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Battlestar Galactica and others
dennis:
--- Quote from: Slick on 17 Nov 2006, 06:25 ---No, the sensible arguments and dialog here have changed my mind, it's on my list of things to watch. Albeit, beneath a few other recommendations, but it's on there now.
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I'm glad. I apologize for being presumptuous.
--- Quote ---Of course! I just had real high hopes that this would finally be the show I wanted, and then the show turned out to be not everything I had dreamed for. Then I was a little dissapointed. If it was still in development for the first season, that makes me feel a bit better about it.
Sorry for ranting, but I was hoping it wouldn't be so much drama. I am not a representative sample of the population, so I'll just have to take what I can get.
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I like stuff that is technically accurate, as well, but I donno, I just don't have any real issues with the show. It bothers me a little that the make of the sidearms they're using has changed between shows, but the show is focused less on the guns than it is with the action, if you get my drift. I mean, they had revolvers in the miniseries, I think. Now they've moved to using FN 5-7s with some ornaments on them.
I do really like the space battles. It's good to break from the star trek mold of space battle. It reminds me of the Homeworld series, actually.
HFrankenstein:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 17 Nov 2006, 19:52 ---...it assumes the old BSG sucks.
Which, if you were born past 1979, it does. Cheesy and campy. Blarg.
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It did have going for it the fact that the protagonists were on the losing side throughout the series, just like the current series. Mind you, it was nothing new that the good guys were the underdogs, but most times, the story revolves around the underdogs fighting back and eventually winning, whereas even the original series revolved around them running and just trying to stay alive. So, at the very least, it bucked a trend, for which one should definitely give it some credit.
Gutter Monkey:
I've seen a couple episodes of the original Battlestar, and its main problem always seemed to be that it was trying to be too many different things. A warship- even a space warship- is an inherently dark concept: it is a very complex machine that was meticulously designed to kill people. It is operated by people who get paid to be good at killing other people through various methods. That doesn't make warships evil and the people who crew them bad, but it does mean that if you're going to try and make a show about a warship into light escapism, but not in an intentional comedy kind of way, you're going to be working against your own premise. This same principle is why family-oriented/kid-friendly military dramas just suck out of general principle. *cough*JAG!*cough*
Also, what the fuck was up with those uniforms? And calling their pilots "warriors"? And calling years yarhen? And keeping a stupid kid and his robot dog around very dangerous equipment? And the disco haircuts in space? And those stupid TURBO buttons on the Viper control sticks?
HFrankenstein:
--- Quote from: Gutter Monkey on 29 Nov 2006, 01:10 ---And those stupid TURBO buttons on the Viper control sticks?
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Well, let us keep in mind that turbo is just an awesome word, especially in all caps.
Gutter Monkey:
Yeah, but can the cool-factor of turbo overcome the fact that in this context the turbo button is linked to an afterburner that makes the Viper look like it is suffering from a severe bout of flatulence?
"Starbuck, I need backup!"
"I'm on my way, Apollo. Just let me press my turbo button!" *PPPTPPTPBHBHBHBHBHBHBTT!!*
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