost won - and I'll use a quote from Dr Who to illustrate:
"This isn't an invasion, it's victory."
Can't wait!!!
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Ron D. Moore said BSG has a five year arc and he knows where the final arc leads.. so I think this is VERY interesting.. it is all sketched out with a conclusion and a finality... and many mini arcs along the way.
I am very much looking forward to BSG 3.0. With Deadwood over (do we really think they will make the promised films?? I don't) there is not a lot of QUALITY TV... for me, right now, BSG is as close as it gets. The acting is good. The stories real/and interesting. I like the show.
Caprica, the potential spin off, is about life on the colonies in the years before the initial Cylon War (as I understand it). I have not heard that this show has actually been optioned. They are still in the "talking" phase.. so who knows.
I will be watching BSG in October.. what else is there???
ETA: I imagine there will be a lot of looking back in the early episodes. Moore has said they explain what happened in that intervening year and why the fall out between Starbuck and Apollo. I think it will all be made clear.
Chindi
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Quote:
Originally posted by Chindi:
...I am very much looking forward to BSG 3.0. With Deadwood over (do we really think they will make the promised films?? I don't) there is not a lot of QUALITY TV... for me, right now, BSG is as close as it gets. ...Chindi
You are so right about Deadwood I can't believe they killed it. What happend, did some FOX executives move to HBO just to screw with things?
Frankly, BSG has lost me I'll still check in but I don't like the direction it's taken and I think alot of the characters (especially the military professionals) are too irrational.
I like Eureka and hope it takes off. It's a good show, of course it doesn't fulfill my need for swashbuckling adventure.
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Quote:LOL! I wouldn't be surprised if that's exactly what did happen!
Originally posted by Veteran:
What happend, did some FOX executives move to HBO just to screw with things?
I can just picture it - a meeting of all the big wigs sitting around bragging about things like "I killed off three popular shows this year," and another one responding with "Oh yeah? Well I killed of a number one in its time slot show, so there!"
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Any one care to guess as to what happened between Lee and Kara to make them so distant?
My guess,and its just a wild one, is that they may have slept together but that she went ahead and married Anders anyway and that Lee hasn't forgiven her yet - although SPOILER:
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Lee and Dualla are married now so I don't know how that really fits into my theory, but you never know!
Of course it could be something much worse, but
I have heard or read (can't remember) an interview with Katee Sackhoff that suggests its definately something Kara did, and that Anders has the wool pulled over his eyes in some way, so thats what I'm basing my theory on. It would explain Dee's attitude in the finale when she takes the phone call.
How about everyone else? What do you all think?
Oh and when the hell did Kara and Tigh become all buddy buddy?! I found that even harder to wrap my head around - although I can't wait to find out the reason for it. I expect there to be a few flashbacks throughout the season to fill in the blanks - non-linear narative doesnt bother me if done well, ala Out of Gas.
And just because they've jumped ahead doesn't mean thats that part of the story over with - I think the audience is supposed to be frustrated -to keep us guessing!! I'd pick this type of unpredictable story-telling over obvious plots anyday!
We're still flying.
That's not much.
It's enough.
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Quote:Would you have been happy to watch a show about putting up tents and building houses? BSG season 2, AKA Changing Tents.
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
I'm kinda ambivalent given the ending of last season. What we're about to get should be season 4, if they hadn't done the cheap "one year later" thing (all too often an excuse to change characters instead of actually developing characters).
Can you imagine? Episode one: They land and put up some tents. Episode Two: More people land, and they put up some tents.
A few episodes, half a season at a push but a full season of BSG the Soap, that just wouldn't work.
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I woulda' been happy to watch a show about the growing relationship between Tyrol and Callie, or about the reconciliation and grudging respect between Tighe and Starbuck, or the falling-out between Apollo and Starbuck, or Rosslyn's disillusionment with politics as Baltar leads the colony down the road to ruin.
I would've enjoyed watching New Caprica build infrastructure (note the cranes and permanent structures visible in the background during the establishing shot), while Baltar's mismanagement and misunderstanding of priorities keeps everyone living in tents. I would've enjoyed seeing military readiness slowly decline due to Baltar's feud with Adama, as Adama and Lee desperately try to keep Galactica and Pegasus fully crewed and operational.
I would've liked to see dream-Six slowly planting the seeds for New Caprica's fall, while Six and dream-Baltar reshape Cylon society from within. I would've liked to see Caprica-Sharon's rise as Galactica-Sharon spiralled deeper into despair, prompting Helo's rebellion against Adama. . .
There's no shortage of stories that could've been told during the year. I can only hope those stories (in some form) exist in Moore's mind, and that he didn't just change up the characters for the sake of being "fresh" and "cool." I want to trust Moore, but I've been burned by too many bad storytellers/behind-the-scenes meddling by idiot Executives to trust something like this.
It just evokes uncomfortable memories of Galactica 1980. I sincerely hope the fears are groundless, but they're there, all the same.
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I'm not saying your wrong, that jumping a year in a split second wasn't a mistake, or a possible mistake, but I am saying that BSG the soap wouldn't have been all that great for an entire season, I see it getting old, boring and perhaps even repetitive pretty quickly.
They'd of needed to manufacture a new internal antagonist, sure you've got Baltar, but he's more of a slow burn itch, and since he's backed by our previous internal antagonists, the terrorists, they've got what they want. The Cylons weren't that big a part of most episodes, but what you did have is the threat of the Cylons, which you wouldn't have on New Caprica, and that's removing a huge part of the dynamic that made the show.
Soaps work on internal pressure alone, good shows also have external pressure driving their character development. Moreover what you'd have is two separate shows, the Cylon show and the Human show, and nere the two shall meet, part of the whole BSG dynamic was showing how one affected the other.
I just seriously doubt there would be enough for an entire season without it getting silly and soapy (although, I suppose, some characters getting silly and soapy isn't a bad idea, but only if a hot tub is involved...) I just personally don't need to see Starbuck gossip while getting her roots done .
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