what is up with battlestar galactica?

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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:55 PM

Ahh yes...the female Viper pilots...the Gun On Ice Planet Zero..."waggle my wings"...

The Cylons were a little slow and clunky, but I loved their voices, heh heh.

I NEED that show on DVD!!!!

I just may sell my new BSG DVD's to do it; the new one has no character to it (aside from Tom Zarrek).

Hatchfan Chrisisall

CHRISISALL

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:57 PM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
For those who hold up the ratings as proof that the show is tanking,

I hold up a Bob Dylan song as proof that the show is tanking

Bad Chrisisall

WYTCHCROFT

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:07 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
For those who hold up the ratings as proof that the show is tanking,
I hold up a Bob Dylan song as proof that the show is tanking

Bad Chrisisall

hmm i guess might be hearin' a fella knockin' on heavens door

"y'call that a brown coat, Bob?" "i don't call it anything"

"You don't know what you've got - untill you lose it."

VETERAN

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:34 PM

Jongstraw,

You're right. By 1978 standards it wasn't bad at all. But it is funny how campy things (especially Science Fiction shows)look 30 years later.

JONGSSTRAW

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:00 AM

Yes Veteran you're right. Our current time in history finds us all a bit jaded and increasingly expectant of greatness in everything we do & experience....alas, I frequently yearn for the simpler, more carefree decades of the past.

KNIGHTREYEDER

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:18 AM

Jane Seymour and Anne Lockhart are in a class above any female on the current BSG. Two incredible ladies that belong on an all time greatest list......

Mal's expression in the scrapyard when he first see's Serenity says it all.

ASARIAN

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 5:03 AM

In chaos theory, when a system is about to break down -- like an economy, for example -- it becomes erratic, and you'll see heavy fluctuations (in, say, its conjuncture) before it finally collapses. I thinking I'm seeing something similar happening with the new Battlestar Galactica. Mind you, fluctuations go both ways. So, while Season 3 of BSG knew several truly awesome episodes, it also had its fair share of dips. And that erratic behavior, IMHO, is not a good sign, per se.

The mark of a stable system is its consistency. Firefly, for instance, is not marred with lesser-than episodes: all 14 episodes were of almost the exact same, high quality. BSG, Season 1, was like that: almost every episode was fantastic, and gripping. Season 2, not so much. And Season 3, well, it seems they're trying to regain some of their former glory; and it is actually better than Season 2. But they're not in control of the destabilization yet. Dressing old things new can be fun, like teenage pranks when you're about to die; but you can only play the "Major character X or Y turns out to be a Cylon" card so many times, before it DOES get old.

So, I'd say: stabilize the patient; because, from my angle, the quality fluctuations in BSG are troublesome and a sign of impending doom. And that would be a shame. Because I loved Kara (and I love her in Bionic Woman, too); and Adama; and Badger, of course (love him in Bionic Woman, too, lol); and others. But the writers should, literally, get their story straight; and do it soon, or ere long BSG will be a thing of the past... yet again.

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"Mei-mei, everything I have is right here." -- Simon Tam

STORYMARK

Wednesday, October 17, 2007 9:13 PM

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Originally posted by asarian:
...and do it soon, or ere long BSG will be a thing of the past... yet again.

I think that's a given, since they are currently shooting the final couple episodes.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

JAYNEZTOWN

Friday, November 2, 2007 5:22 PM

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but Joss is human, he makes mistakes

His work on Alien:Resurrection was bellow par when compared to the great work of Cameron and Scott, I didn't care for the boring series Roseanne and his stuff on Atlantis:The Lost Empire was kind of average.
OT, but apart from Firefly, I'm not at all a Joss fan, in fact I find him rather pretentious and annoying. To me, his opinion on other shows counts for very little. Having said that, BSG is pretty good overall. But having said that, I enjoy Lost and Heroes more (Lost because of the excellent second half to the third season).

Questions are a burden to others. Answers are prison for oneself.

word out there is bsg dvd sales have started to flop

The first season sold in great numbers, but razor and the third have started to flop

PARTICIPANT

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1:11 PM

I thought Razor lacked focus, it was an ok movie but it was not very good. It had some nice scenes in it but I really don't understand why so many hardcore fans hand out so much praise for this re-imagined Battlestar series

C.G.I Cylons and some of the scenes seemed like they were almost an afterthought. Battlstar Razor - worthing check out if you're bored but I would not be doing a song and dance about it. I think going back to the orginal series raiders was kind of a step backward. I thought the whole point of 're-imagining' the series was to move it forward from Larson's old show.

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