what is up with battlestar galactica?

POSTED BY: strokingmypeter
UPDATED: Friday, April 11, 2008 09:14
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LEADB

Monday, January 1, 2007 4:55 AM

Keeps 'em from gnawing on your foot.

I just got the DVD for season one, and I'm pretty darn happy with BSG. About 1/4 way thru... thinking about ordering season 2.

VERTEBREAKER

Monday, January 1, 2007 5:06 AM

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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
Why do you feed the trolls?

It's fun?

Don't know about you, but messing with trolls...well...twixts my nethers, so to speak.

JONGSSTRAW

Monday, January 1, 2007 8:25 AM

Just because someone states that they do not like a show does not mean they are a troll.....if he made these negative comments on a Battlestar message board then maybe troll might apply...but it does not apply here...this is a Firefly message board. Also, typically trolls post stuff to enrage people and then they usually attack their attackers....he has not done that, at least so far.

For what it's worth I happen to agree with him. Many of you sound like you watch Battlestar because there's little else new to watch, and that gives you justification to bash his opinions....most un-shiny!

BABYWITHTHEPOWER

Monday, January 1, 2007 8:39 AM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
For what it's worth I happen to agree with him. Many of you sound like you watch Battlestar because there's little else new to watch, and that gives you justification to bash his opinions....most un-shiny!

Actually, I don't read a single post on here that implies that people only watch it because it's all that's on. Most of the one's I have read state very clearly that people believe it's the best sci-fi series on, so save your judgements and get off your high horse. And no one bashed him or his opinions (except maybe CALHOUN. and what BLUEEYEDBRIGADIER said was a play on his screen name), they simply disagreed, which is completely in their capacity to do, as STROKINGMYPETER had posed a question they felt like answering.

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FEDEXXX

Monday, January 1, 2007 10:01 AM

I like BSG, but I'm not in love with it. My taste is for more original and different shows, BSG is a classic main-stream!

GRIZWALD

Monday, January 1, 2007 2:22 PM

I just love it, totally without reservation.

But as I see everything since Firefly, I see it as about 3 notches down from Firefly... Everything is in relation to Firefly. Heroes? About 5 notches below Firefly. And I still love Heroes, too. Firefly is waaaaay up there.

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GWEK

Monday, January 1, 2007 4:51 PM

Gotta say, I think BSG is good, but I don't agree with the folks who think it's amazing. The overall story is cool, but--with a few exceptions like Baltar and Tigh--I think the cast is pretty wooden and boring (this is less about the actors and more about the writing). Also, as a fan of shows like Firefly and Stargate, it almost physically hurts how unrelentingly humorless BSG is.

Good show? Yep. Best sci fi on TV? Nah. I'd rate Heroes, Doctor Who, and Supernatural higher.

But to each his own.

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ZISKER

Monday, January 1, 2007 6:52 PM

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Originally posted by fedexxx:
BSG is a classic main-stream!

Bingo - they're pretty open about it too. I keep reading interviews where they state that their target audience is the one watching House or Desperate Housewives or those main-stream shows. That's why Sci Fi has kept the show around - and, to be fair, some friends who wouldn't touch SF with a ten foot pole like BSG because it's a space opera.

I like BSG because of the Roslin-Adama dynamic. I like the characters and I'm interested to see what will happen between them. I used to like the Baltar-Number Six relationship when she was inside his head, but that's been shot to hell for me since Season 3 began.

Nonetheless, I eagerly await 21 Jan. Although this isn't the kind of SF that I'm usually crazy about, it's a good enough show to spend time watching.

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DERANGEDMILK

Monday, January 1, 2007 7:18 PM

I think its only mainstream in the sense that they aren't targeting a science fiction audience exclusively. They show focuses on issues that someone who watches mainstream TV would be interested in. Political, social, relationship issues, basic moral dilemas. But these issues all ride on incredibly well written and produced drama. Unlike Star Trek (huge Trekkie btw so don't think I'm knocking it) it doesn't get wrapped up in a lot of the science behind the science and fiction nor does it tackle very abstract ethical issues.

Anyway, glad to see so many defending BSG on this thread. IMO, best show on TV. PERIOD. Not best scifi show, best show. I like heroes but it in my eyes it isn't quite on par. If I had to call a second it'd probably be The Office although I think the new Studio 60 has a lot of potential.
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SIGMANUNKI

Monday, January 1, 2007 7:31 PM

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

Just because someone states that they do not like a show does not mean they are a troll.....if he made these negative comments on a Battlestar message board then maybe troll might apply...but it does not apply here...this is a Firefly message board.

Actually it DOES apply. Or haven't you noticed that there is an "Other Science Fiction Series" forum here? Haven't you noticed that there are many many discussion about other Sci-Fi series (included BSG) for some time now? For that matter, almost everything tends to end up in general discussions for some reason.

If (s)he wasn't a troll, then (s)he would've posted reasons for why they believe that way.

http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/troll.html

This thread was clearly created to "stir the s**t." How can the original poster's post be interpreted any other way? Especially with the name "strokingmypeter".

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

Also, typically trolls post stuff to enrage people and then they usually attack their attackers....he has not done that, at least so far.

Although it is true that the typical troll in the past continues to attack people that reply, here and recently on other forums that I participate in, the troll posts one comment and then goes away to watch the mess that (s)he creates.

Please note that the definition given about does NOT require the troll to produce follow-up posts.

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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:

For what it's worth I happen to agree with him. Many of you sound like you watch Battlestar because there's little else new to watch, and that gives you justification to bash his opinions....most un-shiny!

And like the OP, you fail to give any reasons what-so-ever.

For that matter, what gives you the right to bash us for our opinions? Most un-shiny yourself, or in other words, I'm calling you a hypocrite.

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