BSG - Season 4 in ONE word
POSTED BY: Calhoun
UPDATED: Saturday, May 17, 2008 04:19
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Participant, I know someone else has already mentioned this, but aren't you aware of how ironic it is to point out poor ratings as an indication of a show's quality...on a Firefly board?
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COUNT IBLIS SAYS:
"I miss the simple goodness of Apollo and Sheba- their minds were easy to vex or convert. These new ones aboard Galactica are so steeped in turmoil and inner doubt as to be useless to me, they already swim in darkness.
I feel no need to revisit this ship...I will merely enjoy it's chaos from a distance."
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This season there has been real emphasis on division. With roughly 39,000 people left they are still finding reasons to hate each other. After 3 years of running from and fighting the cylons I guess humanity came back to it's true enemy. The old standbys religion, politics, and legality have created a powder keg within the fleet. I fully expect some humans to be involved in polictical assassination or the outright destrucition of a vessel before the end of the series.
Even the cylons are turning on each other. It looks as though there will be an all out war between the 7, assuming Deanna is unboxed. I always wondered how the skin jobs justified using the centurions and raiders as slaves since they despised humanity for the doing the same thing. With their new found freedom it will be interesting to see if they participate in the war or turn on their former masters. Perhaps they will seek out a certain human to be their imperious leader...
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Quote:
Originally posted by participant:
I know I've posted this before in response to your favorite (and misleading) graphic, but the DVD sales have been great. iTunes downloads were some of the highest of any show offered, it's been recognized as one of the most frequently DVRed shows, and is downloaded in huge numbers from torrent site - none of which count toward conventional ratings
People are watching it, just in new ways.
"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."
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Quote:
Originally posted by Calhoun:
ANTIFRACKINGCLIMACTIC!!
Sums up my thoughts perfectly. *sighs*
I am still watching, more out of reflex than any other reason. I have invested all this time to watch it I might as well see it through, right? Hopefully the pay off won't be as disappointing as the last season and change have been.
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Again, I have to ask - how much of a climax were you expecting 4 episodes into a 20 episode season?
Did you really expect them to find Earth right away, and spend the rest of the season drinking margaritas on the beach?
"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."
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Orgasmic.
Wait, no that's not it.
Frakkin' horrible.
Nope, that's two.
To be honest, I can't use just one word. I'll just say this. I like it so far. I'm trying to not overlay my own expectations on the storytellers. I'm just letting them take the story where they're going to take it. It gets boring watching everybody jump on the "let's-hate-on-this-cause-it's-fashionable" bandwagon. Oh, I know: many of you genuinely dislike it. But ever since the prequels, hating something that might/should be popular has seemed oh so avant garde. It gets old. Let's just see where they take the series. Because seriously? The cylons destroying themselves seems like a much more plausible ending than the humans winning the war does.
/rant
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One Word - Breathtaking or just shiny!
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One word: twisted.
Seriously, the characters have gone so over-the-top with their reactions through Seasons 3 and 4...some of it I understand, some of it seems to be the writers just twisting their characterizations so much that they become unrecognizable.
But I'm still following it...even though I'm kind of glad it's wrapping up the storyline in this season.
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