'Never Leave Me'
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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This is NOT a general TV discussion thread.
Seriously, dude. The tide is against. My world is askew.
Eh. I think it is The New Cool Show. And it's got a lot of strength still in front of it. Some folks won't like it, but I have every reason to believe it'll find it's audience and will develop.
Huh. A majority dislike of BSG is not what I got when I read the thread, but even if so -- what difference does it make?
I know tons of people who adore BSG. I like it well enough, but I don't love it; it doesn't have enough humor for me, and the anthropology makes no sense. But I recognize that it's very smart and well-written in many ways.
But Hec's right: BSG is the Cool New Thing. Atlantis may be as popular in slashy fannish circles, but BSG is getting the critical raves.
I scanned quickly. Maybe I mostly tuned in on the "turn the sound off" BSG posts and noted that SG stuff seemed more numerous.
Wait, no "maybe" about it. That is what I did.
CocoaPuffs:On a re-read, the anti BSG comments seem to be around the lack of linguistic coloratura. It is true that most of the sentences are short declaratives, consisting of either phlebotinum or other exposition.
Still, I get a clear sense of character. Maybe that is all in the choice of players.
People, on balance, are not liking Battle Star Galactica. I must not be people.
I must not be people either. I love the show and am totally addicted to it. SG1 is another of my total faves, and Aquarium is still pulling up in third place for me, though I do still like it quite a lot.
While I can objectively see things about BSG that qualify it as the better show, it just barely manages to capture any attention from me each week, whereas I find SG-1 pretty enjoyable and have really gottten into Aquarium. I suspect my contempt for pretty much every character except Rosalin is a barrier to me really enjoying the show.
The TV show Cupid is being torrented as we speak. 6 GB.
And I'm not talking about the reality show.
Maybe I mostly tuned in on the "turn the sound off" BSG posts
Note to Gus: the crabby skeptic chick with the gripes is probably not a representative of people. (That was me.) In fact, I am not even in the house or senate, I represent so few people. Not even city council or a board of selectpersons. I am unselected.
Truth be told, I am hard on TV shows, especially when they first start out. Sometimes I can be won over, and forgive large mistakes/stupid world-building/incredibly annoying stereotypes -- witness The X-Files -- and sometimes I can't. (With XF it was the beautiful-creepy factor of the early episodes that won me. The fact that a lot of them didn't make sense didn't really matter, at that point, although it became a pretty big irritant before the end.)
BSG is my favorite SciFi Friday show (until this week when Firefly joins the lineup), then SGA, then SG1. Although, I'm enjoying the Browder & Black so much, it may change my opinion.