half time scores BSG 4 - Buffy 7

POSTED BY: wytchcroft
UPDATED: Saturday, June 7, 2008 21:37
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WYTCHCROFT

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:30 AM

ok - and i'll try and be non-spoily...

BSG 4 - seems to me that there are parallels with Buffy 7 (i have a love/hate relationship with that season).

I don't mean copying or anything but - Spike's initial arc, hiding away - being mad - going over to the first or not etc and the bloody time it took to deal with... is not unlike the starbuck/demetrius set up - especially as the gears are moving now. Patience was needed with Buffy 7 and it seems too with BSG 4.

Also - the Giles -- first or not? - red herring (which lead to some oddities in his characterisation) is not far removed from BSG's 'are they a cylon?' this season.

lastly - the pre-eminence of a long story/arc Buffy versus the first... a story which which made some episodes collapse under its weight - can be seen now in BSG where the pace of the over-plot feels a little padded.. (a few stand alone episodes might have helped - but not too many!)

on the other hand - just as Buff 7 has some of the very best episodes and sequences (and villains!) in the whole show - so too BSG 4 has already had me jumping up and down yelling FRACK! FRACK! MOTHERFRACKER!:)
and generally exploding with excitement. When the season ends i will be like a baby with their candy stolen.

oh but i'm a freak right - season 2 of BSG is my fave...

CHRISISALL

Thursday, May 22, 2008 7:17 PM

It's all right to shamelessly copy Joss' ideas & story structure- how else is anyone else ever hoping to ever reach greatness?

Cookie doughisall

SIRI

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 3:01 AM

Well, you know what the say about imitation being the greatest form of flattery. People still copy Shakespeare or attempt it.

Siri

CAUSAL

Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:37 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by wytchcroft:
When the season ends i will be like a baby with their candy stolen.

Ditto

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